Feb 22nd/23rd "There's no way..." Obs Thread

[rjvanals]

11 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Looks pretty accurate in Potomac with 3" snow depth imby and a little over 4" for the storm so far. Currently 31f with light snow 

[Kay]

2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Go Baltimore band go!

The inevitable AA co. deathband

[caviman2201]

This definitely explains my confusion and aggravation...

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[balltermen]

im going with 1.5". melting from underneath now. 

[T. August]

2.2” in Havre de Grace. I imagine maybe a few extra tenths overnight but that will probably do it.

[rjvanals]

Snowing hard again in Potomac. 31f 

[davidjd1114]

Lancaster right now


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[Nomz]

Could have a buzzer-beating band entering Baltimore down to Annapolis right now. Northeast edge of Baltimore County and just coming ashore near Annapolis. I assume it's cold enough to stick everywhere.

[Jebman]

9 minutes ago, davidjd1114 said:

Lancaster right now


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What I wouldnt give to have a stalled out captured storm dump snow on that place, accumulating up to the top of that car ON A LEVEL, not drifts. And the storm kind of decided to just hang around for a while, while a BEAST of a TROWAL mounted torrential snows over the entire region while the snow piled up and forecasters sweated it out, and snow weenies were so damn transcendently happy they were weren't just flying, they were effectively in orbit lol.

[Nomz]

What are the origins of the jebwalk

[OrangeCTWX]

6 hours ago, Prestige Worldwide said:

Puking snow in Lewes- 6” or so right now 

Update? Your area has been getting crushed for hours now per radar lol

[Jebman]

14 minutes ago, Nomz said:

What are the origins of the jebwalk

Well it all started back in I think the 1976-77 winter. We had some snow. I was really walking around back in those days man I was so YOUNG and just LOVED walking everywhere! One night it snowed overnight and I snuck out and walked around. I must have had a walkman with headphones and I played disco music and it ended up reminding me of all the incredibly good feelings I got from walking in the snow and watching it fall past streetlights even at 4am walking miles from home even at that age! THAT is how the Jebwalk was born! Music plus the incredible feelings about snow and walking and I was hooked for life! As the years went by I walked in every snowstorm, blasting Elton John, Billy Joel and ELO and got introduced to more songs. In 2025 I broke into the Generation Z tracks and now Playboi Carti, Ken Carson, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and many other Gen Z artists' tracks now remind me of weather and snow. I blast them too!

[CatoctinRN]

It’s at least pretty in Westminster. Moderate snow falling 

[CatoctinRN]

Outside in Westminster 

[Abbyme24]

11 minutes ago, Jebman said:

Well it all started back in I think the 1976-77 winter. We had some snow. I was really walking around back in those days man I was so YOUNG and just LOVED walking everywhere! One night it snowed overnight and I snuck out and walked around. I must have had a walkman with headphones and I played disco music and it ended up reminding me of all the incredibly good feelings I got from walking in the snow and watching it fall past streetlights even at 4am walking miles from home even at that age! THAT is how the Jebwalk was born! Music plus the incredible feelings about snow and walking and I was hooked for life! As the years went by I walked in every snowstorm, blasting Elton John, Billy Joel and ELO and got introduced to more songs. In 2025 I broke into the Generation Z tracks and now Playboi Carti, Ken Carson, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and many other Gen Z artists' tracks now remind me of weather and snow. I blast them too!

We’ve never interacted but I’ve been lurking these forums for 10+ years now and just wanted to say how much I love your enthusiasm and how much joy you bring to every obs thread I read. Even though you moved away it’s really nice to see you still cheering everybody on here. 
 

I had always seen references to your jebwalks and pieced together what they meant from context, but it’s cool to learn the genesis of them. 
 

I just recently moved away from the mid Atlantic (although luckily to a more snowy area) but still find myself lurking here because I miss the vibes and there is no CanadianWX equivalent. So it’s nice to still read these threads and see your posts. Very comforting in a way and a reminder of home! 

[Jebman]

2 minutes ago, Abbyme24 said:

We’ve never interacted but I’ve been lurking these forums for 10+ years now and just wanted to say how much I love your enthusiasm and how much joy you bring to every obs thread I read. Even though you moved away it’s really nice to see you still cheering everybody on here. 
 

I had always seen references to your jebwalks and pieced together what they meant from context, but it’s cool to learn the genesis of them. 
 

