wxdude64 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 LOL, someone hijacked my location or NWS Blacksburg made an error on the snow reports, says I sent in a 6.0 at 4:33 pm......nope, last I sent in was 3.0 at 1:03 before heading in to work. Not saying that is not right, 'cuz it poured for about 2 hours after that, just wasn't me. Well....it is the first. My neighbor emailed it in right as the snow was stopping and told them they lived across the street from me. And I measured 5.5-6.0 it several places when i got home at 11, so I'll go with it. Man is it beautiful out there, skies have cleared and the moonlight is really doing a number with the fresh snow. Plus the trees are loaded, looks like a Christmas card. Snow didn't really start sticking good until 11 am and over a little after 4 pm, 5 hours for 6 inches snow. Inch/hour+ rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 QPF as snow was precisely .7" for a ratio of exactly 10:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Anyone know where I can find the final snowfall reports, and final DCA amount? I can't find anything on LWX website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Check the last 10 posts or so in this thread. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This storm had some insane rates here. Most of what fell occurred between noon and 4 pm in the banding that set up (well predicted by the RAP and HRRR). I was driving home in 2" per hour rates, and with a bit of wind it was whiteout conditions at times. Pretty wild and not sure I have driven in any worse conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 They just sent a plow down The Hill Of Doom in Arlington VA, and two cars trailed along after it. I don't think the plow was using any chemicals, what with DCA being now 16F (BWI and IAD are now 10/11F). Such a wonderful icy layer now revealed on the street... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 5.1" off of 0.64 precip. 8:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Going with 7.5". Solid event. Going to be a muddy spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 3 different times the plow man pushed the snow in front of my driveway ....I'm about to put on my postal worker outfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 3 different times the plow man pushed the snow in front of my driveway ....I'm about to put on my postal worker outfit I told him to do that. Gave him $1 for every pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I told him to do that. Gave him $1 for every pass I'm gonna go pee on Dave's snow now and blame you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I told him to do that. Gave him $1 for every pass LOL. He gonna make anymore money today? Ended day with 1.07 liquid, 0.30 fell in am when it was a rain/sleet mix, when the change to snow happened at 9:30 I emptied the gauge and another 0.77 fell. Sleet mixed in with the snow a couple times in am before complete pounding started at 11 am. 6 inches of snow on 0.77 liquid.....7.8-1 SR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow General Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 LOL. He gonna make anymore money today? Ended day with 1.07 liquid, 0.30 fell in am when it was a rain/sleet mix, when the change to snow happened at 9:30 I emptied the gauge and another 0.77 fell. Sleet mixed in with the snow a couple times in am before complete pounding started at 11 am. 6 inches of snow on 0.77 liquid.....7.8-1 SR Ended up with 6 inches of snow here as well. Lots of compaction. Not sure what the total qpf was, but I imagine it is similar to your total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 5.1" off of 0.64 precip. 8:1 There's the culprit. I wonder why the ratios were less ideal, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 For posterity: 000SXUS71 KLWX 061344RERIADRECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC845 AM EST FRI MAR 6 2015...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES DC...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 9 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLESDC YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 15 SET IN 1978. 000SXUS71 KLWX 061353 CCARERIADRECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC852 AM EST FRI MAR 6 2015...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES DC TODAY...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 9 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLESDC TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 15 SET IN 1978.$ 000SXUS71 KLWX 061357 RRARERBWIRECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC857 AM EST FRI MAR 06 2015...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT BALTIMORE MD TODAY...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES WAS SET AT BALTIMORE MDTODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 13 SET IN 1873 AND 1901.$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Around here civic pride reigns to an almost disturbing extent. We were walking back from dinner and every sidewalk was clear, median to lawn. You could walk three abreast and barely get any snow on one's Uggs; everyone seems to have morphed into Jebman when it comes to shoveling. Wisconsin Ave., OTOH, is impacted snow. Looks like Washingtonians could teach Bostonians a thing or two about how to shovel snow lol When you shovel snow, Classic Jebman Standards are the best to go by. I expect to see that in DC if there is snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The plows around here are out of control. They left my neighbor a four foot high berm right across her driveway entrance. I spent three hours this morning digging snow. Plow got me again while I slept. I came out the house and could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the fresh 3 foot berm of hard frozen two foot snow boulders. I said You gotta be kiddin me! I just shoveled this last night! Well, I chipped thru that too. I got some snow piles higher than the Alps next to my driveway lol That snow is BEAUTIFUL. But you know what I like best about this storm? The ice. That sleet got on the road and it FROZE. This morning I came outside and breathed in a deep satisfying breath of cold pure fresh Arctic air at 11 degrees. The road was plowed but there was a solid inch deep ice layer on it. I happily slid back and forth on it! I could hardly believe I had an entire ice rink all to myself! That was some sweet ice! It is THICK and it is SLIPPERY!!!! Man