WVclimo Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Snow has ended. 2.2" is the largest event of the year and the second 2"+ snowfall in the past two years here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Around 3".. Maybe a bit more on colder surfaces.. Packing and melting quick kick. Beautiful event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 49 minutes ago, osfan24 said: GFS performed about as well as the Americans have in the Olympics so far. GFS tends to be very poor on placement and timing during marginal events like this. The old E/E rule works wonders during a setup like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Final total: 3.4" Pretty much an all snow event here. Not bad, in general. For this winter, this was a great event. MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Storm total M2.0" Reisterstown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 What was the final total at the airports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 10 minutes ago, WVclimo said: Snow has ended. 2.2" is the largest event of the year and the second 2"+ snowfall in the past two years here. You got screwed in that dry spot for a couple of hours with this one or you would have matched me easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Cobalt said: What was the final total at the airports? 7pm reports were 2” at BWI, 1.5” at IAD and 1” at DCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I mentioned to @high risk this morning I was interested to see how the various snowmaps did in an event like this. After accounting for the typical banding we saw, I think kuchera did best. 12z euro kuchera had a lot of the area in the 1.5-3” range which verified pretty well I think. Obviously the 10:1 was way to high, but those snow depth change maps were too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Final tally IMBY (Balt. City): 2.5 inches in the grass, 1 inch on the pavement--a really nice small event. Loved being under a heavier band here!! (Was kinda surprised at that this time!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Kmlwx said: What did we ever do before dual-pol radar came into existence. It's lovely. We enjoyed the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, clskinsfan said: You got screwed in that dry spot for a couple of hours with this one or you would have matched me easily. It was frustrating this afternoon when it was snowing everywhere but here. But when it finally came together, it was a great couple of hours. Have been out four-wheeling this evening. We finally just hit 32 degrees, so for the rural roads in this area to be as trashed as they are really speaks to the great rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, Cobalt said: What was the final total at the airports? IAD: 1.5" BWI: 2.0" DCA: Still waiting FYI - NWS seems to be having COMMS issues for certain products like the LSR, PNS, etc. isn't showing for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 3.1” for the total here in Clarksburg. All snow. Nice little quick-hitter between 70F days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, mappy said: 1.8 Wow! All the best returns stayed south? Edited to add: Looks like it. Clarksburg may have been the sweet spot on this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDstorm Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, mappy said: 1.8 Congrats on surpassing last winter's snow total! MDstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Just melted down the 2.2" snowfall. 0.30" of liquid. It's rare to get ratios that low here in an all-snow event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 minute ago, WVclimo said: Just melted down the 2.2" snowfall. 0.30" of liquid. It's rare to get ratios that low here in an all-snow event. My ratio was probably close to 5-6:1. Only mixed with rain for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 This was fun. Now back to looking at storms 2 weeks ahead. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1.6” total, with the temp never going below 33.3. I’d wager if I shaved a few degrees off that, total would’ve been in the 2.5 zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Just saw on this page: http://www.weather.gov/lwx/pnsmap?type=snow DCA recorded 0.2". Is this final? Seems very low, even for DCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka60 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, das said: 3.1” for the total here in Clarksburg. All snow. Nice little quick-hitter between 70F days. Das If it wasn’t for the temp early on we could have easily doubled the amount. But a good mini storm though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Ending was a little disappointing with sleet and rain mixing in but overall it was a nice event. The period from 3:30 to about 5 or so was awesome. I almost forgot what it looked like to see heavy snow. Rates were intense enough that the warm roads didn't stand a chance. I'm like a drug addict needing my fix at this point. Just looking for a solid snowstorm where we get a full day of snow and the main roads still have a decent amount of snow on them in the travel lanes even with the plows trying to clear them. Maybe March will surprise us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris78 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Exactly 2 inches here in Smithsburg. All came in about 2 hours. We were in the snow hole till about 5. Definitely was frustrating seeing it snow north south east and west of you for 3 hours but it is what it is...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeathermanB Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1.5'' measured, changed over to rain for an hour before stopping completely. That wet snow will be gone my late morning tomorrow or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Nose Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 19 minutes ago, Cobalt said: Just saw on this page: http://www.weather.gov/lwx/pnsmap?type=snow DCA recorded 0.2". Is this final? Seems very low, even for DCA DCA will never be representative again until they move the obs location. It's basically irrelevant at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Wow! All the best returns stayed south? Edited to add: Looks like it. Clarksburg may have been the sweet spot on this one:Yup got the dreaded snow hole for a couple hours. Congrats on your jackpot! Congrats on surpassing last winter's snow total! MDstormThanks! No complaints here, was pretty once it really got going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 57 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: I mentioned to @high risk this morning I was interested to see how the various snowmaps did in an event like this. After accounting for the typical banding we saw, I think kuchera did best. 12z euro kuchera had a lot of the area in the 1.5-3” range which verified pretty well I think. Obviously the 10:1 was way to high, but those snow depth change maps were too low. yeah, it's been my experience that the snow depth maps can run low, but in these tough call events, they tend to be way better than the 10:1 maps. In this case, the depth maps were underdone in central MD, but they sure told me that the 10:1 map idea of 6" in southern Howard and 3-5" for all of DC Metro and southern MD wouldn't be the way to go either. Even the Ferrier map was underdone, telling me that the NAM had the sleet line advancing north too quickly. That seems plausible, as the initial thump stayed snowy longer and got cranking early, allowing a larger part of the area to start tallying up snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 38 minutes ago, Cobalt said: Just saw on this page: http://www.weather.gov/lwx/pnsmap?type=snow DCA recorded 0.2". Is this final? Seems very low, even for DCA They are always warmer than the general area. They probably measure close to the tarmac next to jets taking off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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