Feb 11-13: Nowcast/Obs

[EastCoast NPZ]

28 minutes ago, WVclimo said:

8 hours of continuous snowfall with temps below freezing and the sidewalks are finally covered ! Driveway looks like it may cave next.   1.2” on the snow board.  27°.

I'm eyeballing 1.5".  It's not worth going out to measure.  It's pathetic.  It's snowed here since noon.  10 hours, and not even 2 inches.

[StormyClearweather]

IAD: 4.2" at 9:30

[Grothar of Herndon]

29/26

SN Moderate rates but tiny flakes

4.5”

Herndon

[SnowtoRain]

Looks like 7 to 8" now in Easton, 30.0.

[Warm Nose]

3 minutes ago, Interstate said:

Just got to 2 inches. Been snowing steadily. Just can’t get out of the pixie dust. 

Yeah no way I'm getting to 3" ... 

I have snow on the ground, so hard to be upset, but the forecast did bust here.

[WxUSAF]

3.4” first spotter report. Only 0.5” in last 1.5 hours. Should be near my final guess of 4.2” in the end. 

[87storms]

1 minute ago, Warm Nose said:

Yeah no way I'm getting to 3" ... 

I have snow on the ground, so hard to be upset, but the forecast did bust here.

We might get a couple more inches simply through consistency.  Nam keeps some precip around in the northern tier into the morning...tbd on that, but could end up stat padding the totals a bit.

[NovaWahoo]

7" in Fairfax Station SW of Burke Lake. And coming down nicely. 

[George BM]

4.6" as of 10pm here.

Herndon, VA.

[Chris78]

After 8 hours of snowfall roads finally caved lol.

1" on non paved surfaces.

Dusting on roads.

[Mbusada1]

7.8 in Lothian, MD with heavy snow. 29/27

[Wxtrix]

1.5” so another low end forecast bust. i’ve never been so happy to get less snow than forecasted.

[nj2va]

While it’s mostly smaller flakes with a few dendrites mixed in, man is it pouring snow. 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Snow depth around 5-5.5 inches.  Still snowing moderately.  Roads untouched 2-3 inches of snow on the roads in my area. 

[NorthArlington101]

Just now, nj2va said:

While it’s mostly smaller flakes with a few densities mixed in, man is it pouring snow. 

I know this is rich given my relative wealth today but it’s been annoying seeing the yellows and dark greens get stuck in the same spot just south for the past 2 hours or so. Maybe making a little progress now 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

Up to 7.6” here.

-First February WSW IMBY since President’s Day 2016.

-5th biggest snowfall IMBY since I moved down here in 2013. 

[Warm Nose]

Pretty much finished here at around 2.6"

Busted about 2" under forecast.

[CAPE]

6.8"

Steady light to moderate snow continues to fall.

[AlexD1990]

About 6" near Rehoboth, DE.

[nj2va]

3 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

I know this is rich given my relative wealth today but it’s been annoying seeing the yellows and dark greens get stuck in the same spot just south for the past 2 hours or so. Maybe making a little progress now 

During storms, I don’t look at radar. I don’t want to know when the back edge is approaching nor do I want to know if nearby bands aren’t approaching. Just like to enjoy what falls 

[AlexD1990]

Just a shot from my neighborhood. I have many more but they won't fit on here. Very photogenic snow.

[feloniousq]

1 minute ago, Warm Nose said:

Pretty much finished here at around 2.6"

Busted about 2" under forecast.

watch out, people will yell at you

[SnowtoRain]

2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

6.8"

Steady light to moderate snow continues to fall.

Good storm for us. 

[Wetbulbs88]

2 minutes ago, nj2va said:

During storms, I don’t look at radar. I don’t want to know when the back edge is approaching nor do I want to know if nearby bands aren’t approaching. Just like to enjoy what falls 

This is 55% of the fun for me. 

[Eskimo Joe]

Radar looks like it's trying to reload west of I-81? Some of the surface obs in West Virginia are showing the visibility dipping again.

[SnowenOutThere]

14 minutes ago, NovaWahoo said:

7" in Fairfax Station SW of Burke Lake. And coming down nicely. 

Crazy the gradient that set up right over ffx county, out near Franklin farm with 4.3

[SnowenOutThere]

8 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

I know this is rich given my relative wealth today but it’s been annoying seeing the yellows and dark greens get stuck in the same spot just south for the past 2 hours or so. Maybe making a little progress now 

Can feel you on this it seems like the really good banding down near Burke just never could make it up another 5-10 miles to my backyard. Can’t complain too much either way considering how areas further north are doing… 

[T. August]

2.7” at 10:20 in Havre de Grace. .2” in the last hour.

[Wetbulbs88]

We knew there'd be a sharp cutoff, but it was modeled to be more N/S. In reality it's been far more NE/SW. Loudon's basically the same latitude as DC yet they're all reporting a bust whereas we're already well into the 4-8" forecast range. 

I just measured 4.5", and it's snowing quite steadily. Ratios seem like they may be less than 10:1 so definitely not a bust here. 

[Maestrobjwa]

1 minute ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Can feel you on this it seems like the really good banding down near Burke just never could make it up another 5-10 miles to my backyard. Can’t complain too much either way considering how areas further north are doing… 

Dang you're even closer to the imaginary line, lol