Bob Chill Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Looks like DC is about to get their best shot of the day shortly. fwiw Picking back up in Rockville. Should have enough to hit the sledding hill in an hour or 2. Kids don't sweat the details like we do. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 finally decent rates...will have to see...33 here...just want my inch...may have to go back outside Snows finally starting to mix back in but my temp edged back up to 32.9. Gonna need some impressive rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow. Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Mixed precip vs. all snow is easy to pick up on dual-pol. DC should change over soon. lwxradar_cc_121013_1324.PNG changeover to what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 1.5" in upper MoCo with light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Looks like DC is about to get their best shot of the day shortly. fwiw Picking back up in Rockville. Should have enough to hit the sledding hill in an hour or 2. Kids don't sweat the details like we do. lol My kids just want enough to sled. My grass isn't even covered enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Makes sense. I mean I'm not going to complain about a day off too much but if this keeps happening they are going to need to figure out a new option. This has been happening for decades. It is what it is. They make the best decision they can with the information they have available to them at the time. Given the relative scarcity of snowstorms around here, it makes sense to be cautious instead of sending hundreds of thousands of people out on roads that were just about universally predicted to be in poor condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I have 3" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 you can see the disturbance interacting with the back edge in wv/western md. more n-s orientation with the returns. maybe we get some enhancement for a bit in an hour or 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 you can see the disturbance interacting with the back edge in wv/western md. more n-s orientation with the returns. maybe we get some enhancement for a bit in an hour or 2. yeah, this is too dynamic for you to quit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam254 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Fluffy flakes falling in Centreville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Ian has been warning people....... Maybe the Euro isn't all that bad at temps after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Seriously---models had this going until 1:00? No chance. Anyway--just over an inch here. Steady, but Sunday was much heavier Skies seems to be darkening a bit. Maybe I have an incoming "death / rockband". ;-) PS--It's only Dec 10! DC folks--plenty of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilton Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 For DC proper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good snow with this streak coming into DC. Just a shame it isn't going to last very long. 33.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow. Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 these bands are pretty but they dont drop my viz much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The euro was right with the lower qpf it appears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 1" on the dot as of 8:45. Let's see what this most recent band can give me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris87 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 This has been happening for decades. It is what it is. They make the best decision they can with the information they have available to them at the time. Given the relative scarcity of snowstorms around here, it makes sense to be cautious instead of sending hundreds of thousands of people out on roads that were just about universally predicted to be in poor condition. i think in general if you had no issue with the closure before the event, it's pointless to play the role of the critic now -- it's a tough decision to make, may not look justified in the urban center but with the number of commuters and a gentle reminder that not all dc federal facilities are downtown i think it was the safe call to make -- and with regards to telework, it'll continue to expand and maybe mitigate these type of issues in the future but even in my office where people routinely telework, the infrastructure (VPN) only supports 25 concurrent connections in a branch with over 100+ scientists so the internal infrastructure doesn't help especially in the case of unscheduled telework by OPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC810 AM EST TUE DEC 10 2013.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... -- Changed Discussion -- ...UPDATE TO DOWNGRADE THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO AN ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA. ELSEWHERE...THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES HAVE NOT CHANGED. THE HEAVIEST IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... LTST SFC ANALY DEPICT LOPRES IN WRN VA/NC. LOW A SFC REFLECTION OF VORTMAX/RRQ OF 180 KT UPR JET. ASSOCD PCPN HAS RAPIDLY BEEN FILLING IN ACRS THE OH/TN VLYS...AND IS ON THE WRN DOORSTEP ATTM. GDNC IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS WL BE TRACKING ACRS CWFA...PRIMARILY BTWN 12-18 UTC. THE ARRIVAL OF THIS PCPN WL PROVIDE ENUF MIXING TO ERODE FOG CURRENTLY IN PLACE. A STRIP OF DENSE FOG RESIDES FM CHO-IAD. TRENDS SINCE 04Z INDICATE A SLOW IMPRVMNT HAS BEGUN...AND HV ALLWD DENSE FOG ADVY TO EXPIRE AT 08Z. AFTER THAT...VSBY STILL WONT BE GREAT...AS FOG RESTRICTIONS WL BE REPLACED W/ SNOW RESTRICTIONS. THE FEATURES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW LOOK TO BE PROGRESSIVE. BUT...LIFT VIGOROUS AND H7-5 F-VECTORS DO POINT TO MESOSCALE BANDING. WHILE MAX LIFT NOT EXACTLY IN DENTRITIC GROWTH ZONE...A THIRD TO HALF INCH LIQ QPF SUGGESTS THAT WRNG CRITERIA THREATENED. CANNOT PLACE EXACTLY WHERE THE BANDS WL SET UP /LTST HRRR AND WRF RUNS SUGGEST CHO-DCA-MTN/...FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT LCLLY HIER AMTS PSBL. GFS SUGGESTS THAT THE BAND MAY BE NW OF CURRENT 3-6 INCH FCST STRIPE. CONFIDENCE DIMINISHES TWD EZF AND SRN MD DUE TO LOWER SNW RATIOS AND MDL SNDGS SUGGESTING PL WL MIX IN. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS WL REDUCE SNW TTLS. IN LIGHT OF 00Z GDNC...POTL FOR HIER TTLS...AND NOT CERTAIN BANDS WL BE W/IN PREVIOUS WRNG AREA...HV OPTED TO WIDEN WRNG AREA TO INCL LUA-FDK ON THE NW AND CHO- OMH ON THE SE. TIME FRAME NOT EXTENDED AS GDNC STILL PRETTY INSISTENT THAT SNOW SHUD BE ENDING BY 18Z. MAY EVEN SEE BRIGHTENING SKIES BEFORE SUNSET. ONCE SNOW STARTS...TEMPS CHGG LTL...AND FCST MAXT REFLECTS THAT. -- End Changed Discussion -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 It now seems more and more than small- to medium events (1-3) (4-6) just don't work out in DC anymore. Seems you need a dynamic coastal beast with every single factor stacked in your favor to get anything more than a coating. One thing not in place and DC gets nothing. The forecasters around here need to seriously ask themselves why DC proper gets so little snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 How soon, if at all, before they downgrade the WSW to a WWA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpsnation Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Snowing nicely in Arlington right now. If it keeps it up, we could get some decent snow cover. Highly unlikely we make it to 2 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNO Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Those that took the under for DCA are winners again...but that is usually the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris21 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Viz under a half mile in Rockville closing in on two inches. Roads are snow covered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 1.1" Interesting part about being outside is that every time the wind just blows a little, there is a crackling noise from the ice still up in the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow. Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 best rates of the day...gonna go back outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Winter storm warning expanded? O_o What do they see that we don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4CGT Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Re: closings... the roads out west aren't great. While it sucks DC proper is getting shafted yet again, a lot of people commute from Loudoun and points even further west. Think they've got to take that into account when closing. Even major roads like Rt 15 are pretty bad out here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Winter storm warning expanded? O_o What do they see that we don't? atmospheric science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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