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Ice/Wintery Mix Event 3/1


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I think those maps are pretty useless in these types of situations. It's probably counting all of the precip in the 3 hour period of snow, when the flip to ice is partway through. I'm pretty sure those maps count sleet as snow too.

Yeah, I agree. I checked the maps on instant weather and it only showed about half an inch to an inch in northern md.

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I can't tell y'all how HAPPY and elated I am, that we are gonna get ICE today!!!!!!

Soon, it'll be high time for me to get out there and SLIDE !!!

WOOT!!! WOOT!!! WOOT!!! WOOT!!!

 

You haven't LIVED, til you go slidin down a road in a plastic sled on an icy surface! Man that's one hell of a FAST RUSH!!!!!

 

 

One more thing: YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF to go on an Epic Ice Jebwalk at least once in your life! It's exhilarating! Don't even think about using those soccer shoes with the metal prongs on the bottom! You want to use slick soled shoes for an Ice Jebwalk. You want the full value of the ice! Thats what an Ice Jebwalk is all about - defying physics and gravity while enjoying the ice. You get extra points for dancing like Michael Jackson during the Ice Jebwalk.

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The early leaders are being determined right now as a band develops at I64 and I81 and moves east. These communities will see early accumulating snows and will lead the state in snow and ice accumulation thru the event.

 

As usual, my region is clear and dry and will likely remain so into mid morning. One thing I forgot about is that raging strong March sun. It aint February no more. This here is a spring month. We be fightin' climo.

 

I just remembered someone mentioned a small matter known as trajectory.

Note how most of the moisture is well north of us? Pennsylvania is being invaded by steady snows as we speak.

 

Virginia is a one of a kind place. Convection down south can rob us of snows. So can moisture entrainment in the north. Virginians are so giving, we freely give to the north and south in these events.

 

Too bad we can't even help ourselves lmao  :axe:

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DCA has quick sleet/snow burst for few hrs, then straight to freezing rain all afternoon...ends as a little bit of drizzle/light rain at 7pm per 06z NAM as DCA touches 32... then goes back into the 20s overnight

 

06z QPF map once again has DCA between 0.4" and 0.5" QPF

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VERY COMPLEXFCST EAST OF THE MTNS... AS A STEADY TREND IN THE GUIDANCE ININCREASING QPF AMOUNTS BUT NOTHING ON THE SCALE OF THE 12Z NAM.HOWEVER... DESPITE THE RETREATING HIGH AND NOT VERY STRONG WARMNOSE WITH THE FLAT SYSTEM... ARCTIC/SHALLOW AIR MASS IS EXPECTEDTO HOLD STRONG AND COULD REPRESENT THE THREAT OF ICING FROM THEWRN CAROLINAS INTO THE NRN MID-ATL STATES. ITS THE CORRIDOR WESTOF I95 THATS MOST WORRISOME ESPECIALLY FROM WRN NC THROUGH SWRN VAINTO THE DC/BAL AREAS AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO SERN PA. WPCGENERALLY FOLLOWED THE GFS HERE ON QPF AND A BLEND OF 12Z THERMALPROFILES FOR A .10 TO .25 ACCUMULATIONS FROM CLT TO PHL. 

 

http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=qpfhsd

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

342 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2015

MDZ005-006-011-507-508-011645-

/O.UPG.KLWX.WW.Y.0018.150301T1200Z-150302T0800Z/

/O.NEW.KLWX.WS.W.0008.150301T1200Z-150302T0800Z/

CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-NORTHWEST HARFORD-

SOUTHEAST HARFORD-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...PARKTON...REISTERSTOWN...

COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK...CATONSVILLE...

JARRETTSVILLE...ABERDEEN

342 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM

EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS

ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST MONDAY. THE

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE

ACCUMULATION AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM THIS MORNING.

SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN NOON AND 3

PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN

SUNDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TRAVELLING WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. VISIBILITY WILL

BE REDUCED BELOW ONE-MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW SUNDAY MORNING AND

AFTERNOON.

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I realize that most models are indicating that I wont see any snow or sleet til 11am. I got that.

 

With that said........A band of 15 to 20 dbZ has formed directly over my backyard and over the vicinity.

I got no problem with the column taking 7 hours to moisten. I got all day lol :)

 

I should see a coating of snow/sleet by noon, then steady ZR thru early this evening with about a tenth of an inch of ice.

Fun event for early March. I'll take it!

