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9 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Guys

 

Whats wrong with this?  It is right up there with the opening of Saving Private Ryan.  Or the surprise ending of The Sixth Sense.  Or Darth Vader telling Luke who he was.  Just look at the time spent on the graphics.  Epic!

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

<shudders>.  Yes.   The only good thing in that movie was the junkyard fight.   I remember going to the drive in (yes, again, I'm old af) with my dad.  And even as a 9 year old, I knew something was just off.  It was like nobody's heart was in it anymore.  And the stupid director, Richard Lester, who used to direct slapstick comedy fucked it up.   The beginning title sequence was just pure shit and as I grew up, it got worse and worse.  It was traumatic for me.  

The REAL reason you hate that movie is when Superman is drinking and he's got a Johnny Walker red label bottle

1 minute ago, North Balti Zen said:

The brilliance of Superman IV is unsurpassed. People simply refer to at as "the IV" and the room goes silent as the genius of the work is considered...

It is cinema veritae. A classic in the same way Citizen Kane and Gone With the Wind and Godfather are classics. 
 

I’ve often heard how Spielberg used it for inspiration when making movies and we know how good he is

And it was nice knowing you all

Just now, mappy said:

oh man I forgot about Superman 4, def #2 in the bunch. No idea how you dislike them so much. 1 and 2 have nothing on them. 

Nuclear man>>>>>>General Zod

5 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Backstory.  I'm a huge Superman (Chris Reeves, I'm old) fan.  Andy and Katie know I hate Superman 3 and 4 with a deep unreasonable passion, especially the 4th.   Every time it comes on TV, a little bit of me dies inside.

It’s done out of love. And that I’m a complete asshole

Just now, mappy said:

Pretty sure Superman 3 was the best of the bunch. 

How it never won an Oscar is beyond me

This seems very clipper-ish

If he says “Superman 3” or “nuclear man” then we are truly fucked

I'm sure some will disagree and say temps before don't matter, but IMO the warmish temps we had(I had) the few days prior to this storm affected accums.  If it had been 30s leading up to this then I think roads/grass would have caved sooner.  But I got to 49F before the squall front Sunday.  To me and my experience, the ground and pavement was toasty.  Not a complaint but more a observation that the snow could have been better for some if you take prior conditions before this storm into account.  

29F current so things will stay icy for a while.

6 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

We did it guys, we did it.  Most of us are on the board. We did it. 

Thanks for making it happen after I almost murdered the threat. So when can I start the next thread for Friday?

1/15-1/16: 3.5”

Just measured 3.5”

Im sure there’s been compaction but sticking with what I got. 
 

my goal was 2”, my hope was 4”. Got the middle. I’ll take it. It was so fun to walk in it and everything looks awesome

4 minutes ago, GATECH said:

2.8”…f it, rounding to 3” if I measured in the grass…..let keep this going!

 

Just measured 3"

10pm obs

Can I get that frontgen to move southgen?

1 minute ago, Bob Chill said:

They didn't take the advanced measurement and stat pad course in college.

Give them a break.  They moved from Georgetown where it only rains

1 minute ago, Terpeast said:

Agreed, they would all make great meteorologists. 

I would make a great memeologist

1 minute ago, mappy said:

Sick in bed and loving all the snow pics.

Feel better!!  Snow has to help!

3 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

Radar filling in nicely in this corridor

C'ville to Fred to WSH is the pipeline I need

3 minutes ago, wxmvpete said:

850mb warm air advection continues to increase with 850mb frontogenesis that will support a band of heavier snow N&W of DC in the coming hours. What becomes the wildcard is the approach of a 500mb jet streak over the OH Valley overnight. At the nose of the jet, divergent flow atop the atmosphere will support healthy vertical velocities 12Z Tuesday. This is driving the snowier solutions from northern MD into eastern PA. The new NAM seems to feature similar setup.

Can you make is sag south a tiny bit?

2 minutes ago, Deck Pic said:

28/27, Moderate Snow (viz maybe 3 blocks), 2.75"

Jebwalk done.  Roads covered, trees covered

2.5"  Want 3" Just need a few more hours of rates like this

Phone blowing up with lots of car wrecks.  Guess the roads caved here in Fx Co which must be next to Georgetown.  

2" snow

Coming down really nicely right now.  Or as the NW crew say "ripping snow!!"

1 minute ago, Deck Pic said:

This reminds me a bit of 2/24/05.  Got 4.5".  Steady light snow for a long duration with some lulls.  Roads didn't cave until after dark though.

 

Was that a temp issue snow?  Like temps in 30s all day?

Snow, road white, 1.5”