North Balti Zen Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Finally got home. Some untreated roads near my house are really icy. Looks like around 3 inches fell today, now with an ice crust. Beautiful winter scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Getting close to the 30 mark now in Carney, MD. Freezing drizzle at moment with another small batch incoming. Last batch gave a nice layer of ice probably getting close to 1/8" mark. Took a slow walk around the neighborhood and took some pics with phone. Lots of bushes covered and drooping as well as small branches on trees. Looks very peaceful actually, except for the crunch and ice covered sidewalks. I stayed on grass to keep from killing myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Finally got home. Some untreated roads near my house are really icy. Looks like around 3 inches fell today, now with an ice crust. Beautiful winter scene. Saw your post earlier. Good to see you made it back. Nice storm we got here. Little bit of everything, especially snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 There goes my power Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Power outages starting to happen.. 6,700 in MD currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Last obs of the night from me. 30.5 and light freezing rain. Going to be heading into a Fzdr and mist soon but could get some spotty light Freezing rain till the morning. Very nice ice accretion tonight and we still have power which is a win. That 700 mb transport was aimed right at DC and Northern suburbs for this second wave. Hope power outages down there don't get too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover33 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Everything is covered in Ice in Centerville, still getting some decent freezing rain, trees are saggy and the road looks nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 It's time for a reality check here, someone said last night that at 4am we would warm above freezing. Well, I am back down to 29 degrees with steady freezing rain and a ton of ice on trees, cars and other stuff outside and branches are breaking all over. Well Mets? Why am I still below freezing with tons of ice? The firehose is still in full effect http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hanging on to 31.6 and light ZR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Just opened the back door to get a look at things and a transformer blew in the distance. Power is fine here so far. It's beautiful outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Neighbor's tree branch just crashed to the ground, narrowly missing her car and the side of her garage. This is getting ridiculous December 8-9 2013 snow, sleet, and ice storm The snow and sleet began around 9am on the morning of Sunday Dec 8 while I was still asleep. I woke briefly a few times between 8am and noon and looked outside and did not see much but did notice the road was white so I decided to not to risk driving to church. Posts on American weather forums indicated snow and sleet began roughly around 9 to 930am in the Dale City region. Snow and sleet continued through the morning. By the time freezing rain (zr) started to mix in, at least an inch of snow and sleet had accumulated on the grass, roads and sidewalks. The temperatures remained in the upper 20s all day and frz rain mixed in with the snow and sleet and soaked the snow/sleetpack then cemented it in place as ice slowly accumulated. The precipitation eased up as we moved into the afternoon but freezing drizzle continued to ice everything up. By 9pm a second round of liquid precip moved in from the WSW. With the CAD in place and cold ground and existing snow/sleetpack, the rain froze on contact. This freezing rain continued steadily the rest of the evening and through the overnight hours. Temperatures were progged to rise above freezing at 9z, (4am EST) but stayed at 30 degrees into at least 5am. Fully a third of an inch of ice was recorded in Dale City by 5am. Branches were falling all over, I could hear them crack then the crash of icy branches hitting the ground. A large branch smashed into the ground just a foot from my neighbor's house and her car. I slept after 5am Monday morning then woke up around noon, to 34 degrees and low overcast. Some of the ice had melted but much of it was still present. We had a 2 hour power outage. We received an inch of snow and sleet then a third of an inch of ice accretion on top of the snow/sleet glacier. From Dec 8 thru about the 10th we had 100 percent areal coverage. However, after that we had a few days with highs in the 40s that really blasted hell out of the south facing lawns and dropped our snow cover to about 50 percent. Then the rain on Dec 14 melted some more despite highs only around 38, then the overnight low that night only dropped to 33. Dec 15 brought a high of 48 that just roasted most of the remaining snowpack, leaving only 5 percent barely hanging on on the north side of homes, in the woods, and on typically north facing hills. The snowpiles that were plowed up are doing fine for now, they are 2-3 feet tall. We have a 4-6 day warmup incoming, I'll post about the effects of that warmup on the snow piles later. The snow whitened the ground by about 11am Sunday Dec 8. Therefore, 11am Monday Dec 16 is 8 days of snow cover. However, Sunday Dec 15 we only had about 7 percent areal coverage and