87storms Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 36 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said: I had a personal forecast of 2-4 inches for Balt. City....and sure enough we got exactly 4"! Lol Of course there's a good dose of "what could have been"-itis here...but still not a bad event! we all want another 96/16, but these types of storms are the reality. what's nice is that the concern of a gully washer rain has held off for now, so the first part of this was a legit snowstorm. those other great storms generally had a nice h5 pass. this was essentially an overrunning event due to a screaming jet and near perfectly timed cold high to the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldereagle Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3.5 in beautiful downtown Chestertown between 8:30 and 1pm. Nice event rates were strong. All snow. On the season, this makes 11.0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The thunder snow this morning ranks this one up there with the best < 6" events I have experienced. It wasn't the muffled thunder you sometimes get in winter. It was legit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said: Huh, some flakes mixing in back in CHO. Mixed sleet/snow, additional .25” of sleet makes my total 3.35” Congrats. Sorry the ZR didn’t work out. Actually was looking forward to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jviper Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 It is over now?. Are we gonna see any more frozen stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, 87storms said: we all want another 96/16, but these types of storms are the reality. what's nice is that the concern of a gully washer rain has held off for now, so the first part of this was a legit snowstorm. those other great storms generally had a nice h5 pass. this was essentially an overrunning event due to a screaming jet and near perfectly timed cold high to the north. (Suprised ya didn't mention 2009/10, 2003, etc, haha) Wouldn't say storms like this one are THE reality, but rather what's more common. A big storm can become the reality anytime of year...but the likelihood? Very inconsistent, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, BristowWx said: Congrats. Sorry the ZR didn’t work out. Actually was looking forward to that. Yeah, this is the last time I believe in ZR down here. Busted on that front more than a few times this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said: Yeah, this is the last time I believe in ZR down here. Busted on that front more than a few times this year. It can happen, today wasn't really a great setup though for it IMO. Temps in the mid 20's or lower, light precip, and low sun angle is the winning recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, NorthArlington101 said: Yeah, this is the last time I believe in ZR down here. Busted on that front more than a few times this year. I looked at my trees and they have icicles. Interesting. Let’s face it most of our events are mixed bag mess. I just want one more to hunt track and kill before I spread mulch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka60 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Clarksburg, MD total snow and 35 minutes of sleet: 5.6" From 10:00 am to 12:00 noon Clarksburg rocked. see the video below: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Meh...least exciting snow event of the year...maybe I'm just tired. 5.3" total...above climo now....not hating thatMy forecast for leesburg was 5. My hope become a reality 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Cool event, best rates of the season. Too bad it'll be like 60 tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 When you consider we didn't even get the main storm but rather the WAA out ahead of it, I can't complain about approx 5" while the main storm went to the Lakes. We can thank the strong HP (strategically positioned) to the north for that. This was an energetic, spring-like system, with plenty of GulfMex juice. While I noticed temps rose toward the end of the snow, the temp has remained quite steady around 30.6 for the past few hours. Just a bit of sleet IMBY as the snow slowly fizzled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Nice event. Not memorable, but nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, smokeybandit said: Nice event. Not memorable, but nice. Probably the only 570dm snowstorm you'll ever see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Cool event, best rates of the season. Too bad it'll be like 60 tomorrow. More like 50, but most of it will still be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The high is shoving things due east to ese. Lower pressure isobars are stacked along the mountains but not making much progress and until and unless that high eases to about 30.10 then we won’t see anything other than very light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 -FZDZSN If you told me yesterday I wouldn’t see a single pinger all day I would have said you’re crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Looking at the radar, I would think in 2-3hr central MD will be greeting either rain or freezing rain. Currently very light zr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 29 with light zr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notvirga! Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 We're getting freezing drizzle/light zrain here. 29 also 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpaschall Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Also light drizzle/zrain in Westminster 28 Winds E 3 MPH. Its only freezing on elevated surfaces, cleared driveway is mostly wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notvirga! Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, lpaschall said: Also light drizzle/zrain in Westminster 28 Winds E 3 MPH. Its only freezing on elevated surfaces, cleared driveway is mostly wet. Same here but I expect after dark if it remains below freezing the sidewalks may get icy. I'm thinking roads will be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdhokie Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 5" in 4 hours during the day on a weekday, no complaints here. Bonus, so far it hasn't been washed away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChangeYourScreenname Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hrrr is trending colder. It really looks like significant Ice later west of the 95 corridor. 90% of the total qpf is ice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Looks like a light ZR / mist now in Reisterstown. Hope we turn into an ice palace. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 If you want icing, hope the precip stays on the light side, otherwise the freezing on contact will reolease too much latent heat to get you the icing you crave, 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Heavy sleet, back down to 32 in CHO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowCane Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Getting a little freezing drizzle in Gaithersburg. A few small icicles on leaves and street signs but nothing major. There's actually running water on the edge of the streets where it's melting on the roadways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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