Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These events are becoming rarer now. I feel like I should be doing lots to prepare. We have lots of food in our fridge and freezer, but isn’t there some other stuff we should do?

Yes like buy a cows worth of milk in case you get stuck at home for weeks.

[Anonymous]

I hadn't realized how much heat the Loudoun co data centers generate.

[Anonymous]

It's 4:40am and our snow total in NE DC is still quite paltry. An inch, maybe two. But I guess it's supposed to snow all day so we'll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcps and I’m not setting an alarm regardless.

Do people think we’re likely to lose power in MoCo with this storm?

It's hard to predict where a tree branch might fall, but I expect some will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 4:40am and our snow total in NE DC is still quite paltry. An inch, maybe two. But I guess it's supposed to snow all day so we'll see.

I’m in eastern Loudoun near the FFX line and Reston. I was expecting to wake up to 7-8+ inches and instead I think we have about 4. Maybe 5. It’s not as much as I expected.

[Anonymous]

has anyone assessed road conditions yet? curious what the streets are like in dc

[Anonymous]

Curious how much people are actually getting. The totals in the weather app are much lower than reported by the CWG.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

Yes, we're in bust scenario, barely meeting the predicted minimum snowfall, but I'm still happy with my 5 inches in Bethesda. There should be coastal influence that backfills a little snow later on today.

Hey, more snow to look forward to later this month!

And bonus to all the people eager for schools and businesses to reopen - maybe we'll actually have school this week!

Compromises.

[Anonymous]

I'd say we were about 5 inches as of 9am, it's still coming down but not sure how much it's adding to snow totals because it's getting wetter/sleetier.

In DC so I suspect some heat island effect is at play. I think we'll wind up with 6 or 7 inches total.

Which is fine by me. My kid gets to go sledding and play in the snow (rare treat) but our car won't be buried for the next two weeks. Win-win.

[Anonymous]

Crazy how many of you don’t pay attention to the forecast. There’s a second wave coming from 2/3pm to 8/9 pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Yes, we're in bust scenario, barely meeting the predicted minimum snowfall, but I'm still happy with my 5 inches in Bethesda. There should be coastal influence that backfills a little snow later on today.

Hey, more snow to look forward to later this month!

And bonus to all the people eager for schools and businesses to reopen - maybe we'll actually have school this week!

Compromises.

That's not what bust means...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crazy how many of you don’t pay attention to the forecast. There’s a second wave coming from 2/3pm to 8/9 pm.

This. We still have another 2-5” to come.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Yes, we're in bust scenario, barely meeting the predicted minimum snowfall, but I'm still happy with my 5 inches in Bethesda. There should be coastal influence that backfills a little snow later on today.

Hey, more snow to look forward to later this month!

And bonus to all the people eager for schools and businesses to reopen - maybe we'll actually have school this week!

Compromises.

Do you know how time works? It's going to snow all day and into the night. I'm in Glover Park DC, right near you, and it's coming down at a steady clip.

Not a bust.

[Anonymous]

We are at 6” in 22030. It is till snowing despite the radar showing no snow. More to come later today.

[Anonymous]

The next couple bands are less likely to deposit substantial snow in the District and inner suburbs due to path and the fact that the snow is getting wetter as the day goes on so that it won't accumulate as well as the very dry, powdery snow from early this morning.

Looks like average total in the district is likely to be around 6 inches. Not a bust at all but not the 8-12 inches that was being predicted last night. A solid showing for DC which almost never gets snow anymore!