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Forgot to glance at your posting time and thought you posted that this morning....instant thought was, "MAN, he's hardcore!!" Oh, and it's currently 57...hopefully making that successful run into the mid 70s today.

100% - at this point we need to create a new verb for QBs who feel the need to troll us with their "retirements." Favre-ing, maybe?. "Geez...Brady just favre-ed us again..."

Good to hear that Short Pump didn't get Short Pump'ed on this storm.

Down to 26, winds definitely picking up over past two hours. Snapped this vid about an hour ago....not blizzard conditions, but probably as close as we're gonna get in SE FfxCo anytime soon. Definitely saw more horizontal snow during today's event than I've seen the whole time I've lived here.

Already used earlier this week in reference to AmPol, but perhaps applicable here:

Currently at 32, with occasional flurries but it appears the main show is done here. As @Kingstonian mentioned earlier (I'm just downhill from him), we got just shy of an inch. Winds were a bit gusty at times this morning, at least enough to give us horizontal snow. They seem to be picking up more now. Our best rates (somewhat visible in background of this video) came between 9-11 a.m. and this guy was perfectly content to hang in our dogwood tree most of the morning until the snow started to let up. He'd do a violent full-body shake of his feathers about every other minute to "clear the snow," but I could never quite capture him in the act.

Alright, I'll say it -- NOT looking forward to tomorrow (Saturday's) wintery event. OTOH, it's the seemingly final threat for the season, to be followed by a nice stretch of sunny and 60 degree temps. So I'll suck it up, shovel whatever comes tomorrow, and impatiently wait for it all to melt on Sunday.

UGGGGGHHHH. We used to drive to our hometown of Williamsport, PA about once in a quarter throughout the 90s and 2000s, and I-270 was the absolute WORST on every single one of those trips. That slog between Clarksburg and Frederick is absolutely life-shortening. On a much brighter note....I'm counting on you all getting a lot more snow in McHenry, so PLZ post some good snowy pics tomorrow/Sunday!

You have a chance to set regional records in a SUPER competitive sport tomorrow...something that dozens of folks your age would kill for. Perspective is key. The weather is fickle, especially in the DMV. There are too many folks to name in this sub who (nearly) allow the balance of their existence/mental state to hinge on whether they verify winter wx advisory criteria for EVERY. SINGLE. WINTER. THREAT. And they're perpetually unhappy, December-March. Don't be that guy. Unless you elect to move to upper NY state and points north in a few years, you WILL feel cheated by winter every effing year for the rest of your life. Seriously...do NOT let the potential threat of blizzard conditions tomorrow in THIS area, mess with your competitive juju in PA.

For most recent winters, I've taken your tack: 1. Digital, or real, snow forecasted. 2. Fails to materialize, in almost all real-world cases here in the NoVA 'burbs to S/E of I-95. 3. When the (insert frozen precip) fails to materialize here, I look in my fridge for one of my most hi-test IPAs (like @Scraff typically keeps HIS fridge stocked with), pop that sucker open, and throw it back while reading the reports of N/W frozen precip. 4. SCORE. So, our experience in this part of the world was much like yours this season. I said in the days immediately following 1/3/2022 -- when we received just shy of a foot of snow -- that I wouldn't bitch about the rest of this winter, and I think I've been true to that. That 1/3 snow lasted a good while here, too, and it was generally cold well into mid-late February, too. I'm ready to move onto spring and severe season....but honestly, I can't personally complain about a bad 2021-22 winter at all here. Really, @CAPE, after this winter....I can totally believe that darker gray blob could possibly bring you up to an inch.

TY, good sir. We had several good spates of soaking rain late this morning and early afternoon....heard it slamming the roof pretty good on a couple occasions and had to look up to confirm it was indeed raining that hard. Also....think I'm going to bypass getting another simple rain gauge and instead invest in one of those higher-end weather stations that some of our nearby forum neighbors have purchased over the past year or two, with integrated precip measurement. It's time...

Our resident social/morale chairperson in our office randomly decided to set an offsite get-together that's had to be rescheduled for the past month for next Thursday. St. Patrick's Day. UGH. I avoid every bar, pub, eatery on that day more than any other during the year...sure, it was cute and fun to swill green beer and drunkenly lisp in an Irish brogue on SPD....when I was 25 years younger. As the token and curmedeonly GenX'er on the team I've bitched vociferously about the timing, but it's falling on deaf ears. OK zoomer.

41, with first puddles in backyard that I've seen in over a month, and with no working rain gauge at the moment, I'll ride on @H2O's coattails above for a close-enough measurement. The worst kind of weather. Upshot is that those neon green patches of new grass growth in the yards will be soaking up this stuff today and putting it to good use.

