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Feb 14-15 Flizzard and Wind Event


Bob Chill

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Poorly.  Very poorly.

 

Appreciate your thoughts.

Everybody always wants to say how well we do out here, but the fact is we only do well out here in two situations.  1) Marginal temps which is almost totally elevation driven 2) wet systems that are west of us sending in large amounts of precip over cold surface air.

 

The rest of the time.......not so much.  Anything from the NW is a risk of a total screw job.

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Everybody always wants to say how well we do out here, but the fact is we only do well out here in two situations.  1) Marginal temps which is almost totally elevation driven 2) wet systems that are west of us sending in large amounts of precip over cold surface air.

 

The rest of the time.......not so much.  Anything from the NW is a risk of a total screw job.

 

Very true.  As you always say, precip is the biggest issue for us.  Seems like we are always on the edge out here unless it is one of those western track storms.

 

Saturday looks exactly like the summer scenario cold front where convection dies coming over the mountains and refires at the BR and east.  I'm in even a worse spot as for some reason any convection usually dries up just south of Winchester to about Middletown.  Yesterday I left Middletown with whitened ground and wet roads and by the time i got to the Drive-in Theatre in Stephens City the ground was completely dry.  Appeared as though almost nothing fell.  

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC954 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015MDZ003>005-VAZ025>031-507-508-WVZ050>053-055-132300-/O.CAN.KLWX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1500Z//O.CON.KLWX.WC.A.0001.150215T0500Z-150215T1700Z/WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...MOOREFIELD954 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHTTHROUGH SUNDAY MORNING......WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HASCANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY.* WIND CHILL...WIND CHILL VALUES POSSIBLE IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW  ZERO RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.* TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY  MORNING WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS.* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLE GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH  SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

954 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015

MDZ006-503-505-507-VAZ505-132300-

/O.CAN.KLWX.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1500Z/

/O.CON.KLWX.WC.A.0001.150215T0500Z-150215T1700Z/

NORTHERN BALTIMORE-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-NORTHWEST HOWARD-

NORTHWEST HARFORD-WESTERN LOUDOUN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKTON...REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...

GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS...LISBON...JARRETTSVILLE...PURCELLVILLE

954 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015

...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS

CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

* WIND CHILL...WIND CHILL VALUES POSSIBLE IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW

ZERO RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY

MORNING WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS.

* WINDS... NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS AROUND 55

MPH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

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12z RGEM meteogram for DCA suggests ~5mm of snow... or 0.2 QPF approx

RGEM has backside enhancement from a 994 low at the mouth of Delaware Bay. Euro showed something like this some days ago. Not sure I buy it but would add to the fun if it goes down like that. Snow would be falling after temps are dropping like a rock.

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