it have started snowing in takoma park md

I think this storm is going to be one of those that crank up and give us most of our snow in a 5-8 hour period. I like 20 miles north west of the bay, and am predicting 8" by morning!

sorry, not like -- live

Moderate snow in Silver Spring at 6:35pm. Everything is still just wet. Bring it on!

At 6:35 it is 33.7 degrees at Mt Vernon with moderate snow. It is now starting to coat the cars and the grass. Not sticking on pavement yet...

I hate that these dc snow storms seem to fizzle out all the time. I will laugh out loud if I awake to a dusting on the grass on capitol hill.

Snow starting to stick in Falls Church. This Indiana girl is hoping for a big ol' storm!

Starting to stick to deck, grass and cars here out near annapolis

Light to Moderate snow here.

Ground and pavement temps still fairly warm, and surface temps still above freezing.

Going to be awile before we have any travel problems.

Just hit 32.0 degrees here in the Fairfax County portion of Alexandria. Wet snow is falling fast and furious now and is starting to give grassy areas a white coating.

Would Gaithersburg/Rockville be far enough North and West of the Beltway that we may be looking at 2-4 or are you talking about even further places such as Leesburg, Damascus, etc?

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Bob Ryan of news 4 said 4-8 inches for the dc area. Weather channel says 3-5 inches.

In Haymarket at 6:40 pm, 35 degrees, just a very light mist, small flakes. No accumulation at all, can't even tell it's snowing unless you stand and look up.

Moderate snow here in Old Town, Alexandria and temps are @ 32 degrees :)
Not sticking yet.

light snow falling here at 16th & U. maybe a light dusting on cars...

light snow in North Arlington (Lyon Village). There is a consistent dusting on grass and cars. Roads are wet.

35 degrees, no snow/rain/flurries in Gaithersburg so far

Its looking like 2-3 just west of DC.

Snow in Rosslyn - sticking to cars and grass.

Light snow tending to medium right next to Silver Spring Metro, with no accumulation yet.

Go 'head lion. You tell that Low Presure "Who's yo' daddy!"

Small flakes just started flying up here in Columbia. Let's see what happens.

Moderate snow south of Herndon. Roads wet, starting to stick on tops of cars.

Maybe an inch on the ground and starting to stick on the pavement within the last 15 minutes in Cape St. Clare (near Bay Bridge, NE of Annapolis).

@derrickd

I think Rockville is right on the edge of 2-4, 4-8... if I had to guess...would say around 3 or 4.

Snow is starting to fall at a higher rate here in the City of Manassas, and it is starting to stick to the grass. Roads/sidewalks are still just wet. The wind is picking up as well.

CWG, I know you predicted Rockville, but how much snow for Bethesda do you think?

Snowing pretty hard in South arlington. Sticking to cars and grass but not so much the roadways.

Mother Nature is pee-peeing on my party having RAIN in the past. I live out west and not even a FLAKE as of yet.

RA

RA = RAINMAN

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Nothing on the ground in Crestwood (Near Columbia Heights) DC

Just switched from rain to snow here in College Park a few minutes ago.

snow at a good clip in clarendon - temp 32.9. sidewalks starting to accumulate slush.

CWG - If we are in a region lucky enough to experience thunder snow - it can snow at a rate of 4" an hour correct? However, the down pour usually only last a 15 minutes or so. Am I way off here?

34 deg now near Union station. Moderate wet snow. Not sticking yet.

@swimdude

Bethesda=1-3" more than Rockville... But these individual location forecasts are really tough...and inexact.

Swimdude412. Since CWG predicted about 3-4 for Rockville, Bethesda is probably looking around the same, maybe slightly more like 4-4.5 inches. The further you go east, the more snow. Places further N and W of Rockville such as Poolesville will be looking at the lower end of 3-4 inches.

Jason - I know you can't do this all night but if it is going to snow about 5 inches in Bethesda, I am thinking closer to 7-8 for Laurel - thoughts?

Only 2-4 inches west of the Beltway? That's not going to close school in Fairfax! Are we looking at a 2 hour delay?

Here in Glen Burnie the snow is coming down and is already starting to lay to the deck.

Looking at the lastest regional radar loop, I'm thinking that no one in the metro area is going to get 8 inches of snow. I'm thinking 4 inches is going to be the most...and north and northwest 'burbs are gonna get a lot less.

It started as rain adn we thought it was another full-hype non-event again for use snow lovers. However, about a half hour ago (6:30) it started coming in droves and sticking here in South Arlington.
Hoping for the best (and by that, I mean a couple of feet of snow) because we haven't had dididly squat this winter.

