87storms Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Mix of sleet and rain here. Major ice storm in progress. Hopefully there won’t be too many power outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Wasn't expecting to wake up to sleet, but lots of pingers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: Confirmed. It got quiet because it’s raining. I’ve got to move north up 83. This is breaking me. No model had freezing rain for us. None. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 This isn’t good moderate frz 26/20 Hopefully the temp rises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just now, jewell2188 said: Been all sleet in chantilly. This may be one of the biggest bust in quite a while. I don't really think its a bust -- ... But just more evidence that meteorologists who communicate with the public probably should revert back to how it was in the 80s and 90s -- when weather professionals would rarely talk about possible accumulations until the day before the storm hits,. Putting out public snow maps two or three days ahead of time, seems to just set up unrealistic expectations and can cause more confusion than it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Surprised the sleet mixed as early as it did, that's a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVsnowlover Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just woke up to heavy snow and eyeballing 3". Seems to be a mix of icy rimmed flakes and tiny crystals 21/13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I don't heae anything . Should i assume we switched to rain?Yes sir.. rain bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 The hrrr does actually change this to snow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka60 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Clarksburg - Switched from heavy rain to heavy sleet now 6:07am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Snow here with a solid coating, but I am guessing it wont last much longer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rvarookie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Not sure I’ll escape this one with power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Yes sir.. rain bombLol. I actually prefer zr to sleet. I hate sleet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just now, WxUSAF said: No model had freezing rain for us. None. You just woke up @WEATHER53. Sleet and rain mix. Icy as f. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralVaNATS Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 All sleet in manassas as I drove in to work from stafford. About 1 inch picked up before I left home at 525.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 The hrrr does actually change this to snow Like it gave you all snow a few hours ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Pummeled 22 degrees. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi_sky Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 27.9/23.1. NOT snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Holding the line. 22 degrees heavy snow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just waking up - but I can hear a lot of pingers against my window here in Colesville, MD. Not sure what the ptype breakdown is here yet and haven't looked at road conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanWxFreak Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 So this is bad, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, real said: I don't really think its a bust -- ... But just more evidence that meteorologists who communicate with the public probably should revert back to how it was in the 80s and 90s -- when weather professionals would rarely talk about possible accumulations until the day before the storm hits,. Putting out public snow maps two or three days ahead of time, seems to just set up unrealistic expectations and can cause more confusion than it helps. Something similar happened in the Monday storm in the Pittsburgh - Buffalo corridor. Initial forecasts were for 6 to 12 inches of snow in many of those places, with snow maps issued days ahead of time. But then the sleet pushed in way, way faster and farther North. You could see it coming on the models the day ahead of time, but most of the public never got the message. And the The public was not happy,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEblizzard88 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I think I am about done with this hobby.. my heart can’t handle this lol I fall for it EVERY. DAMN. TIME.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just now, AmericanWxFreak said: So this is bad, huh? Going to be a serious icer for your area I’m afraid. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Lol all snow here right now. Had sleet for a few minutes around 5am but then back to light snow. Light coating on the ground. Glad I didn't get invested for this event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardmeiser Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 All Sleet here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka60 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Clarksburg, 6:13am switched to Snow/Sleet. I can confirm big flakes mixed in with sleet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker03 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Woken up by a sleet freezing rain mix here in Derwood. Bummed to not see snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 So instead of the heavies cooling the column...they warmed it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 8 days of tracking failure. Definitely worth it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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