Cobalt

Heya! I've been good. Busy with school, but I guess it's good that I'm not being distracted by winter weather threats? I've been checking in every once in a while though

Last year's Jan storm was great. Nothing can make up for the horrendous year we've had so far, but that storm was pretty great. Long duration cold smoke. Made the mistake of staying up for that late night meso which turned out to be the lowest rates of the 30 hour storm haha

GFS caved to northern solution. Go figure

I think people believe that this allows kids to be influenced by the hard hits and contact nature of the sport, but honestly in my experience it deterred me from wanting to play contact football. I was an avid fan when I was real young (still am). Was told by my dad that after Redskins losses I'd go up to my room to cry, until I got to the age where I just accepted Sunday losses as a fact of life. Honestly, I've heard from many that allowing their kid to watch a sport and get attached to a team will teach them a lesson about being let down by something they can't control. Pretty sure this doesn't apply for Pats fans though.

I'd argue that Meddle beats Dark Side (even excluding The Wall) for greatest Pink Floyd album just for Echoes alone but.. yeah I'm not gonna do that. The Wall > Animals > Dark Side > Meddle

Wow, 2020 has been ruthless for celebrity deaths so far. To be honest I'm always hesitant to talk about my taste in music here because it always makes me sound like one of those "I was born in the wrong generation" types, but music can certainly be timeless, and Rush was no exception. I've delved somewhat into their collection (helps that my dad was big into a fair bit of music around that era and got me into it early), but The Spirit Of Radio has always been one of my top favorites. Of course I can't appreciate it as much as those born in the time when the music came out, but it's nice to have a form of media so timeless that my friends still talk about it and listen to it, and likely my children and grandchildren will still be listening to the same incredible music. RIP Neal Peart.

12/11/19: 0.3" 12/16/19: 0.3" Total: 0.6"

BWI: 23.9" DCA: 14.2" IAD: 28.6" RIC: 9.6" SBY: 8.4"

Hey, at the very least I nailed IAD?

Read above. Mistook 04-05 for 04-03. I remember seeing a real neat video showing a nation radar loop for that entire winter of 04-05. IIRC, there was quite the potent southern slider around Christmas? Pretty sure nobody in the immediate region was affected.

Oh sorry, I meant 03-04. I was thinking of an early December event. I know that 04-05 was big for Boston but didn't do much here.

BWI: 11/19 IAD: 11/2 DCA: 11/19 RIC: 11/19 Tiebreaker: 10.23" Indian Summer

I've heard 2004-05 thrown around somewhat as an analog. I remember seeing that was front loaded as well. How did the immediate DC area fare? All I remember seeing is a KU event that mainly targeted away from DC

Seems about in line with me.

About the same here. 10.0" from the storm compared to 10.6" last winter. Pretty incredible actually.

Measured 10" on the dot. Likely final total, unless that band from the south wants to pay a visit. Not likely.

Absolutely incredible.

9.7" in McLean. Still decent rates, so I think there's a chance I can crack double digits.

I swear when I'm inside I can see snow falling. Not snow falling outside, snow falling inside. I don't think this has happened before.

9.05" and still heavy snow. Have a good shot at 10" before all is said and done.

7". SN, borderline +SN

8.9" would allow me to beat last year's total. Should easily beat that. Anything more is gravy.

Nice!! Measured 5.7" here half an hour ago. Probably have crossed the mark as well. Cannot wait for the bands to roll in following sunrise.

5.7" in McLean

Hopefully the first of many! Radar looks loaded to the SW.