Scarlet Pimpernel

PSU...I know I'm coming to this "party" late and referring to an image that's hours old. But, this one caught my eye for some reason. Remember showing the 850mb temps for this Thursday's non-event at one point? There was no real cold air wedge or damming. It was kind of a flat line through approximately the Ohio valley and east...pretty meh. My point is, this has a much different, more classical type of look in the loop you show here. Just something that occurred to me when I saw this. Of course, not necessarily the final result at this point...but there's better antecedent air among other things.

Light/moderate snow falling. Grass, cars, and even now paved areas are being coated. I'd estimate ~0.1-0.2" at this point. So January officially will not be a shutout...Yay for small victories!!

Light snow around the Chevy Chase area (near the Beltway). Official car-topper, with grass, mulch, and cars coated!

Whoa! Looks like @WxUSAF is gonna need a bigger tent!

Damn! At least say "SPOILER ALERT" before you give away the plot!

Ah, OK...LOL!!! So you meant "don't look at it" as in a good thing, hahaha! I just assumed it looked awful but I guess if the ops Euro was not far off from being really good, then the control would have to be at least that much.

Why, is it one of the ones in Michigan or Ohio?? ETA: Or, one of those that's way offshore!

So it now appears that Sunday is the new Thursday?

Thank you, Red! Yes, "Shawshank" is one of my favorites, have seen it many times!!

Just hope we don't have the "Losestormtoa" storm!

LOL!! I hope you are doing well, friend, with everything going on! I don't expect much here where I'm at in terms of snow, but at least it might be interesting and a little bit wintry-looking!

Does this have a double meaning??

No worries, I kind of thought you probably didn't intend for it to come out quite that way. Regardless, even an inch or two with some sleet is making this a lot more interesting than I thought a day ago!

That's not really what he's doing here (though you may not have intended it to come across that way)... This doesn't mean "discount the NAM", it simply states don't use the ridiculous 10:1 snow maps when we're looking at not all snow in a marginal setup, but to use the other algorithms instead for this situation (and to use the 3-km NAM nest). 'd by @high risk himself, LOL!

High scoring shootout, perhaps?? Sure would look like it.

And don't forget the Euro then coming in with precip amounts that would shame a desert.

I know, right?! Dafuq is the NAM trying to do here??

The Reaper is on Yelp now? Maybe you can take AAA discounts too... And @WxWatcher007, agree with your comments about disappointment (over snow failures) and managing that. Can't deny how frustrating this year has been of course, and I truly wish we could get a decent warning-level criteria event. That would be fun. But in the end, really, what does it all matter how much we do or don't get (other than concerns about long term climate stuff, which we won't get into here!)? I've had my share of personal and other issues, not to mention just how awful 2020 was in general for any number of reasons outside that. But I also try to find some of the beauty in the world via my photography hobby. One thing about this last year, I've probably taken more photos than I had in any other year just because I'm "looking" more and some things catch my eye. Beyond that, of course, are the people in one's life that you care about. Anyhow, sorry to get too philosophical here on a weather board, but just wanted to throw that out there!

I know there are people who say they know what's going to happen!

Good evening, snow weenies! I await your arrival so I can crush your dreams in about an hour and three quarters!!

Could be a little brisk later Thursday if that ends up being correct.

I was going to say "bite thy tongue!" given how many times someone has said that too early and then *poof* it goes to hell...but just maybe we'll be OK!

Gfs is broken bro. It can't even give us snow with a 981 at Hatteras and cad lol We get April-style CAD in late January now, don't ya know!!

Haha! Well, I can guess. Those were just a couple of examples off the top of my head that were "marginal", and was wondering how they would have turned out in the current environment. I would wager the result wouldn't have been so good.