PrinceFrederickWx

I'm not sure- the only ones I know how to get are the three main airports in the LWX area (DCA, IAD, BWI). You're under Mount Holly so idk what their official climo reporting stations are. Edit: Wait- you're under Wakefield, not Mount Holly, right? They have Salisbury there but idk if that's an official climo station: http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=akq

Here's an article from 2013 that explains it: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-05-25/news/bs-md-third-bay-crossing-20130508_1_bay-bridge-new-span-mdta Admittedly the Calvert to Talbot idea is kind of ridiculous, and adding new lanes to the existing bay bridge is an exercise in futility (I watched them do that with 695 forever), but I like the Calvert-Dorchester idea. Having just one bay bridge through Annapolis is becoming impractical, especially with so many moving to southern MD now (which is only going to increase now that Dominion Cove is being built). Its also lost tourist revenue for OC and Delaware- it would take me just as long to get to OC as Virginia Beach even though the latter is much farther away "as the bird flies". I imagine you'd end up with a lot of commuters who would live on the eastern shore and work at Calvert Cliffs, etc. The bigger issue I think would be the impact on route 2-4, which already needs more lanes in some spots. There's no way the main bay will freeze over. The last time that happened was in the 1976-77 winter, and that had the coldest Sept.-Dec. period ever followed by the coldest month ever for the region in January 1977. There may possibly be some surface ice in some spots (that happens more often), but it just hasn't been cold enough for a long enough period.

They need to make another bay bridge from Calvert to Dorchester. I read the state has been "studying" the possibility of it again. I'm not too far from many of you "as the bird flies" but it would probably take me like 4 hours to get there lol

Glad I didn't have to drive to work today, its icy here. I've changed the thread title to include the lower eastern shore too now.

PDII is slowly becoming the dark horse of the poll lol

This is how my weenie mind views the long range: were in record territory for consecutive months without an El Nino. The longer we go without an official one, the stronger the snap back is gonna be... mean reversion and all that. We'll get a super west-based Nino just in time for the 2016-17 winter... and you all know the new 7-year HECS cycle.

The February one was the most impressive/destructive for the amount of ice, particularly for southern MD and the eastern shore. MD was declared a disaster area. January 17-18 was the one followed by the extreme cold (1/19/94 may be the coldest average day in January for BWI I think). That was one of the "honorable mentions" in my first post that I almost put on here. If I remember this right, it was so cold the salt wouldn't work and I had off from school for a week.

LOL If we somehow get a HECS this season I will add it to the poll as an option. 99 votes! Wow... lets go for 100+... so lurkers, new members, etc. - vote!

The other reason to like PDI was because, looking at that map, it appears to have completely shafted New England just like snowmageddon 1 btw Eastcoast NPZ - great pics and story! I realized in my post earlier this morning I forgot to mention the awesomeness of Dec. 2009 too.

I picked Snowmageddon 1 but I almost picked part 2... even though it was slightly less snow IMBY, the winds and rates with part 2 were crazy, and it was during the day mostly. I loved how both of them just had the DC/Baltimore metro areas as the bullseye. PDII was another one I almost picked- I have some funny stories about that storm that I should write about when I have time. '96 was good, but it occurred just a few weeks after my grandfather had died and I was kind of upset most of the time, so my memories of that one aren't too great even though I did like the storm obviously. That was the first time I ever saw that much snow. Funny thing about Jan. 2000- by the end of that month, everyone around here I knew thought we were in for a '95-'96 winter repeat (which ended up being wrong, obviously). When I was in high school I used to think El Ninos sucked and La Ninas gave us snow lol I was only 10 years old, but '93 is actually the first real storm where I remember the date and the specifics, etc. It was very windy and I remember it being all over the TV and forecasters saying we would get 8-12 inches (I had never seen that much snow before). Also I found this video of the Feb. 1994 ice storm which is kinda neat. Those ice storms were really bad, I remember them all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1eNOXc_Dnk

Every storms got at least one vote now. Snowmageddon 1 and Blizzard of '96 are neck-and-neck. I like reading everyone's storm stories, especially for 1979... seems like everyone I've ever talked to who's been through that storm tells me nothing compares. I would've loved to see that one as well as Palm Sunday 1942 (my grandmother still tells me stories about that one).

This thread is more fun than tracking our current weather. Fact.

lol I knew someone was going to bring up January 1987... I wasn't sure what to do with those, because it seemed like they were only considered historic as a combined "double whammy" of back-to-back storms. Since the votes are for individual storm systems, it didn't seem fair to have that listed as one choice (especially since snowmageddon was split into two). However, I didn't know that the second one was the biggest one for your region, sorry about that... you can just vote "other" if you want.

Hopefully I got all the big ones- I narrowed it down to a top ten of what I thought would get the most votes. If there's a different storm you want to vote for, choose "other" and list it in the replies. I wasn't born yet for 1979 and was just an infant for 1983, so obviously I don't remember those two. But all the others I remember well. Honorable mentions: January 17-18, 1994 February 11-12, 2006 February 13-14, 2007 January 26, 2011 February 12-13, 2014

Wow... heavy snow and wind... looks like a little blob on radar over us. You guys getting anything?

This winter...LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKAk7Grj4Pc

Hi- I was in Glen Burnie for 1/25/00 but we got hit good there too. I wasn't born yet for Feb. 1979 but that whole month sounds amazing from the stats I've read and stories I've heard.

A lot of people in the main thread are worried about a south miss and suppression- good signs for us!

Well that didn't take long to melt

I got about an inch, so I'm happy (for now... lol). No more little events. I want either a MECS/HECS in Feb. or just torch the whole way through.

My LWX forecast has deflated (ha!) down to 1-2 inches. I'm getting some light sleet and snow now so I'm hoping I can least get a pity inch. Its not sticking yet though, still above freezing here.

They pulled the plug for the winter storm watches as SOMDweather predicted. Currently light rain here and 38 (while most of the region is snow). :-( We're not gonna get any help from the clipper so we'll need to rely on the coastal part of this, which is when the WWA is in effect (tonight into tomorrow).

One thing we do well here is cold rain- my rain gauge totals just from the last three rainstorms: 1/12- 1.04 inches 1/18 - 1.55 inches 1/23- 1.56 inches I've probably gotten more rain this month than the entire spring and summer combined... like I really need it now! lol TWC forecast has our region as 1-3 inches, LWX has Calvert and St Mary's as 2-3 but Charles has 1-2. They took the winter storm watch away from Charles but left it up for Calvert and St Mary's... idk why.

To everyone who's just joined us- welcome aboard!

I've actually been following over on Accuweather forums more... the latest NAM looked terrible for us down here but the GFS looks better (to me, at least). btw I haven't forgotten about this thread. There was someone else I know on here that's from my area but he seems to have disappeared. There's some I know in real life that might sign up, idk