Winter Wizard

Spring is quickly approaching the DC area! "In parts of the Southeast, this year's spring is the earliest in the 39-year record" https://www.usanpn.org/news/spring

To add insult to injury, places such as Midland, TX and Oklahoma City are currently under winter storm watches and are likely to blow away our seasonal totals over the coming days.

13/-7 in Natick. Visiting the area for AMS and family so this will be my first New England winter storm.

Annapolis, MD: 11/12: T 12/11: 0.2" 12/16: 0.1” 1/7: 1.0” TOTAL: 1.3”

This one has I'm sure been overshadowed by more recent storms, but 10 years ago today, this was an all timer for Long Island and the mid-Atlantic and MECS for NYC.

Annapolis, MD: 11/12: T 12/11: 0.2" (from coworker) TOTAL: 0.2"

BWI: 23.2" DCA: 13.7" IAD: 25.1" RIC: 10.8" Tiebreaker SBY: 10.3"

DCA: +5.5 and 0.25", good for 2nd warmest and 3rd driest IAD: +4.6 and 0.41", good for 3rd warmest and 2nd driest

Yup that one was a coastal that was way too far east for us. But brought a swath of 6+" to Norfolk/Virginia Beach to Chincoteague as well as eastern Long Island and Mass. Looks like DC didn't even see flakes from that one.

That was a backloaded winter if anything, which is typical of weak El Ninos. DCA temps and snowfall by month: DEC: +0.4 (0.1") JAN: +0.1 (6.4") FEB: +0.6 (5.2") MAR: -3.7 (0.8") Big storms that winter were the KU in January 2005 and back to back coastal storms in late Feb. January 2005 was a classic Miller B screwjob for the DC/Baltimore metro that crushed everyone north and east of Cecil. February 24-25 was a fast moving coastal that brought a wide swath of 6+" to Maryland east of DC although DC itself was a relative min. I don't recall the exact details of February 28-March 1, but I believe this was a storm where the primary low redeveloped too late, which kept the heaviest the snow well north and east of the metro. So as a result, it ended up being an average winter for DC and Baltimore, above average for Philly and NYC, and an all timer for Long Island and SNE including Boston.

BWI: 11/7 IAD: 11/7 DCA: 11/25 RIC: 12/2 Tierbreaker: 10.24"

Going to be out storm chasing in the Plains from 5/7 to 5/17. Pattern isn't the most favorable, but should still get a few solid chase days in.