vastateofmind Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, H2O said: Visibility since I got up has really dropped in the last 30 min. Houses off in the distance getting very hard to see. That only happens with the big dogs for me. Can confirm. Can only see one half block down the street...can't remember the last time we had those conditions here. Probably ~1.5" when I took this over an hour ago, but I'm sure we're well into the 2"-3" range now. 9 minutes ago, WeatherShak said: Trees wilting already pretty good. Yeah, worried about this -- have two 5-6' butterfly bushes in front of house that I just realized should've been trimmed more. Just went out to shake them off, as they were already prostrate and touching the ground. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristia Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Picked up a few flurries on the smoker. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just now, BristowWx said: What’s a gravity wave? It's when snow falls so hard all at once it registers in the Richter scale 2 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just now, BristowWx said: What’s a gravity wave? An angel showing their six pack abs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 Snow is borderline heavy. Probably 1”/hr or better 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 If anyone is tweeting obs/pics please consider the hashtag #LWXSpotter Helps the emergency management folks! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just now, Bob Chill said: It's when snow falls so hard all at once it registers in the Richter scale Ok. That sounds fun. Thank you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteoutMD Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, BristowWx said: What’s a gravity wave? Weather can be thought of as the result of gradients in various atmospheric properties such as temperature, moisture, and pressure. The atmosphere is continually working to eliminate these gradients and restore itself back to equilibrium. Gravity waves are one of the mechanisms that the atmosphere utilizes in an attempt to restore itself to an equilibrium state. While these waves typically do not influence large-scale weather patterns, they can affect smaller scale weather events. They can sometimes be seen on radar images and produce some characteristic cloud patterns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, mattie g said: Man...that cutoff is just brutal. As WxUSAF said, that could pay huge dividends for those of us not far south of the cutoff, but I feel for the folks north of it. Yeah it is brutal. You have ridiculous rates east of 95 down by Route 50. Then you have Frederick with snow and a super sharp cutoff line just northwest of me. It's snowing pretty lightly here. Unless I get a push of the heavy stuff into my area, probably going to end up with 2-4 at best. I'm not sure which model nailed the extremely sharp cutoff correctly, but they all nailed the fact that it would be extremely sharp somewhere. Good for the Southern MD folks. Pretty sure they have as much snow as me the past five years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovechkin Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 DCA record for 1/3 is 2.4 inches. Hopefully that gets broken and then some. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8:30am 2” moderate snow 31/29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Good morning! 30 and rippin small flakes. Eyeing up 1.5 to 2”?? Everything caved in the last 45 minutes. Like to see some of those white asteroids move this way from the heavier south band. Coffee, breakfast, and Jebwalk time! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolsheds Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, mattie g said: While most of us in our general area have been relatively screwed in the last couple years, you folks in the easter, lower areas on the "other side" of the fall line have been particularly effed in that time. Glad to see you guys cashing in hard! Totally Agree! So happy for those who are usually on the wrong side of the line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 The wind moderate snow combo is awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, vastateofmind said: Can confirm. Can only see one half block down the street...can't remember the last time we had those conditions here. Probably ~1.5" when I took this over an hour ago, but I'm sure we're well into the 2"-3" range now. Yeah, worried about this -- have two 5-6' butterfly bushes in front of house that I just realized should've been trimmed more. Just went out to shake them off, as they were already prostrate and touching the ground. Nice pic! Last time I remember barely being able to see the houses off in the distance was 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8:30 obs 31/30 with mod to heavy snow winds strong snow: 2" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjvanals Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2.3" moderate snow here in Potomac, 31f 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, ovechkin said: DCA record for 1/3 is 2.4 inches. Hopefully that gets broken and then some. DCA will probably report 1.9" when other reports from less than a couple miles away are in the 7-9" range. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 32F with some heavy snow down here and power is off and on. Good to finally be in the jackpot zone, close to 2" on the ground so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo2 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, osfan24 said: Yeah it is brutal. You have ridiculous rates east of 95 down by Route 50. Then you have Frederick with snow and a super sharp cutoff line just northwest of me. It's snowing pretty lightly here. Unless I get a push of the heavy stuff into my area, probably going to end up with 2-4 at best. I'm not sure which model nailed the extremely sharp cutoff correctly, but they all nailed the fact that it would be extremely sharp somewhere. Good for the Southern MD folks. Pretty sure they have as much snow as me the past five years. Maybe in southern most areas of Frederick County towards Damascus, but it's a nothing burger here in New Market and West into Frederick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Train Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Blowing like I haven’t seen in a while. This is an amazing storm and so happy to have real snow back. Normally would be at work, but recovering from COVID so….SNOW DAY! South of Leesburg; 6 mi NW of IAD. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsq Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 3.5" 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hstorm Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 31 with moderate snow in Great Falls at 8:30. 2” on the ground 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Man Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, ovechkin said: DCA record for 1/3 is 2.4 inches. Hopefully that gets broken and then some. We will probably have an area wide 8+ and DCA will report 2.3 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidude Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Cloverly MD 2.5" snowing moderately visibility dropping gusts to 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Man Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 30F Heavy snow approaching 4 inches Haymarket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephesians2 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Steady moderate snow now. 4.75" in Fredericksburg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 seriously the wind gusts are intense...moderate snow and 2+" so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheMan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Made a friend 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Enjoy all! Chicago is rooting for you 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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