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000
FXUS61 KLWX 010915
AFDLWX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
415 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2015
(snip)
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST MARYLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A 1040MB HIGH IS CENTERED ACROSS THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM NEW
ENGLAND TO RICHMOND THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 20S WITH
DEWPTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS/TEENS ACROSS THE AREA.

A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THIS
MORNING WHILE A JET STREAK INTENSIFIES ACROSS THE MID-WEST.
CONFLUENT FLOW AT 850MB HAS LED TO WARM AIR ADVECTION AND
PRECIPITATION HAS BROKEN OUT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE OHIO
VALLEY. A SECONDARY LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE CAROLINAS HAS ALSO LED
TO OVERRUNNING. THESE TWO LOW LEVEL JETS HAVE LED TO GULF AND
ATLANTIC MOISTURE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MOISTURE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SNOW WILL ALSO MOVE INTO
THE CENTRAL FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE WWA ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO
THE NORTH AND EAST AND REACH IAD-DCA-BWI BY MID-LATE MORNING. WARM
AIR ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO NOSE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE
THIS MORNING AND SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS NE MARYLAND.
TEMPS WILL SLOWLY CLIMB TODAY BUT MAINLY STAY BELOW FREEZING SO SNOW
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE.

THE CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO SLEET/FZRA IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR QUICKLY
AND THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS WERE TAKEN DOWN SLIGHTLY. THIS EVENT IS
EXPECTED TO BE MORE OF A ICING EVENT THAN A SNOW EVENT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST MARYLAND DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ICING DUE TO HIGHER AMTS OF LIQUID EXPECTED IN
THIS AREA AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. THIS REGION
IS CLIMATOLOGICAL KNOWN TO STAY COLDER IN COLD AIR DAMMING
SITUATIONS. FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT FOR AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE TO ONE TO TWO TENTHS
ACROSS THE N AND W SUBURBS OF DC AND BALTIMORE.

FREEZING RAIN WILL END FROM SW TO NE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE REGION. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STAY
AROUND AND THEREFORE PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE WOULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE A HAZARD
THIS EVENING AND THEREFORE WW ADVISORIES AND WS WARNING CONTINUES
TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

 

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Precip is taking its sweet time getting in, I would not be surprised to see flurries and light sleet by noon. Of course by then the sun angle will prevent any accums or accretion. I'd say we're out of the woods with this one lol. DT's map is in danger of a resounding FAIL, at least in the metros. I see most ppl already got a clue, hardly anyone in here LMAO. It's absolutely ASTOUNDING how dumb I am after 35 years of tracking weather, how I still fall for this fail of an ice storm and stayed up all night like the fool I am.

 

next.

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Precip is taking its sweet time getting in, I would not be surprised to see flurries and light sleet by noon. Of course by then the sun angle will prevent any accums or accretion. I'd say we're out of the woods with this one lol. DT's map is in danger of a resounding FAIL, at least in the metros. I see most ppl already got a clue, hardly anyone in here LMAO. It's absolutely ASTOUNDING how dumb I am after 35 years of tracking weather, how I still fall for this fail of an ice storm and stayed up all night like the fool I am.

next.

I didn't think anything was supposed to develop around our area until 10am. It looked like on the models it developed and was coming in from the south. We were dry at this time on the models I saw.

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24/14 with very heavy clouds at 624am. Virga is finally developing on radar, only three and a half hours left to moisten up the column

 

A green band is blossoming over west MD and will slowly move east. I hope MD gets a good shellacking of snow! DT's forecast there might not fail lol. That band however will probably pass north of MBY. There's another area of green near Leesburg! Congrats!

 

You win some, you lose some lol

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The models have been initializing way too cold for today. The NAM and GFS think that we should be in the upper teens or 20 right now (at least at DCA) while actual temps are mid 20s or higher in the DC area.

Ha ha we might end up with regular rain this afternoon after all lol I am 26 already. Dewpoint is slow slow slow to rise but that temp is making excellent progress upward. Should easily crest 33 by 10am. Oh well I do need to get all of this UGLY gunk off of my car! Steady regular rain should do a great job of that by tonight.

 

 

Any reports from that big green BLOB in western MD? They at least should be getting great snow rates up there. The blob is increasing is areal extent and should fill most of central MD by 8am. Congrats!

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The models have been initializing way too cold for today. The NAM and GFS think that we should be in the upper teens or 20 right now (at least at DCA) while actual temps are mid 20s or higher in the DC area.

euro had BWI at 26 at 7AM but it's 22

 

EDIT: I checked DCA and Euro had it at 27 at 7AM and it came in at 28

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