Jebman Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Its been drizzling heavy here all evening. Now I see sleet and even some light snow mixing in. Temp has fallen to 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Woke to everything recoated in snow. At some point after 11 PM it snowed again. I'd say less the 1/4" over night. I will say this. Yesterday was a really bad forecast here. Not saying I could do better, because I can't, but really one of the worst I've seen in a while. Forecast daytime high yesterday of 45 with no mention of sleet, snow, or a temp drop. Reality, temps fell all day and were at 32 by about 4 PM. An hour of sleet, and then about 1/2" of snow. Forecast was changed to say that snow would change back to rain over night with a low of 37 (which was already higher than the current temp). Reality, temp spiked to 34 during the evening but fell below freezing as everything was iced over this morning and the drizzle that was falling ended up changing back to snow over night. I guess this is why we are all interested in weather. If even the pros miss a forecast this bad, then it tells you just how complex that forecast was. It was a cool storm out here. Driving rain, high wind, falling temps, sleet, heavy snow. Not bad. Had it been 5 degrees colder......oh boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 14 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said: Woke to everything recoated in snow. At some point after 11 PM it snowed again. I'd say less the 1/4" over night. I will say this. Yesterday was a really bad forecast here. Not saying I could do better, because I can't, but really one of the worst I've seen in a while. Forecast daytime high yesterday of 45 with no mention of sleet, snow, or a temp drop. Reality, temps fell all day and were at 32 by about 4 PM. An hour of sleet, and then about 1/2" of snow. Forecast was changed to say that snow would change back to rain over night with a low of 37 (which was already higher than the current temp). Reality, temp spiked to 34 during the evening but fell below freezing as everything was iced over this morning and the drizzle that was falling ended up changing back to snow over night. I guess this is why we are all interested in weather. If even the pros miss a forecast this bad, then it tells you just how complex that forecast was. It was a cool storm out here. Driving rain, high wind, falling temps, sleet, heavy snow. Not bad. Had it been 5 degrees colder......oh boy. I had said earlier in the week with that track and a strong storm, in January we would see at least some snow. Sometimes all of the models and science discussion take away from just knowing your own climo. And I agree. It was a fun wintry evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 When is the snow supposed to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 41 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: When is the snow supposed to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I'm just glad this wasn't a snowstorm. None of the models saw the dryslot and the GFS's 6z run had it still precipitating this morning here. It would have been forecast 8-12 and we would have gotten like 3-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 2 hours ago, WxUSAF said: When is the snow supposed to happen? As soon as 850s crash and the column cools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Meant to post this for 87storms yesterday. When it snows in January, it sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.