January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage JV/Banter Thread!

[digital snow]

I am already cooked down here. I bought a sled, then some sleet cleats, and then batteries. Shit, I might need an umbrella. Good Luck to my previous crew! 

[Rvarookie]

Euro has been sabotaged due to recent events, so their data is little delayed. Got to ride the gfs 

[mattie g]

Just now, nj2va said:

Maybe I'm the only one who would be happy to get 4-6" of snow with a glacier of sleet/ice on top of it.  

You might be. You at least have a place where you can go to experience winter weather during any of the colder months.

[Maestrobjwa]

1 minute ago, ThePhotoGuy said:

Now we are on to who deserves more snow! 

If we'll play that game...how about the least snowy city in the state for the past decade: Baltimore!

[mattie g]

I swear to God...if MN posts radar screengrabs of the correlation coefficient while this storm is going on, I'm going to find his house and egg it, then I'm going to pelt it with iceballs.

[H2O]

The lead up to storms has got to be one of the most fucking taxing things about this place.  And I'm talking about trying to clean threads up 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Really continuous trending the wrong way now, if we can stop the bleeding at 0z and preserve our 6-10 in dc metro id be pumped.  But usually these keep bleeding north.  But you never know!

[H2O]

Just get on the sleet train and enjoy it.  Takes all the pain and angst away

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

1 minute ago, H2O said:

Just get on the sleet train and enjoy it.  Takes all the pain and angst away

Absolutely, once you say welp it’s gonna be a wintry cold ass mess I’ll just enjoy that it’s More fun. 

[Wxtrix]

3 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

That map isn't totally accurate.  JFK got 30.5" and Central Park got 27.5"

i got 34". so it's definitely not accurate.

[winter_warlock]

8 minutes ago, H2O said:

Just get on the sleet train and enjoy it.  Takes all the pain and angst away

Way I see it.. I prefer snow .. but...sleet is better then rain!!

[stormtracker]

My bad on the sloppy pbp. I was cooking (shrimp fetuccini alredo!) AND screenshooting.  Panels were in that order because I'm dead serious.  SV will jump from like 81 to 105 with zero panels in between and start filling in while still advancing.  I like the fast output but they could at least fix the algorithm to make it pop in in order

[winter_warlock]

1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

My bad on the sloppy pbp. I was cooking (shrimp fetuccini alredo!) AND screenshooting.  Panels were in that order because I'm dead serious.  SV will jump from like 81 to 105 with zero panels in between and start filling in while still advancing.  I like the fast output but they could at least fix the algorithm to make it pop in in order

U did fine bro!!!  U can't control SV jumping the way it does

[Paleocene]

So, summary of 12-18z is "rain in Georgetown?"

[winter_warlock]

1 minute ago, Paleocene said:

So, summary of 12-18z is "rain in Georgetown?"

 Rain?? No maybe  see sleet mixing in with the snow down there but no rain all the way down to the Carolinas 

[T. August]

15 minutes ago, rjvanals said:

Once we start getting into range the NAMs especially the 3k have been pretty good at picking up hidden warm layers missed by the globals 

I think all of our warm layers are bare ass naked right now. We should focus on hiding them.

[H2O]

6 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

My bad on the sloppy pbp. I was cooking (shrimp fetuccini alredo!) AND screenshooting.  Panels were in that order because I'm dead serious.  SV will jump from like 81 to 105 with zero panels in between and start filling in while still advancing.  I like the fast output but they could at least fix the algorithm to make it pop in in order

Time to let nacho take over and you go out to pasture, old man

[clskinsfan]

9 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

I was cooking (shrimp fetuccini alredo!)

Same exact thing I made for dinner tonight. Great minds and such.

[Paleocene]

2 minutes ago, winter_warlock said:

 Rain?? No maybe  see sleet mixing in with the snow down there but no rain all the way down to the Carolinas 

Lol no worries. Just joking. Someone on a junk account posted that quote during a snowstorm last year or the year before and it's stuck with me

[stormtracker]

5 minutes ago, H2O said:

Time to let nacho take over and you go out to pasture, old man

Pretty sure you sprained your arthritic fingers typing this. 

[pazzo83]

1 hour ago, H2O said:

Fauquier closed until Valentines day

DCPS opened Tuesday (Monday is a teacher workday)

[pazzo83]

20 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

i got 34". so it's definitely not accurate.

yeah - I know there were some obscene totals out your way.  NYC was late to the game, but that was one of the more memorable snowstorms of my life.  I believe that is the current snowfall record for NYC.

[Rvarookie]

Nobody likes ice in 2026, so we will be good

[Maestrobjwa]

11 minutes ago, wxmeddler said:

Just want to point out / take a step back that regarding the potential evolution, even though the precipitation and outcomes look similar, we still have a long way to go in order to understand how this is going to unfold dynamically.

Well I hope it unfolds favorably...or else Mr. Ucinelli may have a storm bearing his name in a realm of weenie infamy...

[Bob Chill]

Recon discussion from the Baja low says that it injested copious dry air from the desert in Mexico and it will turn moist low pressure into dry high pressure when it phases with the northern stream. 

[Wxtrix]

I needed some stuff from Costco and it was much more crowded than usual. and grocery pick up slots for tomorrow are selling out early.

and dinner is Costco beef brisket burnt ends. pretty good.

[TowsonTownT]

I know everyone is stressed. I get it. We're 36 hours out and prime time for the rug pull. But don't worry folks. My snow shovel broke last year and my wife was adamant that I walk down to the hardware store this afternoon to get one. I said no dear, totally not needed. 

 

You're welcome. 

[aldie 22]

3 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

I needed some stuff from Costco and it was much more crowded than usual. and grocery pick up slots for tomorrow are selling out early.

and dinner is Costco beef brisket burnt ends. pretty good.

I went out earlier to grab a few things and the store was super crowded...I picked up way too many sweets but heh...sugar

[pazzo83]

i bought a ton of "salt" (it's supposed to be natural) from the local Ace Hardware.

[aldie 22]

Now that i'm out by Winchester i wonder whatever happened to Fullmug