SouthboundYank

LOL...yeah. There's a part of me that just wants to skip ahead to severe spring/summer season.

Perhaps...but I can always use the refresher(s) for "piece movement" on the winter wx chessboard...

My wife breathlessly reported to me this past Sun/Mon (based on what the media was feeding her) on a "major winter storm" incoming for NoVA this weekend. I just grinned at her and said, "give it time...you'll take your 33 and rain on Sat and enjoy it." She scoffed, I shrugged. Knowing that I'd get much closer to a realistic forecast discussion here, I forced myself to wait until late last evening to check in for some closer-to-showtime truth. Some good analyses as always, and the usual few bouts of back/forth sniping -- likely borne out of frustration with a retreating rain/snow line. My LOL "gut" forecast shared with my wife was correct, at least for SE FfxCo. Maybe we'll get an hour of snow TV on Sat, but whatever. A decade or more ago, I'd be one of the folks here having a meltdown...but I just can't get upset about this stuff anymore.

So pretty...and since I'm always late to the show, happy belated birthday, friend!!

Pics. Or it didn't happen.

Blinding sun and clear blue skies, from sunrise to 9:30 am-ish. Full cloud cover between 9:30 to 3 pm-ish. Cold, breezy, ugh...basically typical, sh*tty MA wx for late Dec/early Jan. Clouds move off to east between 3-3:30 pm-ish. (Again, typical this time of year.) I am SO over MA winters...

Oh, LORD. So sorry to hear this report. I hope you've reached your destination safely...and I love to see you posting from your Pixel 8! I have a P7a, my wife a fairly new P8 Pro, and we are (for nearly a decade now) entirely satisfied Google Pixel phone disciples!

I'll bet traveling I-95 in the Carolinas is going to be a living nightmare today...not to mention how MUCH worse the perpetually horrendous Springfield to Richmond stretch will be.

UGGHHH, sorry. My oldest son is in ATL tonight, flying between there and DCA tomorrow mid afternoon. Begged him to change his flight because of my suspicions for tomorrow, based on your report this evening. Mr. "I CAN HANDLE IT, DAD" was having no part of it, though. Sun AM Update: I talked my son into changing his flight to Mon AM, he's seen some of the radar and storm coverage from FL last night and this morning, and I shared this post with him. Thx for the report, @bigtenfan...you helped me put his travel decision over the edge.

An abundance of patience? Yeah, perhaps...especially after the past decade or so. An abundance of (wide ranging, extremist) opinions? Absolutely.

Shocked that we got anything...we hardly ever cash in on those "may end as a period of snow" situations. Depending on where you measure (standing water, longer grass, etc), think we have anywhere between a trace to .2" here. It must've crusted up fast/furious enough at the end to flash-freeze Santa into a temporary bow...

Okay....I know the wide majority of folks here like to hide behind their avatars. But I would, like, pay some $$$ towards your fundraiser to actually see a pic of you rocking this get-up.

43 with sneet.

Got down to 17, currently on rebound.

43 with leaf-nados in the backyard.

35 right now. No frost that I can see, though.

Currently 44. The "H" in our HVAC has awakened and been flexing its muscle this, and the past couple of mornings.

I'll be camping at French Creek State Park in PA, just NW of Philly, in two weeks...and I'm wondering if there will be much color left in the trees by then. Your report leads me to believe there might be SOME left by the time we arrive...

Absolutely STUNNING fall pics, TY for sharing! Might even use a couple of these for phone desktop pics!

Yeah. Every time LWX slips in that little "20% of showers overnight," I always cover the patio furniture. Have gotten burned every time I didn't in that situation. :/

LOL. I've seen TWO completely black wooly bear caterpillars in the last several days...after having seen NO all black ones in any of my earlier days. I mean, c'mon...at this point, it IS a portent.

I'll say this much...I like how Amazon is handling/broadcasting TNF. Sure, we're going to get extra ads for Kindles and Alexa, but it's slowly becoming my preferred place to watch NFL.

Same. Except in my case, I'm hardly ever in a Virginia "state of mind" any longer...more like South Carolina. Ooooh, yeah. It's 59 right now and I assume it's the same temp at the other end of the cul de sac...even though I can't really see that far.

With a bonus fly and a couple wasps! It's 61 at Fort Belvoir this A.M. and feels refreshing out. Looks like a gorgeous day coming up.

Yeah, WTAF is up with THEM all of a sudden?? Yesterday alone, we found at least 3 or 4 in the house, and a dozen or more while sitting out on the patio. UGH.