VA/WVA/MD/DC CHRISTMAS 2010 OBS THREAD

[blizzardmeiser]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:22 PM, Ian said:

I definitely chose wrong in returning

Snow stariting in Northern Delaware!

[PhineasC]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:21 PM, mitchnick said:

note to self

when it starts to snow in SNE before mby, the storm's a bust

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=okx&loop=yes

I noticed that. ORH_wxman will be reporting +SN before I even get flurries at this rate.

[pazzo83]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:24 PM, PhineasC said:

They do better than we do, certainly, but don't expect a big difference. NNE and sometimes CNE are the best spots in a powerful La Nina. Don't be shocked to see yourself fringed later on as ORH_wxman reports blizzard obs.

Well can't say I'm not used to that crap!!

[Siesta Key]

Snowing in Times Square.

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/

Gonna be a great storm up there.

[PhineasC]

WWA for 6-8 in Western MD. Why the hell am I here?

[MDScot]

Here in Gaithersburg it looks like if the snow from the south ever makes it up to here, the drying air from the west will wipe it out after a flake or two. Once again my wife's comments about my snow predictions have proved to be correct.

[Ji]

what about the .10 to .25 12z gfs just gave us?

[winterymix]

Knife in the heart of weenie wishcasters,

deep moisture convergence hard right of MD

[pazzo83]

If I'm in PHL right now I'd be a bit nervous about getting the shaft on this one.

[PhineasC]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:28 PM, winterymix said:

Knife in the heart of weenie wishcasters,

deep moisture convergence hard right of MD

Dude, we get it. You can stop now. You've been at it since the wee hours.

[CheesyPoofs]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:22 PM, Ian said:

I definitely chose wrong in returning

didn't you say you had to be back by Tuesday morning anyway?

[PhineasC]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:29 PM, pazzo83 said:

If I'm in PHL right now I'd be a bit nervous about getting the shaft on this one.

Yeah, models have been cutting way back up there last few runs. I smell bust for them.

[NattyBo]

Flurried very lightly in Rockville for a minute or two, now it has stopped.

[Ji]

you guys need to relax...gfs and nam still give us .10 and .25 once the storm starts to crank

[winterymix]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:30 PM, PhineasC said:

Dude, we get it. You can stop now. You've been at it since the wee hours.

I'm not canceling winter; the last week of January would mark

a favorable pattern change.

[Bob Chill]

-----SN in Rockville.

[Don Cherry's Jacket]

McLean/Arlington Line: Flurries about an 90 minutes so far.

[Ian]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:30 PM, CheesyPoofs said:

didn't you say you had to be back by Tuesday morning anyway?

yeah but i still would have liked to see something... figured we'd get at least enough for some photos etc. doesnt look so good for that now. prob could have taken a train back tomorrow but maybe not. oh well. it is what it is.. i told my nephew who just got a camera for xmas to send me pictures.

[NattyBo]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:34 PM, Bob Chill said:

-----SN in Rockville.

Whereabouts in Rockville are you, Bob? I'm just a block from the Metro (east of 355, not in the new developments at the Town Center)

[Fozz]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:01 PM, PhineasC said:

This is a classic SNE storm. They are now stealing Miller As that come out of the Gulf. I think they have their mojo back.

That's what we get for stealing their Feb 10 Miller B

[Bob Chill]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:35 PM, NattyBo said:

Whereabouts in Rockville are you, Bob? I'm just a block from the Metro (east of 355, not in the new developments at the Town Center)

Not far from there. Near 28 & Bauer here.

[33andrain]

Starting to see the first few flurries here in Towson, MD. So close, yet so effin far.

[Ian]

i think the backedge here is our hope though it's still going to n/e... if that continues much longer we need backbuilding or something. this should be developing comma i guess.

[Kmlwx]

Flurrying here.

[NattyBo]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:37 PM, Bob Chill said:

Not far from there. Near 28 & Bauer here.

Quite close to where I am. I have no way of measuring it but the wind seems to have picked up considerably from when I went for my jog at 930

[Kmlwx]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:38 PM, Ian said:

i think the backedge here is our hope though it's still going to n/e... if that continues much longer we need backbuilding or something. this should be developing comma i guess.

Looks to me like it's already pulling out and contracting.

[mdhokie]

PHL/NYC is laughing at our suicides... With the way that backedge is coming, PHL better not laugh too hard.

[Dr No]

Some flurries now. The clouds are quickly moving NE to SW now. That tells me that the 700MB low that has brought all this dry air is contracting and migrating toward the strengthening coastal.

If we are going to get any pivot to bring the snow back in DC Metro, we should see bands starting to move west again soon.

[Fozz]

Still overcast, and not a single flake so far today.

I expect no more than 1" from this.

[blizzardmeiser]

  On 12/26/2010 at 4:44 PM, Dr No said:

Some flurries now. The clouds are quickly moving NE to SW now. That tells me that the 700MB low that has brought all this dry air is contracting and migrating toward the strengthening coastal.

If we are going to get any pivot to bring the snow back in DC Metro, we should see bands starting to move west again soon.

Snowing heavily in Delaware now. West of Baltimore is in trouble!