The Ole Bucket Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Main roads all over Charlottesville were questionable for those without four-wheel drive or plentiful experience before the sun roads. Side streets were.. something. Now a little better as the plows come out and visibility improves. Mod snow going on. Around 3" on my back deck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeing Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Nothing yet in northern Mount Airy. 27.7/23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 14 minutes ago, Dendrimer77 said: Closing in on 4" here in charlottesville...28 degrees Need to get to your jackpot side of town! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsnowman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 29 and just over an inch in Centreville. Western edge of radar past I-81 looks to be filling in. GFS won the battle of the models from earlier in the week. A EURO suppressed scenario was just plain wrong. That said, 6z GFS has actually brought some of the CCB back towards the DC area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 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 Eta: you'll notice I totally contradicted myself from the first post in this thread. Seeing snow fall laying in bed is like drugs and makes me a little emotional. If the snow suddenly shuts off in my yard, I no longer care about CAPE 9 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EB89 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 What’s with the gap in radar over Frederick stretching NE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 14 minutes ago, mattie g said: 0.75” in Burke. Currently light snow and 28°. @MN Transplant or @yoda...any idea when it started? Important for my daughter’s math lesson! Must have been between 4-5am based on my temp/DP trace. Edit - per my cameras, actually closer to 3:30am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 28/23 in 21136 and waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Just now, EB89 said: What’s with the gap in radar over Frederick stretching NE? Random pocket of dry air probably and it will be gone pretty quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovechkin Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Heavy pixie dust in Wheaton. May cover the street by the end of the day with these type of flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesburgWx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 2 inches here with rates picking up. My bar is 8” after all of the hours I have spent following this. Will be close 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EB89 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Just now, Bob Chill said: Random pocket of dry air probably and it will be gone pretty quickly And just as I read your reply, coming down steadily heavier. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Rates have picked up here. Still only on grass though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka60 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Clarksburg, 7:30AM SNOW 1" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 4 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 What time do you think the snow will be at peak intensity today in the DC metro region? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Initial band pushed here and dropped a small dusting as I looked outside, just like CAPE said. Also the RH here is around 80% and the final push should have no problem getting here, which is half an hour or so away. 29/24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I was surprised that the 6z GFS tries to transfer down in SC. Then reorganizes off NC coast. Can that be right or was the model confused? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Just now, 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 It would be sort of an odd evolution to pull that off, but when the usual places NW are getting jacked with deathbands it's usually dry slotted over here with snizzle. I have a feeling it would end up more expansive if its real. Something to monitor while we watch the snow fall today. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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...
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