One thing I've noticed is that we haven't even had much digital snow this winter. Even in the putrid winter of 2011-2, we had a helluva lot more digital snow back then.
Sure will be. But there will be a forum civil war. Those are entertaining to watch though. In addition to the bread, milk and toilet paper, I'm going to get some popcorn and watch the infighting unfold.
March 93 was the strongest storm I ever lived through. I was in southern PA at the time. Whiteout conditions. 50 mph sustained winds throughout. I honestly felt like I was atop Mount Washington with those crazy weather conditions.
Looks like we could have a good old fashioned forum divider. Frederick and points N/W gets hammered with a foot of paste. Anywhere east of the fall line will be 33 and rain. Tensions will be high. Let's hope a forum civil war won't ensue.
I only mentioned 93 because the GFS has a storm with lower pressure than the '93, i.e. it's very likely GFS is overdoing it. Setup is also completely different, but that wasn't the point here.
I remember watching JB on Weather World back in the mid 1990s (along with other PSU mets such as Joe Sobel, Fred Gadomski and Paul Knight). He was my favorite Weather World forecaster. Now he basically represents the Fox News of weather media.
Is NAM synonymous with the AO? For some reason the 'NAM' term has been used a lot this winter but I rarely saw this terminology used here in the past. I'm sure this isn't to be confused with the NAM model. Or being NAM'd as a verb.
Agree that we shouldn't become overly optimistic. The CFS weeklies have consistently been showing an eventual transition to a colder look -- even while we were in the midst of despair when the Central Pacific ridge wasn't moving on the 15-day ensembles. They are continuing to maintain a cold look throughout Feb....so there is that.
A few days ago, we heard about the Central Pacific ridge correlates to a death knell for winter. Now we are talking about too much blocking and cold and dry. Times have changed!
Well, let's look at the bright side: Hopefully this January won't be as tropical as January 2006. Or January 1950. Or, worst yet, January 1932. I've read somewhere that mosquitoes were swarming in January 1932!
BWI needs to calibrate their thermometer. They've consistently been 1-2 degrees higher than DCA this summer. For once, DCA's sensor actually seems to be working fine.