North and West

Second wave of one of my favorite storms (February 8 and 11, 1994) during my favorite winter, after growing up with years of snow droughts. .

Right, and you have to think there are kids down there who are the way we were when we were there age wondering if it’ll ever snow again, so I hope they enjoy this. .

Good for people in DC who want snow. We’ve had a lot recently, so if you enjoy it down there, that’s great. .

Please no ice, if we can help it. January 1994 was awesome, but I was a kid then. It’s different now. We’ve gone through major power outages here in the past decade; the most recent was six total day’s total after the March 2, 2018 nor’easter and the 20”+ heavy wet snow of March 7, 2018. Irene and Sandy were also 10+ days combined. Give me dry, powdery snow any day! .

I know. I was being facetious. .

We need it. .

"Alpine countries across Europe are battling record snowfalls that have claimed the lives of over a dozen people and severed road and air access to entire communities." https://www.wsj.com/articles/snowbound-europe-struggles-to-dig-out-after-latest-storm-11547220680 "Meteorologists said the crisis was shaping up to be the most intense snowfall in a century. Alexander Radlherr of Austria’s official meteorological service said the intensity of snowfall is measured by totalling the amount that falls in a 24-hour period over several consecutive days. In some regions around Salzburg in Austria that amount is exceeding three meters at an altitude of 800 meters, approaching levels that were last seen a century ago, Mr. Radlherr said in a statement. While the weather cleared on Friday, more heavy snowfalls were forecast for Sunday across the Alps. In some regions of Austria, the snow levels reached the 4-meter-mark this week."

and early 1990s!

Sounds like winters of when I was a kid. .

Bingo. And I am North and West... but not enough. When I was a kid, it felt like truly it was only Sussex County Specials.

Yup. My kids just began some weekend indoor clinics, and they're aching to get outside. Last spring was awful.

Sure, though I'm (hoping) that my yard is not a muddied mess by March, along with the baseball fields in April, I'm anticipating that won't be the case though, whether it's from snow or rain.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sometimes a year isn't meant to be.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46780856 yikes. I guess that's where the snow and cold is.

What's TPV? It sounds like something you don't want to be diagnosed with. And can we pin an acronym list somewhere?

Yea, though it feels like we've been due for this, right? I know it doesn't make statistical sense and the atmosphere doesn't work like that, but it feels like we've needed something to balance it out.

December 30, 2000 and February 8, 1994 for Morris County. The recent years have been very good, but not far enough in my memory to be nostalgic for them. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I would not mind that after the snow we received in Morris County last March (we had at least 40", when you count April 2nd, give or take). Of course, super fun to watch it happen... not so fun when the little league fields aren't playable yet, or your backyard is muddy, or the kids just want to go outside. It would bemuse me if we had a Red Flag warning in March or April (we usually do) if it turns warmer, if only after all of this rain.

Glad you're with us! If it does snow, enjoy it from your window.

I know we all enjoy storms and cold and all that, buuuuuutttt... this happens. This reminds me of my elementary school childhood. We've been so spoiled since 1994 (I know, I know, there have been some hateful clunkers in there) with cold and snow, we can't control it. I wish that we could have fun storms each and every year (just prior to Christmas would be nice), but life doesn't work like that.

Correct.

Agreed. After all of the snow here last March, my kids’ little league season was muddied up from the start, and my softball league was delayed from snowmelt and mud. I like snow up until March 10th; after that, dry it out and bring me Spring. I find the cold, wet Aprils we’ve been prone to recently to be insufferable. .

Favorite underrated storm ever. 18” in MMU from 5 am to 11 am that morning. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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Agreed. Highly improbable, but not impossible. I got about 40” in fewer than four weeks last March; could have been even more if it was shifted a month prior. No one knows when that setup may occur again. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk