Weather watchers in the Mid-Atlantic have named this the Snowpocalypse. Other monikers on Twitter include include: Snowmageddon, Pandesnowmium, Snowroshima, and Snowtorious B.I.G.
It is a big winter storm affecting the mid-Atlantic this morning. It is being compared to the 1996 storm on the East Coast, at least for Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA
17 inches at the Airport. Still snowing. Temp 24F, wind NNE 30 g 36.
WASHINGTON/BALTIMORE
…Radar shows widespread covering covering the area.
…Reagan-National: Snow, 30F, N-17…through 6 a.m. 13 inches had fallen with 13 inches on the ground.
…Dulles: Snow, Freezing Fog, 28F, N 13 G 23…through 6 a.m. 17 inches of snow
…Blizzard warnings continue for Baltimore, Washington and Annapolis. Additional 4-8 inches of snow and NE winds 15-25 will create blowing and drifting snow. Snow totals expected 20-30 inches.
…19.5 inches at American University in D.C. according to NWS Sterling.
…BWI Airport: 19 inches through 6 a.m….still snowing heavily
POWER OUTAGES
Power is failing in many locations. It will be a cold, dark storm for hundreds of thousands before it is over.
Here is just the PEPCO (Utility that serves Washington) map…
SNOWBALL FIGHTS SCHEDULED
Twitter being used effectively in the D.C. area: snowball fights being scheduled all over the place.
AMAZING SNOW TOTALS
Here is a complete list of amazing snow totals through 7 a.m. Many, many reports in excess of 2 feet including 28.5 inches at Ekhart Mines in Allegany County, MD. and 30.3 inches near Elkridge MD with snow falling at rate of 3 to 4 inches per hour at times.
TIME LAPSE VIDEO
Here is a cool snow timelapse from Washington, D.C.
SURFACE LOW
The powerful surface low responsible for all this mayhem is east of Virginia Beach this morning…with a secondary low trailing back over southwestern Virginia. The barometer at Virginia Beach dropped to 29.20 inches as the low passed nearby. 38F and a very cold rain there at this hour.
FROM TWITPIC
https://twitpic.com/11ozmw
Andrea Butera, our Guest Panelist for Monday night’s WeatherBrains show retweeted this photo from the D.C. area this morning…
