Scarlet Pimpernel

Oh, my!!! That gives flashbacks to @H2O's Vienna wieners in spaghetti-o's jell-o!!!

The mood swings on this site sometimes...I swear!!

Hey there, Bob...good to see you! A 4-8" snow? I think I've seen olde-tyme black and white photos of those, in some ancient history text! You know, the kind that has a caption such as, "President Teddy Roosevelt frolics in a Washington Snowe-Storme, challenging the attending press to a snowball fight. 'I say BULLY to this snow, the cold air is good for the sinuses!', the President reportedly said." But seriously, you're totally right and I agree about that. A solid event of 4-8" from some weaker but decent wave moving west-east is the best chance at this time of year, rather than a wrapped-up system.

Honestly, while the internet is a great thing for the most part, it's all too easy to nitpick any statement, slice and dice it, and turn it against you if anyone so chooses. I know that's a very cynical thing to say, but all too often I see comments or out of context comments used to tear people down. Just look at what happens in the sports world, for instance, anytime some athlete says one small thing (I'm not talking blatantly offensive or whatever, but just one small thing). People love to build up heroes and then knock them down sometimes. It's really sad.

Got this neat shot the other evening of a crescent moon just as an airplane was going by...

If the Panic room were run by Hannibal Lecter: "A jumping weenie once tried to escape me. I ate his liver with some fava beans, and a nice chianti!"

Is that @WxWatcher007's, the Reaper's, tropical retirement spot???

No problem...totally see why you refer to things that way (one problem with official winter crossing a year!!). I had forgotten Pinatubo was the year before El Chichon blew.

Volcanic eruption being one of the theories?? I believe El Chichon erupted in the fall of 1992 as I recall. (Unless you're referring to the winter of 1991-92?)

Don't Ninos typically favor blocking in the 2nd half of winter, at some point? Not sure how correct that is or how prevalent, but that's my understanding such as it is.

Looks like a smiling pirate with an eye patch. Arrrr, matey, here's your blocking and your southern stream...now get to work on finding some snow!

I do have to say, Beethoven doesn't look happy with a party hat on. Like he's thinking, "Get this f**ing thing off my head now, or someone's going to pay!" (but he'd say it in German, of course!)

Well, just remember in France, they don't call it a Quarter Pounder...it's a "Royale with Cheese"!!!

Well, I do look forward to a day when we can again discuss what beer (or other beverage of choice) we're drinking to ring in a big HECS!!!

For half a second, I thought you were referring to that National League team in New York!!

I know that's an op at range but daayum! And as @brooklynwx99 mentioned, sure it's an op at 384-h, but it does show a reasonable/possible progression and it fits in with what the ensembles have been showing lately for that time. Better than seeing crap on the longer range ensembles with an ops showing some unicorn storm that is clearly not consistent with the flow and pattern. Oh, and is that a BANANA high, dare I say??

Happy birthday to one of the greatest!!

I understand that both Washington and Jefferson were ultra snow weenies! Why else would Washington cross the Delaware River in the freezing cold on a holiday?! Also, the British observer at what is now the DCA location gave a very low snow total for that storm, sparking protests bigger than the Boston Tea Party, and played a role in the eventual American Revolution! I heard that snow weenies were out on barges tossing large snowballs into the Potomac. Rumor has it that the aforementioned British observer was an ancestor of what we now call the Reaper! True history, folks!!!

Likewise!!

Yeah the one I went to in July 2016 was a lot of fun, up in the Rockville area.

I recall a clipper type system early in January. Yeah it wasn't overly warm but I believe a bit above normal overall for that last part of December and then again after the early Jan. clipper. Then it turned cold late January and we got that "surprise" moderate snow event on the 30th.

I believe in that last panel, he sees the back edge...

All this talk of famine and snow...have people been dreaming about 7 fat cows and 7 thin cows all of a sudden? Going all Biblical here!!!

Thanks...I see better now what you're saying. As for the "we're due index!!", unfortunately, as you know, the weather don't give a s**t if we think we're due! But yeah, I get what you mean about how we wouldn't want this year to end up where we say it's now the worst 8 year period ever, and then possibly be staring down the barrels of yet MORE worst years! It actually took me a good while living in this area to realize that the "average" snowfall is meaningless...it's a conglomeration of many "meh" to crap years and the occasional blockbuster. Or, you'd get it all in one or two storms and nothing else. We definitely don't want this:

But wetness in the form of ice crystals is a lot more fun!!! (Oh, dear, did I just send up the bat signal to RR with that wording???)