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I drove through fog like that once after a big snow in Jan. 2008. Temps shot into the 50’s with a foot of snow on the ground. Visibility had to be 25 feet on State Road 2 and I wasn’t sure if I should maintain the speed limit and risk plowing into a stopped vehicle or slow down and risk getting hit from behind. It only lasted about five miles but that was scary af

Impressive squall line by December standards in Illinois rn

Yeah I liked that signal a few days ago and I think we’re in good shape right now. We definitely need to bring that home. A few inches would put us closer to Dec climo with uncertainty about the post Christmas possibilities.

Yeah agree. Luckily it’s cold to start out, but shift that south a bit.

Euro is still pretty nice for 12/23. Would be awesome to get that to trend a smidge further south to juice it up a little more.

You sure were. You’re welcome

Clearly the goal posts are still very wide, and until the block establishes itself there will be a lot of uncertainty in our sensible weather outcomes. 6z takes us to the promised land while 12z shows us a poor case scenario. What’s most likely to happen is something in the middle, cool dreary CAD with maybe a mixed event with more snow to the north of this sub (and even this is low confidence).

Someone is nervously melting

You should see the melts in a text group with 3 well known Mets.after they saw the gfs. I had to talk sense into them . Imagine that

Teetering in Tolland

Yep this is a good soaking rain that we needed ahead of the pattern change

Anything post-Xmas needs to be taken a massive grain of salt right now around this part of the country. The only certainty is the middle of the country will blowtorch.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 DCZ001-MDZ013-014-503-504-VAZ026-027-029>031-036>040-053-054-501-505- 506-526-190100- /O.EXA.KLWX.WI.Y.0024.251219T1700Z-251220T0000Z/ District of Columbia-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-Rockingham-Shenandoah- Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock- Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Northern Fauquier- Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-Northwest Prince William- 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Washington DC, and portions of central Maryland, and central, northern, northwest, and western Virginia. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusty winds may persist for several more hours Friday evening.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 MDZ003>006-008-011-505>508-VAZ028-WVZ050>053-055-190100- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0024.251219T1700Z-251220T0000Z/ Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-Cecil-Southern Baltimore-Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford-Frederick VA-Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley- Jefferson-Hardy- 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north-central, northeast, and northern Maryland, northwest Virginia, and eastern West Virginia. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusty winds may persist for several more hours Friday evening. A few gusts to near 60 mph are possible, especially along and just east of higher terrain.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 MDZ502-509-VAZ503-504-507-508-WVZ502-504-506-190100- /O.UPG.KLWX.WI.Y.0024.251219T1100Z-251220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLWX.HW.W.0004.251219T1100Z-251220T0000Z/ Central and Eastern Allegany-Western Garrett-Western Highland- Eastern Highland-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Eastern Grant-Eastern Mineral-Eastern Pendleton- 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...In Maryland, Central and Eastern Allegany and Western Garrett Counties. In Virginia, Central Virginia Blue Ridge and Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, and Eastern Highland and Western Highland Counties. In West Virginia, Eastern Grant, Eastern Mineral, and Eastern Pendleton Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM to 7 PM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds are expected above 3000 feet around or just before daybreak Friday. A second and more widespread surge will follow from about midday through late afternoon, with a third surge of wind possible Friday evening.

Some of the more impressive fog I have ever seen. Was in a turn lane and could not see the stop light until I was at the line, so well under 50 ft.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 MDZ501-510-WVZ501-503-505-190100- /O.UPG.KLWX.HW.A.0003.251219T1100Z-251220T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLWX.HW.W.0004.251219T1100Z-251220T0300Z/ Extreme Western Allegany-Eastern Garrett-Western Grant-Western Mineral-Western Pendleton- 1153 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...In Maryland, Eastern Garrett and Extreme Western Allegany Counties. In West Virginia, Western Grant, Western Mineral, and Western Pendleton Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM to 10 PM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds are expected above 3000 feet around or just before daybreak Friday. A second and more widespread surge will follow from about midday through late afternoon, with a third surge of wind expected Friday evening.

Today will presumably break the streak of 21 days/3 weeks of below normal temps. That’s an impressive run. When was the last time we had a streak that long? I thought Feb-Mar 2015, but that didn’t have that many consecutive BN days. Nov-Dec 1989 had 32 days!

Oh yes... just cant wait for more wind tomorrow!

Block was lousy throughout the run really resulting in few cold intrusions.

12z Euro skynet is out too and looks pretty stormy and not overly torchy over the run. I don’t think it’s a very good pattern unless we retrograde it a couple hundred miles at minimum but it wouldn’t take a whole lot of breaks to get through it with a couple decent events.

What a bunch of melts over an op run lol. Everyone was feeling great like 3 hours ago until the gfs came out

One op run. There is no torch

Hopefully euro and EPS hold because the other guidance taking a shit on winter at 12z.

Jelly