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siestador - I disagree if it is still snowing around 6:00am then school will be cancelled - they are not going to delay school if it is still snowing

Is the low still developing and strenghtening? In other words - what can happen that enhances our snow potential at this point? I am still calling for 7" or so in the Laurel, MD area.

i somehow thought it would move closer west this morning. but this evening it looked like it might just hit south side only snow west of va 29 corridor looks bleak

Thanks for the updated snow total projections, CapWx guys. Was thinking out here in Ashburn we were gonna see a little less.

Wow...it seems like you guys don't even read the CWG posts. Both CWG and the NWS are saying the heavy stuff and cold temps are expected late...after 8 at night. And why on earth would you ask about school closings now, when we won't know about the most significant snow for at the LEAST one hour from now? Sorry to be impatient, but read the blog before asking the obvious.

More moderate snow here in Silver Spring... finally starting to stick to cars and grassy areas!

Quickly turning into a winter wonderland here in Lake Ridge...grassy areas are covered, and snow is also sticking to the trees. Can't see the road or parking lot from my third-floor aerie, so I can't tell how those areas are shaping up.

It is snowing steadily now in Bethesda out around the Beltway. The temperature appears to be above freezing, and the snow is accumulating on grassy areas only.

For those asking earlier about the Feb. 2006 storm, it's recapped here (Note in particular the rain/snow timeline):
Calling Inspector Morse

33 degrees in College Park, snow coming down moderately and starting to stick to the deck, cars and grass.

33.0F and steady snow in FFX. CWG - do your accumulation amounts account for the slight westward jog of the main low earlier this evening? Also, what about the HPC update indicating heavy snow to include the DC area?

Been snowing moderately to heavy in Alexandria city for about an hour now. Starting to stick to grassy areas, streets still just wet. Snowflakes still large and wet.

Rain changed over to snow in upstate SC just about the same time that the snow began in the DC area. Around 5 PM the rain began to mix with sleet in Charlotte. Around 5:30, after a stray clap of thunder, the snow began. It is snowing heavily now (7:10 PM) and there is nearly an inch of accumulation on most surfaces. Surprisingly, despite many more days of 60+ weather in February than DC and nearly 2 full days of heavy rain, the snow accumulated immediately on grassy areas and shortly thereafter on the local streets. For some reason, maybe the location, a snowstorm in the mid or deep South seems more interesting to watch than in Bowie, where I live when not in the SC side of Charlotte.

It is 32 here in the City of Manassas and the snow is still falling at a good rate. It is starting to stick on the sidewalks and steps.

Who remembers the snow storm in maybe 2000 or 2001, where it started off as being nothing much and then overnight due to a change in the track we ended up with a pretty decent storm. IIRC, it was 5-9 inches.

All the weather reports for the late news had it wrong.

Sticking to the black top now, like a thin layer of gruel. Looking forward to some of that heavy, sour creamy kind of stuff that you can scoop. 33 in FC. Pine tree frosted pretty. Hoping.

Just starting to stick to cars in Columbia. Starting to come down a little steadier and heavier as well.

Snow amouts have once again been overstated. Look 4 most of the DC area 2 get 3-4". Some areas E might see 5-7". Any1 dreaming of 8+ needs 2 wake up. Sorry 4 the neg. 4cast, but I never saw this as being a big snow event. I hope I'm wrong but I did call 4 less snow b4 the storm hit. Temps 2 warm 4 an epic storm & 2 late in the season. If I'm wrong I will eat crow.

33.4 here west of Centreville. Light snow, but the snow is very wet and flakes are rather big. Doesn't seem to be sticking to anything either.

Snow has been moderate to occasionally heavy in Waldorf since about 5 PM. There's definite accumulation.

Reports of thunder snow and whiteouts in the Carolinas. May we be so fortunate.

If it is precipitating at all in South Riding you can't tell via window check. Definitely no snow yet. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Still snowing good and starting to stick to pavement in Ft Washingon....yippiee!!

It's snowing heavily in NW DC, with snow starting to cover cars and grassy areas. No sticking to roads or sidwalks yet, but that might change soon, given how heavily it's snowing!

It's been snowing since before 3 p.m. here in Fredericksburg. Have about an inch.
What's the word on how much we
will get here?

2003 - Am i mistaking that we got about 21" in one snow storm in Burtonsville in 2003?

irish031: It was 18-22 inches or more in the bullseye along on the PG/Anne Arundel county border during the January 2000 storm.

