Deck Pic Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 seems like a split flow happens in almost every big storm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 probably my favorite storm of all time why is that? it was just about perfect minus maybe a few tenths liquid. i think i actually liked the feb 5-6 event better tho i'm not really sure why, maybe just because i went down to the mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 why is that? it was just about perfect minus maybe a few tenths liquid. i think i actually liked the feb 5-6 event better tho i'm not really sure why, maybe just because i went down to the mall. Pivot!! I like the storm better from a synoptic perspective...that it was a rare DEC storm that nobody thought was climatologically possible...the block was better....the evolution was better...I think everyone remembers the Feb block keeping everything south but it was more the monster displaced vortex over Quebec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 seems like a split flow happens in almost every big storm.... Pretty much for us, I think new england can get a big one without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I was in Lancaster at the time, and just completed my last undergraduate finals. Graduation was the next day, but when I saw the north trend the night before, I packed up early on the 18th and drove back to Philadelphia while the roads were still good. I was quite happy to have gotten out of there and back to Philly because my neighborhood consists of tiny streets that never get plowed in a 6" snowstorm, let alone an 18" event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I might have already posted this in the thread but I've ran this little loop a 100 times or more and it always makes me smile. I have a large version but the file is too big to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 This thread makes me sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 This thread makes me sad Don't worry. It'll be bumped again next year as we pine for some sort of appreciable snow for the third year running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 This thread makes me sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlothianWX Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Don S. predicted around 18-24" for RIC. Would have been a top 3 storm all-time here. I received 10-11" in the end...mixing during the night killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Loved the GFS OTS solution until 60 hrs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Druff Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Don S. predicted around 18-24" for RIC. Would have been a top 3 storm all-time here. I received 10-11" in the end...mixing during the night killed me. The mixing during the night hurt totals, but they didn't hurt near as much as watching the deform band form 40 miles north of us the next day. If we hadn't gotten CRUSHED in the early few hours of that storm it would have been a real bust around here. Most of the snow was supposed to come Saturday and we got almost nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 First meso discussion about to be issued for 1-2/hr with some spots if 3"/hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Radar shot about 850pm 12/19/09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 At this point 3yrs ago, I was a little tipsy following my rehearsal dinner, and waiting for the snow to start in Frederick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakat Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I remember this storm vividly. We lost power from Friday 12/19 until 12/24. It was restored at noon on Christmas Eve. So, it was a Christmas gift that we were happy to receive! It did look beautiful outside. Also, it was fun to track the storm. However, I could have done without the power outage, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The mixing during the night hurt totals, but they didn't hurt near as much as watching the deform band form 40 miles north of us the next day. If we hadn't gotten CRUSHED in the early few hours of that storm it would have been a real bust around here. Most of the snow was supposed to come Saturday and we got almost nothing. Yeah, I'm not as fond of this storm- ROA had 18, Amherst had 18. I had 14.5 if you do 6 hours but had 12 on the ground. Bands were JUST to my north 15 miles-- closer to route 60 than 460 near LYH. 14.5 wasn't bad, but even as the storm unfolded, the models had me getting 20-24 inches. I was hoping for 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 DEc 19 2009 about 1020am radar shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 DEc 19 2009 about 1020am radar shot I have video of me and my dog running around in that band. It was f'ing ripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have video of me and my dog running around in that band. It was f'ing ripping. Here is the 600 radar shot I saved on Dec 19 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nflwxman Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Got about 22-25 inches from this storm in my neighborhood. Very rarely are we the bullseye in mid Atlantic storms (except 2011-2012, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 cool full-storm conus loop http://www.theplayerstour.net/osnw3/z20091217-20.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 cool full-storm conus loop http://www.theplayerstour.net/osnw3/z20091217-20.html Jesus that gives me goose bumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Jesus that gives me goose bumps it is pretty sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 cool full-storm conus loop http://www.theplayer...0091217-20.html The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. ??? I can't even get that. Blocked at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 This one definitely had a lot of similarities to Feb '83...I remember thinking that too when the progs were about 72h out. Up here, it under performed compared to '83 due to more advection of dry air from the north...but definitely not down in that region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. ??? seems to be back now. tho i shared it then capitalweather reshared it and it's an 8mb file so we might have killed the server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 This one definitely had a lot of similarities to Feb '83...I remember thinking that too when the progs were about 72h out. Up here, it under performed compared to '83 due to more advection of dry air from the north...but definitely not down in that region. pretty similar...Though 2009 was a bit longer duration event...1983 was about 24 hours and about 5-7 degrees colder in the averages...2009 was about 8 hours longer and mostly in the mid to upper 20s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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