showmethesnow Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I only managed to get 1/2 inch or so snow up here in Hanover off of the GFS/NAM 's .5 to.75 of total precip that was being promised me shortly before the storm. Considering I basically started out as snow that is some horrible ratios. Either that or I totally missed a lot of rain. Euro for the win. Right Bob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasievil Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Barely a coating on several patches of grass. Good grief I can't believe I spent the last six days "tracking" this turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Roads were very icy this morning. Couldn't get the doors on one of the cars to open because of the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Beautiful morning here in WV. Lovely day ahead looking forward to the sunshine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Sunshine and a small topping of snow on the ground. .4 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Saw more snow last night than I'd expected. Rain turned to snow about 5 pm and continued to about 8 before it lightened up and eventually stopped. Was able to accumulate on elevated surfaces and grass. Over 1/2-inch, but I'm going to round down to 1/2 - this winter just doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch here. Nice to get the snow last night, and have everything covered in white this morning. It'll be gone in a few hours, but it's nice while it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Two hour delay for wet roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Eskimo...there is black ice all over parts of Balt City and numerous accidents. I wish there was a two hours delay down this way. It needed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Two hour delay for wet roads No wet roads around my parts this morning. Lots of black ice and lots of accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I just measured 1.25" and it is still snowing very lightly. It snowed lightly and flurried until 11:15pm last night. That's over 6 hours of snow with at least 2 hours of that SN or SN+ here in Clarksburg for a total of 0.6". I'd guess it would have been 3-4" if the lower levels were 5F cooler. I'll be curious to see what the water equivalent was for the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It snowed lightly and flurried until 11:15pm last night. That's over 6 hours of snow with at least 2 hours of that SN or SN+ here in Clarksburg for a total of 0.6". I'd guess it would have been 3-4" if the lower levels were 5F cooler. I'll be curious to see what the water equivalent was for the storm. BWI & Science Center had .31 - .33. I got into a pretty good band last night but my gauge doesn't do snow. Based on other obs in the area I would think moco is in the .25-.30 range. And yes, 5 degrees would have made a huge difference. And might have ended the streak because dca recorded .19. But then again, that might only be .8" of snow even in perfect conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Those liquid totals give weight to the GFS kicked the Euro's ass on this storm argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 To add to the precip totals: IAD 0.26" My house ~0.30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 0.5" snow accumulation from 0.11" liquid. 8 snow events in the past 3 weeks have totaled 4.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 NAM got the temp profiles better, GFS had the track better...and both the GFS and the NAM corrected to lower precip totals in the last day or two. Euro didn't even have the storm reaching us for a few days when the GFS did. Euro was hardly superior in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Two hour delay for wet roads Lot of black ice over here in Frederick. Expecially Middletown to Emmitsburg. We had patches down here South of Frederick City also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Trace of snow yesterday but everything was a sheet of ice this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 NAM got the temp profiles better, GFS had the track better...and both the GFS and the NAM corrected to lower precip totals in the last day or two. Euro didn't even have the storm reaching us for a few days when the GFS did. Euro was hardly superior in this situation. Was it even competitive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Was it even competitive? I think everyone has said their piece and can decide for themselves. We should put this one to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Was it even competitive? I think that it stubbornly had no precip when the GFS was spitting out 0.5"+ was certainly worth noting and requiring a hedge, and I think most people recognized that. But as far as track and thermal profiles, the US models kicked butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeWinds Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 My liquid equivalent in Frederick was 0.12" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It took me 1.5 hours to get to work whereas it normally takes me 12 minutes. My coworkers and I were calling each other as we tried every single way to get onto the beltway--and then how to get off the beltway since Colesville Rd (29) north and south were closed. Every single bridge, on-ramp, off-ramp, overpass that were conceivable paths to Silver Spring were accident wrecked or just closed for ice between 6:15 and 7:30 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I think everyone has said their piece and can decide for themselves. We should put this one to bed. Why? We constantly hear about how great the Euro is. It's fair to point out the times that its not. Its had several of those this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 A few pics from the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Eskimo...there is black ice all over parts of Balt City and numerous accidents. I wish there was a two hours delay down this way. It needed it. this. Padonia Road was a sheet of ice near the high school... people were stuck on the hill and couldn't go anywhere. I had to take another route to get to 83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Do you live north of the city? I'm over by the Safeway. A few pics from the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Due to icy road conditions on many bridges and overpasses throughout Anne Arundel County, the Police and Fire Departments are handling numerous accidents this morning. 60 crashes were reported between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Just for the record I had 0.24 liquid in that storm. 1.25 inches of snow, so that is only 5:1 ratios....I will let the rest of you duke it out on which model wins based on that information LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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