SilentTalkie Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 4" in Crozet (west of Charlottesville) and 27 degrees just before 8am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, MN Transplant said: Must have been between 4-5am based on my temp/DP trace. Edit - per my cameras, actually closer to 3:30am. Thanks. We’re shooting for two-hour measuring intervals for plotting on a graph. I’ll just call it a linear increase from 3:30-7:30! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Nice pretty snow, no wind so sticking to everything. Win! Temp 30, DP 28. Half inch on the board! And now in family tradition I make pancakes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve25 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 And just like that, first flurries- Parkville 21234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Moderate now. Everything caving quickly... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Steve25 said: And just like that, first flurries- Parkville 21234 Will be keeping an eye a bit on your obs. My sister and her family live up the hill in Carney, very close to Cub Hill. Off Northwind Road. It's my old home I grew up in. It's always 2-3 degrees colder up that way. I'll be comparing your obs as my meteorology loving nephew will be taking snow measurements for his first time today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, real said: What time do you think the snow will be at peak intensity today in the DC metro region? Typically with waa snow, peak rates/snowgrowth hits when warmer mid level air is getting close to messing things up so my brain says final 2 hours before tapering off. This is a complex event though so that rule of thumb may not apply. This is a very technical way of me saying I have no idea. I'll guess 12-2pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Scraff said: Moderate now. Everything caving quickly... Hopefully they can patch all the craters with all the caving Enjoy the snow and have a cold one for me please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Been stuck in a snowhole here in New Market for the most part, just a dusting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Pixee Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Snowed baby powder since 4am . Snow picking up intensity in last 15 minutes. 1/2" coating on cars, grass and some driveways. Streets were damp, now looking more icy than white. SE DC proper. 31 degrees and holding since precip started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteoutMD Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 First flakes in annapolis . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 i would say that light snow just switched over to Moderate snow in Downtown DC. Visibility down to a half-mile or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajb Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Woke up with the ground and streets covered near DTSS. Rates picking up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Man Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 About 1.5 in Manassas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Nice rates now and flake size increasing a bit. Will say SN. Takoma Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, mattie g said: Thanks. We’re shooting for two-hour measuring intervals for plotting on a graph. I’ll just call it a linear increase from 3:30-7:30! This is awesome. I had the most random image of you standing there in the kitchen with glasses on next to a dry erase board holding a laser pointer. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 First area of decent lift/snowgrowth overhead. Classic scene with legit flakes and lowering viz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherShak Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, Bob Chill said: Nightmare #1 scenario off the table. Woke up, ground wasn't bare, and radar matches expectations. Must have started early here. Somewhere around a half inch already. I'm rooting for @CAPE. If anyone deserves a deform boom in a regionwide storm, it's him. Not that wx cares but I do Looked out the window at 450 am and the ground was lightly coated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Bob Chill said: This is awesome. I had the most random image of you standing there in the kitchen with glasses on next to a dry erase board holding a laser pointer. You give me too much credit - my wife does all the hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 In western Fairfax I just checked and we have just reached an inch of snow with moderate to heavy snow and temps in the upper 20s small flakes though. Any snow that is on the ground is a powder nothing sticks to it. Also it was so nice to wake up and not have to worry about mixing (for now at least) or the ground being warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 The weather forecaster on WUSA 9 has a snow map of 3 to 5 inches for most of the region, but just said he's not that "confident' in it, and said he may have to push his forecast up for areas south of DC because he is already getting reports of 4 inches on the ground near Charlottesville and Madison County, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopper Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 First flakes in Towson! 28 degrees I am going to pretend that we are just supposed to get a dusting...Then, I can be pleasantly surprised when it over performs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Sun trying to peek through. Being in the group that is more northeast than most here, it’s always anxiety-producing when y’all are snowing lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeing Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 First snow here @ 0803. Coming down light but seems to be picking up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, mattie g said: You give me too much credit - my wife does all the hard work. Ah! Your wife does the heavy lifting and you take credit publicly. When did you start running for office? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Starting to snow on the Western edge of the bay. Fort Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Around an inch now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bob Chill said: First area of decent lift/snowgrowth overhead. Classic scene with legit flakes and lowering viz And that area over you is leading to crappy snow growth over me ATM lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I think models may be underestimating just how warm the SSTs are a few hundred miles offshore. If my suspicions end up being true then we may see more snow than models depict especially NE but i'll take what I can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Damn dudes. Did not expect this quality so quickly. Folks just north of me ( @WxUSAF) will be all jacked up here shortly. It's kinda dumpin for just after onset 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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