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    January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

    in Mid Atlantic

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    23 minutes ago, michaeljames said:

    That winter really looks relentless when you see all the snowfall listed out like that. It shows how consistent the cold pattern was through early 2014. Even now, when coordinating winter travel with Luxury Rides LLC, I always think back to seasons like this and how unpredictable snow totals can be.

    Hey MichaelJames! Welcome to American Weather! This looks like it gonna be a very snowy next couple of weeks, maybe longer!

    Lessons From January 24-26th Winter Storm

    in Mid Atlantic

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    Chasing snow for fun, whether it is just following model runs or actually going to a location such as The Tug, can be fun but this is a choice everyone must make. If you walk around too much like I did or dig way too much snow like I did, there could be real life consequences down the road, like ending up like me at age 62. But this does not happen to everyone. I don't have many regrets. I have some, but many more great memories of jebwalking, sliding like a maniac on my shoe soles down many an ice covered road while whooping it up like a crrazy man lmao and digging massive amounts of fresh powder snow and piling it up to embarrassing heights.

    Same thing goes for trying to forecast these storms. The models will get better (I think). Use your brain most of all. Use your experience. Remember past storms. Get a copy of the KU Book. Ask questions of the Mets here and the hobbyists (not me, lol). I am talking about people like Bob Chill, SnowinOutThere, bncho and PSU and many others. They'll teach you what they know and go after that meteorology degree then chase that big snow dream! There will always be weather and there will always be big storms! One day there will be a HUGE triple phaser like March 13 1993!

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    January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

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    1 hour ago, wasnow215 said:

    Temps teens and low 20's Sat could be 20:1 ratios no?

    2m temps means something but it is much more about what goes on upstairs. Need Bob Chill or one of the Mets to explain this better than I could, lol. It's something about the DGZ, Dendritic Growth Zone or something like that.

     

    Remember the last storm in Virginia? Ground temps in the low teens? Sleet falling in 13 degree temperatures and people saying this is so ridiculous? It was all about what was happening upstairs. I think it was because of a strong warm layer at about 700mb or something like that over top of the incredibly frigid airmass over the Mid Atlantic that caused the warm layer to dump rainfall that froze into sleet pellets because it was so damn COLD in the boundary layer.

    Or something like that. I really should leave this to degreed Mets or qualified hobbyists like bncho or Bob Chill or PSU or even SnowinOutThere. He needs a red tag stat. I sure don't. All I am, is an old man, all played out, can't even dig snow anymore, can hardly walk on ice down here in Texas without falling and smashing my low back to smithereens, snow weenie lmao.

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    January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

    in Mid Atlantic

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    4 minutes ago, Snowciopathic Snow Bro said:

    I hear that.  It got to the point where I quit shoveling and was just picking up huge blocks of concrete glacier and shot-putting them over to the lawn.  Felt like I was trying to qualify for the world's strongest man competition.  Definitely will pay for that tomorrow.

    I'm on a cul-de-sac (Gainesville) and there have been no plows on our road.  Standard cars don't have the ground clearance to get through this mess.  Might have to wait until April for it to melt first.

    The worst of it is you guys are probably in for several more major winter storms. Especially that thing brewing in the models right now. Could be talkin 1993 except this time you guys get laser targeted for maximum snow accumulations! ON TOP of that DEEP solid ice! Might have to start calling that place New Greenland lmao...

    ...By the time this is over we may all be fully Snowciopathic lol.

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    January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

    in Mid Atlantic

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    13 hours ago, dailylurker said:

    It's literally a disaster out there. A glorious disaster! Where's Jebman? Lol. My street is like concrete was laid and then people drove through it before it set. NOW isn't permanent. The 4 feet of powder i experienced in NY was a walk in park compared to this monster lol. I've got about 10" of concrete on the ground and a sheet of clear ice covering everything. I LOVE extreme winter conditions. Hopefully we can get a couple feet of mid Atlantic mash potatoes on top of this.

    That's EPIC man, just plain EPIC! Not really sure how to clear that monster ice accumulation. Maybe get a pressure washer with super hot water...

    January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage OBS Thread!

    in Mid Atlantic

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    4 hours ago, eyewall said:

    Well we didn't get back to Raleigh as planned as shortly into the trip a piece of ice on I-95 flew off someone's car and right into my windshield smashing it. Nobody could help me today because nobody showed up for work anywhere so I am stuck here until tomorrow to get it fixed and hopefully get home eventually. 

    I am very happy you are okay. You'll get the windshield fixed, but the most important thing is you are okay.

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    January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

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    9 minutes ago, NovaWahoo said:

    As a mostly lurker from WrightWeather (was that it?) to Eastern to here, I just assumed Ji was like the Dread Pirate Roberts. He's not the REAL Ji. The REAL Ji is retired somewhere with a lot of snow. Perhaps Tahoe. But he picked a new "Ji" to replace him who picked a new Ji to replace him. 

    Wright Weather Bulletin Board (WWBB), that was the very first weather forum I ever read. That was back in the good old days. Before that I think it was some place called ne.weather.

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    January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

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    31 minutes ago, DaleCityDave said:

    The hopes and dreams of weenies everywhere! Don’t underestimate our collective power!

    Hey Dave! Welcome to the Forum! You are hailing from my old stomping grounds, I lived there for 55 years.

    No kidding about our collective power. We CAN will this thing, and we WILL Reel this baby home!

    January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

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    26 minutes ago, Heisy said:


    Woof MFers, woof

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    This is a thing of pure beauty. All I have ever wanted, is for there to be such a massive snowstorm over the DMV, that simply demolishes with incredibly heavy snows, and this looks so transcendently resplendent in all its Glory! It's got its frigid, moisture laden, highly energetic eyes fixed on DCA.

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