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Got a 2 bagger in wordle today. I feel like I could retire after that. Fun word too.

i'm not a big fan of the larger (aka adding everyone you know) social media platforms, but there's something to be said about google/apple/etc not being the only ones that know your contacts and also being able to basically have your own channel that can reach across the globe, for better or worse. i use twitter and ig the most...primarily to either vent or share basketball/biking videos to entertain family/friends (ig actually offers a fair amount of tools for creativity...adding some hip hop to practice sesh's can be fun lol). ironically, the forums are the places that i think get a little too intense (and i'm guilty of that in the past). i find the sites i mentioned to be "lighter", but i do agree a place like this or any other niche/hobby forum is a better place to interact with like minded folks (mostly in lower case, of course). also, i heard it can still snow in march.

too early for post-winter analysis, but it really does seem like it followed a la nina to a tee (aside from a couple of january events). just couldn't get a consistent southern stream to get going. with that said, i did expect more in the way of clippers, especially based off of the november pattern. that part surprised me a bit given the fact that the northern stream was the primary player.

2 weeks until spring forward as well. It’s getting real. Got a couple hoops sessions in the last 2 days. It wasn’t warm per se, but a good opp to start shaking off the rust.

i mention my craving for mild weather, but i do like having balanced seasons. there's been some years, like the last 2 where i feel like i've been jipped of winter, but i don't feel quite that way this time around. not a ton of snow, but some, and the cooler weather started in november and lasted just about the entire month. having one more storm would be nice, but i don't think i need it to feel like i had a winter.

wind is kicking up here.

cherry blossom forecast should be coming soon... https://cherryblossomwatch.com/cherry-blossom-watch-february-9-2022/

it's never a good sign when the long range thread consists solely of reminiscing. i do see a clipper thing next week on the gfs, but that's about it.

2 hours seems fine, though i could understand where you're coming from. imby at least, this was a non-event on paved surfaces (temps leading in clearly limited frozen impacts there). trees were glazed more than i expected, though (and it actually looks kinda cool from my balcony...i'm ready to buy a place, but glad i chose the top floor in the meantime lol). i think if there was any sleet involved here roads might have been worse off by providing an extra coating. overall, this was a pretty good example that temps leading in do matter, but on a surface by surface basis.

Fwiw this next round is pure rain. Zero sleet. I think that was expected, but I haven’t been following this one closely.

Stroll complete. Roads and sidewalks wet. Metal surfaces have a thin glaze. Trees as well.

Radar looks better than I expected. Would be more fun if that was snow incoming.

Idk…then I’d have to work tomorrow.

My friend in glenwood (north of olney) said it’s getting slick there (steps that is). Gonna take a stroll soon to investigate what’s going on in Frederick.

Picked up an unusual bourbon today…breaking and entering. If you like scotch you’d like this. Definitely a little peat in there or maybe it’s the rye notes.

Classic Atlantic low level east wind resulting in sprinkles in progress. No icing here yet that I’ve seen. Temps are fringe, but a little further drop would prob be enough.

~33/27 here based on several stations nearby

Well that resolves that topic, then. Guess I should keep my devices charged tonight.

true, though i still have some doubts about the latter impacts for this storm. this event will make for an interesting case study. 60 degree temps for multiple days leading in with a dense cold air mass replacing it. we'll know tomorrow lol.

i will say, i stepped outside for the first time today (work meetings start my day) and it's definitely a thick cold out.

i can do without ice, but i don't hate sleet as much as i used to...i didn't expect my thought process would change on that because it was definitely a buzz kill growing up. and speaking of sleet, it's pinging here in the whittier area of frederick at the moment.

that too. i'm not emotionally invested in this storm one way or another. maybe my post came off that way, though i did mention shortly after that i was mostly kidding. the remaining skepticism is based on how ground temps (and tree/power lines, etc.) always seem to be a mystery leading into these types of events. i think it's actually an interesting topic and not discussed much. there's times where the snow sticks to the roads when you wouldn't expect it and there's times where it melts on contact because of the sun angle. which leads back to...who knows lol.

i'm not talking about snow. we know ice has a difficult time accumulating on roads here even in early january.

i was mostly kidding. i've been in this game long enough to know that debby'ing a storm can end up making someone look like an idiot, which is why i rarely do it anymore lol. i really am curious how quickly ground temps, etc., will follow air temps after the mild weather we've had. haven't seen it talked about anywhere, but it does matter. but yes, when dealing with ice, it's better to err on the side of caution...and to also wear shoes that don't make you fall on your ass. not that i would know anything about that.

i mean...honest question...how quickly will ground temps freeze after temps the last few days? we're also dealing with daylight mitigating a big drop in temps as well. i'm being imby, but i'm sure far northern and western md will be a different ballgame.