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Big Noreaster Rain/wind/wet snow thread 1/22-1/23


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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1218 PM EST MON JAN 23 2017



VAZ503-WVZ501-505-240000-
/O.NEW.KLWX.WW.Y.0005.170123T1718Z-170124T0000Z/
WESTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN GRANT-WESTERN PENDLETON-
1218 PM EST MON JAN 23 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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4 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

With a broad trough like this, it's hard to get the flip to straight snow for everyone.  Elevation will be the deciding factor...probably going to be a lot of sleet.

Let's see if D.C. can get a brief sleet burst from the batch moving up from the southeast.

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Sleet requires snow to melt and then refreeze, right?  Or it requires rain to freeze.  Either way, you have to have a layer of cold deep enough for that to happen.  So, I would think that for places like here in Winchester, once the layers above start going below freezing, we are going to flip to snow.

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4 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Sleet requires snow to melt and then refreeze, right?  Or it requires rain to freeze.  Either way, you have to have a layer of cold deep enough for that to happen.  So, I would think that for places like here in Winchester, once the layers above start going below freezing, we are going to flip to snow.

My guess is orographic infuence of strong easterly flow is temporarily helping the column out your way. Once the heavy rates move through the column probably deteriorates again. Just a guess. 

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