BTRWx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Well this is interesting! Quick google search for dca metar...""$" is an indication the sensor requires maintenance" http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/metars/index.php?submit=1&station_ids=KDCA%20KIAD%20KBWI%20&chk_metars=on&std_trans=translated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 A lot of bashing of DCA before we know what the final number was. I'll say one thing, I only had ~7" of snow after 7am and I was in a better spot than DCA looking at the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McQuackleton Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 In other news Mid Atlantic Forum is approximately 90 posts away from passing New York Metro forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ge0 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Measured between 31-34" in Germantown. Will be interesting to see what others report. Waist deep snow is hard as hell to walk through. Seems to be dying down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownerd Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just got this in an email from my HOA: "The heavy winds, snow drifts, lack of visibility, and accumulation is making conditions nearly impossible for the crews to make any progress. The severity of the storm is being affected by all including VDOT, who is out of fuel in Loudoun County, as many plows that are stuck on major highways and roadways, have stopped services due to visibility issues, and are way behind on making progress on major roads. Rumors are that VDOT will not be in to secondary streets until late Monday." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm about three miles west of DCA, and and I got about 3.5" from 2 to 7; I didn't measure 20 anywhere IMBY Thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm about three miles west of DCA, and and I got about 3.5" from 2 to 7; I didn't measure 20 anywhere IMBY Good info - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Snow stopped about an hour ago. Looks like final total for me is 27 - 28 inches. Been snow-blowing for the past 6 hours or so around the neighborhood. Fun day. Congrats to all the record-setters; hope everyone ended up happy and satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Not that it will apply again for a long time but one thing the gfs taught me was that when a model shows and insane solution over and over and over again...it may actually be atmospherically and meteorlogicly possible. Especially when several models show that insane solution across ops and ensembles, over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just got this in an email from my HOA: "The heavy winds, snow drifts, lack of visibility, and accumulation is making conditions nearly impossible for the crews to make any progress. The severity of the storm is being affected by all including VDOT, who is out of fuel in Loudoun County, as many plows that are stuck on major highways and roadways, have stopped services due to visibility issues, and are way behind on making progress on major roads. Rumors are that VDOT will not be in to secondary streets until late Monday." Great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintoshPro Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 CWG's response to DCAgate: Reagan National Airport’s preliminary snowfall total through 8 p.m. is 17.8 inches, which ties Snowmageddon of 2010 as the 4th most on record. However, we are not convinced this is a legitimate total and will have more to say about it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Especially when several models show that insane solution across ops and ensembles, over and over again. Ensembles did pretty well around the beltway I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 CWG's response to DCAgate: Reagan National Airport’s preliminary snowfall total through 8 p.m. is 17.8 inches, which ties Snowmageddon of 2010 as the 4th most on record. However, we are not convinced this is a legitimate total and will have more to say about it later. Plot thickens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just got this in an email from my HOA: "The heavy winds, snow drifts, lack of visibility, and accumulation is making conditions nearly impossible for the crews to make any progress. The severity of the storm is being affected by all including VDOT, who is out of fuel in Loudoun County, as many plows that are stuck on major highways and roadways, have stopped services due to visibility issues, and are way behind on making progress on major roads. Rumors are that VDOT will not be in to secondary streets until late Monday." Yep we were told something similar up here in Fred. Co. All plows have been pulled off the road till tomorrow morning. Neighborhoods will not be started till Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Nose Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just got this in an email from my HOA: "The heavy winds, snow drifts, lack of visibility, and accumulation is making conditions nearly impossible for the crews to make any progress. The severity of the storm is being affected by all including VDOT, who is out of fuel in Loudoun County, as many plows that are