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I hope the AO goes so positive that polar bears die of hypothermia. I hope the projected gradient pattern turns into a series of frontal passages. One of these thing is more likely than the other. Or is it...?

So you’re telling me that the Sierras are higher than the Appalachians?!

PSU referred to a double slit. Nice...

More options to track the suck.

@leesburg 04

I’m so tired of seeing the “We don’t do [INSERT EXCUSE] well” posts.

Those pictures are from DC proper, which is absolutely a different beast altogether. That warm stretch we had resulted in some things popping.

I was watching that run unfold, and all I could think was: What in the everloving f**k?

Fair enough - I absolutely cede to your recollection of events. That was a long time ago, and I was living in DC or Arlington during that time, so those events may have been a little less impressive in those areas. I’d love to see us returning to getting clippers here and there, if only to allow us to track some shorter-term surprises rather than relying solely on the longer range and it’s associated up-and-down mood swings.

Deep winter!!

I remember them as a kid in South Jersey, but I've been in DC for 20 years now, and while I can't claim to have the encyclopedic knowledge of events that others have, I can't specifically recall more than a couple clippers in all the time I've been here. That's frankly preposterous.

And become a frontal passage.

The densest posters live in the highest concentration population areas?

Lookin’ solid. Let’s do a little sleet, an hour of freezing drizzle, then dry slot at 34 degrees.

Honestly... who cares? Totally different climate, FFS. Might as well be Mars.

Is it more of an issue now than it used to be because of the sheer volume of the stuff they use nowadays, or is it because of the chemical composition? Or maybe both?

But if the models don’t matter, then why assume the low will be as strong as modeled? I assume you mean that their depiction of WAA precip doesn’t matter because they often have trouble with it. Just trying to clarify.

I don’t think they’d work the same at DCA, but they might in the suburbs, assuming the dynamics assisted in some way. Not so sure they would work well in DC, either. DCA is really an anomaly nowadays.

Alright, alright...title edit made. I’ve been preoccupied with training this week and have only been around occasionally. I hope my quick drive-by edit has made everyone happy!

I’m in PMP boot camp this week. 10 hours yesterday, plus studying. Misery.

Garlic shoots have started sprouting in force in the last week. With temps in the 70s yesterday and mild overnight temps the last two nights, they’ve now taken off. Good thing they’re hearty and will withstand the upcoming blizzards. I’ll have to post picture of the forsythia at L’Enfant - plenty of yellow on them. Likely that the first daffodil shoots in the neighborhood have started coming up, too.

Pretty sure I’ve mentioned this before on the boards, but I was in Lewisburg, PA that year. I remember heading up there from South Jersey after winter break on one of the coldest days of that winter, and Philly was covered in ice and steam from all the buildings - like a scene from a Soviet factory city on the Volga or something. We seemingly got snow after snow after snow, with an icing here and there for good measure. Not sure what we ended up with, but it had to have been 75”, give or take 10” or so. There was fairly deep snow on the ground for weeks and weeks on end - an absolutely unreal stretch of weather that I’m glad to have experienced.

Don't hate just because the DC sports fanbase is weak.

Speaking of imperial stouts, I just brewed one today. 3-hour boil, so I’m hoping for a really nice Maillard reaction to give me some real depth of flavor. Original gravity is 1.130, and I mashed at 156...shooting for a final gravity of 1.036 or thereabouts, which will put me at 14.5%. That’s before any bourbon that makes its way in from the soaked toasted oak spiral, cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and almonds.

I’d be all over that if I can find it. Thanks for the heads up! Nice. Is that brewery-only or is it in distribution?