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    January Discobs 2025

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    It's finally above freezing, high 30s I think for most of the day...don't know the exact temp/DP. IDGAF. Some of the intractable snow piles are finally melting.

    For those of you who prefer weeks of northern Minnesota-ish winter weather, I wish you the best. I enjoy occasional, light/enjoyable snows here in NoVA, yes....but weeks of near-zero nighttime lows and streets/sidewalks still caked with white concrete and worrying about pipes freezing on a nightly basis and letting faucets drip... yeah, HARD NO.

    Over it. Looking forward to moderating temps over the next several days.

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    January Discobs 2025

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    Snapped this an hour ago...currently, outside temp down to 21, DP still, well, ZERO. I never remember seeing that kind of DP reading ever in my life. It was actually -1  last hour, I just didn't grab my phone quickly enough to capture it. Wowzers.

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    1/19 - The Roulette Wheel 29 Black Storm - OBS

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

    When it first flipped there were some large dendrites coming down for a time. That was the yellows.  After that as the temp went below freezing the flake size has mostly been medium with moderate intensity. Just too short of a duration to add up to much.

    So, yeah, enjoy the tech discussion. How about some (what I'm sure are) gorgeous pics of your home draped in some fresh snow??  ;) 

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    1/19 - The Roulette Wheel 29 Black Storm - OBS

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

    0.8" total.  Complete dud.

    I'd be inclined to agree with you on this assessment, given that we got an eventual .6" here within the last hour (vs. the 1-3" predicted 24 hours ago). But while I like to LOOK at the snow, I don't like to clean it up anymore...so I'm good.  ;) 

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    1/19 - The Roulette Wheel 29 Black Storm - OBS

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, H2O said:

    42.3/36 

    Palm trees swaying gently, tiki torches lit and the smell of citronella wafting across the lanai.  Ah, the tropics in winter

    Honestly ready for some swaying palm trees...after putting up with this white concrete shit for a week plus here in the (typically) winter pampas of SoFfxCo.  :( 

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    1/19 - The Roulette Wheel 29 Black Storm - OBS

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    1 minute ago, DDweatherman said:

    Will the final spin be a good one? Will Ji be upset with his 3”? Will the ball land on zero and deliver an RGEM solution from yesterday? Will there be football banter also mentioned? Am I here bringing good luck from the great Keystone state? Will Randy have to skip mimosas this week?

    Regardless...we can't bitch that we didn't have a few weeks of deep effing winter in 2024-25. I'll enjoy a fresh coating of white tomorrow...which will be locked in as concrete for most of the coming week. Hate that part of it, but I know plenty here enjoy it. Currently, 41/31.

    January Banter 2025

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    I like the profile pic change, @stormtracker. As the dude responsible for social media at my small org, I struggle to come up with new and exciting ways to engage folks on MLK's birthday on those platforms. Biggest challenge at times is to find/utilize a pic of the man that hasn't been OVER-used before...so, semi-stealing your pic to squirrel away for next year's posts.

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    January Discobs 2025

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, jonjon said:

    At least you don't have to deal with monster ice damn bullshit.  I've got a couple of leaking windows that I'm dealing with on top of just keeping a couple of parking spots clear of snow at all times.

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    Holy CRAP. Those are life-ending icicles right there. I'm noticing a fair amount of spouting ice-damming on our rear addition, which (unfortunately) receives little morning or afternoon sun from early Dec through late Feb. But we're certainly not dealing with THIS level of ice build-up nor any leaking. Seriously...do y'all have hard hats if you go out on that back deck to clean up??  :yikes:

    Southern MD / Lower Eastern Shore weather discussion

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    18 hours ago, IronTy said:

    Found this old pic of my wife looking less than enthusiastic after we completed shoveling 29" of snow off our driveway by hand in dec-2009.  We were both 29yo then....didn't have a snowblower.  Even using one for this latest storm was exhausting for the foot of snow we got, now being 44yo.  Can't imagine how we did that three times in the winter of 09/10 for 2ft snowfalls.  

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    It sucked shoveling that snow off of a driveway about half that size, both back in 2009 and this past Monday...primarily because I'm 15 years older than you. (My wife also gets that same look, post shoveling!) :D  In fairness, neighbor few doors away did bring his snowblower by on Monday to help.

    January 5-6 Thing Storm Obs

    in Mid Atlantic

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, mattie g said:

    Fairfax is also closed. I'm a little surprised...I figured they'd have a delay but not close.

    Telegraph Road is one of the few major roads in our parts that has been properly plowed, and then only minimally...roads in our subdivision got their first (single!) pass late yesterday, IF that, but at that point they were barely scraping the top layer of multiple layers of compacted snow/ice set in place Mon nite.

    I'm the first one to honk if FCPS closes for the threat of a flurry, but this is the worst I've ever seen the roads around Hayfield post-snowstorm...I'll be legit shocked if FCPS doesn't close tomorrow as well.

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