CAPE Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Measured 3" then the wind came...near whiteout. Still snowing but I prob wont measure again as its almost done. So 3 it is...in one hour and 20 mins. Very fun event. Plus I got .25" in the early afternoon band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintoshPro Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm in the Fairlington neighborhood in South Arlington. I was never expecting much accumulation but the band totally lived up to my expectations of wind/heavy snow. Thanks. I'm more in Maywood/Cherrydale, and the band also lived up to my expectations. Blizzard conditions, and heavy accumulating snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Cartopping of snow in Mount Vernon; winds have really picked up in the past few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Blowing and drifting snow. Winds roaring occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Winds are def here now. Awesome scene outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 My 3.5" was confirmed by a NWS employee in Columbia. Biggest event of the winter! 000NOUS41 KLWX 150027PNSLWXDCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050>057-501>504-WVZ050>053-055-501>506-151227-PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTSPOTTER REPORTSNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC727 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 4HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATIONIS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARNSPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLEON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTSSNOWFALL OF/INCHES/ MEASUREMENTMARYLAND...ALLEGANY COUNTY...1 W WOODLAND 1.3 445 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...BALTIMORE COUNTY...2 NW LONG GREEN 1.3 650 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...BALTIMORE CITY...1 NE PIMLICO 0.2 700 PM 2/14 COCORAHS...FREDERICK COUNTY...3 NW FREDERICK 1.9 645 PM 2/14 NWS EMPLOYEE...HARFORD COUNTY...BEL AIR 1.0 652 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...HOWARD COUNTY...COLUMBIA 3.5 715 PM 2/14 NWS EMPLOYEE2 NNW JESSUP 2.3 700 PM 2/14 COCORAHS1 SSE SIMPSONVILLE 2.3 615 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTERHIGHLAND 2.0 715 PM 2/14 NWS EMPLOYEE2 W ELKRIDGE 1.5 630 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER2 N COLUMBIA 0.5 600 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...1 E BOYDS 0.3 658 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTERVIRGINIA...CITY OF WINCHESTER...2 S WINCHESTER 1.0 622 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTERWINCHESTER 0.5 552 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...FAIRFAX COUNTY...1 NNE RESTON 0.9 702 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...FREDERICK COUNTY...3 S STEPHENSON 0.2 544 PM 2/14 ON GRASSY AREAS...LOUDOUN COUNTY...3 WSW ASHBURN 0.4 645 PM 2/14 NWS EMPLOYEEDULLES INTERNATIONAL 0.4 651 PM 2/14 AIRPORTPURCELLVILLE 0.1 645 PM 2/14 NWS EMPLOYEE...WARREN COUNTY...1 SW FRONT ROYAL 0.8 616 PM 2/14 PUBLICWEST VIRGINIA...GRANT COUNTY...2 ESE KLINE GAP 1.0 515 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER...MINERAL COUNTY...2 SSW KEYSER 1.5 455 PM 2/14 CO-OP OBSERVER...PENDLETON COUNTY...6 WSW CHERRY GROVE 0.5 338 PM 2/14 TRAINED SPOTTER$SMZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yup, almost a ground blizzard here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintoshPro Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Reports that major roads in Arlington like Washington Blvd, Lee Highway, etc. have iced over. Secondary roads never melted in the first place. Don't drive tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardmeiser Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Meh. It was about 15 minutes of fun and a dusting resulted. 28F Close to 2 inches in 2 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 My 3.5" was confirmed by a NWS employee in Columbia. Biggest event of the winter! Nice! 3" here is my biggest event of the winter. Who woulda thunk it? Really impressive to watch- and it didn't take very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Gusts in the low 20s now. Brrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 1.7" total. Even better with all the blowing snow and brutal cold on the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Close to 2 inches in 2 hours! Nice! 3" here is my biggest event of the winter. Who woulda thunk it? Really impressive to watch- and it didn't take very long. Yeah...I had 1-1.5" from the appetizer around 430-530 and then about 2" in just over an hour. Pretty awesome stuff. Nearby PWS record 0.17" of liquid. That would be 20:1. Not sure I trust that liquid, but either way that's a helluva lot more then what was advertised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 ??? Temp actually went up by a degree just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Pretty much all snow fell here between 7:30-8:30, but it was a high quality hour. I measured 1.6 before the wind hit and then it dumped for another 10 mins. I dunno...maybe I join the 1.7" people. Curious to see more reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 BWI total qpf .21" http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KBWI.html 18Z RGEM was literally perfect with its 5mm field over BWI/me none of the globals had it......GFS 18Z gave BWI .03" or .04" depending on vendor lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Pretty much all snow fell here between 7:30-8:30, but it was a high quality hour. I measured 1.6 before the wind hit and then it dumped for another 10 mins. I dunno...maybe I join the 1.7" people. Curious to see more reports. Same here. I measured 1.6" just as the wind hit, but then I thought what the heck, I'm putting this down as 1.7" since it was still snowing after I came in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 It will just have to be a guess here as I just got home, anything from bare ground to 10 inches currently. Pure whiteout conditions out on roads with the blowing and drifting. I pulled the gauge in and once it melts down I may have a better idea....1st guess is between 1-1.5 fell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Big gust just went through. Brrrrr.. packing the woodstove with oak as I type. 25 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Some ppl on twitter are actually giving cwg a hard time for not talking about the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Same here. I measured 1.6" just as the wind hit, but then I thought what the heck, I'm putting this down as 1.7" since it was still snowing after I came in Well, that's consistent. I think our areas were in the same bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 0.3" in Clarksburg. The wind is doing some fun stuff with it though. We'v ebeen dropping around a degree every 5 minutes and are now down to 15.9F. Just had a peak gust of 51mph, the second over 50mph in the last 30 minutes and over 10 gusts over 40mph in the last hour. Average wind over he last 30 minutes is 31mph. 10 minute average might get to TS force... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 That modeling was dead on with the snow showers tonight. Central MD got 3 inches or more. I got exactly an eighth of an inch which is a vast improvement over getting my usual one thirty secondth of an inch of snow lol. There are a few slick spots on sidewalks as I found out on my jebwalk, I damn near fell on my @ss between that 45 mph gust and the slick spot. Must be a solid whiteout in MD with all that snow and these high winds Can't believe the high wind warning AND the wind chill warning! We're supposed to fall to 4 degrees tonight? With these high winds? wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 People are ridiculous. Here is a snip from a CWG article from this morning. This is to a tee of what happened here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Snowing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Snowing again. Yup but it should last for about 10 minutes according to radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not sure what just happened here tonight. I turned over snow measurements to Matt and Randy and I haven't gotten a report yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not sure what just happened here tonight. I turned over snow measurements to Matt and Randy and I haven't gotten a report yet. Hope you didn't turn the alcohol over to them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not sure what just happened here tonight. I turned over snow measurements to Matt and Randy and I haven't gotten a report yet. lol. Hope a bobcat didn't get to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not sure what just happened here tonight. I turned over snow measurements to Matt and Randy and I haven't gotten a report yet. I'm sure they are just out on an epic jebwalk, swigging some Jack Daniels and getting plenty of snow depth measurements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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