The Dude

What Bob actually wrote:

2 hours ago, Bob Chill said:

 

Bingo. Getting crushed this week. I've passed the torch until further notice. 

What the weenies see:

2 hours ago, Bob Chill said:

 

Bingo. Getting crushed this week. This winter is a torch until further notice. 

Edit:  Ninja'd by Zugzwang!

That back side was the best snow of the day here.  I ended up with an inch.

Ripping here.  Everything is turning white except the roads and sidewalks.  34/31

3 minutes ago, Deer Whisperer said:

Just got my haircut and it’s looking very pretty. Mod to heavy SN, parking lot caved quick

Glad to hear your haircut went well!

All snow here; no real stickage yet.  35/32

Snow starting to mix in.

Still light rain here at 38/34.  Hoping the yellows on my doorstep will bring the changeover.

Drizzle here.  43/29

44/23 in N. Bethesda

MoCo has joined the list of school jurisdictions closing early.

A few flurries in N. Bethesda about an hour ago.

Not a super exciting year.  For me, the February wind event and a thunderstorm at OC that spun up a quick water spout and turned umbrellas/rafts into projectiles are the two events that stood out.

11 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

She is sept also. The 9th

Were you still in Kemp Mill at the time?  How much did you get for that winter?

A few stray flurries here.

Just shy of .5" in N. Bethesda

1 hour ago, GramaxRefugee said:

Partially snow covered roofs still quite common in Bowie on the drive to work.

There's a small church that has significant snow on their main roof, as if they were in a different storm than all the neighbors. Finally occurred to me that the nave isn't heated during the week. Probably be gone before Sunday anyway. (Praise the Lord and melt the roof.)

I was surprised how much staying power my .25" had.  There was still some on the deck last night.

.25 here in N. Bethesda.

Got down to 21 here.  Coldest of the season.

23 for my low.  RIP mosquitoes! 

1.75" here.  I like the death band placement.  Good practice for winter.

We ended up with 1.42 here.

16 hours ago, the ghost of leroy said:

what part of the constitution enshrines the right to be on a beach again?

I think it can be implied in the right to bare arms.

18 minutes ago, H2O said:

Naso MILF stories and mixed drinks built this board

That, and Mdecoy's fleshlight...

8 minutes ago, WeatherLovingDoc said:

Here is what I texted my kid in response to Alexandria alert last night: 

11:08 pm June 19 2019 : " The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Alexandria. Seek indoor shelter immediately." No such happened. I want to know what this was based upon. Folks, in the end, you are crying wolf when we need to be not so.

 

While I concede that LWX can be a little trigger-happy on the warnings, you seem to be asking for a level of precision that simply is not available given the current state of the science.  Thunderstorms are inherently unpredictable--in where and when they form, how strong they become, and when they decay.  The best meteorologists can do is issue warnings for an area that appears to be at risk for severe weather. Occasionally that risk will manifest; most times it won't.  The alternative is to only warn storms they are certain will be severe, which will mean that the vast majority of storms that produce severe weather will go unwarned.

Wild day at OC today.  Saw a small waterspout (photo below), then chaos ensued at the beach when the leading edge of the storm came through (video below)

1.4" here in N. Bethesda.  The worst of it went just to our west.