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wave 2 is pretty ugly in general, but wave 1 has an overperformer look as far as temps are concerned. hopefully there's enough precip to take advantage of it before the next wave cuts west.

what you're saying is i should do a backflush on my jeep's heater core sooner than later (just had to replace the radiator and thermostat...fun times).

closed h5 lows through chicago aren't a good sign here.

i wasn't as disappointed in march 2001 as i thought i'd be. this was before i knew about weather boards, but the fact that i was able to shoot hoops in shorts and a tshirt the day before was a yellow flag for me. some of the worst busts were in the 80s/90s when they'd call for a winter storm watch or warning and you'd wake up to a non accumulating rain/snow mix lol. i think it was before models were able to pick up on how much the appalachians destroy clippers and weak lows here.

i'm in the "not too interested in that" camp as well, but on the bright side, it does provide a glimmer of hope that the transition to mix/rain gets delayed. if it starts as rain, that ain't good.

definitely quite a lame stretch from jan '16 until jan '19 (fyi, you wrote 2018, but i'm assuming you're referring to '19). jan '19 was the best one since then, obviously. then, i'd probably go march '18 (pretty uncommon late season snow). one other event that stands out is feb 9, 2016. it was a localized snow squall (though no wind) that literally was right over my neighborhood. huge flakes and a lot of them. lasted about 15-20 mins (estimate) and coated the ground. it was like a frozen version of a heavy, pop up summer rainshower. as far as events are concerned...the super blood wolf moon and the march '18 wind event were both pretty cool.

For the east coast, this is a subpar winter in general, but I think this is turning into an average winter for our area, which is uncommon. We’re usually boom or bust. I think that’s what’s thrown people off more than anything. That, and the fact that we’ve had so much precip over the last year.

thin line though. hopefully the band becomes more consolidated or the northern piece makes its away across. either way, a successful little event.

this next batch looks mostly elevation enhanced, but hopefully it trickles down to the lowlanders.

yea, i feel like this is a case of just being right in the beeline of a minor system. they happen here sometimes and i guess this is one of those quirky ones that the models don't pick up very well.

interested to see how long this goes. this could produce 2" if we're talking it going until early afternoon. greens are sagging south of my area, but still some decent returns showing up.

the greens are 100% legit producing. sizable flakes, sticking everywhere. 17 degrees.

Overperformer

50 degree temps sound very good right now. looking forward to the thaw.

got clipped here, but still some northern plains style snow.

ha, i liked it, but i gotta put feb 21 over it. that was one of my all time favorite overachieving storms here. that squall was rare, though. just caked snow for 2 hours.

simply put, that squall was legendary. it was essentially lake effect snow for an hour. probably about twice as heavy as the final band that came through yesterday.

i might have lucked out with that last band. huge flakes for about a half hour. pretty sure it put down an inch here. overall, a nice event. now onto tomorrow/Friday.

This last band did work. May have gotten over an inch from it.

picking up again with that final band. probably a good time to step outside again.

yep, looks like one more band to go. this really did hightail, though isn't that how cold fronts usually work anyway. just glad that we were able to get more than choppy flakes.

any kind of daytime accumulating snow in this area is a win. this is gonna play in a role in my final grade. extra credit type of a system lol.

yea i thought gfs was solid. consistent throughout. little choppy on qpf, but overall it had a similar look. anafronts are cool. lol seeing yellows out to the west, so rockville/olney might pile for an hour or two.

it's legit outside.

possible overperformer in progress. grass and parking lot stickage. roads should be caving soon or after dark (assuming it's still snowing steady).