snowmagnet

I was just thinking the same thing. I think a lot of people didn’t want to see snow after sitting in 10 hours of traffic in Commutageddon, but snow lovers weren’t happy with 1 storm.

I just saw that they had snow at the Grand Canyon yesterday, but we can’t buy a flake.

Never mind. He said it lasted about a minute.

Just read CWG article explaining that the GFS is running poorly due to the shutdown. Hmmm....

Snowing a bit in Fairfax, according to my son. I’m currently in an office building, so I can’t confirm.

Thank you! I was curious because you had mentioned last night or this morning that the 20/21 had a more classic storm progression. I hope it continues.

Any thoughts from the latest Euro about the possibilities around the 18th or 21st?

Love your optimism!

I’m pretty sure FFX Co actually had about 10 inches with the second February storm in ‘10. If I remember correctly, Baltimore had even more.

Sounds perfect

I believe it was ‘14-‘15 that we couldn’t buy a -NAO but the PV displacement acted as a substitute and helped us have a busy second half of winter.

I personally think the timing is perfect. I’m just finishing up my Winter Vacation, so it’s a great time to start looking for Winter Vacation part 2.

I’m very glad to leave 2018 behind for many reasons. Reading this forum before midnight was a bit depressing. However, it’s a new day and thankfully a New Year! And there is some good this morning if the GEFS is correct. If I remember correctly, I believe the EPS had us really warm before Christmas and it took it a while to change. So hopefully we will see some nice changes taking place shortly. Happy New Year and cheers to a (hopefully) wintry 2nd half of winter.

No room for grass. The mud has overtaken my yard.

March 1st, 1969 gave us a DC snowstorm. I wasn’t alive at that point, but my parents got married in a “blizzard”- it’s a family story and they apparently followed a snow plow all the way to Williamsburg, VA.

I realize that I have a VERY amateur understanding of all this, but I remember that the past couple of years, the EPS has struggled with winter forecasts. Some Mets were thinking that the raging PAC jet was causing problems for the models, especially the EURO. I don’t remember if the GFS was having the same problems, but I’m wondering if that is the case again.?? Secondly, I’ve been glancing at the New England forum for a friend who is traveling to VT to ski later in January and a couple of people noted that models are not going to get a handle on things until the SSW takes place. I know people have said this here as well, but It was a bit encouraging that others across the East Coast are having a hard time being patient. Someone noted that everyone from DC to the North should get plenty of snow after the changes take place later in January. It has felt like the “Panic Room” in here the past week or so.

I've been reading through 24 hours of posts and see that the stress level is pretty high on this thread. This post is exactly what I've been thinking. Last year was epic for those on the mid Atlantic coast, but the D.C. Area has really failed for a couple of years. And we really sucked in December after losing a much anticipated storm. People are already starting to panic. Don't we have a Panic Room for that? I tried it out once... too depressing for me. In other news, I'm trying to follow what is going on with the models for the upcoming week until New Years. I'm seeing signs of rain or snow showers on the 24th or 26th. Isn't there usually a short/medium term thread or is that only when we have a potential snow maker in the near future?

That was a horrible storm. I think it was 2015.

I explored the Panic Room once. Never again.

I live in Fairfax County where the snow is just over the border in Prince William. I've had to avoid facebook today for the most part because it's just depressing. My dad and my uncle live in Charles County and they have a couple of inches. However, I came on here to see what's up with later this week. A friend told me she had a snowflake on her phone app for Thursday. Is there anything to track for the near future??? Just a little snowflake? Anything????

I live right next to 66 in Fairfax and haven’t seen a flake.

I think I need to avoid Facebook too. Have several friends and family members down south where they have an abundance of snow. We are screwed up here.

Did you all see this? DT must think it’s going a bit further north if I’m reading it right.

Where?

I just came across this from CWG. Lol https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/12/07/week-life-broken-hearted-snow-lover/?utm_term=.eceaf6a62ac2