Mid Atlantic Winter Storms 2009-2010 updated

[Nicko999]

:uarrow: And this winter is far from over Stephanie. I suspect many folks will not be complaining about a "lack of snow" anytime too soon.

Not a lot of snow here. Just brown grass and the snow from December. We're 19% below the snowfall precipation this winter.

I'm kind of enjoying the break from shoveling

[WeatherLovingDoc]

Looking due West from our Northern Virginia home about two miles from Reagan National, already the sky is cloudy and gray with the look that snow could start any moment. The planes are flying and the media is reporting air and train tickets were snatched up at high premiums to get out of Dodge. Lucky. Our local grocery store had no meats yesterday, and snow shovels were gone too which we needed to replace the one that broke. But we're pretty well set from previous shopping and have a gas generator, ample batteries, charged lanterns, and ground coffee (which we didn't do the first snow storm and beat the beans with a hammer ). Our teens are going a little batty, and to be honest we parents are somewhat dreading this one two. The tri-state area governments remain on emergency status and schools closed.

From the 3 am Baltimore-Washington NWS update, this is what disturbs me the most:

MAKING THE SITUATION MORE COMPLEX AND THE SYSTEM EVEN STRONGER IS A
SCENARIO WELL-DEPICTED ON THE LATEST NAM WITH TWO VERY DEEP SFC LOWS
ROTATING OFF THE MID ATLC COAST. THE DEEPER ONE SLIDES ABOUT THE
SERN SIDE OF THE ONE CLOSER TO THE COAST. BY MIDDAY WED...BOTH ARE
NEARING 985 MB...BY EARLY EVENING ALMOST ANOTHER 10MB DROP IN EACH
/AN EVEN BIGGER DROP FOR THE ONE JUST OFF THE SRN COAST OF CAPE
COD/. BOTH WILL EVENTUALLY BE WRAPPED BECOME VERTICALLY STACKED AS
THE UPPER LOW SWINGS OFF THE COAST BY LATE AFTN WED. THIS WILL
INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF PRECIP BANDS STREWN ACROSS THE ERN
SEABOARD OF THE MID ATLC /PARTICULARLY THE I-95 CORRIDOR OF NRN VA
AND ERN MD...THRU NJ AND LONG ISLAND.

[srainhoutx]

Stay Safe Mid Atlantic folks. Amazing to see that a 3rd KU event is unfolding with 2 in less than a week. Keep us informed and above all be safe in this historic Winter of 2009/2010.

[Pburgh]

They're predicting 6-12 more inches of snow on top of the 21" I already have here in Pittsburgh. I'll probably leave work at about noon today and get snuggled in at home.

[Stephanie]

:uarrow: And this winter is far from over Stephanie. I suspect many folks will not be complaining about a "lack of snow" anytime too soon.

Not a lot of snow here. Just brown grass and the snow from December. We're 19% below the snowfall precipation this winter.

I'm kind of enjoying the break from shoveling

You're MORE THAN WELCOME to have it back!

Stay Safe Mid Atlantic folks. Amazing to see that a 3rd KU event is unfolding with 2 in less than a week. Keep us informed and above all be safe in this historic Winter of 2009/2010.

srainhoutex - I would also say these were/are"KO" events!

[JonathanBelles]

Not sure where to post this:

I was just trying to reschedule a flight from Tampa through Philly to Elmira Regional for tomorrow through US Airways. I was told by US Airways that ALL flights to or through Philly are delayed by quite a bit or cancelled. About 1-2 dozen airports have the same status. Elmira Regional will be CLOSED tomorrow and quite possibly tonight and Thursday. If anyone has any flights up that way, you should reschedule for Friday or the weekend.

[WeatherLovingDoc]

From Northern Virginia, just a couple of miles from Washington DC:

and Snow It Begins!

-WLD

[lester]

snowing here! big band on radar

[angelwing]

Not sure where to post this:

I was just trying to reschedule a flight from Tampa through Philly to Elmira Regional for tomorrow through US Airways. I was told by US Airways that ALL flights to or through Philly are delayed by quite a bit or cancelled. About 1-2 dozen airports have the same status. Elmira Regional will be CLOSED tomorrow and quite possibly tonight and Thursday. If anyone has any flights up that way, you should reschedule for Friday or the weekend.

KYW(http://www.kyw1060.com) just said that the airport is closed as of 8PM

The City of Phila is closed tomorrow, state of emergency as of 9PM tonight.
All schools are closed.
Where I live is a state of emergency effective at 10PM (Whitpain-East Norriton Township)
KYW said Norristown is supposed to get 18-24 inches (I have 26 inches already)more

I am at work in Philly right now, nothing falling...yet. Took off the day job in NJ tomorrow,...will probably have to call out for the night job...sigh

[Stephanie]

Thanks fact for that info on the Philadelphia airport.

It seems like a lot of businesses and municipalities are being proactive and are closing everything that's non-essential. All of the administrative and other non-essential offices are closed at my casino tomorrow for the storm. The Wellness Center (clinic) also closed. I'm sure that if anyone was scheduled to work tomorrow they were told to pack a bag like they did over the weekend. It's saving them $$ because of the vacation time everyone has to use, but it also relieves the stress on the employees on deciding whether to call out tomorrow.

We were doing about the same business as last year at the same time but this past weekend totally screwed us up. This coming holiday weekend is big and we're hoping that people will be so snow-bound that they are going to want to get out of their house.

Governor Christie of New Jersey FINALLY signed a State of Emergency for 7 counties in the southern part of the state. He's probably going to have to do it again after tomorrow's storm.

