coastalplainsnowman

I don't have to imagine it. I LIVED it.

Thanks. And, as was the consensus here yesterday, despite that 2.5 I measured this morning, by 2PM there was still less snowcover in my estimation than there was 24 hours prior. it was gone from whatever grassy surfaces it had accumulated on that much, and in had receded beyond where it was yesterday.

I don't mind it. The enthusiasm and the good natured way he takes the criticism is better than a lot of us. One quibble, and happy to be corrected by anyone on this: It's "Wintry" not "Wintery" right? Always bugs me when I see it written the latter way.

Forget it. Imagine the sun angle, not to mention the moon angle, by next week. What's the use.

From the lack of observations I'm guessing this was one of those rare south shore specials? 2.5" (maybe slightly more) on grassy surfaces. 1.5 on the sidewalk. Clung to everything too. While there's definitely pavement showing on my side street, it's a bit of a snowy/slushy mess. Will enjoy the look before it's gone by this afternoon. Nice little event here.

End of "A Christmas Story" intensity and type of flakes falling here. Beautiful.

I was 99.85% sure this was sarcasm, but I was waiting for someone smarter than me to laugh first. Thanks Nibor.

Just stepped outside. 45, sunny, and nearly calm. Given what we’ve been experiencing, beautiful. For today at least, 45 might as well be 65.

'meh-vent' is a great term that I wish I came up with.

You win.

That's great - same here, 5th grade! It's the storm that got me hooked.

We're one day short of a new moon on Sunday night (only 3.8% illuminated.) Let's see what you can do with that wise guy.

if only I could get that 5 x 10 mile snow rectangle on LI to shift 3 miles south I'm in business.

The Blizzard of February 11, 1983 was 43 years ago this past Wednesday I'm reminded of it every year on the Friday preceding the February school winter break, because that's when it hit. Came in like a wall on LI in my location by 12:30 PM. By 2PM school was letting out early. For anyone in elementary school like me, our only memory of really big snow til then was quite hazy memories of the Blizzard of 78. Still remember my dad, as well as my elementary school teacher, telling us with barely-contained grins that morning that we'd only be getting 2-5" tops. Might have been the first time I heard the term "out to sea." That aged poorly as they say. Even after being let out early from school - imagine the chaos in a time before cell phones -- the forecast had been upped only to 8-10. While that was incredible to read on the Weather Channel ticker, it wasn't even close to the 16" we measured by ruler the next morning (so by the official method it might have been an additional inch or two). Even if it was just 16", it might as well have been 1,000. We'd gotten so little over the preceding years other than the 8" in the April blizzard the previous year, which this of course dwarfed. What a great storm. The week that followed had a lot of mild days. Spent days outside building and maintaining forts across the street from each other, having massive snowball fights, wearing hoodies and no coats. Actually ended up with a combo of wind and sunburn by the end of the week. Who knew it would be 13 years before we'd see anything like it again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1983_North_American_blizzard

Well said. I believe that the soccer version of the Ball model calls for damp raw cold Saturdays for the first 7 weeks of the season, followed by precisely one top ten weather day, followed by 2 weeks of blazing Death Valley heat to end the season. Fall season is the nearly the opposite, but we have time for that.