Maestrobjwa

Yeah I remember the same! It was cold enough to bust the pipes at the church I was the music director at at the time (that was a huge mess that took the church the rest of the year to clean up) It was downright bone-chilling--awesome wind chills too! But that was the most recent stretch of artic cold we had...so it's been a little while!

Agreed...Seeing some legit, serious cold would be a huge relief! At least it would mean things aren't completely broken, lol

I'm ashamed I related to this as much we I did, lol

Ah dang it...so sorry to hear that. So close to 100!! Ya know with John Madden and Harry Reid passing earlier this week...I was just asking who the third person was gonna be (because in some years that's how it goes)...and here we are. She will be missed!

Yep...Especially in early January. Really strange how that seems to be a favored time period for this in ninas. Bomb cyclone happened then...lol And even the one anomalous 1996 hit was also in early January...just that that crazy...whatever it was made it work for us. But otherwise...you can almost bet on a nina beach snow in early January, lol

Ah I see (didn't see that part...or I just intentionally ignored it to not spark any dreams, lol)

Hey if we can't get much else I'll take some bitter cold...it has been quite awhile! (two years, I believe!)

I am so, so sorry, friend...will pray for you and your family.

I'm content with it looking good...even if other things line up to don't help us this time. It's better to see it can still relax sometimes instead of being non-stop the way it has been!

We oughta make a show called "That's So Nina" Lol Early January: check Southeast MD jack: check All is functioning predictably!

Hey yo!! THE Uccellini cited the WDI (we're due index)...I feel validated, lol It is herby canon!

Low pressure system with a lot of moisture coming cleanly from the south in a nina...yeah that always works out, lol

If it were possible, I'd repost this on top of every page. I think we forget this like...a lot!

Now I'm still curious about 2016. Now is it just coincidence that things have been screwy (especially with the pac) since that super niño...or did it like break something? Lolol

And even the legendary 2009-10 winter had mild, mid-50s Christmas with rain that washed the snow away...lol Now what about temperatures in December during ninas? I had thought the front end of ninas tended colder...but I'm guessing not so much?

Heck yeah Hey last month somebody dared me to start the thread...now I'm even more tempted, lol

Oh yeah? What happened with that?

Don't know about the first part...I think everybody may need a moderate. Already saw weak kinda fail 2018-19 because of the pac (losing hope quickly for improvement there!)...I'd like to see what happens with a stronger one.

Interesting...lol

Yeah the reaper iconography always kept me out of that thread...lol But honestly what good did the thread do, though? Certainly didn't help anybody process anything. We're like...facing the loss of something here. The snowstorms we used to be able to track occasionally. It's a change...and accepting a new reality. I'm mad at the weather, really. It doesn't owe me a thing, but I'm still mad at it, lol At one time it gave some joy during the winter...but now it's just depression. I take no pleasure in warm winter days nor in cold rain. We have 9-10 other months of the year for that. But now we're forced to accept we cannot get bigger snow anymore (or at least not as often--if you can call our previous 3-4 above average winters a decade often, lol) It will be not that much different than Southern VA or NC, imo. But this is the new reality we MIGHT be facing...and I for one am having a hard time accepting it and not being ticked off about it whenever I think about it. It literally ruins the mood sometimes, smh

If that were a real thing I'd be tempted to invest, lol

Looking up articles about that dang Hadley Cell I'm growing to despise...I guess this "poleward expansion" isn't something that just...reverses itself?

I notice your exclamation points=worry on your end...lol And you're trying your best not to saw the w (warming) word... Pac issue is a legit concern for future snow...5 years? Tell me why we shouldn't be concerned when we've seen no improvement, or why it's illogical to say that this could be a bigger problem. I'm telling ya...I think a mod-strong El Niño might be that last experiment to see if that's the one ENSO that can overcome this persistent problem. If that doesn't work...ruh-roh.

So it's been bad for 5 consecutive years...hm...would like to see if that's happened before...

How long has it been since the Pacific was actually good/not too bad?