North Balti Zen

54 minutes ago, Interstate said:

I am not really getting involved in the 20th until Monday at the earliest.  I mean missing to the East, would sum up my winter of getting missed by every direction.

Oh, I think we can book that from here...

7 hours ago, Paleocene said:

Long range thread hysterically awful

It got better 

6 minutes ago, JPL said:

Hi Everyone!  Longtime reader here for many years, and have been following the models for this storm.  I have seen a couple of people note timing for next week's storm.  I have a critical appointment next wed afternoon and am hoping someone may be able to provide some insight into a likely start time (I know we are still aways away) so I can plan accordingly.  Thank you for all of the great posts- always an interesting read.  Cheers!

Welcome - genuinely too early to guess at that. Might not even be a storm to time out. 

3 minutes ago, kristia said:

Leaving a trail of weather sadness and misery wherever I go

Just pure devastation and crying snow lovers in our wake 

5 minutes ago, kristia said:

Moved here from Baltimore County in 2020 and I think I killed the snow vibe  hasn’t been much to write home about these last few years. 

See!!!!! @Interstate  @mappy - I may not be the only moving jinx!!!!

Just now, PrinceFrederickWx said:

Pann also infamously went too low in Snowmageddon part 1, though not nearly as bad as 2016.

He got off for years on being contrarian - he would literally forecast the opposite of the modeling.  When modeling showed a no snow or small snow event, he would grab the outlier snowiest model and push that. And, yes, he totally underforecast a few of the biggest area storms, again, I think because it was his shtik. 

33 minutes ago, Ji said:

No way. Tony pann calls for snow during the summer.

He was in a full blown contrarian phase. It was bizarre. Then I no longer had to read his shit because I got the block hammer...

He was doubling down on 3-6 for balt city in real time on twitter even as it was already vomiting snow - I wore him out for a bit on that and then he sent me to the shadow zone…

No regrets! 

8 minutes ago, gymengineer said:

This made me laugh out loud. I remember those posts. 

Ancient history. Only posts like that now come from Calvert County on the regular...

54 minutes ago, H2O said:

I’m now getting to the stage where I’ll do 5-2” shovel jobs instead of one shovel after it’s done to not destroy my janky back. 

That too. 100%.

39 minutes ago, Kay said:

Why shovel before rain? Not judging just curious.

In my case - cheap “old man” (mid-50s) cardio. 

6 minutes ago, H2O said:

Check yo Bluesky for a pic. I would have been happy with 4”. I told friends and neighbors 5” was likely with max of 6-7”. I wasn’t that far off. I wish yall had better snows. Hopefully the next ones will do better there 

Just saw it on the Sky - yep - gorgeous . So fun. 

lol - here to help ! (Catastrophic development for @Fozz though…)

Just now, H2O said:

Total snow: 8.1”

was 6.1 at 10pm and looks like another 2” fell overnight. 

street plowed 2 times but it’s a mess. 

Woo! That’s a really great snowfall Andy - congrats - has to be gorgeous to wake up to. Enjoy!

@mappy

I mean …is hunt valley for my move gonna be far enough to bail you all out (lol)?
 

4 minutes ago, mappy said:

2.3”

Consistent across the screw zone - 

2.3 for your area , I am at 2.5 and t.august over in Havre is at 2.7.

modeling has been pretty great at sussing out the wall on these events in our area for a few years now…

it is pretty to wake up to in any event. Happy Wednesday to you!

3 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

Damn i nailed this sucker on the nose....yay me! Bob Ryan can suck it

Extreme Office Space voice -

“yes, Bob Ryan can indeed ‘suck it’”

14 hours ago, snowmagnet said:

I have a question. What is the deal about Short Pump? I hear it on here on the time, but then my daughter just went to the Short Pump mall last night! She's at school in Fredericksburg. 

 

Inside joke among longtimers - every so often a winter weather poster wanders into the site and only posts extreme IMBY questions and obs - the memorable ones to my aging memory in the last decade are the Short Pump person, Carbondale (who wasn’t even from our posting forum) , the “NE MD pummeled” poster (who is still around but karma has been making those obs irrelevant for six years now), and Ji.*
 

*I kid     **
 

** sorta

Just now, Terpeast said:

I’m only a few inches from climo imby and we may have another shot by next weekend. This winter has exceeded many expectations.

That’s true (but last sentence varies wildly by location lol)

4 minutes ago, wtkidz said:

8.2” here inf Fredericksburg.  Not bad. I expected 5” and happy for the extra. 

That’s a wonderful snow event - happy for your area, enjoy.

Just now, snowfan said:

Measured 5” on the mark. That makes for the second snowfall this season of 5” or more. Not bad for AA Co. Still need a few more inches to hit climo on the season. 

That’s excellent - and I really think you get there by mid-week next week. 

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Its pretty now. Lots of shoveling to do before it gets too wet and heavy. Not looking forward to the half inch of rain that will fall into it later. Then more rain this weekend. My driveway is going to become a mess.

Cleanup of heavy snow definitely less ideal, that is true. Got 2.5” and just cleared the driveway in about 10 minutes so score one for always being fringed lol…

14 minutes ago, CAPE said:

At least 9" here. I will measure in a few spots. Obv there is compaction but I didn't do the snowboard thing so I will report what's otg.

Whoa - that’s excellent - glad for you - must be gorgeous