The Snow of your Life
4:30 AM EST 1/23 Winter Hurricane? Snow-nado? What's your one or two words to describe the scene outside?
One of the wildest radar reflectivities we've ever seen from earlier this morning shows the incredible intensity of this Big... er, ULTRA Kahuna now ripping across the region.
Believe it or not, snow rates and wind speeds may continue INCREASING the next few hours by daybreak, making 2010 seem Iike a flurry compared to the amazing strength of this storm. After sunrise, get ready to cue the thundersnow if you live anywhere east of I-81.
Tell us about the monster at work at your house, or you can share your pics to our Facebook page where there are a "few' readers. Just take it that photo safely from the window of course!)
THE COLORS ABOVE? The red/green in that top image shows how high a velocity the energy is moving toward and away from the Sterling NWS radar site, simultaneously. It's also something you normally see in tornadic radars, not snowstorms! There is no such thing as a snow-nado but in Hollywood that's what they would call it. Here in Maryland, they just call it normal-- about every 6 years or so.
The FF Powderhounds