January Discobs 2025

[dailylurker]

1 minute ago, Terpeast said:

And 16th straight day of snow cover. Pleased with this January when expectations for this winter was super low. 

Same. It was actually really nice temp wish. A lot of days reminded me of beautiful days in Lake Placid. When it's sunny, calm, and 30 degrees people are sitting outside at restaurants lol

[weatherCCB]

Low 8

[T. August]

9.0° low, thought mby had a chance for 5° but the clouds screwed it up.

[CAPE]

Just now, T. August said:

9.0° low, thought mby had a chance for 5° but the clouds screwed it up.

Yeah cloudy here all night. Only a low of 11.

[WxUSAF]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

Its 13 degrees. That 15 degrees higher than models had 7 days ago. When we see those ridiculous low temps in long range we'll know to ignore it. I feel like the cold shot went more south and moderated as it came east. It's a shame non record cold suppressed a storm to Florida lol

I think widespread subzero was always going to fail, but if our Sunday storm hadn’t choked so badly, it certainly would have gotten colder. Also had a bit more cloud cover than expected I think. 

[wxdude64]

8 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Same. It was actually really nice temp wish. A lot of days reminded me of beautiful days in Lake Placid. When it's sunny, calm, and 30 degrees people are sitting outside at restaurants lol

LOL, I can relate. Son lived in Breckenridge for a number of years. 30 was WARM. People would be outside eating like nothing was wrong. I visited in June one year, it was decent, upper 30's. There was a pickup football game going on in the field beside his apartment, teams were shirts vs shirtless lol. People get used to what they live in/with over time.

[GramaxRefugee]

11 low so far. About 13 when I awoke, but had sudden drop an hour later. Might hit 9 or so.

[midatlanticweather]

I had a low of 3.6 degrees with a windchill low of -7!

 

 

[Terpeast]

8 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

LOL, I can relate. Son lived in Breckenridge for a number of years. 30 was WARM. People would be outside eating like nothing was wrong. I visited in June one year, it was decent, upper 30's. There was a pickup football game going on in the field beside his apartment, teams were shirts vs shirtless lol. People get used to what they live in/with over time.

Maybe it’s a mental thing or the air is thinner up there, but 20-30 doesn’t feel that cold in the rockies or sierras. But here, its freezing. One time in steamboat springs, we were swimming in the hot springs when it was 17 degrees out. 

[hstorm]

8.7 for the low. 

[catoctin wx]

I always suspect that my station runs about 1 degree too cold (vs the surrounding PWS's), but -4 for my low this morning

 

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMDFREDE168

[mappy]

Low of 1

[Herb@MAWS]

Low 6.5

[Swiscaster]

[Herb@MAWS]

Just now, Swiscaster said:

Wondered about that as they reported 10 and 11 during the 2 prior hours. 

[hstorm]

Looks like IAD has gotten down to 9 degrees.

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[Terpeast]

Recorded a wind chill of -1 as well

[WVclimo]

5 minutes ago, Herb@MAWS said:

Wondered about that as they reported 10 and 11 during the 2 prior hours. 

Definitely a faulty ob.  They also reported winds going southerly at 13 G17  for that hour.

[mattie g]

33 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I think widespread subzero was always going to fail, but if our Sunday storm hadn’t choked so badly, it certainly would have gotten colder. Also had a bit more cloud cover than expected I think. 

There's certainly something to both of these issues. Lack of fresh deeper snowcover hurts a ton and we kept getting at least some cloudcover in the early morning hours IMBY.

[Paleocene]

I know there are lots of OBX appreciators on this subforum -- lots of good cams from everyone's favorite spots here: https://www.surfchex.com/cams/hatteras-web-cam/

Dunes are snow covered! 

 

https://islandfreepress.org/hatteras-island-features/hatteras-and-ocracoke-island-winter-storm-of-2025-in-photos-part-1/

[snowfan]

1 hour ago, snowfan said:

-23 at Canaan NWR. A lot of negative teens in WV, WMD, and WPA. 10 imby.
 

 

-27 was the final low at Canaan NWR. 

[WxUSAF]

@wxmeddler and @Eskimo Joe: are there any plans for a mesonet station in Harford and/or Cecil counties? That looks like a big gap right now.

[jonjon]

2 hours ago, snowfan said:

-23 at Canaan NWR. A lot of negative teens in WV, WMD, and WPA. 10 imby.
 

 

Looks like it bottomed out at -27 degrees this morning.  Within 10 degrees of the state record and we didn't have perfect radiational cooling conditions the whole night as we got about an inch of snow.  That place will break the record sometime soon.

[wxdude64]

6 minutes ago, jonjon said:

Looks like it bottomed out at -27 degrees this morning.  Within 10 degrees of the state record and we didn't have perfect radiational cooling conditions the whole night as we got about an inch of snow.  That place will break the record sometime soon.

Just makes you wonder HOW cold it was in that location when the record was set. -27 there this morning. Elkins was -15, Lewisburg -2 and WSS -4. I know you can't correlate exactly, but if all those stations were -28 to -37 on that morning makes you think Canaan would/could have been in -40 to -45 range easy.

[IUsedToHateCold]

Looking at the Kent Island traffic cam - the bay is starting to freeze over. Maybe it will be completely frozen by tomorrow? 

[stormy]

-0.4 this morning. Harrisonburg reported -4.0.

[katabatic]

I was reading a post from somebody in Garrett County and mentioned their weather site tanked several degrees after the sun came up. Sure enough I looked at mine and the same thing happened. Hit -15.2° after 7:30 in the morning. Neat stuff!

[aldie 22]

The snow is sparkling in the sunshine...it's kind of cool

[dailylurker]

I'm getting ready to head up to the Appalachian trail on South Mountain. I'm in the valley looking at it from a McDonald's parking lot off 40. It looks frosty up there. I'm excited lol. Temp is 10 here at the base of the mountain. 

[nw baltimore wx]

3 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

The snow is sparkling in the sunshine...it's kind of cool

 

I'll bet where there is any substantial snow cover that it's also squeaky.