I am seeing very light snow falling outside my window now.

Yeah

With temps in the mid 30s, ratios are likely 9-1...So they will probably push down the totals.

You sure? I'm hearing they'll be falling rapidly and we could be closer to 12:1 or 13:1. The models are not keeping up with what's being reported.

The battle has begun.......with the dirty work...such as hard to walk, hard to walk, hard to walk, shoveling, shoveling, shoveling and many more!

I gotta watch the "Man vs. Wild" on the discovery channel. I gotta learn from him.....hee, hee, hee.

I am bad at math. What are you saying? Give me regular numbers, please.

I think 24 inches would be the minimum in our area, but I'm new to this whole thing.

All I have to say is: snOMG

::runs around crazy w/ arms in air::

To get a little more technical, I think a lot of models started to indicate we'd be seeing more of a sleet/mix for a few hours. That, of course, would lower our accumulation totals. BUT, as we're all seeing across the area, it's snow all the way to the ground pretty much everywhere. As this moves in, the mid-30s temps will be dropping below freezing and it's just going to be an absolute machine until later on Saturday. The sheer size of this storm makes December feel like a little brother.

I am so excited I might pee in my pants.

HaHaHa! I know what your'e thinking......

HOLY CRAP

This just came out:



I'm telling you, we're going to start seeing the accumulation totals jumping up very soon.

Is it sticking to the roads yet?

Not yet.

The roads are still wet but it's sticking to the sidewalks now.

Great. I'm dreading the drive home from Tysons.

"Snow. Snow never changes"

Low side - 24 inches
High side - 36 inches

Holy Crap doesn't begin to describe it.

Sh--!

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My husband left from Tysons to come home about 10 minutes ago. We'll see how he does.

I think we already have an inch and the storm warning says to only expect one inch by 5pm. yikes. this is a big one people.

I just got home and it's starting to stick to the roads and trees. The main roads were better than the back ones and Regal Wood is getting bad already! Be safe!

Where is that? My window overlooks the toll road - there's a backup to get on the beltway to go north but nothing going west ..... yet.....

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Capital One building, just after 123 and before 267.

Just came back from Teeter's. The chicken area has been stacked up.

The parking alot at Town Center is now filling up with the slushy. Be careful.

Hope you're equipped to shelter in place 3-5 days AT WORK. Yikes.

Jerks aren't closing the office until 3:00p....It's safe out and all.

im still here at work too. i have a proposal meeting from 1-4, so can't leave until then... so far doesn't look to be sticking too much on the road.

We just came down BRR about 30 minutes ago and the snow was accumulating there. Dulles toll road was not bad.

I just cleared about an inch of slush off my driveway. The snow is, so far, wet and heavy. I can't wait to shovel 30" of it.

If it's that heavy and wet, it might actually keep the totals down a bit.

I am thinking thinking that the totals are going to be close to the high mark once it gets a little bit colder. Anyone who is thinking it is a good idea to wait until sunny Sunday - be forewarned - you won't be able to lift this stuff to shovel it. Also, it completely recovered my patio in about 10 minutes and it is supposed to come down heavier overnight. Goretex is your friend with this storm, otherwise you are going to be soaking wet pretty quickly.

Also - not to be a Debbie downer, but if we really get close to 30 inches, if I had a deck, I'd be thinking about clearing it or at least part of it.

Pick up DH from DC around 11:30. Traffic moved very slowly on 66 to Toll Rd exit. Sure wished people would turn the lights on the visibility was not the best.

Shoveled 2 inches of wet snow so far.

The Blk car on Magellan Sq that is not in a space is bound to get hit at some point the weekend. MOVE YOUR CAR to a driveway or a space

That is what happens when the Feds and everyone else release 4 hours early or around noon....

I just love the thought of being part of history.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1234 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

DCZ001-MDZ004>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ042-050>057-501-502-
060145-
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
1234 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...RECORD SNOWFALL FORECAST IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON DC REGION...

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT...

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY
FALLING BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT TO PRODUCE NEAR-BLIZZARD AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED TONIGHT AND WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS.

LOOKING BACK AT THE BIGGEST STORM OF RECORD FOR WASHINGTON DC... THE
JANUARY 1922 KNICKERBOCKER STORM...28.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS
PRODUCED FROM 3.02 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER. CURRENT FORECASTS FOR
THIS EVENT HAVE TOTAL LIQUID FALLING FROM THIS STORM APPROACHING 3
INCHES...WHICH ACCORDINGLY WOULD CREATE A SNOWFALL THAT WILL RIVAL
THE KNICKERBOCKER STORM TOTAL. GENERALLY ACROSS THE REGION...20 TO
30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY SATURDAY EVENING.

The phrase shelter in place makes me a little excited.

But that's just my emergency preparedness OCD talking.

Panera had a sign on their door last night that they will be closed on Saturday. I just heard that Harris Teeter will be closed tomorrow. I would imagine most places will be closed Saturday.

Well...its been snowing since 10 am and there's literally nothing on any paved surfaces. I just ran out to Home Depot and everything was perfectly fine. The weather folks on CNN are now downplaying this one, mocking predictions of 24+ inches for DC. They say a mixture of dry bands and wet snow will keep totals down.

Personally, I'm starting to get dubious--if we're really going to get that much snow, it needs to start accumulating. Other than the fact that traffic would have sucked, there's no reason I couldn't have gone in to work today.

Ditto. If this is a bust I'm going to be irked as I canceled my ski trip to Montana.

No, no, no... this was entirely expected. The CNN weather folks are hacks. The temperatures are hovering within about 2 or 3 degrees of freezing. We're only supposed to get a few inches out of this daytime snow. Once it gets darker, we will move quickly below freezing, the storm will intensify with the system off the coast, and we will most assuredly get our two feet or more.

Where are you? We have accumulations on yard, sidewalks and street. We've already shoveled once.

I am under the impression there are still 30 more hours of snow to go? Weather warning was until 10pm tomorrow. While it hasn't stuck to the surfaces, we've had about an inch in the yard. My guess is that overnight, we are screwed.

Nothing sticking on the driveway.. Looks like it is on the street and sidewalk though.

A super nice neighbor just walked the length of our TH Building and cleared all of our sidewalks! Just in case you visit here THANK YOU!

My husband, the weather freak, is in agreement. He says "I see CNN is still Gore to the core".

New closing info. The theatre is closing early - last movie starts at 4:40.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Anyone want to take bets on when the first plow complaint comes in?



Oh and I am parking my car on the street in front of my driveway to that I don't end up with a 6ft wall of snow down at the bottom. Who's with me?

You'll still have the wall just a little farther out in the road. And, you'll still have to shovel to get your car out.