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McClintock Matchstick bourbon (local distillery) has grown on me. I'm still a little iffy on the Bootjack (which is mostly rye). I'm not surprised by the latter because I'm not really a scotch guy and I think rye is a little closer to scotch on the whisky spectrum.

Yea, there's optimism and there's atmospheric memory. I think having a balance of both (sprinkled with it being mid-March and also knowing that we're not New England) is probably an ideal route to take at this point.

I didn't particularly love 0z Eps either. It's better than what we're currently working with, but I think the same general rule follows (that I've learned on here) which is you want that H5 track to be further south.

We need the upcoming pattern to be more like Gelato, and less like a bunch of sticks and pebbles. Additionally, I agree with the general consensus that tracking individual low pressure systems at 7+ days is amateur hour stuff. We're better than that lol. I think it's best to just follow the teleconnections and hope that a wave break can happen at the right time.

Still some flakes up here, but now back to more sleet at the moment. There’s some colder air aloft, but need those heavier rates. I’m ready for a snowstorm, bruh.

Fairly decent sized flakes at the moment, tbh. Take away the 25% sleet and I’d classify it as bordering on moderate…so that’s fun.

Mixed bag of mostly wet snow/sleet at 1500’ in gambrill. Got a little workout in, checked the radar, and figured I’d take a drive to scope things out.

I literally just saw that as well. We basically didn't have a winter here. Aside from a couple of temporary arctic blasts, it was essentially just an extended late Fall.

Switching the trough/ridge between the EC and WC will definitely make things more trackable, though verbatim it kinda does look Miller B'ish or at least the trough looks a bit too far east. Regardless, it's a colder pattern...which is sort of an important ingredient for snow.

Another pleasant day in the temps department with what seemed like a mild breeze, at least to start. Looks like a few more days of comfortable temps after the cutter before we get our last chance at wintry weather.

I actually think I’d rather have a standard snowstorm than a HECS at this point. Would rather save the latter for the colder months and not have to deal with snow covered ground into April. Trails are all in great shape…and basketball courts aren’t covered. I agree with Terp that the biggest issue seems to be not so much about whether a pattern change occurs, but that we’re up against the clock/climo. We’re at a time of year where it doesn’t want to be below freezing for too long. Gonna need some really good timing to get a storm beyond mid-March. TBD

I need to take some time to check the stats on this west coast winter because it's the complete opposite of what we've experienced here. They really did need the precip and there was mention of snow around Vegas again today. When I see that, it's a pretty good indication of what the pattern is like in the east, at least in the short range.

Premier biking weather today...got a loop in at the 'shed. Really couldn't have asked for better conditions (trail was fairly dry as well).

Yea, they've been in line recently. I noticed it last week...a crescent moon at the time, shortly after sunset to the west (Moon-Jupiter-Venus in that order).

Pretty early, but not super early. I have a feeling the Wizards city jerseys will be a little more frequent going forward. I'm still iffy on those...I like the idea, but they went really all in on that pink lol.

The problem is that even in a normal winter, south of the M/D line is touch and go when it comes to a SECS/MECS. This upcoming pattern looks promising for the midwest to PA/northeast, but it's not easy to snow here even in January. I'm definitely in the camp that would like to suppression show up first and bank on the jet being a little further north than advertised.

Only a few weeks left of tracking, might as well go all in. Looks like a semi-zonal flow/blocking is our best chance to break the snide. We usually need an El Nino/STJ to get the big ticket storms, but anyone who truly knows what will happen beyond day 10 should probably be upgrading from armchair QB to getting paid to play.

West coast still looks kinda busy/trough-y through next week. I'm sure the Colorado ski resorts are liking this run.

Sounds like you're a blizzard hunter. I'm all for a good snowstorm, but mounds of snow lasting through April is a debatable cost.

~0.4"+ in the rain gauges near me so far. Seems about right…been a few rounds of precip today.

Legit ULL, too. I don’t think I’ve seen it traverse PA from west to east like that before… https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16&sector=ne&band=08&length=12

This post made me check the radar and, I must say, I'm glad I did.

Side note: I've heard Bend, OR is a quality mtb destination.

Yea, was just thinking about that today. I've probably posted my mtb/hoops days enough (lol), so obviously I very much appreciate the later sunsets. But I'm a "seasons" kind of dude, so it would have been nice to get the standard 2-3 snowstorms this winter.

That first cam has me craving a snowstorm. I'm not a big skier, but skiing in that would make for a fun day.