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Correction, Im actually 400’, but dt Frederick is 350’. There’s been a few storms where I can see snow on the top of gambrill. I have a feeling this might be one of them. Tomorrow morning should look cool, regardless.

I’m in the Whittier area…right at the edge of where elevation increases (and falls lol). Only 7 miles to the top of the Watershed. It’s pretty wild how much of a difference a few hundred feet can make here. You’re in a good spot for this one.

It’s exciting if it does snow, but I’m not sold on it here lol. Your location is better in general for seeing frozen. My elevation is only 350’. Actually, downtown Frederick proper isn’t really that good at snow…we average less than upper Moco. The higher elevations of Frederick are a different geo. That said, I would “think” it would start as snow areawide given the overnight onset, but like you said it’s day 1 of met winter and not our wheelhouse.

How are the cherry blossoms doing?

Welp, looks like I’ll need to drive up Hamburg Rd again to see snow. 1k ft elevation is the new 500.

Yea, low level cold air can take forever to scour out. The issue is upstairs. That hp is just racing east, so there’s not gonna be much resistance to the waa. I think an inch stat starter would be a win in this setup.

We are who we thought we were

I think 1-2" is reasonable here...I'm a mile west of rt 15 which, given how this area is, means I'm basically east of rt 15 lol. The top of Catoctin might be a winter wonderland, though. That area just absolutely dominates in these marginal events.

The overlook at Black Rock is one of the finer ones I've seen around here. It's a bit of a slog to go that extra distance from the base past Annapolis Rock, but kinda worth it, if time isn't a thing.

That’s not that early, especially for the n/w burbs. In 3 months it’ll be March lol.

I missed it. Woke up around 8am, but did see the lightest of cartoppers…and mostly on the roof of cars lol.

This storm will be a hint as to where the new r/s line is setting up. Seems like the dividing line has shifted from immediate burbs west of 95 to further out towards rt15 and 70 the last few years. Also, I have no idea what I’m talking about, but what I do know is not getting any snow from this system with a fresh, albeit transient, cold air mass in place would be pretty lame.

Euro continues to steer the ship.

We're officially in the model war portion of the program. 0z will be the most important runs of the season. I'm expecting convergence soon.

I've made my yearly transition to wanting a snowstorm, so I'm in.