Scarlet Pimpernel

2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

You and I are on the same page. Also wanted to say that somehow when I quoted this post it added a ''laugh'' reaction and I can't change it because I hit my limit for the day. Weird.

That's weird.  Is there a limit on how many reactions one can give in a certain amount of time?  Didn't realize that.  Or a limit on how many times you can change it?

Just now, mattie g said:

What an incredible year...especially the couple weeks from when we reeled that late-January storm north through February 10. Crazy shite.

That 12-day stretch (Jan. 30-Feb. 10) was unreal.  Four warning-level events, two of which were HECS-level (Jan. 30, Feb. 2, Feb. 5-6, Feb. 9-10).  The most concentrated amount of snow in such a period that I've ever experienced.

7 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

my second call is the same as my first: 

Ha!  All you need is to label everything with lettered regions that incoherently overlap with each other! 

3 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

Hey peeps. Let me clear the air first. I never intended to stay offline here this long. It just happened. However, last couple years lost their luster for me meaning I stopped having fun here. That's a me problem tho. Y'all do you forever. Thing is, I'm pretty damn busy with real life basically always. This place is a time suck and a half. Then add it all the hours spent staring at maps/charts/graphs/blah blah blah and I realized that I'm absolutely not using my own potential to do big things in life. So ALL that energy and analysis that I traded off here I put to work somewhere else and it was the smartest decision of my life. 

Nobody will like to hear this but I've become disinterested in long range tracking. Too much self induced stress/work for basically nothing in return for years at a time. I became a square peg and this game is a circle hole. Also a circle jerk but that's a different topic alltogether. I haven't tracked jack shit all year. I knew it was a nina and that's all I needed to know. If it happens great and if not I have more important stuff to do. But...... but................. BUT.......... IT"S FOOKIN HAPPENING. BOOM.

I'm here for jokes and obs and entertainment. I really don't care nearly as much what any model says cuz wx gon wx and it doesn't give AF about our feelings. Nice to see a blocked coastal in a nina though. That's a bonus check and a half. 

Totally can understand where you're coming from, Bob, and I think we can all respect that.  Regardless of how much you want to say or analyze or report...your input here is always welcome at any level!  Thanks for all the insight over the years, I really learned a lot just by reading, and I have always liked your attitude regardless of how bad or good our snow chances were.

And HELL YEAHHHH...it's FOOKIN' happening!   (required disclaimer:  I hope so, anyhow, LOL!!)

2 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Even the Reaper is getting all misty-eyed at the return of @Bob Chill!!

Just now, mappy said:

lol it’s fine. He deserves a warm welcome back. Just tighten up when models come out again  

Absolutely.

Sorry for the banter in a storm thread...but hopefully exceptions can be made with the Return of the Chill! 

Just now, Bob Chill said:

Sup peeps. I'm new here. How much for Rockville?

You'll be in the MoCo jackpot zone as always!! 

Good to see you Bob, thanks for stopping in!!  I hope you are doing well these days.

Just now, MillvilleWx said:

Yeah. Mine was me cleaning and trying to get up from a tight spot as a big dude. I severely strained my right lat muscle, translating to acute ridiculopathy throughout my lower lumbar. That was 3 weeks ago and through a ton of treatment and muscle relaxers, it's improved where I can do most of my normal routine, just slowly. Still have some translated pain in the sciatic nerve, but it's tolerable compared to the past few weeks. That was debilitating. I hope you're having a decent day today!

Ugh...that feels painful just to read!! Glad you are recovering, and hope you can do some kind of phys therapy exercises now and then to keep it in decent shape.  That's what I'm supposed to do (but am sadly highly negligent at times, which is on me!!).  Having a decent day, yes, thank you!  Any time there is a good chance of WSW criteria snow or better, I'm in a good mood at this time of year!  I hope to have a chance to get some nice photos (photography is a hobby of mine), if we actually get a good event!  Hope you're having a good day as well!

4 minutes ago, ErinInTheSky said:

Tulsi tea and honey here <3

Sounds tasty!  Having a glass of chilled chardonnay myself right now.