Indeed. I already see the trees dancing a good bit through the front windows, and sun only just came up. EDIT: Aaaaand, @H2O channels Carnac the Magnificent this morning... DCZ001-MDZ004>006-008-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036>040- 050>057-501-502-505-506-071630- /O.EXB.KLWX.WI.Y.0008.220307T1600Z-220308T0600Z/ District of Columbia-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Cecil-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles- St. Marys-Calvert-Northwest Montgomery- Central and Southeast Montgomery-Northwest Howard- Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford- Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania- King George-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun- Eastern Loudoun- Including the cities of Washington, Frederick, Ballenger Creek, Eldersburg, Westminster, Reisterstown, Cockeysville, Elkton, Baltimore, Bowie, Suitland-Silver Hill, Clinton, College Park, Greenbelt, Laurel, Camp Springs, Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn, South Gate, Severna Park, Arnold, Odenton, St. Charles, Waldorf, Lexington Park, California, Chesapeake Beach, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby, Prince Frederick, Germantown, Damascus, Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Lisbon, Columbia, Ellicott City, Jarrettsville, Aberdeen, Lovingston, Charlottesville, Stanardsville, Madison, Orange, Gordonsville, Culpeper, Dale City, Manassas, Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, Montclair, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly, McLean, Franconia, Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Dahlgren, Warrenton, Turnbull, Purcellville, Leesburg, Ashburn, and Sterling 317 AM EST Mon Mar 7 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected shifting to northwest this evening. * WHERE...Portions of The District of Columbia, central, north central, northeast, northern and southern Maryland and central, northern and northwest Virginia. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 1 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

And from Mt. Holly's disco this AM... Heading through this afternoon low pressure moves eastward through upstate NY pushing a cold front into the area from the north and west by late day. There will be an area of rain and showers with this feature and it will begin to enter our north/west zones from Berks County N/E through the Lehigh Valley into the southern Poconos by mid afternoon. It should then reach the urban corridor by the 5 to 7 PM time frame. There won`t be very much instability but the concern we have is that with wind speeds to 50 knots or so within the lowest couple thousand feet, these could get mixed to the surface in an embedded line of heavier showers that will likely develop right near the front within the broader area of rain/showers. Not every place will experience these winds but the threat is high enough that the Storm Prediction Center has placed areas near and N/W of the urban corridor in a SLIGHT risk for severe storms because of this threat. Worth noting though, these instances of embedded damaging winds that may occur may be associated with little to no thunder and lightning. However since this will be convectively driven, it will be handled with Severe Thunderstorm Warnings if this materializes. Finally, the Weather Prediction Center maintains much of the region near and N/W of the urban corridor in a Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall but I think the threat with this will be mostly urban and poor drainage type flooding since the system will be progressive.

Same temp here with sun up for almost an hour. UGGGHHHHHHH....

Yea, verily, let it be so. Sooner, if possible. We need some of the pressure taken off of "our" Hilltop Weggy's...

I've quit 5-6 social media platforms over the past several years because of the overabundance of: "Look how perfect MY life is!" posts, designed to run up the poster's like/love reaction count, when YOU and OTHER friends know that their "perfect" life is just a manufactured electronic construct, and "SIGH, I'm feeling so (fill in name of dramatic, emo mindset)..." posts, where zero additional context is given, but where you're clearly supposed to enable the poster by asking what's wrong. Social media is like manna from heaven for life's attention whores. And to Bob's separate point, we ditched cable TV a few years ago and never looked back...we've managed to tailor (and enjoy far more) the handful of hours we now reserve for TV.

From your keyboard to God's ears. Currently 37.

True to the popular "March blows" theme around here, yesterday was supposed to be around 60 and sunny....and ended up being overcast (until 4 p.m., of course) with highs only in the low 50s here. I guess I shouldn't bitch, since we've generally been busting high on temps over the past couple of weeks. Today set for low 60s...and with clear skies and sun right now, hoping we hit or exceed that.

I feel guilty for "willing" spring to start earlier. Like I'm letting so many other sub members down if I'm not rooting for at least one more snow.

Oh, I'm interested, and downloaded your higher res version for my desktop pics folder on my numerous laptops! Thx again for sharing. The iPhone 13 line (as well as most recent Google Pixel generation phones) are SO capable of capturing the more challenging lighting situations like this. In fact, it just hit me what your pic reminded me of -- a 1988(!) album cover for a Windham Hill new age instrumental collection called "Winters Solstice II." I'd argue that yours is even better.

Rebounded to 59...clear skies, getting breezy again. I'll take it.