Heisy Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 As soon as I saw TWC sent crew to my location I should have gotten the hell out of there. Not sure how much it matters for I-95, but there is a pretty good NAO showing up in the LR...LOL, had to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just realized temps are up to 37.5. Worst. Storm. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Seriously, what we needed was for this same track to occur in Jan or Feb with a colder antecedent airmass and a lower sun angle. I would have taken those chances. Let's not wait until March next year before finally getting a favorable track. Yeah, just eyeballing the total QPF on the LWX radar shows IAD at 2.5" liquid. That would be ~25 inches with normal SLR in Jan or early Feb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 You know we all knew there was no real good cold air source for this storm, yet we all seemed to toss that aside in favor of dynamic cooling. Perhaps it's because it's been soooo long, that we just really wanted this marginal airmass to work out for us. Marginal can work for DC proper in heart of winter but not in March, that's the lesson learned for me. It worked for areas around Richmond. MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Yeah, just eyeballing the total QPF on the LWX radar shows IAD at 2.5" liquid. That would be ~25 inches with normal SLR in Jan or early Feb! I would bet FDK didn't record .75 for the whole storm. Most of that was wrapped up in 2-3" of snow that fell this morning. Mostly drizzle/flurries since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasievil Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just realized temps are up to 37.5. Worst. Storm. Ever. Epic #fail. EPIC. Absolutely nothing at my house. Zip. Nada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm moving my home office deep into my basement with no windows and I'm going to sleep there too. I don't want to see the sky for a month. I know cold turkey can be dangerous but I'm pretty tough and I really need to get off this stuff. Too many examples of time dumped into nothing. Well, still a big storm.. but for many of us certainly not what we're looking for at this pt. Matt is right we are ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Euro was always halfway decent down here - practically every run for the past four days showed somewhere between 2-6" of snow for the metro (taken verbatim of course). Then there was also that ridiculous 0z NAM run the other night. That's true but your location was good for the different evolution of the system too. Euro was right for the wrong reason to some extent. The areas along western va that did well all had help from orographics. They had it easy with the waa stuff. If synoptics weren't going to do it, orographics finished the job. So their jackpot was safe too even though the storm evolved differently. Ric greatly benefitted from the cyclogenesis and dca-bwi got hosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattskiva Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 At least there won't be any snow melt flooding concerns locally. Unless you're near a river. That's gonna be a lot of water coming down the Potomac at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thank God some of the wind gusts are ripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Seriously, what we needed was for this same track to occur in Jan or Feb with a colder antecedent airmass and a lower sun angle. I would have taken those chances. Let's not wait until March next year before finally getting a favorable track. On that note, wasn't the generally west to east track of the storm, regardless of how it played out today, not that conducive for everything falling into place for the MA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 why is WBAL interrupting Ellen to report on this storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Too many examples of time dumped into nothing. Well, still a big storm.. but for many of us certainly not what we're looking for at this pt. Matt is right we are ill. The vast majority of people outside this forum either cheered the lack of snow or just shrugged and said "whatever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 The edge.. Precip edge is always a problem. Apparently this one is too. Why the heck would any of us hedge cool around here? This place is an oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattskiva Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 As soon as I saw TWC sent crew to my location I should have gotten the hell out of there. Not sure how much it matters for I-95, but there is a pretty good NAO showing up in the LR...LOL, had to do it. Jim Cantore is the kiss of death.. go where Jim isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Yeah, just eyeballing the total QPF on the LWX radar shows IAD at 2.5" liquid. That would be ~25 inches with normal SLR in Jan or early Feb! I would be shocked if iad got 2.5. That has to be an error from the fake band parked there most of the day. I could be wrong but I don't think anybody West of the bay cracked 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 why is WBAL interrupting Ellen to report on this storm? Better question is why are you watching Ellen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattskiva Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I would be shocked if iad got 2.5. That has to be an error from the fake band parked there most of the day. I could be wrong but I don't think anybody West of the bay cracked 2". I am close to IAD and I bet we got that much. Most of it in the form of big heavy wet flakes that melted on impact with the slush on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Jim Cantore is the kiss of death.. go where Jim isn't. eh he always goes to the big name place. the big name places get jackpotted or hit by tornadoes less than bumblesuch america. no way he asked to go to dc near the mall in a march snowstorm lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 eh he always goes to the big name place. the big name places get jackpotted or hit by tornadoes less than bumblesuch america. no way he asked to go to dc near the mall in a march snowstorm lol. Im sure he was pretty pissed he did not get sent to Front Royal, but with the big bucks he makes he has no choice but to go to the prime locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Cantore did this like 8 times in the 1990s and early 2000s. Went to a place supposed to be under a death band with 12-15". Made excuses about why he couldn't manage to get 1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ_Ken Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Wind surly didnt underperform! Agreed.... and stop calling us Shirley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 keep us posted Ahh. Scratch that. It would be a miracle. Can't even get surface temps to cooperate. Still holding at 34/ 33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Oh and the Frederick death band is some big rain drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Cantore did this like 8 times in the 1990s and early 2000s. Went to a place supposed to be under a death band with 12-15". Made excuses about why he couldn't manage to get 1". nobody thought dc was getting huge snow until like 1030 last night .. well, there were a few wishcasts early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I am close to IAD and I bet we got that much. Most of it in the form of big heavy wet flakes that melted on impact with the slush on the ground. He was talking about liquid equivalent. IAD did not pick up 2.5" of liquid today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 nobody thought dc was getting huge snow until like 1030 last night .. well, there were a few wishcasts early I know, I actually called for 0" in DCA . I was off by maybe .3". Edit 0.1 I guess. Nailed DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ_Ken Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 That red orange spot on the radar has been sitting on top of eastern Sussex county DE and Ocean City MD for over an hour. They must be getting drowned. Light rain here in western Sussex with plenty of wind. I was just looking at that, too. Is anybody under that? I am starting to wonder if there is not sleet or wet snow mixing in there and making those returns so bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I was just looking at that, too. Is anybody under that? I am starting to wonder if there is not sleet or wet snow mixing in there and making those returns to bright. Hearing that most of OC is without power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hearing that most of OC is without power. Not surprising with all that heavy rain and heavy wind they have gotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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