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Definitely thought the Xfinity and Budweiser commercials were the best, though I only caught a couple parts of the first half.

Lol. Sums it up. It’s not that serious.

I dug it for the vibe.

I either want that or a snowstorm. I’m retired from cold and dry for the season.

I don’t know how you got that much, but congrats. I got 6” here…measured in multiple spots and by about 10am it was sleet. I know measuring on a snowboard is the official method, but I care a lot more about what’s actually settled on the ground. The cold has been legit, no question about that…but also annoying lol. I’d much rather have a few good snowstorms than predominantly cold/dry. Then again, I also grew up during a time where we actually got snow on the regular including 94 when I experienced several inches of pure sleet from start to finish (so this last storm was mid in comparison). It’s all perspective, I guess, but I would still objectively call this winter pretty lame from a snow to cold ratio. We’ll see how the rest plays out.

I don’t know what to think anymore…hence the reason I said scientific research is needed lol. Is it too warm? Well it’s been pretty cold. Is it too dry? Well we had 2” of qpf from our snowcrete event. Are we just too far south? Well Charlotte got 10” recently and Roanoke is the new snow capital of our region lol. I still think the main issue is that it’s just been too dry overall…simply not enough chances to even get a storm. So if that’s due to a Nina, then it’s been very pervasive the last few years.

That was a flush hit of 6 hrs of snow followed by 10 hrs of sleet. If that ends up being our flagship storm in a winter that was generally cold from start to finish, then I want my money back lol. I don’t think we’re done, though…not as long as we keep getting these outrageous cold shots.

I’ll be the guy that says I’m perfectly ok with a temporary warmup and rainer to clear up this snowcrete. Clean the slate for our March nor’easter. That said, this has probably been the least productive cold winter I’ve ever experienced. How we’ve been unable to cash in on a single, flush hit snowstorm is worthy of scientific research.

Only issue is it appears to be a retreating airmass, so probably not a very high bar…assuming that’s how it plays out.

That too

Gfs looks like it’s about to be interesting.

Woke up at 4am and didn’t notice anything, so went back to bed lol. Wind has marched in, though, and it is chilly out.

Seems like up to a half inch fell here. Definitely enough to require a brush and ice scraper.

Dusting achieved here and can’t see the Catoctins.

When does the wind arrive? Gusts to 60 in the forecast here tomorrow lol