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Congrats all.  Seems most people did really well with avoiding too much cloud cover.  And the folks in western NY had some heads up to get out of there.  Of course that isn't realistic for everyone.

7 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Screw it - made a reservation for middle of the eclipse in Mansfield, OH. Very first city I started looking at. Can pivot a bit day of as needed.

Let’s get it.

Mansfield is a good spot.  Surprised you got a room!?

15 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Is that your official recommendation? I’ll hold you to that

ha..definitely don't put any weight on my suggestion.  Don't let Tomer doom and gloom you either.  Nobody has time to drive to canada right now

But yeah.  I'd wake up tomorrow.  Make another assessment.  And then probably head to Norfolk OH.

6 hours ago, Kmlwx said:

I just canceled my Keene, NH hotel reservation (had that as a "launching point" for a possible Maine trek). Based on distance and people commenting about poor road options in rural Maine...just not worth it. 

I still have a Binghamton, NY hotel reservation that's cancelable until midnight tonight...but that precip and cloudiness is precarious.

I'm getting close to just risking it and using my solar filter/telescope to observe this one from MBY in Maryland and then saving up/booking an Italy-->Greece eclipse cruise for 2027. 

Also...there's some homeland security warnings about eclipse gatherings being soft targets for potential malicious actors...don't doubt it with local law enforcement dealing with crowds swelling to many times normal amounts. 

It sucks having this cut through places not too far from here but it being logistically very tough. I missed totality in 2017 by about 8 miles...I vowed to not let this happen this time but it might be less stressful (but much pricier) to plan internationally for 2026/27). I wish we all had the money and means to go chase every eclipse...

Pretty sure clouds will still exist in 2027.  Get in the car and go to central Ohio. Enjoy!

33 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

And the granddaddy of them all and number one event for me 

March 1993

Lived in Beltsville and got 13” even with rain and sleet mixing in, 40 moh  gusts constantly, 2pm  looked like 15 minutes before dark , record low barometer for me that nothing has been close to since 28.16”

I think DCA got 6.7” and up around Frederick close to 20

I wasn't here for March 93 but it was great in northeast Atlanta.  Rain/Sleet/Freezing rain changed to heavy snow overnight.  I got around 8-10" with drifting.  Which was enough to shut things down for a few days.  Though it didn't prevent us from getting to the bar a few blocks away, which was a priority as a 20 year old.  

Pouring one out for the last 12:45 am Euro run until November.

Mid to late March has become "wintry" the last decade or so.  The below amounts were all measured by me at low elevation in a city.  It used to be pretty routine to stick a fork in winter after the first week of March.   

My point isn't that it will snow.  Just that getting snow in mid to late March actually happens.  We all lived it. 

3/12/22: 1.5"

3/21/18: 4.5"

3/13-14/17: 3.0"

3/25/14: 2.25"

3/16-17/14: 7.75"

3/25/13: 2.25"

The euro ens have a good signal...I'm on board for a snowstorm in about 2 weeks.  It will favor inland of course but I've done pretty well in late season events over the past decade or so.  It's really no longer some far fetched rarity.  I just got 4.5" on 3/21/18.  No reason I can't do the same on 3/21/24.

1/15-16: 4.0"

1/19: 3.75"

2/17: 0.25"

Season Total: 8.0"

33/32, -sn, 0.25" lol

1 hour ago, Ji said:

Phasing out of sync and too late

i'm done with dynamics.  I want it to be 18 degrees at onset. no cold air sucks

33/32, snow, T

too bad it's moving so quickly.  Sticking pretty well now other than street

34/32, puking.  

mulch, cartops etc.  Maybe I'll get my 0.5"

1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Street is starting to cave. Might keep me up another hour

i'm down to 34-35.  I'll take an hour of snow that sticks.

1 minute ago, NorthArlington101 said:

I’ve got .25” across the river. Think we might manage 1” if the rates can keep up.

Melting as it falls. Rain boots > snow boots for my walk. Good grief. Still dumping though

 

you still have time to delete this pic.  

36/32, 80% snow.  I have a dusting.  I'd love to have a recordable event.

38, light mix.  

18 minutes ago, KAOS said:

Somehow this reminds me of the claw storm....

Kinda, sorta, maybe not? I just wanted to post a claw. I apologize in advance.

I got 0.5" in that event which is 0.5" more than I have in this one

41/27 -ra/sn 

Just now, psuhoffman said:

That happened to me once. Growing up in NJ. Watched this band of snow coming east from PA but it never made it. Front end started to dry up as the front advanced until the back edge caught up to the front end like 1 mile from me and the whole thing dried up. 

1/16/2003 same thing..we were under a warning for 5-8", and we got like 0.3".  

41/26, a few light raindrops. 

0z GFS is hilarious...a stripe of 0.5" QPF+ just north of DC

41/22

4 minutes ago, BTRWx's Thanks Giving said:

Why did you cut off the key?

mistake