It could be a Nino like 1982-83. Precip was light through the fall and much of the winter. At DCA:
Sep 1.71”
Oct 1.75”
Nov 2.96”
Dec 1.94”
Then January ‘83 had 1.74”
We all know what happened in mid-February.
He’s been posting in the ENSO thread on the main board. With the Philly forum’s demise, hopefully he will join the discussion here when we are teeing up our KU this winter.
December 1982 had a decent snowfall mid-month. Hopefully we can pull off something like that while we wait all winter for our one big snow in mid-February
I also put up a snow stake in my yard in the Fall of 2009. I think most on the boards were expecting a big winter.
I remember a post from @Stormchaserchuck1calling for a big snow season for the Mid-Atlantic and Tennessee Valley. At that time he had the reputation as the guy who had forecasted the warmest winter on record a couple of years earlier. So that lent some confidence to the high expectations.
All 3 MLB teams that won 100 games dropped the first games of their division series. Expecting the cream to rise back to the top the next couple of days.
I would rather the O’s face Texas, since their bullpen is much weaker than Tampa’s. But in 2014, I was happy when the 98-win Angels lost and we drew the Royals in the ALCS. We know how that worked out lol
Power was out here for about six hours last night after a fallen tree on my street brought down lines. I’m guessing it may have been a rogue lightning strike since there was no wind to speak of.
I attended the infamous Grateful Dead concert at Merriweather in 1983 which became known as “Terror Weather.” Also a stalled storm that dumped 3-4” of rain during the show. Lightning strikes all around. The power went out a couple of times as the band kept playing. People were sliding down the lawn on cardboard from beer cases.
The footbridge we crossed to enter was a foot underwater when we tried to leave. Which meant wading through waist-deep water. Then we realized there was no getting out of the lots until the water receded.