EastCoast NPZ

19 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

If you think spring is bad here try living on Long Island or coastal New England.  You can get raw 50s well into June - miserable.

Sounds like heaven to me.

Let's start pumping that SO2 into the atmosphere then. Stat!

3 hours ago, snownut said:

Holidays and complex blended family add to my stress and dislike of Dec.   lol

As empty nesters now. my wife and I have already decide we are going to book a warm sunny vacation in early December this year.  

So, you're vacationing in stephens city.  Let me know if you need any recommendations. 

The absolute worst is the March wind. And the warm days with bare trees and no shade.  I may dislike spring even more than summer.

5 hours ago, Terpeast said:

Where was that? 

All I got was a flash freeze where I couldn’t even open my car door until I spent 20 minutes melting it with hot water.

This Nino winter gave me 12 days worth of sledding and snowman-making days with my daughter. Had the time of our lives, and we didn’t even have to travel to see snow.

Cue the Kevin shark tank meme…

I was living in NW Frederick Co (VA).  About 12 miles NW of winchester.  Different climate out there than here.

9 hours ago, Terpeast said:

2022-23 was a modoki nina.

This time we won’t have as much blocking as we did last year. 

As you said…

I’m going to work on racking up points to get my family a free flight out west next winter. 

That Modoki Nina gave me a White Christmas and a 2F afternoon high on Dec 23.  I'd take that and run over this POS nino winter.

Granted, that was not in stephens city.  There is no pattern, no storm that could produce snow and cold here.  A Polar Vortex spinning directly over winchester wouldn't even get it below freezing here.

1 hour ago, snowfan said:

Warm/Wet?

Hopefully wet.

I have no memory of that one out here.  It may have been too early, but more likely we got fringed; a notable storm should've imprinted my memory.  The one in October later that year sure did.

This would've been a nice winter weekend if we'd have gotten forecast amounts of snow.  It was cloudy enough yesterday that patches of our 1/2" mulch-topper survived the day, and full snow cover would've really bottomed out the temps last night.

48 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

There is another window in Mid to late March.

Its coming guys. Epic pattern change. Just need patience.

 

Good things come to those who wait.

....like 46F rain.

That's it.  I just sold my snow thrower.  Used once since the 2016 storm (and that was at my old place in cross junction).  Oil drained and replaced yearly, paid to move twice...all just to sit in my garage and collect dust.  Literally looks as good as the day I bought it.  It would've never gotten used again in stephens city, unless maybe to cleanup future sandstorms.

1 hour ago, clskinsfan said:

Without blocking we are done in March. Maybe something transient comes along. But generally I think winter is probably over. Couldnt even get to climo in a Nino with a few perfectly tracked storms. Times they are a changing folks. 

I couldn't even get to double digits.

11 hours ago, RevWarReenactor said:

Why does nws still have this up? Do they enjoy humiliation? Anyway another event that pood the bed. I’m seriously starting to think we never see winter here again to any great degree

 

 

Yeah, this was the cherry on top of this dogshit sundae of a winter. 

Jan 6 - .5”

Jan 12 - 3.0”

Jan 19 - 4.0”

Feb 13- 1” (trash slush)

Feb 17 - .5" (mulch topper, complete bust storm garbage)

total - 9.0”

(absolute trash winter, rotten garbage)

50 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

For me 2018 went from a D- to a solid B when I got a 16” snowstorm on March 20-21. Keep in mind I totally missed that coastal bomb in January that year. 

Some of us missed both.

36 minutes ago, WVclimo said:

Sunrise in my yard.

 

Beautiful scenes.  You did a lot better up there than we did.

Complete bust here.  Not even an inch.  Snow came in heavy for about 30 min and then petered out.  Not a flake on any hard surface.  Forecast for 4 to 8.  Major disappointment. 

Just now, StormyClearweather said:

That would be a nice outcome.

50 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Looks good.  Nice job.

15 minutes ago, snowfan said:

The hole over DC means this is legit.

 

And up the Valley.  Cash money.

The best part of this storm was the .36" last night and 1.29" today.  I did not realize we got that much rain.  1.65". Wow.  Very nice.

32 minutes ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

2012-2013

2016-2017

2019-2020

March 2013 I got 10" storm.

Not much difference here from 2020.

Very little difference IMO in a winter with 8" of snow and near constant warmth and a 1" winter.  They both suck.

8 minutes ago, Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Meh...we already hit 80 in late January.  60s will be chilly.

That's exactly my thought.  A +10F anomaly is nothing anymore.  Normal day.

30 minutes ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

With a +QBO 90% likely, no less. That with Stronger La Nina favors +AO conditions, and I'm just saying the last time we had that happen it hit 80 degrees in January.. that's kind of a baseline, although of course it could get cooler/colder at times. 

It hit 80 this January too, so...

1 hour ago, IronTy said:

You never heard of The Panic Room?

 

But seriously, extrapolating out, how long til we have the climo of the Everglades?  At least pythons are something to look forward to.   

Don't forget the alligators (not crocodiles!)

Let's get the jump and start a capture / removal / eradication service now.  We'll be rich.