The National Weather Service has just thrown in the towel for us here in central Maryland. All warnings/advisories dropped for S. Baltimore, Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Calvert and St. Mary’s counties.
The Winter Storm Warning has been downgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory for counties north and west of I-95.
Expect rain or a rain/snow mix to continue through this evening, possibly heavy at times. Little to no snow accumulation is expected along and east of I-95 while an additional inch or two may accumulate west of I-95.
In the end, the easterly flow was much too strong due to the storm moving east or even southeast over Virginia, allowing warm air off the Atlantic to overspread central and eastern Maryland. Temperatures were already going to be marginal for snow accumulation so the additional surge of warm air was just too much to overcome. Further west, the snow continues to fall and pile up as expected.
It was an extremely difficult forecast and I ended up completely wrong across central Maryland. I expected a change over this morning that never occurred.
Further west, I was generally correct, although most of the totals are on the low end of my ranges.
Here are the latest snowfall totals with my forecast in parentheses:
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
1 E ADAMS MORGAN 0.8 920 AM 3/06 PUBLIC
MARYLAND
...ALLEGANY COUNTY... (Forecast: 8-12")
2 NNW FROSTBURG 12.5 1232 PM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
WESTERNPORT 11.3 820 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
ECKHART MINES 10.0 1036 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 S ECKHART MINES 9.5 1016 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 N FROSTBURG 7.0 716 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 S LA VALE 7.0 805 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 ESE RIDGELEY 6.5 1100 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
CUMBERLAND 6.0 742 AM 3/06 CO-OP OBSERVER
LA VALE 4.5 745 AM 3/06 PUBLIC
1 W NORTH BRANCH 4.0 830 AM 3/06 COUNTY EMRG MGMT
...ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY... (Forecast: 4-8")
BWI AIRPORT T 100 PM 3/06 AIRPORT
...BALTIMORE COUNTY... (Forecast: 4-8" South, 6-10" North)
1 W PARKTON 4.1 1130 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 SE GARRISON 3.0 110 PM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
3 S PARKTON 2.8 927 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 NW LONG GREEN 2.5 800 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 E OELLA 1.9 700 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
...BALTIMORE CITY...
1 NE PIMLICO 1.0 700 AM 3/06 COCORAHS
...CARROLL COUNTY... (Forecast: 6-10")
3 S WESTMINSTER 4.9 905 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
WESTMINSTER 4.5 1110 AM 3/06 COUNTY EMRG MGMT
2 SE WESTMINSTER 4.3 817 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
3 WSW LINEBORO 4.3 1050 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
UNION BRIDGE 4.0 700 AM 3/06 PUBLIC
3 NNW GAITHER 2.9 800 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
3 SE WINFIELD 1.7 740 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
...CHARLES COUNTY... (Forecast: 2-4")
2 ESE BRYANS ROAD 2.3 1151 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
...FREDERICK COUNTY... (Forecast: 6-10")
3 NW FREDERICK 5.3 144 PM 3/06 NWS EMPLOYEE
4 E MYERSVILLE 5.0 1030 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
2 S BLOOMFIELD 3.5 1135 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 NE POINT OF ROCKS 3.0 800 AM 3/06 PUBLIC
...HOWARD COUNTY... (Forecast: 6-10")
2 SE GAITHER 3.0 900 AM 3/06 COCORAHS
DAYTON 3.0 910 AM 3/06 PUBLIC
2 N COLUMBIA 2.0 110 PM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 N SAVAGE 1.5 730 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 WSW SAVAGE 1.0 820 AM 3/06 NWS EMPLOYEE
1 SW ELLICOTT CITY 0.9 930 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
...MONTGOMERY COUNTY... (Forecast: 6-10")
3 SSW DAMASCUS 5.0 1241 PM 3/06 CO-OP OBSERVER
2 SSW GERMANTOWN 2.6 800 AM 3/06 NWS EMPLOYEE
1 ENE GAITHERSBURG 2.6 1247 PM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 ESE NORBECK 2.5 1250 PM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 NNE FAIRLAND 2.0 730 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 NE DERWOOD 1.5 830 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
GLEN ECHO 1.0 700 AM 3/06 NWS EMPLOYEE
...PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY... (Forecast: 4-8")
1 SW OXON HILL 2.0 120 PM 3/06 CO-OP OBSERVER
1 SW COLLEGE PARK 0.6 1015 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
HYATTSVILLE 0.5 945 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
...WASHINGTON COUNTY... (Forecast: 8-12")
3 SSW CAVETOWN 6.0 751 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 WSW CAVETOWN 4.5 825 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 ESE LONG MEADOW 3.0 1140 AM 3/06 TRAINED SPOTTER
