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...
snjókoma Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3.5" storm total. Light sleet mixed with plain rain now. 32.0 degrees, so sidewalk/road conditions are improving rapidly. Nice storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negnao Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Closest report to dca I could find on the nws website was ballston and the 2.6 report was from 1030am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Whisperer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Woodbridge02 said: 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 thats what i got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 is that it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleimax Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 dry air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 A very uniform 3-5 region wide except for a few unlucky people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, BristowWx said: Appears snow was the main show. Wouldn’t have thought that few days ago. Figured lots of IP/ZR would be the main show. Heavy sleet for hours is rare here for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, mappy said: is that it? Looks like it. Seems the dryslot blasted in way ahead of schedule. What you end up with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, mappy said: is that it? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, PhineasC said: Heavy sleet for hours is rare here for a reason. Yea makes me aporeciate 1994, 2007, and that March storm in 2017 more. Only 3 times I’ve seen significant sleet pile up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, psuhoffman said: Looks like it. Seems the dryslot blasted in way ahead of schedule. What you end up with? i last measured at 1130 and was at 3, will measure again soon. on a webinar at the moment for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 HRRR still has wicked icing out this way. We’ll see. My Uber driver seems to be struggling to get to me, so the roads are likely iffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, PhineasC said: Heavy sleet for hours is rare here for a reason. Look forward to the next event. One more round. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frd Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Snow coming to an abrupt end here. Came down hard the last three hours but the back edge moved in quickly. 2.5 inches and that is decent for it starting at 9:30 AM. Might have to shovel, and clear the cars. 28 degrees. Roads pretty nasty. Brine did little good here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandurin Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 i didn't measure but i'm pretty confident i got to around 6" in derwood i've got a very good eye for shovelfulls of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingstonian Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, H2O said: 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 You did slightly better with the sleet than I did -- only 0.8" here since I measured (and swept) with the sleet transition. Felt like rain when I was out. 1:05pm - 3.3" (2.5" snow, 0.8" sleet), SSW Franconia/Kingstowne, Fairfax County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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