Maestrobjwa

Last 5 years...What makes them different from other 5 year stretches? I mean...just looking at the numbers...I see other 5-year stretched containing a single digit totals (like the early 90s--the 4 years preceeding the winter with the March 1993 storm looked pretty mediocre with 3 single-digit totals. Granted, a mod nino may have been disrupted by Pinatubo). That being said...I do see that since 2011 we've had 3 of our lowest winters. NOW....with that, I have to wonder if we just drew a bad ++++++AO card twice in that time span (unless the AO spiking like that has something to do with you-know-what)

Yeah but what if the specifics are what caused things to be 2C warmer? Lol I mean no cold on our side of the globe is a pretty big specific!! I mean no wonder the blocking didn't work in January!

Maybe I'm not ready to accept that it's more difficult to get snow now, but...Was not having any cold air on our side of the globe during Dec/Jan not a big part of the problem? And what about what happened with the TPV this month? And I don't get that if the problem is the "something"...how is it that Texas and Arkansas have more cold and snow than we do? What about Seattle? How can we know for sure unless we give it some more time to see if this repeats in a future winter? If it weren't for the two problems I just mentioned (no cold in the source region, followed by the unfortunate TPV placement this month), I'd give it more weight, but...I'm not sure I wanna give up on snow chances still being decent here.

Shoveling this stuff earlier was like cleaning off wet Domino sugar that dried and got caked on! Powdery on the top...rock-hard on the bottom, lol

Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model?

I'm gonna go out on a limb here...could it be we got a little unlucky with two things? 1) Cold air trapped on the other side of the globe from November, leading to no real cold air source 2) TPV settling in a bad spot earlier this month, when we finally did have a cold air source Too simplistic? (feel free to weigh in red taggers and others)

Did you manage 5-7" up your way?

Okay...so why is that? We can't get the trough over us...why? Bad roll of the dice?

And yet Texas gets snow...Seattle gets snow. Explain that, lol

Good...get this thing outta here so we can stop being reminded of the bust!

WTR?

I'm dealing with the same. Last week the trend in the wrong direction for Monday worsened my existing depression and I spent most of Friday (or maybe it was Thursday) in bed. Today is not as bad but it still dampens the mood...and I'm a bit depressed about future snow prospects now. There's just this feeling of somebody withholding a bit of happiness from you for no reason at all. And you come in this forum and the "it's not fair!" aura perpetuates itself. And then you look at the calendar...and see Spring isn't far away, and you don't know how to move on from the winter failure. Spring is nice with new beginnings, but knowing that also means a long wait till even a CHANCE at seeing snow--assuming that there will be chances--is a bit depressing. BUT...every year we all find a way to move on.

Well dang it then next year the WDI should come back around! It would've been SIX years since the last big one! It used to be we'd get a foot every 3-4 years, 2 feet every 6-7...you'd think it'll break our way again eventually

That's why these maps drive me crazy, lol

It gets a pretty bad rap around here...

Definitely benefitting from the clear skies!

Can't imagine this doesn't help us! (but of course, I get that the temps aloft are the name of the game here...anyway to monitor those?)

@psuhoffman Just blew up the board...lol

Awesome!!

What kind of run now? Lol

Temp steadily dropping...weather app is 28 here already (clear skies are helping!)

Oh that 5-inch mark....can we do it? Or will we be trolled again with another 4 or 4.5" result? Lol

And walk a block away and get rain? Lol

I was getting ready to say...that 6-8" for Baltimore at the 3 am update never made much sense, lol I still don't know if we get to the 5" (yes I know I'm a tad obsessed...it's just been a lot of trolling in the snow guage, lol)

Hey yo what the...I think Baltimore City has all three colors!! How, lol