I guess it was just the newness but Topps felt old despite those crazy skinny 81 Donruss. But you are right....83 Fleer Clemens, 84 Donruss Griffey....legend cards of that time frame.
Edit not Griffey...Mattingly. Griffey in 89
If I remember correctly, which I may not be, the Nam had the handle on this one in showing a more Northern extent to the extreme snow. But for some of those PA areas this was on the level of the Jan 2000 surprise.
There was indeed a fairly strong pushback from people on the forecasts...forecasts which ended up being underdone for most. I was told by one client that it never snows 30" in Virginia.
Its sunny and hot over here now. 78 humid degrees. NWS ignored short term forecasting last night. Looking at the radar and all short term models it was going to rain for many in the LSV.
Same here though I would call it more of a heavy drizzle. Last night it rained fairly hard for a short time with no radar confirmation. Sat shows clouds and fog back into Ohio and way to our south so does not look like it will clear out too fast. HRRR has VERY scattered showers in the LSV into this afternoon.
It was raining here last night with no radar presence on the national radars I was viewing. We ended up with about 1/10th of an inch and radar estimates say 0 so yea its all about eyeballing it this time.
Compared to the previous runs of rain missing even N VA the models were way too far south with this one. Its actually raining here right now...very lightly.
Just a mention but the HRRR is suggesting the eastern part of the LSV gets some decent rain tonight.
Edit-As does the NAM and EC for southern and eastern LSV. Think the 20% zone forecasts should be upped a bit for some areas. Hopeful. Radar looks good for some rain.