catoctin wx

Congrats to my balt peeps for the snow - pile it up.
[mention=114]catoctin wx[/mention]  in Emmitsburg there is an inch on the ground and the show has arrived. Ripping right now. [mention=16578]CatoctinRN[/mention]

Congrats to my balt peeps for the snow - pile it up.
[mention=114]catoctin wx[/mention]  in Emmitsburg there is an inch on the ground and the show has arrived. Ripping right now. [mention=16578]CatoctinRN[/mention]

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1 minute ago, mappy said:

it always starts earlier, and ends earlier. i made sure the ipad was fully charged overnight for prime radar viewing while working.  

This is a weathering and parenting A+

2 minutes ago, mappy said:

hahahahaha happens every time

I've been away for so long that I need to reorient myself to the weenie meltdown craziness.

The kids are going to be turned up to 11 today so the earlier the snow starts the better

5 minutes ago, mappy said:

And for those popping in from PA, thanks for stopping by! Just remember this is a very DC/Baltimore centric forum, so don't be surprised if we never talk about PA and shun your snow  . But here's a local met's snowmap for you

 

Went to college with Christine, she is wonderful 

18 hours ago, catoctin wx said:

I would imagine any obs thread at this point would be a whole bunch of marylanders freaking the hell out when there is no snow by lunch on Wednesday. 

 

It's happening!

Going to be a bumpy ride but I still feel ok (for now) in Frederick.  Seems like most of the maps have the worst gradient around Germantown with Sugarloaf Mountain acting as a nice barrier for us up here.

Currently at 27.1 / 21.2 with an up and down day forecast

1 minute ago, umdterps29 said:

Just heard my fiancee singing "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" in the kitchen and I said "you know, we could go up to deep creek and you could see a real winter wonderland tomorrow?". 15 minutes later it looks like we are going to hop in the car after dinner and head out to my future in-laws' place. Never thought I'd be able to convince her to travel for snow

Nice!  Grab some food at Moon Shadow while out there!

40 minutes ago, mappy said:

Mine too -- she only has class from 1015-11 tomorrow. I told her she had all afternoon to go outside and play in the snow. 

It's a definite silver lining for the kiddos

12 minutes ago, Scraff said:

This is the ultimate gut punch for Hoco. My high schooler and wife (para educator) not pleased  

 

That is a legit kick to the nards.

My kids have short days on Wednesday and are done at 11:45 anyway.  Just about the time the snow should be starting here.

17 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Only viable solution now is that everyone gets screwed. Looking forward to the 2000 word essays describing why it happened.

March 6, 2013.  "Noquester" storm.  What a nightmare

3 minutes ago, BTRWx's Thanks Giving said:

Do ensemble max charts even belong here?

ha. Well that's a fair question.  Gotta keep the morale up or things will get ugly

1 minute ago, BTRWx's Thanks Giving said:

What do you mean by weenie version? How are they different?

Ensemble max vs. ensemble mean

4 minutes ago, baltosquid said:

And the weenie version of the same map...

I'm gonna pay attention to Frederick's totals to see if the HREF is picking up on the jackpot. No grades will be given but it will be fun to check.

That jackpot appears to be right through Emmitsburg.  Well positioned for the win on this weenie map @North Balti Zen

24 minutes ago, Paleocene said:

When can we start the nowcast/obs thread so I can stare out my window and say SLEET once before I get rain at 34 degrees for 6 hours tomorrow?

I would imagine any obs thread at this point would be a whole bunch of marylanders freaking the hell out when there is no snow by lunch on Wednesday. 

6 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Yea the GFS saves I-95 and points west. I really hope this is the start of a last minute trend for the better.

Is that something we do?

Oooooo, fantastic, Thanks for the heads up. 

Right down the road from Ski Liberty too if you feel like being one of the first to hit the fresh snow

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11 minutes ago, H2O said:

I'm still funny as f**k.  So there is that. Annoying but funny

From what I saw this morning, salty as well.  

3 minutes ago, Solo2 said:

That storm made me want to move out of downtown Frederick area...not kidding. 

I didn't go far, but I noticed it always seems to drop about 3 degree when going from work (Ballanger area at 300') out to the house in Lake Linganore area (550')...hopefully that will make a bit of a difference in the future...albeit small.

I bet! The snowshadow is real and it is heartless

Just now, chris21 said:

I’m almost that high in DC.

My all time favorite winter image in the 10 years I've lived in Frederick is from 2011. I live smack in the middle of the red oval

My work network miraculously unblocked this site after years of it being verboten.  So glad to see that nothing at all has changed in this forum over the last few years.

4 minutes ago, MDphotog said:

Yeah, I moved a little north of Frederick last year and was surprised that I had less elevation than Columbia haha.  Well still better spot than Glen Burnie was.  
 

haha.  For sure. We do pretty well with many of the events out this way, as long as it isn't too elevation dependent.  

1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said:

The Frederick Valley unfortunately does poorly in events with weak cold air advection.

We just have no elevation at all for events like this.  My house sits at a paltry 300 ft.

4 minutes ago, mappy said:

nah. im not going to apologize for the snow i get. move north if you don't like your climo. 

Is it bad that I have actually considered moving to higher elevations just for this reason?  My catoctin ridge rain / snow shadow can be a frustrating.

congrats guys to my west, did a little better than i did. [mention=114]catoctin wx[/mention] measured 1.5 in Frederick, per his tweet. Saw another 1.5 measurement from Westminster.