digital snow Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, DCTeacherman said: Thump to dry slot is my favorite way to do these events where warming is inevitable. I can't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: That it? Around 4”. It was awesome for a couple hours under that band. Didn’t expect it to fall apart so fast up here though. Thought we would be in heavy precip until 3-4pm. Oh well. Not bad. And I was getting pixie dust interleaved with dry notches the whole time until recently. Best snow of the day the past hour or so here. Still going to under perform per forecasts(not my expectations). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, digital snow said: I can't... Why not? It’s better than changing over to pouring rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haudidoody Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Transitioned to some rain/freezing rain... still mixed with a bit of sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Uhh..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 picked up another 0.25" of sleet in the past hour. looks to be tapering off but still light ice falling. got 2"+ snow and another ~1" sleet. nice event. rating a B- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, Cobalt said: Uhh..... hahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 5.0 total for me in the Milestone area of Germantown. Puts me at 26.5 for the winter which is incredible given the overall pattern. Radar looks like the precip is over, and I am fine with that. I did not want a bunch of freezing rain. It would be great if the rain stays away tonight. Edit to add that my parents in northern Calvert (4 miles south of Dunkirk) report only about an inch with light sleet falling. That's why I am N/W of the city! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, DCTeacherman said: Why not? It’s better than changing over to pouring rain. Some of us north of Baltimore weren’t going to change over for a while yet so the dryslot killed a few hours of snow/sleet potential up here. If I was down there I would be thrilled with a dryslot about now. So it’s a matter of perspective based on location. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 It's finally gotten to 32 and IP at DCA. It's beating down my accumulations. I want R*** to wash away the other stuff so I don't have to play with it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolz1 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 5.1" snow is the final....on .59" liquid. Not quite 10:1....most likely 7-8:1 with lighter rates and 10-12:1 during the big bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: That it? Around 4”. It was awesome for a couple hours under that band. Didn’t expect it to fall apart so fast up here though. Thought we would be in heavy precip until 3-4pm. Oh well. Not bad. Doesn't seem like 1 inch of precip is going to happen. Unless something changes, models will bust badly on precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, Danajames said: About 4" here in Edgewood....it's been snowing moderate to heavy since about 9:00 a.m. Just went on a 2 mile walk and it was beautiful. Few thing better in life than that. The snow rate has come down a bit over the past 1/2 hour and I would assume the transition to sleet is knocking on my door. Here's hoping for a colder than normal March and a few more chances of snow. No sleet, just dry slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 5" on the dot. Wiped the snowboard. Just a few tiny flakes falling now. Still haven't heard a ping. WSW verified for snow alone! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negnao Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Deer Whisperer said: hahahahahaha That’s not dca’s official report. They have reported over .4 of frozen precip(almost all snow)as of the last hour. Not possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1pm obs Very light snow, 5” accum, 30F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital snow Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Thump to dry slot with inevitable warming. Am I the only one who laughed. I guess I am immature. But, it's his favorite way to do events so I am all about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodbridge02 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Over to almost all/all ZR and rain. 32 degrees so there's only a light glaze of ice. Since we got around .3" sleet in the last hour, I'm going with 3" as my final snow/sleet total 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 2.6" officially at DCA. 4.7" at IAD. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3.5” total. ZR is mixing in now. 31.2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Ian retweeted the dry air/bust guy yesterday lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Precip looks to be winding down for now here; only some light sleet falling at the moment. Measured about 5" on the ground after roughly 6 hours of mostly snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Lunch break measure in Mitchellville = 2.5" total with sleet falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, PhineasC said: Doesn't seem like 1 inch of precip is going to happen. Unless something changes, models will bust badly on precip. Yea nothing saw that dryslot blasting across MD around noon like that. Just about all guidance had the heaviest precip here and northeast MD between 12-3. It’s not that we got it early it’s just the band literally fell apart due to some kind of dry air intrusion to the north of the convective band to our south. My snow accumulation was about where it should have been at 12:30 but I was supposed to get another 2-4” sn/pl between 12:30-3 or so. Not a disaster. 4” isn’t bad. It’s a low bust though when forecast was 6-8”. I kind of thought that was a little high though. My expectation was more 5-7. Still fell slightly short. Ok I haven’t looked at the long range since yesterday...time to dig in and figure out where the 16” I still need to get to climo is coming from!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, PhineasC said: Doesn't seem like 1 inch of precip is going to happen. Unless something changes, models will bust badly on precip. Yeah the cold held but precip busted low, more so in eastern areas. although generally less was forecast here. Still a bit surprising my totals are going to be half of what was forecast, and not because of the warm nose, which also was not very well forecast. Still snowing here with a bit of sleet mixed in, and not much more to come per radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarReenactor Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Definitely an odd storm. Was worried about a changeover all this time when a lot of us should have been worried about the storm just ending. No sleet or ice to speak of. Its just over. 3 inches here. Can't complain that we sneaked this one in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1” sleet/snow since I swept my spot. 3.5” total so far. Will likely be the last bit as temps are soaring. Up to 31 after being 29.9 just about an hour ago. Sleet changing to zr and soon will be just rain after I lose freezing temps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Appears snow was the main show. Wouldn’t have thought that few days ago. Figured lots of IP/ZR would be the main show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 25 minutes ago, DSF said: I had kind of assumed this would be one and done, but now I'm wondering about school tomorrow. Streets around here haven't been plowed, it'll be interesting to see what happens tonight. I think they are all hoping (as I am) that the overnight blowtorch will take care of it, if the DOTbergmakers haven't. But as usual, tune into your favorite newspeddlers at 4 am again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Yeah I posted that before I realized it looks like the moisture is drying up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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