CranberryWX Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Off and on cold, cold rain with some ice pellets today. It can't get any worse than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sleet with some big rain drops. Weird. Leesburg. Elevation 500 ft. I slept through it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Well what do you know, winter just spit up some here with some big flakes and sleet pellets falling in the burg. lasted a whole minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marked8 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Some rain/sleet in Herndon right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I slept through it Lasted 30 seconds. Cancel storm 1. Looks like precip due east. West gets shafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Oops. Reboot precip. Sneetsh stuff falling. Miserly thoough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 IP / RA mix on Canal road in DC. Car thermo says 49F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Heard a few pings...Its almost 50 degrees lol. Didn't think that was possible, or at least its unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 RA / SN mix at the 270 split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Heard a few pings...Its almost 50 degrees lol. Didn't think that was possible, or at least its unusual. its possible to get snow and sleet to mix in with surface temps as high as near 50 if the warm layer is very thin and temps aloft cool quickly. In this case it probably cools pretty rapidly as you go up. Plus sleet can survive to the surface more then snow as its harder to melt an ice pellet then a snowflake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 its possible to get snow and sleet to mix in with surface temps as high as near 50 if the warm layer is very thin and temps aloft cool quickly. In this case it probably cools pretty rapidly as you go up. Plus sleet can survive to the surface more then snow as its harder to melt an ice pellet then a snowflake. Makes me wonder how close we'd be to snow if we had heavy rates this pm. However, looking at the radar, there's not much concern for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 its possible to get snow and sleet to mix in with surface temps as high as near 50 if the warm layer is very thin and temps aloft cool quickly. In this case it probably cools pretty rapidly as you go up. Plus sleet can survive to the surface more then snow as its harder to melt an ice pellet then a snowflake. I assume the surface cools rapidly as well? Already dropped from 52 to 47, it was rain and "sneet" (as ive heard here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derecho Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Mix of rain, snow, and sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Heavy stuff near the radar/Sterling moving ENE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP08 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sleet in arlington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Makes me wonder how close we'd be to snow if we had heavy rates this pm. However, looking at the radar, there's not much concern for that. i dont know if you can assume that it would be closer or close to snow. sleet/snow in the beginning is partly a byproduct of drier air in the column. as precip continues it would seemingly switch to rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 We have had off and on light sprinkles. Temp is 44 up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris21 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 snow, sleet rain in bethesda, def some wet snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 i dont know if you can assume that it would be closer or close to snow. sleet/snow in the beginning is partly a byproduct of drier air in the column. as precip continues it would seemingly switch to rain. I didn't consider that. Thanks. In Columbia, light rain with some stuff trying to be something frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 If this the observation thread how about add on the new date... this one is old, the 13th has long past.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sleet/rain up here now. Temp 41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sleet and snow here. Kinda crazy as the temp is 39.5 Enough though to put a layer of slush on the deck. Def. some snow in there as you can see it float by gently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalfy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 rain/sleet mix? temp is 39.. dp is 33 so I might get to 35? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Lots of sleet reports coming out in the pandhandle of WV and around OKV region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 rain/sleet mix? temp is 39.. dp is 33 so I might get to 35? my DP has actually fallen as the temp has fallen.. now 35.3 mixed bag .. just a trace so far Mulch is such a good insulator, that is first place snow accumulates and last place it melts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Just had a heavier shower move through here. 80/20 mix of wet snow / sleet. Left a slushy coating on elevated surfaces. Temp down 4 degrees the past hour, now 38. Was 46 at 2:30. That kind of cooling keeps up and the evening could be interesting. Above 1000' in this area, its all snow, and beginning to accumulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I didn't consider that. Thanks. In Columbia, light rain with some stuff trying to be something frozen. well it's not necessarily right but... if we keep getting fed drier/cooler air i guess it can keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Light rain in Odenton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Nickle size, maybe a llittle larger, snowflakes falling here. Radar doesn't look good though, so don't expect it to last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 wet snow and sleet coating on the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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