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That's awesome. I cleaned up my verbiage because I do like MoCo lol (I grew up there and lived there for most of my life), but yea the traffic/COL is legit. Even the construction in Frederick is wild. When I first moved here I was concerned there wouldn't be enough to do, but now I'm like this is absurd...there's neighborhoods going up all around the NW side of Detrick and the only real plan I see is to widen Rt 15 which will take years to complete once they start (if they start). I've only driven past Roanoke, but it looked cool...nice little town nestled in the mountains. Rough life lol. Snow is fun, but you can always chase it (though you certainly don't need to this month with that Colorado lifestyle in progress).

I’ll be watching from Henderson, NV. It’s gonna suck having 65-70 degree temps and sunshine. But honestly, I do want a snowstorm…just don’t think it’s physically possible in our area without a more active southern stream.

Moving to SW VA is looking like a forward-thinking, winning decision.

I'll be out west this weekend. Looks like I won't be missing much. Northern areas need a complete pattern change. Hopefully by January we get some real snowstorms instead of this NS nickel and dime stuff.

We will accept our downsloping snow shower in Frederick and we will like it.

Award winning photos tbh

This storm is important for the well-being of Northern MD inhabitants. Precip output gives redeveloping off the coast vibes, but enough to keep interested.

It’s like a mini version of Colorado’s two winters per season. Data nerd recommendation…a relative stacked bar (or line) chart based on the past 20 years with the separations based on the different deviations from average temps on that date.

The Friday system is moisture starved and the Sunday one is basically a cold front with most of the energy further north: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=z500_vort&runtime=2025120918&fh=114 I guess we can find a way into a light snow event from both systems, but the real snow producers are when we get some southern stream influence which has been really hard to come by in these neck of the woods.

Got a bike ride in after work partly to test my tolerance for these temps and it was actually kinda refreshing until halfway thru when I could barely feel my fingers. I even took a hand warmer with me. I probably could use warmer gloves, but yea, it's cold outside and this was probably below my threshold.

Sun has started poppin' out here. I dig it.

That sucks, I'm gonna really miss these frigid temps and occasional cartoppers. But actually I'll be out west during that time, so it probably will end up snowing here.

The late week clippers have the weekend rule going for them. I completely disregarded that when downplaying their impacts. I’m much more bullish on this now.

Now that’s fun: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=uv250&runtime=2025120818&fh=354 This is Sunday: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=uv250&runtime=2025120818&fh=138

Chasing snow might be the only option left. At least until the nor’easter at the end of the gfs run.

Definitely not something worth investing a lot of time into. If it snows, great.

Meanwhile, it doesn't look that bad so far on the 18z.

Not really seeing the boom with the upcoming weekend thing. Just doesn't have that southern stream influence that the Friday and today's system has. Kinda seems Miller B'ish. On the plus side, it's only Monday.

Luckily for the snow starved region, the Wizards winning percentage is probably higher than the CMC at this range.

It's cold enough to snow here, but too cold to snow. Perfect vort pass for the Roanoke to Richmond crew.

Warm/wet, cold/dry was definitely what occurred with the last two systems imby, that's for sure.

I tend to agree. The 12/2 system was another flag. It was literally in the 20s the evening that precip was set to arrive lol. I also think this area is more prone to drought now especially if northern stream systems are going to be further north. At a certain point, it becomes less of a trend and more of a question of whether this is the new base state. Time will tell. It's early in the season, but so far it's a lot of the same.

Nah, he would also have to shoot on a double rimmed hoop with no net. Might still make it, though.

One benefit to living in one of the worst snowfall areas in the region is that I was able to test my new bike (Trek FX2). Needed something different for pavement. Chilly out, but not that cold.

Looks like the southern stream is going dormant again this week. Maybe we can weasel our way into a clipper/screamer/mauler later in the week with that next shot of arctic air.