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February 13, 2021 Ice Storm Obs


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39 minutes ago, Deck Pic said:

Short answer - Rental.

Long answer -   I'll be here until early April, so hopefully there are some marginal events or legit events in March that I can cash in on.   So far an A-/B+ for weather for my first 2 weeks.  Lots of precip and clouds, persistent 6"+ snow cover.  Only cracked 40 once, and four accumulating snow events totaling 15". No serious cold, but persistent below normal temps.  Had a low of 13, but that was the only really cold night.   

I called an audible in mid January, and had to stay in the "general" DMV area per WFH guidelines at work,  so this has worked out nicely.  It could have been 2 weeks of 40 and sunny with no snow or snowcover.  Mid January was way too late to get any decent place for less than a billion dollars near Snowshoe or Canaan, so I had to find a way to stay within the geographic limitations and maximize snow potential. I am pleased with my choice given what was available.   I rejected some nicer places because the elevation wasn't good enough.  

Nice! enjoy it.. you've miss nothing but heartache and disappointment

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8 minutes ago, Pixee said:

Icing up now in Southeast DC. Cars have cover, some frosting on mulch and grass. Streets are half glaze/half wet. Steady at 32 degrees. Roads are gonna get ugly. News reports of an overturned concrete truck at a SE gas station. Friend of mine at the hospital for falling on ice.

 

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Wow, 28 up here in NW. moderate sleet and freezing rain.

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1 minute ago, Wetbulbs88 said:

Same old here in CC. Colder surfaces accreting. Some trees just wet though. Roads fine, even the car is mainly just wet. 

That is weird, because every car parked in the lowlands of DC is encased in thick ice. 

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1 minute ago, dukeblue219 said:

Same deal in Silver Spring: it's been raining and sleeting on and off all day at 27 degrees, but very little is accumulating on trees or powerlines, and even our quiet neighborhood street is not slippery. 

Ice on the car and back deck looks nice but no real consequences yet. 

Interesting, I’m right down the road in Takoma park and everything is icing up very nicely.  Are you near downtown silver spring?

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1 hour ago, WxMan1 said:

As many of us hinted last night...

Not a surprise at all. We have so many events, including the 3/16" of ice here with the last event after 2.5" of snow, where we get a glaze that sneaks up on us. There were far more glaring model signals going into this event however, including a steadfast ECMWF, that were screaming ISW. 

 

 

 

 

I kept pointing that out but everyone told me it was going to be a “non-event”. Looked like a clear high impact event in dc to me at least.

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8 minutes ago, chris21 said:

I kept pointing that out but everyone told me it was going to be a “non-event”. Looked like a clear high impact event in dc to me at least.

When Wxman1 chimes in it’s legit.  The sleet is what threw me...didn’t expect mostly sleet

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