EastCoast NPZ Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Just measured 9.1" at my work in Middletown. I may have reached the 10.2" at home I needed to get to 50" on the season. This winter is one for the record books. 09-10 was bigger IMBY, but this winter has just been so incredibly consistent. Significant snows and cold in every single month. I've had double-digit snow in every month except Jan, which as still very close. This winter will be remembered and talked about for a long time. We will speak about it with reverence. Just think, maybe - just maybe - it's not quite done yet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 The NAM seems to think that band headed towards Loudoun and Montgomery has another inch of snow in it. Stats padding. Already picked up 0.2" from it so far (as of 10:15am). Lots of columns and needles with the occasional dendrite mixed in then it goes to 80% dendrites as a heavier band moves through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Looked like it was over about an hour ago... but business picked back up. Visibility down to a half mile prolly. Official totals climbing towards what I saw IMBY earlier. Sterling pretty bullish about daytime accumulations.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 snowing in Balt City, hadn't even looked since I got to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlantry Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Ha! We win, for once! Hillandale is only a couple miles from here: "...MONTGOMERY COUNTY... HILLANDALE 10.5 423 AM 3/17 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 W FAIRLAND 10.0 700 AM 3/17 TRAINED SPOTTER" And that was around 4:30. There's a good 12 inches on the back deck. Yesterday, I thought 4-5 was optimistic. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Looks like Farmville/Richmond might finally get in the game today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 It looks like DCA topped 2/13 after all. Imby it's about the same as it was then, fwiw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 This is great!! Nice intensity....heading out to shovel in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 It looks like DCA topped 2/13 after all. Imby it's about the same as it was then, fwiw Incredible. I'm still 5.5" behind my 2/13 total. I have 9" now, had 14.5" with that one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Exactly 4 inches here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cae Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 About 6" in Towson, but thankfully only about 4.5" of powder on the driveway. Definitely on the high end of what I was expecting. A big win for the models -- with the exception of the Euro, they all did pretty well on this one in the last couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 It looks like DCA topped 2/13 after all. Imby it's about the same as it was then, fwiw Wow that's nuts. We had 13.5" officially with the 2/13 storm. Maybe we'll finish with half of that this go around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Ended up with almost 6" in frederick after a slow start. Only about 3" at work at hgr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaminmawc Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 About 6" here in Middle River/ Chase. More than I expected honestly so there's a win!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurojosh Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Statue of the Greek goddess Diana in our front yard has turned into the American goddess, Marge Simpson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Incredible. I'm still 5.5" behind my 2/13 total. I have 9" now, had 14.5" with that one . It seems like surrounding D.C. suburbs within 15 miles or so almost all came within 2" maybe 3" of each other. I find that little tidbit interesting. Heck, that consistency might even expand further than that eyeballing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Statue of the Greek goddess Diana in our front yard has turned into the American goddess, Marge Simpson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Incredible. I'm still 5.5" behind my 2/13 total. I have 9" now, had 14.5" with that one . 14.5" in the city? Say wha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Wow that's nuts. We had 13.5" officially with the 2/13 storm. Maybe we'll finish with half of that this go around. Yeah that DCA figure shocks me. I received 5.5" more in 2/13..I have 9" on the ground now, but had 14.5" in 2/13..and that 14.5" was a conservative measurement on my part. Huge difference: 3/17 2/13: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 14.5" in the city? Say wha? In the Palisades area, so kind of on the western edge. See photos above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Statue of the Greek goddess Diana in our front yard has turned into the American goddess, Marge Simpson... LOL!!!!! So funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Sterling has that 10-14" line creeping pretty close to DC. If what we're getting now in Cville swings that way, I'd believe a foot somewhere up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtstack Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Bad forecast by me. Good job by the NWS. Looks like almost all the snow stuck. So much for relying on MOS. It was good Mar 3rd and bad last night. To be fair, CWG would be criticizing the hell outta NWS if the forecasts were reversed and NWS called for less than warning criteria snow right up until hours before the event. Just goes to show that forecasting snow accumulation is a difficult job and NWS does the best they can. Congrats NWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Much of hilly western/upper northhwest DC has a climo more similar Besthesda or McLean than the low lying areas of the city east of the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 ;-). 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. Great job, thanks for the explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nice DC split on the radar right now. (Proof that severe weather really isn't far away!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 In the Palisades area, so kind of on the western edge. See photos above. You must have been under some microscale band or something.. I don't remember seeing an official observation in DC within 5 inches of that number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Sterling has that 10-14" line creeping pretty close to DC. If what we're getting now in Cville swings that way, I'd believe a foot somewhere up there. LWX should have left the 2-4" up by the PA line... didn't get 4-6" at my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Wish I had a camera here at the office. It's pouring down right now in downtown Charlottesville. Not quite SN+ but close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Wife confirms we've reached 10.25" at our house. 50" on the season. Still snowing, but even at 25F, I doubt it can accumulate anymore today; rates just won't be good enough to overcome the March sun-angle. Snow has stopped sticking on the sidewalks here at work, and they are now just wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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