Cobalt Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 While small snow events are easily forgettable, some of us remember certain events for certain reasons. What's your favorite small scale snow event? Doesn't have to be below 2", it just has to be a small total. Inspired by today's event, since I really enjoyed it. I'll start. 1. Feb 2015 snow squall (before Presidents Day). 1" of snow in 15 minutes absolutely insane, the start of a great 3 week stretch. 2. Feb 17th, 2018 snow event. 70 degrees, to heavy snow in 2 days. Insane that roads caved too. 1.5" of snow. Very low ratio (somewhere near 4:1 or 5:1) 3. Commuteageddon II, Jan 20th 2016. Over performing snow system that cancelled school. Really glad it did, because I couldn't focus due to the imminent blizzard. I lucked out! 1" of snow here, but it's impact was pretty insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Hands down Feb 2015. One of the greatest 45 minutes of snow I've ever seen. I think I got 2.5" iirc but the scene outside was one for the ages. Lower vis than any event since I bought my house in rockville. Even rivals many events when I lived in the Rockies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 12/16/2010 was a cold snow that totaled 1.4" here with temps in the teens. Daytime event that really had a big impact on the roads with the cold temps. I also happened to get married that day which made the small snowfall more memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, WVclimo said: 12/16/2010 was a cold snow that totaled 1.4" here with temps in the teens. Daytime event that really had a big impact on the roads with the cold temps. I also happened to get married that day which made the small snowfall more memorable. I think I remember that storm. Only time ever I've been let home from school early due to snow. Not sure if it was a surprise or something, but it was quite the treat, since that day was the last day before winter break. Had an awesome sledding day. Should've added that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I'm going with the same event that Chill mentioned above...Feb. 14, 2015. Arctic front went through late day that Saturday, and we got a squall that dumped ~2" where I'm at in less than an hour. Really cool! That was followed by a blast of cold on strong, gusty winds that went on well into Sunday and temperatures were in the low 20s much of the time, or there about. It also was the event that ushered in a great 4 week period of winter, salvaging the winter of 2014-15. Here's a couple of photos I took...first one during the snow, and the second one sometime afterward (trees were all encased in snow): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowershoresadness Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 1999 or 2000 all I remember is "for unlawful carnal knowledge" was going on in my car when the snow started. It was a win win kinda night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfewUniversesBelowNormal Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 January 2003, had some high cumulus clouds with heavy snow squalls. really dry and windy, was blowing around. 1-2' drifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Leaving out 2/14/15 because it poked above 2” here, I’m going with 12/25/93- the Christmas night miracle. There was a great reminiscing thread about this event on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 4/9/16- southern MD special left 1.4” here. I’ll never see that again in April. Blooming Forsythia and Lilac getting paste bombed- perfect end to a nearly perfect winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 12/24/2012 And no other event need apply... for obvious reasons. 2" of unexpected snow for a White Christmas Eve/Christmas. My oldest daughter's first Christmas. And for once, Stephens City was the jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Nice pics @PrinceFrederickWx you should post that in the mid-long range disco thread to shut up the sun angle folks. Also nice pic @EastCoast NPZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 @Cobalt Oh I’ve already gotten in those arguments with people for years, look it up. “It can’t snow in March or April because sun angle” blah blah. Bunch of idiots. I don’t bother anymore. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said: @Cobalt Oh I’ve already gotten in those arguments with people for years, look it up. “It can’t snow in March or April because sun angle” blah blah. Bunch of idiots. I don’t bother anymore. LOL I remember seeing a picture of a big snowstorm in Boston in late April or early May in the 80s or something like that. Goes to show that rates > sun angle any day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfewUniversesBelowNormal Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 14 hours ago, EastCoast NPZ said: 12/24/2012 And no other event need apply... for obvious reasons. 2" of unexpected snow for a White Christmas Eve/Christmas. My oldest daughter's first Christmas. And for once, Stephens City was the jackpot. The snow events in the desert are a special kind of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 My first date with that French nanny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ3 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Christmas night 1993. Came in very quickly after a very clear early evening. The traffic nightmare that ensued immediately after when the minor accumulation froze was also very notable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Bigly happy to see a good number of 2/14/2015 squall mentions. That is my favorite <2" event by quite a bit. That whole Saturday was like tracking severe and snow at once. The visibility dropped to below 400 feet at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfewUniversesBelowNormal Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Montana today ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Ground blizzard expected. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph will cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow. Significant drifting of the snow is likely. Total snow accumulations of up to two inches are expected over the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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