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Woke up at 0600 w/rain just NW of Vienna. Woke up again at 0720 with sn+. Wasted .14" with the rain. Temp down to 32 now and ripping. Approaching 1" already. Reminds me of the Nov 1987 event that caused chaos around DC. This is going to look spectacular in a couple of hours the way it's sticking to everything.

37/28 here just outside Vienna. Lot of thunderstorms training over GA and Nrn FL.

Yup - you can tell in that horse's eyes he knows he's gona be holding furniture together in the near future. Reminds me of living in India. Used to go to the market there to buy chicken... It was an unworldly experience. The seller had a bunch of rickety cages packed with chickens, a 2 foot curved blade sticking up between his knees, a pit on one side of him and a boiling pot of water on the other side... Those chickens knew that every time the gate to the cage was opened one of them was going to have a bad day. As soon as the owner started to reach for the gate they all scampered to the back of the cage. They had the same look in their eyes as the horse - they knew what was coming next. In one fell swoop the owner would grab a chicken, pull him out, run him up the blade, the head when one way into a basket and the chicken was shucked into the pit to run around thumpty thumpty thump until he was run out. The owner would then throw the chicken into the pot of water for a good boiling while the rest of the chickens remaining in the cage enjoyed the temporary reprieve from the inevitable. About 5 mins later I was on my way with my fresh, cleaned, and plucked chicken. All the while, the remains of the chicken was running out a hole in the bottom of the pit, around the side of the vendor's stall and out the back where the pigs were doing what pigs do, before their time came to become pork. Mind you, the words here don't convey the smell. I can still smell it 25 years later...

Rgr that - gotta push the envelop sometimes. When I read the offer of the option the other day to keep it casual or start a storm thread I cringed, but thought - "ok, let's see how this goes". Haha... well, the rest is... glue.

Laughing out loud here... That's a classic Randy! Could be the start of a new meme. Most don't know where hide glue comes from. Been around for thousands of years...

What the heck is going on in the main Storm Thread? Way too many posts that are straight up banter. Many of the posters need to read more, post less and/or move it here. Especially a select few who are not getting the hints from several others trying to keep things proper. If someone wants to just be a Deb, avoid being a dweeb and bring here. In the end, most everyone here is going to get at least SOME snow! One would think that would be the grounds for some more positive atmospherics!

Ummmm - looks great. For someone from Ohio you really cook a large variety of cuisines. bon apatite

Good grief. That's indeed one heck of an odd one. Look at that laminar flow that covers nearly the entire latitude of CONUS.

We wish you were still here with us Jeb. When you going to move back??? Even though you are way out there in TX, it's great to have you join in...

Pouring SN+ here. Picked up about a 1/2" in the last 15-20 mins. Band is training from NNE to SSW along I-95 over MOCO, FFCO and PWCO

Finally getting some sn+ after all these hours... If only it had snowed like this for the full 36 hours. Or even half that, but that's being greedy...

ctrl-c -> ctrl-v from the last observation (cut-n-paste). Repeat of the same ole stuff in our neighborhood ever since the lull kicked in yesterday morning... pixie dust. Congrats to those to are getting dumped on.

Just walked down our 500' driveway to Lawyers Road NW of Vienna. In the 5 mins walking to the street and back it was pixie dust when I left the house, turned to sleet for a min or two and then transitioned to what appears to be freezing drizzle. 28/28dp. The precipitation never completely stopped since 3pm and in those 6 hours has racked up the additional grand total of about 1/2". At least it's white...

The sky has lightened up a lot here over the last hour - pixie dust at best most of the time with intermittent sn-

About a 1/2" so far here just NW of Vienna. Coming down nicely. 28F/27dp

55.7" I know it's a clown map, but geese.... Anything close to that would be cataclysmic. Would that be a new category in the MECS, HECS, BECS hierarchy? A CECS? Cataclysmic East Cost Storm...

Temp and dp rising slow but steady. Up to 28/20dp from 26/14 a couple hours ago. RH up to 71%. Radar rapidly filling in just SW of Roanoke.

28/14 here NW of Vienna. Bone dry outside. Let's hope the HRRR is onto something with the stall Monday. This could be epic...

Yes - Valentine's Day 2007 sleet fest. Will never forget it. Was the most sleet I've ever seen. It started on the 13th and the sleet poured all night. Our flight the morning of the 14th from Dulles for Tokyo and then on to Bangkok was one of the first to leave IAD that morning after the airport reopened. They only had 1 of the 4 runways open. We moved to Bkk that morning. When the taxi van finally showed up at the Intercon in Tyson's to pick us up with our 8 large suitcases, there was a near riot as 15 other people got the futile impression they were going to compete with us for the taxi.

We're a little over 12 hours from the onset. For the those in the know, for a storm like this with the forecast long duration and complexities involved, if you had one model at your disposal to analyze and hug, which one would it be?

@Bob Chill... A sincere welcome back. Our beloved forum can be whole again. Always felt like something was missing during your hiatus and the cumulative comments show how much your respected here. That said, totally relate to your narrative as to why you took the sebatical etc. Congrats on the positive results and may deform band pay you a visit here soon.

Don't forget the CECS (Catastrophic East Coast Storm) - arguably before or after BECS.

Just came in from outside. Just a few flakes, but it is sn- - Could almost count them, but they were there.

Can relate to what you mean about the synoptics of weather. Have relatives who live in Pecos, TX who comment about having more or less 2 seasons in the year. I lived in India and Thailand during a couple of stints overseas in my career. In both locations it is either very warm or unbearably hot, and not much else. India had a touch of winter for a few weeks each year when we'd get frost at night. In Thailand, the only hint of "winter" was when the day-time highs were in the 70's. The Thai were freezing with winter coats on while I was for once not sweating like a pig. In both locations the lack of having 4 seasons left the constant feeling that something was missing. Nice to visit areas with out the full effects of all 4 seasons, but want nothing to do with living there permanently.

A far wiser investment and one that would be the gift that keeps on giving, year after year. And the giving part would likely be more than just snow. Can think of a slower pace of life, lower cost of living,... probably a longer list than meets the eye. Have a couple colleagues who are from Maine and a couple more who either have cabins there or have retired there. They love the peace and solitude.