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March 25th Storm: Debacle or Climo Defier? Discussion and Obs II


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Is that how you are supposed to measure?  You are not allowed to stick a ruler in the ground at say 6am when it is still snowing?

 

it is kinda dumb in these situations.. and probably many. but it's policy and you know how that goes.

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Scary that a storm that was forecast to be "up to an inch" about equalled snow totals from the past two winters combined.

 

not if you understand the whims of forecasting particularly late season.  i think most of my personal thoughts were very good but i didn't think we'd get that kind of band thru the city so i went too low for my backyard.

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Is that really the policy?...I'm not sure all airports do that

 

i think so.. every 6 hours, i know the climo measurements come at 12z. 

 

the faa measures every hour which you see in metars but those are not noaa numbers. 

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not if you understand the whims of forecasting particularly late season.  i think most of my personal thoughts were very good but i didn't think we'd get that kind of band thru the city so i went too low for my backyard.

I think we did overplay the "will only stick to mulch and grass" angle a little. The roads were well-covered considering the late date. The rates aren't crazy, just solid moderate/heavy. Just goes to show 1 or 2 degrees makes all the difference. 

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Nice -- how much for the winter in Winchester?  It has to be one of the biggest differences seen between there and DCA in terms of total winter snowfall.

30.3" .... it's actually ripping pretty good right now again but compaction gonna make it tough to get anything "measurable"... 

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********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS                                        SNOWFALL           OF                      /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT           ...FREDERICK COUNTY...   1 N WILDE ACRES        7.2   723 AM  3/25  NWS EMPLOYEE               7 SE WINCHESTER        5.0   700 AM  3/25  CO-OP OBSERVER             2 E STEPHENS CITY      5.0   610 AM  3/25  TRAINED SPOTTER            STEPHENS CITY          2.5   844 AM  3/25  TRAINED SPOTTER         

 

Trained spotter?  LMAO.  Where is he measuring at, the middle of I-81?

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I think we did overplay the "will only stick to mulch and grass" angle a little. The roads were well-covered considering the late date. The rates aren't crazy, just solid moderate/heavy. Just goes to show 1 or 2 degrees makes all the difference. 

maybe tho that's an argument both sides are adamant on their positions with. the sun this time of year matters.. we got like 2 hours of 30-40 dbz returns tho which overcomes any sfc warmth without much issue.  once you lay that down you can keep going with lighter rates if they are sustained.  as soon as the sun came up it was done here at least.

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