Snowquester Storm BOMB!!! Mid Atlantic to get hammered with storm.

Lights are flickering here in Maryland just 10 miles north of DC!

Eyewitness News ‏@eyewitnessnyc

AccuWeather: Long-Duration Storm [link to ow.ly]

The Weather Channel‏@weatherchannel

RT @nbc40wmgm: Atlantic City Electric reporting just shy of 10,000 customers without power as of 1:15 p.m. #saturn

Hi Luis getting pretty breezy here, not sure how much SW Ct. Is expecting, conflicting estimates.

Heavy snows fall from Chicago to Virginia

Posted by: Dr. Jeff Masters, 03:32 PM GMT em 06 de Março de 2013

An intensifying winter storm has moved off the coast of Virginia this morning, and will bring heavy rain and snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding to most of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast over the next two days. Rain is mixing with snow in the Washington D.C. area, where 4 - 8" of snow is expected today, down from earlier forecasts of 8 - 12". According to The Capital Weather Gang, today's snowstorm needs at least 6.6" of accumulation to crack the top-ten list for biggest March snowstorms in D.C.; the biggest March snowstorm in D.C. history was 12" on March 27 - 28, 1891. Snowfall amounts of up to 15" have already fallen in western Virginia near Shenandoah National Park, as of 10 am EST Wednesday, and thundersnow was reported near Richmond, Virginia. Snowfall amounts of 12" were observed at Valparaiso, Indiana on Tuesday, and Chicago is digging out from 9.2"--the biggest March snow in Chicago in a calendar day since 11.5" fell on March 2, 1954. Chicago is now close to average for snowfall for the winter, since the city had a snow drought through most of December and January. The ratio of snow to liquid water ranged from 9:1 to 13:1 in the Chicago area, close to the typical 10:1 snow to liquid water snow the Midwest sees.


Figure 1. Satellite image of Winter Storm Saturn/Snowquester at 9:31 am EST March 6, 2013. Image credit: NASA.


Figure 2. Predicted snowfall amounts from Winter Storm Saturn (AKA Snowquester) from the NWS.

Coastal flooding a concern in the Mid-Atlantic and New England
This storm is going to cause a lot of damage to beaches all along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coast damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October, and by Winter Storm Nemo on February 9. The powerful onshore winds of the new storm have already piled up a storm surge in excess of 2' along most of the coast from Norfolk, Virginia to New York City. The highest surges at 10 am EST were 4' at Wachapreague, Virginia and 3.5' at Lewes, Delaware. Winds gusting to 55 mph will build waves of up to 15' and a 2 - 4' storm surge along the coast of New Jersey, causing widespread areas of moderate flooding. Moderate flooding is also expected along large portions of the New England coast, from New York City to Boston. The most dangerous flooding is predicted to occur along coast of Cape Cod Bay southeast of Boston, where Friday morning's high tide cycle is expected to be accompanied by a storm surge of 3 - 4' and waves as high as 25', causing major coastal flooding.

We'll have ongoing coverage this week of Winter Storm Saturn in our Winter Storm Section. You can track current storm surge levels using our wundermap with the storm surge layer turned on.

Jeff Masters
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AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

Roof damage and spotty power outages reported in Wildwood, NJ.

SevereStudios‏@severestudios

RT @mpoppel: Virginia Gov. McDonnell declares state of emergency due to winter storm [link to dlvr.it]

159. longislander10206:48 PM GMT em 06 de Março de 2013

Just drizzling here on south shore of Long Island, NY. No snow as of yet. Temperature is dropping though. The winds have really picked up in the last two hours. I can't believe it is only a wind advisory, feels like they should upgrade to high wind warning!
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RT @marcylauren: Power lines down in Cape May, NJ - 2,000 people without power in Cape May and Stone Harbor #Saturn

The Weather Channel‏@weatherchannel

MT @JSHurricaneNews: ocean is approaching the boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey as seen in this screenshot. [link to fb.me] #saturn

Hi, kaz .... I'm in SW CT too ! Close to NYS border. And you ?

