PrinceFrederickWx

Solar eclipse (nothing else on the list compares to this one!) Lunar eclipse Aurora Lenticular clouds Double rainbow Red/orange sun through smoke Thundersnow (only one on this list I haven't seen in person, though my wife has) Also idk what you call this, but when you can see the white disk of the sun through low lying clouds and fog (I posted a pic of this late last year). Edit: lenticular clouds IMBY 6/20/2022 (or I think they are; someone can correct me if I'm wrong but these looked cool).

If it ends here it’s been a solid winter IMHO. Two December snows, the January storm and I’m now on day 16 of snowcover with brutal cold every day.

Are we getting any more snow?

Officially a Trace on the snowboard, with 0.01” in the gauge. Day 11 of snow depth, which is currently at 3.3” and still hasn’t moved much, despite being above freezing the last two days.

Radar:

He was a funny guy but hasn’t posted in many years. I remember in one of his posts before he disappeared he said he had cancer.

I looked up less then 32 degrees consecutive days at BWI for a few years I was curious about (therefore, I have no idea if 1989 is the record, these are only the ones I checked). 1/16/77 - 1/23/77: 8 days 2/9/79 - 2/15/79: 7 days 12/16/89 - 12/25/89: 10 days 1/19/94 - 1/21/94: 3 days (this one really shocked me! Time goes slower when you're a kid) 2/15/15 - 2/20/15: 6 days 12/31/17- 1/7/18: 8 days Current streak (as of yesterday): 9 days. This is out-of-scope to the time period discussed, but I had to check this one too: 2/8/1899 - 2/15/1899 was 8 days.

I can see the February Nina Death Ridge approaching (cue the Jaws theme). You're gonna need a bigger Panic Room.

I’m surprised there’s no Jan. 1977 too. Also Jan. 1994, Feb. 2015 and Dec. 2017. I wasn’t even aware 1970 had any cold outbreak. Interesting chart! Although this is for <28; maybe <32 would have different results.

Thanks! I didn’t carve them, it’s just trays you fill up and push out once they’re done.

I made this ice chess set yesterday. Played several games with my kids with it. It will sit outside until it gets above freezing (which will be awhile). Black food coloring was used for the black pieces.

The main thread went from Eeyore to weenie in about 15 hours.

For once can the GFS be correct?

This is probably an event we’re all gonna have to track ITT as the main subforum (mostly outside our area) have largely given up.

I’m hugging the GFS (yes I’m stupid ). Hoping SOMD can get skimmed in Beach Blizzard III; we managed a WSW for I and II in 2017 and 2018.

My snow depth board stayed at exactly 4” all day. I don’t think that’s changing much the rest of the week.

We all love ice sledding on the steep hill in our backyard.

Finally melted down everything in the gauge: total liquid for the storm was 1.93”

Up to 32 degrees, heard the sump pump running earlier.

What are all these “amateur radio” obs in southern MD in the PNS reports? Never seen these before, but some of these obs seem a little too high.

Up to 5.5” storm total (3.3” snow, 2.2” sleet). Cleared the board as we’ve mostly switched over to freezing rain. (The kids are having a blast; I think they like this more than a pure snowstorm )

4.5” total so far IMBY (snow + sleet).

I don’t think I’ve ever seen sleet this heavy for this long of a time. The kids and I are out in it, attempting to shovel the driveway before it turns into unmovable ice bricks lol