North Balti Zen

I don’t have the patience to go find them, but I could collect some posts from the really good posters on here that have said , since Jan 1, to “watch the period starting on the tenth” ”by the 15th we should be seeing blues on runs” ”the period around the 20th is ripe” ”window should be wide open by the 24th-26th” and now Ralph’s above. and that’s setting aside the posts from mid-December that the period from Christmas to New Years and just after New Years were ripe. larger observation is we’ve been kicking this can down the road for about a month now - the can being “ something , anything to track”. When I’ve seen this before in the previous 11 winters I’ve been here, it is, generally, not ideal. this road ends with the people in the maryland highlands trying to convince anyone below 1000 feet in elevation that snow on March 25th is good while they get five inches and everyone else gets puddles... hope one of these goalpost moving periods gets closer in time, but for 30 days now the goalposts keep moving. also, side note, props to the GFS for generally refusing to show blue over us in the long range, as that has been accurate as hell...

“Loving that look last few days of January into early Feb. Thats the period that holds the most potential the entire season once things slow down and relax. Until then we are playing with fire with the NS shred factory“ you all literally keep moving this period back. That’s a really bad sign.

There have been several “wait til February “ posts the last few days - that’s how you know things are going GREAT.

Bojangles are by FAR the best biscuits. And, to make that relevant to this thread, you can get them all over North Carolina, making your snow chase there tasty...

Still feels like early november. You could be in shorts.

Rodney is this thread's reaper. He's well paid to keep it brutally real.

The six months of November theory holding - November-January been like November-November and November-December.

Well, he had already dusted their DBs twice for TDs, they had progressed to "so crazy it just might work" stage. Spoiler: it didn't work, but it was crazy.

I just had a co-worker text me that her husband heard the polar vortex is coming, so I assume some sort of hype is hitting media somewhere...

That was hilarious this AM in the long range thread - some borderline maybe some good new posts and then PSU with a vat of acid just spraying it everywhere. Had to laugh.

Matt Lanza on Twitter: "Winter Storm Watches have been hoisted for the weekend storm NW of Houston for Huntsville, Navasota, College Station, and the Buc-ee's in Madisonville. https://t.co/gBS1HsdA5D" / Twitter

From Asheville? Yes. From the outer banks? No.

Futility thread ready to go.

Tidying up. Setting out some chairs for guests.

Nods.

As one would expect for month three of November

Shoot me a DM. If I can't advise I will point you toward someone who can

Seriously, no. It was the Euro.

That used to be the Euro - thought to do better in Nina years. Dunno if that holds in a Nina year that blocks like a Nino.

But I am all for writing that role into the open elevator shaft (LA Law reference for those who get it...)

Is anyone able to tell Ji that we don't need him to fill that particular role (extreme eeyore) on the board?

I thought it was the one from December. I need a note card to keep up.

Doctor to family members: We are so sorry, we could not save great-grandpappy Doug, he's passed on to his eternal reward. <five hours pass> Ralph to family members: Doug's dead. Just wanted to guard against any unchecked expectations.

Gee thanks Ralph, this thread has been full of unchecked optimism - glad you posted on the need to keep expectations low and keep it real in here...

Yeah, that's bad. Baltimore City has not had a warning level snow event since Jan. 2016.