Maestrobjwa

1 minute ago, 87storms said:

Definitely reached “oddly dim” here.

Definitely

4 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Near totality 

So sorry dude...I know the feeling (minus the traveling that is)

2 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

Thicker layer of clouds incoming 

Sounds like it's trying to Baltimore 2017 eclipse it, lol (Except that was worse with a random thunderstorm)

Well, I had the misfortune of driving during the one in 2011, so I unfortunately missed it (still kinda annoyed at that, lol), but I'll take this as a consolation prize if I don't experience another! Although I kinda want to...but just not too bad just harmless shaking 

3 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Oh my 

Hahaha Now see I was trying to word it very carefully with all innuendo in mind, but alas there was literally no other way to describe it to the gutter brains among us 

2 minutes ago, RickinBaltimore said:

Anyone feel the earthquake that just happened?

I thought I felt something! I was lying facedown on my bed and thought I felt something pulsate about 2-3 times (could feel it in the springs).

HAIL! HAIL! In the city...HAIL  (pea-sized)

9 hours ago, RickinBaltimore said:

That last part even more so. Remember some workers lost their lives last year when they were hit on 695 by people going over 100

It was literally a year and 3 days before the Key Bridge collapse. It's kind of eerie that it was 6 fatalities each time, and each time they were all Hispanic, smh

5 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

That was dominant

Yes indeed. THAT was true, cream-of-the-cdop ace stuff right there! Man he was getting those "Wha? Huh? Oh..." swings, lol

Rubenstein being formally introduced, Burnes twirls a gem, the offense explodes, 11-3 W. Couldn't ask for a more special Opening Day 

5 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Orioles opening day on the line

How's it looking for that?

10 hours ago, Winter Wizard said:

When I first saw the headline I imagined it was like the Philly bridge collapse last year and that it was only a small segment of a bridge that would be repaired in a few weeks. Seeing the entire thing collapsed made my jaw drop. I've taken that bridge a few times to go home when I lived in Maryland, and whenever I drove on that or the Bay Bridge at night, I always felt a little uneasy for that reason. I've felt that way ever since the Minneapolis bridge collapse a while back. Just a terrible tragedy and there are going to be significant supply chain and economic ramifications around here. Not to mention traffic through the tunnels, which are a major artery for East Coast travel, will be even more of a nightmare.

I still cannot believe how it just appeared to fold like it was made out of cardboard. Man... I feel like it's only just sinking in what's happened. You have those that are presumed deceased (Again, praying for those families: it's chilling to see the trucks they were in go sliding down like that...mercy). But then, you have the transportation and economic ripple effects that will be felt for months or even years to come! The city certainly has a long road ahead...but prayerfully something good comes out of this tragedy and we come back better and stronger!

8 hours ago, stormy said:

22 early this morning. 

11 years ago this morning was a winter wonderland at my place!  6.5 inches of snow and 28 degrees. 3.5 inches fell on Palm Sunday afternoon and 3 more inches Sunday night. Mar. 25, 2013.

And speaking of Palm Sunday...a Baltimore history page on FB shared these pictures yesterday: The Palm Sunday storm of 1942! 

A great shot of it still snowing At the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore City) c. 3/29/1942:

On 3/20/2024 at 12:36 PM, psuhoffman said:

@Maestrobjwa I agree with others...don't go out west to learn how to ski.  Liberty near Gettysburg is actually a good mountain to learn.  I taught my kids there.  The best time to learn IMO would actually be a warmer day when there would be less distraction from being cold or overly bundled up nor the need to buy a bunch of skiing specific clothes you might never use again...and the snow will be soft and mushy.  You don't want icy conditions when trying to learn.  

Thank you, @uncletim, @snownut   ,and the rest of you for your input! At a little over an hour and a half away, Liberty is definitely is a doable drive for me, so that one will definitely on the short list  This is the first year I'm actually giving legit consideration to the idea!

On 3/20/2024 at 12:36 PM, psuhoffman said:

@Maestrobjwa I agree with others...don't go out west to learn how to ski.  Liberty near Gettysburg is actually a good mountain to learn.  I taught my kids there.  The best time to learn IMO would actually be a warmer day when there would be less distraction from being cold or overly bundled up nor the need to buy a bunch of skiing specific clothes you might never use again...and the snow will be soft and mushy.  You don't want icy conditions when trying to learn.  

Thank you, @uncletim, @snownut   ,and the rest of you for your input! At a little over an hour and a half away, Liberty is definitely is a doable drive for me, so that one will definitely on the short list  This is the first year I'm actually giving legit consideration to the idea!

On 3/16/2024 at 7:03 PM, CAPE said:

No. This isn't arbitrary. You need to read more. Google can be your friend, as long as you don't fall prey to disinformation. Plenty of that available on the subject.

When people say "Google is your friend" I find it to be a bit condescending, like somebody saying you were too dumb to look into something. But maybe I'm making too much of it (probably, lol)

In this hobby/obsession, I find that sometimes I'm not even sure exactly what TO Google to find something. If it were a general guide that said "For this, try these sites. For that, try those sites", it may help. Finding a temperature for a particular day, or what the snow totals were for a particular year is easy enough...but beyond that it's less clear where to go for stuff. 

For example, where do I find charts that are easy to see the trend of temperatures for a particular month? For a specific thing like that I wouldn't know where to start.

