PrinceFrederickWx

Good to see lots of people entering so far. My goal is always to get 100+ people one year. I might need to start doing refer-a-friend bonuses.

Imagine the look of disappointment on young olaf’s face when old olaf showed up- he brought a spreadsheet from LWX instead of a sports almanac.

Final total for me was 3.08”

3.04" and still raining.

Oh I meant to ask: can you set this thread to lock at 11:59PM on December 1? Thanks.

2.12” and light rain. Feels like a tropical storm, I’m about to Jebwalk it. What is it with Oct 29? Snowtober, Sandy, now this…

BWI: 2.8" DCA: 1.3" IAD: 4.3" RIC: 1.7" Tiebreaker SBY: 0.9"

It's time for the 7th annual Mid-Atlantic snowfall contest! Everyone is encouraged to play, including lurkers, new members and people outside the region! You are forecasting the total snowfall for the entire season (NOT just Dec/Jan/Feb) for the four major airports: BWI, DCA, IAD and RIC. For the tiebreaker, choose one of the following two airports: Salisbury (SBY) or Lynchburg (LYH). Please choose only one- in the event of the tiebreaker, the difference at the airport you chose will be compared with the difference at the airport your opponent(s) chose. The winner will be the person who has the lowest combined absolute value departure for all four airports. This link explains the calculation in more detail, for anyone who needs clarification: https://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic/50428-mid-atlantic-winter-2017-18-snowfall-contest/?do=findComment&comment=4656575 Please use the following format when posting your forecast, in this order: BWI: DCA: IAD: RIC: Tiebreaker (SBY or LYH): The deadline for entries is Wednesday, December 1, at 11:59pm. You are welcome to edit your forecast as many times as you want until the deadline. If there's any accumulating snow before the deadline, please include that in your forecast as well. Please do NOT post troll forecasts this year. Yes, they're hilarious, but they just confuse me when typing entries in the spreadsheet, and often people have forgotten to update their trollcasts with a real one. The winner gets an E-trophy made of snow and an induction into the Hall of Fame with the previous winners: 2015-16: @Shadowzone 2016-17: @Stormpc 2017-18: @olafminesaw 2018-19: @olafminesaw (tiebreaker win against @Stormpc) 2019-20: @Prestige Worldwide 2020-21: @NorthArlington101 Good luck everyone!

Sam, first week of October. Get ready.

It’s obvious to anyone who’s lived in the region a long time that it’s getting hotter in September, keep on snarking I guess. That’s what this board does best.

You're right, I made a spreadsheet of the changes- September is still one of the worst though. Met fall also extends until Dec. 31 now.

I just accept that met summer is now Jun 1 - Sept 30. I think BWI’s new 1991-2020 normal is almost two degrees warmer than 1981-2010 for September.

I didn't realize August was 6th hottest at BWI.

1.15” for the day so far. Not sure if that next batch around Piney Point is going to hit me or not.

You know it’s gonna be a bad winter when the first freeze contest isn’t even up yet.

Integrated Kinetic Energy (I think)? Which was ironic because I think Hurricane Ike was considered very high on this scale.

Shouldn’t we expect to see the same proportion of warned vs verified throughout the nation though? Unless the criteria for warning are different amongst NWS offices (they may be, idk).

Single digits killed one of mine in 2017-2018, but mine are much smaller. I imagine February 2015 would’ve wiped them all out. But yeah, I’ll take just an actual ground freeze at this point. Baby steps.

If you and I can ever get below 20 degrees and/or get more than 2” of snow in an event, that would put us ahead of the last two winters. I’m turning into Jebman- I just want deep cold at this point. If it’s not permanently killing my Camellia shrubs it’s not cold enough.

I got stung by a yellow jacket twice today. F*ck fall, I want a deep, hard freeze. Single digits. Kill every. single. bug.

I assume every system can deliver at least 4" of rain per hour in the new climate- myself and my neighbors always prepare accordingly. I've had nine of these events IMBY in the last six years. Now that its unfortunately happening in other areas maybe we'll see people recognize that none of this is normal.

Final total was only 0.81”. Did @EastCoast NPZ finally beat me this time?

LOL @ radar for SoMD. Winter is Coming.

Take it from someone who lives here: I’d rather take my chances with the gator.

Let’s fire it up this evening- just need another 0.12” to get double-digits for the month.