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I mostly figured as much - my main point being is that you're not on here posting about how we are F'd because of La Nina and omg no snow - omg it can't snow anymore. You're just quietly resigned to it. Every last one of us is still peeking at the models every day even if we don't admit it

This is true on literally every internet website. It's the web - there's going to be more abrasive people and less abrasive people. Don't let things get to you so much and it will get way more tolerable. If you feel like you need to reply to everything - you're doing something wrong. Gotta take a breath and just let the world unfold. It'll be okay for all of us.

Let's just be honest - it could be July and it could be like this with the right combination of users and posts.

OT - but just a few friendly tips. I generally enjoy you as a poster - but you've gotta just chill a bit. There's a big difference between being in the crowd of "assuming it'll be a lower end winter - and being happily surprised if anything nice happens" and being an absolute deb at every opportunity. @mappy - just quietly sort of makes one comment and it's more of a "let's see what happens and it is what it is" Your posts tend to come across as much more of a "omg it really won't snow ever - we just need to throw in the towel because it's over and won't ever snow this winter" I know those aren't your exact words - and I know you're trying to learn about meteorology (as we all are from the pros on here) - but I'd lean towards the mappy approach. You can definitely absorb what the pros are teaching us without needing to necessarily have a response. I've seen you post questions like "well there has to be an explanation as to why it doesn't snow anymore" and similar. There's rarely a single, catch-all answer to things in this field and it sometimes feels like you're assuming it's all down to one thing. Post counts aren't everything. I think we all have been through phases of panic over no snow and angst. I get it. Moderation is the key. I was really, really similar to you back in the EasternUSWX days. Just remember that the weather is going to do whatever the weather is going to do. As much as we joke about things like the snow blower curse, or cursing things with radio shows - there's so much in this field that is still unknown. It is what it is.

No. An email list is being built for now.

I think @psuhoffman's idea to have a prelim style meeting. If we get a sense of who will be joining future meetings, we can weed out trolls if needed (putting faces to names). Bumping the thread again for visibility in case users missed it.

I'm waiting for instructions. I can setup if needed at any time.

Was yours via a telescope? That may have been a factor. Also mine was just my phone held up to eyepiece…so I may have been holding it at an improper angle

Didn't have time to setup anything fancy - and my telescope was poorly collimated. But here's mine!

A snow squally event could be fun - even with no accumulation locally.

Pre-December I'll take exciting weather even in the form of rain/wind. Any snow is bonus.

BWI: 11.2 DCA: 6.2 IAD: 16.8 RIC: 5.0 SBY: 2.0

That's what breakout rooms are for We can even set one up for @WxWatcher007 - virtual panic room!

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I may not be the map expert here...but it sure feels good when I confirm that my thoughts aren't just brain vomit

Graphically - from a design standpoint - it looks "more complete" to not have there be a sudden end to the contours. And in the map drawing software - they probably have to draw over a larger area and then take a zoom shot. The way that current news banners these days have been designed are that you can see behind them. It's just what it is. Short of putting a black box awkwardly over areas they don't want you to see - the assumption is just going to be that a PIT viewer does not see the FOX 5 DC affiliate. I'm sure the PIT market maps bleed into our market as well.

Why would a person from the PIT market even watch FOX DC? It's above/behind the map header. Would think that most would assume it's not applicable to the map.

Cheapo thermometer was reading 32.8 when I came downstairs this morning. It's likely it was a hair lower before I saw it.

This is a solid idea. I've heard good things about groups.io - We can also enable a waiting room to screen people as they enter. But probably easiest just to have a semi-secure place for people to check for the passcode. There's a decent amount of security options in Zoom too - (waiting room, passcode, authentication required etc).

Does seem like they declare it over when parts of counties do not actually reach freezing. Probably just easier to do it that way - and then not have to issue the products again until spring.

Could be fun/informative to do a weekly "broad pattern check-in/analysis" roundtable Zoom meeting during the winter months. Have a few speakers and everyone else on mute unless there's a Q+A period. This being of course in addition to a general "meet and great/hangout" Zoom.

"Reapings here! - Walk-ins welcome!"

Muting, and kicking people out can be done by hosts/co-hosts. I'm not sure how many people we have in this subforum that would deliberately waste time in pretending to be someone else. We aren't that large of a community like reddit - and really the "impostor" would not gain anything. If somebody wants to impersonate me - go ahead.

Would be nice to keep it to us Mid-Atlantic folks. Of course I know some of the great mets are from outside our region - but it would be nice to have a subforum specific Zoom rather than a full on AmWx free-for-all. Expanding it to all of AmWx would be far too difficult to moderate and control entries. As it is - I think a waiting room and passcode could be useful to avoid any trolls from joining.

At this point it might as well be a symposium!