RDM

Once again this week NOAA has more colors on their national map than a box of 64 Crayola...    https://www.weather.gov     (64 Crayola was what ever lad in elementary wanted when I was a young-in)

2 minutes ago, Paleocene said:

Translation besides it's hot?

I'm reading it as...  the warmer the SST's (Sea Surface Temps) the moisture for the L to tap into, which the arctic air on our side of the front will wring out as sn+    

Just about finished here...   .96" for the day and temp stayed at 36 +/- 1 degree all day.  If only...  

Damn...   .73" of rain so far and still at 36F.  If only... 

3 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Get this shit outta here. Glad to see it about to end.

Someone has a new avatar - haha  

Heaviest....   RAIN so far now.  .58" and pouring out.  

Pouring rain here - ,33" so far - at 35F   sigh... 

36 and light rn here NW of Vienna - good luck to those to the NW....  

Just now, H2O said:

Already 34.4 here. Won’t be any frozen

Yup - I had hopes you'd get at least some mood flakes on the front end too.  Regrets.  

Was at 29 when I went to bed at 0300 - 33 now.  Blah.  Had hopes for at least a dusting on the front end but per the norm around here the only color outside is brown.   When caveats started getting into the discussion a week ago, it reminded me of our motto for these parts "when everything has to be perfect to get SN, if one variable is out of whack our chances to score are significantly reduced".  Good luck to the NW crew, hope you score something.   

Temp up from 27 to 29 in the last 90 mins.  

3 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

Bottomed out at 27, rose back up to 28.8. 

dewpoint 22

clouds probably rolled overhead

Yes - a fairly thick band too.     

https://www.windy.com/-Show---add-more-layers/overlays?satellite,37.983,-77.695,7,m:eHJaelN   

Down to 26 with a 22dp.  May drop a couple more degrees, but not much.  Winds are shifting shifting around already.  Hope to get something on the front end before the mid lvl warm fetch scours out the cold.  Going to be depressing with temps in the low to mid 30's with rain.   

32/23dp here.  Never got above 38 today here.   

19 minutes ago, winter_warlock said:

Youd make a great motivational speaker !

He must live in a trailer down by the river!  

NWS posted a large swath of notices from Fredericksburg South for Hazardous Weather Outlook for Fri night/Sat.  Somewhat odd - nothing N of that. 

1 minute ago, psuhoffman said:

I’m up but the SV peeps will be 5 mins ahead of me. 

If sheer willpower was an applicable variable we'd skip over HECS and go straight for a BECS on this one.  The forum needs it in the worse way. 

7 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Those were the good ole days. Still have fond memories of enjoying the 09/10 winter on eastern and that crew.

That winter has special meaning.  The first snow in Dec was on my birthday, 2 weeks after we moved into our new home after returning to the US from 3 years in Thailand and Afghanistan.  It don't snow much in Thailand!  Was the best welcome home/birthday present ever!  

22 minutes ago, H2O said:

I’m part of the old guard from the previous board that was EasternWX. I joined that officially in 2008 but had lurked for a year or two prior. I knew nothing back then and just read the board. And that was before subforums. Storm threat threads covered the whole EC. So you had people freaking out over temps from NC while SNE high fived knowing they would get crushed. 
 

But some here even predate Eastern amd go back to WWBB. Now those are old timers. 
 

I’ve known Randy and Leesburg Aldie for a long time. Met many at conferences and gtgs. Would be happy to meet y’all some more. 

Good memories H2O.  I joined Eastern early on - iirc it was late 99 or around 2000.  But that was long ago.  Recall reading about some of the snows in the WMA when living in Germany and then Thailand later, where we didn't get much snow.  Was on some other forum/read board before that but don't recall the names.  Joined the first one in 96 while living in Japan.  I typically read more and post less out of reverence for those with more expertise, to whom I'm grateful for the knowledge transfer over the years.  

2 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

yeah my parents still talk about that storm (they were in Ohio)

There's a couple other members here who lived through it too.  One of them sent me info about a book on the Blizzard of 78.  It's a great read for anyone here from several perspectives.  The meteorological elements that formed the intensification so rapidly and the human element of the impact on society, and how people pulled together to help each other out.  Happy to provide the info on the book if there's interest.  

Mods - regrets if this is clogging things up. 

7 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

a 970mb massive low tracking in the same location would be in the same ballpark (I think the lowest pressures in '78 were in the mid 950s).  Could trend stronger, but it's obviously a ways out.

Lowest measured in 78 was 955.5 - measured after it crossed into Canada.  Was 956 in MI and slightly higher in Ohio/Indiana (its track was nearly due North).  It was a surreal experience I'll never forget.  If we get something like that here in the DELMARVA in today's environment, the results would be devastating.  People back in the 70's were more independent and able to cope.  

Just now, RDM said:

If you are referring to the blizzard of 78 that hit the midwest, respectfully disagree.  Lived through the blizzard of 78 as a teenager and this is not even close.  The LP in 78 was one of the top 5 ever recorded - with sustained winds of 50+ for over 24 hours and gusts to 70+.  This isn't on the same planet.  

Should have added the caveat the LP was one of the top 5 recorded in N America - extratropical.  

3 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

Blizzard of 78 vibes

If you are referring to the blizzard of 78 that hit the midwest, respectfully disagree.  Lived through the blizzard of 78 as a teenager and this is not even close.  The LP in 78 was one of the top 5 ever recorded - with sustained winds of 50+ for over 24 hours and gusts to 70+.  This isn't on the same planet.  

52 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

OK, so we've had talk of squirrels, big dogs (NOT Dawgs, damn you Georgia!), ducks, albatrosses, whatever.   But how about a pileated woodpecker?  Saw this guy digging away at a tree nearby where I'm at...he just went about his business and didn't mind me standing there taking several photos.  You can see some of the wood chips he tossed aside.  I hear when a woodpecker is busy, it portends a snowstorm.  Well, not really, but it sounds good!

Great picture - we have one who frequents our front yard.  They are a beast.  The largest woodpecker in N. America.  They can also cause significant damage to homes - spoken from first-hand experience.  Ours loves the cedar siding on our house, unfortunately.  When he's doing his thing it's like a Ma Deuce sounding off.  There's also several smaller woodpeckers who frequent our yard and home.  It appears sometimes as though they follow the big guy around.  Even though they are a fraction of the size, the smaller peckers do more damage.  

FWIW - Have a great horned owl in our back woods too.  Saw him the other evening when he about took my hat off.  Haven't seen any geese lately, but the squirrels were out again today doing their thing.  

Flurries here NW of Vienna @ 39F.