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38 / 36 warmup is upon us. Many to 50 today otherwise upper 40s. Same tomorrow and Friday with Saturday warm and wet perhaps an inch of rain Sat pm. Drier and still overall normal - above normal 1/11 - 1/15. Beyond there WC ridge - EC trough could yield storm tracking opportunities with track the key to yielding snow/ice vs rain. It does look to trend colder in the 10 days beyond 1/17. 1/7 - 1/15 : Overall warmer than normal 1/16 - 1/24 : Colder / WC ridge - EC trough - storm tracking 1/25 - Beyond : Perhaps moderation / near normal

Sidewalks in Cambridge/Somerville were treacherous in places, fine in others. Roads mostly fine (I wound up walking in them) as they've seen some salt. 32 feels warm after the past few weeks.

I actually think about those 2 weeks a lot. My greatest snow depth in my lifetime (I'm 60) occurred in 2010. I had more snow (43" versus 40") in 2010 as well. And the 2nd storm in 2010 was a legitimate blizzard with probably the most intense 6-8 hours of snow/wind that I've witnessed other than perhaps the 1978 storm. On the flip side, that week in 1996 was wall to wall winter. As was mentioned, there were 3 separate events spaced out on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. And it was cold all week. The 5 days between the 2 February 2010 storms was quite benign. They were both incredible. I guess from a "wow" factor, standing outside in the blizzard on February 10, 2010 was surreal between the rate of snowfall, wind speed, visibility and snow depth. So with that, I give a very slight edge to 2010 because I highly doubt I will ever see that much snow in my yard again in my life.

25.6° -SN Accums are probably done outside of a new coating.

Mixture of freezing rain and snow here but becoming more skewed towards snow

I should probably drop this in banter because I really don’t know what I’m talking about, but I’m looking forward to the release of the monthly ENSO discussion in a few days. Fingers crossed that the Nina is heading to, and may get to neutral for the rest of winter.

This place would be great research material. lol. Having said that, I will pencil myself in for SECS on Jan 20-21.

Looked like it was going to be a sunny day for the first time in forever, but in the last ten minutes, whoops! Here come the clouds, rolling in as always . . . Blah!

No argument here.

It's 52 degrees at the Thurmont mesonet site, but 31 at Clarksville. What a temperatures inversion.

Two hour school delay here today. Pretty good coating of ice on everything. It’s actually snowing currently. 31°.

Cleared of our daughter’s car for her to head to work the lifts at Wachusett. Very little ice on the trees but probably 0.15-0.2 on her car. smart call to close schools up here in the hill towns.

This is showing a strong SE ridge signal for February:

So it is outstanding when out standing!

EPS not the worst but any real threat still out in the ether

Did not expect this level of mild to start the day. Feels outstanding outside.

Additional sites will be: Germantown, Gaithersburg, Chevy Chase, and Laytonsville. While these stations are more compact in size, and therefore able to fit in more urban locations, the limiting factors are: available land partners, cell reception, and open sky for accurate wind measurements and solar charging of batteries.

Wait till it’s gone on the 12z and a SER is there.

A nice January thaw day on the way although a bit breezy with highs well into the 40's. Even better weather tomorrow with sun and less wind. Shower chances increase Friday and into Saturday which will mark the end of our very brief milder period. We turn back to colder during the day Sunday and we should see normal January temperatures returning for much of next week. We may also start to see some potential for more wintry weather as we move toward the end of next week.

A nice January thaw day on the way although a bit breezy with highs well into the 40's. Even better weather tomorrow with sun and less wind. Shower chances increase Friday and into Saturday which will mark the end of our very brief milder period. We turn back to colder during the day Sunday and we should see normal January temperatures returning for much of next week. We may also start to see some potential for more wintry weather as we move toward the end of next week.

Suspect the rain will exit stage right well before kick off - bigger deal IMO will be the wind....

That is awesome. Good work to you and @wxmeddler! Any details on locations?

None of this is surprising, it’s pretty much on-brand for a La Nina: the front-loaded cold, the dry air, the snow hole over the mid-Atlantic, etc. If we were seeing lots of Perfect Track Rainstorms like a few years ago I’d be pissed and start talking about “the elephant”, but this winter has been what I expected so far, looking historically. I don’t think we’re done with snow yet anyway.