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That stinks. I was afraid most of the precip was gonna slide south like the GFS showed and that’s close to what happened. I got a light dusting. Maybe 1/4 inch or so?

Radar looks kinda meh to me considering how bullish some of the models have been in their recent runs, though the latest GFS went south and more matches what the radar extrapolated would look like to me.

Weird how the Euro is juicing up so much all of the sudden.

Ravensfan fringed, not pummelled.

It's bizarre. This isn't even a "this winter sucks in Maryland." This is a "this winter has been a disaster for basically the entire east coast, and maybe even eastern 1/3 of the country, outside of lake effect." Like how is it possible there is literally no snow on the backside of those low pressures?

What are people even tracking?

Certainly more wintry than what I expected here. On the board with a trace for the second time this year. Little light snow switched over to a snow/sleet/rain mix. Mostly just rain now.

There is a strange, white substance falling from above. Second time I've seen flakes this winter.

Now we are out to February 6. Give it a few more days and we will be talking about mid-February.

Which to me, is likely what the models are trying to tell us. I know some keep saying that there will be cold air, but it seems like there will be cold air until a storm pops and then the SER flexes its muscle and we get rain and then it dries out and it relaxes and the cold returns and on and on we go.

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.