Grothar of Herndon Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Crushing snow right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 It's dumping so hard car alarms are going off Best post of the day, that sounds awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 congrats GGEM/RGEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Places that have verified warning criteria based on spotter reports: Frederick County, MD Carroll County, MD Baltimore County, MD Harford County, MD Montgomery County, MD Fairfax County and City, VA Fauqier County, VA Frederick County, VA Loudoun County, VA Warren County, VA In other words, the northern and western 'burbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Bigger flakes...very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothar of Herndon Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 congrats GGEM/RGEM I hope this band makes it to DC. It is just a beautiful sight. Crushing pounding pouring flakes of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Bigger flakes...very nice The UKIE for Friday requests your presence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I hope this band makes it to DC. It is just a beautiful sight. Crushing pounding pouring flakes of snow. I hope it stalls over D.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Not sure if I can hit 6 but I'm over 5. If I hit 6 this storm is a big mf'n win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunny23 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 just over 5" in sterling/countryside - moderate snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker03 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 This band in moco is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I have this awful fear that the band is going to miss me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I hope this band makes it to DC. It is just a beautiful sight. Crushing pounding pouring flakes of snow. very nice...we are doing pretty well in the last 20 minutes so optimistic for a strong finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I've followed every single snow event for 10+ years...every one...like 70 events in a row, and 2 things I have observed among others...and I am certainly not the only one to observe these things....we tend to finish strong - - it snows quite a bit beyond when we think it is ending based on radar..... and no matter what models say, the NW burbs usually do well, because secondary banding sets up well NW of the main modeled precip maxima I don't have the same level of experience following these like you, but what level I do have...I agree with what you're saying here. I can recall several times where we finished strong at the end. Not sure if it's a general rule or for certain types of storms, but I've seen it happen regardless. Immediately coming to mind (recent ones) would be Mar. 1-2; 2009, Jan. 21, 2014; and this current event. I might even throw in that clipper in Jan. 2003, we seemed to score pretty big right at the tail end. There are probably others, too, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Finishing up for reals now I think...loved that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Filled in nicely down here. Tough to measure in spots but average a bit over 4.25 inches. Can probably get another 1 or 2 to verify the wsw. Nice event. 18.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajb Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Picking up in Dupont. Much bigger flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symblized Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Whatever the radar is showing over downtown Baltimore right now, it is lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 The UKIE for Friday requests your presence No rest for the weary?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I see your side. Remember though...it is just guidance... A simulation of what that particular model expects to happen. As a forecaster it is not a good idea to rely on the model accumulated qpf and snowfall. Many times its high. Fact is... Yes the models spit out decent amounts of snow but in this case you start warm then bring a southward moving shallow airmass in with a battleground going on. It is better to know the climatology, what the type of pattern produced in the past, understand known biases within the NWP fields and then have a good conceptual picture of what you think will happen. Then look at the guidance. A model could throw out 8 inches of snow but it doesn't tell you the dendrite structure or whether or not it will effectively accumulate. Just my 2 cents. We all know it's guidance...well some of us, but many don't and just rip and read it. That was my gripe. Anyways, nice to see the possibility I mentioned of the dryslot filling in, working out a bit for DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Man, this is what it's all about. Just crushing right now. Let it stall. Wish casting . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothar of Herndon Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Not sure if I can hit 6 but I'm over 5. If I hit 6 this storm is a big mf'n win. I believe you will hit 6"+ This is the real deal here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speed6 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 That band is moving into Northwest. Starting to come down nicely here (13th & F) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 This band is awesome, I'm almost want to say its north to south progress has slowed a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 In N. Arlington, steady pixie dust all day has accumulated around 3+ inches. Never any big flakes. Sputtering for the last hour a bit, but still continuing. Took the dog out and it was bitter cold. Thankfully, she didn't want to stay out long. pixiedust here in South Arlington too. The last burst (with visible flakes LOL) is coming through, and so did a spreader as I typed. My joke: as I said this, the DOTberg plow came through and gave me 6" DOTbergs, fortunately not Quite in my own driveway. The joke was to be that I worked very hard (even with an empty flamethrower) to anti-Murphy the situation by (1) joining Shopping Madness and (2) getting all the vehicles off the street (so they wouldn't be plowed in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 That band is moving into Northwest. Starting to come down nicely here (13th & F) nice...meet you at district taco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Was an easy 1.5 - 2" add I think to this mornings totals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 The heavy band ended here about 20 minutes ago. I went out and stood in it while it just dumped on me. Might be the last flakes I see for 8 or 9 months. The sun is trying to peak out. I finished with 4.5 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWC Split Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Crazy rates right now in Haymarket, must be what was just going on in Leesburg. Hopefully it sticks around for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Not sure if I can hit 6 but I'm over 5. If I hit 6 this storm is a big mf'n win. Congrats! There hasn't been a flake here since 10:30 lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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