RodneyS Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 4 hours ago, PrinceFrederickWx said: I'm still liking where I sit, my proprietary PFWx model says we get our one and only WSW event in the 2nd half of March. I'll see you then. Okay. FYI, an astonishing historical DC snow fact is this: In the winter of 1913-14, no measurable snow fell until February 13, 1914. Then a Valentine's Eve/Valentine's Day storm dropped 4.5 inches. That seemed to open the snow gates, as after that snow fell on an additional nine days through March 22, 1914, resulting in 28.6 inches for the season, of which a record 19.3 inches fell in March. Now fast forward to the winter of 1959-60. Believe it or not, once again no measurable snow fell in DC until February 13th, and once again a Valentine's Eve/Valentine's Day storm dropped significant snow -- this time, 6.2 inches. And once again, that seemed to open the snow gates, as after that snow fell on an additional seven days through March 16, 1960, resulting in 24.3 inches for the season, of which 17.1 inches fell in March -- the second most ever -- second only to March 1914. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, RodneyS said: Okay. FYI, an astonishing historical DC snow fact is this: In the winter of 1913-14, no measurable snow fell until February 13, 1914. Then a Valentine's Eve/Valentine's Day storm dropped 4.5 inches. That seemed to open the snow gates, as after that snow fell on an additional nine days through March 22, 1914, resulting in 28.6 inches for the season, of which a record 19.3 inches fell in March. Now fast forward to the winter of 1959-60. Believe it or not, once again no measurable snow fell in DC until February 13th, and once again a Valentine's Eve/Valentine's Day storm dropped significant snow -- this time, 6.2 inches. And once again, that seemed to open the snow gates, as after that snow fell on an additional seven days through March 16, 1960, resulting in 24.3 inches for the season, of which 17.1 inches fell in March -- the second most ever -- second only to March 1914. I had mentioned both those winters in the snow futility thread when researching DCA shutouts. Those were both interesting years. Thanks for the info! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 12 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said: I had mentioned both those winters in the snow futility thread when researching DCA shutouts. Those were both interesting years. Thanks for the info! It's uncanny how similar those two winters were. Of course, both are considered by NOAA to be neutral years, rather than La Nina years; see https://psl.noaa.gov/enso/past_events.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 At the beginning of this winter, January 27th marked the latest day of any Dulles Airport winter season (dating to 1962-63) for the first measurable snow -- on that day in 2009, IAD ended its 2008-09 snow drought by recording 2.0 inches. We shall see when (or should I say if ?) the IAD snow drought ends this winter. FYI, in both Baltimore and Washington, the latest first measurable snow of any winter season occurred during 1972-73, when BWI recorded its only measurable snow on February 21, 1973 (1.2 inches) and DCA did the same on February 23, 1973 (0.1 inch). In Richmond, the long-ago winter of 1918-19 resulted in a season-long snow drought -- only a trace fell (in December 1918 and January 1919). 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 On 1/27/2023 at 8:34 AM, RodneyS said: At the beginning of this winter, January 27th marked the latest day of any Dulles Airport winter season (dating to 1962-63) for the first measurable snow -- on that day in 2009, IAD ended its 2008-09 snow drought by recording 2.0 inches. We shall see when (or should I say if ?) the IAD snow drought ends this winter. FYI, in both Baltimore and Washington, the latest first measurable snow of any winter season occurred during 1972-73, when BWI recorded its only measurable snow on February 21, 1973 (1.2 inches) and DCA did the same on February 23, 1973 (0.1 inch). In Richmond, the long-ago winter of 1918-19 resulted in a season-long snow drought -- only a trace fell (in December 1918 and January 1919). The IAD snow drought made it until Tom Brady's second retirement, and so February 1st is the new record for the latest day of any Dulles Airport winter season for the first measurable snow. I presume DCA also received measurable snow this morning-- BWI I'm not sure about. In any event, when the totals are announced, I will post an updated table -- not that it will change the relative standings, which show Little Village Wx with a comfortable lead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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George BM Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Lookin' goooooooood! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/1/2023 at 1:45 PM, George BM said: Lookin' goooooooood! Don’t lose hope. We are all rooting for you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Maybe this northwest gale will blow the warm water away and we can get going on some actual winter? Or maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Rooting for @LittleVillageWxI think you got this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/8/2023 at 6:29 PM, GATECH said: Rooting for @LittleVillageWxI think you got this! Probabilities seem high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceFrederickWx Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 LittleVillageWx finished 2nd place last year… we might have another Olaf or StormPC on our hands. Gotta watch what he/she does every year now before making a forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 On 2/10/2023 at 6:19 PM, PrinceFrederickWx said: LittleVillageWx finished 2nd place last year… we might have another Olaf or StormPC on our hands. Gotta watch what he/she does every year now before making a forecast. According to the profile, LittleVillageWx is a man who lives in Frederick, MD. He is threatening to be a wire-to-wire winner this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 This is fucking awesome! I’m in first place and am finally going to win this biatch…in my own damn head. I’m in front of the legendary @wxdude64 @Bob Chilland infamous @Roger Smith I’ll take it! ETA: Where’s my storm Roger!? You promised like… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Wow, what a memorable winter storm! I'm talking, of course, about what happened today in the Winter Wonderland of Southern California. Here, it was business as usual; however, there may be some hope for March snow in the Mid-Atlantic, and if that doesn't work out, I'm working on an April 1st model that suggests that Easter here may be rocklng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 We got La Nina'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its a Breeze Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 No one was even close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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