Sticking to everything now in Bowie, including the roads. Closing in on 1 inch in the areas where it started sticking first. It has been coming down at a moderate/heavy clip the entire time.

No precip. in Laytonsville, MD. 36 with Dry roads and a light breeze from the w/nw.

Bust . . . I'll say 2-inches max here in Olney. Still 34 deg F and barely snowing.

I am a little worried about that large gap in the radar over Raleigh at the moment. Hope it fills in!

light to moderate sloppy snow in Arlington - Spout Run. not sticking to pavement yet, but definitely covering grass. I can see 66 out attic window - running fine

32 degrees and the snow is moderately heavy here in Bowie. The streets and driveways are now coated with snow.

One thing that bothers me is the fact that we haven't gotten a Forecast Discussion update from Sterling in over 4 hours. This is the season's main event - get some thoughts out there guys! Especially given the dynamics of this thing, I'm sure there is plenty to talk about. Heck, even SPC out of Norman, OK has a more recent comment about the dynamics around here than these guys do.

JTF,

I remember that storm well in January 2000...Drastic change in accumulaton with eastern burbs getting dumped on. If memory serves, a good 20 inches fell in Fort Washington for that storm...

Last weak I cudn't even spel meteoroloigist now i ar one.

Jtf,

Thanks.

Snowing steadily (not heavy...yet) for about an hour in Mt. Vernon area. Sticking on grass, bushes. I'm thinking 6-7" by morning.

Raleigh has dry-slotted for a couple of hours after over 1" of rain. Snow is still to the west, however.

33 near Uniom Station. Sticking on deck and grass, not roads.

In Franconia...

I left for 7-11 at 6:45 and the roads were just wet...

on the drive home, 10 minutes later, the roads were slushy and white in some places. I was home at 7:05.

"Come baby come baby baby come come, you know you gotta gimme lovin' and you gotta gimme some...."

Posted by: lioninzion | March 1, 2009 6:42 PM

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Wow, lion, kickin it old school.

HEAVY NOTHING HERE IN LEESBURG!

RAINMAN GREG

Snow coming down fairly moderately here in Chevy Chase; current temperature is 31.5; just measured slightly more than 0.6" on an outdoor table's vinyl winter table cover. Snow is sticking to all but paved surfaces, but even they are starting to get slushy, so I would imagine it's only a matter of time before it starts accumulating there.

Just starting to stick on Capitol Hill -- exciting!

Lol, dak

I'm worried! SNow isn't sticking to pavement! Will it? I hope so. If not then UH OH! Whats the schoolcast? When's the next post??? WHEN WILL IT START STICKING TO THE PAVEMENT??!!!!

Nothing at all here in Gaithersburg right now - some flurries earlier. 34 degrees

Snow has stopped west of Centreville. Mercury remains hovering around 33. Hopefully it's just temporary.

Mike Seidel on TWC just said 6-9in for DC. I Hope, but I don't see it.

7:45 PM, Potomac Village, 3+ miles W. of Exit 39 --- Nada.

East of Olney, temps just dropped from 36 to 33 in a matter of minutes. Snow is moderate with pavement remaining wet but snow beginning to stick to grassy areas.

CWG - Can you guys explain the current radar? It really appears that the storm might end relatively soon?
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

It doesn't look like all that much moisture is left. Is this a case where it will eventually fill in?

BTW - snowing at a good clip here with the roads covered in Arlington/Falls Church area.

In Annapolis - my street is covered with about 1/2" (residential street). About 1.5" on my deck.

Very sticky/wet stuff, though. Not too good for sledding, but sticks to my satellite dish nicely. :-

Nice job guys . . . you blew it again. I know, I know . . . Washington DC weather is soooo hard to accurately forecast.

It's coming down moderately in Falls Church, with less than an inch of accumulation so far. It's slushy on the streets and sidewalks but slippery enough to cause problems.

how come my post counter doesnt update until i post again

I was wondering where Hoyafan was. Give it a little more time. Temps are dropping and the snows picking up. You should start seeing accumulations on pavement in the next hour or so.

i just drove in (to falls chrch) from ashburn. usually, my sister out there gets all the snow. as i got closer to falls church the snow got heavier. there was basically nothing falling out there, but beautiful snow here. still not sticking to roads and sidewalks, though.

