SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just now, Paleocene said: This is what this storm looks like inside the beltway snow hole. Most of what is covering the grass was already there after the initial 5-7pm burst last night. Hahaha same here. Looks the same as our last "winter storm". As someone else pointed out it has snowed 3 times now recently but never at a temperature below 32 degrees for any amount of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just went out in Arlington VA to find up to 0.1" of sleet on top of my car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Peter Pan movie scene still ongoing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 35 minutes ago, osfan24 said: I-70 seemed to be the literal traintracks the beefy part of the storm followed. Definitely a good amount of yellows on radar right around there last night. Curious what some of the far nothern folks ended up with that had the warning. Seemed like the heaviest ended up just south of them. Verified the 4-8” warning with 5.75”. Didn’t quite hit 6” like I thought. I’m at 670ft elevation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, ovechkin said: I think this winter has really highlighted what really has been going on in and around the beltway for a couple of years now. We are simply damn warm. Every season. Pattern doesn’t matter. Last 2 summers DCA is popping 90-91 when closeby places (even south) are mid 80s. We blow by forcasted highs regularly and bust way high on lows in all seasons. I’m not talking “normal,” just compared to that day’s forecast. I can’t think of a day where we ended up lower than predicted (save for the smoke days last September.)Clear nights with light north winds and DCA stays with a steady temp for hours. But full clouds in December with no sun angle? We pop 5 degrees above predicted. Yes, purely anecdotal, but we are just damn warm. Tracking, trying to understand boundry layers etc... all fine and dandy. It’s also been pretty irrelevant. Yes, spoken like a dumb novice I am sure. But that is really the only observation right now. Besides for it being 36 at DCA at 9am... whicb is our forcased high for the day. No question. As others have mentioned/alluded to it will be simply be harder for us to get snow as our climate warms. Of course it's not just a DC problem, as the years/decades pass it will creep up to colder climates. Look at the projections of how this will affect our ski areas. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-and/climate-skiing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Second mashed potato snow in 5 days... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Guess I ended up on the right side of the train tracks for this one, snowing nicely now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 5" CoCoRaHS reports from Baltimore City on the LWX spotter report. The long nightmare is over! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, ovechkin said: I think this winter has really highlighted what really has been going on in and around the beltway for a couple of years now. We are simply damn warm. Every season. Pattern doesn’t matter. Last 2 summers DCA is popping 90-91 when closeby places (even south) are mid 80s. We blow by forcasted highs regularly and bust way high on lows in all seasons. I’m not talking “normal,” just compared to that day’s forecast. I can’t think of a day where we ended up lower than predicted (save for the smoke days last September.)Clear nights with light north winds and DCA stays with a steady temp for hours. But full clouds in December with no sun angle? We pop 5 degrees above predicted. Yes, purely anecdotal, but we are just damn warm. Tracking, trying to understand boundry layers etc... all fine and dandy. It’s also been pretty irrelevant. Yes, spoken like a dumb novice I am sure. But that is really the only observation right now. Besides for it being 36 at DCA at 9am... whicb is our forcased high for the day. this winter reminds me of some of the 90s storms (aka mixy). it wouldn't surprise me if the generally above average atlantic temps (notably the gulf stream) are playing a role as well. i think there's something to be said about starting the season off cold from canada on down for snowpack and cooler water temps. if it's going to take longer in the season to get those variables to work in our favor, then feb could be even more of a prime climo here than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 40 minutes ago, high risk said: This forecast yesterday from the NAM nest (using 10:1, since snow depth maps failed due to the warmer soil leading in) wasn't too shabby: Yup. I am now, after this season, a 100% NAM believer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris21 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, 87storms said: this winter reminds me of some of the 90s storms (aka mixy). it wouldn't surprise me if the generally above average atlantic temps (notably the gulf stream) are playing a role as well. i think there's something to be said about starting the season off cold from canada on down for snowpack and cooler water temps. if it's going to take longer in the season to get those variables to work in our favor, then feb could be even more of a prime climo here than before. This could also be why March has become more of a winter month in dc lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 27, Cloudy. Final total - 3.3" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaWx Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Flurries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darksideblugrss Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Cute white flurries in NW Balt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 could be. hard to tell, but we've never exactly been a ski town even before all the climo talk, so any 1-2 degree difference is pretty huge here and really that played out to a tee the last couple of storms where upstairs was cold, but we had just enough above surface temps/thin layer to turn what could have been a 2-4/3-6" event (not including what was wiped off a snowboard, but what is actually currently on the ground) into a sloppy mess. elevation always mattered, but it might matter more going forward. it's an interesting topic, so not really trying to ruin the mood lol. hopefully one of the next systems can work out. edit: meant to reply to chris lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 . 