I ran and slid for at least 20 feet! In a burst of winter joy I did my Michael Jackson dance on the ice lol! I also got to spend an hour chipping hardened sleet off of my car windows. I also got treated to some of the sweetest music I have ever heard: The sound of tires spinning on sleet ice on the road. I could not help but grin from ear to ear! The driver was tryin to get up a hill covered with that sweet sleet ice, and sure enough, she was panicking! You could hear that beautiful melody of her tires spinning on that thick slippery ice! Finally she managed to make it up the hill. There is nothing better in this life, than a road all covered in thick slippery ice. I love ice even more than I like snow. I love to hear those tires spin as people desperately try to gain traction or try to go up a hill. This was one of the best snowstorms ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Got down to minus 17 degrees this morning. Total snowfall from storm 12.7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Looks like Washingtonians could teach Bostonians a thing or two about how to shovel snow lol When you shovel snow, Classic Jebman Standards are the best to go by. I expect to see that in DC if there is snow on the ground. I know you've got standards in terms of shoveling, that's for sure!! Would bet that you consider the use of a snow blower to be an aberration against nature! Coming from Ohio, I've had my share of digging out from a lot of storms and a lot of snow. Growing up, I was the one who had to do all that (and rake the leaves in the fall!), and we had a pretty long driveway. As soon as I went to college, my parents got a snow blower...go figure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The plows around here are out of control. They left my neighbor a four foot high berm right across her driveway entrance. I spent three hours this morning digging snow. Plow got me again while I slept. I came out the house and could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the fresh 3 foot berm of hard frozen two foot snow boulders. I said You gotta be kiddin me! I just shoveled this last night! Well, I chipped thru that too. I got some snow piles higher than the Alps next to my driveway lol That snow is BEAUTIFUL. But you know what I like best about this storm? The ice. That sleet got on the road and it FROZE. This morning I came outside and breathed in a deep satisfying breath of cold pure fresh Arctic air at 11 degrees. The road was plowed but there was a solid inch deep ice layer on it. I happily slid back and forth on it! I could hardly believe I had an entire ice rink all to myself! That was some sweet ice! It is THICK and it is SLIPPERY!!!! Man I ran and slid for at least 20 feet! In a burst of winter joy I did my Michael Jackson dance on the ice lol! I also got to spend an hour chipping hardened sleet off of my car windows. I also got treated to some of the sweetest music I have ever heard: The sound of tires spinning on sleet ice on the road. I could not help but grin from ear to ear! The driver was tryin to get up a hill covered with that sweet sleet ice, and sure enough, she was panicking! You could hear that beautiful melody of her tires spinning on that thick slippery ice! Finally she managed to make it up the hill. There is nothing better in this life, than a road all covered in thick slippery ice. I love ice even more than I like snow. I love to hear those tires spin as people desperately try to gain traction or try to go up a hill. This was one of the best snowstorms ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ers-wxman1 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The plows around here are out of control. They left my neighbor a four foot high berm right across her driveway entrance. I spent three hours this morning digging snow. Plow got me again while I slept. I came out the house and could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the fresh 3 foot berm of hard frozen two foot snow boulders. I said You gotta be kiddin me! I just shoveled this last night! Well, I chipped thru that too. I got some snow piles higher than the Alps next to my driveway lol That snow is BEAUTIFUL. But you know what I like best about this storm? The ice. That sleet got on the road and it FROZE. This morning I came outside and breathed in a deep satisfying breath of cold pure fresh Arctic air at 11 degrees. The road was plowed but there was a solid inch deep ice layer on it. I happily slid back and forth on it! I could hardly believe I had an entire ice rink all to myself! That was some sweet ice! It is THICK and it is SLIPPERY!!!! Man I ran and slid for at least 20 feet! In a burst of winter joy I did my Michael Jackson dance on the ice lol! I also got to spend an hour chipping hardened sleet off of my car windows. I also got treated to some of the sweetest music I have ever heard: The sound of tires spinning on sleet ice on the road. I could not help but grin from ear to ear! The driver was tryin to get up a hill covered with that sweet sleet ice, and sure enough, she was panicking! You could hear that beautiful melody of her tires spinning on that thick slippery ice! Finally she managed to make it up the hill. There is nothing better in this life, than a road all covered in thick slippery ice. I love ice even more than I like snow. I love to hear those tires spin as people desperately try to gain traction or try to go up a hill. This was one of the best snowstorms ever! That was a cool write up! It was quite a sight last night and this AM for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ers-wxman1 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Got down to minus 17 degrees this morning. Total snowfall from storm 12.7" Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Got down to minus 17 degrees this morning. Total snowfall from storm 12.7" That's a little chilly...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Roads here were pretty much a sheet of snow/ice even after the plows went through last night. March sun doing its thing to help that out now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 That was a cool write up! It was quite a sight last night and this AM for sure. This morning was like a post-card as the sun was coming up, the way the light was hitting the trees encased in snow. I managed to sneak in a couple of quick photos to add to the collection for this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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