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Not like we haven't said this before - It's all timing issues. Trends continue that the cold overwhelms the setup and squashes everything.

One of my favorite places in the country. If you haven't been to Boone, go. Wife and I have made numerous trips in the past to do some charitable work. One thing I haven't done yet that I want to do is see Appalachian State play a home football game - ESPN College Gameday was there live this past fall. I had goosebumps watching it. Such an amazing little town is Boone...sitting at an elevation of 3333'.

Me too! I have to edit at least half of my posts.

The only miskate you made today was a spelling one. LOL Sunny and 40 here. And still brisk.

There's going to be a lot of people complaining about the weather over the next couple of weeks. I'll ask them how they ever managed to survive such a harsh winter in the first place.

I hope you're right - we can't win without the moisture. If it rains so be it...I'd much prefer it come up at us than sit and rot down south.

The cold press for next week's potential continues to get modeled stronger - we need it be cold for obvious reasons but models are picking up on that confluence and stalling out our low in the deep south before shredding it out. Right now I'm much more worried about smoking me some cirrus instead of rain.

Recycling bins - of course, my trash day was yesterday. And of course, there was mayhem in the neighborhood. I was quite concerned about the status of our own recycling bin, so I texted my wife yesterday and asked if ours was still on our property...she sent me a picture showing 4 recycling bins at the end of our driveway. It's nice to have 3 backups now.

Example A of someone's day that's been Ruined.

I wish you had time or felt compelled to post more - I love your drivels. Maybe because I love to drivel myself.

Cold and wind overperformed today. Definitely felt like winter.

High here today was 37 - that's a solid BN departure!

Still snowing in the Poconos - lots of 8-10" reports coming in out of NE PA. Good 'ole Starrucca PA was reporting 9.5" at 3pm. Have to believe a few high spots are at or will eclipse a foot. Edit: One of the heaviest bands of snow in the NE is actually rotating into NE PA/Poconos right now, so there will be double digit totals.

On the other hand...we do wind very well down here! Through 3 PM, max gusts have reached 38 mph at the 'Ville, 41 mph at York Apt, 47 mph at Harrisburg Int'l Apt, & 52 mph at Lancaster Apt.

Lanco gets completely screwed so obviously, that can't be...wrong. LOL

Wanted to follow up on this. I store so much information in my head...have to keep on learning is my mantra. One thing I'm seeing a LOT of today while perusing the NE and NYC subs is this - much of the disappointment is not because it's not snowing but because it's not sticking. White rain abounds in areas where temps are marginal and intensity is not moderate to heavy. I think most in this thread know this but it's something to keep in mind...one of those recent GFS runs for next week had midday air temps around 34-36 degrees in the LSV. We'd be in trouble if that played out like that. Temp will have to be lower and we'll need big time rates to compensate for the date. Back in 2018 I was accumulating nicely midday first day of spring but it was legit +SN and it was 31 degrees. A lot of those reporting stations up there where white rain is falling are at 34-36 degrees...

Also, correction to my snowfall totals for Mammoth - the mountain will eclipse the 800" barrier tonight. 67 feet of snow and they have a good month or so left to add...and they will add quite a bit next week with 2 more storms in the pipeline...

Speaking subjectively and only for my location, today is definitely a day where both the advisory and reality match. It's friggin howling outside.

It's fine for now - juiced up SS shortwave is what we want. Still a lot to work out and need to go right timing wise but at least it's a single vort in the south and we're not worrying about a stupid transfer or something like that. Yet.

I was searching for a clever response but I ain't got nothin'. But yes...definitely getting ready for Mammoth and so much more.

36 and blustery at noon. WFH today and was comfortable outside in a sweatshirt and shorts.

Current storm has already dropped over 2 feet in parts of New England with many more hours of snow left to come...

Very low expectations - pretty much everything we need to go right has to, or it will either be a rainstorm or suppressed. When was the last time everything went right? Then again - maybe we're due...

That's why I've been actively rooting for any rain we get. It has been dry. I'm not surprised to hear that. The entire LA basin depends on mountain snowmelt for water - I just read this morning that the snowpack on Mammoth Mountain now has over 90" of QPF in it. The all-time record is 98" of QPF which was set in 1983. There is a potential for significant long-term relief in the So Cal populous...but at what cost will that come if all of that water comes downhill too quickly?

This is where I'll be staying in May: https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/the-village