mattie g
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That's crazy. Even my cul-de-sac had multiple passes with plenty of salt laid down, especially on Monday night. Everything is clear around here and I assumed that since we were among the higher totals that if we were clear then everything else should be. I'm not mad about the schools closing. As I mentioned to mappy the other day, there are 10 days built in so it's not a huge deal, but it's pretty sad that the county hasn't been able to get things properly cleared.
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Fairfax is also closed. I'm a little surprised...I figured they'd have a delay but not close.
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The conditions last year sucked so hard. We drove through much of Maryland in pounding rain and while when we got to McHenry it had finally let up, it was like 45-50 degrees and the snow was rapidly being eaten alive on that main run on the front of the mountain. We had fun and all, but man…did the conditions blow. I just want to get there and not see bare ground on 75% of the mountain and have my kids asking why we drove 3 hours to see a little bit of fake snow.
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Keep building that base. Heading to Wisp in a month and hoping to find great conditions and an open mountain!
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Let's just raise the floor a little bit. Don't need a HECS - just some fun on a Saturday.
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11/21: T (grauplets) 11/22: T (SnowTV for an hour or so, followed by drizzle) 12/1: T (on-and-off small snow showers for about an hour) 12/24: T (some light sleet in the morning left a coating) 1/3: 0.75” from squall/thundersnow 1/5-1/6: 9.0" (bumped a little based on local spotter reports) Seasonal Total: 9.75"
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I agree. If the jack is 2" and that jack is over me, then I really won't complain. If the jack is 25" and I get 6" then I'll be annoyed. Dumb logic, but then again I'm not very logical when it comes to snow.
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I suppose if you look at the Burke, Fairfax Station, and West Springfield ones together then I might be low (and that's why I'm not a trained spotter lol). Either way, it was a bummer when we pinged, but there was frozen falling for almost the whole day and then we did pretty well with the ULL. No complaints!
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A weenie in Burke reported 9.6". I guess it could have happened, especially if I had some compaction once the sleet started yesterday. Since I didn't measure until well after that flip, I may have shorted myself. Curious to see if other nearby spotters report similar.
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Went out again with the pup and couldn’t help but revel in it. It was simply glorious. I’m going to go with 8.5” total for the storm, with this evening’s snow being the best part of it!
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Last hurrah for this storm. Me and my new boy (got him four days ago) on our last Jebwalk of the day. Fuckin’ awesome…
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Not clicking that shit.
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I mentioned the walk that I took with my girls and our new dog… While we were out in puking snow I couldn’t help but mutter to myself “Snow is the f*cking best.”
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By the way…got my 1.25” (most in the last 1.5 hours of beautiful dendrites) to hit 8” on the day. Would love to squeeze in another inch, but no matter at all if we don’t.
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@WxUSAF…did you get your walk in? Girls, pup, and I just got back from a 20-minute trot and we were in a band that was just crushing dendrites. Absolutely awesome snow walk!
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Said it like 10 pages ago. I don’t give a shit about the HRRR. It’s hot dumpster funk for this event.
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Gonna take the new rescue pup out for a walk around the same time. He’s been loving it today! Got him out at like 8:00 am when it was ripping and hope we have the same experience this evening!
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Fairfax has 10 days built in. Yes...10. I love my kids to death and I'm glad they're having a blast, but they'll have been home for 2.5 weeks by the time they go back. That's kinda ridiculous. Light, fluffy snow continuing here in Burke and the radar is looking lovely.
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Nope...I know we didn't. Of course, back then we didn't wear seatbelts or bike helmets and we drank leaded paint. But I'm still here (though some of my friends didn't make it), so I'm not sure why kids these days have it so easy!
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Exactly. While the GFS has shown its bipolarity, it seems the other models have been taking their meds and are gently swinging in a good direction. I don't need a HECS, nor am I looking for one. Just give me snow on snow...and let me be among the higher totals.
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It's a regular occurrence, though it does come off a little differently in text format.
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Just quoting myself because I think I got this one right . The little "band" I was mentioning then blossomed and started dropping dendrites about 30 minute after this. Been snowing since - even moderately - and now the radar is filling in. I frankly don't give a f*ck what the HRRR says. It's garbage. As Elsa once said: Let it f*cking snow!
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Kinda looks like things are trying to fill in down here, as well. Could be the start of the backend goodness.
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Ukie was a little closer today at 12z than at 00z last night, and while the Euro wasn't that great I thought it was also somewhat closer. We know there's a load of potential and there's reason to have a little optimism. We just need to see the Europeans move towards the North American crew by 12z tomorrow and we can feel even better. That all said, I think we should be confident in our chances of seeing some accumulating snow this weekend!
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I think we all got amped because the models juiced up as go time got closer. That 8" goal was pretty modest in my mind and I honestly was expecting more. As for getting to 8", that would be amazing. The kids have had a great day and it looks wonderful out there, so it would be a sweet cap to the day (and give me a reason to have another drink or three this evening)!
