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Rare bird these days. We sure could do with an event like this.

Here is h5 for that event.

It may have been a southern slider that ended up a MA slider. It definitely had some latitude gain though as it tracked eastward I believe. I don't think it was straight W-E in its track. I could be wrong. I am sure @psuhoffman can provide the specifics.

I just remember it look suppressed, then it looked like it might hit the coastal plain of MD and DE, then it trended NW in the last day or so and ended up a solid event for everyone. That's how it can work with some decent blocking and legit cold in place. No mixing issues except maybe in SE VA or something. I recall it being in the mid teens here from start to finish, no lulls in intensity, and ended up with 7". Loved that day.

Perfect. In some ways, that was the most enjoyable event of that remarkable winter.

I dont think we are getting the goods with this one. Looks good for Easton and Denton and further SE.

Some flakeage here now. Maybe I can catch the NW edge of this one.

Looks a lot like the op to me.

No one posted it? Thought i saw it back there somewhere.

In between sounds good to me. I don't care for either solution verbatim.

The parting shot snow band looks good for places along the lower bay. HRRR has had this on recent runs. 3k NAM too I think.

I mean I don't hate it either, but most here do. I would much rather have it with a few inches of snow otg.

As long as it tracks 75-100 miles further east, I am down.

My last recollection of a temp at zero was after a snowstorm in early March of 2015 I believe. Was a great day, so refreshing. I went hiking and temps were in the 20s that day. Took lots of photos.

Last time I looked past the gravy I ended up with a smaller helping of gravy, and no meat.

No one wants cold and dry, but I would love the rare snowstorm followed by a shot of true Arctic air. Not like it would last long around here, but I love a few mornings around zero with snow cover. Its awesome. Haven't had that since like 2014 or 15 maybe.

I want a cold powder event that leaves you smokin' cirrus.

Isn't this usually how it goes analyzing every op run 5+ days out?

LOL Go make a snowman. The snowfall is over, and I like the random flakes falling and cloudy skies. Going for a hike shortly. This stuff will disappear quickly enough after today.

Snow melts quite effectively in any winter month when the temp is above freezing, and how often to we have multiple days of below freezing temps after a snowfall? The sun angle thing is such a non-factor for getting snow, and most of us don't live in places where we keep it otg long. It's just something else to piss and moan about.

The WAA part was generally better to the south as it moved eastward. I ended up with 3.2", counting the sleet that fell before it turned to light rain/drizzle. As for part 2, basically an inch, although it was snowing earlier today while I was at work- it is 33 and melty now so there may have been a bit more but I wasn't here to see it. Unless I get another random band today or tonight, my total is 4.2" I am not even disappointed, because I know the deal with waa precip, I knew it would be above freezing yesterday with drizzle, and I never bought the stupid amounts of backend snow the guidance had been suggesting here. I called an inch or so, and it appears I nailed it.

Not sure. It seemed to pretty consistently have lower totals here than the other guidance, but I have no idea how well it did with all aspects of the storm(s) overall.

I have half of the lower number.