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Some guys around my age actually cried when it busted. Probably 11-13 years old at the time, so it's understandable. Also I was told that John Bolaris will never live down all his hyping of that March storm that never happened. I lived near Baltimore at the time and grew up there, and I do remember the December 2000 storm. I wasn't emotionally invested in it since I was not yet into winter weather, but that was actually another bust in the mid-Atlantic. I think the forecasts called for 8-12", something major, but the precip shield ended up being so compact that it completely bypassed the area. Philly ended up with 9" and was right near the edge, but Wilmington received only an inch or two. DC and Baltimore did not get a single flake. And then a few months later we all know what happened.

Thank goodness March 2001 happened just before I started paying attention to winter weather. I would've been heartbroken.

Ji is the kind of character you'll just have to get used to. Even winter 2009-10 wasn't cold enough nor long lasting enough to please him, even though Snowmageddon gave him almost 3' of snow. Most likely it's an act, but the most we can do is speculate.

I still miss that winter. It snowed almost every week from northern MD to Philly. Great winter for the whole northeast, and very cold too, unlike 2009-10.

Better than Feb 5, 2010?

Yep, he bought a place in Randolph, NH and it seems like he will be spending his winters up there.

It was basically a 2 hour storm out here. Then snowTV with puddles all around the lot. But it’s December and it’s snowing, so I’m alright with this.

I passed by your area on my way back to RI. 2.5” here

2” here. Not bad for 2 hours since the changeover, but ratios aren’t great.

I was back at my old home in MD for the last 6 weeks, but now I just arrived back in RI, an hour and a half ago, just in time for changeover to snow. I was going to return tomorrow, but I bumped it up a day for obvious reasons. So far, so good. Coming down heavily while I’m out for a jebwalk.0

Massive hit for ORH. If only Wachusett was open...

The latest GFS shows an incredible amount of snow in western MD and Canaan Valley throughout the run. Wave after wave of heavy upslope.

NYC’s average is more like 28” so 90% would be around 25”. I think after last winter most reasonable NYC posters would be quite happy with that.

It sucks to miss this one.... looks like a N RI jackpot on the 3k NAM.

Damn I missed it.

After seeing Diane's Instagram, I had to come to this thread. Very impressive already, especially around Bretton Woods. Makes me want to hit the slopes already.

I have some very fond memories of February 2013 when I came up north to chase that storm, years before I moved to the area. 27". Uxbridge, MA

I saw the colors last year in the Whites, so it's not the end of the world. I have visitors coming up in a week so that's the only reason I cared (and their timing was unrelated to fall colors). But they're not super invested because they aren't weenies, and they'd be just fine staying local. The Blackstone valley has some nice views for fall colors and I'm thinking we'll be near peak.

At this rate I might have to head south towards Newport for the best colors on Columbus Day weekend.

Yup, seeing quite a bit of color now, especially these past few days.

The 500 mb composite seems to indicate a combination of some decent years (1965, 2009) and some years. Let's hope it's at least much better than last year. Well done and good luck Ray!

It will be hard for the mountains of VT and Maine to get a whole lot of skiers if those states keep their COVID travel restrictions in place. NH seems more lenient. Of course, we can only guess what the situation will look like in the winter.

I'm planning to go up to NH on October 9 to see the colors, since my sister and BIL will be visiting. I'm hoping the Whites will be near peak around that time.

I've been looking for that kind of map for ages, thanks for posting it. As you can see it shows an especially sharp gradient in Worcester county, and on a number of trips the snow cover increased fast once I made my way to NH.

You're saying this as if the -NAO were some limited resource that we have to conserve. I don't think it works that way.