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What are the thoughts on the depth of cold being shown? Overdone? So far looks prolonged with reinforcement every couple days. Single digits for multiple days out in the mountains.

HoCo is closing 3 hrs early! Bah! Back in my day we walked uphill both ways in the rain. Newspaper for shoes too daggummit!

Peacock Tops 30 Million Subs, Streaming Loss to Peak at $2.8 Billion (variety.com) Hey we only lost 2.8B, not 3! This is obviously a last ditch effort to save the service.

Busy couple weather days incoming for the CONUS:

Unless you got $$$$ stay away from the resort areas. There are deals to be had outside the lake/ski area. $275k, close to the state parks: 511 New Germany Rd, Swanton, MD 21561 | MLS# MDGA2006110 | Redfin $360k, quieter park of the county: 221 Church St, Oakland, MD 21550 | MLS# MDGA2005592 | Redfin Rental potential on these would be low, so it depends on what your goals are. This one in Caanan has access to a runway! Fly your private plane right to your house! $389k: 19 Beechcraft Way, Davis, WV 26260 | realtor.com®

Driving through our neighborhood this morning, about an inch on top of the ~4 inches from yesterday. Light to moderate snow all day at Wisp, made for a good day skiing and no crowds! Driving through the state park on the way home:

Some pics from my weekend trip. I-68 prior to Cumberland, some of the heaviest snow we drove through. I-68 just after Cumberland: My electric snow chariot. Can't do deep stuff but snow tires + AWD handles pretty much everything else. Lake had about an inch of ice in our cove.

Damn, thats a gut punch to every east coast ski resort. Looks like something we would see in the summer.

I70/I68 was a s-show between hagerstown and cumberland. We took it slow and steady with proper equipment and did fine. Many cars and trucks stuck on the uphill climbs. Car 1/4 mile in front of us tried to pass another car in the unplowed left lane and immediately fish tailed into the guardrail. Dude in an acura integra with only tshirt on trying to shovel their tires out in the middle on i68.

Drove back to Deep Creek today, it was rain/sleet mix and 37 when we left Ellicott City at noon, until we hit Hagerstown on I-70. All snow from Hagerstown to Cumberland, where it was pouring snow. Heading up the hill towards Frostburg/Swanton it tapered off to a freezing drizzle and 27 degrees. Took 4.5 hrs (usually takes 2.5) and saw a bunch of idiots with no snow tires and RWD stuck on I-70. Cumberland and just east was definitely the jackpot in Maryland. Probably 4" on the ground out here in Deep Creek, when we stopped in La Vale to charge there was 6-8" and coming down hard. Had another inch on the car during the 30 minute charging session.

Appreciate the update... We were thinking of driving back up today. I'm hoping the main roads will be treated.

Drove home from Deep Creek today and the temp didnt change much along the way, which is odd. 38 when i left, hit a max of 40 around Hagerstown and was 39 when i got home to Ellicott City.

Does he dump his leaves and trash down the mountain too? Laughing at the commoners below 1kft

I like the simple(r) look 0z just showed us. No transfer to figure out etc, just a storm coming up the coast and running into HP. Can only hope as we get closer we see things keep this look.

Didnt Chuck warn us this storm was gonna be warm? Everyone seems to not take him seriously.

I dug out the snowblower and refreshed my oil/gas can. Biggest jinx ever.

Probably not 37, more like 34. The line of disappointment is probably going to be further west than we would like.

WVA gettin boned.

Would make for an awesome Raven's game to beat down on the Steelers in a foot of snow.

Not gonna deb the LR thread, but so far this is actually a worse ski season than last year. It is becoming apparent that this coming weekend will be cooler but not enough to repair the machine made snowpack.

We need to meet up and compare notes! I started a ~2000sqft addition this fall and so far things are progressing. Rough electrical/plumbing is in, hvac starting this month. Having issues with framer but rest of the subs so far are decent, and have actually shown up! I've been fortunate that a local in my cove has put me in contact with several people, who probably would have never answered the phone if it wasn't for him. I agree with everything that has been posted. My recommendation would be to rent a condo/house in all the locations mentioned, both during winter and summer. We rented a couple of places in Western MD before deciding to look for real estate. Drive the roads, figure out how easy it is to get around. Resort areas are filled with rentals, and renters are usually loud and obnoxious. Our priority was lake access, walkable roads, and low amount of nearby rentals. Snowshoe has the best elevation, largest skiing, but outside the resort area is pretty isolated. Not sure what you can do there other than hiking during summer. Canaan/Timberline are probably second in terms of skiing, and do have Davis/Thomas close by with restaurants/things to do. Deep Creek is true four seasons with the lake activities in the summer. Even if you buy a place not near the lake, the state park has beach access and a boat ramp. There is a mix of dining options from pub/bar to white table cloth fine dining. Wisp is an okay resort. Definitely geared towards beginners. Timberline is 60 minutes away for more vertical / better snowmaking. We have passes to Wisp but drove to Timberline last year because I was fed up with the broken infrastructure at Wisp (Snowmaking system is old, water pipes were breaking all winter). What RIC_WX said is probably true in any of the resort areas right now. Most contractors are busy building 15 bedroom, indoor swimming pool, mega rental properties. Do your homework and don't overpay. Real estate in these areas went sky high during covid... Things are sitting on market longer but I haven't seen much reduction in pricing, yet. You are still competing with investors buying land/properties with the sole intent to maximize rental value. My gut says at some point the rental market will saturate and values will correct downward, but who knows when or if that will ever happen.

Its a shit the blinds start to the mid atlantic ski season. I love snow and I love skiing. Even when we don't get real snow, I can get my fix on the slopes. So far this season, you need to go above 4000ft to ski anything decent. Hopefully we can clean off the blinds later in the season, but the resorts have already missed out on the first two major holiday weekends.

Huh? Maybe Snowshoe but I don't track WVA weather :). Western MD has had snow but it melted a day or two later. The last chance we had forecast was 4-8 and ended up with 2. I skied Wisp opening day Dec 15 but they've only managed two small trail additions since then. The next 5 days is 40s and rain. We plan on heading up Friday, hoping for something white but not expecting much at this point. Timberline has much better skiing conditions but only due to their brand new snowmaking system. They received a bit more natural but again it melts a couple days later.

I feel like things have been pretty well sniffed out about a week in advance. The last two big rainers were well known the week prior. After the storm on the 27th I feel like there is not much value wringing hands. If we get to Christmas and the next 7 days still look like poo, time to hit the egg nog hard.