jayyy Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Can’t say I’m mad about having 5” of snow OTG while Boston gets hosed with cold rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSN+ Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Finally a win for the NW crew. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingstonian Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Measured 7/8" in SSW Franconia/Kingstowne at 11:15am, with just a few flurries still coming down for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Gotta admit that was fun. Perfect timing not having to be up at 3 am. Looks like winter again for a short time. Hope everyone has a good warm season. It’s been a blast as always. 30 and breaking clouds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltimorewx Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, jayyy said: Can’t say I’m mad about having 5” of snow OTG while Boston gets hosed with cold rain. Glad you and some other folks cashed in but closer in to Baltimore my concerns were realized…bummer but somewhat expected 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 43 minutes ago, Ji said: its pretty much sunny here..so bright out You’re being a little dramatic…shocking. But this is another event where the track of the wave is actually pretty good, the airmass seemed good enough, yet it’s underperforming outside elevated areas. Sound familiar??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Lightened up in Rockville but a beautiful wintry scene 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, WxUSAF said: Lightened up in Rockville but a beautiful wintry scene Very wintry scene indeed. I'll take this on March 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, psuhoffman said: You’re being a little dramatic…shocking. But this is another event where the track of the wave is actually pretty good, the airmass seemed good enough, yet it’s underperforming outside elevated areas. Sound familiar??? yes--it sounds familiar to pretty much every storm we have had since jan 2016 lol. Pronloged heavy snow has become super rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 You’re being a little dramatic…shocking. But this is another event where the track of the wave is actually pretty good, the airmass seemed good enough, yet it’s underperforming outside elevated areas. Sound familiar??? I’m all in on the legitimacy of this theory, but I’d wager the major problem this time for the metros was mostly that this is gonna turn out drier than modeled. We had enough cold, I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltimorewx Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said: I’m all in on the legitimacy of this theory, but I’d wager the major problem this time for the metros was mostly that this is gonna turn out drier than modeled. We had enough cold, I think. Partially but I also feel like for some of us lower elevation areas, part of the problem may have been the column not being very supportive for good dendrite growth. It seemed like I was under good radar returns from 9-1030 but it never really came down hard and was mostly pixie dust. Just a thought I can’t backup but yeah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 After an hour of mostly light sleet, changed to snow here in the last 30 mins with some big flakes coming down now and a temp of 32. Sun peaking out though lol. Unfortunately most of the precip is over. Good shot of rain as expected. 0.81" Looks like cold and windy with snow showers the rest of the afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Kinda slept through the first part of this one...woke up a little before 8 and it was wind-blown sleet just changing over. Woke up to see all the grassy areas covered and quite windy--nice little last March hoorah for a winter that kinda underwhelmed for some of us, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolz1 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Going to go with 4.5" as a total. Just under 5" on the car hood...4.25" on the picnic table. Will have to see if we can add any additional in the next few hours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheMan Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 ~2 inches in Clifton, got a nice walk in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: You’re being a little dramatic…shocking. But this is another event where the track of the wave is actually pretty good, the airmass seemed good enough, yet it’s underperforming outside elevated areas. Sound familiar??? MBY flipped to snow earlier than progged, but we didn’t get as much of the heavies that were expected. That’s what hurt us - not boundary temps or whatever. Not everything can be blamed on warmer background state. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris78 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 4.75 currently in Smithsburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: You’re being a little dramatic…shocking. But this is another event where the track of the wave is actually pretty good, the airmass seemed good enough, yet it’s underperforming outside elevated areas. Sound familiar??? Did it really underperform because of temperatures, though? It felt like we just never got the rates advertised, at least at my house. I never saw anything close to 2 inches per hour, and even when it did pick up, it was short-lived. I'll end up with a little under 2 probably. Getting the 4-6+ the models showed was always going to mean 2-3 hours of very heavy snow because of the progressive nature of the system. That just didn't happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 No accumulation here but it has been pretty. Been sitting at 32F. Top gust this morning at APG looks like 30mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris78 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, poolz1 said: Going to go with 4.5" as a total. Just under 5" on the car hood...4.25" on the picnic table. Will have to see if we can add any additional in the next few hours. I'm at work today so my daughter is doing the measuring for me. She said 4.75 so I feel pretty confident in that if your getting about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarReenactor Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Looks about right. NWS nails it again! 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Maestrobjwa said: Not to mention...the rates weren't that good in the metros, right? Combine that with being almost 60 yesterday and March sun...can ya really use this as an example of the theory? This is kinda par for the course, imo Yeah, I had solid rates from 8:00-8:45 and then for about 15 minutes around 10:30. Just didn't quite get the thump we needed. The 60 degrees before is mostly irrelevant honestly, March sun definitely hurt in the sense that when things trailed off a fair bit of progress was lost. For the record, I enjoyed this storm. Advisory likely not verified but I'm convinced I had "near-blizzard" conditions for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltimorewx Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, RevWarReenactor said: Looks about right. NWS nails it again! Pretty much exactly what my area looks like 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, mattie g said: MBY flipped to snow earlier than progged, but we didn’t get as much of the heavies that were expected. That’s what hurt us - not boundary temps or whatever. Not everything can be blamed on warmer background state. I agree. This was always a wave or 2 moving along a progressive cold front. The guidance generally depicted a relatively brief area of forcing, and somewhat localized, behind the front in the colder air. We suck at anafrontal, regardless of temps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowsonTownT Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Seems to be winding down a bit in the Towson area. I would say about 2" IMBY.- Roads never caved but still a pretty scene. Next question will be whether paved areas will have time to dry out or if they will ice over with the falling temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said: Not to mention...the rates weren't that good in the metros, right? Combine that with being almost 60 yesterday and March sun...can ya really use this as an example of the theory? This is kinda par for the course, imo Not sure 60s yesterday has anything to do with it. If it was cooler yesterday, the same fate would have been met. The rates alone was the problem for the metros to be able to overcome the march sun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, Baltimorewx said: Pretty much exactly what my area looks like that does suck, I assumed it kinda sucked there in the 1.5" inches but complaining about it sense. sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, jayyy said: Not sure 60s yesterday has anything to do with it. If it was cooler yesterday, the same fate would have been met. The rates alone was the problem for the metros That's true. I mean...could we say March sun angle as well? It seems like in March you almost really need heavy rates--especially during the daytime. So overall I'm not sure today can be used as an example of it getting harder to snow. Don't think this woulda worked 20 years ago, lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, jayyy said: Not sure 60s yesterday has anything to do with it. If it was cooler yesterday, the same fate would have been met. The rates alone was the problem for the metros Exactly. My temp is still dropping and down to 30 now. It was 31-34 while snowing most of the morning. With heavy rates, that will cave roads even in mid March after a warm day. 31-34 with alternating moderate to light rates with a few moments of heavier rates is not going to get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltimorewx Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said: that does suck, I assumed it kinda sucked there in the 1.5" inches but complaining about it sense. sorry about that. I mean I wasn’t expecting much but I did think I’d get maybe a 2 hour period or so of rates that potentially overcame the ground and coated everything over, but never got close to that happening. Is what it is, I kinda know what to expect in my area unless we get a more uniform storm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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