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Flizzard/snow squall obs Friday 1/9/2015


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Haven't really been following this threat as I firmly believe this becomes very disorganized crossing the mountains. Next 3-4 hours are critical. What time are we supposed to see flakes, if we see any, in SEPA?

Looks like it would be around that most important of times, the morning rush.

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Looks like it would be around that most important of times, the morning rush.

Unfortunately I got a flight out of LGA at 7:30 AM. I am actually bullish on this event. I think this drops coating-2" for most of the area, especially I-95 and NW. This time I'll be hoping for nothing more than flurries so of course it will over perform haha

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I think I can honestly say this is the first time I've ever been woken up by the sound of snow. It almost sounds like IP hitting the house. Anyway, picking up a coating, temp "up" to 21.6F.

 

Softer flakes here as far as I can tell, but a light coating now. 23F still, RH up to 62%.

 

Update - just went outside and it's the same here, small snow pellets about 1/16th inch diameter.

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I think I can honestly say this is the first time I've ever been woken up by the sound of snow. It almost sounds like IP hitting the house. Anyway, picking up a coating, temp "up" to 21.6F.

 

Funny you mention that. I had the dog out at 5:00am up here and had the same thing. I could hear it hitting the side of the neighbors house. Further investigation revealed that it almost had a sleet/graupel structure to it.

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This may actually be real graupel... i.e. rimed pellets.  Liquid water droplets can exist in clouds well down below freezing so there may not be a warm layer per se, but enough convective lifting to result in liquid water droplets which the snow is then falling through. 

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This may actually be real graupel... i.e. rimed pellets.  Liquid water droplets can exist in clouds well down below freezing so there may not be a warm layer per se, but enough convective lifting to result in liquid water droplets which the snow is then falling through. 

 

Thanks for the explanation! Makes the ratio pretty low. Still nice to have snow/graupel falling.....

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Unfortunately I got a flight out of LGA at 7:30 AM. I am actually bullish on this event. I think this drops coating-2" for most of the area, especially I-95 and NW. This time I'll be hoping for nothing more than flurries so of course it will over perform haha

God dammit haha. It's pouring snow at LGA. there gonna get a couple inches of snow out of this.

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