Monday Morning 2/22 Snow Event

[baltosquid]

As quickly as it switched back to snow, changing to sleet/rain now.

[osfan24]

Just now, WxUSAF said:

I think you have to have done a little better than me.  I'm now at 17" for the season and I'd wager you're more like 20"?  But the bigger difference has been between us and Sykesville area.  You've definitely done better than your old house in Elkridge though I'd say.  

Yeah, I edited my last post to add that I definitely am in a much better spot than Elkridge. I need to get a snowboard and start keeping more careful track. I just do the old eyeball. Might as well slant stick lol. I don't think I'm over 20. I'd have to go back and try to remember each event. I'm guessing I have like 18?

I agree it does seem like literally going just across 70 a few miles to my northwest seems to make a world of difference. Seems like the one poster from Sykesville has reported snow when I've had mix or rain more than a few times this year. I think Sykesville, and especially once you get into Eldersburg, seems like a definite step up in the snow game.

[jayyy]

6 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I think you have to have done a little better than me.  I'm now at 17" for the season and I'd wager you're more like 20"?  But the bigger difference has been between us and Sykesville area.  You've definitely done better than your old house in Elkridge though I'd say.  

The gradient of total seasonal snowfall between laurel/elkridge, ellicott city, sykesville, and taneytown is actually pretty mind blowing this winter. Ranges from about 15” to 50+“ within a 40 mile span. I know it’s colder up north, but that seems like way wider of a discrepancy than usual.  (It definitely is based on all of the animosity received this season)

[anotherman]

I’m kinda hoping today’s snow was enough to withstand the warm days this week and make a run at a month. Maybe we get some next weekend. After that I’m done. Cant complain. 

I’m thinking only piles remain by the end of the week. Hope I’m wrong. It’s been a good run, whatever happens.

[psuhoffman]

13 minutes ago, HighStakes said:

5 inches.

I got 5.5 my extra 250 feet FTW lol 

[Baltimorewx]

Ha now its dumping snow...what a weird winter.

[Chris78]

1 hour ago, jayyy said:

Amazing! My son goes to school at the Mount, and he’s so over this winter already lol. I just sent him a troll text with a ton of falling snowflakes 

congrats on the cash in! Enjoy friend. 

He must of not taken after you if he's done with Winter already 

[WxUSAF]

1 minute ago, jayyy said:

The gradient of total seasonal snowfall between laurel/elkridge, ellicott city, sykesville, and taneytown is actually pretty mind blowing this winter. Ranges from about 15” to 50+“ within a 40 mile span. I know it’s colder up north, but that seems like way wider of a discrepancy than usual. 

Definitely a much stronger gradient than usual.  Hell, I have 6-7" more than BWI. 

[psuhoffman]

4 minutes ago, jayyy said:

5” on the dot. Looks like that’ll be all she wrote as a slight snow / sleet mix is all that remains overhead. Helluva morning. Think there will be some 6-7” reports to my west and east in the higher elevated areas like Thurmont or PSU’ville

Got 5.5 but could have been more I’m teaching and couldn’t clear when sleet started to mix the last hour. Lot of compaction so the last band didn’t add any depth even though it was puking snow/sleet for 30 mins. But since I didn’t clear the area I can’t get a perfect measurement and I don’t want to guess and inflate so the final depth of 5.5 was what I recorded. It was very likely 6 had I done it correctly. 

[osfan24]

2 minutes ago, jayyy said:

The gradient of total seasonal snowfall between laurel/elkridge, ellicott city, sykesville, and taneytown is actually pretty mind blowing this winter. Ranges from about 15” to 50+“ within a 40 mile span. I know it’s colder up north, but that seems like way wider of a discrepancy than usual.  (It definitely is based on all of the animosity received this season)

Yeah, I'm glad the northern folks have actually managed a pretty good winter. Think most people along (once you get a bit farther west than me) and north of 70 have had a nice winter and are either at or above climo with a month to go.

[jayyy]

Just now, Chris78 said:

He must of not taken after you if he's done with Winter already 

He definitely got his mama’s genes in this regard. Jess despises the cold and winter weather in general. Definitely didn’t get that blasphemy from me!

[Baltimorewx]

Just now, WxUSAF said:

Definitely a much stronger gradient than usual.  Hell, I have 6-7" more than BWI. 

Yes I can vouch for over on this side...about 10-11" but some of the heaviest snow of the year right now...go figure. Too bad it wont last.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Just now, WxUSAF said:

Definitely a much stronger gradient than usual.  Hell, I have 6-7" more than BWI. 

And between you and me (close in DC burbs) it's a huge gradient.  I probably have about 6 inches on the season.  

[HighStakes]

Just now, psuhoffman said:

Got 5.5 but could have been more I’m teaching and couldn’t clear when sleet started to mix the last hour. Lot of compaction so the last band didn’t add any depth even though it was puking snow/sleet for 30 mins. But since I didn’t clear the area I can’t get a perfect measurement and I don’t want to guess and inflate so the final depth of 5.5 was what I recorded. It was very likely 6 had I done it correctly. 

I noticed you recorded 0.9 on 2/5. I have nothing recorded and no recollection. 

[Ravens94]

Snowing hard

[WxUSAF]

Just now, Baltimorewx said:

Yes I can vouch for over on this side...about 10-11" but some of the heaviest snow of the year right now...go figure. Too bad it wont last.

 

Just now, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

And between you and me (close in DC burbs) it's a huge gradient.  I probably have about 6 inches on the season.  

