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Gotta have that leading edge of the snow down in southwest Virginia to have a shot, not southwest PA.

This was always on the early side for anything frozen for most of us. It's the storm after this that had some kind of chance.

It's almost like there is an unchanging theme this winter........... I do think jayyy and others out west should keep an eye on Sunday. They have a chance with that one.

Just super skeptical. Obviously gotten shafted since the 2016 blizzard, but we are in a Nina, had the hype for December that failed, and then have had a number of looks at the 7-10 day range that just fail to materialize. If something legit gets to within 4-5 days, I'll start letting myself get a bit invested but it just seems like insanity buying into any of this when the same thing keeps happening over and over again. I've done it to myself too many times and have learned my lesson. And I don't want to turn into those posters who are on the verge of absolutely losing their marbles over snow. Doesn't mean I am not rooting for everyone to cash in. That would be great.

I'm far past that. I reached acceptance when December failed miserably. I'm here because I like seeing what PSU concludes could be going on with our struggles and sadly get some amusement at everyone getting their hopes of every time something shows up at the 10-day mark only for it to vanish as it gets closer in time. It's like clockwork.

I know it is over a week away, but one inch on the ensemble is not exciting in the heart of winter.

Yeah, this looks like 2/3 is a complete swing and miss for almost all of us.

This is the Greg Roman of winters.

I mean, what else is there to discuss?

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??