Eagle

Hi Eagle, I am in the valley, was just at the Danbury mall the other day!

eaking News Storm‏@breakingstorm

NWS drops all winter storm warnings, replaces with advisories for DC region - @capitalweather

AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

Safe to say, winter finally hit Chicago with full force: [link to ow.ly]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
143 PM EST WED MAR 06 2013

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0700 AM SNOW CREEKSIDE 40.68N 79.19W
03/06/2013 M5.0 INCH INDIANA PA CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW 1 W FELLOWSVILLE 39.33N 79.83W
03/06/2013 M3.5 INCH PRESTON WV CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW 2 NW DONEGAL 40.13N 79.41W
03/06/2013 M5.0 INCH WESTMORELAND PA CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW BELOIT 40.92N 80.99W
03/06/2013 M2.0 INCH MAHONING OH CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW 2 NW MC HENRY 39.58N 79.37W
03/06/2013 M7.5 INCH GARRETT MD CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW NEW FLORENCE 40.33N 79.08W
03/06/2013 M3.5 INCH WESTMORELAND PA CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW CONEMAUGH DAM POOL 40.47N 79.37W
03/06/2013 M5.0 INCH INDIANA PA CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0700 AM SNOW CROOKED CK. DAM POOL 40.71N 79.51W
03/06/2013 M6.4 INCH ARMSTRONG PA CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0730 AM SNOW MOON TOWNSHIP 40.53N 80.22W
03/06/2013 M4.5 INCH ALLEGHENY PA CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

0900 AM SNOW CANAAN VALLEY #2 39.06N 79.44W
03/06/2013 M10.5 INCH TUCKER WV CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

1118 AM SNOW 3 SE CALDWELL 39.72N 81.46W
03/06/2013 M1.4 INCH NOBLE OH CO-OP OBSERVER

24 HOUR SNOWFALL. CO-OP OBSERVER

BREAKING: SNOWQUESTER TOTALS CUT DUE TO SEQUESTER--ACROSS THE BOARD FOR DC

The Weather Channel‏@weatherchannel

RT @StormForce_1: Water pounding houses and coming into the streets in #atlanticcity #NJ [link to twitter.com (secure)] #Saturn

The Weather Channel‏@weatherchannel

RT @garybaumgarten: Here we go again. Flooding in Highlands, NJ. Reporting for 1010 WINS [link to twitter.com (secure)] #Saturn

Well... There was a tornado last night.

TWC Breaking ‏@TWCBreaking

NWS has confirmed an EF1 tornado struck near Gibson, GA last night heavily damaging a church. The tornado was assoc. w/Winter Storm #Saturn.

Eric Fisher‏@EricFisherTWC

Not fun. RT @VDEM: Now up to 215,000 w/o power in Virginia #snowquestor #vawx

TACKED LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION WILL SLOWLY
PUSH OFFSHORE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN FARTHER OUT TO SEA
TONIGHT. IN SPITE OF NORTHERLY WINDS ROTATING AROUND THE
LOW...SURFACE TEMPS HAVE RISEN TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING
OVER THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STILL NUMEROUS
SNOWFALL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
WILL BE LIMITED. WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPED AREA
WIDE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS FROM
EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO JUST WEST OF CHESAPEAKE BAY. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH OR SO IN THE ADISORY
AREA. ALONG CHESAPEAKE BAY...PRECIP TYPE WILL MOSTLY BE
RAIN...ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SNOWFALL IS
TAPERING OFF.

wx discussion for DC

254. 1900hurricane08:37 PM GMT em 06 de Março de 2013

The lack of snowfall in the DC area can be blamed on only one thing: surface temperatures. Temps are plenty cold enough through the depth of the atmosphere to support snow until you get very near the surface. And with the column saturated all the way to the surface, evaporative cooling doesn't come into play either. Once it melts, it's rain for good. Ultimately, the greater heating period and more direct sun angle that comes with March did this storm in for those hoping for snow near the nation's capitol.

The Weather Channel‏@weatherchannel

RT @tedgreenberg: Flooding at 7th & Pleasure in Ocean City. [link to twitter.com (secure)] #njwx #saturn