Thread for 12/14 potential dusting, arctic air, and 12/17 potential slop

[showmethesnow]

Prime example why you don't take snowfall maps at face value, especially in a setup such as this.  After a half hour of snow we have switched over to sleet and freezing rain even here on the PA/MD line. Did drop to 23 from an initial 25 just before the onset of precip. Guess we get to do our last minute Christmas shopping in an icy mess.

[Mrs.J]

Got woken up to the sound of sleet. There may be some rain mixed in but cannot tell.

[Amped]

Already have some ZR mixing in. Another 5-6hrs of ZR north of I70 on the HRRR. Could have some tree damage before it melts.

[Jebman]

Light to moderate sleet and freezing rain.

Streets are rapidly turning into ice rinks.

Antecedent frigid conditions are enabling instant ice accretion in an upper 20s ambient air temperature environment with below freezing ambient road temperatures.

DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE ON SIDE ROADS IN DALE CITY - IT IS RAPIDLY BECOMING LIFE THREATENING!!!!!

This is not just a problem for vehicles, but also to pedestrian traffic. This is NO TIME for a jebwalk.

[Windman18]

Moderate sleet and freezing rain. Everything is real icy now, could see a few areas getting 0.25+ of ice.

[Thanatos_I_Am]

Looks like there could be a sharp cutoff in totals from north to south.

[mdsnowlover]

gfs para gives us rain xmas day and the 26 th--absolute joy!!  --sarcasm!!!

[BristowWx]

4 minutes ago, mdsnowlover said:

gfs para gives us rain xmas day and the 26 th--absolute joy!!  --sarcasm!!!

But it stays in the 40s with clouds...more like Xmas than 65 and sunny...I will take it and run.  I am at 25 with light ZR.  

[PDIII]

Its bad outside. Significant freezing rain.... Catonsville

[CAPE]

Moderate freezing rain and 29 here. Hopefully the temp starts climbing soon.

[AmericanWxFreak]

8 minutes ago, PDIII said:

Its bad outside. Significant freezing rain.... Catonsville

Columbia is a mess too. Everything is a rink 

[MN Transplant]

A little glaze out there.  26.6.  Radar is not impressive for DC and south.

[BlizzardNole]

Mix of freezing rain and sleet picking up in intensity, 27 degrees.  There's a pretty good crusty glaze on everything.  It is worse than I was expecting.

 

[North Balti Zen]

Same as others - sleet - pretty strong icy mess outside. 95 shutdown both directions in downtown Baltimore apparently.


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[weatherCCB]

Moderate sleet in Clarksburg . Started about 4am.  Very treachous conditions. Please stay off the roads. Mixing with freezing rain

now.  26/23

[Mrs.J]

It is pouring sleet up here. Again not sure about any rain, it is just pinging very loud out there.

[snowfan]

Lots of accidents being reported.

[North Balti Zen]

Radar looks good for hours of ice here in Balt city until temps rise above freezing.


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[Round Hill WX]

Sleet/freezing rain mix in Round Hill. Temp 24. 

[North Balti Zen]

Seeing a report of a 30+ vehicle accident on 95 at eastern Ave in Balt city - if true makes sense - 95 is elevated there.


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[nw baltimore wx]

December winter events are so much better than mid January and beyond because of the lack of daylight. Nearly 7:30 and it's still dark out. Too bad it's not snow but still a beautiful morning.

[BlizzardNole]

Moderate sleet now and 28 (up a degree in last hour).  Looks like close to a half inch of sleet now, with streets pure white.  If you didn't know any better you'd think it had snowed.  Once this changes to all freezing rain, it is going to solidify into a nasty glaze.

We'll see how fast we get above freezing, but looking due south there are upper 20s all the way to Richmond.  Much warmer east with mid-30s to mid-40s on the eastern shore and some mid-30s nosing into lower southern MD.

 

[North Balti Zen]

Pouring sleet now.


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[87storms]

Hey what do you know, an arctic airmass has been slow to leave.  Significant ice storm in progress.  Pingers galore.

[87storms]

Just looked at the temp.  25 here in Bethesda.  Yea I'll be charging my phone now.

[EastCoast NPZ]

Not a trace of frozen, not even a lone, single sleet pellet.  Rain from the start here.  28F currently.  It's icy out, but miserable.  Nothing worse than freezing rain.  Would rather have an all-out torch.  At least that is coming in a few hours.

[North Balti Zen]

Guess rgem had a good handle on this after all. Precipitation not an issue at this point.


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[mdsnowlover]

2 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Not a trace of frozen, not even a lone, single sleet pellet.  Rain from the start here.  28F currently.  It's icy out, but miserable.  Nothing worse than freezing rain.  Would rather have an all-out torch.  At least that is coming in a few hours.

goodb thing its saturday, people should just stay home

[BlizzardNole]

Just looked up that huge crash on I-95 near Baltimore - over 40 vehicles including a tanker truck.  Authorities say the tanker went off the bridge and fell down to the street below. Holy crap.

I looked at the EDD map you can get on NWS (from Sterling's site, Current Conditions - Observation Map) and man is that a textbook CAD!  Upper 20s all the way to central NC, and 50s and even low 60s in WV, KY, OH, etc.  Crazy.

 

[wawarriors4]

95 NB in Spotsylvania, VA shut down due to multiple vehicles and tractor trailers in crash......still only 27 here with very light Freezing Rain, everything is iced over