Mid Atlantic Winter Storms 2009-2010 updated

[xironman]

Haven't had the will to go out and measure, but it sure looks like a lot

[xironman]

The Baltimore / Washington corridor is getting creamed. It is going to be a while before the feds go back to work.

[tomboudreau]

We have 16.5 inches of snow on the ground right now. They are telling us another 3 to 6 inches of snow on top of this. I'm going to try to get pictures later today. The snow is up pass our dogss shoulders. I have not seen this much snow in YEARS!

[ohiostorm]

Pittsburgh airport reporting 18". Forecasting 1 to 3 inches more for the Pittsburgh area.

[ohiostorm]

Pittsburgh airport is now closed.

[Stephanie]

I'm going to say we have about 18 inches of snow on the ground already in my backyard. Can't get the dogs to go outside to do their business. I can't blame them actually but...

This season is going give us so far over 2 years worth of snow and it's only the beginning of February. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[lester]

27" here in baltimore

[brunota2003]

Friend in Bel Air said she has snow up to her thighs (about 25 inches) and counting...she stuck a yard stick in the snow and took photos of it, but hasnt been able to upload them yet.

[Squarethecircle]

My tape measure won't go all the way down. In my front yard, I stuck it down to about 20 inches (area is covered by trees), stuck my hand down, and there was still a ways to go to the ground. In my backyard, it was something like 24, but the same thing happened. The snow is coming down really hard.

[Stephanie]

Picture of backyard. You can see the snow blowing. Notice the snow hanging off of the roof's edge.

[Squarethecircle]

Alright, I went out back to measure the snow with a stick, and I have about 27 inches. It's still coming down hard.

[Stephanie]

I want to cry - they're saying that the storm for Tuesday night into Wednesday may give us another 6 inches of snow or more!

[lester]

I want to cry - they're saying that the storm for Tuesday night into Wednesday may give us another 6 inches of snow or more!

Yeah looks like another interesting week here in the mid-atlantic

This storm is at #2 all-time atm at BWI and will pretty much take the top spot

[southerngale]

Unbelievable amounts of snow up there. Wow.

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1231 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010

DCZ001-MDZ004>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ042-050>057-501-502-
062200-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-
HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...
ST MARYS CITY...LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS
PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...
WARRENTON
1231 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...EASTERN
PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY...

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

...POISED TO SET ALL-TIME STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL RECORD FOR
BALTIMORE...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM FOR MARYLAND EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON DC AND WEST
OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR HEAVY SNOW
CONTINUE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL 10 PM.

AT 11:45 AM THIS MORNING...WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BALTIMORE`S THURGOOD
MARSHALL BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 26.5
INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS IS ONLY 0.3 INCHES SHY OF THE
26.8 INCH RECORD FROM THE PRESIDENTS DAY FEBRUARY 2003 STORM. THE
AIRPORT IS FORECAST TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE THE
STORM ENDS THIS EVENING. A RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE
RECORD IS REACHED.

GENERALLY...24 TO 32 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTH OF A
LINE BETWEEN ANNAPOLIS MD TO WASHINGTON DC TO PETERSBURG WV. SOUTH
OF THIS LINE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE VA...APPROXIMATELY 14 TO 20 INCHES
HAVE FALLEN.

AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE THE
SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS AT THE HIGHER END
OF THIS RANGE...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CREATING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

HERE ARE SOME PRECAUTIONARY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER GUIDELINES:

1. FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS WHEN OPERATING A GENERATOR OR
AUXILIARY HEATER. ENSURE PORTABLE GENERATORS ARE ADEQUATELY
VENTILATED.

2. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION ARE DANGEROUS. HELP YOUR
LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT FIRST RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTATION
AGENCIES BY STAYING OFF ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

3. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...DO NOT TRAVEL
ALONE. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TIMETABLE AND YOUR PRIMARY AND
ALTERNATE ROUTES. CARRY WITH YOU A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WHICH
INCLUDES A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS... FLASHLIGHT WITH EXTRA
BATTERIES...HIGH CALORIE NON-PERISHABLE FOOD AND WATER...AND A
SHOVEL.

4. IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO
TRY TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN
WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS
EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE.
PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR
HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK
YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH
TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM
TIME-TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP
BLOOD CIRCULATING.

5. AVOID OVEREXERTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. BREAK THE SHOVELING
DOWN INTO SMALLER JOBS AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS.

6. IN CASE OF POWER SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS...HAVE AVAILABLE FLASH
LIGHTS WITH EXTRA BATTERIES...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...EXTRA MEDICINES.

