Terpeast Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Mom is reporting 6" in Vienna, not snowing as heavily as the radar indicates. Very slushy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Remember back when this was supposed to be heavy all day and into the night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasievil Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 the low seems to be consolidating along the VA Capes and it is sending the bands, as a result, into Richmond/SE VA EDIT: like a figure skater going faster as he/she brings his/her arms inward I don't think that heavy stuff in DE makes it to us (BWI) Looking at sat pics and water vapor, I think that u.l trough near the Great Lakes that was originally thought to phase with the system, has shoved it S/SE and helped to screw us (or at least BWI) but I guess it doesn't really matter why at this point, does it? I just saw this but Nina FTW ... again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Looks like my forecast will verify for points west of DC starting with the beltway, and badly bust for anywhere else east of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Units O/L with a tractor trailer overturned but not over the bridge. VERY high winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Remember back when this was supposed to be heavy all day and into the night? it was <24 hours ago, so "yes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Location: Capitol Hill 2:01pm Observation: pavement and concrete surfaces are completely wet and becoming still wetter; puddling is covering most surfaces and has resulted in numerous puddles; snow accumulation is present in the crevice on a car just above wiper blades and adjacent the hood at the bottom of the front window; visibility is maximum/unfettered/as far as the eye can see; -RASN of which approx. 90% is rain and 10% is "snow"; temperature is above-freezing and rising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Remember back when this was supposed to be heavy all day and into the night? It's a colossal failure on every single level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchmark Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Wow TRAFFIC ALERT: WB Bay Bridge tractor trailer overturned and hanging over edge. Expect closure and delays!Winds at Thomas point are 38 sustained gusting to 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Remember most of the clown maps showed a sharp cutoff of snow totals to E and NE of DC? No reason to ever take the clown maps seriously, but that in itself maybe should have been a red flag that I could have paid more attention to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasievil Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 It's a colossal failure on every single level No model was a winner in this one. Granted, it was a complicated setup, but really a rough job this time around. Thermals, system not strong enough - whew - what a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 It's a colossal failure on every single level It's a tough one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just goes to show you...no matter what p-type maps are showing, you can't go against marginal low level temps in a March snowstorm. It's not just a model failure...it's a forecasting error as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlyq Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm calling this the biggest bust since Dolly Parton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Remember most of the clown maps showed a sharp cutoff of snow totals to E and NE of DC? No reason to ever take the clown maps seriously, but that in itself maybe should have been a red flag that I could have paid more attention to. yes, but later runs had snow for us and those runs with clown maps showing no snow had substantially more qpf, which hasn't fallen either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Did euro actually do the best with this relatively speaking? It was hesitant the whole time it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathercoins Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 The Starbucks I was working at is "closing early because of the weather." I think they forgot to look outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feloniousq Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Cantore was pissed just now on MSNBC. Standing on green grass on the mall at 38 degrees. Said snow is over in DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Remember most of the clown maps showed a sharp cutoff of snow totals to E and NE of DC? No reason to ever take the clown maps seriously, but that in itself maybe should have been a red flag that I could have paid more attention to. But it's more than that imo. Yes, there was going to be sharp cutoff but places west did terrible too. I thinks it's more of a huge bust calculating intensification and dynamics. It simply did not go as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 3" here but only another 0.25 in last 2 hours. Just cleaned the cars and drive. 33.5* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVAForecaster Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I have over 7" in Oakton... I don't know how that's a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtstack Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 The snow gradient did better south than north. This wasn't just a west/east failure. South Central VA greatly exceeded their forecast for little to no snow. This thing just got totally inverted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Cantore was pissed just now on MSNBC. Standing on green grass on the mall at 38 degrees. Said snow is over in DC. Why is he pissed? How much cool weather does he see in a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurojosh Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Its funny how weenies always get attacked for saying "the storm will make its own cold air," but that's exactly what we're counting on this time... Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Why is he pissed? How much cool weather does he see in a year? He should have gone to the Shenendoah this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Oh, hey. we do "heat" here in this part of the Mid-Atlantic, and we also do "wind". The wind part of this abomination is around. So, there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Did the northern stream have anything to do with this? Did the GL Low act as kicker, shunting the system further south than expected?? There must be a meteorological explanation for why this happened. This outcome is just too divergent from what was forecasted by any of the Big-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Cantore was pissed just now on MSNBC. Standing on green grass on the mall at 38 degrees. Said snow is over in DC. He's getting a taste of what it's like living in this craphole in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 the low seems to be consolidating along the VA Capes and it is sending the bands, as a result, into Richmond/SE VA EDIT: like a figure skater going faster as he/she brings his/her arms inward I don't think that heavy stuff in DE makes it to us (BWI) Looking at sat pics and water vapor, I think that u.l trough near the Great Lakes that was originally thought to phase with the system, has shoved it S/SE and helped to screw us (or at least BWI) but I guess it doesn't really matter why at this point, does it? Shame on you for letting models within 24 hours of an event raise your expectations. From now on, its radar/sat/surface obs on the day of the event. MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just saying... You're all talking past each other. It snowed 7" in Oakton, 6" in Vienna according to TerpEast. The storm did fine in places where the rates were intense+ some elevation. What BobChill's trying to say is that that scenario was supposed to have happened throughout the western suburbs, not just in an isolated pocket in NoVA. That's the model failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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