Monday Dec 16 we only had about 2 percent areal coverage. On Dec 16 patches of snow can only be found in the woods and to the north of any sunlight blocking building or on the north side of hills. Dec 17 I could still find small patches of snow in the woods and to the north of trees and houses. However I will probably stop at 9 days of snow cover because snowpack coverage here is now less than 1 percent. I will merely make notes about any remaining snow on the ground and about piles. There are still quite a few snow piles around Dale City as of Dec 17, some of which are three feet tall. There are smaller piles of snow/sleet around residences where people shoveled their walks. The 50 degree weather in a couple of days should melt these piles in short order. We received a surprise half inch of heavy wet snow early on the morning of Dec 18. A snow band dropped a half inch of new snow in 40 minutes. The snow accumulated on all surfaces due to 32 degree weather and heavy snow rates. Even after melting later on Dec 18, we still had snow cover on the north facing lawns and on the north sides of houses and even some left on bushes! This means that I will increment the snow cover total days to 10 today and to 11 tomorrow morning at 10am. Back on Dec 8 when we first got accumulations, the snow first started to accumulate at 10am that morning, This is why the total days of snow cover counter gets incremented at or after 10am every morning we still have snowpack. ------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 32 here so just rain. Still a solid glaze om everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Didn't get a lot of qpf last night, but every damn drop is frozen to anything it can cling onto. Saw a couple of transformer booms as I took the dog out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Glaze up here for sure, hard to say how much, didn't venture outside. Now to decide whether I go to work or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 We must of had a QPF bust last night west of dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Looks like 0.3" accreation in Clarksburg. Temp is 29.6F with FZDZ. In the 5 minutes I was outside, I heard 3 branches come down. Sure is beautiful, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 We must of had a QPF bust last night west of dc this was the 0Z NAM qpf total for 24 hrs ending 6z Tuesday http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=030ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F00%2Fnam_namer_030_precip_p24.gif&model=nam&area=namer¶m=precip_p24&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M 6Z NAM ending Tuesday 6Z,,,,it definitely dried out and shifted things south I hope this doesn't bode poorly for tomorrow's event http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/Image.php?fhr=030ℑ=data%2Fnam%2F06%2Fnam_namer_030_precip_p24.gif&model=nam&area=namer¶m=precip_p24&group=Model+Guidance&imageSize=M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 officially, BWI had 1.6" yesterday, which sounds right to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 About 1/4 up here, I think the heavier rates stayed south. Two plows have already gone by this morning, roads just seem wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Just drove from Odenton to Woodlawn. Roads are nearly 100% clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NattyBo Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Medium sized tree down, enough to block the entire street. Glad we still have power... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 My snow didn't get washed away....I'm happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowsonWeather Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 We got 5 inches here in Towson, but the ice portion has been pretty meh. Some pretty icing on trees, but it's above freezing now and the snow is slowly turning to slush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Good storm. Probably close to warning criteria ice on top of warning type snow. I'm pleased. Bring on the 1-4 tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Just got the call that FCPS is closed today. Decent icing on the trees guessing about a quarter inch. 30.3 /29 out currently. All the pretty snow from yesterday has a shiny coating on it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Had 0.70" precip that was freezing rain/rain. Accretion is 3/16" on trees, etc. A couple of small branches down on our maple, and the magnolia across the street had a bigger branch down. Sidewalks are almost all wet, with the occasional slick spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Nice glaze out there this morning. So much for warming up overnight. Still at 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 About 55,000 DC area outages- biggest chunk in Fairfax County. So impact-wise, this is a substantial ice storm. Not anywhere near the most severe, but beyond "nuisance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 About 55,000 DC area outages- biggest chunk in Fairfax County. So impact-wise, this is a substantial ice storm. Not anywhere near the most severe, but beyond "nuisance." Mom lives in Annandale and she lost her power around 6. Mine has flickered a couple times and I can hear a hum outside when a transformer goes off in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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