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Another .2. Looks like it’s finished now. Total: 4.4 in Havre de Grace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris78 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Ended up with 3" on the dot with that nice band that came through between 8 and 9am to drop another .25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haudidoody Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 45 minutes ago, ovechkin said: I think this winter has really highlighted what really has been going on in and around the beltway for a couple of years now. We are simply damn warm. Every season. Pattern doesn’t matter. Last 2 summers DCA is popping 90-91 when closeby places (even south) are mid 80s. We blow by forcasted highs regularly and bust way high on lows in all seasons. I’m not talking “normal,” just compared to that day’s forecast. I can’t think of a day where we ended up lower than predicted (save for the smoke days last September.)Clear nights with light north winds and DCA stays with a steady temp for hours. But full clouds in December with no sun angle? We pop 5 degrees above predicted. Yes, purely anecdotal, but we are just damn warm. Tracking, trying to understand boundry layers etc... all fine and dandy. It’s also been pretty irrelevant. Yes, spoken like a dumb novice I am sure. But that is really the only observation right now. Besides for it being 36 at DCA at 9am... whicb is our forcased high for the day. Honestly, nothing unexpected with these storms given history. I lived not far from DCA for 15 years starting in the early 2000s and what you're describing is SOP. And the orientation and track of storms this year has not been good for areas around and below DCA's latitude. It's not just BL temps that have been poor, the upper levels haven't worked out either. We're not doing any better out here in Fairfax. We had less than DCA here for this one... about 0.1" at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleocene Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Nice little band of mood flakes hitting Silver Spring now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Fringed up here. Only had 2.8” when I cleared the driveway around 7. Probably got up over 3 with that last band after that. Never got into good rates. Just very very light snow all night. But very happy some south of me cashed in! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Wizard Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Up to 2.5” in Annapolis from this morning’s snow/graupel. Icing on the cake for a nice event. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3.8" final IMBY. Snow has basically stopped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDphotog Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, osfan24 said: I-70 seemed to be the literal traintracks the beefy part of the storm followed. Definitely a good amount of yellows on radar right around there last night. Curious what some of the far nothern folks ended up with that had the warning. Seemed like the heaviest ended up just south of them. About 10 mins north of Frederick here, just by eyeballing it looks like about 4 - 5 inches fell overnight. So yeah warning criteria was met, and NAM was pretty close, just a hair under maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentredMan Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Flurries in Centreville at 34.0. "Storm" total so far .4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Patiently waiting for the chance to post my snow obs in Charlottesville. Seems like the models have converged around some kind of round two down here. My bar is 1”. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 56 minutes ago, Paleocene said: This is what this storm looks like inside the beltway snow hole. Most of what is covering the grass was already there after the initial 5-7pm burst last night. No snow on the grass in Burke except for random places that get precisely zero sun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frd Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Well, this event here was the biggest of the season ( ha ha ) with 4 inches before compaction. Looks pretty on the trees. Yippee ! 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, clskinsfan said: Hmm. 6Z GFS wants to get me back in the snow with the second wave now. I am only looking at the American models from now on The American programmers who enter their own data into the models know our climate better, so they’re able to get results that better reflect reality around here. That’s how it works...right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2.5 inches. Might have been more as it is already melting/compacting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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