For the record, I do agree that it's going to get cold. Possibly below zero even here. I want to see the southern stream looking healthier in future runs to get excited. If we are depending on the northern stream, we are threading needles at best.
It's a mixture of doom posting and the enjoyment of getting people riled up. And if you latch on to no snow it's usually going to always win out here. Especially in the last 12 years. We have had less than an inch of snow in 5 of the past 12 years.
I have been right more than most on this forum. I got receipts too. Noone has a sense of humor anymore either sheesh. You got a problem you're more than welcome to PM me.
Check out this post from Blacksburg NWS.
La Nina will keep majority of the storms systems tracking north across the Ohio Valley this winter. Can not rule out a few colder than normal days in January 2025, but generally temperatures will average above normal for the area. There are no strong signals for above or below normal precipitation (rain or snow).
It was about 8 inches of snow and some sleet in McDowell.
Also- we haven't had a snow of over 4 inches in March since the blizzard of 93 imby. A couple 2 to 3 inch events but nothing major. March 2008 upper low was the downsloping fail of the century, March 2014 was only an inch of slop and mostly cold rain. It has to be the longest stretch of no major winter storms in February or March in history here.
I wish we got surprises like that still. Last surprise snow here was 2010 I think. I wasn't living here but I remember there being 3 or 4 inches of snow when none was forecast in December. I think there is a thread on it here too.
We used to get a lot of 3-5 inch snow/sleet/zr events now it's usually nothing or one big snow per season.
2016- one big snowstorm
2018- one big snowstorm
2022- one big snowstorm
2020, 2023, 2024- nothing