Bob Chill Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 My temp dropped from 38 to 35.2 last hour or so. Still lt rain with no mix. No biggie. I'm satisfied with the event. DC might not have broken their steak but my yard did. I'm done tracking. Prob good for my mental health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 My temp dropped from 38 to 35.2 last hour or so. Still lt rain with no mix. No biggie. I'm satisfied with the event. DC might not have broken their steak but my yard did. I'm done tracking. Prob good for my mental health. time to put this gun to your head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 My temp dropped from 38 to 35.2 last hour or so. Still lt rain with no mix. No biggie. I'm satisfied with the event. DC might not have broken their steak but my yard did. I'm done tracking. Prob good for my mental health. You are right. It's been a great winter tracking with you. Enjoy the miniskirts and 90's and humid. See you in 8 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 time to put this gun to your head sounding.gif Don't even try to entice him. He will become loonier than he already is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 time to put this gun to your head mmmm......cape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Don't even try to entice him. He will become loonier than he already is. to be fair that one didn't go. this one is the ticket that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 mmmm......cape long skinny cape .. the best kind. unless it doesn't fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 to be fair that one didn't go. this one is the ticket that day. cfig5.gif No clue how to read these at all, it is like Chinese to me. Maybe this year if my schedule allows I may try to get into severe a little, it is fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 long skinny cape .. the best kind. unless it doesn't fire. kinda like snow maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 No clue how to read these at all, it is like Chinese to me. Maybe this year if my schedule allows I may try to get into severe a little, it is fascinating. easier than it looks tho it took me a while. basically look for turning with height.. good low level winds, temps cooling with height, moisture depth, temp/dp spread. the area between the dashed line (virtual temp) and the red line (temp) is your cape. very slight cap above 850 but obviously not a problem.. probably helped that day to keep crapvection from forming too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 easier than it looks tho it took me a while. basically look for turning with height.. good low level winds, temps cooling with height. the area between the dashed line (virtual temp) and the red line (temp) is your cape. very slight cap above 850 but obviously not a problem.. probably helped that day to keep crapvection from forming too early. You linked me to that severe vid seminar and I watched a chunk of it. What I thought was really cool was the part about getting a bead on upsteam severe soundings from a day or 2 before and making an educated guess where they end up downstream if you want to chase. That resonated with my way of thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Wow, DCA came in with a high of 39F. Still have to survive the evening as it could tick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderman Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 So ready for 3000+ SBCAPE ... unless of course the GFS shows a 2 foot blizzard at 384 tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I do. If they aren't going to get it right, then maybe they shouldn't report totals. And by the way, when I quoted you, I got to see the full monty. Is that really necessary? well, then don't quote me, and don't reply to a conversation that didn't include you. i "originally" responded the way i did because i'm not gonna sit here and let someone tell me i don't know how to measure snow when they bailed on a storm hours before it was supposed to happen. anyway, i'm done talking about this storm and measurements, and whatever else. it was fun while it lasted and that's all that matters. time for spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 So ready for 3000+ SBCAPE ... unless of course the GFS shows a 2 foot blizzard at 384 tonight! Lock it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Just back to my cabin from all day skiing at Timberline. What an awesome day with excellent ski conditions, light snow falling, high 20's there and almost no other skiers. Very successful final winter here for me, 6.7 storm total this morning when I left and another .5 today covering the tire tracks in the driveway on return. Seasonal total now to 46.8" Snowing lightly here now with temperature back down to 35 after earlier high of 37. Picture of the runaway snow ramp on the drive home on Corridor H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 You linked me to that severe vid seminar and I watched a chunk of it. What I thought was really cool was the part about getting a bead on upsteam severe soundings from a day or 2 before and making an educated guess where they end up downstream if you want to chase. That resonated with my way of thinking.Yeah the EML doesn't change much when it ejects out of the SW and inter mountain west. It usually slowly degrades but it can make it out here or to the northeast mostly intact. I never forced myself to learn to read an actual sounding till about two years ago just used text. It opens up a lot of new knowledge at a quick glance. Convection is so awesome. I can't wait for our first gusty showers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yeah the EML doesn't change much when it ejects out of the SW and inter mountain west. It usually slowly degrades but it can make it out here or to the northeast mostly intact. I never forced myself to learn to read an actual sounding till about two years ago just used text. It opens up a lot of new knowledge at a quick glance. Convection is so awesome. I can't wait for our first gusty showers. Blow me, the wind that is . I am getting into this severe, I know you want me here all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yikes, sun and rain really took care of my snowcover. Mar 6 was more resilient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 mmmm......cape Lol. Hook, line, but not quite sinker. Yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Overall, winter is actually my least favorite for forecasting. I love when it does snow, but forecasting for it I find too tedious for my liking. That's why you don't find me making snowmaps. I love forecasting for severe, all the little microscale interactions and all the parameters and ingredients. Plus it's short term forecasting. I like the fact that the next storm is the next day or at most 3 days away. I find it way better than forecasting an event a week an advance and then having it bust. With severe, if you bust, you have another chance tomorrow. Plus the fact that severe storms are EPIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yikes, sun and rain really took care of my snowcover. Mar 6 was more resilient. We had no snow since 10 am-- and that was flurries. 7 inches made it with 3-4 left now. We also hit 44 late afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yikes, sun and rain really took care of my snowcover. Mar 6 was more resilient. Yeah I lost almost all of it here. There was more left at this pt on Mar 6 even tho I got about half as much. The flip to rain was earlier today as well tho not by much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 my light rain refuses to accumulate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 my light rain refuses to accumulate There's still 20 minutes of precip left.. don't give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Did your contract expire with cwg? I have never had a contract but still am part of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Light snow showers and moon through the thin clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Kevin said he was on the mall from 630-830. His pics definitely have less snow than we had. Can see grass etc and not as caked on trees. I'm going to prob side with DCA on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Just back to my cabin from all day skiing at Timberline. What an awesome day with excellent ski conditions, light snow falling, high 20's there and almost no other skiers. Very successful final winter here for me, 6.7 storm total this morning when I left and another .5 today covering the tire tracks in the driveway on return. Seasonal total now to 46.8" Snowing lightly here now with temperature back down to 35 after earlier high of 37. Picture of the runaway snow ramp on the drive home on Corridor H. DSC_0189.JPG Hey snownut, I was one of those hardly any other skiers! Had a great time. Ninth trip to Canaan Valley this season. Poured snow all day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 34 out with light rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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