Also, Margusity seems to be a downer on this storm too. He is pointing at the huge dry slot forming over Virginia plus he claims this is a weakening storm. Any counter-points? Save the snow!!!
http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=meteomadness

Thanks. Next post? YOUR schoolcast?

Hoyafan, please don't post 30 times an hour again like you did last time. The schoolcast was 3 apples, but I would say to go to bed on time unless we get drastic changes.

CWG - what do you guys make of the widening gap in the storm over Raleigh and central NC?

P.S. THink schools will close tonight in MD? MOCO? PG? What so you think? Sorry for not putting this in the other one.

Hoya

Just came from Five Guys in Sterling...barely even snowing :( At least the little bacon cheeseburger put a smile on my face!

not a flake in ashburn as of 7:53

Flurries.. about 3-5 flurries per minute in Olney; but not giving up hope yet.. maybe we'll be in the band where 1" per hour will begin falling around 8PM. still just a tad under 35 degrees. Guess I'll go pack my lunch for tomorrow now, and quit looking out the window.

we're getting hammered in Calvert County. We've got 4"-5" inches already.

@schrute for a massively contrary point of view, from Larry Cosgrove of WXAmerica: he's predicting 12+" for our immediate DC metro area!

http://www.examiner.com/x-3775-Houston-Weather-Examiner

After dropping to 29.97 inches, the barometer is now rising at DCA. I'm betting that high pressure is building in from the northeast, and that will continue to supress the precip.

Precip has ended over eastern NC, and is ending over southern VA.

This is turning into "SlushStorm 2009".

Some light snow in Arlington. Moderate sticking. I'd say about .5 inch on patio, somewhat less on pavement. Pretty weak stuff.

This smells like a bust to me. A glorious, got-to-go-to-school BUST.

It stopped snowing in Fredericksburg. 1.5" at most.

Blowing strong and the grass/roads are just about white here midway down Calvert County directly on the Bay.

LaurainNW, it's hard to believe it's been 15 years. Wow. We've got moderate to heavy snow in NW right now, starting to stick to sidewalks but streets are still wet.

i was just in calvert county an hour aog - st leonard and we were just at about an inch at 5:00 and about 3 now - 4-5 is a little bullish

Capitol Hill - It began sleeting a couple of hours ago and has turned to wet snow. Is now sticking to cars and grass/bark...but not pavement yet. Is it still to warm?

Even the grass still isn't white here NW of Charlottesville...

Temps started falling but then they hit a wall at 31.5-32 degrees. Not liking that, especially considering how heavy wet snows tend to cause power outages as bad as ice storms.

Anne Arundel has thrown in the towel for tomorrow. All schools and offices closed.

You've got to be kidding me, it just became 8pm, when the heavy stuff was supposed to start picking up. Give the storm a chance already. This would be like me saying you're a bust for not walking in the first month of your life!

D.C Schools just announced they were opening two hours EARLY!!! Dont even think about it kids!

Anne arundel County Schools closed tomorrow

Just went outside-only a dusting on the top of the car. I'm in Warrenton. I guess I shouldn't expect much, but I was hoping for something more!

Echo the Ashburn report. Nothing here in Broadlands. Had a few flurries earlier. Nothing now.

And as a fellow Hokie, I'll back you up VT Bob. You were on this one yesterday.

CWG contributors have been noticably quiet on the possibility that the high pressure to the north is killing the storm . . .

The moisture still stretches as far south as Atlanta

I can confirm it is snowing quite heavily in AA CO.

The present radar and precip. analysis indicate that many snowlovers in Va. south and west of D.C. may be disappointed tomorrow morning. I hope this changes, but the trend is not our friend.

Tremendous volatility with this system.

Consolidated moderate to heavy snowfall over s.w. Va. fell apart, dry slotted and began weak banding as it attempted to move n.e.

Yawn. Not much happening here in Centreville. Will make the Post's fear-mongering headlines look idiotic...again.

SouthsideFFX, I posted about high pressure building in a few minutes ago.

Radar is definitely showing the precip being suppressed to the south.

Capital Weather guys:
Will this huge dry slot fill in? I agree that the abundance of premature pessimism is quite annoying but the radar does look increasingly worrisome.

Snowing heavily in Logan Circle but not sticking to anything but the cars and grass.

Look at the dry slot approaching.

CWG will you thing about revising your accumulation forecast? It seems painfully obvious we're not getting 4-8 anywhere within the beltway or surrounding area to the West.

Curmodge, I meant from the CWG writers themselves, not commenters.