3 hours ago, CAPE said:

Transient cold shots(relatively speaking) in late March into April are pretty common. Freezing temps probably don't occur as often, but it still happens. None of this is as simple as you would like it to be.

Not sure I want it to be simple...but just to make some kind of sense! I'm still not 100% past irony of the whole warmer planet but cooler ENSO thing, but at least when you mention trade wind things makes that make more sense to this layman (wind blowing on water making it cooler=something that makes sense)

But to your point about the transient cold shots being common...so you're in the thinking that it's not happening more than it used to, but it just feels that way?

7 hours ago, North Balti Zen said:

You can set your clock by that anymore. Late useless cold. Feels like part of the new longer term pattern. 

This is the part of this new...whatever it is I don't get: Why is it that these late freezes have become more prevalent while the winters have been warmer? Although I think @psuhoffman said the Springs aren't getting cooler by the numbers...but why then are we seeing this more? Like...shouldn't a warmer background mean this doesn't happen as much? Make it make sense, lol

On 3/13/2024 at 12:04 PM, uncletim said:

(Getting off-topic here, mods please move this to banter if appropriate…)

Here’s the the operative question: do you ski at all - and by “ski” in this case, I mean downhill as opposed to x-country? Have you ever been skiing? If you haven’t, and I get the feeling that’s the case, then I think many members of this forum, including me, would be happy to give advice on the best approach to getting started. Skiers tend to be evangelists for the sport, and the thing we most want to avoid is for first-timers to have a bad first day and get turned off, which can easily happen. Having a fun first day, even if you’re falling all over the place, is the key. 

I have never been skiing...I'm not sure I've ever been in any kind of elevation at all, actually. So I'd be a complete novice! I am not at all athletic, and balance is a bit questionable...but it's something I'd be willing to dip my toe in (although given the prices mentioned here...a trip out west ain't happening any time soon, lol)

6 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

And may I suggest for those that NEED a snow fix...start chasing.  My ski hobby helps a lot.   For the last few weeks I have been way less worried about the day to day ups and downs of our snow chances here partly because I have been focused on what might happen up in northern New England.  Same earlier in the season when I was focused on out west and not worried about the fact our pattern here was going to shit.  You don't have to ski... set aside time for one or two trips to a snowy area each year and focus on that instead of it snowing here.  Just a suggestion, it helps me, but everyone is different.  

How much does a ski trip out west cost?

3 hours ago, Terpeast said:

I’m not sure if it will be even as long as one paragraph!

IF (barring any major surprise) it turns out to be as bad as it appears to be, doesn't need but one word: BYE! followed by a George Jefferson-style door slam...

1 hour ago, psuhoffman said:

So, you gonna bother with the essay analysis next winter if things suck as expected?

5 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

Not giving up until the models do another 180 like they did for late February.  But this time is different ...the ensembles and extended guidance are more in sync.  What do I mean by that....the gradual return to cold ( I know it may not be cold enough, is showing up late in the ensemble runs.  The EPO is tanking and the other teleconnections are lining up as we end the third week of March which could give us the Arctic air we need,  The extended EPS snow mean, not control, keeps increasing (WB). Latest run compared to 13 runs ago.  And the MJO is moving into less hostile phases.Will it happen, probably not, but I am not completely crazy; will be the first to admit when Lucy strikes again and kills it.

Alright WW be honest...is this a "Don't quit until the final out" mentality except for snow? That's the only thing that makes sense...so...why? (You're not gonna answer this are you? Lol)

If I had a lot of money I'd by a house out in those mountains of California and just park there during niños, lol

1 hour ago, pazzo83 said:

i am really thankful for that week - better than nothing.

So am I. I laid out in the snow for a good 10 mins just appreciating having even that much snow to lie in (in fact, I wish I'd stayed out there longer!). It may be little while before we that again. 

And overall...we need to be thankful for what most of us (except for maybe a couple posters) experienced between 2009-2016. Epic stuff!

2 hours ago, Chris78 said:

You know darn well everyone will be back next winter. We like unusual pain and punishment lol

2 hours ago, jayyy said:

“Next year is going to suck! I won’t be here tracking”

Yes you will. So will I. We all secretly love the torture.

Breaking news: snow hunting in the mid Atlantic becomes newest category of BDSM.

This will be the first winter where I actually feel done. Maybe as we get closer I'll change my mind, but I feel done. I mean for me, over the last 9 years we've already seen everything. What else is there to see? The only thing that made this winter worth tracking was that we did not know what a legit niño would look like under whatever regime this is. Optimism was warranted because, well...we literally did not know what things would look like. It just didn't work out!

But now? Feel like we've seen absolutely everything, and until we get a positive surprise, it just feels like it's not worth watching--especially in a nina (except for @CAPE's yard of course ) I'm tired of pattern chasing only for it to result in long (but knowledgeable) posts about how stuff doesn't work anymore, we suck, etc...it's like, why watch when you already know the answer? I'm tired of watching all manner of climate things destructively interfere with our snow climo.

Now if/when the PDO flips that would be something we haven't seen during this stretch, so maybe you watch and see if that helps, who knows? It may or may not...but worth watching in case it does. Until then? Eh. I mean if you are in just for the science, I get it--to each their own. But otherwise? Not much to see, imo