PhineasC Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Meaningful ice is more rare around here than a two foot HECS. So I highly doubt this will amount to much in the corridor. Maybe I'll be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 DCA measurements are just some baggage handling dude who looks out the window of his heated shack once in a while and makes a guess. close to what I envision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Meaningful ice is more rare around here than a two foot HECS. So I highly doubt this will amount to much in the corridor. Maybe I'll be wrong. 3/1 surprised many last yr. It'll depend on rates me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Meaningful ice is more rare around here than a two foot HECS. So I highly doubt this will amount to much in the corridor. Maybe I'll be wrong. Depends how you define meaningful ice. I've had a quarter inch or more of ice three times in the last two years. No one is saying this will cause mass power outages or cripple travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Nose Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 really think the energy on that topic should be about moving the official location. maybe to the White House or somewhere that's always staffed and has people that can be trained to measure. Dca seems like a bad location, and the measuring question just seem to persist This is the ultimate solution. No longer is DCA a representative location at which to measure. Partly due to incompetence, partly due to location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 There has been not one report less than 3" in a 10 mile radius from DCA. What a fookin joke From 7 am until 1pm they recorded one inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosi76 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 1:45 - 3.5" in Navy Yard and stopped. Looks like we are done until the ZR gets here. Took a walk down to the river earlier. Beautiful out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 About 2.5" inches here in the city...If we can get to at least 4" that'll be a win for me, lol Any chance of any stronger bands here this afternoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0102 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1246 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION VALID 151846Z - 152345Z SUMMARY...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. A TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO A PERIOD OF SLEET TO THEN FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN RATES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION...AS A MID-LEVEL IMPULSE ROUNDS THE BASE OF A BROAD EASTERN U.S. TROUGH...A TIGHTENING HEIGHT GRADIENT ALOFT WILL ENCOURAGE STRENGTHENING SWLY FLOW AND CONTINUED/INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. AS A RESULT...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD TOWARDS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IN CONJUNCTION WITH INCREASING WARM-AIR ADVECTION ALOFT...A MELTING LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS QUICKLY NORTH...RESULTING IN A CHANGE TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. KDOX CC DATA CURRENTLY DEPICT THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THIS MELTING LAYER STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN DELAWARE W/NWWD TO NEAR DC. BASED ON KFCX DATA...THIS TRANSITION ZONE THEN BENDS TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARDS LEWISBURG WV. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THIS TRANSITION ZONE WILL ADVANCE MORE RAPIDLY N/NW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH FREEZING RAIN LIKELY OVERSPREADING THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM DC TO NYC OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. INTO THIS EVENING...SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PA WILL ALSO TRANSITION TO MIXED PRECIPITATION AS THE MELTING LAYER PUSHES FARTHER N/NW. FREEZING RAIN RATES UPWARDS OF SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. CLOSER TO THE COAST...SFC WARM-AIR ADVECTION WILL GRADUALLY RAISE TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING...RESULTING IN A TRANSITION TO RAIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Congrats to Fredericksburg and southern MD! You folks truly deserve deep snow! I have 5 inches on the nose and a winter storm warning to boot! Very VERY happy with this storm and this winter in general! Bring on the ice! ICE, ICE BABY! Official Challenge: Everyone needs to enjoy a genuine Ice Jebwalk tonight once it gets outright dangerous. What say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 3.0" with pixie dust (needles) flying as we head into the lull. 23.6F / 24F on a slight SW breeze of 1mph. Next round is pushing north a bit faster than I expected. Should be here within the hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Meaningful ice is more rare around here than a two foot HECS. So I highly doubt this will amount to much in the corridor. Maybe I'll be wrong. That's a little bit of an exaggeration. It doesn't take much for ice to be meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVsnowlover Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Congrats to Fredericksburg and southern MD! You folks truly deserve deep snow! I have 5 inches on the nose and a winter storm warning to boot! Very VERY happy with this storm and this winter in general! Bring on the ice! ICE, ICE BABY! Nice Jeb! I knew you were going to