SnowGolfBro Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 It’s puking snow in Arlington. Possibly the heaviest I’ve seen all season lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icefishingrocks Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Roads are snow covered here in eastern baltimore county. 16 with a nice steady snow falling is a great way to stay February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Snowfall has been steady here in PG Co for 2.5 hours+ Traffic on MD 193 moving steady and at speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Quote AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 948 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2019 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVERHEAD SATURDAY, THEN MOVE OFFSHORE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY MAY IMPACT THE AREA DURING THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HAVE UPGRADED PORTIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AS BANDED SNOW IS PRODUCING VERY EFFICIENT SNOW RATES, WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF 6 INCHES UPSTREAM, AND SOME VALUES ALREADY APPROACHING THAT IN OUR CWA. THIS MAY TRANSLATE INTO SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN MARYLAND, ALTHOUGH OUR FORECAST WAS ALREADY ON THE HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE. LATEST HRRR/RAP RUNS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGHEST QPF REMAINING WEST OF I-81. ADDED NORTHERN FAUQUIER TO THE ADVISORY BASED ON THESE QPF TRENDS. THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP CUTOFF TO VERY LITTLE SNOW SOUTH OF I-66 SO FAR WITH DRY LOW LEVEL AIR...AND IT'S POSSIBLE THIS HOLDS THROUGH THE EVENT AS FORCING WEAKENS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON SOUTHERN MARYLAND THIS AFTERNOON, AS SOME GUIDANCE SHOWS A NEW AREA OF SNOW DEVELOPING THERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Super band sinking south. Legit SN, beautiful fluffy flakes. Champaign powder FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmagnet Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, jaydreb said: Thin layer of icy snow is actually much worse than 6” of snow. This is why the NWS put out a very strong advisory about travel and the reason some school systems closed. I think it was 2016 when there was a very light dusting of snow around rush hour and an abundance of accidents. When the ground is very cold, it's creates terribly icy conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandurin Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, Eskimo Joe said: Roads temps are vodka cold and the traditional ice melt that's used on local or municipal roads in Montgomery is usually just rock salt. The good stuff it typically reserved for interstate roads...our road temps are below 22° in the county so the treatment isn't going to work very well. A lot of folks forget that brining and rock salt isn't designed necessarily to make roads wet and perfect during the event but rather after the event once the sun comes out. People are just used to "oh it'll melt for several hours before it actually has any impact on the roads" which isn't true when the road temp is so cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Reverse bust already in Rockville. Half inch and counting. Pulsing beteeen dust/sand and small dendrites. Must have been some decent lift at onset though. Had really nice snowgrowth for 30 mins or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Brilliant, as the radar blossoms south of 66! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snjókoma Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, Eskimo Joe said: I am a couple thousand feet south of I-66, and have 0.9" rn. I know they mean south in a general sense, but seems a little imprecise with Alexandria getting death-banded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Big flakes in Springfield now. Looks like this may turn into an over performer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVsnowlover Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Having a hard time getting work done this week. Been staring out the window too much!! What a great week it has been! Been watching this guy for the last 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Damn that NoVa / South DC band looks rockin! I’m jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 minute ago, GATECH said: Brilliant, as the radar blossoms south of 66! I know. I was just thinking this. Isn't most of Washington DC technically south of I-66 if the highway is extrapolated eastward? And if you look at radar, even the dry slot that had been over Prince William is filling in, while that little band over Arlington and DCA seems to have become stationary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital snow Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Over performer in Fairfax county so far. Burke has had legit SN for the past hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmagnet Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 This is a very nice surprise snow day! Bob mentioned that we might bootleg our way to climo this year, and here is another example. Although, I'm still holding out hope for an Epic February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Thanks for the input everyone. Learn something new with each storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Still a decent amount of juice left out in western WV/Eastern OH. 2-4 looks like a solid call for those of us in the precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolz1 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Lt snow. 14/9 Just measures .4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zac1245 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Scraff said: Damn that NoVa / South DC band looks rockin! I’m jealous. Im in Old Town Alexandria and it is a solid band for sure! Working out of our conference room because its the only room with a window lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Nailed it with my forecast last night that this was not going to be mostly to our north. Boundary and 500-700mb depictions had precip mass moving right toward us with wind vectors and isobars moving precipitation mass along the rails and right towards us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Just now, real said: I know. I was just thinking this. Isn't most of Washington DC technically south of I-66 if the highway is extrapolated eastward? And if you look at radar, even the dry slot that had been over Prince William is filling in, while that little band over Arlington and DCA seems to have become stationary. That radar in central Prince William is a little bit misleading. Dry air is eating up any decent snow. We've had some flurries but that's about it. Even now with solid returns there's very little coming down. Maybe that will change soon. At least it's been a decent offense for others. Not complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Schools in MD are now caving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 0.75”, steady light to very light snow, 18F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Both the RAP and HRRR completely dry us out by 11am, will be interesting to see if that actually happens. Doesn't really look like it right now on the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Getting the super rare southern deathband! Why can’t we get this with a juiced up Miller A....enjoying this immensely though, take and savior what we get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Looked out at 5 AM, no snow. Just woke up and everything is covered outside even the roads. Most significant event his week here. Temp 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopper Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Schools in MD are now caving. Yes. BCPS closing 3 hours early. They might actually be better off staying in the whole day and waiting the snow out, but let the kids have some fun in the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 hours ago, BaltimoreWxGuy said: If they can’t manage rolling in during a dusting then we’ve become sad as a society. They’ll be fine Want to revise this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesburgWx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Looks like a legit snowstorm outside and still snowing! Can we call this an over performer yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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