Ian Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 If you include next December i am sure they will . season to date.. next goal will be getting to or past last feb's .5" at dca -- keeping it simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXW176 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Road stickage for the first time this season. Tried to grab a pic but a rogue flake photobombed me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Slick powder FTW. Most def is throwing the idiot motorist off gaurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 That ties DCA with 75-76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I think they are at 1.9" + whatever fell after midnight so probably just short Amazing, .5 seems like a big exageration this year. All the times weenie spotters report 11" instead of 10". Look how much it takes to actualy get 1" of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 This morning and then 0.5 tonight. So 2.8" for the season, if we get lucky we may crack 5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Had a gust of 51mph last night at 1:15am. Did a good job of pruning all the dead branches from my trees. Low was 16.1F. 18.3F / 9F now. Nice wintry morning out there. Snowfall totals yesterday were: 0.8" from the "coastal" in the morning 0.3" from the squally cold front 0.4" from the inverted trough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Solid dusting but hard to get an exact amount with all the wind, which is still gusty. I'm going with whatever DCA reports as my total. Best snow yet simply due to duration. This snow has lasted longer than any other so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showmethesnow Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I was lucky if I received an inch total from the whole event between the on and off snow and the melting in between. At least it looked wintery for 24 hours or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I always round in every event to .25 increments tenths are hard in a city. Especially this event. Funny you mention that, I went out yesterday morning and decided on 0.2", but I was standing there trying to think about what would really constitute 0.1". And then last night happened. 0.2" coastal T from the squall 0.1" from the pixie dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 7 springs reporting 16" of new snow so far not counting what will fall today. The 68 webcam at 68/219 looks awesome and here's a link to the laurel ridge webcam. Lots of fresh powder. http://www.paccsa.org/webcam.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Funny you mention that, I went out yesterday morning and decided on 0.2", but I was standing there trying to think about what would really constitute 0.1". And then last night happened. 0.2" coastal T from the squall 0.1" from the pixie dust What a difference a few miles makes. I had a T (ground covered) in the first 45 seconds of the squall. It was quite dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Im kinda pissed a lot of drifting happened on the north side of streets for whatever reason....means sun will attack it easily sun's ripping it up today.. doesnt even feel that awful in it. mid-feb ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 already melting in process in Williamsburg, but earlier cam shots looked like they got an inch http://www.history.org/webcams/magazine.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 dca only got a T after midnight so .2" for the "storm". 1.9 season to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 dca only got a T after midnight so .2" for the "storm". 1.9 season to date. Wow. Was def thinking 0.5"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Is this the worst winter since the weather boards started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Just back from Deep Creek/Wisp. The snow started when we got there around 4pm on Friday and it was still snowing when we left there this morning. Hard to say how much they got total with all the blowing/drifting, but I'd say 12" is a safe bet. The powder was great at Wisp but the wind & almost white-out conditions at times was nasty. At times yesterday when a heavier band came, we couldn't even see the next chairlift at the summit. Very happy the snow fell when we happened to be there since it doesn't look like we'll see anything like that here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Is this the worst winter since the weather boards started? Feels like it. Been one long continuous kick in the pills since thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Just back from Deep Creek/Wisp. The snow started when we got there around 4pm on Friday and it was still snowing when we left there this morning. Hard to say how much they got total with all the blowing/drifting, but I'd say 12" is a safe bet. The powder was great at Wisp but the wind & almost white-out conditions at times was nasty. At times yesterday when a heavier band came, we couldn't even see the next chairlift at the summit. Very happy the snow fell when we happened to be there since it doesn't look like we'll see anything like that here. Appears you picked the right weekend. Good to read of your winter fun. Always amazed at the difference a few thousand feet can make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 0.2" at DCA? That must mean that 0.1" blew out of my driveway before I measured the remaining 0.1" in Arlington... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 dca only got a T after midnight so .2" for the "storm". 1.9 season to date. Damn...that lowers my seasonal. I had DCA pegged for .5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 0.2" at DCA? That must mean that 0.1" blew out of my driveway before I measured the remaining 0.1" in Arlington... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The three-part storm that I was expecting to be a two-parter. First, the snow in central MD over-performed Friday night as temperatures were just cool enough to allow snow to accumulate more quickly. The second part, the squall line, went as expected as accumulations of a dusting to a quarter inch (possibly a half inch in a few spots) were reported from that. The third part that was enhanced by the inverted trough is what really got me. That produced 1-2 inches of snow over a good portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and in extreme eastern VA. Another major failure in the forecast came in eastern PA and NJ as the coastal low and associated precipitation did not come as close to the coast as I had anticipated. Instead, it took a track similar to what the GFS showed and limited most of eastern PA and NJ to under an inch of snow during the first part of the storm. I also missed some of the higher lake-effect totals in northeast OH and northwest PA. Weighing in the fact that I missed big in some areas, did fairly well in the mountains and the difficulty of the forecast, this was a D+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Berk got an A and your forecast was probably better locally at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 D+ seems a little harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 D+ seems a little harsh. Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Berk got an A and your forecast was probably better locally at least Berk always gets an A He is always perfect because that's what his followers say. D+ seems a little harsh. Yup It was just too wrong in too many areas for me to give it much higher. To be fair, no one who forecasted this event deserves more than a C/C-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 It was just too wrong in too many areas for me to give it much higher. To be fair, no one who forecasted this event deserves more than a C/C-. I don't disagree with that, but I think if your lower end was "T to 2" like many others, you'd have done better. Forecasting that one inch line is pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I don't disagree with that, but I think if your lower end was "T to 2" like many others, you'd have done better. Forecasting that one inch line is pretty hard. That's a copout. There's a huge difference between traveling in 2" of snow and traveling in a dusting. To put both impacts in the same category is cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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