Fozz

Very sad to hear. I will miss his updates.

Ouch that sounds pretty bad. I hope he recovers from his ordeal.

What happened?

Geoengineering is probably a bad idea but I think if the world hits 3.0°C+ (God forbid), it might become the less bad option. Unless future AI can invent a vast carbon capture system that scales on a planetary level.

You should’ve just skied east. Vermont instead of Colorado. I’d say if you book a big ski trip months in advance then it might help to get a refundable option just in case. I’ve postponed or canceled a few trips before. I know you usually hit Breckenridge or Vail in early Feb.

I haven’t posted much this month because there hasn’t been much to post about except warmth and snowmelt. After a good winter, it’s been a very disappointing March.

Great news! It appears that BWI will be going with 1” for this event. I do think the airport may have gotten a few tenths more but this is good enough IMO. I don’t know if any LWX mets who are in charge of these records read this board (MillvilleWx maybe?), but I do appreciate them following through what I recommended and so I have to give them credit where it’s due. The reason why I cared so much is because this was an extraordinary event and I want the official record to reflect how it unfolded - from a midnight high of 76 to accumulating snow in the same day.

Looks like BWI changed it to an M, meaning they’re acknowledging that the data is missing for that day. I hope they figure something out eventually. I think they should split the difference between the nearest 1.0 and 1.4 and go with 1.2”. Sure it won’t be perfect but at the most they’ll be off by a few tenths. Better than going down in history as a false zero.

I’m guessing nobody bothered to measure until it was too late and everything had already melted. It’s a huge abdication of responsibility if that’s the case. They should revise it to what the nearest site measured - if they could revise the 2009-10 totals down months after the fact, then they can do the same here the other way around.

So BWI reported a mere trace of snow today while the next town over got over an inch?

Living further north does not give you more knowledge or authority on this topic nor on mid-Atlantic climo. You just don’t know what you’re talking about.

I remember there used to be a traffic cam near Manchester, MD (MD-30 at PA line) but I don’t know where to find it anymore. I wish I could see it because any higher terrain that gets good rates will probably get the best accumulation.

When was it 87 at McLean today? That number has to be from yesterday

He ran away like a chicken. I don’t care if it was 90 degrees the day before. If it gets cold enough and snows at a heavy enough rate then it can stick, even if it’s South Carolina. Of course we all know this but some of these fools need to have it repeated to them.

And again, all of this is happening after a midnight high of 73 in BWI, 77 in DCA and 76-77 in IAD.