Kmlwx Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 1 minute ago, leesburg 04 said: Ice events in D.C. are just like high ratio snow events....Unicorns Absolutely. We get serious ice maybe once or twice a decade. I was pretty young during the ice storms in the 90s but I remember them being pretty prolific. Not a ton IMBY since then - I know east of the cities had a decent one a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: BaltCo and HoCo closing three hours early. Sorry we let you down, Mattie Carroll county just announced too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichmondTarHeel Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I grew up on the East side of the Blue Ridge where we got tons of ice storms. They're beautiful to look at, but absolutely no fun to be out in. If we do indeed get a glaze, I hope you all are already home safe and sound. DC traffic ain't ready for even .01 an inch of ice. Hopefully the salted roads hold up and the rain is light enough to not wash any salt away before trying to freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 This could very well turn out to be such a non event that schools will get blasted for overreacting. Meh, just let me get home before it all starts. Then I won't care. obs: broken sun/clouds. Still cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 9:30am: A high, more solid overcast ATTM, with the only sky brightness out to the SE-ern horizon. Every time I look at digital thermometer, it seems to go up a few tenths of a degree -- so, I guess I need to stop looking! Currently 17.1 after bottoming out at 12+ overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Anne Arundel just mailed it in with a 3 hour early dismissal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cae Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 RGEM and GFS keep ice out of DC, but the 3k NAM and GGEM don't. My money is on the RGEM / GFS combo. I can understand Baltimore County closing schools early because of Mappyland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NattyBo Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Montgomery County says they'll make a decision by 1030. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristymac03 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Frederick co. Dismiss 3 hours early. I've been watching and learning since October. Just moved to the Urbana area at that time. I'm originally from Pensacola, Fl so hurricanes I know and can follow pretty well, but this snow and ice crap is tough to predict it seems!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 fwiw, my backyard thoughts only, the radar is friskier than I was expecting at this point - looking to the west. It's plenty cold here, especially on surfaces. We could do some ice up this way maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 12z sounding too warm for SN....IP/ZR or nada for this event it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 13 minutes ago, Herb@MAWS said: 9:30am: A high, more solid overcast ATTM, with the only sky brightness out to the SE-ern horizon. Every time I look at digital thermometer, it seems to go up a few tenths of a degree -- so, I guess I need to stop looking! Currently 17.1 after bottoming out at 12+ overnight. .... and of course right after posting, the sun starts breaking thru the high overcast :-( and temp shoots up to 18.5 :-( :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said: 12z sounding too warm for SN....IP/ZR or nada for this event it appears. Were people expecting snow? I thought this was a sleet/freezing rain event only from the jump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: fwiw, my backyard thoughts only, the radar is friskier than I was expecting at this point - looking to the west. It's plenty cold here, especially on surfaces. We could do some ice up this way maybe. Radar definitely looked really impressive this morning. You would think a significant snow/winter event was on the way but pretty sure a lot of it will die trying to cross the apps. I know we have CAD on our side but funny to see Oakland sitting at 32 this morning after spending a lot of time in the single digits lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, osfan24 said: Radar definitely looked really impressive this morning. You would think a significant snow/winter event was on the way but pretty sure a lot of it will die trying to cross the apps. I know we have CAD on our side but funny to see Oakland sitting at 32 this morning after spending a lot of time in the single digits lately. Wait until the mountains do their trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, cae said: RGEM and GFS keep ice out of DC, but the 3k NAM and GGEM don't. My money is on the RGEM / GFS combo. I can understand Baltimore County closing schools early because of Mappyland. Did the southern portion go 3-hours early too? I figured only the Hereford zone would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, osfan24 said: Radar definitely looked really impressive this morning. You would think a significant snow/winter event was on the way but pretty sure a lot of it will die trying to cross the apps. I know we have CAD on our side but funny to see Oakland sitting at 32 this morning after spending a lot of time in the single digits lately. Yes, I expect the apps will eat a lot of it, but maybe not all of it. Some of the short terms mesos yesterday were showing basically a shut out, I think. Looking at the radar, I don't think a shutout is likely anymore. But I've underestimated the mountains before, so, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 10 miles north of MD line and I have a zr/fr mix at 18f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cae Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, mappy said: Did the southern portion go 3-hours early too? I figured only the Hereford zone would Yes, the whole county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, cae said: Yes, the whole county. I saw the City just went 3 hours too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 If there's anything that scares the crap out of the local school systems it's ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 what is a good site to monitor road temps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Just now, Kmlwx said: If there's anything that scares the crap out of the local school systems it's ice. And the PARCC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 No doubt there will be slick spots on sidewalks as cold as it has been. The challenge is there is no such thing as rush HOUR anymore...when is there ever a time there aren't a ton of cars on the road? Blah blah I get rural side roads but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohndc Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 PG County is releasing 2 hours early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 three hours for PWC. thank the lord my wife is a teacher. most of our friends who both work often fight over snow days if they have kids...not every likes snow, ice like we do if you guys didn't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Arlington & Falls Church are out 2 hours early. Everyone is caving. Probably means nothing will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Anne Arundel school email servers are down due to the "weather" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 All I really care about is my office closing early...I'm not holding my breath. Tonight's commute is going to be awful even without icing as people will be freaking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Watching the radar this morning pretty much sums up my year so far. I can look out the window and see the snow to my west. It is literally snowing 3 miles from house. And it just will not progress any further east. This winter sucks. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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