Mrs.J

This wind is no joke. Sitting parked at school for pick up and the flags look like they are going to blow off the flagpoles. 

Just heard my first thunder of the spring! Will that line make it to me??? Crossing fingers.

So while the beginning of my week was quite stressful got some wonderful news after we got back from the Hospital on Wednesday. The older Miss J had been waiting on her last college she applied to. And texts were supposed to go out on Wednesday. 
 

She texted us while at dance that she got accepted! And she promptly made her decision.
 

She will be a American University Eagle next year! She likes that she is close to home but not to close. And she loves DC. Just urban enough for her. 

Now to go and find that money tree. Seriously though we are so excited for her. They had over 18k applications this year and their acceptance rate dropped to 32%. And she applied test optional, so she did not submit her SAT score. She will be studying for a BFA in Media Communications. On the technical side. 

So kid went into surgery around 9 this morning. And went into recovery at 10:19. Stone was blasted with a laser and large pieces removed. The rest of the smaller pieces will just flush out on their own. Our stay in the PED ER was made comfortable with some awesome nurses and Dr.‘s. And she had a very awesome Urologist who did not treat her like a little kid. Her OR team again was fantastic! Really cannot say anything bad about her experience. We are waiting on discharge currently. I am knackered. Still running on adrenaline but wanting to take a nice long hot shower. 
 

Thanks to you all here for letting me talk about my day yesterday. Life just again goes to show us that we do not have control and that we just need to take the good with the bad. Kid will be sore for a few days and out of school till next Wednesday. 

35 minutes ago, mappy said:

poor thing! Hope she finds relief soon

So found out is a 3mm stone and is being obstructive. She is being admitted for surgery to remove it. 

1 hour ago, mappy said:

oh my. hope the youngest miss J feels better soon. Hugs momma! 

29 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Hang in there @Mrs.J and family!

Verdict in. Kidney Stone. Poor kid. I have had 3 and they are highly heredity. Fluids being pumped through and Hospital grade drugs. Waiting on other test results but mostly likely will be put on the same medication I was that moves it along. 

Currently in the ER with the younger Miss J. Bad abdominal and back pains on the right side. Dr. wanted to rule out appendicitis. 
 

Urine sample was quite reddish brown. I suspect Kidney infection but she will get a CAT scan to rule out a kidney stone. Hope it is not a stone. I have had 3 and they are no picnic. She is currently on some good IV pain meds. 

28 out. Snow has slowed. Roads never gave in, in my neighborhood. Around 4.5” of very wet heavy snow. 
 

So while it has been snowing for close to 2 hrs here. The pavement is just now caving. All grassy surfaces and trees have a decent 3” but just the start of a dusting on the street and drive. 

32 with .09” in the gauge. Had steady sleet about 20 min ago now snow with some pingers mixed in and wind. 
 

Birds are outside on my feeder yelling at each other probably saying WTF!

42 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Driving out to Deep Creek now. On 270, easily the worst highway in the world. Why haven’t they added lanes north of Clarksburg? 
 

anways hope everyone scores snow tomorrow.  Should be some fun weather at least. 

I am a Frederick resident and we have been asking this for years. 

70 and the wind just whipped up.

58 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Now see if my phone's weather app had just posted this article about measuring snow two days earlier...lol

https://picks.my/contentsDetail.php?idx=589&utm_source=global&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=589

There are free classes at local NWS offices. I took the Spotter training and I know there is a Winter Weather and Severe Weather training. If you have not already I recommend checking into them. 

7 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

More statements coming right up...lol But seriously I can't promise to completely stop asking questions altogether--that's not in my nature. But I'm gonna be more selective...I feel terrible about not Googling somethings first. Will work on that...

P.S. Not gonna lie hearing posting advice from you is uh...kinda funny, lol

I mainly stick to this thread and occasionally the Discob one. I am Dyslexic and quite possibly ADHD. I think in 3D and on a daily basis forget any info I tried to understand. I am not book smart and I suck in Math. So in most threads here I feel pretty stupid. But I need a place to talk about my geek passion for weather. I am not saying all this to get sympathy am just saying we all tick differently. 

61 over here with that smell of spring rain. Just filled up the bird feeder so it does not get blown around. Birds and cats are happy. 

11 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

way too cold - looking forward to the 60s later this week.

Same here. The younger Miss J has a show on Sunday and after freezing my can off at the past ones Sunday is looking positively balmy! I also have to wash a mane and tail and at least the hot water bucket I use my hands will not feel like they are on fire every time I dip them back in. 

If you have an extra 6 min in your day check out the oldest Miss J's new video. She was accepted to Seattle University, and before making her decision on what school to attend her and Mr. J took a trip out back in January. 

She is an aspiring videographer with more of an emphasis on the technical side of it. Sound and video editing. She will have several more but this is the first in her adventure. 

36 and a Special Weather Statement over here. 

Currently 40 here. Graph from my backyard station. 
 

Have gone over the 1" mark for rain today. Coming down pretty good again. 

43 fog and .97” for the day so far. 

4 hours ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

My buddy is driving from Philly to Frederick today and plans to drive back home tomorrow (Friday). Im not familiar with topography and micro climes down that way so I couldn't give him a solid answer on his travel conditions. Last I saw were a bunch of ice maps with Frederick in the crosshairs. Has this changed at all? I know up this way we aren't looking at much of anything frozen. Better for him to hold off leaving Frederick until Saturday AM or do you think Friday will be ok? Sorry to bother and clog the thread but I thank you for any advice.

I live in Frederick and depends where in Frederick he will be. I am SW of the city and my forecast is showing a low of 33 at noon when the precip ends. We are currently under a Winter Weather Advisory starting at 5 am till 4 pm. 

40 here currently with .79" IMBY. Had quite a few rounds of heavier rain roll through. 

26 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

My threshold is always 0.3" ice. After that things get interesting. Not confident we see that down here but mappy and the true northern folks might.

That includes me. And I don’t want it. I can handle snow. I don’t do ice. 

1 hour ago, mappy said:

Yes, I don't want it, so if it trends less, that'd be great. But its not a zero event here, yet  

No one cares about us up here lol 

I did a quick glance at stuff. Long range HRRR still shows 0, but lol 

12K NAM is a quarter inch from me, along the MD/PA line out to Hagerstown

3K NAM isn't as high, but about .20 for you and I

GFS is above a quarter inch for all of the northern tier, Bel Air west to Hagerstown

Euro with the lowest amounts, about a tenth along the MD/PA line

This is why I became a spotter. When I moved to MD and realized that the local news outlets ignore the weather once you hit the MoCo FrCo line.