January Discobs 2025

[T. August]

16.0° at noon in full sun. Cold.

[Roger Ramjet]

9 degrees @ noon with full sun.

[Paleocene]

In the annals of terrible management of schools, this just in from Montgomery County Schools MD. They had previously (tues evening) called a two hour delay for Thursday, in advance. Now, they have cancelled that. 

 

Good News!
Thanks to better-than-expected road conditions and the outstanding efforts of MCPS staff to treat and clear ice from our school sites, we’re excited to announce that Montgomery County Public Schools will operate on a Code Green schedule with normal operations on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Please exercise caution in your travels and dress appropriately for the cold temperatures.

Important Note: All MCPS school-sponsored activities, including athletics and community use of schools, will also proceed as scheduled this evening, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

While this reversal of our decision may cause some confusion, this is truly an MCPS Moment of Joy, as we look forward to returning to the energy and excitement of full-time teaching and learning!

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

18 degrees at 3pm with full sun.  Today is impressive cold.  I think tonight might be our coldest night.

[WEATHER53]

Travels from Rockville to Frederick between 2-3pm provides the following 

i270-Temps between 19-21F. Got off onto Reichs Ford and temps ranged17-18.  Arrived at the snow field surrounded house to 16F at 3pm 

[T. August]

Got a little torchy - 21.4° for the high.

[adelphi_sky]

Perhaps we should track snowpack. I think we may be approaching the longest number of days with visible snow on the ground. I know there was one time sow was on the ground for three weeks. 

We still have snow on our street. Which is pretty amazing. 

Days of snow on roadways. 

Days of snow on grass. 

[RIC_WX]

Cabin at Deep Creek bottomed out at -12.8 this morning.  This is the lowest observation there since 2022.  The below zero readings for three consecutive nights is unprecedented for me during my time at this property going back to 2021.  Impressive cold!

[WEATHER53]

DCA disgraceful again

as the MIC told me 20 years ago when we stopped communicating as much-“We work for the FAA.  The FAA does not care if it’s 20 or 25. We don’t work for the NWS nor  weather weenies” 

[CAPE]

High of 17.

2 straight days in the mid to upper teens doesnt happen too often. With clear skies tonight, should get down around 5.

[dailylurker]

Today was a beautiful winter day. I hiked out to Annopoils Rocks today. It was only about 13 degrees at the summit. Their was about 5" of powder on top of a couple inches of old snow. 

[Interstate]

Low:5.9

High:17.6

[WEATHER53]

My predictions for overnight lows

DCA.12.5.  
Camp Springs/Andrews  6.  
Annapolis :8.  
BWI: 5.  
My backyard :4. 
IAD: 1
Frederick Municipal Airport :1. 
Frederick house :-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MN Transplant]

1 hour ago, WEATHER53 said:

DCA disgraceful again

as the MIC told me 20 years ago when we stopped communicating as much-“We work for the FAA.  The FAA does not care if it’s 20 or 25. We don’t work for the NWS nor  weather weenies” 

Not sure what was surprising about DCA last night.  16 for a low.  Andrews was 13.  That seems like a reasonable difference.

[MN Transplant]

2 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

My predictions for overnight lows

DCA.12.5.  
Camp Springs/Andrews  6.  
Annapolis :8.  
BWI: 5.  
My backyard :4. 
IAD: 1
Frederick Municipal Airport :1. 
Frederick house :-2

 

Yeah, the differences tonight are going to be exaggerated with the warm air advection aloft but good radiational cooling conditions.  I could be +10 from IAD.

[snowfan]

A few pics of Blackwater falls from Monday. 
 

[WEATHER53]

24 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Not sure what was surprising about DCA last night.  16 for a low.  Andrews was 13.  That seems like a reasonable difference.

The low was good but high +4 to +5 . 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Radiating well, already down to 14-16 around here.  Think we can make single digits inside the beltway tonight. 

[T. August]

16.3/4 - still waiting on these clouds to get out of here

[Terpeast]

21.8 for the high, real temp probably 20 if calibrated. Waiting for another month of data to do it properly. 

Lowest wind chill was -3 though

Now 13

[aldie 22]

Dropping fast tonight already 11.5. So far my lowest low was 6.8 i think I break that tonight 

[WVclimo]

Lost 6 degrees in the past hour.  Down to 3° already at 7:00 p.m. !

[Roger Ramjet]

I'm down to 5 @ 7:00.

[SnowenOutThere]

2 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Today was a beautiful winter day. I hiked out to Annopoils Rocks today. It was only about 13 degrees at the summit. Their was about 5" of powder on top of a couple inches of old snow. 

I went hiking there during the storm Sunday, its a beautiful spot, though I think it does look a better during the storm

 

[dailylurker]

I would of loved being up there for a storm. I bet the hike was awesome. The snow was really powdery and the trail was really squeaky packed powder. I could really cruise. 10/10 trail conditions. You don't even need micro spikes. I didn't see one person today. 

Down to 15 already. 

[pazzo83]

3 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

DCA disgraceful again

as the MIC told me 20 years ago when we stopped communicating as much-“We work for the FAA.  The FAA does not care if it’s 20 or 25. We don’t work for the NWS nor  weather weenies” 

High at DCA was 25.  High at my house a few miles away and 300+ feet higher: 24.  What exactly is your point here?  Also I'm pretty sure it's important to the FAA and pilots in general what the actual temperature is.

[pazzo83]

2 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

Not sure what was surprising about DCA last night.  16 for a low.  Andrews was 13.  That seems like a reasonable difference.

He just gets upset when it doesn't reflect the temperature at his exact location.

[Mbusada1]

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.

I may be wrong, but I think the record was set in that location. It’s in the Canaan National Wildlife Refuge. It’s a natural cold sink and it’s the lowest point in the valley. It’s often 10-12 cooler there than other spots in the valley.

[pazzo83]

1 minute ago, Mbusada1 said:

I may be wrong, but I think the record was set in that location. It’s in the Canaan National Wildlife Refuge. It’s a natural cold sink and it’s the lowest point in the valley. It’s often 10-12 cooler there than other spots in the valley.

the record was set in Lewisburg, which is off of I-64 in eastern WV.

[SnowenOutThere]

18 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

I would of loved being up there for a storm. I bet the hike was awesome. The snow was really powdery and the trail was really squeaky packed powder. I could really cruise. 10/10 trail conditions. You don't even need micro spikes. I didn't see one person today. 

Down to 15 already. 

It was amazing for the first part. I went all the way to black rock so the last 2 miles out of 8 was a bit of a slog, got some amazing pictures of icicles and the snow. Also saw some of the heaviest snow I've ever seen with snow fog obscuring visibility to the end of straight parts of the trail. Would highly recommend going there next time us lowlanders are going to fail, though did have to learn how to drive on snow covered roads for the first time on the way back for 20 miles. Regardless, made an awesome Sunday.