do well after watching the radar last night. Much better than us in Jefferson county where you said you wished you were last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 There is absolutely no way that's accurate. I measured 4" and a trained spotter a mile from DCA measured the same as of me. I'm 3 miles to the SW of DCA. This isn't even a complicated storm to measure. I feel like they are passive-aggressively retaliating for all the Blizzard push back. I mean, I am near downtown DC and have 3.5", and that is depth. I never swept or anything. So there is some compaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Next round approaching Warrenton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 What's your total? I measured 1" at 8am when I shoveled and just measured ~1.6" on the cleared driveway. So, 2.6" total. Sounds about right. Somewhere between 2.5 - 3.0. I need to measure again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Congrats to Fredericksburg and southern MD! You folks truly deserve deep snow! I have 5 inches on the nose and a winter storm warning to boot! Very VERY happy with this storm and this winter in general! Bring on the ice! ICE, ICE BABY! Official Challenge: Everyone needs to enjoy a genuine Ice Jebwalk tonight once it gets outright dangerous. What say you? Challenge accepted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Next round approaching Warrenton. Id bet this is sleet and freezing rain. We will know in a few mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP08 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Looks like the first little bit of this next batch should stay snow for the DC folk. CC radar shows the sleet line washing out and hanging out around EZF for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Congrats to Fredericksburg and southern MD! You folks truly deserve deep snow! I have 5 inches on the nose and a winter storm warning to boot! Very VERY happy with this storm and this winter in general! Bring on the ice! ICE, ICE BABY! Official Challenge: Everyone needs to enjoy a genuine Ice Jebwalk tonight once it gets outright dangerous. What say you? 5"? Nice, Jebman. Enjoy your fresh powder. I've got about 4" here. Beautiful day, and I agree. It's been a great winter. Definitely one to remember. Hopefully we can pull off one more before she goes into the record books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 1.5" as of 1 p.m. Currently SN 28/25 Gorgeous out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintoshPro Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Will gladly take an icy Jebwalk tonight. Just won't sled it in. Broke two fingers last year sledding on March 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 This isn't even a complicated storm to measure. I feel like they are passive-aggressively retaliating for all the Blizzard push back. I mean, I am near downtown DC and have 3.5", and that is depth. I never swept or anything. So there is some compaction. I agree. they have to be trolling at this point. Every single storm is a laughable measurement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cae Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 About 2.25" here and 25 degrees. I tried to measure ratios by melting down some snow, and I got values close to 20:1. That seems a little high to me. I took a few measuments, but my method might not be very accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior2 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Tomorrow Morning might be a bigger issue than expected if we go from Sleet to Ice to Dryslot like RAP is showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I agree. they have to be trolling at this point. Every single storm is a laughable measurement. At least dca is up to par today. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Couldn't decide the right play so just went ahead and shoveled. It will get really icy for sure because surfaces are very cold. But it should be easier to deal with once temps go above freezing. Still lightly snowing. I have 2.9". I can't seem to crack 3. Maybe with a burst before the flip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Couldn't decide the right play so just went ahead and shoveled. It will get really icy for sure because surfaces are very cold. But it should be easier to deal with once temps go above freezing. Still lightly snowing. I have 2.9". I can't seem to crack 3. Maybe with a burst before the flip. It is also still lightly snowing here even though radar is basically showing nothing overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 About 2.25" here and 25 degrees. I tried to measure ratios by melting down some snow, and I got values close to 20:1. That seems a little high to me. I took a few measuments, but my method might not be very accurate. You may not be that far off, especially for the overnight ratios. I read LWX updates that mentioned 20:1 ratios in some reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 It is also still lightly snowing here even though radar is basically showing nothing overhead. It's a very wintry scene out there. It only took me 20 minutes to shovel because it was so fluffy. I thought it was pretty cool that the needles falling dusted everything back up by the time I went inside. Looks like the leading edge of the next round "should" be snow. I just want to bank 3". How much did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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