January 6-7 Storm Discussion: we’re due?

[WEATHER53]

17 minutes ago, jlewis1111 said:

DC the new Atlanta... Just how it is. Been watching this forum all week. So much hype for what nothing today. Maybe end of month will see however winters just suck now

We have a forecasting technique which has undergone very little improvement in 20 years. Imagine if all other sciences had done same 

[Mrs.J]

27 minutes ago, 87storms said:

It’s pretty wintry out there right now. Snow is sticking to everything here. Millvillewx mentioned the valley here can do a good job holding the cold in and that’s exactly what’s happening so far.

Yep traps all the cold in the winter and all the smog in the summer. 

[WVsnowlover]

2 minutes ago, WVclimo said:

Picked up an inch in the past 45 minutes.  Still moderate snow.  1.6” on the snow board.

Wow that's awesome congrats! We got a mulch topper here in southern Jefferson County and are just rain with a few sleet pellets now.

[WVclimo]

Just now, WVsnowlover said:

Wow that's awesome congrats! We got a mulch topper here in southern Jefferson County and are just rain with a few sleet pellets now.

Been watching that mix line on the CC radar.  It’s approached my part of the county a few times but the wedge is holding tough here.  Hopefully it can strengthen if heavier precip comes your way this afternoon.

[Buffalo Transplant]

Back to all sleet here in Ranson -

[katabatic]

17 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

I’m just inside that pink line on the SE. I think they’re being little too generous with that area

I also think they're being too generous with the term snow. Sleet bomb continues here. If it were snow, then I could easily see it being 2" per hour.

[Solution Man]

Rain 33

[MN Transplant]

35.1.  The steady rain has started.  Was in downtown DC earlier and never saw a flake.  Sleet to rain.

[HighStakes]

All snow still. Tries to become moderate at times.

[Chris78]

14 minutes ago, WVclimo said:

Picked up an inch in the past 45 minutes.  Still moderate snow.  1.6” on the snow board.

That's awesome. 

Up to almost 1.5 here now. Been almost 2 years since we've had this much lol.

[Miss Pixee]

37/36D

Very heavy icy rain.

 

[TSSN+]

1 minute ago, Pixee said:

37/36D

Very heavy icy rain.

 

Icy rain at 37? Lol

[RevWarReenactor]

32 minutes ago, jlewis1111 said:

DC the new Atlanta... Just how it is. Been watching this forum all week. So much hype for what nothing today. Maybe end of month will see however winters just suck now

What hype? Most gave up on this threat early this week. At least for I-95. Even inland was iffy. The rest is just people being bored. 

 

33 degrees and flurries here. No accu. More than I was expecting. 

[rjvanals]

What’s disappointing is we had ~4 hours this morning w a good enough column but no precip ☹️

[WxUSAF]

All rain now

[umdterps29]

Just pure sleet still here at Wisp but even that is pretty light. Real disappointment as far west as we are and with elevation that we can’t even get the rates for snow. Hopefully tomorrow the lingering upslope snows can at least fall throughout the day even if it doesn’t add up much

[Terpeast]

All rain here too. Calling it 0.2”  total of snow/sleet mix

[WeatherShak]

Can’t share video but here’s a link to a four wheeler ride we just took across the top of our mountain.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/brianleshak/3274426447396795202?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MWhqa28xN2ZiNmR5eg==

[mattie g]

Nice cold rain in Burke at 36 degrees. Almost can’t ask for a nicer early-January Saturday.

[87storms]

Just took a timely walk because midway through it started mixing with sleet and was all pingers by the time I got home.

[gopper]

Does anyone know if there are decent rates/accum. in southern PA?  Thinking about a drive up 83 towards York, but not if there is no snow.

[Miss Pixee]

11 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

Icy rain at 37? Lol

It's thick and heavy (you can hear it hit the ground) but it isn't freezing rain on the pavement, just wet.

[clueless]

Nice soaking right now. Congrats us. 

[real]

Sleet in Downtown Baltimore.

[87storms]

Yep traps all the cold in the winter and all the smog in the summer. 

Yea, I think ultimately we needed a fresh Canadian hp, not an antecedent airmass, at least for this particular setup. This was a useful trial run, though.

[wxdude64]

i'm gonna pull a Ji...

I can see the backend down near Hillsville/Wytheville area. I've had back and forth mix of sleet and freezing rain. Heavy at times but never more than a coating before it flips to the liquid variety. Currently 31.6/31.0 and freezing rain. Trees are pretty lol. 

[Jrlg1181]

At work in the Charlottesville area now... Steady heavy rain at times temp around 31.... Dam - what could have been today if temps aloft had cooperated ...

[jlewis1111]

[notvirga!]

Good returns overhead now but not sure what it’s doing. Sleet or rain I reckon because I don’t see any flakes (stuck at my home office working this morning). Still only 32-33 degrees though 

[HighStakes]

Closing in on an inch.