NorthArlington101

This subforum has a nasty relationship with threads. NYC will start them 3 weeks in advance for a storm that misses them. Here 3 days out is about right lol

Girlfriend measured 5” with measuring tape (lol) - guessing with compaction my spot on H & 1st NW in DC might’ve hit 6”. Tricky to say.

Think we’re fighting to get to 6” in N Arlington, based on measurements from my neighbors. Could hit the NWS low-end of 8” with wave 2.

Congrats - think we lucked our way to being in one of the best spots for this one. Send pics!

eh once the snow starts and I can't even fantasize about getting there any longer - you might as well get pummeled. Hope you all get pummeled.

Funny enough I get local DC TV in Puerto Rico lol. Watching Fox 5 and getting my fix in before beaching it.

Mind me asking where you are at total-wise? Guessing my eyeball off the house cam of 4” was probably too low. 5-6” range?

I don’t want to say this in the main thread but @stormtrackerwas on point with saying sleet always mixes in… and so was the 84hr 12k NAM

Got a vague report of “more than 5”” from a friend near Eastern Market, DC. Says rates aren’t that impressive, though, so guessing sleet might be mixing in.

Snapshot from the Arlington house cam. Waiting for obs from my “spotter network.” Just knowing my house - this looks like about 4”? Tried to scroll through to see if that was close, don’t know if that’s right.

You aren’t wrong! But many of us on here same feel the same way… just venting. It’s a largely incurable disease, I think. But appreciate being chided for it - probably deserve it

Love our mini pity thread going on in banter while everyone else parties lol. We’re fun guys. I’d wag the HECS threat next weekend is a 2-4” event that favors the south more than us, just to put us both at ease lol.

Yeah, wedding is tough nuts. Especially family. I’m a loon but I couldn’t run out on my sibling’s weddings or anything. A cousin? Probably I am heartened that our smartest folks seem to think we continue on this possible heater. Jan 14 is early in the winter and we often have zero snow by that date. Odds are still probably we’re both missing the season’s best stork tomorrow if you look at a typical year but maybe this ain’t a typical year

Maybe my family - or other close contacts - are a little more sympathetic than yours. I do think after the hullabaloo with these two storms a dead of winter vacation is unlikely again. A wedding? A funeral? That stuff I can’t control. But a hypothetical family Disney trip can happen in November instead

Looks too far east. Toss

Also - wanted to get my guesses in for the major airports somewhere. Don't need to clog up the storm thread DCA: 10.5" IAD: 9.4" BWI: 11.1" SJU: 0.00", but 1000" of coqui frog sounds

After just telling my family I booked a backup flight for Friday I told them @mattie g’s story to try and help my case. They weren’t any more sympathetic

I feel ya hardcore and I know you’ve had equally terrible luck with your vacation timing over the years. I think this year has firmly instilled the lesson in me… no vacations between Dec. 5 and March. 25. It causes headaches for me, my travel partners… basically anyone I can complain to. missing tomorrow is gonna suck, but there is a little solace in knowing that it’s (largely) gonna be over by 2pm? Ignoring the backend fluff? The second the snow is over I’m gonna want to be at the beach. Even if I leave for Saturday’s hypothetical “storm” I’ll prob have a bit of a regretful hangover when that subsides the life of a snow weenie is hard and misunderstood by most. Not sure anyone who isn’t us can fully get it

Worth the mental security for even a 10% chance. Can always use the flight credit later. Southwest is nice with it like that. basically banked credit for a future snow chase

not f’ing joking. Can’t even entertain a scenario where I can’t book a flight later this week in advance of the blizzard of the century. Hope I cancel this ticket still, quite frankly

Damn it… booking a return flight home on Friday

hahaha - in the sense that being on here sometimes fuels extra snow anxiety. But liking snow wouldn’t be as fun without the community aspect. I might’ve made fun of it yesterday, but the CWG comment section back in ‘11-12ish was my gateway drug to this place and ya’ll wonderful people.

HRRR is a smoke show down there (off a cursory drunk Puerto Rico beach look) so surprised they are upset!

I think many in-house models use the GRAF these days.

im 25 now bro - I’ve got a car and a long-term girlfriend (soon to be fiance?) and a cat. Will probably never buy a house tho at current prices lol idk how old you are but I might be you 10 years ago. Time flies. Been on this cursed forum for 12 years