showmethesnow

Down sloping for the win, errr... I mean for the loss.

Wanted to be a pilot when I was younger. Had a good shot at the Air Force academy but when I found out my eyesight wasn't good enough to fly the fighter jets I took a pass. Wanted to be the the predator and not the prey of which flying one of those big lumbering cargo jets would have made me. If I had a do over though I would probably do things different knowing the things I do now.

Enjoy flying myself. But I do prefer the direct flights. If I am going somewhere I want to be there yesterday and not spending several extra hours with a connecting flight. About the only benefit to a stop over for me is that you get an extra takeoff and landing thrown in and I enjoy them.

Seeing as we haven't seen a post from him maybe he is one of the souls that get lost in airports after missing their connecting flights?

Snow shovel looks as if it has hardly been used.

Need to do that as well. Always hated waiting for hours down there but DMV is a lot easier to handle up here in PA. Go to Gettysburg and am normally out in a half an hour or so.

Looking at the models I might have to take a trip to Gettysburg today. For a Valentines gift for my wife of course. Has nothing to do with them showing the possibility of 2+ inches of snow there and me pretty much being fringed.

Meant to say this yesterday and got side tracked with tracking all the snow we are getting. Sounds like there might be quite a bit of rehab for your sister so I hope things go well. If there is a bright side, things could have been much worse so thank God they weren't. Thoughts are with you both.

The board reeks of desperation now. I think it is about harvest time.

The one thing I have learned is that these are two topics that better left off these boards. Seen some pretty nasty dustups over the years. Kind of ruins the enjoyment.

And now we are going to try to get a conversation started in politics? You are batting 2 for 2 today. It's bad enough that people are primed to go off with the crappy winter we have had but now you want to throw a.... Pretty much asking for...

Been hunting for tickets for one of his shows but I haven't had much luck so far.

That SW had a good look days ago that showed promise but it continues to degrade as we near in time. Still have 3 1/2-4 days to get things right so I guess we will see.

I hope my 5:59 am posting met your needs. As currently depicted on both the GFS and the Euro there really isn't much upside to possible snow. Even if we would end up with the separation we would need the farther N track of the SW and very little dig probably argues for 1-2 inches at best. Still time to see the changes we need but I am not overly optimistic at this point.

What's being provided? Brunch or Continental Breakfast?

My wife asked me the other day why I haven't been discussing snow this winter and talking up the possibilities of storms like I normally do. And I just cried.

Iv'e been there. When we first got married my wife would hear mention of snow in the forecast and then ask me if it will snow or not and how much. Of course that meant me explaining the different scenarios and the whys behind those scenarios. Of course her eyes quickly glazed over only to snap back to attention at the end to ask me once again whether we were getting snow and how much. So now I just say yes or no and how much. Unless I am feeling peevish then I go into the old routine with the added bonus of drawing up diagrams for her.

Watched the lead in to that storm for about a week on the Weather Channel. Came oh so close to buying plane tickets back to visit my mother in Catonsville. But work and the thought of spending big bucks on last minute plane tickets stopped me. In hindsight I wish I had. The dynamics of the storm is very likely a once in a lifetime event. One thing that disappointed me though was seeing a good chunk of the DC/Balt metro turn over to ice for an extended period of time. Think about the only other storm that I missed that comes close on regret is the 82 storm when I was in college down at Georgia Tech.

Thought I did here as well. Then I went out and looked and it was nothing more then one of the heavier frosts I had ever seen. I am sure there is a correlation between heavy frost and coming snow. Like the Fog correlation presented by someone earlier in the season? Am I right?

Dude, that is just so wrong. You know I can't unsee that. Right?

@PrinceFrederickWx: Mrs Showme, Mrs Showme? Excuse me but I have been trying to get in touch with Coach Snowme. He hasn't been available to receive me for quite awhile now and I would like to discuss what his plans are in regards to turning things around. Mrs Showme: Well Prince, he has been very busy in that regards and I can assure you he is working diligently and leaving no stone unturned. Showme:

Winter of 19-20 Running snow totals. ******************************************** Dec 4 (Early morning hours): 1/2" Dec 11 (Early morning post frontal snows) .6 " Dec 16 (early morning hours, overrunning) 1.0" Jan 7 (Quick hitter roughly 6 hrs in the afternoon) 4.5" Jan 8 (early morning squalls.) (Squall 1) 1.25" (Squall 2) .6" Jan 18 (slop storm) .4" snow/sleet .2 ice ******************************************** Total for season: 8.85"

I like what we are generally seeing in the longer ranges on the EPS and GEFS as it does have potential. But we will probably be dependent on well timed systems and/or episodes of some sort of blocking in the N Atlantic to realize this potential. Otherwise we are running the risk of progressive and suppressed systems. On the other hand we are seeing an active southern stream that could very well come into play as well. I would definitely roll the dice on what we are seeing now as there is very good upside if things break right for us. And it sure beats what we were looking at just a few weeks ago.

Let's see where we are in a day or two. But as of right now with what is being depicted I wouldn't expect to see any transfer to off our general coast as the primary is still gaining too much latitude. See stronger heights in Canada on future runs with less latitude gain and/or a deeper dropping trough then we can probably start considering the idea.

Think you are right. Probably bombing flakes at this point. If you note the good lift through and just above the warm nose I would think those warmer temps would be getting mixed out upwards somewhat.