pazzo83

i don't think you are quite grasping what he's saying. all weather models are probabilistic models that factor in historical data, current observed data, and the understood mathematics that describe the atmosphere. obviously it could be wrong because models are often wrong. but let's look at the inputs again - unless you are arguing that one of those inputs was somehow corrupted for this particular model run, it is telling you that the most likely outcome is what is shown (with rain basically everywhere). i think that is where the concern lies - it is outputting an outcome that is not what one would've expected in years past, meaning it is incorporating some sort of fundamental change in terms of those inputs. I don't think the math has changed wildly (if only to improve model precision), so...

the irony is there was widespread lack of basic English understanding today wrt Chuck's post about a "transition" - but the joke is on you for mis-interpreting a map.

you must be in a cold pocket. We weren't far of the airport up in the "high altitudes" of Tenleytown - low of 31.

Last year, as others have said. The last time we had the situation we see this year was 2020, which had 46 days of 90+ and 42 days of 32 or below. 2019 had 47 days of 32 or below and 62 90+ days (one of the highest on record). This year is remarkable though, with only 24 days with freezing temps (I don't think that includes today - so make it 25). From what I can see that is the lowest on record for DCA, with the next closest being 28 days in 1969. We'll see if we break that record.

DCA hit 32F. Still looking at one of the lowest number of <=32F days in a calendar year on record. We'll have had more 90+ days than <=32F days.

i'm assuming the usage of the word "discreet" here is a board joke?

i remember skies like that in western Augusta County. Just stunning.

i think it's one thing to post very high level maps trying to establish how the pattern might evolve over the ensuing two-three weeks. But looking at individual storms and upper air temps on a localized level... come on man.

we used to have standards on these boards

man, in terms of "what needs to change for us to get some legit snow", we definitely have the precip part figured out. I think this is the wettest month of the year for me.

Yeah I'm at 36" on the year which is low but not catastrophically so. Over 5" this month helps.

3.01" in NW DC. Now drying out. Looks like it's in the low 40s on Mount Washington - has to be near a record high: https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=KMWN

2" at DCA.

2.5" in NW DC.

it's even above freezing on the top of Mount Washington right now. https://mountwashington.org/weather/mount-washington-weather/

what do you have? I have one of the Ambient Weather models.

easily.

just pouring here - man. we are making a late run to close our annual precip deficit lol

2" here.

Dews are in the 60s along the eastern shore with gusts of 60+ mph. I mean...

looks like some back-filling coming in from the south - wonder if these are more squally so will have some winds with them.

some place in SC got 13" of rain - absolutely insane for a non-tropical system.

1.7" here in Tenleytown - pouring.

kind of the insanity of the NYC UHI on display today (which is definitely enhanced by the city being on the coast). Today was a perfectly sunny day, and the high was 54 and low of 46. So that's a 8 degree diurnal temp variation on a sunny winter day - lol.

after a high in the low 60s, 43F at this hour.