stormtracker Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 damn, my body just quit...just woke up after a 12 hour coma. I didn't bathe at all yesterday. Anybody wanna come over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 damn, my body just quit...just woke up after a 12 hour coma. I didn't bathe at all yesterday. Anybody wanna come over? Signs of a good snow storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Getting ready to go out and finish the drive. No idea when the cars will be able to get out into the hood though. The girls want to put together a neighborhood snowball fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowershoresadness Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 very windy last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Someone needs to write up a research piece that analyzes the relationship between the warmer GOA water, the abnormal warm waters of the GoMex and W. Atlantic, the very strong El Nino, the Nino's effect on the subtropical jet and how those factors influence atmospheric physics and the development of one of these exceptional storms. I'm sure someone here could phrase the above a hell of a lot better than I can, but I think most here get my drift. I really enjoy reading those types of pdf's. Sort of like a whitepaper on meteorology. Thanks in advance. Well said Jeb. Couldn't agree more re the impact of the warm waters. Given the moisture plume started in the Eastern Pacific and tapped into 3 bodies of unusually warm bodies, it's only reasonable to assume the impact was significant. But how? and is there a way to quantify it? I asked about this a couple times in the days leading up to the start and during the radio chat last week. Certainly not claiming fame for the idea, just curious about the about the influence of the SSTs. Didn't get much response in the forums and the pro mets on radio indicated the models take the SSTs into account. That's great, but it would be good to know more about how and in weenie terms if that's possible. I enjoy the occasional discussions about how the math in the models works, but it often gets into terminology that is beyond me. However, some more details as to how the SSTs influenced this grand event on a relative scale would be very interesting reading. Now time to get out and blow, shovel, and/or plow our 500' driveway and dig out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Remember everyone. Please take your time when digging out. Go slow. Take frequent breaks. If it takes 2 days, so be it. If you can hire someone, better yet. Most importantly, enjoy and relish the biggest, most widespread snowfall you may see in your life here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven94 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 ended up with 33 inches in bel air 8 inches in 5 hours in the bands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven94 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 LWX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondTarHeel Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 LWX Oh Boy! That's for Thur-Thur night. They're showing a 25% chance for .1 in or more. Is this the clipper system or the other storm the GGEM was hinting at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmillz25 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Great storm for you guys. Up here we missed the all time record by .1 inches smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisy Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Post-storm depression has set in. You spend 6 days straight 4 times a day checking models, day dreaming about 4 inches of QPF. Lack of sleep because you're up until 1-2am for EURO then wake up to check the 6z runs...And then, it's over....This is a real disorder that psychologists have not yet diagnosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior2 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 So can we do a post storm/model mortem discussion/thread? I believe GFS did a phenomenal job with this storm, NAM also did well even if some were way too far north. A victory for the American Models for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Hated the dry slot here but loving the foot less of snow I need to shovel today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Post-storm depression has set in. You spend 6 days straight 4 times a day checking models, day dreaming about 4 inches of QPF. Lack of sleep because you're up until 1-2am for EURO then wake up to check the 6z runs...And then, it's over....This is a real disorder that psychologists have not yet diagnosed. Nah, maybe if this was mid-late Feb and possibly our last chance. I slept for 10 hours last night. Feel great and ready to track again. Things are looking good as we move through the first week of Feb. GEFS and EPS already showing some big storms on the members. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Post-storm depression has set in. You spend 6 days straight 4 times a day checking models, day dreaming about 4 inches of QPF. Lack of sleep because you're up until 1-2am for EURO then wake up to check the 6z runs...And then, it's over....This is a real disorder that psychologists have not yet diagnosed. Did you end up traveling? We all told you Philly would beat DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintoshPro Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Nah, maybe if this was mid-late Feb and possibly our last chance. I slept for 10 hours last night. Feel great and ready to track again. Things are looking good as we move through the first week of Feb. GEFS and EPS already showing some big storms on the members. Lol But how can we ever track a 4-8 event here again? 