dailylurker

I drove out to Cunningham Falls this morning for a day of hiking at higher elevation. It wanted to extend the deep winter period one more day by headed out there. It was an interesting drive out there. The snow distribution from here to there was super spotty. As soon as I got on 97 north from Crofton the snow really thinned out. It didn't increase again until I got up on 70 and got into higher elevation. Once I got into the Frederick valley it got super thin and spotty again. As soon as I gained elevation going up into the mountains it increased again. Their was about 4" of powdery snow up at the fall. The falls are at like 1200'. It was 27 at that elevation. I hiked up to 1500' and suddenly it was above freezing up there. It was colder in the low spots between ridges. The falls were completely frozen.

I want to try and get one more deep winter day in before the bottom falls out. It's going to be 38-40 here in the lowlands with mud and melting snow. My idea is to go out to the Catoctins and hike at higher elevation. The thing is. I know it can be warmer at higher elevation when warm is moving in. Does anyone know the forecast temps up on top of the Catoctins for today?

14 degrees before Christmas is impressive. Hopefully that wasn't our deep winter for the season lol

I'm out here hiking in Crownsville. I can't tell if im tripping or what. I hiked from 180' elevation to 30' elevation and I swear there's more snow at 180. Like an inch more. Is that possible? At higher elevation it could, but here?

Cloudy, temps in the lower 20's, snowcover. What an impressive deep winter day for any time of the winter. I've seen a lot of winters where we never get a day like this even during peak climo. Getting my backpack packed for my afternoon hike. Shoot me a DM if you'd like to join me. I'll provide the cannabis lol

Lowlands outside of Annopoils Total so far 4.5" Come on 30-40" season lol

My area actually shot up to around 60 for a couple with rain after 11" and blizzard conditions. Over hyped crap here lol.

Just an absolutely stunning December day. Imo we're safe from a horrible winter this season and there's the possibility of a fantastic season.

Remember the super storm of 93? Match blizzard from Alabama to Maine.

Absolutely stunning outside right now. It's a Christmas winter wonderland.

It's been forever since we've seen a Richmond to Boston beat down.

After doing a second measurement i realized I've got nearly 3". Total grass coverage. Getting cold now.

It's been a beautiful morning here in the lowlands. I started my hike in the dark at about 6. It looks like about 2". I appreciate every flake, but honestly this makes me crave a real all day snowstorm. I'd love for it to snow all day lol

Hey.. I got over 2" here lol

It's been dumping fat flakes here for about 45 minutes. Roads are caving and it looks like an inch on cord surfaces. This band needs to stay right here.

It did work! Radar returns are diving down from the nw towards the lowlands. It would be awesome if this starts before forecasted.

I'm a 47yo, 145 pound Maryland man. I'm built different. I ate 250mg and hiked to Black Rock last winter in a foot of snow and -5 degree temps from the trailhead on rt40. Down to 37 with thickening clouds.

My point and click has this starting imby at 9. They better update that. Hrrr doesn't have anything until after midnight. I might need to eat another weed cookie.

I just ate a 150 milligrams of thc that I grew in my garden. I'm hoping for a spiritual, magical, Christmas Jebwalk around midnight. If i see any rouge snow piles I'll definitely give them a wack with my shovel for ya.

I've got a kink for snowcover lol

You definitely have a kink for maps. I bet you don't even look outside while it snowing. I hope you have a significant other to make maps for you with increasing snow depth lol

I feel like it's not a big nw jog. The precipitation area has expanded to include a lot more people.

Exactly the same! My dad hates weather. My mom couldn't care less. It's not like I had great childhood memories of snow that's why im this way. Nope. Just twisted DNA lol I was 4 months old when the blizzard of 78 hit. It was my first HECS. My mom said id start screaming if she took me away from window view. The wind and snowfall rates were wild lol

I remember calling the weather line. My parents would get pissed because it wasn't free. I'd be calling it 10 times a day for updates lol. I had the same weather radio lol