Maestrobjwa

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!

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

So...you gonna track next year? (Real question)

And don't turn 'em back on until uh...the PDO flips? (although I know some will be back next year no matter how horrid it may be, lol)

If our climo is gonna be Richmond's...I often wonder if our sub is gonna go the way of the SE forum with just 10 posts a day, haha But really though, if it's that infrequent, interest is gonna drop off a lot I think...

You may have posted stuff on orevious -PDOs before but I don't quite remember...but how has this -PDO cycle compared to previous ones?

As it thunders outside in a mild end to a mild February, lol

Well actually the rapture would take some the opposite of his direction

I don't get colder Springs...if everything is supposed to be a bit warmer overall, why have the Springs been colder?

Yeah but dang THAT for north? Already? Here I was thinking changes I climo happened slowly...but this was a free fall (especially for them)

Wonder if getting a plus +PDO is one more test to see if anything can still help us...

The problem with moving for snow when it's been this bad is...most people can't move to the mountains. Career opportunities for most is closer to where people actually live...the corridors! Now I am still shocked that the snow climo dropped off so drastically for Boston. Is even their's damaged now? But if it's bad from Boston on down, there's literally nowhere to go and have a career in whatever field you are. Everybody can't just pile into WV! I think we all are gonna have to make peace with it if things don't/can't get better. No choice, really...otherwise woodland creatures wouldn't be safe

Whoa, whoa hollld up...ya just dropper something there. And it may become a punchline here, lol, but now that ya mention it you can't help but wonder...

So...when was the last time the PDO was positive?

I think you just coined that term, hahaha Well done

Lol Now see two years was my first thought too, but I was trying to leave room for the off chance the Nina won't double-dip...but I mean don't they all do that these days?

I'll bet not a one will yield more than 3 inches. And that maybe a couple threats worth. But, I'd welcome some December snow even if it's just scenery P.S. I'll take the bet even further: I'll bet somebody $100 that BWI does not see a verified WSW until at least 2026.

Given all this, why anybody has any intention on tracking next winter is beyond me. It must be for the science part of it...because if it's looking for snow? No point. We've seen the ugliest of this PDO cycle, so what more is there to find out? Already seen everything, and there have been no positive surprises in 8 years. So I don't get it...Now I also sense a loyalty for some similar to fanbases of teams that have been losing for a long time (somebody literally said "I've been hear since 2001-02). I mean hey, whatever floats ya!

I hope not...if so, it's not just us...what about the rest of the Northeast that did worse than we did? Had the entire east coast gotten a drastically cut in climo? Smh Never thought it would go to crap THIS quickly. I mean 2016 happened and boom...right off a cliff. For us, over the course of 4 years we had a 1.2 inch winter and a 0.2 inch winter. Never before did that happen in a short span...mercy.

We oughta change the title to the resignation room!

Haven't we had a high ACE season or two the last 8 years or so?

So for clarification: Anafrontal stuff doesn't work much here because of the mountains?

Dang this winter got @stormtrackerpicking classical fights, lol Now first of all, while Beethoven will always be my #1 dude, Mozart slander of that magnitude shalt not be tolerated And I must point out...Mozart did technically play a fortepiano and not a harpsichord (unless the harpsi was when he was like 5)...so I dismiss your diss good sir!

Alright show of hands: What masochists are gonna be in here tracking next winter?