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    March 2021 Discobs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

    Have we had any snow in March? If no, when was the last time we had a March with 0 snow? I know there hasn’t been one time here since at least 2008

    Three possible years (I don't know for certain. I'm just basing this off of the weather pattern that I remember at those times.) are 2010, 2012 and maybe 2020?

    Obviously, it also depends on the reporting location.

    March 2021 Discobs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said:

    All runways are oriented to compass direction. So runway 18 would be 180 degrees (due south).

    Oh wow. I actually never knew that... nearly 18 years near the airport and you'd think I'd know this. :arrowhead:

    I love learning new things though.

     

    48/46 w/ drizzle at IAD.

    March 2021 Discobs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    13 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

    Looks terrible on mobile!  Glad they did a redesign though, they wouldn’t bother if it wasn’t being used.

    Yeah. It's all more spread out than before requiring scrolling on mobile (it wasn't like that before). But like you said, they bothered which = it's being used.

    *Sidenote: Is runway 19 and 01 at Dulles really oriented from 190* to 10*? I always thought it was due north to south. :lol: Perhaps just some kind of approximation?

    2021 Mid-Atlantic Severe Weather - General Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Kmlwx said:

    Hopefully April will start to bring opportunities for us. But often we end up waiting until May/June for the meaty stuff. 

    April of 2019 was better than usual as a whole for these parts. The April 14-15th event could've been something memorable if timing was + or - 12 hours. A lot of moonlit skies between the storms that night once the mid-level dryslot moved overhead. Make that sunshine and add 5-10F then...

    March Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

    I mentioned a trip to Water's End Brewery in Lake Ridge, VA yesterday afternoon....probably a 10-15 minute diversion off of I-95 south, and well worth the trip. Current beers on the board repped in first pic here....I started with the sweet/sour cherry pie, and while I am not a fruity beer fan...it was damn good. Barkeep said they're working a sweet/sour cherry pie to debut in a couple weeks that will be a bit more on sour side...what I had was fairly balanced. Mrs. V started out with Damn Beer, which is their everyday IPA and quite good. I followed my first draft with a Barleybeast -- which was, bar none, THE BEST barleywine draft I've ever had. I regret leaving without a crowler/growler of that...which is why Mrs. V and I are headed back there in a week or two before it's gone.

     

    And, on our way back from Water's End, we circled back through Potomac Town Center at Stonebridge to complete our weekly grocery run at the Wegman's there, and I finally found the "Saturday Morning" Lucky-Charms-themed four-pack there from Smartmouth, that I mentioned us hearing about not quite a year ago on its debut. There were national stories written about the "Lucky Charms" beer that was selling out as soon as it was made available. Mrs. V and I split one this afternoon and I was...underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong, it's a tasty IPA...just not a particularly well-flavored/themed one. Smartmouth touts the marshmallow flavor on the label, but try as we might...we didn't get that from the nose/taste of it at all. Again, a great everyday IPA, I just didn't feel that it lived up to the hype.  :) 

     

    Very nice.

    ...

    So, in other words, the "Saturday Morning" was a similar situation to the Popeyes Chicken sandwich hype from 2019-2020?

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    March Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Cobalt said:

    An awful lot of weather chat in our political subforum today :rolleyes:

    See my post in the Cicada thread. You and I are in a precarious position for still being over 8 weeks out from the event.

    Cicadas 2021 - Brood X

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Stormfly said:

    Anyone have sensors measuring soil temperature?

    For a 17 year event this may prove worth it! ;)

    Indeed.

    Meanwhile I'm precariously close to the southern edge of the forecasted swarm area here in northern VA with over 8 weeks to go. I can't afford any northward shifts. :(

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    March Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    2 hours ago, CAPE said:

    0z EPS implies flatter wave(s) damping with eastward movement early next week, a similar outcome to one of the common themes of the winter when there has been a strong vortex near the Canadian Maritimes- too much confluence in the wake. 

    GEFS digs a trough along the west coast, with more ridging in the east as the NA vortex departs quicker. Result is a more consolidated system tracking to the NW.

    Pick your path to defeat, lol.

    I choose the GEFS option. It will give some of us,  especially south, a 1% chance of a MRGL risk. :weenie::tomato::weenie:

    March Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    11 hours ago, SnowenOutThere said:

    Looking back at how truly insane February 2010 was it makes me so sad that I was just a bit to young to remember it. Then for 2016 I had pneumonia and don't really even remember the storm itself. Then once I started to slightly understand how snow storms happen we stopped getting them. :( 

    That really sucks that you didn't get to enjoy any of our big HECSs this past decade.

    Just curious, I assume you're still in high school?

    March 2021 Discobs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Stormfly said:

    Derechos are taking SlimFAST? :P

    It did get dark about an hour ago, saw that really skinny line to the south and just like late spring when we're stuck at 55 and fog and southern MD is in the 80s getting severe, it's just misty showers and a few breezes not even enough to blow anything around.

    The severe event of the year. I wonder what 2022s severe weather season will bring. :P

    48/38 at IAD. It's getting windier.

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    March Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    4 hours ago, vastateofmind said:

    Booze as in liquor? Gin, HS senior year. Wouldn't say I necessarily "liked" it...but let's just say that, at that point, gin took an instant dislike to me.

     

    4 hours ago, CAPE said:

    First alcoholic drink(other than some sips here and there)- I chugged an ice cold Budweiser from the mini fridge in the finished basement bar after being outside playing football, and was sweaty and thirsty. I was 13. I felt naughty for like 5 seconds. It hit the spot.

     

    4 hours ago, H2O said:

    My dad would let me take sips of his beer then I was a kid

    First full on drinking experience was wine coolers(gross as hell when I look back on it), mostly beer during HS.  Grain alcohol was popular as well.  I've even had moonshine.  Peach flavored.

    Now its gin, rum and good bourbon.

     

    1 hour ago, fourseasons said:

    I was 16, and my big brother handed me a glass of something and said, "Here, try this."  And yes, he enjoyed the face I made. 

    It was 151 proof rum from our parents' rather small liquor collection.

    Meanwhile, my liquor life consists of the occasional mouse sip of wine here and there through my childhood... Wait, does wine count as liquor? :wacko:

    I's got some studying to do before I'm able to join you adults in discussing this stuff.

    @Cobalt @Rhino16 @NorthArlington101 you three are in my club. Get the soft drinks, chips and... what kind of pizza do you three like? Maybe some salad and Mediterranean food in case you're trying to be healthier. 

    March Banter 2021

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    6 hours ago, yoda said:

    @George BM will not be pleased lol

    I'll MOST LIKELY (70/30 odds) survive. My 'discobs' legacy (I say as if I'm some sort of super famous person... CRINGE!!) lives on. 

    What was the first booze (or kind of booze?... I'm bad at talking about beer) that ever entered your body and did you like of taste of that booze? 

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