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Can anyone with access please post QPF ?

The best runs had precip on us by 12Z Wednesday. The Euro has been slower than that for several cycles. We really don’t want slower, as it gives the high time to slide east. We are much better off with the ridge axis centered on Montreal (or west of there) rather than east of Quebec City. 18Z GFS has a later arrival and the storm cuts.

Growing up in Cumberland I can remember lots of storms where the heaviest snows from coastal storms never made it west of Frostburg. But those were usually the ones that tracked some distance off of the coast, like PD1. If this one is tucked into the coast like the models are currently depicting, you will do great there with the synoptic snow. And even in the storms where Cumberland had more than Oakland with the low passing by, your area usually still won out as it snowed another 24 hours with the upslope.

Catching up on the threads and lol’ing at the DT/Ji fun. Been “following” Dave since the 90’s and Ji for damned near that long. I still enjoy them both, like I still enjoy Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Sunny and 61 degrees. Bring on the snow !

Still find it funny that all the crazy modeled totals for that storm still busted low here. The 35-40” that fell across Berkeley County was higher than any run I saw leading in.

I know @mappy is pulling for a 12/19 snowfall. My anniversary is 12/16. This is the 10th year since we got hitched during a "cold" snow event. Looks like there's a chance at this early stage that we could be celebrating in the snow.

Rain started here around 2:00 a.m. Already at 1.00”. A breezy 43° makes for a raw morning.

Spending a few days in Ocean City this weekend. Clear skies and low 60’s today with ocean water temperatures in the mid-50’s. I only waded into the water up to my knees but there were quite a few kids swimming. Beautiful late-November day.

Picked up 0.34” in a heavy downpour with the passage of the front. As soon as the rain ended winds ramped up suddenly with gusts now 35-40.

A double rainbow in the western sky this morning. Beautiful sunrise in the eastern sky while rain begins.

MRB broke their record high also, which stood since 1945.

High of 69.9 after a low of 29.9. Pretty ideal Autumn day.

Flurries blowing around at 35°

Picked up 0.03” of rain this morning. Now windy and 60°

A much needed downpour happening here. Only a bit of thunder and a few moderate gusts to 30 mph.

I’ve picked up about 2 and a half inches of rain in the past six weeks. Not the best start to the growing season.

Getting rocked here with high wind and torrential rain.

Heavy snow from I-81 west

There are some frigid periods around several of those dates. 1961, 1981, 1985 and 2009 all had below-zero weather in my area within a couple of days of the ones listed.

You can see that a lot of ice mixed in with the snow even up your way, when you see how much liquid produced some of those snowfalls.

Sure did ! As your Boom thread notes, its been a great stretch for March snows. Hopefully next year will bring a better distribution of snow throughout the winter season.

I edited my original post, but through Saturday's event there are now 6 winters in the past 93 years in this area with a lower total than what I have measured this season. Still a pretty rough year, but hoping for at least one more snowfall in March.

As the rain falls on this February evening it seemed like the right time to bump this. Here is the mountain to climb to avoid one of the worst snowfall seasons ever in my area (currently 3rd lowest since 1925) #80: 1987-88 9.9" #81: 1991-92 9.5" #82: 1975-76 9.4" #83: 2011-12 8.4" #84: 1994-95 8.0 #85: 1949-50 8.0 #86: 1937-38 7.7" #87: 2017-18: 7.3" #88: 1954-55 6.7" #89: 1930-31 5.7" #90: 2008-09 5.1" #91: 2001-02 4.9" #92: 1972-73 3.0" #93: 1931-32 1.4" Edited through 2/17

Hagerstown finished 2017 over 6" below normal for precip for the year. That was after 12" below normal in 2016. Ever since the blizzard in January 2016 we haven't only been lacking in WSW events. In general, we have been lacking in consistent precip. Really hoping we can break the cycle early in 2018. Otherwise, issues are going to present this spring and summer.