North Balti Zen

1 hour ago, katabatic said:

This sure has been one hell of an adventure. I don’t have power, I don’t have Internet although my phone still works thankfully. The snowblower that the condo uses to dig us out is broken and they don’t think we’re gonna get any back up until at least Monday. I estimate we’ve had about 7 feet with another 4 to 6 to come. If I don’t get out on Monday which is when my flight is, Tuesday and Wednesday we’re going to get another 2 feet.

Ho. Ly. Sh. it.

23 degrees. Cold.

12 minutes ago, katabatic said:

Your yin to my yang. Calm before the storm here. Finally made it to Donner Summit last night - and now looking at a forecast for the ages. The pic is the entrance to my Airbnb condo. Will be interesting to see what it looks like post storm. 

So, so cool. Well done and enjoy every minute. 

3 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

It’s February 28 and there are daffodils blooming along 29 in Ellicott city. I think we might be permanently screwed.

holy crap - the peepers were DEAFENING on the ncr trail this evening - like - it should be april for those sounds being that deafening...and no way should I be hearing them like this now in northern baltimore county

1 hour ago, psuhoffman said:

I think its made worse by perception bias...because winter is so much warmer than "normal" lately...I think there is just this expectation it will get warmer as we head into early spring...but it doesn't necessarily work that way since the water which is a big part of why its so warm in winter is cooling by then due to the lag effect in water temps.  So often when we get a very warm Feb-mid March...late March and early April might not really end up much warmer and that "feels wrong".  

Good observation - altho I think I am not off on the late arrival of legit blocking - that has been a recurring theme for years and years now. Pretty good recall of "where was this blocking ___ weeks ago posts" over and over again over the last eight or so years...

The disrespect to follow the requests from mods that longtime members exhibit who should know better is breathtaking. 

29 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

How does it rotate when it’s flat? 

On a big turntable 

2 hours ago, katabatic said:

We're getting to the point where snowfall amount probabilities
  in the Sierra/northeast CA won't even matter--being replaced by
  certainties. Snow amounts will be so much and difficult to 
  accurately measure due to strong winds producing prolonged 
  periods of near zero visibility, and blowing/drifting snow 
  capable of burying vehicles and making it difficult to locate 
  roads. Even walking outside would not be advised during this 
  storm as a person could quickly become lost or disoriented.

Its going to get chilly here, but this is the AFD for the Sierra Nevada. I'm chasing it. Flying out today at 4 PM to Reno and spending 6 nights up near Donner Pass. This should be the chase of a lifetime. 

 

Holy crap. Really? That's awesome - have fun and do take care. 

Getting true blocking way too late to help and making spring relatively cold and wettish up our way has been a bit of a recurring theme the last ten years or so. Enough of a recurring event now that I idly wonder if it is tied to the general change occurring with our weather patterns. 

Ji trying to carry the board with optimism is really quite the heel turn. 

Makes sense.

I would guess spring ski season into May is pretty ok in Tahoe tho? Dunno - don't ski.

Probably good for the continued drought relief in that part of Cali at any rate.

4 - 8 feet of snow expected in Tahoe from Thursday to Saturday. That's...a lot. 

27 this AM on the morning dog walk.

Not for nothing, but it has been cold enough for the last 8 days in the overnites to have supported snow/frozen up this way should anything have come along. 

9 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Low of 21

20 here - legit cold still. 

5 hours ago, konksw said:

52 in my part of DC. Feels like spring out there. Strong sun angle. 

Much chillier feel and in actuality in northern Maryland - upper 30s on evening walk and kinda raw.  Didn’t like it. 

Aye - close too.

nice to see baseball, even if still late February…

Adley HR. And…we’re back. 

Since 2014 only 2016 has been a good winter in the immediate Baltimore metro area.

23 on the morning ncr walk. Brilliant sunshine.

2 minutes ago, Ji said:

Weeklies seemed to have kicked the can to mid March. We are down to March 1993 or March 1958 lol. So sad

The only time they will be right about blocking will be opening day of baseball through mid-April probably…

Woo storms!

(in with that before @mappy)

17 at the NCR trail at morning walk with the dogs - and 18 at the house. Brisk. 

Just now, EHoffman said:

Gunnar has an oblique

Yuck. Guess I should start to glance at headlines...altho maybe clears the decks ever more for Jackson in the spring to grab the opening day spot. 

10 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Except every orioles player is hurt apparently 

Beyond Bradish? Who else? When it comes to pitchers, that is all borrowed time -depth matters and the Os have depth and the ability to make more trades and/or signings to backfill if necessary. The Burnes trade so helpful already...