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Howard it sounds like you're in an igloo.... best of luck. I hope you keep power and this passes quickly!

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It's going to be a beautiful day at the Leucadia Farmers Market

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Hey, Richard, are you making Tracy do all the packing and set-up??? Get going! :ha:

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It was a bit windy today. After winds from North we ussually get some better weather.
:woohoonaner:

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Interesting how the waves are perpendicular to the coast.

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Hey there,

Sorry for the delay in posting. Just so much to do, see....etc. SO many incredible stories to tell. Suffice it to say that the forecast was correct. From the timing, to the accumulations, they hit this nail dead on the head. Once again, true to form, National Airport, which is one mile from me was one of the lowest totals, measuring 17.8", surpassing the blizzard of 1996. I live 1 mile from National airport, and I measured no less than 20" and no more than 26".The wind blew it around so much its hard to get an accurate measurement. 23" seems to be the most common number measured in and around my area, although some measured has high as 30". 27" was a very common number throughout the entire Washington Metropolitan area. Snow drifts of 3-5 feet were/ are common. Blizzard conditions were common, and whiteout condiditons did happen several times during the event. Visibilities were from at best 3 tenths of a mile, to often times less than 50 feet. Commonly, you could see about 1 city block. Winds were in the 30-40MPH range. Snow fall rates at times were 2+ inches per hour, and at 3 different times during this storm, we had THUNDERSNOW, with frequent lightining. It was during these thunder snowstorms when at times the snowfall rates would increase to nearly 4" per hour. It literally looked fake at times, as if someone was on he roof dumping buckets of snow over the side.

All but the final 4 or 5 inches was a very heavy wet snow, which was the reason for such massive numbers of power outages (hundreds of thousands) and numerous building collapses. Buildings are STILL collapsing even today. A 102 year old chruch as collapsed completely, a hanger at Dulles airport has collapsed, A fire house, a post office, a school, a shopping center... collapsed. Just to name a few. And the trees, forget it. There are trees bent, broken, or down, even uprooted, all over the area, on power lines, and over roads. There are still nearly 100,000 people without power that I am seeing on the news. Our subway system, METRO, suspended above ground service at 11PM on Friday evening, and will remain limited to only under ground service at least through today. METRO bus service is still also suspended, except for on a very limited basis. (about 8 lines out of a couple hundred) Most side streets remain untouched. Secondary roads are not very good, Man roads are passable, even stretches of more than 1 lane (were talking one lane for BOTH directions) and the interstates are in fair shape with 2 lanes, sometimes 3 available, but keep in mind that most of this is just very packed snow, except on the interstates, where there is a fair amount of slushy pavement. It has not been above freezing since about 12PM friday, and last n ight was in the low teens in the city, as is expected for the next few nights, with highs around 30. One bright spot, yesterday and today were both sunny. Today we MAY nudge above 32 for a time. Snow removal has become a problem as well, as there is simply just no where to put it. There is also no where for anyone to walk, so all foot traffic (and ski traffic) is in the roads as well, creating even more congestion.

However, we are once again under a winter storm watch, with potentially another 5-10 inches of snow Tuesday afternoon thru Wednesday afternoon. For places that it snows all the time like ski resorts or something, this is fine. For this area, well lets just say the word I would use to describe what it has done would be "crippling". Anyway, wont bore you with anymore typing.

Because there are so many photos I am only going to a few pics, before and after of a few things for comparison, and perhaps a couple more as teasers. I will link you to the album where the rest of the photos are located so you can view them at your leisure.

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Hey KJ, I don't know about you but I'm ready for some warmth! I know the snow is a good insulator against the cold temps we've been having, but enough is enough. Another up to 10" Tuesday evening-Wednesday, and now a possibility for a weekend snowstorm again. Time to pull out the Jamisons. BTW, my own official reading in my backyard patio where it's level, 31".

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Statement as of 3:04 PM EST on February 08, 2010

... Winter Storm Warning in effect from noon Tuesday to 7 PM EST
Wednesday...

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
Winter Storm Warning for... which is in effect from noon Tuesday
to 7 PM EST Wednesday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in
effect.

* Precipitation type... snow.

* Accumulations... 10 to 20 inches.

* Timing... mid-afternoon Tuesday through Wednesday.

* Temperatures... temperatures near freezing at the onset Tuesday
afternoon. Temperatures will drop into the upper 20s Tuesday
night and Wednesday.

* Winds... light southeasterly winds Tuesday becoming
northwesterly 15 to 25 mph Wednesday.

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.



This is getting ridiculous.

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LOVE THOSE PALM TREES!!!!! I WANT ONE!!! Great picture, thanks so much for sharing!:woohoonaner:

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Tony, your last pic is black w/only a few lights at bottom. What is it?
We are in midst of snow emergency. Some parts look over 2 feet & it'll keep coming till tomorrow. It is soooo windy, snow is blowing sideways - looks like a sand storm.
I shoveled twice today so I'll just wait till tomorrow.
I think this is coming your way Howard:(

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Our abnormally cold winter seems mild in comparison to all those people in the NorthEast--(that still doesn't make me like it). Anyway, I feel for all of those snow bound members up there.

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Patty, you need to calibrate your monitor (or get a new one?). Tony's photo has a dozen or so palm trees with very dark storm clouds. The "lights" you see are sunlight off in the distance.

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Thanks sbl, I was OK till now. I just looked out & see that the plow went by again & plowed me in real good across the street. I woulda been better off if I never moved my car!
We have parking restrictions that no one can park across the street untill it's plowed. So, it got plowed & I spun a donut & parked there. Now I gotta get out & shovel me out....grrrrr. Cars parked in front are fine.

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My son sent me pictures from MD, the snow is getting close to 4 ft deep now--with drifts well over 6 ft. Many people without power, grocery stores even if they are open are running out of food. Most days have not even made it up to freezing for more than a week. There may be even one more snow storm in the forecast!

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Harvey were 4 degrees colder than you. Whats up with that.

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blaaaaaaah

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Wet melting snow right now
Changing to all snow as Temp drops

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