Sparky Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I will probably settle on a storm total of 6", though I may not be giving myself enough credit for the snow bands that went through after midnight that I slept through. That will give me an even 22 inches on the winter so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Blowing snow earlier this morning. Very cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 My pictures not like Ian's. cheap camera and I was in a rush but it does give an idea how pretty it was this morning. Been writing a Ji suicide aritcle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 My pictures not like Ian's. cheap camera and I was in a rush but it does give an idea how pretty it was this morning. Been writing a Ji suicide aritcle. snow_jan_3_2014.png I see nothing wrong with it, nice and white! haha And to highlighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 My pictures not like Ian's. cheap camera and I was in a rush but it does give an idea how pretty it was this morning. Been writing a Ji suicide aritcle. snow_jan_3_2014.png Nice Wes! I already know what your article is going to say and I'm good with it. The writing is on the wall for a period once we moderate next week. SSW will save us! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 My pictures not like Ian's. cheap camera and I was in a rush but it does give an idea how pretty it was this morning. Been writing a Ji suicide aritcle. snow_jan_3_2014.png And to think that you were worried last evening! Great picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 And to think that you were worried last evening! Great picture! at my house I'm almost always worried except in 2009-2010. This was my biggest snow since the 2011 snow burst storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 at my house I'm almost always worried except in 2009-2010. This was my biggest snow since the 2011 snow burst storm Yeah, I know. My sister lives very near you in Owings just off of route 2. Her two boys can finally stop complaining about not being able to go sledding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nice Wes! I already know what your article is going to say and I'm good with it. The writing is on the wall for a period once we moderate next week. SSW will save us! lol It was a good winter. At least Wes got to see snow again.. it could be another few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 BWI up to 4.2" storm total. That sounds more representative of the area. Still can't believe (well, yes I can since it's DCA) that DCA didn't get any measurable snow after midnight. NWS employee reported 6.5" in Columbia! I think I'm going to go with an even 6" for MBY. 5.7" IMBY. Morning low 12.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow. Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Final total 2.5"...DCA's total is believable. They hit 33 briefly a couple times, but their official low was 34....Ian texted me that he had almost 1" when I was at the Old Post Office and it was barely sticking. Subtle latitude and elevation changes mattered early in the storm. I measure on my roof because it is huge and gives me many flat surfaces to measure. Even creating an artificial 200'+ feet I did worse than places <2 miles to my north with similar elevation as UHI had a big effect as well as latitude as my early temps were a tad higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow. Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 As Weather53 has noted many times in the past, sun on snowcover is amazing looking and has a positive effect on mental and emotional well being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 It was a good winter. At least Wes got to see snow again.. it could be another few years. It was a good winter. We still have another week too. I'll start the 14-15 thread next weekend. CPC has us @ 40% probs of nino conditions for JAS period. It's gonna be rockin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 As Weather53 has noted many times in the past, sun on snowcover is amazing looking and has a positive effect on mental and emotional well being i was actually in a good mood driving to work this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow. Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 i was actually in a good mood driving to work this morning! of course you were...it is gorgeous out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 of course you were...it is gorgeous out having maybe 10% of people on the roads as usual helps too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HM Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Yes sir it is. How much do you have?. We ended up with 8.8" in Mount Laurel, NJ. There is a lot of blowing/drifting, too. Several people in this area received between 6 and 10 inches. The roads are still pretty covered in my town, which is a rare sight these days. Thanks HM. We'll go back to doing what we do best now after this one...unless this is the year of the reverse bust? Thoughts on Jan 9-10? lol The El Nino "touch" continues on and will probably allow us a few more opportunities. We are not done yet friend! Thanks...these bands have been nice...this was the best one... I thought the models, overall, did a great job up in my region and they definitely sniffed out the potential of those late night bands. In my area, the NAM and EURO kicked some butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 So I noticed something while shovelling my drive and sidewalk. There was a layer of slush on the bottom of the snow pack, and the concrete was actually wet after shovelling. Kind of surprised since it was 17 out. Was the snow insulating the concrete? In areas where the top snow had been blown off, the slush part had frozen solid and was stuck to the concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Image swath this afternoon from MODIS/Terra was perfect for our area. Here's a clipped version of the 250m resolution image of the DC area. Love the streamers coming off of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Links to the full rez complete 250m and 500m images are below the pic. http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.250m.jpg http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.500m.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 It's a good lens. I got my first SLR (film) in college baed on a buddy's suggestion and he pointed me to the Tamron as a cheap versatile option. I broke the first and then bought another but with VR/IS... that one fell out of my bag while running through the derercho and I didn't realize till I was home. Thought it over a while on getting a faster lens with less range but ended up buying the VR/IS again. I'm not good enough to tell why it's much or any worse than a higher end piece. My Canon 17-40mm is softer on focus as far as I can tell. thx again and to wxdude My Tamron 18-200 is pretty much my standard lens on my Canon D50. (I need the wideish angle for the pics I take on my blog.) I briefly went back recently to the Canon 18-55 that came with with the camera, and I was shocked at how much fuzzier the images were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 .....Certainly won't cost you anything like a nice really right stuff tripod. Or a Gitzo with RRS ball head and quick release. But I am biased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Great shot this afternoon from MODIS/Terra. Here's a clip of the 250m resolution image of the DC area. Love the streamers coming off of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Sorry for the large file size. Links to the full rez complete 250m and 500m images are below the pic. http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.250m.jpg http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.500m.jpg Holy large jpeg! I can see my house in there! Those are awesome! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Image swath this afternoon from MODIS/Terra was perfect for our area. Here's a clipped version of the 250m resolution image of the DC area. Love the streamers coming off of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Links to the full rez complete 250m and 500m images are below the pic. Terra 03jan13 250m DC.png http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.250m.jpg http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.500m.jpg Very cool....thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Image swath this afternoon from MODIS/Terra was perfect for our area. Here's a clipped version of the 250m resolution image of the DC area. Love the streamers coming off of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Links to the full rez complete 250m and 500m images are below the pic. Terra 03jan13 250m DC.png http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.250m.jpg http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.500m.jpg Great shots. Will be interesting to check it next Thursday-ish to see if we can get some ice on the Potomac and Chessy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Love that stuff, Das. Thanks. You gave me a perfect idea for my post snowshock avatar. I'll keep this one until it snows again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 since i have unlimited uploads, for posterity crops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuddz Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Image swath this afternoon from MODIS/Terra was perfect for our area. Here's a clipped version of the 250m resolution image of the DC area. Love the streamers coming off of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Links to the full rez complete 250m and 500m images are below the pic. Terra 03jan13 250m DC.png http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.250m.jpg http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/single.cgi?image=crefl1_143.A2014003155500-2014003160000.500m.jpg All that ice on the lakes is making me work way harder than I should be on a friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Frederick County has a working wood shop fire with a tanker task force. Water shuttle operations in weather like this is a royal P.I.T.A. I agree 100 percent. Shuttling in this weather is a P.I.T.A. Back in 2009-10 I wasn't shuttling but was in the back of the engine during a small electrical fire some 6 hours after the second of the back to back blizzards. After we cleared, pulling out of the incident driveway our FADO was navigating a tight turn out amongst probably 50+ inches of snow on the ground at that point and he found the way off the driveway and tilted the entire engine 45 degrees into the bank. Now... THAT sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 since i have unlimited uploads, for posterity crops modis1.jpg modis2.jpg nice crop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 ouch lol Snow in northern Calvert County (Wes Junker)" Is that a different Wes Junker? I'm pretty sure ours said there wouldn't be snow in Calvert County : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.