SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I see DCA reported 0.03 liquid and 0.4 snow. So a little better than 10-1. Does that seem right? Here in NW it seem more like 0.5-0.75 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 seriously?..what a joke Yeah.. Always gotta be lowest in the area. Need to get BWI's people to DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Yeah.. Always gotta be lowest in the area. Need to get BWI's people to DCA. I literally just stick a ruler on top of a table and I get 0.9"...how is 0.4" even possible?....even assuming 0.03 liquid....what a joke...I assume it may be revised...it often is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 .4 DCA Well, technically they did only receive .03" of precipitation per the metar's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 .4 DCA no effing way. Every fricking obs NSEW of there is at least .7 and higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAOS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 DCA is the worst. Terrible airport, terrible location, terrible obs. Everything is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 .4 DCA That sure seems low again a testament to their measuring prowess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 dca really needs to move their board out of the hangar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 dca really needs to move their board out of the hangar. It is more than that....It is incompetence...I am 4-5 mi south right on the river and I am 0.9 to 1.0....Arboretum has 0.9...Oxon Hill has 1"......it is impossible that DCA has only 0.4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 It is more than that....It is incompetence...I am 4-5 mi south right on the river and I am 0.9 to 1.0....Arboretum has 0.9...Oxon Hill has 1"......it is impossible that DCA has only 0.4" Maybe the guy measures on a lillypad in the Potomac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I know where the measurement is taken. I want to go test my own measurement nearby someday but I couldn't today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 it might be adjusted ..it could be an early number..it often is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Quite a storm gradiant...3 feet at BWI and less than 1/2 an inch at DCA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAOS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 ********************storm total snowfall******************** ... Anne Arundel County... Edgewater 2.0 836 am 1/24 public BWI Airport 2.0 700 am 1/24 Airport Glen Burnie 2.0 730 am 1/24 public West River 1.8 836 am 1/24 public 1 NW Annapolis 1.0 700 am 1/24 public 3 SSW Crownsville 1.0 800 am 1/24 trained spotter Clipper is going to ouperform the 25/26 "storm". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Airport ratios BWI, 25:1; Dulles, 36:1; DCA 13:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Airport ratios BWI, 25:1; Dulles, 36:1; DCA 13:1. corn dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Airport ratios BWI, 25:1; Dulles, 36:1; DCA 13:1. Have to wonder about measurement error. Is there any reason to think DCA would have approximately 1/2 to 1/3 the ratios at other airports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsofprey02 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 what were the QP totals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 what were the QP totals? .08 BWI .05 IAD .03 DCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 .4 DCADCA's seasonal snow total is now 0.6 inches, leaving it 1.4 inches behind last season's final total. On the other hand, IAD's seasonal snow total is now 4.0 inches, leaving it 0.3 inches ahead of last season's final total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSnow Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I work within the shadow of DCA. I live about 5 miles due south of IAD. Although the 0.4 at DCA is a tad low, I'm more surprised by the 1.8 at IAD. I didn't measure, but my eyeball estimate was less than an inch at home at 6:00 am. I can't see how the couple of hours of very light snow could bring IAD up to 1.8. Plus, the liquid equivalent of .05 doesn't add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Not sure I would just dismiss DCA's .4 measurement. I work Downtown, less than a half-mile from the River, and don't really think I could measure more than a half-inch on the ground right now. There was a bit more at my house in Upper Northwest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Not sure I would just dismiss DCA's .4 measurement. I work Downtown, less than a half-mile from the River, and don't really think I could measure more than a half-inch on the ground right now. There was a bit more at my house in Upper Northwest. It might be right but the others are probably high then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 FWIW I got 1 inch in Germantown, but noticed only about a half inch on surfaces walking down 1st street from Union Station, to the office. I suppose maybe buildings, etc could have interfered, but it looked like 0.5" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 It might be right but the others are probably high then. I ended up at 1.5", so I could see Dulles being adjusted down a little bit. But I also wouldn't be surprised if it stays where it is. Tenths of an inch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I ended up at 1.5", so I could see Dulles being adjusted down a little bit. But I also wouldn't be surprised if it stays where it is. Tenths of an inch... Still doesn't make sense why Dulles would have a ratio almost three times DCA's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Still doesn't make sense why Dulles would have a ratio almost three times DCA's. DCA sux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRanger Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Snow? With temps below 20F? Around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I managed a quarter inch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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