4 inches... thats like 1/6 of my current snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 But how can we ever track a 4-8 event here again? 4 inches... thats like 1/6 of my current snowpack.It pretty easy. Don't get invested until inside of 72. Just keep an eye on it and sleep normally beyond that. HahaTrust me, everyone will jump in again even for 2-4". We are all infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Great storm and fun to track! Amazing how a big event was consistently forecast for the area starting last Saturday. Plus, throw in the intrigue of DCAgate and the 00Z Friday Eurogate run controversies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurojosh Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Posting my question on the below here instead of in the obs thread... Wondering when the earliest post about this storm took place. There was a d10 threat being thrown around a lot around Jan. 12... was there anything earlier? Yeah it's in one of the Jan tracking threads. I think it was actually DT who first mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Post-storm depression has set in. You spend 6 days straight 4 times a day checking models, day dreaming about 4 inches of QPF. Lack of sleep because you're up until 1-2am for EURO then wake up to check the 6z runs...And then, it's over....This is a real disorder that psychologists have not yet diagnosed. Dude its championship Sunday. We got a ton of snow outside, its sunny, cold, and football! Plus the pattern looks pdg going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurojosh Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 When do they issue the NESIS analysis on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Didn't measure IMBY this time but a there was a 30.8 reported ob for Centreville. That's about what I measured for 5/6 Feb 2010. Overall, 2010 was more impressive IMO. Feb 79 remains my favorite local storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 So can we do a post storm/model mortem discussion/thread? I believe GFS did a phenomenal job with this storm, NAM also did well even if some were way too far north. A victory for the American Models for sure. gfs did a terrible job up here. Nam amd SREF did great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vance1167 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 According to the Post, doesnt look likely all of Metro will be open Monday which bodes very well for OPM/DC Govt closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Sh*tty storm here. Definitely doesn't come close to any of the three big ones of 09/10. Didn't get a blizzard either. Not even sure how much I got from this. APG south of me says 29", which is completely absurd, and Belcamp to the west is at 24", which might be a bit too high as well. I barely have 2ft drifts. Rant done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Sh*tty storm here. Definitely doesn't come close to any of the three big ones of 09/10. Didn't get a blizzard either. Not even sure how much I got from this. APG south of me says 29", which is completely absurd, and Belcamp to the west is at 24", which might be a bit too high as well. I barely have 2ft drifts. Rant done. I think you dry slotted yesterday too? I basically picked up only another 1.5" after 10 am. Probably not even a top 10 storm for me, but I am fine with 15". It is at least manageable, and more than I have seen in a storm since Feb 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintoshPro Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Sh*tty storm here. Definitely doesn't come close to any of the three big ones of 09/10. Didn't get a blizzard either. Not even sure how much I got from this. APG south of me says 29", which is completely absurd, and Belcamp to the west is at 24", which might be a bit too high as well. I barely have 2ft drifts. Rant done. Next miller b screwage storm for DC you will get 12" and DCA will get flurries. Its how these things work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Dude its championship Sunday. We got a ton of snow outside, its sunny, cold, and football! Plus the pattern looks pdg going forward. Yeah. Definitely. I'm feeling real good going forward. I don't know about all snow events but I'm pretty convinced there will be a couple more major coastals in the upcoming 6 weeks. I normally would have more after storm let down but we have so much winter left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Got a robocall from AA county saying how challenging clearing 30" of snow is. I'm not sure anyone in AA county got 30" of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltrain Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Sh*tty storm here. Definitely doesn't come close to any of the three big ones of 09/10. Didn't get a blizzard either. Not even sure how much I got from this. APG south of me says 29", which is completely absurd, and Belcamp to the west is at 24", which might be a bit too high as well. I barely have 2ft drifts. Rant done. Same here. I got about 19" because of that damn dry slot. It was snowing while the radar showed nothing but it did not accumulate. Meanwhile BWI which is less then 10 miles to my NW got 29". I had 13.5" at 5am and then it shut off and I didn't get accumulating snow again until 1 or 2pm. So while it was a historic storm for some it doesn't beat Feb 5-6, 2010 for me. I had 28" during that storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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