stuck on major highways and roadways, have stopped services due to visibility issues, and are way behind on making progress on major roads. Rumors are that VDOT will not be in to secondary streets until late Monday." Wow, out of fuel. Quite the catch-22. Fuel trucks rely on the plows to clear the roads that can't because they're out of fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Nose Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Plot thickens! Wow, that is really interesting. CWG calling DCA out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted_Trough Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 29" in Vienna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potvn_sx Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wind and drifting is amazing. Some cars are fully visible, some are completely covered. Same with driveways and streets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (Great) Blizzard of 2016 Observations 1:30pm--0.0", -SN 2:30pm--0.1", -SN (close to SN, dusting on secondary roads) 3:30pm--0.7", SN (light wind, secondary roads covered, main roads with slushy accumulation) 4:30pm--1.3", SN (same as last update, but with main roads covered now) 5:30pm--1.9", SN (closing in on +SN with dropping visibility, first notable wind gusts appearing) 6:30pm--2.3", SN (everything covered heavily, minor gusts) 7:30pm--3.5", SN (suspect hour, looks like drifting has begun, used multiple neighborhood measurements) 8:30pm--4.3", SN (prior hour ob confirmed, breezy) 9:30pm--5.1", +SN (first legit wind gusts, visibility below 1/4SM) 12:00am--7.1", -SN (50% dendrites, 40% smaller flakes, 10% rimed flakes) 2:00am--10.1", +SN (windy, but below blizzard criteria, below 1/4SM) 4:00am--12.0", +SN (greatest scene since Feb '13, strong wind, +SN and whiteout conditions) 8:30am--16.1", SN (SN+ continued overnight, with some wind and near whiteout conditions, no thundersnow) 10:30am--17.3", -SN (reduced rates, but still coming down even with "weak" radar returns, slight wind, growing drifts) 12:30pm--17.5", Flurries (barely any accumulating snow, some compaction evident, windy) 02:30pm--18.0", +SN (light snow all the way until the last 30 minutes of the period, then +SN and 1/8 viz, breezy) 03:30pm--19.0", +SN (heavy snow, whiteout conditions, windiest period yet) 05:30pm--20.1", SN (windy, moderate snow, roads with 3-5 inches on them, drifts up to 2') 06:30pm--21.0", -SN (heavier band changing to lighter one, storm winding down, still gusty) 07:30pm--21.6", -SN (mod band to pixie dust) Your attention to detail is fabulous on this. I got another inch on both my measuring spots between 6 and 8, so I bet you'll be at 22 at 8:30.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 IAD 26.5" at 4:20...puff puff give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McQuackleton Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Approximately 31" now, still no lull and still moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 29" in Vienna That lines up with my 26"/27" report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yep we were told something similar up here in Fred. Co. All plows have been pulled off the road till tomorrow morning. Neighborhoods will not be started till Monday. We'te on a cup-de-sac and had (I believe) one plow pass during Feb 5-6, then didn't see a plow until Feb 12. All neighbor's based together to dig out our street on our own after both storms. We had two passes yesterday (about 3:00 pm and 8:30 pm), and I wouldn't be surprised at all if we don't see a plow until Monday. Might have to get at it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm not bashing, and I haven't lived here long enough to know much of anything about how DCA does what it does, but I counted 4 heavy snow hourly obs and two mod snow obs between 1pm and 7pm, and 2.9 is what they get? Just sounds strange on its face. Look at the qpf they reported during hours of heavy snow. It's ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 VDOT brought in back hoes for my neighborhood. HOA said the roads may be passable Monday sometime. I am not betting on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 No idea how much I have. If BWI has 26"+, I've got to be around 28"? Just phenomenal. I was seriously wondering if I could get to 18" around 11am today. The first 22 hours of this storm were admittedly a bit underwhelming. Solid, no doubt, but couldn't ever really sustain heavy rates. Just hours and hours of moderate or low-vis light snow. But damn, this afternoon and evening has been incredible. Legit blizzard conditions. Incredible. This deform band made it HECS-worthy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Since 7 pm really flurries or only light snow - I don't anticipate further accumulation- calling it at 27 inches - Roland park area balt city Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It may snow forever. The bands don't stop coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Ummm....it's snowing hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 BWI's total seems high. They were at 19.8 at 1pm but were dryslotted all morning like most of the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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