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Back to non-weenie mode finally.

Very loud outside, like a sustained tropical system. Feels brutal in the yard with the dogs. A few flurries is all I ask for.

weenie mode again.

superflurryband inbound to dc.

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It won't do any good for snow to fall here overnight. It would never land. :P

Boy is it cold. Barely above 20 at 20.2 and the wind is ripping. Took the dog out for a whiz and thought I was going to die right there.

I know we aren't supposed to banter in here, but at this point, this thread is about done. So, this event really makes me realize that I'm ready for this to end. Had it not snowed another flake today, I would have been happy to have just kept what we had this morning. It was absolutely beautiful here. Dense fog, 1.5 inches of snow on literally everything, even some on the roads. This time of year stinks. It's still winter enough for snow, but the sun has just become too much of an enemy by now. It takes a really special event at this point to reap the full benefits of winter weather.

Correct me if i am wrong but isnt Feb the snowiest month in DC? How can you punt February as a snow lover?

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I agree. That made post made no sense. I can see starting to worry about sun angle on Feb. 25. But not Feb. 11.

Feb isnt the snowiest month in DC.. Jan is. We've still got some meat left to the 1"+ snowfall days tho. But the sun etc will undoubtedly make more of a difference every day.

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You're not even in the meat of it, the part down you just started to get goin, the stuff north of there looks pretty good and if its coming down pretty good now, that n band should do something at least.

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Feb isnt the snowiest month in DC.. Jan is.

No, it's February. The total amount that has fallen historically (beginning in the winter of 1884-85) in each of those months in DC, according to my numbers is:

January: 723.0 inches

February: 726.9 inches

That's not much of a difference, but you also have to take into account that January has 31 days every year, whereas February averages 28.25. Adjusting for that, February has averaged 10.4% more snow per day than January. The picture is similar for the past 30 years.

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I'm marginally interested in the moco and Carroll co bands simply because it is in the mid 20s and maybe it can coat the ground.

radar is getting a bit better still. i do think there could be some ground coatings etc.. i just thought the hrrr/etc were overdone mainly.

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Correct me if i am wrong but isnt Feb the snowiest month in DC? How can you punt February as a snow lover?

First off, I'm not in DC. Second, it depends upon what you like. I like winter scenes. Sure I love snow FALL as much as anyone, but I like the landscape to be a winter one. That's tough to pull off this time of year. It takes a good snow and a considerably colder than normal airmass to do it.

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I agree. That made post made no sense. I can see starting to worry about sun angle on Feb. 25. But not Feb. 11.

I don't know why you would key in on that date, but just so you know, the sun angle tomorrow is over 10 degrees higher than it is in Jan. The next time you get a snow and its gone by 9 the next morning, or the next time you get snow all day long and not one flake of it accumulates, don't worry about your sun angle. I'm sure that's not the cause.

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No, it's February. The total amount that has fallen historically (beginning in the winter of 1884-85) in each of those months in DC, according to my numbers is:

January: 723.0 inches

February: 726.9 inches

That's not much of a difference, but you also have to take into account that January has 31 days every year, whereas February averages 28.25. Adjusting for that, February has averaged 10.4% more snow per day than January. The picture is similar for the past 30 years.

well i was just going by 30 yr avgs for calendar month but ok, fair enough. either way we're well into feb at this pt and have lost that snow period.

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He is right. Radar is not picking it up, although our local WGAL radar sure is. Moderate to heavy snow is occurring across the Harrisburg area with widespread 1-3in amounts occuring. Just 20mi north of Harrisburg whiteout conditions with reports of 3-5in of snow have just been reported.

btw, i do know there are mtns in there.. but i also know easternuswx and ddweatherman :P

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