Mon-Tue Storm Summary and More Weather News

Unfortunately, this storm was a bust, mainly in terms of snow totals though. 1-3 inches was expected in NW MoCo, and instead they got 0.5 inches. I myself, in Gaithersburg, have measured 1.5 inches of snow, and a tenth of an inch of ice accumulation. The advisory is still in effect for the entire county until 1 PM, expecting up to a tenth of new ice accumulation. The main reason we had a bust was because we had a dry period where we didn't see anything, and we got somewhat robbed of our moisture. For the freezing rain, there was enough moisture for it to fall, but we didn't get as much moisture as what was expected, during what was supposed to be the main time for ice accumulation. All in all, it wasn't too bad, we still got something, unlike the March "storm" in 2019. It started as sleet for upper MoCo and maybe rain for Southern MoCo, then everyone switched to pure snow, then had a dry period, with mixed precipitation scattered across the area, then we had freezing rain for a while, and then some areas had rain, and now its pretty much over. I have some good news though. The snow drought has ended in DC, where 0.3 inches of snow was measured!  It is very icy and snowy out on the roads and sidewalks, so if you have to travel, slow down and use caution(black ice is the main threat here). 

You know the Wednesday/Thursday storm I was talking about? Well, it's pretty much disappeared to our south. We won't be seeing any actual snow, but we may just see some snow showers/flurries. The more southern you are located, the more likelier you will see some light snow from the Wednesday-Thursday storm. There could be a last minute north trend, but even then, I don't think we will see too much snow from it. Still something to keep watching though.

However, there's ANOTHER winter storm threat, on Sunday-Monday. I won't go into too much detail, as we are pretty far out, but it could bring some significant snowfall. Even if this threat misses, we have a split polar vortex, which will supply Arctic air for us, and will keep the active, favorable pattern into February, so we have more chances to see some snow. 

The NWS shows a slight winter threat for the entire region, with medium confidence, and what seems to be a low impact.

That's pretty much it for now, I will make a new post about the Thursday storm in the next 24-48 hours if anything changes, but I don't think it will. I will also make a new post about the Sunday-Monday storm in 2-3 days!