ravensrule Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 nice recent expansion in precip, especially to our SW in VA http://radar.weather...theast_loop.php Whic means you will see a trace and i will see 0.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Sounds like we will end up with not much: #FaithInTheFlakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 #FaithInTheFlakes! If Justin Berk lowers his snowfall map i am jumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Surprised they had advisories that close to DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Just 0.5" would make this the 2nd biggest snowfall of the year IMBY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 If Justin Berk lowers his snowfall map i am jumping. im not sure his fans even care about verification. one of them was attacking CWG via twitter last weekend about how he crushed us etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 BL temps have been the killer with every "event" this year I don't recall a year when 850s were consistently supportive of snow and the BL killed us....maybe 07/08, but 12/07 was cold enoiugh, it was the rest of the winter that flat out sucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 im not sure his fans even care about verification. one of them was attacking CWG via twitter last weekend about how he crushed us etc. I thought i was a weenie until i saw his fans, i am Wes compared to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OPM- unsched leave for gubment per WUSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Surprised they had advisories that close to DC. guaranteed to bust and if they did get an inch, they wouldn't "measure" an inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OPM- unsched leave for gubment per WUSA , our area is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OPM- unsched leave for gubment per WUSA Commutageddon. Forcing OPM into bad decisions since January 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OPM- unsched leave for gubment per WUSA They are really overcompensating after the PSUHoffman/Commutagedon event last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OPM- unsched leave for gubment per WUSA Really? Ever since the January fiasco... they have been way over the top in being proactive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 snowing on the west side of the Shen Valley as you can't see Massanutten Mt. http://www.nps.gov/webcams-shen/pinnacles.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 BTW, Warren County schools close at 1 and Frederick County schools (VA) close at 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris87 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OPM- unsched leave for gubment per WUSA it's really no harm/no foul...most employees are not authorized to telework and others won't actually take their own leave, but still an overreaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 we're a few decades off from becoming bubble people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 we're a few decades off from non-federal workers becoming bubble people fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 it's really no harm/no foul...most employees are not authorized to telework and others won't actually take their own leave, but still an overreaction. Does OPM consult with any of the hundreds (?) of government-employed meteorologists within the DC metro area when they do these things? A simple consultation should be able to tell them that the snow will almost certainly not accumulate on the roads no matter how much falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 it's really no harm/no foul...most employees are not authorized to telework and others won't actually take their own leave, but still an overreaction. And most non-shift employees are already at work. So, basically, they are saying that if you want to take your own vacation time to go home early today, be our guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Closing schools? Wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Sun is out in SW DC. I had to shut my blinds to see the monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Sweet looking DC/I-95 split already developing with the first batch. 30dbz spots over the Catoctins it looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Fwiw temps are dropping in DC. 38/28. Was 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris87 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Does OPM consult with any of the hundreds (?) of government-employed meteorologists within the DC metro area when they do these things? A simple consultation should be able to tell them that the snow will almost certainly not accumulate on the roads no matter how much falls. That's a good question, I'm not sure who they communicate with, I imagine management of LWX would play that role. It's one of those things where there is pretty much no harm in this call (people who can't telework have to take their own leave, so it's not like feds are getting a free day off), while not being aggressive last January was way more harmful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Not that it matters much at this point. I lowered expectations to trace 0 maybe an inch - is the activity splitting? PA looks like it is getting quite a bit and steady moderate rain south, we look pitiful! And temps high too! Major stinker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Not that it matters much at this point. I lowered expectations to trace 0 maybe an inch - is the activity splitting? PA looks like it is getting quite a bit and steady moderate rain south, we look pitiful! And temps high too! Major stinker! GFS and NAM sort of had the precip hanging on past 7PM, albeit light as bad as the models are, at this range they are usually pretty good and both of them are in pretty good agreement so I think we get out .15" qpf +/- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Not that it matters much at this point. I lowered expectations to trace 0 maybe an inch - is the activity splitting? PA looks like it is getting quite a bit and steady moderate rain south, we look pitiful! And temps high too! Major stinker! Yup, the storm has been officially canceled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Closing schools? Wtf? I would not be surprised if FCPS (MD) has an early dismissal. Up near the PA border and the mountain roads will cause them to do it. If they do it will only be a 2 hour dismissal, this is if it really starts coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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