7. ENSURE ANY PETS AND FARM ANIMALS HAVE PLENTY OF WATER...FOOD...
AND SHELTER.

FINALLY...THE KEY TO GETTING THROUGH THIS AND OTHER PERIODS OF
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS WITH ADVANCE PLANNING AND BEING AWARE OF
CURRENT CONDITIONS. THIS STORM WILL BE WINDING DOWN LATER THIS
EVENING...SO DO YOUR PART AND LET YOUR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
RESTORE ROADWAYS TO NORMAL CONDITIONS BY STAYING AT HOME.

$$

LEE

[brunota2003]

I know they had to of easily broken the record by now.

[lester]

I know they had to of easily broken the record by now.

No word from them yet..probably soon I hope.

Snow's over here. 30"+ here

[somethingfunny]

I want to cry - they're saying that the storm for Tuesday night into Wednesday may give us another 6 inches of snow or more!

When I lived in NJ I wanted to cry because there would always be a huge rainstorm to melt away all my snow only a few days after it fell!

[Category 5]

20 inches.

[WeatherLovingDoc]

Update from Northern Virginia, just across from Washington DC @ almost 9 p.m. February 6, 2010

The Virginia side of the National Capital Area (straight shot down 395 from Memorial Bridge) is largely shut down except for emergency vehicles. At peak 280,000 people loss their electricity in the tri-state area, now down to 160,000 or so. Companies are saying could be up to several days before all electricity restored. Hard to describe last night: torrential downfall of snow with crazy, whipping winds and huge snow drifts, tree and bush limbs dragging towards earth due to the weight of the wet,heavy snow, electric transformers repetitively heard popping in the distant, no planes flying and no trains whistling and a quiet to the region that is very atypical. Remarkably much like an Ansel Adam's picturesque storm, both during and after with stark contrasts of white with blackened underbellies of limbs and telephone polls, trucks and cars covered up to hoods, with morning light birds and squirrels fighting for tree hung caged food, neighbors fighting to keep up with walk way clearance requirements, and as night came again, the snow suddenly stopping. Now it's about 17 degrees, maybe 5 mph wind, and still no planes from Reagan National, but I can hear transformers popping again. No trains with their lovely distant sounding horns either for the day, as most rail lines are above grown.

For our family:

1. Lost power at 12:45 a.m. last night- amid wind gusts at least to 20 mph, and white out conditions.

2. Lost heat when lost power due to electric starter type of furnace

3. Fired up the Franklin stove with wood from our wood piles (hubbies a bit of an out doorsman) to keep kitchen/family room warm- ran through LOTS of wood (note to me, don't insist we get rid of wood piles)

4. Finally started gas generator about 6 pm tonight (17 hours in to no electricity) to recharge unopened refrigerator, cellphones, lanterns and give one standard light yielding a nice glow to the stove room

5. Electricity suddenly came on like a bolt at 7 pm tonight-also finally too the gas heat came back on )and cable internet connection yea!)

6. Lost small family Jack Russell Terrier as she ran out at 7 pm through the back door when I went out to turn off generator outside (it's 17 deg F). Panic and search but she had headed to the park behind our house. Called the animal shelter.

7. Lost teens to friends for the day and evening due to lack of power and heat so no help to find our pup

8. Lost hubbie to neighbors for candle lit dinner (someone needed to stay to man the Franklin stove and the generator so I volunteered)

9. Heard Family Dog found barking at back house storm door (had left a light on and main door slightly open to welcome her), was covered in snow and shivering and ran to warmth and food near stove. Re-called the Animal Shelter and said Lassie had come home.

10. Hubbie will come home when ready and fall fast asleep (he deserved a rest, having snow blowed practically all the neighborhood with a fine-tuned and tinkered with old Gravely snow blower (a beast).

11. Kids will come home tomorrow when out of ideas, clothes and money-don't know which order.

12. All's well that end's well: we got 17 to 20 inches, and survived the Mid-Atlantic blizzard of 2010.

Missed you all, and hope fellow neighbors are doing well. Shocking amounts of snow up east. Lester you say 28 inches? Stephanie you got 18 inches? and Square the Circle a good 20? There are no cars on the roads, main roads are spotty in being plowed. Interstate is largely devoid of cars, regrettably many jack-knifed tractor trailer trucks on beltway access roads and many abandoned cars which were caught for hours after sitting behind them. One teen died on the national belt way when her van hit a shoulder parked snow plow. Sincere condolences to her family.

Be safe in all weather conditions,
WLD

[RNGR]

^ Reminds me of south florida after Hurricane Wilma. but colder. (we had lows in the 50's right after)