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My Mother-in-Law moved in with us not long ago. She had a snow blower, which she said she was going to leave at her old house. I said "No way. That's coming with you." 5 horse power, 22". It's been gathering dust in the garage for two years. Today, I gassed it up, cranked it over, and it fired right up. Works good. I'm ready. I'm thinking that's a sign we get 2 inches, max.

It's the gift that keeps on giving! Ask Clark Griswold!!!

Crazy. Jarry Jarry

I think they are exaggerating totals a bit because its a high impact event with temps well below freezing and a lot of precip.

It's not done...gonna reverse.

Fwiw, minor shift south in the snowfall on the 21z Srefs from the 15z. That 2 ticks south in a row for the Srefs...baby steps are better than nothing! The slight reduction in precip is filled in the 81 and 84hr panels.

Amen. Mappy is awesome. Been here since the beginning. And she has tolerated a whole bunch of childish bullshit from me.

To be fair the icing potential, which will cause the biggest impacts is substantial and covers a massive region. This storm is a very big deal for many. We've dealt with a lot worse but those south will see historic winter weather.

A question on the NWS ice forecast. Is the ice accumulation freezing rain + sleet that freezes on the ground or just the freezing rain estimates? It seems that is a pretty big distinction for the amount of trees and powerlines coming down unless I am missing something. And yes I am much more of a lurker than poster because I am not a weather expert, so if its a dumb ass quote blame my New England roots. We do not really get ice storms like that up there.

It doesn’t get there as fast I kid…. I kid .

Right there with you!

Yeah, I was just about to comment on that in the January thread. Nice dose of winter starting now!

I've got people up in Detroit that might help by driving down trucks of frozen lake water and dumping it along the Chesapeake.

Biggest in 10 for me, lol

I know, right?!?! Hell, I grew up in northeast Ohio in the '70s and '80s and recall the record bitter cold winter of 1976-77. Temp in Cleveland was below freezing from the last part of December through the first week of February. Dinosaurs froze up on the roads, for those families well off enough to have a dinosaur for transportation. It was an icy walk to school uphill both ways!! (But in all seriousness, that was an incredible winter and extreme cold over the entire eastern US. That and the following one, 1977-78!).

Good start to the game. Wow Mantha 2 goals in 20 seconds

If there is a bright spot it very well could be that. But I also remember all those years where I was furious over 33 and rain. .

For the last few hours I’ve seen several forecasters saying it’s slowing down. So what does that mean for the downstream effects.

I noticed that a lot of them look nearly identical!!!

It's always far too cold/snowy in this range for this type of storm. It's a well known bias, and it can be pretty extreme sometimes.

I wish I could pay her. She deals with a lot of shit. Sexist, shitty comments (people calling her board mom when they get moderated) and usually trying to snipe her when they don't do it to male mods. She's a trooper and a good mod who actually cares about this place. I'm sending her a bonus after this winter...a few 7-11 coupon deals and a jelly of the month club membership.

These are the NWS maps from this afternoon/evening:

That's ambitious but Monday should be a wintry day for all to enjoy.

I’ve been upset all day as the warm tongue is literally in my yard….im in the Nam hole