North Balti Zen

Gotta say, if the snow maps stop the suicidal cliff diving from last nights main thread “analysis”, I welcome them.

Air mass just too warm. Bootleg warm air locked in by block. Need to re-shuffle and take our chances after March 20.

Pure hall of fame concern trolling for him to raise “lack of cold air” and pretend that there have not just been ten pages of discussion on that...or maybe he has PSU and PivotPoint on ignore...

12/16-17: 3.8" (well ahead of last year's seasonal total for my address lol)

BWI: 10.5" DCA: 6.3" IAD: 18.2" RIC: 7.1" SBY: 4.1"

BWI: .7 - '49/'50 1.2 - '72/'73 1.8 - 2011/12 1.8 - 2019/20 2.3 - 2001/02 DCA .1 - '97/'98 .1 - '72/'73 .6 - 2019/20 2.0 - 2011/12 2.2 - '75/'76 Dulles: 2.2 - '72/'73 2.6 - 2001/02 2.9 - 2019/20 3.7 - 2011/12 4.4 - '80/'81 The third worst or tied for third worst at all airports last winter in terms of seasonal snowfall. Two of the five worst snowfall total winters the region has experienced has been in the last 10 years.

Every time the seasonal snow discussion thread melts down I tidy up in here.

Bump. apparently need to get the place ready early this year... reminder, 3rd worst ever at DCA and IAD last year and tied for third worst at BWI.

I don’t believe it snowed after I bumped this thread on January 21. What an absolute disaster of a winter. We have new entrants on the list.

Coming into view now - 3rd worst or tied for 3rd worst at each airport as it currently stands.

I may do that. As of 2/21/20: BWI: 1.8" DCA: 0.6" IAD: 2.9"

Right now tie for 3rd, and two new third place worst totals on the table.

Here's where we are currently on 2/05/20: BWI: 1.8"/DCA: 0.6"/IAD: 2.9" These are the seasonal futility numbers to keep in mind as this horror show continues: BWI: .7 - '49/'50 1.2 - '72/'73 1.8 - 2011/12 2.3 - 2001/02 3.0 - 2016/2017 DCA .1 - '97/'98 .1 - '72/'73 2.0 - 2011/12 2.2 - '75/'76 2.5 - '30/'31 Dulles: 2.2 - '72/'73 2.6 - 2001/02 3.7 - 2011/12 4.4 - '80/'81 5.9 - '97/'98

If we can get on the board for a top 5 futility record at one of the airports - glasses of warm water in honor of what fell this winter.

Putting out some extra chairs.

Tidying up, doing some dusting. Getting ready, just in case.

Agreed - the 2-4 inch deals have been harder and harder to come by in the ten years I have been in the area - but looking at the longer record , that seems to comport with your memory from the 80s and 90s for this part of the area. Dovetails with @psuhoffman obs/thoughts in another thread wondering if the global climate trends are taking those events away from parts of the area.

That means two of the top five worst snowfall seasons for BWI location have happened in the last decade. It has truly been huge boom or massive bust for BWI/Baltimore City area since I got here in 2009 - probably why I am constantly hunting big storms - the ones on the margins don't do much for this area of late...

I will go with you - that winter had some screwy measurements for having so little have fallen. If that is accurate, the correct top five worst snowfall years for the reporting locations are as follows: Here's where we are currently on 1/22/20: BWI: 1.8"/DCA: 0.6"/IAD: 2.9" These are the seasonal futility numbers to keep in mind as this horror show continues: BWI: .7 - '49/'50 1.2 - '72/'73 1.8 - 2011/12 2.3 - 2001/02 3.0 - 2016/2017 DCA .1 - '97/'98 .1 - '72/'73 2.0 - 2011/12 2.2 - '75/'76 2.5 - '30/'31 Dulles: 2.2 - '72/'73 2.6 - 2001/02 3.7 - 2011/12 4.4 - '80/'81 5.9 - '97/'98

Did that number get adjusted after 3/14/17? There was back and forth at the time about how much fell that day.

2016/17 was BAD (but not quite historic with the March 14, 2017 snow ruining the run at placing each airport on the list except for a 5th place for BWI) - that year ended up BWI 3.0"/DCA 3.4"/IAD 7.3" . Prior to that mid-March "save" in 2017 BWI had 1", DCA had 1.7" and Dulles also had 1.7".

BUMP: Here's where we are currently on 1/21/20: BWI: 1.8"/DCA: 0.6"/IAD: 2.9" These are the seasonal futility numbers to keep in mind as this horror show continues: BWI: .7 - '49/'50 1.2 - '72/'73 1.8 - 2011/12 2.3 - 2001/02 3.0 - 2016/2017 DCA .1 - '97/'98 .1 - '72/'73 2.0 - 2011/12 2.2 - '75/'76 2.5 - '30/'31 Dulles: 2.2 - '72/'73 2.6 - 2001/02 3.7 - 2011/12 4.4 - '80/'81 5.9 - '97/'98

Checking in from Baltimore, gave up on this up here 24 hours ago. I have in-laws in Brevard and a daughter in Greensboro, so will live it through them and you all. Good luck, the ensemble agreement for your area is a stunner. The big ones often lock in early, and it appears to have been that way for you guys. Hope you all get across the finish line with it.

At the time this thread was made, it was an attempt to get one particular doomsayer to stop derailing every long range winter thread.

Eh, it was dry enough that the corridor made the severe drought status. He wasn't wrong about how dry it had been. Now forecasting continued dry based on that - he may have been off there...