5 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Still resting my back from the injury, so I'm currently buzzing off a 350mg Soma and a tall bottle of water 

Hence the reason I have not posted about the GFS because I am toast lol

Hey, I totally empathize with back injuries!  Or at least lower back pain.  In my case it's a semi-chronic lower back issue (not an injury), partly my fault for not keeping the core strengthened as I should at times, and it can just go out on me upon occasion.  Really debilitating, to the point tying shoes is a chore!  Like it gets charley-horsed or tied in a knot, then it takes a few days to "untie".  Ugh!  But hey, guess I'm just gettin' old, so get off my lawn!! 

Just now, osfan24 said:

Because they basically mimic the OP that close in. 

That's definitely part of it.  Also they're lower resolution and won't be able to show the more subtle features and/or thermals as well as the high-res deterministic counterparts.  Ensembles are most useful beyond ~3 days.  I might almost argue they're still of some use for a short while more for the second part of this event, with the coastal development, to get an idea of the low center spreads, etc.  But we're on that fence of usefulness for that even now, as regional models are in range of it.

12 minutes ago, high risk said:

         Still a bit too far north with its maximum love (for us Howard County folks), but each of the last 4 cycles has see the GFS para shift southward with the location of its max.   Just need one or two more....

Give me 2.5-3 more shifts to get some more of that into the metro area too! 

NAM still certainly looks to stay cold despite a period of sleet around the metro areas.

14 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Nest is still drier on the front end.  0.2-0.4" QPF by 00z Monday.

Any particular reason it's so dry?  That's even less than what it showed for 12Z.

2 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

@stormtracker...illustration...

look how the h5 jumps over us...we need it to stay closed and phase over VA not jump too off the coast like that.    But it was VERY close...the track is perfect just need it a little more amplified and the trough less positive so it doesn't open up.  

 

 

Yeah, I was encouraged by the quasi-neutral look at ~72 hours.  Then all of a sudden that closed 5H low opened up right over us and re-formed around south Jersey.  Interestingly, it "expanded" southwest of there at the end of the loop you display.

Just now, mappy said:

lol sorry, kind of a joke in our house. we are big Impractical Joker fans (tv show on TruTV) and thats a thing they say when someone asks where something is. Also, Stanley on The Office did it a bit too. so, I couldn't help myself. 

lol ouch

Sounds like the joke my sister-in-law always uses...whenever someone asks "Now, where is that such-and-such" when you can't find something, she almost always replies, "if it were up your ass, you'd know!!"  Which is true, of course!! 

1 minute ago, mappy said:

UP YOUR ASS AND TO THE LEFT  

As George Takei would say,

OH....MY!!

Just now, mappy said:

NEVER

I wonder where the CCB will set up.  Any indications yet? 

9 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

@Always in Zugzwang remember when I said the crews were coming in from across the business empire? Well, they’re here.

We will have guards at every high structure in the metropolitan region, with strict orders to call it in if someone jumps. This was today’s morning roll call. We even brought in the bloodhounds in case weenies try to escape.

I need the public’s help. If someone cancels the storm or jumps prematurely please send it to my tip line. Share the post in Banter or press 3 when dialing 1-800-REAPME2.

I will bury anyone that tries to hop off the train now.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

You did indeed mention the legion of crews coming in to assist!  They look like they mean some serious bid-nizzz!!!

Oh, and I think there are modern medical treatments for premature jumping?   Remember, if you feel like jumping for more than 4 hours, please contact your physician!!

3 minutes ago, mappy said:

can someone tell us all again we just dont know where that CCB will set up? not sure people know

We.

Just.

Don't.

Know! 

Seems really uncertain at this time where the CCB will set up. 

But I did hear it's unclear where it will be at this point in time! 

(A message from your friendly neighborhood Department of Redundancy Department!)

2 minutes ago, Deck Pic said:

Oh, hey!  Look where that reddish patch is located!!!  Knock me over with a feather! 

Just now, Maestrobjwa said:

Don't drink yet...still got the Euro to get through, lol

Maybe (I definitely get the caution!!).  But they're 5 hours ahead, so almost pub time on the other side of the pond!! 

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

Pivotal Wx has great euro graphics 

Cool...thanks!  I'll have to bookmark them.  I think their stuff also comes out faster too?  There are times I see people discussing later forecast projections that I haven't even see show up on TT.