[angelwing]

HUbby called me at work, Blue Bell he said has about a half-inch, I just took a peek out the window here in Philly...it's snowing at a good clip, the cars are covered...looks like I may be leaving early, there are a lot of idiots that don't know how to drive on the Blvd here

[Stephanie]

It started here before 7:30pm. It wasn't sticking right away because the ground was still warm. Marty is now going to the gym - if it's open. He likes going late and he likes to take chances. *SIGH*

[WeatherLovingDoc]

NWS Baltimore Washington Update 3 p.m.

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
-- Changed Discussion --
STRONG UPPER-LEVEL LOW IN THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE JET IS ROTATING
THROUGH THE MIDWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS
OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST IN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE JET. AS THE
UPPER-LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE WILL
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AS IT SLOWLY MOVES
NORTHWARD. THIS WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WARM AIR
DRAWN INTO THE SYSTEM FOR A MIXTURE OF RAIN/SLEET AND SNOW...MAINLY
ACROSS LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

THE DRY SLOT WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA
TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING CAUSING ANY PRECIPITATION TO BE LIGHT.
HOWEVER...AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL SET UP OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
HALF OF THE CWA...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THIS AREA. SNOW WILL SLOWLY
TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY. WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE WINTER STORM WARNING ACROSS OUR CWA WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS AROUND NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND INTO THE BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREA. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AS THE
LOW INTENSIFIES. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE WARRANTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
CWA FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
FOR LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST OF WASHINGTON DC.
-- End Changed Discussion --

[brunota2003]

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
345 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

MDZ003>007-010-011-014-101645-
/O.NEW.KLWX.BZ.W.0002.100210T1500Z-100211T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KLWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100210T1500Z/
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-HOWARD-
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-ANNE ARUNDEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS
345 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...MID AND UPPER 20S.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...PRODUCING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

[WeatherLovingDoc]

Heavy snow is falling and blowing and winds are up to about 20 mph here with stronger gusts to 30 maybe more, visibility already reduced to a couple hundred feet. Ice chunks are falling from the house against the windows due to the wind. Accumulation maybe 5 inches yesterday and overnight. A hired utility crew is down the street taking down an uprooted tree leaning against an electricity pole. Big hopes they will succeed before the wires go.

This is a very dangerous situation. No one is going outside today here. I highly doubt we will keep electricity and it may be a long time before we get it back.

Good luck fellow Mid-Atlantic weather watchers.

WLD

[Stephanie]

We had about 6 inches of snow overnight and it had changed over to rain. Within the past half hour it started to change back to sleet and now the snow is falling.

The first batch of snow is really heavy. There are some trees and shrubs that bent over from the weight of it. As the temps drop, they will probably stay like that. This new round will contain lighter snow, but the wind will start - I think that this storm is potentially more dangerous than Saturday's and December 19th's.

I'm home from work today and I really can't imagine me being able to get out tomorrow to get there at least on time. Fox 29 news meteorologist John Bolaris hinted at another possible storm on Monday??? Someone shoot me now!

[Stephanie]

Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...WINTRY WEATHER LAST NIGHT WILL INTENSIFY TODAY AND CAUSE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TONIGHT...

.AN EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOPING NOR/EASTER WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO
MUCH OF OUR AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR MANY AREAS.

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012-015>019-PAZ067>071-
101700-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100211T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.BZ.W.0002.100210T0933Z-100211T0500Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
433 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST
BEFORE SUNRISE WILL INTENSIFY EXPLOSIVELY TODAY. SNOW...AS WELL AS
SLEET AND EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR...SOUTH...AND EAST OF
PHILADELPHIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING AS THE
STORM MOVES NORTHWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO NORTHEAST
AND NORTH AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. WITH HEAVY SNOW
EXPECTED TO DECREASE VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 35
TO 45 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES MAINLY FROM ABOUT MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY PERSISTING INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING
OFF. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THIS EVENING SO
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS
WELL TONIGHT.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 22
INCHES INTO EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS STRADDLING
THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

NEAR-BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RARE FOR OUR AREA...SO
IT IS LIKELY THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT REALIZE THE PERIL THAT EXISTS
IN VENTURING OUT IN SUCH STORMS. LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE...AND DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT BEST DURING THIS
WINTER STORM TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
THAT TRAVEL BE CURTAILED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...AND
ONLY DRIVE IF IT IS TRULY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

[lester]

... Preliminary all-time seasonal snowfall records set at the
three major climate sites in the Baltimore-Washington area...

As of 2 PM today... with the 9.8 inch two-day snowfall total measured
at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport... the seasonal snowfall
total in Washington DC stands at 54.9 inches. This would break the
previous all-time seasonal snowfall record for Washington DC of 54.4
inches set in the winter of 1898-99. Official snowfall records for
Washington DC date back 126 years to 1884.

As of 1 PM today... with the 11.9 inch two-day snowfall total
measured at Baltimore/Washington international thurgood Marshall
Airport... the seasonal snowfall total in Baltimore stands at 72.3
inches. This would break the previous all-time seasonal snowfall
record for Baltimore of 62.5 inches set in the winter of 1995-96.
Official snowfall records for Baltimore date back 118 years to 1893.

Finally... as of yesterday... this years seasonal snowfall total at
Dulles international Airport stood at 63.5 inches. This would break
the previous seasonal snowfall record of 61.9 inches set in 1995-96.
As of 1 PM this afternoon... the two-day snowfall total at Dulles is
8.5 inches... which would make this years seasonal snowfall total
72.0 inches. Official snowfall records for Dulles date back 48 years
to 1962.

These preliminary storm totals are as of this Wednesday afternoon
10 Feb 2010... and will be updated after the current snow has ended.

As with any major climate record achievement... these preliminary
records will be quality controlled by noaa's National climatic data
center over the next few months.

[lester]

oh and Storm2k is back hooray!

[cycloneye]

We apologize for the inconviences as the board was out but the important thing is that storm2k is running again after a problem in the server was resolved.