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Huge downpour in Whitestone with very gusty winds, no lightning or thunder. Edit: Winds are insane now and thunder commencing Edit #2: And now it's over 5 minutes later. Very Florida-like storm

Just had the longest hottest 5 minute wait at the bus stop ever, no shade with the late afternoon sun beating down on us. Hell on earth.

Feels real cold this morning. Longing for the warm, sunny days.

Was outside about a half hour ago and the temperature dropped like a rock within.a matter of seconds. Don't remember ever experiencing that

It was the end of our Golden Era of snow 2000-2018, feels like a lifetime ago now. 6 of 7 have been below normal since then and well below normal at that. Only 2 notable months in those 7 years, Feb 21 and Jan 22. Been some real lean times in the snowfall department. Even in a relatively cold winter like this one, only roughly 10-20 inches locally.

Had a Spring being right around the corner feel today, feels like it's been a long relatively cold winter compared to so many warm winters in the last decade so needless to say that today felt really nice, made me feel more alive. Long story short, bring on Spring.

It's been a pretty decent winter all things considered. Not a blockbuster by any means to say the least and some wasted potential but it's like a funeral in here as if this is '11-'12.

This logical post will get lost among a sea of winter cancel posts sadly. Still too early to dismiss this

This just isn't true at all. Every model but the GFS was showing a massive hit just last night. In fact, the CMC was a huge interior hit as well. Bad trends today but lets not act like there wasn't a near consensus of a major storm just 24 hours ago. I'm still not counting this thing out, we'll have to wait for this current storm to get out of the way then we'll get a better sampling of the next storm. I'm not going to discount it when most of the major models had a huge storm for a few days prior to this one.

Yep lol, exactly this. It's the same way I am, the thrill and anxiety of model watching leading up to a big event is almost more memorable than the event itself. Boxing Day 2010 in particular was one of the biggest thrill rides that I remember, the exhilaration particularly at 0z on Christmas Eve when the models brought it back was on another level.

Some people jumping ship way too early, it's kind of silly actually. Again, most models were showing a huge storm just last night so it's way too early to give up after one model suite (I hardly count the 18z models which tend to have wonky solutions). IF the trend continues tonight then more concern should be had but even then it'll still be too early to make any sweeping statements about what will happen.

It's way too early to say this, it was one cycle of models showing a flatter solution. Just last night most models were showing a bomb. Can't live or die with every model suite.

There is no trend. The models are bouncing around, some getting more amped, some getting more progressive.

Did @MJO812hack these models tonight? Jeez Still way too far out to get excited but when all the major models show a similar solution, that sure peaks interest.

This winter has had a nice wintry feel. '20-'21 had the big February and there were some good winters, bigger storms, in the late 2010s but this has been the most consistent winter with cold and snowcover, albeit not deep snowcover, in about a decade since my favorite winter '13-'14.