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...
NJ_Ken Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 When is part 2? December 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowpocalypse Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I was at work all day so I couldn't check the board, so I dont have to read 80 pages could some tell me what the hell went wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I think too many forgot about climo and fact it's March. Though we did get that early March storm in 2009, reading Ian's story on Capital Weather shows only 3 March storms of at least 5 inches in the last 50 years in DC. Nearly all top March storms were a long, long time ago, when much of DC area was largely a farming community. Even if we had gotten under a few heavy bands today of 1 to 2 inches an hour, and got down a few degrees cooler, much of the snow probably would have melted from underneath in the urban heat island. Even in Feb 2010, DC lost some snow on the night of Feb. 5 as well as during the initial wave of the Feb. 10 blizzard due to more melting than many had expected. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/30/AR2011013004449.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 He was talking about liquid equivalent. IAD did not pick up 2.5" of liquid today. Probably not, but my point was if this setup was in Jan or Feb, we'd be looking at big snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattskiva Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 He was talking about liquid equivalent. IAD did not pick up 2.5" of liquid today. So was I. We got a lot of liquid here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 as of 4:30 IAD: 3.3" DCA: 0.1" BWI: T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 To this day, I swear I was robbed of a good 5 to 6 inches of snow that was melting on contact -- even with a base on the ground -- on the evening of Feb. 5 2010. And I was in elevated Upper Northwest, not even in the warmer Downtown. Few believe that, but from 8 to 10 p.m. on that night, while snow was piling up like mad in the suburbs, seemed the city was still too warm. Can only imagine what today would have been like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I received 4.5" in northern Chantilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I got about 3.5 inches, but we have some compaction. Snow falling off the tree in the front demolished the front yard snowpack. Niiiiiiice CCB. This light snow is blinding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazeKing Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Had about 5.5" before the melt started...down to 4" now fredericksburg....If you had told me last night that RIC would get more than DCA with DCA having a WSW for 6-10" and RIC had a forecast of rain ..i would have :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Probably not, but my point was if this setup was in Jan or Feb, we'd be looking at big snows. IAD got .93 and BWI got .73. Unless it was 10 degrees outside and we had > 10:1 ratios, thats 9" and 7". Not exactly HECS. Both the GFS and NAM were way off with QPF. I think the euro was pretty close, but I have no idea how it verified with the storm formation. Especially since those precip totals are over 15 hours. There was no "thump" with this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm sure the mountains got demolished proper. Models said so and elevation FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 as of 4:30 IAD: 3.3" DCA: 0.1" BWI: T For DCA, this is likley a record high---- number of posts about this storm to amount of snow ratio. (almost infinity). MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 We rolled up some giant balls pretty quick, nice snowman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 as of 4:30 IAD: 3.3" DCA: 0.1" BWI: T BWI is going to pull a stunner when it reports less than DCA for the "event" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Sorry for you DC / BWI folks. Last night I gave in to my inner weenie and allowed myself to think this was going to be an epic area-wide event. Tale of two storms: the first waa portion was great for us (10" imby), but the coastal was an outright disaster (4.5 hours of light snow netted negative 4 inches and lots of wind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Correction: We have light to moderate steady RAIN, a wind driven RAIN. I'm enjoying this comma head rainfall so much. It's sticking everywhere, on the roads, the sidewalk, the fence, the bushes, and even rain on top of snow! This is going to be epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm done tracking all weather for the year. You can only stand so much fruitlessness before you realize that you may need medication or a stay in a ward to continue doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feloniousq Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Lessons learned for next winter: models are far from infallible, especially on the fringes of winter. People here say it all the time, but models are tools, not answers. I think a lot of factors mixed in here. Although there was plenty of poo-pooing about it here yesterday, I can't help but think if we'd been a few degrees cooler yesterday, the precip starts earlier and accumulates at least marginally faster overnight. The ocean likely was also simply too warm, and with a marginal airmass when the coastal transfer happened, it was too much to overcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Officially 1.5" at the Richmond airport on the east side of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 BTW the nam now gives NYC 12" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm sure the mountains got demolished proper. Models said so and elevation FTW I got a second hand report of nearly 2 feet in southern Warren County at about 1400 - 1500 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 BTW the nam now gives NYC 12" Trust me we aren't expecting much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Officially 1.5" at the Richmond airport on the east side of town. Total storm QPF through 5pm....2.48" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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