PrinceFrederickWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 @MillvilleWx We’re having the “Dept of Highways” issue with LWX again- they took away my 9.5” from noon and replaced it with an inaccurately low 9.0” from State Highway (which is right next to me) at 5pm. I just sent in my final 11.6” total so we’ll see if they post it in the next update. I’m seeing a bunch of those measurements in the reports again, wonder how accurate they really are… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2nd biggest snowfall since moving back to Maryland in August 2016. I believe the bigger totals just to my south in Columbia and Pikesville. Driving into work today at 4am the snow intensity was much greater once I got off 795 and on 29. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 @das looks like 6" - 7.5" between Germantown -> Hyattstown. The back end snow appears to have "saved" upper Montgomery County. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demeter Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Sorry for the d*ck pics but best for pictures. Top left, how it started and progressed until a few moments ago. I have no complaints with this storm. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 23 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said: @MillvilleWx We’re having the “Dept of Highways” issue with LWX again- they took away my 9.5” from noon and replaced it with an inaccurately low 9.0” from State Highway (which is right next to me) at 5pm. I just sent in my final 11.6” total so we’ll see if they post it in the next update. I’m seeing a bunch of those measurements in the reports again, wonder how accurate they really are… That's annoying. Idk why they would do that. Are you a trained spotter by chance? Typically they would never replace a trained spotter with a Spotter ID. I sent them an email early this morning and I got setup with a Spotter ID since that was not a requirement out in Midland, TX area. It is for LWX, so I reached out and since I'm a NWS Employee, they basically pushed it through without me needing a class (Because I can literally teach the class, and have! lol). So, I obtained a Spotter ID and set a Geolocation. If you don't have the spotter ID, that could be why they don't include it. Dept of Highways is probably deemed more trustworthy (Debatable in my experience), so that would take precedent. Idk why they don't just accept both. Not my call, but I know I would. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Really pretty winter day and evening...enjoyed it all. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Ended up with 7" in N. Bethesda. Beautiful January day! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 55 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: 2nd biggest snowfall since moving back to Maryland in August 2016. I believe the bigger totals just to my south in Columbia and Pikesville. Driving into work today at 4am the snow intensity was much greater once I got off 795 and on 29. You and @CAPE always have beautiful house pics in the snow. I love the lights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 19 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said: That's annoying. Idk why they would do that. Are you a trained spotter by chance? Typically they would never replace a trained spotter with a Spotter ID. I sent them an email early this morning and I got setup with a Spotter ID since that was not a requirement out in Midland, TX area. It is for LWX, so I reached out and since I'm a NWS Employee, they basically pushed it through without me needing a class (Because I can literally teach the class, and have! lol). So, I obtained a Spotter ID and set a Geolocation. If you don't have the spotter ID, that could be why they don't include it. Dept of Highways is probably deemed more trustworthy (Debatable in my experience), so that would take precedent. Idk why they don't just accept both. Not my call, but I know I would. Yes I’m a trained spotter with an ID, been sending in reports for a decade now. The issue seems to be that I am in the same location as State Highway (1 S Prince Frederick in their metadata) so whomever sends in the latest report overwrites the other. Or at least that’s what I was told. This issue never occurred until last year, when they started using “Dept of Highways” measurements. In the case of State Highway next to my house, the measurements are always too low and appear to be snow depth (that’s my guess anyway). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 25 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said: Yes I’m a trained spotter with an ID, been sending in reports for a decade now. The issue seems to be that I am in the same location as State Highway (1 S Prince Frederick in their metadata) so whomever sends in the latest report overwrites the other. Or at least that’s what I was told. This issue never occurred until last year, when they started using “Dept of Highways” measurements. In the case of State Highway next to my house, the measurements are always too low and appear to be snow depth (that’s my guess anyway). Ahhh. Gotcha. They might be able to change the Geolocation to somewhere nearby so this doesn't happen. Yeah it wouldn't be exact, but better than getting over-written on an event to event basis. I would contact them and see if that is feasible. I don't think that would be too much trouble. Dept of Highways one isn't going to change, so it would have to be you even if they are the ones that suck (Office Space reference). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Official measurement for the event was 10.3" Snow started around 1:15AM and lasted until 10 or so. Not bad at all. