PhineasC Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Some heavy snow and a dusting here has made me hate this POS storm a little less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Plenty of compaction here too. Went from small flakes now back to large with just light snow falling. Visibility improved. Your boss called and was asking where you were. He sounded pissed, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 sleeting in Springfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The most recent CWG blog comments are reporting snowflakes in western Fairfax County, anyone seeing similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 sleeting in Springfield. Radar is not all that bad, imo. Still liquid here, but I'm really closse to Springfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Out of curiosity, what's your elevation? Seems like if you're in far northern MD or southern PA, the higher the elevation, the less that compaction was a problem. I sit at exactly 860 ft. The ridge behind my house goes up to about 1060 ft. In marginal icing situations I can see the trees on the ridge iced up while the trees near my house are just wet. Had some compaction today but not as bad as I thought it would be with these borderline temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The most recent CWG blog comments are reporting snowflakes in western Fairfax County, anyone seeing similar?If we get rates it's snow at this pt but there aren't much rates left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Just went on a mini chase -- I left around 10:45 and took off up I-270. Rain/sleet became snow just 10 miles up, and by Frederick there was about 2" or so. I waffled on going north on 15 or west on I-70, and I picked west. The snow amounts really picked up as I headed towards Hagerstown. I decided to pull into that South Mountain rest stop to walk around and take a few pics. It was nice with 4-5" on the ground and snowing moderately with big flakes. One thing I noticed coming home -- just THREE miles east of the rest stop, the snow dropped suddenly to only an inch or two, then picked back up to looking like 4" a couple miles further east. Mountain shadow effect? Anyway, now I know a good spot to see snow just 33 miles away when I miss closely, which happens A LOT. I seem to be just over the wrong side of a boundary in these events. Coming back down I-270 was funny watching the ground go from white to almost bare in just minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 heavy snow in Burke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The most recent CWG blog comments are reporting snowflakes in western Fairfax County, anyone seeing similar? It just flipped to some snow near rt 50 and the beltway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Some snowflakes here in West Springfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Your boss called and was asking where you were. He sounded pissed, dude. Rumor has it he is the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Your boss called and was asking where you were. He sounded pissed, dude. I have lived here a long time and it has never been like this. There is nothing special about this area snow wise other then we generally get a couple inches more in storms because we are colder, or we nickle an inch or two in marginal events. This winter is on its own with this brutal gradient business. It's almost like living in a Lake effect region or something. All the precip has just centered across this zone, be it rain or snow this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm mixing now. We don't have Peyton Manning to try to save us, but we also don't have a time limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 It just flipped to some snow near rt 50 and the beltway As my wife just wrote me, "a little sloppy snow rain". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 33/32 and still a bit of light snow falling. Just went out and cleared off the driveway. I think I cleared off about 5 gallons of water. I am glad most of it had started to melt as with compression there was only about 1/4" on it. That was the heaviest snow I have dealt with in quite a while. Kind of glad it was not the 5-9" that was projected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have lived here a long time and it has never been like this. There is nothing special about this area snow wise other then we generally get a couple inches more in storms because we are colder, or we nickle an inch or two in marginal events. This winter is on its own with this brutal gradient business. It's almost like living in a Lake effect region or something. All the precip has just centered across this zone, be it rain or snow this season. Either you are a troll and don't care what anyone thinks or you really are pretty tone-deaf. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Looks like another band is forming just west of Westminster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Looks like another band is forming just west of Westminster. Yes. Starting to pick up here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Looks like another band is forming just west of Westminster. They are getting the goods! A co-worker of my wife just texted her that they have 6.5" in Manchester. She is a snow lover too -- I should ask if she posts on here LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 They are getting the goods! A co-worker of my wife just texted her that they have 6.5" in Manchester. She is a snow lover too -- I should ask if she posts on here LOL. That's what I have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecosense Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Went home for lunch, 7.2" Glen Rock, PA. Snow has stopped for now. Back at work 6.9" in Shrewsbury, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Question... So my rain gauge was at 0.68" at the turn over to snow. It is now at 0.80". I am correct that it has measured this high water content snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vern Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Big, quarter sized snowflakes in Crystal City to tease us at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSnow Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Big, quarter sized snowflakes in Crystal City to tease us at the end. I will confirm this observation, althought quarter-sized flakes are outnumbered by the microsopic ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker03 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Seeing flakes in downtown dc near union station. Too bad it's almost over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecosense Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Must have been the donut hole, big flakes moderate snow fall again. Wow nice event for the northern tier. My drive down to Hopkins for class should be interesting. 40 miles to go from 7" to total rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 mod snow now. fatty flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vern Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I will confirm this observation, althought quarter-sized flakes are outnumbered by the microsopic ones. yeah, the quater sized flakes lasted for about a quarter-second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Still nice light snow here in Pikesville. The past 2 hours of snow has made me a little less grumpy. Probably have at least .5" probably have more at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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