Fozz

The GFS is showing snow in Texas during the weekend that I'll be there. I hope it happens.

26 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

WB 0Z 12K NAM

If other guidance were looking that good for Garrett/Tucker county, I'd seriously consider a trip.

But it has to be significant to be worth it to me.

3 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

well into the 60s now.  friggin b-e-a-utiful

Felt very nice today and I’ll gladly take this over being fringed with cartoppers.

7 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

A KU for who though? Lol

It was a moderate storm for most of this region. Better for the interior northeast.

Might as well share this again.

My favorites in order (IMBY only):

1) Feb 10, 2010 – Around 20" on top of everything that fell 4 days earlier. It had the most incredible blizzard conditions I've ever seen IMBY. Other HECS didn't quite feel like a true blizzard, but that one did.

2) Jan 2016 – 27" with snow all night and throughout the following day. Also had daytime blizzard conditions and everything unfolded just about perfectly. 

3) PDII 2003 – The first HECS I can clearly remember. Total was probably 26-28" but I'm not exactly sure. That one really kept me hooked on this hobby, and it finished off what was already an amazing winter.

4/5) Feb 6, 2010 – 25"

4/5) Dec 2009 – 19". It was my first HECS since 2003, so it was a very big deal and I couldn't believe it was happening in December. Made me confident that the whole winter had a lot more to come.

Storms I chased:

Feb 2013, MLK 2022, and October 2011.

2 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

Weenie run? Lol. 

It does show possibilities. Also shows the same issue we've had with systems developing to far offshore.

Let's hope we can time something up.

^^^There it is 

49 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

We could have a 50" storm and PDI will still be #1 for me. When I hit the garage door opener shortly after sunrise, my life changed forever. I had never seen such a spectacle and I immediately became addicted to big storms. The desire to experience them only grew stronger during the decades following. For me, PDI truly was a life changing event. In a good or bad way is hotly debatable 

It is our formative experiences with big storms that will always be the most cherished, even if bigger storms happen after we grow up. I wasn't around but people (including @usedtobe) told me that PDI had heavier rates than any other storm they've ever experienced. 

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

This might be a good one to check out around Happy Hour.

I was there in January 2021 and made a few trips to Wildcat. They had a few decent storms that month.

I think the Presidents Day weekend is looking like a favorable window for something major or historic.

And I say all of that because I’ll be in Texas that weekend.

The weekend system has me very interested. Some of us badly need it 

Can this keep trending south enough that Richmond and Salisbury get the ice? 

6 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

It would be 2nd or 3rd best only if you exclude the January's with MECS or HECS. So by that standard...yeah you're right. Gotta be grateful

January 2014 and January 2016 were by far the best two of the past decade. This month was probably similar to January 2019 in terms of sensible wx in Baltimore.

I was watching a documentary on the history of Earth, and I got a little sad when they talked about Snowball Earth coming to an end.

GFS shows something for Feb 9.

1 hour ago, Amped said:

Guess you're not old enough to remember 2010 or 2016.

I think he's talking about a situation where the overall setup was much more flawed. 

2010 and 2016 had damn near perfect upper air patterns with a very juiced up STJ.

4 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Where did u chase 2011

I drove up to York, PA for a few hours.

Being there at the height of the storm and knowing it was October felt completely unreal. Not to mention how fast the conditions changed as I drove up 83.

25 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Just for fun :

Top 10 favorite  Snowstorms you've personally experienced. 

1993

1983

1996

2010( Feb 10th) Miller b 

2003

2009 

2000

2016

2011 ( October)

2010 ( Feb 5th)

HM-- December 1992 ( I chased ) 

 

2 Snowstorms  u wish u personally experienced:

**Blizzard of March 1958 ( 4.00" Qpf)

**Lake effect ---- Montague, NY 1997 

HM -- Feb 1978 ( technically I did but I was a toddler lol)

My favorites in order (IMBY only):

1) Feb 10, 2010

2) Jan 2016

3) PDII 2003

4) Feb 6, 2010

5) Dec 2009

6) Feb 2014 (on a college campus, but close enough)

Storms I chased:

Feb 2013, MLK 2022, and October 2011.

5 minutes ago, J.Mike said:

Whiney asses in the NE forum are complaining about getting only 12". 

For real  

Some posters in that region have a very high bar to be satisfied. If they expected 20-30" then a run of the mill MECS will be a disappointment. And they can take a 12" storm for granted because they get them almost every year.

Measured an inch this morning, plus a few tenths yesterday that I didn't measure. 

So maybe 1.2-1.3" total.

Snow TV

4 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

Absolutely agree. And I think you worded that much better than I did (no surprise there). There is zero doubt in my mind that there's a new "normal" and we'll have to get used to it. And we may not even be done adjusting the goalposts either. 

That said - I think @Maestrobjwa - (no offense intended) does tend to have pretty high expectations and substantial agony when things don't line up for snow here. I guess it was more of an attempt to walk him back from the panic room than anything else. 

No doubt we all love snow - not all of us can be in the new @Bob Chill mentality...but we will be depressed messes if we tie all of our happiness to big snow. 

Give me some more of the Jan 3 storm and I'd be happy. HECS are great - but we can't do them every time. There's definitely something to be said about the proliferation of snow maps making the bar go sky high and people expecting huge storms every time the models hint at something even at long leads. 

I don't think anyone is demanding a HECS. Just about everyone here knows that a HECS is rare and they don't happen very often. But some areas in the region (such as Baltimore) literally haven't seen a 6" storm since January 2016. And that is in spite of DC getting two 8-12" storms that fringed the Baltimore area. And on top of that they didn't get much from the usual north and west storms that bury psuhoffman.

I think the mood of some of the Baltimore area posters would be a lot better if those two DC storms had delivered just a bit further north as well.

1 minute ago, Kleimax said:

We’re gonna get lucky, I feel it. If we can keep this band over us all day it’ll be money 

I'm having the same feeling. Maybe it's wishful thinking but I was not expecting it to snow like this right now.

Snow has picked up again. 

4 minutes ago, Ravens94 said:

Run appears it will be awesome near BAL & NE

Please don't do this.

Can we just keep it like this for the next 24 hours?