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


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FWIW, Kevin Ambrose said there was about 1-1.5" on the Mall this morning so DCA might be legit.

I live 2 miles SSW of DCA as the crow flies and sit at about 35' ASL ... we had 2.2 inches on cartops and wooden surfaces this morning at around 830.  Driving past DCA on the parkway there was noticeably less snow than in my neighborhood.  We tend to do ever so slightly better than DCA in marginal events such as this one (being a mile and a half from the water helps).  I would agree that the DCA measurement is probably legit based on my own observations and (extremely) local climatology.

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I ended up with a little over 3 inches imby.

Pretty much an an anitbust imho... lwx was gun shy... and who can blame um given the winter's past debacles... but they should be held accountable.... especially since this morning there was snow cover on main roads up here in Balimore.

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Pretty much an an anitbust imho... lwx was gun shy... and who can blame um given the winter's past debacles... but they should be held accountable.... especially since this morning there was snow cover on main roads up here in Balimore.

 

What main roads were you on that were snow covered?

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what time did he measure?...there was serious melting and compaction after about 7am....

 

I literally measured 2" standing on a plank over the Potomac.....1mi ENE city of Alexandria which I assume is Old Town measured 2.2"....

 

not sure, i'll ask. assuming it was later as his pics look to be after sunrise. someone on twitter told me they measured 1.5" in navy yard.

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snow is often pretty variable over short distances. plus most people seemingly have no clue how to measure snow. strange how something so easy is so f'ed up all the time.

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i measured a few different spots where i'm at and it was right at 2" and i had to pick some good spots for that.  the benches had about 1.5".  it was kind of annoying because i really wanted to easily break that 2" barrier.   i think i found one spot that was like 2.2".  would have been nice to have one more heavy band come through, but it is what it is.  i'll take it.

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Were you the reported measurement?...when I left for work at 8:15 the snow had turned to partial melty slush....I understand the public isnt going to be up all night, but what excuse does DCA have not to take a max measurment during the 6z to 12z period?

 

The excuse is that they do not want to go out in the snow and measure it. I may have to Finally blow the lid off All of this. See how I feel later, would bring some heat down on me possibly.

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what time?

 

I measured T in mcpherson square at 8:45am....maybe I should report that

 

it was like 630, towards the end of the last of the decent stuff.  maybe i missed out on 0.25".  i'm in downtown bethesda, i wouldn't have done that much better than dc.

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Were you the reported measurement?...when I left for work at 8:15 the snow had turned to partial melty slush....I understand the public isnt going to be up all night, but what excuse does DCA have not to take a max measurment during the 6z to 12z period?

No, I didn't report any measurements.  I only mentioned it here since there was discussion about DCA's measurement and I figured I had a data point that could be informative.  That is a good point regarding compaction after 7.  Since you measured 2 inches literally on the river, you're a better reference point than I am in regards to what DCA truly got versus what they reported.

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nobody should be measuring in the grass obviously.....hard to believe people report those totals...I measured 2.5" on a cartop at 6am and 2.5 on a metal patio table and I think those totals might be inflated so I went with 2.25"....other surfaces like even brick were around 2"....on the grass was almost 4".lol

 

I had identical readings from my cartop, metal patio table, and "official" snow board.  I'm not certain you have to adjust your measurements just on that basis alone.

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nobody should be measuring in the grass obviously.....hard to believe people report those totals...I measured 2.5" on a cartop at 6am and 2.5 on a metal patio table and I think those totals might be inflated so I went with 2.25"....other surfaces like even brick were around 2"....on the grass was almost 4".lol

 

yeah by the time i measured around 745 it was clearly melting pretty well so im sure my measurement was probably lower than actual. unfortunately i think a lot of measurements are grass and inflated.. quite a number of measurements ppl posted associated with pics didn't seem to match today.

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well, don't do anything that will screw you over, but would love to hear it....I know there are others who have the details as well...

 

it it ever reliably snows again im going to go there and measure one day. of course the only time it snows lately seems to be when i have something i have to be at work at 9a for like today.

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