mappy Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 485ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 430 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Fozz is at 600 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 741' IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Home: 43 ft. Millersville: 338 ft. Secret Snow Location: ~ 7 mi away. 1064 ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 270ft right next to the river which is 200ft below me. Not a good snow location.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I'm at 275 feet per earthtools.com. I got some elev - prob is - I am just too far EAST for this particular go around. Hey - It's only October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 1649-1960 on my property with 3020 right out my window. I see NWS now has 7-13 " for Canaan Valley JON JON wins again and their 2nd big snow of October! WV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Druff Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I'm sitting at 260'... Short Pump Mall, not a mile and a half as the crow flies from me is at 330'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CranberryWX Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 705' at my house, +/- 700 feet in valley, around 1000' on surrounding hill tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 2,936 here at my home in Monterey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I'm 203 feet per earthtools.org. Pretty cool site since you can narrow down to your street. http://www.earthtools.org/ Great tool if accurate, but something is amiss in my neighborhood in Herndon. I live at the end of a cul-de-sac, down a long driveway, perhaps 15 feet below where my mailbox is located. However, the height shown for the vicinity of my mailbox is 433.1 feet, whereas the height shown for the vicinity of my house is 436.4 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Great tool if accurate, but something is amiss in my neighborhood in Herndon. I live at the end of a cul-de-sac, down a long driveway, perhaps 15 feet below where my mailbox is located. However, the height shown for the vicinity of my mailbox is 433.1 feet, whereas the height shown for the vicinity of my house is 436.4 feet. It's a nice quick online tool, but is as much as 50-80 ft incorrect in some areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 787' in my front yard in upper MoCo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 298 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Front yard 850 back 840 far in the back 760. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Personally, I like Merlin. That benchmark of 516' is pretty close to the neighborhood bar and stumbling distance from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 this is an evil thread if you live east of I95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 It's a nice quick online tool, but is as much as 50-80 ft incorrect in some areas. I just used Google maps and found the altitudes in my neighborhood to match up pretty well with those in Earth Tools, except that the Google altitudes make far more sense in relative terms. Google lists the altitude of my house as 429.3 feet (7.1 feet less than Earth Tools), whereas two other houses directly on my cul-de-sac are seven feet and sixteen feet higher, which is right in the ballpark. So, while it may not make much of any difference in calculating how much snow you're likely to receive, I would recommend Google over Earth Tools to determine altitudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I will assume most people know this, but just in case someone didn't know, the NWS maps provided with the local forecast also have elevation maps. You have to use the old fashioned contour lines. I like to use those maps to explore terrain of various areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schinz Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I will assume most people know this, but just in case someone didn't know, the NWS maps provided with the local forecast also have elevation maps. You have to use the old fashioned contour lines. I like to use those maps to explore terrain of various areas. Jnis, actually you don't have to use the contour lines. If you can point and click, and put the little X, very close to your location the NWS site will show the elevation and Long/Lat for the X just below the box containing the map. I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Jnis, actually you don't have to use the contour lines. If you can point and click, and put the little X, very close to your location the NWS site will show the elevation and Long/Lat for the X just below the box containing the map. I hope this helps. I like to use the contour lines because you can visualize the terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schinz Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I like to use the contour lines because you can visualize the terrain. If you like to use contour lines I love this site: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=42.15929413&lon=-79.59665680&zoom=10 Put in the exact address in the bar at the very top above the map and switch the view from hybrid to terrain. Zooming in and out gives you different views of the contour lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 If you like to use contour lines I love this site: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=42.15929413&lon=-79.59665680&zoom=10 Put in the exact address in the bar at the very top above the map and switch the view from hybrid to terrain. Zooming in and out gives you different views of the contour lines. Very nice. Thanks. I love the look of contour maps. It's probably that my wife used to do cartography the old school and she excelled a drawing contour lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 563 feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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