Sterling, VA, at 8:10pm, same as Ashburn/Broadlands. Flurries for a bit, made the pavement wet, but it's doing nothing now. My outside temperature gauge shows 34F.

Anne arundel County Schools closed tomorrow!

Mot I hope you're correct, but I am looking at rising temps - up to 36 now from 34 an hour ago, nothing falling, and almost calm winds. I know the storm was supposed to be an all nighter, but this is not going to be the storm that was forecast, no way.

Snowing heavily in Chesapeake Beach, MD (Calvert County). Already have about 2" on the ground.

Radar showing a big gap to the north-west, hopefully it will fill in.
http://tinyurl.com/dmq6uy
Still nothing here west of Centreville. Pavement looks wet. As for school closings, Charles MD, King George VA and Orange VA are closed.

Gotcha FFX!

The precip shield is really getting squeezed.

Sorry for the double post

Snowing in Mount Vernon/S. Alexandria, and sticking to the grass. But my digital thermometer reads 36. I feel a MAJOR BUMMER coming on.

I can't believe this is such a bust. I mean, I kind of suspected it but still, this is really awful.

A very disappointing NOTHING coming out of the sky at the Vienna Metro. Not making me very happy...

It has been snowing heavily and accumulating at a very fast rate in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County (Kingstowne). My mother is in Centreville, and she's reporting that it's barely snowing and melting over there. I think this system is unusual in that there's more snow expected East rather than the West, and the temperatures are also lower towards the East.

give it some time, it was delayed to begin with... i mean, it's still snowing in Charlotte.

It has stopped snowing here in the City of Manassas. Just snow on the grass for now.

Slight dusting in Ffx, but now it's stopped snowing. :(

For God's sake there's still 12+ hours of precipitation to go. There's tons of energy out there with this storm.

what the @!%!%$!!!!!
it STOPPED here in falls church. this cannot be happening.

Total loser here in N. Arlington. Nothing but a dusting, roads are clear. Its stopped snowing. I suppose we'll be getting another wave, but our early precip was rain, so I'm not figuring that the totals will be too impressive. I hate duds.

Folks-- This looks to be an underperformer if you live west of DC. New post just published.

I'm in Gaithersburg and it is snowing at the rate of 1 flake per minute as far as I can tell.

If you look got the local radar at accuweather.com, you can actually see the precipitation shield shrinking SE away from NW montgomery county. It was actually snowing harder 2 hours ago. What's going on? What causes that precipitation shield to shrink like that?

adctvmonkey - I'm right down the road from Kingstowne (right across from the Springfield Mall) and seeing very little accumulation, mostly wet right now with enough to coat the grass but not accumulating on hard surfaces yet.

This is looking like a big time bust in lower Montgomery County (Kensington) right now. A dusting on the grass and not much else.

Guess I'll be going to class tomorrow (in rockville)

At 8:20, no snow yet in Potomac...

JTF - Let it go...the handwriting is on the wall on this one.

It's gonna underperform....and for some people it's gonna do so drastically.

Still light snow outside here in Manassas. Not sticking to pavement apparently, but is sticking to cars.

Big dry slot southwest of Richmond getting bigger and moving this way. Doesn't look good folks.

Still no snow in Carroll County but it is cold with a N.E. wind blowing about 10-15 mph. The weather channel and the NWS have upped the snowfall amounts in Carroll with the bulk coming in around 2 or 3 AM with 20 to 30 mph winds and the same for later Mon morning. I'm still hoping for a 12+ incher in Carroll.

If you've watched TWC, you saw Cantore on I-85 N in the middle of Charlotte. Last broadcast feed he jumped when lightning and thunder occurred at the beginning of the broadcast. In downtown Charlotte (very heavy snow), nearly 3 inches accumulation; here in neighboring SC, snow tapered off since my last post but has picked up again and moderate snow reported, about 1.5 inches on the ground. We're still ground zero for the upper level system and the snow continues to fill in, now inching its way toward Columbia. Snow may taper off in DC later tonight but I think it will pick up again as the upper system moves NE from here.

Latest SWS out of Greenville SC advises of a deformation band from roughly Greenville, SC to Statesville, NC with 2-3 inches of snow per hour and frequent lightning, may move eastward over Charlotte, same upper level system that could move into DC early Monday AM.

In Glenn Dale, the trees have had that winter wonderland look since about 7:30. No visible accumulation on sidewalks and pavement, though there is a bit of transluscent slush. Wood steps and hand railings have about 1/2" of wet snow the consistency of a packed snowball. Jim

no snow in rockville yet...