Paleocene

Man, we got absolutely nuked by the derecho in 2011. I was living in Falls Church near I-495 at the time and my neighborhood was lit up by that beast. I will never forget the sky looking like that - purple, black, swirling, words do not do it justice. There were transformers blowing everywhere and constant lightning and it looked like the fourth of July. Folks in my office at the time, particularly those in the Bethesda area, were out of power for up to two weeks. At the time I bailed out and drove to PA for the weekend to stay with family. It was on a Friday night, right? Came back when the power was back on in the nhood.

I was in Harrisburg PA for these in 2004 and it was pretty interesting. There were fewer of them in areas that were more heavily/recently developed. At the time I lived in a townhouse built in the 90s and didn't see any. My dad, however, lived in a more rural-agricultural-forest type area, and there were literally ZILLIONS of them. They formed carpets under the trees. The sound was deafening. It was pretty amazing, really. I'm not sure what they're like here in the inner burbs of DC.

There were blooming crocuses in the neighboorhod park I live adjacent to last week. Daffodil shoots everywhere too, and the snowdrops have came and went at this point.

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Booked a place in Lewes for the first weekend in April. LFGGGGGG

Agreed, heat is bad. I guess by warmth I mean "seasonable temps" which around here is now rapidly approaching 50 for a high. Still snowing at a good clip in the 20910. Which is an anagram of 90210. Sligo Creek Hills!

Well, it looks pretty in Silver Spring. I'm ready for warmth tbh.

Euro doesn't show anything great through 216. Good.

I for one respect your rant and it reminds me of when I went off the deep end before my post count was even at 100, sometime back in the terrible 2016-2017 winter. It's best to just ignore and most importantly try not to participate in the chatter amongst the regulars here, rules don't apply to them. @ravensrule said it right, you can't win. Stay for the lolz, but if gets stressful, check out for a bit and ignore the high post counters

Yeah, in a heavy band in Silver Spring and there are a few asteroids mixed in with the sleet. Still 26 degrees

Just started getting the same in Silver Spring, rates just picked up in the last minute. Went from fzr to sleet+

Getting short pumped here in Silver Spring. Sleet/light rain mix. The sky has gotten darker in the last 30 minutes though, so at least we have that going for us.

26 degrees in Silver Spring. Light rain mixed with some sleet pellets, pretty strong lull since 7am. Roads are sleet covered.

My wunderground says 28, which is pretty dankly crisp for mid-feb in the UHI. Mostly clouded over now too.

NAM 850s GFS

RGEM qpf 12z versus NAM 3k 12z, by 00z sat. NAM sends more juice north, RGEM more rain dumpage far south. agreement on over 0.5 in almost all of MD

Ah, dang it. Reading on phone at breakfast table didn't bother took look at hours. Just assuming the worst this year lol. Thx

Major lol at that euro map. It can't snow here

You're sick

Bazinga

I would take a damn sleetbomb over rain at this point

Yes, this drives me nuts

Yeah, if I get more than my traditional 1" of inside the beltway slop on Thursday I'll be giddy

I'd be irritated reading this post from anyone other than you, Jeb. I have been to Austin TX in July and I was cooked to my core in minutes in the midday sun there. And now you all get wintry precip at a colder temp than I've gotten any this whole season. Awesome, but damn it.

This diagonal line SE of DC for the Euro next tues will verify, right?