It's very unusual.  I think largely due to the fact that the cities and 95 corridor didn't have 1 pure snowstorm this year.  Every single one has mixed.  If we had a uniform 4-7" storm once even, that would have smoothed some of these gradients.  

[psuhoffman]

5 minutes ago, anotherman said:

I’m thinking only piles remain by the end of the week. Hope I’m wrong. It’s been a good run, whatever happens.

Probably. Not sure what your snow pack is. I was in PA yesterday and around York had way less then me. I have about 12-15” depth now and it’s THICK with about 5” of that being solid ice and likely 3” a qpf content. I also tend to hold “cooler” temps here. If it’s 50 in Westminster I’ll be 45. Maybe. 

[Cobalt]

2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

 

It's very unusual.  I think largely due to the fact that the cities and 95 corridor didn't have 1 pure snowstorm this year.  Every single one has mixed.  If we had a uniform 4-7" storm once even, that would have smoothed some of these gradients.  

Yeah, this. Our only shot at a clean event was wave 2 of the Feb 10-12 timeframe, and that one completely clipped us. Final maps for the year will be pretty telling. Payback for Jan 11-13 2019 maybe? 

[ece]

The last heavy burst changed to snow after it had been sleeting in Rosedale.   Now it's down to a light drizzle. 

 

[anotherman]

Probably. Not sure what your snow pack is. I was in PA yesterday and around York had way less then me. I have about 12-15” depth now and it’s THICK with about 5” of that being solid ice and likely 3” a qpf content. I also tend to hold “cooler” temps here. If it’s 50 in Westminster I’ll be 45. Maybe. 

Probably have around 9-10 inches of snowpack, and it’s icy.

[Amped]

Just now, Cobalt said:

Yeah, this. Our only shot at a clean event was wave 2 of the Feb 10-12 timeframe, and that one completely clipped us. Final maps for the year will be pretty telling. Payback for Jan 11-13 2019 maybe? 

Our last overperformer.   

Also holds record for most forgotten bust by a model.    HRRR kept insisting on just a couple of flurries while we got another widespread 4-6".

[T. August]

Heaviest snow thus far

[osfan24]

12 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Probably. Not sure what your snow pack is. I was in PA yesterday and around York had way less then me. I have about 12-15” depth now and it’s THICK with about 5” of that being solid ice and likely 3” a qpf content. I also tend to hold “cooler” temps here. If it’s 50 in Westminster I’ll be 45. Maybe. 

Wow that's wild you have that much snow on the ground. I think I'm around 2 inches.

[psuhoffman]

14 minutes ago, HighStakes said:

I noticed you recorded 0.9 on 2/5. I have nothing recorded and no recollection. 

It fell between like 4-6am and melted on non snow surfaces by 8am. It was a quick thump band from the “cutter” kind of similar to today but MUCH weaker and not as cold.  It got really warm that afternoon. 

[diatae]

Freezing rain. Heaviest of the day so far. 31/31 La Plata

[Baltimorewx]

1 minute ago, osfan24 said:

Wow that's wild you have that much snow on the ground. I think I'm around 2 inches.

It is but damn whole different world up there lol...I only have stuff on the ground in shady spots...well before the last 20 mins lol..coated things back up but that will melt by the afternoon and nothing will be on the ground except shady spots again

[Cobalt]

3 minutes ago, Amped said:

Our last overperformer.   

Also holds record for most forgotten bust by a model.    HRRR kept insisting on just a couple of flurries while we got another widespread 4-6".

I remember the NAM showing a medium sized event for most of the area up until 6z the day of, where it showed something like 6-10" with a jackpot near DC. I glanced at it before heading to bed pretty skeptical, but it doubled down on 12z with a jackpot of like 12-18". Wasn't as insane as that, but still a super memorable storm. The unicorn pattern long range models had been pushing might've not set up shortly after that event, but that still was a pretty decent winter for most. Surprised to see that McLean got 5.5" during that February. Even more surprising given that so far this month I've tallied 6.2", which takes the crown of most snow in February since at least Feb 2015 here. Also 4th snowiest month since I started keeping track starting in March of 2015 which is.. kind of just sad lol. 

[osfan24]

1 minute ago, Baltimorewx said:

It is but damn whole different world up there lol...I only have stuff on the ground in shady spots...well before the last 20 mins lol..coated things back up but that will melt by the afternoon and nothing will be on the ground except shady spots again

Yeah it's pretty crazy that the temp there can be significantly colder than Westminster, which is a pretty cold, snowy location compared to most areas around here.

Of course, it also helps that he tacked on almost 6 more inches today.

I'm expecting my snowpack will be gone by the end of tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. All the ice and sleet might help it last until the end of Wednesday, but 50's and 60's this time of year with sun will melt it all real quick. Maybe keep my snowpiles through Friday? Probably should shovel what little slush is in my driveway onto those piles to keep them around as long as possible!

[Baltimorewx]

Think this has to have been one of the most difficult winters to predict preciptation types and the timing and amounts of each in quite sometime...Ive been following/studying/forecasting weather since about 2008 when I went to college for it. i cant remember a winter when the atmosphere has been so chatoic with the warm noses. We're a rate dependent area for sure...but the rates have really mattered this year in all the marginal events. Such a large gradient from PSU land to my land

[BFZ]

Just made the trip back from Baltimore to frederick. 70 was a damn mess. Fascinating to see the different gradients of precip. Bmore was all sleet, around 29 it switched to snow and then on the warm backend in Frederick it was back to rain. Probably 6-8 people spun out in the median.