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Finally cleared out the tomatoes, jalapenos, and basil last weekend. Harvested about 7 lbs of tomatoes and still had probably 15 lbs of green tomatoes on the vine when they went into the yard waste bags.

Planted my hardneck garlic after I pulled the summer plants. I usually get it in the ground a week or two earlier, but it doesn't matter all that much. I could probably even wait another couple weeks, but I like to be sure that it's all planted before the raised bed soil might heave a little.

Seed garlic was the largest cloves from this year's harvest, which was grown from local organic garlic that I bought from Wegman's last fall (pretty sure it's Music garlic). Curious to see how this second generation comes out.

2 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

70 over 30 at IAD.  Crispy

Probably the nicest fall I can remember.

Thought the 12z GFS might have been trying to cook something up at 186-ish, but the southern energy slid off the coast before the energy out west could eject east. Still...Nino is absolutely starting to flex.

16 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

A model that is supposed to inspire you. 

By modeling a spire in the EPO domain that brings us air directly from the Santa's backyard.

Holy EPO...

5 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

If this was happening even a couple weeks later we’d be getting some major DT-type woofin’

No doubt. Plenty of available cold air, Nino doing its thing...can't help but like the chances with that.

I'm getting the tingles just watching the 12z GFS play out and imagining it when climo becomes just a bit more favorable.

I love seeing a cold push followed by precip breaking out over Texas that's oriented SW-NE.

12z GFS is doing that at D12 and is a look that could really be fruitful even a couple weeks later.

37 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I was just over 60” in 13-14 and I’m like <10 miles from BWI. 

That's insane!

I'm a little over 12 miles from DCA and a little over 15 miles from Dulles as the crow flies. Dulles is much more representative of snowfall for me, but theirs is usually a little higher than mine. DCA? Nah...not representative.

26 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

48.3”.  Great year.

What I remember most about both 13-14 and 14-15 was my wife and I standing on our deck enjoying the evening snows while we hoped against hope that our first daughter wouldn't wake up.

5 minutes ago, mappy said:

Here is last years. all 3 pages of it

 

Had no idea there was even a thread. Searched and didn't find it...kind of like snow last year.

Got inspired after looking at the thread from 2013-2014 and also noticed there wasn't one for last year (that would heave been a fun one ).

Figured we should get one up now that some of our favored friends have gotten their first measurable for the season and the post-Thanksgiving period looks to have a little potential for more of us in the region!

Was just poking around LWX yearly snow totals and was shocked (and not shocked) to see that Dulles got ~20" more than DCA in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. Threw BWI in the below for the whole picture (apologies for the formatting). I went back and found my post from late March 2014 that said I reached 50" on the year IMBY. Reading through that 2013-2014 snow totals thread was fun...lots of amazing totals!

4 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

I asked him that yesterday and he said it was too warm to amount more than maybe a trace

Losing snow on the margins. Typical…

42 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

If we want to be Nino specific, These are the DCA snowfall averages in Nino winters based on when I get my first 1" of snow here

1" by Dec 1	22"
No snow by Dec 1	19"
no snow by Dec 10	15"
no snow by Dec 20	12"

 

Didn’t you say you got about an inch in the last week or so?

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

12z GGEM is crazy cold for thanksgiving and would suggest snow flurries/showers verbatim especially for folks N/W and in the mountains.

Aside from one or two blips, the GFS has been "seeing" Thanksgiving cold in our backyards for quite a few days in a row now. Interesting to see the GGEM come around to a GFS look now, which would fit with what we've been seeing in the longer term recently (GFS being more accurate at range) should it come to pass.

I'd rather not freeze my arse off while cooking the turkey on my Big Green Egg, but I guess it sets a mood and is a far cry from the recent Thanksgivings we've spent in HHI!

41 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

sorry it bothers you that the regional climate is warming significantly.

low 50s for highs / mid-upper 30s for lows was a pretty typical mid winter day here for the past few years.  Also it's not "early" fall - meteo winter starts in like 2.5 weeks.

I'm bothered by warming climate - you're right about that - but I'm more bothered by your constant droning on about it. It's gotten old already.

Also, "meteorological winter" begins in 2.5 weeks, but who here expects us to put up "winter-type" dailies beginning on December 1?

16 minutes ago, hstorm said:

Can say with high confidence that the regional climate has not warmed 10 degrees over the current normals (which is what would be needed for low 50s / upper 30s to be typical for mid-winter).

<thumbs up>

26 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

I appreciate the smart people chiming in even if it’s gloomy, but I feel like it’s things we all sorta know? Like it’s gonna be harder to get an above average winter… cool. I think if Baltimore got 25”, DC gets ~15”… we’d all be sorta satisfied.

“Above average” means something different when the average has decreased YoY

There are only so many ways you can say that DC sucks for snow and it takes a special seasonal setup to get good a truly good winter. We all know it, but there's just always so much hand-wringing and focusing on the negative. I'm not suggesting it should be ignored and not discussed, but it's just constant negativity nowadays.

2 minutes ago, aldie 22 said:

The winter vibes on the board seem to have shifted 

I truly despise this place sometimes.

16 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Why are you pessimistic? This seasons is page out of the Mid Atlantic winter playbook. 

Because...EJ.

JFC

9 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

53/38 here.  Probably what represents a typical winter day for DC now.

Please don't keep doing this all winter (by the way, it's still early-fall, in case you haven't noticed).

27 minutes ago, CAPE said:

It's solid. Always easy to find too. 

Yup. Shelf turd for quite a few months after release, but then it gets a little harder to find. I always kick myself for not getting more when its around because I start jonesing for it once fall hits.

15 hours ago, CAPE said:

Sipping on a 2022 BCBS for HH. So nice.

I need to stock up on BCBS this year. Beer geeks sh*t on them because the "sold out" to Goose Island, but it's simply one of the best and most reliable BA stouts around.

My best friend has a huge stash of BA beers (including BCBS) that he needs to offload due to not being able to drink much anymore. He reached out and asked if I want a bunch of them...definitely need to take him up on the offer.

1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said:

That background music sounds like something you'd play at a funeral. Interesting to see the tidbit about the average snowfall during an El Nino year though. 

I've never been to a funeral at which they play MIDI files, but I guess it happens.

2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Came back yesterday temporarily and weak, but strong now. Holy cow, what a relief.

Right? That's how I felt. It was barely noticeable for a few hours and then it came pouring back. Eventually came back to what I would consider 100% after maybe a week or so.