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I can remember watching the weather channel as a very young child. Probably 3 or 4, some of my earliest memories. I was amazed at how the weather could change on a dime, and how everyone is affected by the weather. We moved in our new big house in Oct 92. The property was really big for a young boy. I was 7 when the 93 blizzard hit. That storm had a major impact on my love for weather. I had experienced snow before, but not on that level. I was amazed at how it just shut everything down. Almost as if I was in a different world. That Saturday afternoon my brother and I met up with a few other neighborhood kids and had an absolute blast. Riding inner tubes down hillsides, snow ball fights and we built an awesome snow igloo, enough for 3 of us to fit into. That evening as it got darker, the wind slowed but the snow continued to fall. The complete silence and the snow weighing the trees and power lines was nothing I had ever witnessed, almost eerie, but I loved it. I will never forget it. I've been a freak over weather, especially winter weather ever since. On the warmer side of weather, my first real experience was in third grade. I was at school, I remember going to the gym, which was outside and separate from the school. That was around 11 that morning. There were a few clouds but nothing out of the ordinary. After 45 minutes to an hour later, as the teacher walked us back to the main building, the sky was an ominous color. A greenish/purple hue hung overhead in very low fast moving clouds. It was frightening to me. We got back to the classroom and an announcement came over the speaker for the teachers to get ready for a tornado "test". My teacher actually drug the TV out and put it on the weather channel. As I had watched it for years leading up to this moment, I understood more than most kids that age. It was not a pretty sight. A line of severe storms was moving in very close to the area. As the siren sounded for our drill, the power started flickering as we made our way into the hallway. They made us all get against the wall, hunker down and put our hands over our head. I knew it was serious because the older kids who were on the second floor all came down to the first floor. After a few seconds of being in the hands over head position, the power went completely out. Thunder crashed so hard it shook the ground below us. I remember the wind smashing rain and hail into the window to the lower end of the hall. To make it worse the older kids were teasing the younger kids that were scared. A huge tree limb crashed into the window and broke a bunch of glass out of it. After that, there was silence. The older kids were now scared out of their minds, a long with some of the staff. Things eventually cleared up, but for the rest of that day there were multiple severe storms and tornado warnings issued for the area. After that, I was absolutely terrified of thunderstorms for a couple of years. As I got older that fear turned into fascination. Those two events as a young kid stuck with me and made my love for weather very real. Sorry for the novel lol. I start talking about past weather events and never shut up.

The December 18-19 2009 storm was one of my all time favorites. Of course the 3 week period of no power or water wasn't very fun. I was a child during 93 and 96 blizzards, so it was cool to experience 09 as an adult. I would love for my children to experience a storm like that. It was magical to me as a child.

The school my daughter's attend is closed today due to a fire behind it. It's been bad for about five days now in this area.

Thank you for the link. This storm is single handedly responsible for my obsession with winter weather, arguably weather as a whole. I was 8 years old and my family and I were without power and "snowed in" for about 4 days. I mostly remember spending as much time as possible outside with my brother and neighborhood kids in a winter wonderland. We had the time of our lives playing out in the blizzard, then thawing out by our wood and coal stove, which was our only source of heat, light and cooking at the time. I've been chasing that storm ever since. Of course the chances of that happening again are super slim to almost none, it's still fun to track these storms and dream a little from time to time.

I agree 100%. I don't post much, as I really don't have much to offer other than obs when necessary, but I feel like I've been searching years to find a place that appreciates and educates on something I'm extremely passionate about, which of course is weather. This is for sure the right place. Multiple times a day I find myself coming here and hoping some sort of big post is put up explaining this and that, as I try to soak it all in. I've wanted to be a meteorologist all my life, unfortunately certain circumstances steered life in other directions. I just want to say thank you guys so much for everything you put into this forum, it is greatly appreciated. Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this. Felt Jeds post gave me the opportunity to share that with you guys.

Thanks man, not looking so bad there either. As snow starved as things have been, I'll take this and run with it

A picture of the mountains across from my house. Very pretty this morning.

Got a bit more than yesterday. It was coming down pretty hard for a solid 2 hours earlier.

Got a bit more than I expected. This may very well be the most we've received here this season.

Went to Grundy earlier and it was coming down hard, visibility was awful. Nothing was sticking to the ground at that time though. On my way back home the mountain tops are completely covered, it's just now starting to stick to the vehicles down in the lower elevations.

It is an adjustment

LOL, I agree with @BlunderStorm, us most northern forum guys missed the action on this one, but Im very happy to see so many people did well with this "non event"

Omg, the winds are absolutely ripping right now, I've never seen winds like this

I'm just across the Stateline here in Big Rock and the rain is crazy right now

The rain is pretty heavy here right now, the wind is starting to pick up more. There are 2 VDOT trucks parked across from my house ready to go. Doubt it will help much lol.

My temp 2 hours ago was 42, as of 30 minutes ago went up to 44, the sprinkles started, but now the rain is coming down pretty good. The wind has just started as well, and it definitely has a bite to it.

That definitely makes a lot of sense. When I was younger and less educated I would get so frustrated because it always seemed like it took a miracle to get snow here. My dad always assured me that it can't snow in (the underworld) to put it PG

I literally just looked at the GFS right before I saw your post!! It's kind of a real thing here sometimes sadly

Once again the GFS marches right back into Weenieville USA this past run

Oh it is for sure! Definitely not going to complain about it lol. Hopefully a little taste of some upcoming fun for everyone.

To add to my last post, I looked out again, had been around 20-30 minutes since my last glance to see this

I was surprised to look out my window to see snow falling. It was actually coming down pretty good here in Big Rock about 20 minutes ago. Wasn't expecting that at all.

Very heavy mix here in Big Rock. Seems mostly snow now and starting to stick fast.

Several flashes of lightning and a rumble of thunder here in Big Rock a few minutes ago, followed by some cold rain. Now the winds are starting to pick up.

Awesome!! Thanks! I haven't heard of that place, I'll definitely give it a go. Love me some good burgers.