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January Storm Term Threat Discussions (Day 3 - Day 7)


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41 minutes ago, BristowWx said:

How much snow is a BECS?  Have we established that?  

I think in Washington DC proper, it's this...  Maybe a tad different in Baltimore and suburbs north and west

SECS -- 4 to 12

MECS -- 12 to 18

HECS 18 to 30

BECS 30 Plus

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Just now, Interstate said:

Just because one model shows an historical storm doesn’t mean they should elevate it risk any higher. What happens tonight if it disappears. The general population uses these graphics and you cannot have wild swings on them based on one model run.  

I totally agree that you can't have wild model swings in a forecast based on 1 run, but the graphic clearly states *potential* impact. The GEM, GFS, PARA all show ~6" for D.C. and the EURO is back-to-back 12"+. I personally wouldn't classify that potential as low, and I don't think I'm alone in that. 

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9 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

1996. Started on a Saturday evening.  I remember watching the weather channel radar with the snow creeping north so slowly. Woke up on Sunday morning to Heavy snow.  Snowed all day. Woke up Monday morning and still snowing thanks to a perfect upper level pass. What a perfect storm. Ended up with over 30" in Northern Fredrick county MD.

Yep.  Started around 8 pm.  Waited until there was 2 or 3 inches on the ground and a group of us, including my 6 year old son, hit the sledding slopes around midnight and sled til 2 am in the increasing snow.  Watched the snow pile up all day Sunday while the Cowboys clobbered the eagles to advance to the NFC title game.  Sunday night we headed out in my roommates truck and we pulled sleds down an empty 522 south of front royal.  The plowed snow banks were  nearly head height already and it was like being on a luge.  I was told we hit 50 mph on the sleds at one point.   It was one of the funnest times of my life.  It snowed the next day into lunchtime.  Measured 37" in town. Feels like a dream now.

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1 minute ago, snowfan said:

And w the 96 storm, many of us had a follow up snowfall later that week before the big flooding. 

Yeah.   I recall that Fairfax had around 24" with the 1st round and about 12" a few days later.   Having close to 3 feet was definitely memorable, and I remember the flooding as well.  Couldn't even get anywhere around the beltway.

 Jan 2016 was the biggest snowfall I've seen from one storm.  I had 30" at my house.  

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3 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Not bad . Widespread area then I pretty much agree 

Maybe bump BECS to 30+ widespread 

I thought about that but how often does that happen?  Even at your yard.  30+ is just a tough milestone. I’ll take the HECS with a side of SECS.  

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20 minutes ago, snowfan said:

And w the 96 storm, many of us had a follow up snowfall later that week before the big flooding. 

        Some of us had two follow-up snowfalls.     B)

        That Friday was another synoptic snowstorm, but there was a vort that Tuesday afternoon that put down a band of heavy snow across DC and the east side of town.   I got another 6" out of that unexpected event.

 

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