TowsonTownT

Getting some light bonus pingers in Towson. 42 degrees.

10 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Yeah and we don't care if the shovel you have is busted up and hanging off the handel...if anybody gets one you're walkin' the snowboard!

May I suggest no storm thread either. A new LR thread can be created just as easily.

21 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

I get the sentiment that once you give up on winter it would be nice if we simply jump straight to 70 degree sunny weather every day but that simply isn't how it works.  Almost EVERY year we will get a chilly period somewhere in early spring and EVERY time the "this is the worst thing ever" posts come out.  And now people are stressing about just the thought of it before its even a reality!  That's too much drama for me.  

This is my fourth year in the area, and while not a large sample, I have found Fall here to be (much) warmer than I expected and Spring to be cooler than I expected. I have to remind myself all through April not to plant the tomatoes that are suspiciously well stocked at the big box stores.

Are there other mid/long term trends outside ENSO that could eventually swing the other way and bring us back to periodic sub 35 winters, or are we doomed to +35 winters from here on out?

Is it finally safe to purchase an ice scraper?

If someone can just tell me when it's safe again to buy an ice scraper I'll be satisfied.

Light sleet mixed with a few mood flakes in Towson.

Well, you can't blame me. I've been driving around this entire winter without an ice scraper. 

Still just above freezing imby, looks like we'll mostly dry out before the freeze takes hold here. Just a few mood flakes over the past hour, still puts me on the board!

Heavy line of rain went through my area of Towson about 15 mins ago, seems to have been some sleet mixed that has accumulated on cars, nothing on the ground. 41 now with light rain.

Blast furnace in Towson, 53 and light rain.

5 minutes ago, DE2PA said:

SE Pennsylvania is the mid Atlantic. Fight me on it

No fight, but there is a Mid Atlantic forum and a Philadelphia forum. That's the point. 

Loving the snow pics this morning. There should be no regerts for those of us closer to the coast. This is not an event we are missing out on specifically because we are in the Mid Atlantic, this rain event extends all the way up to New Brunswick.

My FB feed today was full of memories of snow in 2020, apparently we had a few inches that year. That's all I want this year. I feel like my expectations aren't out of line.

Try again. Towson a few mins ago.

Towson a few minutes ago. Best rates of the day.

Seems to be winding down a bit in the Towson area. I would say about 2" IMBY.- Roads never caved but still a pretty scene. Next question will be whether paved areas will have time to dry out or if they will ice over with the falling temps.

I've thoroughly enjoyed lurking in this forum this year. I have nothing weather-wise to add, only to say that tomorrow happens to be International Fanny Pack Day (look it up), so if the title of this thread needs to be updated, might I suggest the International Fanny Pack Day Miracle Event of Epic (for March in a La Nina anyway) Proportions.

Question from the peanut gallery - If almost every storm like this in the history of storms like this has gone east of the models more than a few days out, why don't the models account for this?

Light snow in Towson. The road out front caved instantly.

Medium to heavy snow with some sleet mixed in for good measure in Towson.

My unofficial Towson snow gauge.

Just started coming down again in Towson, we'll see if it's sustained this time and not a tease like it was a few hours ago. Largish flakes with very little wind.

First post. Just started snowing big fat flakes in Towson. At the same time wind shifted from the north to northwest.