jonjon

11 degrees

3.4" of snow overnight puts us over the century mark.  Took us until May to manage that last year.

10 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

Damn, man...those Icicles of Doom coming off the side of your house. One of those decides to let fly while someone is walking by, and it's gonna be a recreation of that "stinger to the head" scene from Starship Troopers...

 

Yeah, and they are half the size they were a week ago before our mini thaw the other day.  Luckily no one trudges through that part of our yard during the winter.

Had to close down the sidewalk by the brewery for a few days because snow of the roof was threatening to fall.  Glad we did, huge chunks fell during business hours on Saturday, would have seriously injured someone had they been hit.

Added around 4" here.

Meh.

Warm snow.  Only really sticking to snow on the ground.

Snowing big slow-motion flakes here now.  Frankly I'm not really sure what to expect out of this one.

14 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

On January 30, 2010, the good people of EasternWx (RIP eastern) in the mid-atlantic forum, especially those in the richmond to DC to baltimore i-95 corridor, banded together and through sheer force of will yanked a coastal that was modeled to stay suppressed and south to come just far enough north to give a 5 -9 inch cold powder plastering on Polar Bear Plunge Saturday morning.  It was an amazing event, and happened only because of the collective weenie efforts of heroes on a board much like this one. Their effort in bringing that one home after what had been a long and barren period since 12/19/09 with no snow since the december blizzard, a period which caused Ji to lose his mind infinite times, was rewarded with not just that awesome snow, but a small event a few days later and then the back to back February blitzes on the 5th and 10th. 

To those veterans of that effort, we need to rally now, and bring this one north on Sunday, to our area and to glory, and to set up a HECS a few days later. As it was in 2010, so shall it be in 2021.

The council has spoken. 

I do think it has been a lack of effort the last couple of years that has really hurt us.

11.2" so far

Already reached my bar for the storm.  Everything from here out is gravy.

8.1" total so far

Changed to sleet and freezing rain for a couple hours when the rates slowed.  But as its picked up again its all snow.

We've gotten lucky out here on this one so far.  Moisture training us all morning.  Over 7" so far.  Looks like it cuts off quickly just south of here, hope it keeps coming during the day.  Nice surprise so far.

4 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

That’s the game. Hope the Bills go all the way.

I know this didn't turn out like many hoped.  But the Bills are legit tough.

They have a solid chance to take down the Chiefs.  (if the Chiefs survive the Browns lol)

To make an observation we've gotten close to 7" between yesterday and today's snow.  Back to winter wonderland.

16 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

U had me at "spiffed up " . How far from Deep Creek?

 

Its a straight shot down Rt. 219 from Deep Creek.  We're about 30 minutes from Oakland, around 45 minutes to Deep Creek.

1 minute ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Sounds awesome! Are they renovating in Davis? Along the river near the bridge and park?

Yep, the old grocery store (almost caddy corner across the street from Siriannis) is being tuned into a 3 story building with retail/commercial spots on the lower levels and residential rentals up higher.

Not the spot near the bridge, although the old worn down motel and restaurant that were there were torn down and moved away in November (finally).  The town should really be spiffed up soon.

11 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Will you be selling your breads at the brewery once the new business is up and running?

We will sell some at the brewery until we get the bakery/cafe space opened later this year.  We're leasing a space in a building they are renovating on the Blackwater Riverfront area.  We will have windows on three sides of the space that pull up garage door style in warm weather with views of the river.  We will probably end up selling Stumptown beer there along with wine.  So many options with this space we haven't really worked out everything in our plan yet.

8 minutes ago, nj2va said:

I like that this is the heavier/wetter kind of snow....trees look gorgeous here caked in snow like your picture shows. 

And its a good base for the forthcoming upslope fluff.

9 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

Can you show me on that map where Romney WV is?  I’ve been offered a cabin out there on a ridge of like 1000 feet. I think it’s 10-15 miles sw of town. Do any of you all know much about that spot? I know a lot of you have mountain places. Is Romney a nice town? Jon Jon, is that anywhere near you?

Thanks 

 

Only been to Romney a couple of times for my sons' basketball games.  Seems like a nice little town from what I could tell.  Definitely not going to get much snow there, though.  As mentioned they are in the shadow of the Alleghenies. 

17 minutes ago, nj2va said:

My guess is you’ll easily have over a foot through MLK (with more following on Tuesday/Wednesday) since you do even better in upslope than here.  

We’re here through Wednesday night and I’m thinking I’ll see 8-10” through Wednesday but upside for higher totals.  

Maybe I’ll head down to the brewery one day!    Although I’m sure this weekend will be crowded there.  Wisp already sold out of lift tickets tomorrow/Sunday (for non season pass holders).

 

I hope you're right!

PM me if you head this way.  Probably a wait to get in over the weekend, but Sunday Monday may be easier.  I'm usually off the grid during weekends, I'm trying to get my next business started up here (artisanal bakery).  I plan on being an all-round yeast master.

20 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Nice, at your future place in WV?  You picked a great weekend to come out here....snow showers everyday from upslope and the upper level system on Sunday/Monday.  6-8” through MLK day.

I'm going to take the over on that.  Hope I'm not wrong.

7 minutes ago, mattie g said:

BCBS is so good every year. 2020 is awesome, unsurprisingly.

Dropped Jolly by Crooked Run earlier, then followed up with a couple double/triple IPAs. Maybe a good idea, maybe not, but I don’t care either way!

Just found two 2019s of BCBS in my beer cellar.  So I'm going with one of those next (almost went with 2019 FW Parabola, but I only have one)

Pants optional Christmas Eve here in my household.

5 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

And everyone of you that laughed at that shit is an asshole also

What if it was more like a giggle?

White Christmas in parts of Tennessee 

Not white Christmas in northern Vermont.  Crazy chit.

16 hours ago, chris21 said:

Do you find NWS Pitt has issues forecasting for Canaan valley? The current forecast has no precipitation for Friday (almost every time I’ve visited Canaan in the winter, NWS Pitt has underdone the amounts). Charleston seems to do a better job with Snowshoe.

Yes, CRW does seem to do better than Pitt.  When there is a significant difference in their forecasts for the highlands, I rely more on CRW.

2 minutes ago, chris21 said:

I’m coming in on Xmas day and I have 4 wheel drive (used to live in Pocahontas so am very comfortable driving in the snow). My question is... will Tucker county be plowing on Xmas day?

I'm not sure, but I think so.  Not sure if its going to be super high amounts of snow on Christmas that the need for plows will be real high, just the run of the mill snow covered roads.  Hope I'm wrong, though.

20 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Amazing that a clipper produced that, very cool.  How much did Canaan get?  

Only about 6".  But its concrete wet-type, I'm sure the qpf was pretty high.  Very dense snow pack now, should hopefully hold up pretty well against the impending warm up over the next couple of days.

Had a few close lightning strikes with instant reports during the snow last night.  Second time this season with thunder snow.