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Heard about it, and only read about it in a CWG article. Reminds me of what I saw while browsing through the Snowpocalypse 2009 thread where a poster from Long Island had gotten 21" in 7 hours. Insane.

Less than 10:1 ratio in a HECS. Was it a paste bomb? Sounds awesome!

Nailed it!

For me in my short lifespan: Feb 2010 (Was young at the time, but I remember a ton of it) Jan 2016 (Lame aftermath, but the storm itself was magical) Dec 2009 (Probably will never be topped for the month of December) Feb 2014 (Got a dog the month before, and we had to shovel a path for her to use the bathroom outside. Kind of lame aftermath) Jan 2011 (Paste bomb in January. What else can you ask for?) March 2015 (Perfect end to that season)

Late bump. Can't believe we're nearing in on 10 years since this storm.

Only time we're ever in the bullseye

In all seriousness, this is an issue. Good news is, typically extremely dry periods are followed by extremely wet periods. I hold out hope that we get our share of rain this summer, but as you pointed out, too little too late if it were the case.

I'm experiencing it pretty harshly too. Here's the view of my front lawn:

Yes, but it's a start. Pretty sure we haven't had a single event this whole winter that has dropped even half of that precip.

Some relief hopefully with this weekend's system

How much did you get from this event?

According to this CWG article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/12/everything-you-need-to-know-about-snow-in-washington-d-c/?utm_term=.faff75a19b3e The average Moderate La Nina winter gives DC 10.8" of snow, which is also near the Median I believe. Certainly not awful, but bad from the typical standpoint of course.

2010/2011 actually was closer to an average Nina. In fact, I think it was above average for the typical Moderate La Nina, with DCA getting near 10". 1/26/11 was also incredibly memorable too.

Use pivotalweather.com . It has a map of it, albeit from a CONUS view.

Snowfall totals keep on getting upped just SE of Richmond, as seen on every meso/operational model as of now. I hope you folks get shellacked and get a really good event. I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere it that band someone measures 8" of snow. I'm rooting for you guys!

Hopefully this all does turn for the better and we develop a moderate El Nino come next Fall. Looks like we may break out of this La Nina, but we all remember saying that last year too.

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We obviously need to create a heated late in replacement of the Appalachian mountains. Sure, we'd lose CAD, but I'm pretty sure we'd be fine

Drought thread wars? Edit: Nvm

Isn't this what we do best in La Nina winters? Cold and dry, warm and wet?

I wonder if the Bengals playoff win drought will continue next year

drought drout/ noun a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this. synonyms: dry spell, lack of rain, shortage of water "this year's drought was devastating to cotton growers" a prolonged absence of something specified. "he ended a five-game hitting drought" archaic thirst.

If you do get 4" of snow, enjoy! Should be pretty insane conditions during the storm. Even after, wind will be so strong it will probably produce ground blizzards. Enjoy it while you can

Honestly, I'm rooting for y'all to get crushed on Thursday. How much is climo for Salisbury anyways? If you guys can get what the Euro is showing, you guys will have a major head start on the winter.