aldie 22 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Flakes just like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 moderate snow now. best rates i've seen since pre T-day storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeSuck Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Wow, radar looks great. Moving in fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 wow. +SN right now. pouring snow. that was quick. everything is white. no trace of asphalt anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Blacksburg's sounding has the warm layer just above 850mb. They were bumping right up against freezing aloft at 7am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Flakes just like that 36 minutes early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Sleet coming early doesn't surprise me. It usually does during a scouring vs damming setup. I have had a hard time believing some of those SW VA snow maps. Way overdone for this event, but I could be wrong too. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathervswife Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Snow started here 15 minutes ago. Flake size increased quicker than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Sleet coming early doesn't surprise me. It usually does during a scouring vs damming setup. Bob, looks like we got a good chance to beat the 3.8 form early jan. Radar looks nice. My bar is 4" What you say? Too high ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Blacksburg's sounding has the warm layer just above 850mb. They were bumping right up against freezing aloft at 7am. IADs warmest is -2.5 at 870mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Blacksburg's sounding has the warm layer just above 850mb. They were bumping right up against freezing aloft at 7am. Will be interesting to see if they change back and forth or stay all sleet. Heavy rates could go isorhermal. Hard to say down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Blacksburg's sounding has the warm layer just above 850mb. They were bumping right up against freezing aloft at 7am. not IAD wet bulb temps way down there http://vortex.plymouth.edu/cgi-bin/gen_uacalplt.cgi?id=KLWX&pl=out3&cu=la&pt=parcel&size=640x480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Bob, looks like we got a good chance to beat the 3.8 form early jan. Radar looks nice. My bar is 4" What you say? Too high ? I think 4 may be easy. Sounds like good ratio stuff falling to the west. If the first couple hours of good rates are above 10-1 we should be golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Fine mist now with a lost flake...got excited to see a couple at once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Well it doesnt make sense...the criteria should be more uniform. For warnings to surround 2 counties and those 2 counties have advisories is pointless...The NWS also dropped the ball yesterday on the issuance of advisories for just 1-2 while their point and clicks and snow maps argued for more, they later fixed the issue...Anyway I see some precip reports in NOVA...confirmation? I noticed that and it looks weird, but are those two counties in the State College NWS area? If so, that would explain it as they have higher criteria than the Phila office where those warned counties to the east are. Looks funny tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Sleet coming early doesn't surprise me. It usually does during a scouring vs damming setup. Yeah, I mean-- some data had us snow till 4pm, I didn't check blacksburg because it's 100 miles SW< but it has me concerned for me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 14.8 imby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Does anybody remember last December or the December before (I think it was Sunday the 8th) there was a snowstorm that dumped about 8" - 12" of snow north of I-70 when initially only 4" - 6" was forecast? Does this setup look familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Flakes just like that Lol I have 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Blacksburg's sounding has the warm layer just above 850mb. They were bumping right up against freezing aloft at 7am. Yes. and it's quite a few degrees warmer than modeled. I was worried I'd miss out on the qpf all day so I'll take whatever. Some data was pretty stingy on snow just south of route 460, so I may be OK for while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Does anybody remember last December or the December before (I think it was Sunday the 8th) there was a snowstorm that dumped about 8" - 12" of snow north of I-70 when initially only 4" - 6" was forecast? Does this setup look familiar? Last year. I picked up 7.5" but it was really elevation dependent. Different set-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 14.5* with milky gray skies. Looks like snow on the way. MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It is beautiful outside. Vis about 1/4 mile, and pouring snow. I can literally watch it accumulate. Certainly have a 1/4 inch already.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Joining rest of the world with double-digit temps now at 11.2 after waking up to 4.7 at 6am and overnite low of 3.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 thumpythump inbound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expat Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I like how all of the local tv mets are posting on FB saying stuff like "Breaking News, snow will start sooner rather than later" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 14/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 My forecast Iad 7 dca 4.5 bwi 6 leesburg 1-3 posted this on facebook yesterday, see no reason to change it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodbineWX Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 14.5* with milky gray skies. Looks like snow on the way. MDstorm Radar looks juicy, HRRRRRR and RAP nail our area. Are you near Woodbine? I am just north of 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I like how all of the local tv mets are posting on FB saying stuff like "Breaking News, snow will start sooner rather than later" My timing is about perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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