osfan24

Wow, the 60's were rocking.

Right, and this is why, despite some of the things that seem alarming that are causing us to possibly miss out on marginal events that would have been snow or some snow in the past and are now entirely rain, some of this just seems like terrible luck. But I'll also admit I was born in 83 so I don't really remember the 80's when it comes to weather, got into snowstorms and weather with the Blizzard of 96, and then got the ice of 98, the surprise storm of 2000, the 2003 blizzard, was in College Park for the February 2006 storm and don't remember it at all somehow (which greatly frustrates me, I don't remember us getting a big snow down there at all and my hometown got almost 2 feet), and then got to enjoy 2009-2010, the fun 2011 storm, the crazy winter of 2013-2014 and another good, back-loaded winter in 2014-2015, and then the monster 2016 storm. So this stretch seems absolutely abysmal to me compared to the stretch from the mid 90's through the mid 2010's.

To preface this, you know way more than me and I am playing devil's advocate, but how much not as bad would it look if you went back an additional 1 or 2 years and included 2009 and 2010? That seems like it COULD be a bit flukey.

Part of the enjoyment is having a snowpack, getting out there and shoveling it, taking the kids sledding and playing in it with them, etc.

I hate those events. Never understood the fascination with them. Get some snow and then see it washed away hours later. Fun.

I keep seeing GEFS snow maps where I get multiple inches and I haven't had multiple flakes yet. Those maps are so meaningless.

I know we clown on JB, but he said he thinks this is a classic January thaw and it flips to cold and rolls right into the spring. Grain of salt obviously with that guy.

Instead it'll be 1100 miles.

Almost guarantee it's the GFS playing follow the Euro, but just a couple runs behind.

This. Given our winter prospects and the hype or encouraging talk of next winter, just give me a carbon copy of the 2015-2016 winter at this point. Give me the app on Sunday evening, the bomb next weekend and then I'll take a warm, non-snowy winter and enjoy the nice temps and get excited for next year.

2009, you say?

As long as we aren't riding like Russell Wilson.

December 5, 2023.

Hope that isn't the case. Punting all of December and February and the first half of January leaves us with two weeks of prime climo and hail mary's in March.

We've pretty much known this for a week now. It's going to be at least mid January until we have a chance.

Is that all??

I'm down in the mid 20's but the flash freeze ain't happening. The sun has broken out and between that, the warm ground temps ahead of the front and all of the wind helping to dry things out, it's a no-go. I don't think I've ever seen a single flash freeze in my lifetime. Can't say that I mind. It's really not my thing. I was always just interested in the snow potential with this.

I lost power momentarily but it's back now, hopefully for good.

Maybe it's because you are east of me, but I put my inflatables down and they are still blowing all around in the wind. We've got limbs flying off of trees and our wreath just about flew off our door before I took it down and brought it inside. I'm not saying it's a hurricane outside but it's gotten pretty windy here.

If I squint at my mulch, there is the smallest accumulation of snow. Man, the snow just came in an hour or so too early. Would have had a light dusting otherwise.

I am still getting a snowflake here and there falling out of the sky.

Down to 27 here. Wind chill of 13.

Had a flizzard here for 20 minutes or so. The good stuff seemed to slide to my south and then head up into Baltimore. Held out hope for a dusting for Christmas but not a chance. Wind has definitely picked up. Had a few really strong gusts. I know my parents already lost power.

The big qpf also gives me optimism. It just takes one fluke to hit it big. Think 2016.