astarck Posted Sunday at 03:20 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:20 PM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted Sunday at 03:22 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:22 PM 2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: All those worried about rising temps should know this happens all the time here. "A "temperature spike" just before a cold front occurs because the warm air mass ahead of the front is pushed upwards and compressed slightly as the colder air mass approaches, causing a temporary rise in temperature, often referred to as a "thermal ridge" by meteorologists; essentially, the air warms slightly due to compression as the cold front moves in." These are a lot of big fancy words when all you needed to say was "shit be warm, it ain't snowing, RGEM was right" 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendritious Posted Sunday at 03:22 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:22 PM Drove up to Liberty last night to ski this one out and it's snowing heavily here. Hope the all-snow blitz starts downrange soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted Sunday at 03:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:23 PM Thankfully heavy rates have moved in. Heavier rain and up another degree to 40 lol. We do need the rain. It's looking super dry after this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted Sunday at 03:24 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:24 PM 13 minutes ago, dailylurker said: My temp keeps rising. How high will it go. 40? 45? 50? What is going on here lol My guess is temps will rise to about 73. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted Sunday at 03:25 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:25 PM 1 minute ago, dailylurker said: Thankfully heavy rates have moved in. Heavier rain and up another degree to 40 lol. We do need the rain. It's looking super dry after this storm. Don't worry, it's all going to plan. All along, it was modeled that we'd waste half of the .3" qpf we get out of this storm on rain and white rain. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted Sunday at 03:25 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:25 PM Just got back from breakfast light drizzle and 37. My sister just west of Huntington WV has 4" of new snow and counting so there's that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrlg1181 Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM Few snowflakes mixing in with the light rain here now , Snowing lightly up on Afton now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM Mostly, if not all snow here now. Steady rate with some grass stickage. Not a car topper yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM 55 minutes ago, adelphi_sky said: Does that equal snowgenesis? Right now it equals raingenesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imgoinhungry Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:26 PM When does NWS drop the winter storm warnings?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjvanals Posted Sunday at 03:27 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:27 PM Looks like white rain in Frederick based on traffic cams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imgoinhungry Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Looks like white rain in Frederick based on traffic cams Yes, i can confirm. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM The NWS forecast has called for rain / snow mix prior to going all snow in the afternoon for days now in the lowlands because that’s exactly what most models showed going in. Nothing has really changed at this juncture except maybe for 50/66 south. The fact that it’s 10am and many places to the west are changing over or all snow is a good sign. Radar looks exactly like we’d expect - maybe a tad ahead of schedule with precip blossoming. Not sure why there’s so much freaking out going on. Anyway… 33F mod snow, fatty flakes as the transition occurs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Good flake size with dendrites mixed in with smaller flakes. 24/23. I hope everyone can cash in today and the rain flips to snow. I know the pain along the fall line all too well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EB89 Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM All snow finally. Starting to stick to cars and grass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:28 PM 16 minutes ago, rjvanals said: When’s the temp drop actually going to happen? Most likely tomorrow morning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted Sunday at 03:29 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:29 PM Steady light snow here @34f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted Sunday at 03:29 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:29 PM When does NWS drop the winter storm warnings?.They won’t because they shouldn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted Sunday at 03:29 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:29 PM 22 minutes ago, mikeg0305 said: I’m just up the road in Parkton, near the dam, and it’s been snowing here since it started an hour or so ago. Not sticking yet but nice fatties coming down. Elevation is 770ft, fwiw. Snowing pretty good now at my house near 7DE 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted Sunday at 03:30 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:30 PM 1 minute ago, jayyy said: The NWS forecast has called for rain / snow mix prior to going all snow in the afternoon for days now in the lowlands because that’s exactly what most models showed going in. Nothing has really changed at this juncture except maybe for 50/66 south. The fact that it’s 10am and many places to the west are changing over or all snow is a good sign. Radar looks exactly like we’d expect - maybe a tad ahead of schedule with precip blossoming. Not sure why there’s so much freaking out going on. Anyway… 33F mod snow, fatty flakes as the transition occurs Easy to say when it's 33 and snowing. I wasn't expecting 40 with heavy rain. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted Sunday at 03:30 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:30 PM 11 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: All those worried about rising temps should know this happens all the time here. "A "temperature spike" just before a cold front occurs because the warm air mass ahead of the front is pushed upwards and compressed slightly as the colder air mass approaches, causing a temporary rise in temperature, often referred to as a "thermal ridge" by meteorologists; essentially, the air warms slightly due to compression as the cold front moves in." Thank you--I didn't know about that! I guess something like this only comes to the forefront this time since we just so happened to be getting snow right in front of a cold front! When was the last time those two things happened together? I don't recall having that (I guess because typically we don't do cold chasing precip very often). Interesting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternFringe Posted Sunday at 03:30 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:30 PM Started off as rain, but all went over to all snow 30 minutes ago. 33 degrees and dropping. Roads are beginning to cave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayyy Posted Sunday at 03:32 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:32 PM Already snow mixing in in Ellicott city per the video my brother just sent me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted Sunday at 03:32 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:32 PM A few flakes mixing in. Nervous to get going. This isn’t 12-24 hour storm. Can’t be wasting any qpf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker03 Posted Sunday at 03:33 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:33 PM Mostly rain here in north Rockville, but there are a few flakes trying to mix in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjvanals Posted Sunday at 03:33 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:33 PM Just now, Skywalker03 said: Mostly rain here in north Rockville, but there are a few flakes trying to mix in now. Yeah I have a few mixing in as well but still well above freezing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesburgWx Posted Sunday at 03:34 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:34 PM 18 minutes ago, Terpeast said: Wow, that soon? Whats your temp? Was under a heavier band for a bit. Now back to drizzle. Rocking a balmy 35-36 atm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted Sunday at 03:34 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:34 PM Let’s goooo 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBaltimore Posted Sunday at 03:35 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:35 PM I will never in my life complain about a dry boundary layer again. 100X better than this rain/snow mix scenario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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