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Whereas I might view this as an upside.

He popped in with a couple of snow forecast maps over the winter.

Fair, but if we are talking social media isn't it more likely to be overhyped than under?

I'd argue the general public doesn't look at SPC at all, and most of them rely almost exclusively on weather apps if they even think about the forecast. A severe thunderstorm/tornado watch/warning day of is where 98% of the public that pays attention will tune in.

Yes, but my humor is dry. You can blame me for the drought. Just a bit of sarcasm given the similar sun angle.

There's a reason September snow rarely sticks.

My parents' who are in their mid-80s live less than a mile From the coast in central CT. Heading up there first thing in the AM to "help them" and chase. An act of mercy and self interest. Bringing the DFH 120.

If this thing happens, I’ve got a 120 that will be coming out.

I'm sure it's been made before, but your sports analogy is brilliant. In '86 growing up in CT I was 15 and watched or listened to every Red Sox game that year, only to watch the ball go through Buckner's legs just like a low up the OH valley or a GL low appearing out of nowhere in the last 36 hours. I still enjoy sports but I don't care anymore and don't follow. I still care a lot about snow.

You mean pubicly. Sorry, I meant publicly.

For those inquiring about the depth of the Potomac ice, here's a shot from this am. Police and an airboat.

Looks like we got de-NAMmed.

I've been around here for 25 years. Agree this kind of cold usually has an expiration date. Usually it's 24-48 hours.

I would have loved a blizzard this weekend as much as anyone, but I'm also looking out at epic piles and 6 inches of glacier that's only down one inch in the 6 days it's been around. That's remarkable for here. Not everyone cares about pack though, so to each their own.

When we tune in with the hope of repeated dopamine hits, but instead each refresh sucks a little bit of your soul. That said, working while looking out the window at deep winter helps.

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I was on the mid-CT coast in 96 for the early Jan blizzard. Went into NYC for the day, and left with a forecast of light snow, but with the outside chance still of up to 4-8 if everything broke right. Came home that evening and they had activated the Emergency Broadcast System (the old school long beep), for an impending blizzard. The next morning the weather radio cycled through the three CT region forecasts. Northern CT was a Winter Storm Warning. Mid CT was the old Heavy Snow Warning. They got to the coast, and I was bracing for a forecast of a change to rain, but it was a Blizzard warning. What dreams are made of.

With the road conditions around my neighborhood, even a 1-3 inch snowfall followed by another week of frigid weather would have a very outsized impact. Looks like my days in VT out there right now.

I'll be 55 this year, and I expect to have the same feeling when I'm 85.

Cold was entrenched yesterday...which to be fair, gave us the margin of error to be all frozen.

Just in from a short recon up the street and almost all ZR here in Del Ray. Temp up to 28. A "good Samaritan" snowblew the sidewalks on the next block, just in time for the ZR.

Would look a lot like the Euro map from last Monday.

Up to a 6 inch depth in Del Ray. Not clearing a board, but was just under 5 when it transitioned, so well over an inch of sleet with compaction.

There's some light flurries falling amongst the sleet here in Del Ray Alexandria amidst the "dry slot".

As a fellow photographer, that is an extraordinary shot.