I just recently moved away from the mid Atlantic (although luckily to a more snowy area) but still find myself lurking here because I miss the vibes and there is no CanadianWX equivalent. So it’s nice to still read these threads and see your posts. Very comforting in a way and a reminder of home! 

That's nice of you. I am MUCH older now. I don't walk so well but yes, I lived in Dale City for 55 years. I love the DMV and Washington DC and I want those guys to get demolished by a 50,000 year blizzard with five to six feet of pure powder! Wow Abby you are from the Atlantic Canada region i think, where they can get 50 FEET of snow in a single season somewhere. Now THAT, is a LOT of snow! No way I could ever dig that lol!

Yeah everyone likes walking in the snow, some with their sweet puppy dogs. I guess they started calling their snow walks 'Jebwalks' because I was always talking about taking another jebwalk in the blowing snow, all excited because of the huge aggregates blowing past the streetlights in a 35 mph Northeasterly refreshing breeze!

[Abbyme24]

1 minute ago, Jebman said:

That's nice of you. I am MUCH older now. I don't walk so well but yes, I lived in Dale City for 55 years. I love the DMV and Washington DC and I want those guys to get demolished by a 50,000 year blizzard with five to six feet of pure powder! Wow Abby you are from the Atlantic Canada region i think, where they can get 50 FEET of snow in a single season somewhere. Now THAT, is a LOT of snow! No way I could ever dig that lol!

Yeah everyone likes walking in the snow, some with their sweet puppy dogs. I guess they started calling their snow walks 'Jebwalks' because I was always talking about taking another jebwalk in the blowing snow, all excited because of the huge aggregates blowing past the streetlights in a 35 mph Northeasterly refreshing breeze!

I’m sure you miss it but hope you have had opportunities to visit during the winter. 

I am in Atlantic Canada now yes, but I grew up in the Baltimore area and lived there my whole life until last year. 

Some parts of Atlantic Canada can get extreme snowfalls yes, but with Halifax being right on the Ocean the average snowfall in recent years has been 3-4 feet. Certainly nothing to complain about and it feels more like the winters I had as a kid growing up in the 90s in Baltimore, which I dearly missed with the lower totals we’ve seen in the last 10-15 years. 

[Jebman]

2 minutes ago, Abbyme24 said:

I’m sure you miss it but hope you have had opportunities to visit during the winter. 

I am in Atlantic Canada now yes, but I grew up in the Baltimore area and lived there my whole life until last year. 

Some parts of Atlantic Canada can get extreme snowfalls yes, but with Halifax being right on the Ocean the average snowfall in recent years has been 3-4 feet. Certainly nothing to complain about and it feels more like the winters I had as a kid growing up in the 90s in Baltimore, which I dearly missed with the lower totals we’ve seen in the last 10-15 years. 

PSU and others have been on here discussing the lower snow totals recently In the Baltimore/Washington Region.  I am not sure why this is, I am no Met or expert hobbyist like PSU or Bob Chill.

Someday I might drop by the DMV maybe see DailyLurker during a rare Washington DC Region snowstorm when it stays all snow. Maybe we need to have a get-together somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard. I might have to jebwalk there from Texas lol.

Its really nice to meet you Abby here on these boards. We have a lot of really cool posters here and most of them are far smarter then me. I guess I am on here in the winter because I am so enthusiastic about snow in general and also want to see this sub get demolished by deep powder snow. They know they want this. I know they want it. C'mon mother nature Let's Do This! We still got March!

[Nomz]

Jebwalk mention in Jan 2004, over 21 years ago: https://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=22827

[arlwx12]

Took a look out my window uphill from DCA.

Looks like around an inch and a half stuck to tree branches and car tops.

My Hill of Doom got covered, but it looks like Arlington came through and salted the center of the roadway into submission.

Sidewalks vary. Some partially or fully resisted, others did not.

[Jebman]

15 minutes ago, Nomz said:

Jebwalk mention in Jan 2004, over 21 years ago: https://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=22827

Yeah I talked about the snow on Storm2K, but I think I was just a bit too crazy for them. So I got thrown out lmao. That was years ago. Hah ha now I LIVE in Texas, I think S2K is based in Houston or somewhere else in the Deep South.

I was discussing I guess the effects of cold on the body during a jebwalk, then the way it felt during some milder weather. Pretty interesting, I listed it on one of my other boards, will probably record the entire thing on one of the boards and on one of my wikis.

Nomz, I had completely forgotten about that. Thanks for re posting it!