StudentOfClimatology Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 About 8.1"...wow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 6.75" here. It must have been dumping sometime between 12 and 3AM. That's when it seems we got the bulk of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I'm a little shocked to see 5" considering the dry start here with only a dusting around midnight. has to be the first time I ever beat you guys....gravity will lose its hold in days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoshanaz Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 6.25 inches on the table on my deck in Pikesville/Greenspring. Very light snow ATM with the consistency of cornmeal. About 26 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ers-wxman1 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 good to know! How do they calculate the official precip total? Here at IAD we measure a running snow total on one board and we measure and wipe clean a 6 hour snow total that goes into observations. Snow also accumulates in the measuring device...which can be rough when its windy. From that device we take the snow that falls inside of the canister and melt it down to liquid...of course you have to measure the warm water you add. From that total measurement we are able to do a calculation and come up with the liquid to snow ratio. Coop observers are trained the same with equipment. From all 3 pieces of equipment you achieve a running snow depth for climo and obs, 6 hrly snow for updates and sn-liquid ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 has to be the first time I ever beat you guys....gravity will lose its hold in days The snowfall gradiant on this one was indeed upside down. You can see the totals increase almost in a straight east to west line as you go south from the MD/PA border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 it almost looks like it's gunna' snow! http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&itype=wv&size=large&endDate=20140317&endTime=-1&duration=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 8.75" with light snow continuing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 7.8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 61 days of snow cover ties 09-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astarck Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 This snowshower is coming down heavy enough to re-coat my shoveled sidewalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Can someone tell me DCA and BWI's totals? Thanks. we'll post em when we get em.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Some light flurries now and 20 degrees. Final here 3.2 inches. Nice to look at and remarkable powder snow for this late in the season. The 3.2 inches today takes me to over 80 inches for the season! UNREAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 7.8"wow, the 60/61 analog FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 BWI - 7.9" DCA - 7.2" IAD - 10.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 trees grow funny down there, lol,man thats great Those aren't trees. They are cell phone towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 6" here in Middle River. Okay, Dad, you can stop sending kisses from heaven now. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nice steady fine snow now....looks to last a bit looking at radar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 BWI - 7.9" DCA - 7.2" IAD - 10.0" Cool, thanks. Great storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 BWI - 7.9" DCA - 7.2" IAD - 10.0" That's awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 wow, the 60/61 analog FTW mini-60-61.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Only 2" on the street, 8" on my deck, and 10" on the grass. Looks like it's not done, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I'm not really sure exactly how much I ended up with, but I think 8.5" would be a good estimate based on my measurements taken a couple hours after most of the snow stopped. Pretty damn remarkable. Still some fine, light snow coming down. Obligatory pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Sunday early afternoon high: 45.5 Sunday 11:00pm: 29.3 Monday a.m. low: 22.9 Monday 8:50am: 23.6 w/very light flurries. While out shoveling, took multiple measurements of between 8" and 10". So, going w/ 9" IMBY to account for early morning compacting. Not worth hassling w/fractions at this point. I'm over 50" now for the season. Suggest shoveling early. Snow was not as light and fluffy as I expected it to be. Long-range suggests another East Coast event maybe in about a week ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 BWI - 7.9" DCA - 7.2" IAD - 10.0" Nice to see a realistic number out of DCA. Did they fire the old spotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Snowing with snow already on the ground is fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 A few pictures while walking the dogs. They took the cover off one of the pools in Fairlington on Saturday. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ers-wxman1 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 ers-wxman should be around to rightfully gloat any minute now. ;-). I'm pleased how the event took shape. Drawing conclusion that some of the colder wetter solutions were accurate. There are 2 or 3 members of that SREF pack that are very high every storm...by a bunch. We know those members will always ramp the max grid up and we tweak back some to account. For planning and risk assessment it was good to brief the potential for up to xx amount as a range of possible very worst case solutions. Once the event begins the Min and Max maps disappear. We do this because they are for planning purposes only and at that time we should have narrowed the forecast to have the Most Likely graphic as our only confidence...official forecast which may or may not receive a few tweaks based on trends. Two rounds of verification begin after that... Spotter and coop reports for verification/non verification of the warnings and advisories and a new test verification to see how our official forecasts and observed snow amounts placed within the goal post of possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcwahoo Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Total bust in Richmond. A dusting of snow. Yet another missed opportunity for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 9.5" averaging a bunch of spots. Hopefully the final band can drop a half inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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