Scarlet Pimpernel

So...a normal winter in these parts, then!!

Never underestimate the Reaper! He's got a little list, you know! (From Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado", Ko-Ko the Lord High Executioner): As some day it may happen that a victim must be found I've got a little list — I've got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!

Yup, when the weenies get CRAS, the Reaper in all his glory gets going!! Off to carousel with you!!

I mean really, we endlessly parse the 84-hour NAM and the ICON for every single snow event, for crying out loud!

Eggplant!!!

At risk (oh well!) of likewise getting a bit too political in this forum, I'll have to disagree with your 2nd paragraph somewhat. I'm not one for "both-siderism" to be honest. That's the bane of our awful media situation as it is because too few call out the truth. While individuals, not necessarily politicians, on both the left and right may go too far in what they say, the FACT is that there is nothing on the political left in this country (i.e., Democratic party) anything like the right. Not a single Democratic politician has proposed or done anything remotely similar to what the other side has done in terms of blatant violation of law, political norms, or ethics. Nor have they put up a convicted felon on state charges and one charged with serious federal felony crimes as their standard-bearer for President. One may disagree with proposed policies but it's nothing like what we see going on now. I'm very much to the left in my views, and there are certainly aspects of some liberals that piss me off, but in terms of who is making policy, the Democrats are pretty centrist by world-wide standards. Really, only one side is hell-bent on utterly destroying the very institutions that make this country what it is. This all has me VERY worried and frightened to be honest. But as I said, sorry to get too political here, maybe my inner @psuhoffman in part feels I must speak up just a little bit because these issues are now impossible to avoid. Besides, it ain't going to be snowing anytime, which pisses me off, so screw it, I'll vent!

It's definitely been favoring "BS" around here for some time now!!! Sorry couldn't resist. But to be a little serious, it does seem we've not had many "true" Miller-A storms of late.

I'm half-following to the end, myself, to be honest. I still hold out hope for one more decent snow before we're done for the season. And of late (many years?) we've had better snow chances and more events in early-mid March than any time in December.

You do realize that it's national centers, be they government or research entities, that create and run models, don't you? NCEP, the ECMWF, CMC, etc. The companies such as Weather Bell, Tropical Tidbits, and the like, merely use that data and package it with their own graphics for display. Yeah, they may do some of their own calculations to show precip type or snow amount, or other things like that, but they don't do the modeling.

Haha, right now it's NOBODY's storm!! If it exists, even! Honestly, I don't care "who's storm" it is, if we get one! As I replied to @stormtracker, I'm going to lightly follow things and see, and will still sort of hold out hope for something decent in early March.

I hear ya. I was being a little snarky and humorous with all the semi-political talk so I dropped that line! But seriously, I kind of agree with you. That storm this week kinda let a lot of air out for sure. I don't hold any great hopes, but I'll lightly follow things and if something "real" shows up then I'll go all in with tracking it and see what happens. I really think we're good for one more decent event the first part of March. That may be a vain hope (most likely?!) of course!

So...when do we get the @Heisy storm?!?!

Wish there were a way to add 2 emoji responses. I wanted to put the sad/sympathetic one in response to the stuff that happened to your bf's mom (just awful, and I am so sorry that happened!)...and a laughing one for the Jesus the Waiter line! So I settled with a "like".

I took the Euro AI's name in vain, so doing some hail snowflakes as penance. Hopefully we'll score after that now!

Mimosas...served by Jesus! But I shouldn't bring religion in here (unless snow counts as a religion!).

I seriously LOL'ed at this!!!

Haha, I ran track in high school myself, in northeast Ohio! And yeah, our practices would start in late March and early April (ugh!). There was at least one time that there was still some crusty ice and snow on the track at that time during a practice. I typically ran the 100m, 200m and 400m (4 by 100) relay. For the relay during a track meet, when I was the leadoff runner, I kept the baton warm under my sweatshirt as long as I could before having to take sweats off right before the event! Nothing like having a cold aluminum baton slap against your hand as you passed it off (I was either 1st or 2nd leg in those relays).

On a related note, I'll admit, cold weather softball SUCKS big time! I played on a softball league for many years. The season started in April and it was almost a guarantee that the first game or so would be 40s and drizzle. Hitting a ball with an aluminum bat HURTS in cold weather! No fun! Then again...I didn't care for the upper 90s or 100+ degree days when we had double-headers either, in late July a couple of times!!

I agree. And to be honest, I really don't care for this "March snow sucks because it melts too fast" attitude. Who the F**k cares? If we get a MECS or better storm, I'll be following that and enjoying it all through. Don't care if it's in early March or early January. Yeah, you're not going to get mid-January temperatures in March after a snow. But I recall several times that we had very good March snows that actually did stick around for a few days after a storm with cold temperatures that didn't disappear in a day. 2014 is a perfect example as you mention. Same with 2015. There are other examples. I even liked the small event in 2022, even though I knew it was going to warm up in another day. But on THAT day, it got quite cold and wintry. You're right. Even in mid-winter, we don't necessarily hang on to snow for weeks on end in these parts. Yeah, I saw that in northeast Ohio (where I'm from and grew up) of course, but that's a lot different and a much different climate. This January was unusual compared to many recent years in that we had consistent cold through the month, so the snow we got on Jan. 6 and around Jan. 20 stuck around for as long as it did. And yeah, some of the big snows we've gotten hung around for awhile simply because it was a LOT of snow and took awhile before it got melted or washed away. So long and the short of it...if we have a shot at one (or more!) solid or better events at the end of this month or the first half of March, I say BRING IT ON!

Very squishable!!

We are dressed in our weenie best, and are prepared to go down as gentlemen! But we would like a brandy!

ICON is not only way far south, it's as if there's not much of a storm there at all...very dry looking overall. Even the max zone is pretty small compared to earlier.