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 18 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said: Yes I’m a trained spotter with an ID, been sending in reports for a decade now. The issue seems to be that I am in the same location as State Highway (1 S Prince Frederick in their metadata) so whomever sends in the latest report overwrites the other. Or at least that’s what I was told. This issue never occurred until last year, when they started using “Dept of Highways” measurements. In the case of State Highway next to my house, the measurements are always too low and appear to be snow depth (that’s my guess anyway). We sorta have that same issue here. The CO-OP is the city water filter location, and they are ALWAYS low on snow totals. Today is a classic case, they reported a 3.0. Out of the 7-10 reports sent in within a 15 mile radius of them, they were 2 inches lower than the next lowest measurement. I have 'ratted' them out before, went up and took a pic of their location with snow on the ground (granted, maybe only 1-1.5 inches, I'd reported 1.8 for the day) and sent it in to NWS Blacksburg after they had reported a 0.0. That seemed to help, they were closer for a number of years to other reports, but they may need a reminder again lol. If you look at a snowfall map for VA you can actually see Covington clearly in the contours. 24-36 all around and they are like 8-10. There are years where they report NO snow, 0.0 reported for winters of 95/96 and 96/97!! Only 40.0 reported for 09/10 when others around were in the 60-70 range. Frustrating. *rant off, lol* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowtoRain Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Final tally 12". Windy now, going to be some snow drift issues on the shore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 58 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: 2nd biggest snowfall since moving back to Maryland in August 2016. I believe the bigger totals just to my south in Columbia and Pikesville. Driving into work today at 4am the snow intensity was much greater once I got off 795 and on 29. Seeing what some od you actually look like is always interesting to me, lol All of us talk to each other but we only know by username. I'm always curious what folks actually look like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Slept through most of the ULL snow, but looks like maybe an inch. I'll do an official measurement tomorrow but that would put me over 9". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 the snow is REALLY blowing around out there - wouldn't be surprised if we see some ground blizzard conditions tomorrow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Pixee Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 All quiet. 23/15DP. Early evening twilight, 5-630pm. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 With skies beginning to clear out, winds will begin mixing more efficiently to the surface. Blowing snow will be occurring this morning and afternoon before subsiding later. It is truly deep winter in Edgewater with snow blowing off the roofs of houses with locally reduced visibility occurring. Peak climo for snowfall in these parts too, so there is low probability of much melting today outside some very sunny spots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 4 hours ago, pazzo83 said: the snow is REALLY blowing around out there - wouldn't be surprised if we see some ground blizzard conditions tomorrow It can get pretty crazy over here with blowing and drifting in a situation like this with so many wide open farm fields. Seeing little snow devils spin up in the open areas is cool though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Pretty scenic for a messy storm down here. Lookin forward to my first non messy storm lol 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 No plowing or salting yet on my side street of Colesville, MD! Low of 19.2 which I am at right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 The last round was nice in Germantown adding about 2 to put us in the 7-inch range 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleocene Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, Kmlwx said: No plowing or salting yet on my side street of Colesville, MD! Low of 19.2 which I am at right now. Moco has also skipped my street and neighboring small residential streets thus far. I don't mind (working at home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Looks like the ULL left some decent accumulations here. I finished shoveling yesterday at 2:30 and everything looks to have close to 2" added which would put Aldie on the + side of 7". It's really pretty outside and damn frigid with the winds I slept like a freaking rock last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 6 minutes ago, Paleocene said: Moco has also skipped my street and neighboring small residential streets thus far. I don't mind (working at home) Up until the 2010 storms (and really until the 2011 storm), MoCo consistently forgot about my street. They've been worlds better the past few years - sometimes we'll even see a plow before the snow has even stopped and additional ones after. I'm a little surprised we haven't seen one yet with it not being double-digit snow. But I'm guessing it'll be at some point before noon today. With the frigid temps, my guess is they had to exit the subdivisions to spot treat icy spots on the major arteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Low of 21, winds picking up. No plows yet here, but someone was obviously doing donuts in the cul de sac... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I went from 8.5 to 10" last evening. Epic morning out there. Absolutely gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 9 hours ago, Deck Pic said: Final 8". I think snow growth this morning was the main inhibitor to higher totals. Yeah, I only tacked on 2.5" from 7am to close yesterday on 0.33" precip. Not even the later snow helped with the ratios (and I didn't get that much from the ULL pass, certainly not 2"). Final, 7.7" on 0.84" precip. The IAD number seems strange, but there is another observer in Sterling Park that has the same 5.1". When everyone fills in the CoCoRahs reports we'll see if that looks like a bad measurement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1" overnight makes my event total 9.7" in central AACo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Flurries blowing around this morning. 19° with a wind chill of 5. Winds 21 G28. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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