weatherbook Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Sleet-coated road in Oakton, VA this afternoon. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc247 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Its been around 24/25 and on and off freezing rain combined with sleet north of Winchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treyfish Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 https://www.weather.gov/media/akq/briefings/LatestBriefing.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rvarookie Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 This next blob might be do me in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 6pm ibs 28.9 with light sleet and bit of freezing rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsq Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Huntingtown MD/ Calvert Co. 28.9. Still light zr. Measured an average of 0.4 in of accretion. Possibly conservative. Very dangerous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecacti Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 i made the following observation. The entire state of texas is under a WSW: 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, joecacti said: i made the following observation. The entire state of texas is under a WSW: That is such an amazing thing given how outrageously large the state of Texas is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 53 minutes ago, dukeblue219 said: Same here. It's not like it's 31 and raining hard. It's been 27-29 and lightly raining/mixing all day and the tree branches here aren't sagging, nor is the untreated sidewalk anything but wet. Seems impossible. Honestly lol. Today made me realize that even with 27 degree temperatures and a light rain, we still suck at winter. 0 accretion on trees and leaves in Germantown. I had PUDDLES! At 27 degrees! lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAOS Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 We can't even do ice well. I had more ice accretion with the last "snow storm". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Bob Chill said: Those pixie flakes have to be the drizzle version of sleet. No way a pixie flake is surviving the descent alongside raindrops and pellets. It's backwards logic I think it is the Hallett-Massop process that caused them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAOS Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, joecacti said: i made the following observation. The entire state of texas is under a WSW: Texas will wind up with more snow from a single event than my area has had this entire "winter". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbook Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just now, SnowenOutThere said: I think it is the Hallett-Massop process that caused them. Here's a close-up of the needle-shaped snow crystals that fell this afternoon with the sleet. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 If we had not had a 50 and 40 degree day with overnight lows around or above freezing then all roads except main and all concrete and blacktop would have been icey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 28 with light zr still falling. Looks like Mount Holly was close to going with ISW here... We`ve increased the planar ice accumulation totals up to near 0.25" which is bordering on ice storm warning conditions. We`ve opted not to issue an ice storm warning mainly due to the impacts we were not seeing earlier combined with a look at the road/sub surface temps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just before 5 PM, I measured about 0.2" of icy accumulation in Arlington, of which half was sleet and half frozen rain , all frozen together in a sheet on my car. I didn't dare go further out to measure my driveway, too icy. My bushes have ICICLES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Went for a short Jebwalk with my daughter. Roads are fine since they were treated. Sidewalks and driveways are skating rinks. Would clearly have been a very impactful event if it fell at night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowtoRain Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, CAPE said: 28 with light zr still falling. Looks like Mount Holly was close to going with ISW here... We`ve increased the planar ice accumulation totals up to near 0.25" which is bordering on ice storm warning conditions. We`ve opted not to issue an ice storm warning mainly due to the impacts we were not seeing earlier combined with a look at the road/sub surface temps. Probably the right call, at .25" here, no road issues. If this would have come at night it would have been a completely different story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7pm ovs 28.4 and very light snizzle dont know if we are done and don’t have all the reports but this does not seem to have been an extreme event as forecasted NWS has a preoccupation with freezing rain perhaps because it the most difficult situation for the public to handle safely , It’s is an unfortunate tread socially to portray “worst case” as “most likely” . Always scratched my head when their forecasts include”...for this afternoon rain or freezing rain likely with high of 40” Being safe rather than sorry I can’t decry much but don’t think it is the best forecast method . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I was hoping for some drizzle/mist to cap this off but doesn’t appear to be happening tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Just now, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said: I was hoping for some drizzle/mist to cap this off but doesn’t appear to be happening tonight. I think we are done. Not sure the radar is filling in. Still not too shabby at my house. Sleet all day. This is a win for a winter like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Kinda icy roads here in the neighborhood. Echo others, if this had been at night it would have been a pretty high impact event up this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, BristowWx said: I think we are done. Not sure the radar is filling in. Still not too shabby at my house. Sleet all day. This is a win for a winter like this. Yeah I was hoping for some straight old fashioned drizzle, the kind that doesn’t even show up radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 One thing I do like, even though I had virtually no accretion except for on cars (lots on cars), Is that it is keeping my white snow pack sticking around even longer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHoffman Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Just got in from outside for a bit. Sidewalks basically a sleety sheet of ice, my car was encased in ice, roads look icy but generally ok. Probably like .2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ole Bucket Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 If you all want a taste of winter, come down to CHO. Snow is compacted and now has a small layer of ice on it... still a few inches though. Roads are very driveable because all ZR and sleet fell during the day. It’s an icy and snowy wonderland for the first time in years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris21 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 29 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said: 7pm ovs 28.4 and very light snizzle dont know if we are done and don’t have all the reports but this does not seem to have been an extreme event as forecasted NWS has a preoccupation with freezing rain perhaps because it the most difficult situation for the public to handle safely , It’s is an unfortunate tread socially to portray “worst case” as “most likely” . Always scratched my head when their forecasts include”...for this afternoon rain or freezing rain likely with high of 40” Being safe rather than sorry I can’t decry much but don’t think it is the best forecast method . Actually it was far worse than forecast. At least here in NW DC. 27 degrees and falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris21 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 25 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said: I was hoping for some drizzle/mist to cap this off but doesn’t appear to be happening tonight. Some fz drizzle currently in NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Non event for those of us to the NW. Nothing on the ground or anything else. Enjoy the ice to the east ya'll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetbulbs88 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 The grass outside is encased in a sheet of ice at least 1/3” but I’d say more. All plant life encased in thick ice. The suburban roads are kind of slippery but snow is far worse than this. If this had started at 4PM it would’ve been a disaster. Just not cold enough for a skating rink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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