Fozz Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Woke up to a nice snow shower. Moderate snow and big flakes, wonderful scene outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Woke up to a nice snow shower. Moderate snow and big flakes, wonderful scene outside. I woke up to grass with sleet falling I'm used to this winter at this point, so I guess that's good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Current snowshower has much drier flakes than the 6am snowshower, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I can confirm. Drove to pa last night after the snow. Going northeast to York good snow along the higher terrain through lineboro and Glenn rock (800-1000 ft). Then when I came down into York suddenly just wet. No snow the rest of the way up to pine grove just rain Except on ridges. Total elevation event. This is why even in larger events we seem to jackpot sometimes due to ratios being better. Just an amazing micro climate around the Mason Dixon line due to elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarReenactor Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Total elevation event. This is why even in larger events we seem to jackpot sometimes due to ratios being better. Just an amazing micro climate around the Mason Dixon line due to elevation. Yep, for the V day storm I drove up a hill that was only 300ft tall they had 2 inches to my dusting at 50 ft. Amazing. It doesn't take much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Haven't seen a flake yet from this storm. Flakes to the north, flakes to the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I woke up to grass with sleet falling I'm used to this winter at this point, so I guess that's good I got just enough to whiten the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I got just enough to whiten the ground In Columbia, all we have to show for last night and this morning is the green, green grass of home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Stilll have a small, ever so, topping of snow in the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 In Columbia, all we have to show for last night and this morning is the green, green grass of home. Looks like spring. Maybe we can score a few snow showers later today or tomorrow. Pathetic I know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Thread is dead guess we have all given up on a coastal miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Thread is dead guess we have all given up on a coastal miracle. I suspect someone in Calvert and St Mary's county will see snow but my temp is 36.8 so it is no likely to stick and the radar echoes don't look that great. The coastal miracle looks too far east for me to get much more than a period of light snow if it gets as far enough north in the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm hugging the GFS and RAP...snow moving in in the next few hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I suspect someone in Calvert and St Mary's county will see snow but my temp is 36.8 so it is no likely to stick and the radar echoes don't look that great. The coastal miracle looks too far east for me to get much more than a period of light snow if it gets as far enough north in the county. I think both you and I will see snow...though it may be too light or not accumulate well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 ive seen this on a few runs now....RAP develops an area of precip over NW VA later that consolidates and rotates over DC metro...this is in addition to the coastal grazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Looking at PSU's obs from Manchester earlier this evening it is interesting, in a depressing way, what an extra 400-450ft in elevation can mean when it comes to these marginal events. While he reported 3+ inches, only 10 miles up the road in Hanover, we have zilch. Went to bed at 8:30 last night with it still raining with the occasional icy rain drop mixed in while he had been reporting sn+ for quite awhile by then. I didn't know that Hanover was in such a valley. Or maybe just your home location is in a valley. Most areas of Carroll County had about 2 inches of snow in central and northern parts of Carroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I didn't know that Hanover was in such a valley. Or maybe just your home location is in a valley. Most areas of Carroll County had about 2 inches of snow in central and northern parts of Carroll. I think most of Hanover sits at about 600 ft. but the area right along the md/pa line is 800-1000 and stays at 800 ft. until you get to the Walmart in South Hanover. After that point it drops off. I got close to 3 here about mile north of town. Took the kids to basketball this morning in Hampstead and amounts remained uniform down there as well ( a solid 2-3 ). I would assume a drastic drop off once you get to Arcadia/Boring. Maybe Hanover didn't get into quite as heavy a band as we did, however 800 ft. up seemed to be the magic number with this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showmethesnow Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I didn't know that Hanover was in such a valley. Or maybe just your home location is in a valley. Most areas of Carroll County had about 2 inches of snow in central and northern parts of Carroll. It's has more to do with the fact that Manchester sits at a little over a thousand feet. Pretty much the high point for our area. Hanover sits at roughly 600 ' which is comparable to most locations in Carroll. Think the fact that you all got accumulating snow is more the fact that you had better rates to overcome the BL then what we did up here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It's has more to do with the fact that Manchester sits at a little over a thousand feet. Pretty much the high point for our area. Hanover sits at roughly 600 ' which is comparable to most locations in Carroll. Think the fact that you all got accumulating snow is more the fact that you had better rates to overcome the BL then what we did up here.. Yeah, My house sits at 860 ft. exactly and that is one of the lower spots in the area. The ridge behind my house goes up to 1050 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Snowing in Petersburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think most of Hanover sits at about 600 ft. but the area right along the md/pa line is 800-1000 and stays at 800 ft. until you get to the Walmart in South Hanover. After that point it drops off. I got close to 3 here about mile north of town. Took the kids to basketball this morning in Hampstead and amounts remained uniform down there as well ( a solid 2-3 ). I would assume a drastic drop off once you get to Arcadia/Boring. Maybe Hanover didn't get into quite as heavy a band as we did, however 800 ft. up seemed to be the magic number with this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think most of Hanover sits at about 600 ft. but the area right along the md/pa line is 800-1000 and stays at 800 ft. until you get to the Walmart in South Hanover. After that point it drops off. I got close to 3 here about mile north of town. Took the kids to basketball this morning in Hampstead and amounts remained uniform down there as well ( a solid 2-3 ). I would assume a drastic drop off once you get to Arcadia/Boring. Maybe Hanover didn't get into quite as heavy a band as we did, however 800 ft. up seemed to be the magic number with this event. Yeah seems like 800 ft is the lucky number in this kind of event. I sit at 850, it was all snow from what I could tell last night. If there was any rain it was at the very beginning and didn't last long. After a high of 56, that was quite remarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I finished up last night with a little bit under an inch here, which was actually mostly melted by this morning. It was definitely a pleasant snowfall to watch as it happened, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yeah seems like 800 ft is the lucky number in this kind of event. I sit at 850, it was all snow from what I could tell last night. If there was any rain it was at the very beginning and didn't last long. After a high of 56, that was quite remarkable. Here too. Some light rain briefly then a quick flip to moderate/heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsofprey02 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm in ocean city for the weekend... It's rain right now. This morning the temp was 41 and and as soon as it started raining, temps quickly went down to about 37. Pretty excited for a chance to see snow here, it'll be a first for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantHiatus Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm in ocean city for the weekend... It's rain right now. This morning the temp was 41 and and as soon as it started raining, temps quickly went down to about 37. Pretty excited for a chance to see snow here, it'll be a first for me. I thought the temperature profile was good but apparently the front has not completely passed through here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think our best hope is a band develops out west and pivots through later this afternoon or evening....and maybe we see some light snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Coating at best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Some shots from this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 kinda cool on radar.. snow showers east of dc are moving south while the band to the se has echoes moving ne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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