80 Degrees to Ripping Snow: March 12th

[PrinceFrederickWx]

I never took my snowboard up through this entire heatwave. I have a feeling this one’s going to get us on the board somehow. 

[DraydenWX]

[SnowGolfBro]

81 here but i feel like the darkness is cooling the ground off nicely.

[T. August]

Don’t worry, cold air is on the way. 65° in Pittsburgh.

[stormtracker]

8 minutes ago, T. August said:

Don’t worry, cold air is on the way. 65° in Pittsburgh.

Please be sure to bundle up dude.

[SnowenOutThere]

This is going to be the modern equivalent of Veterans Day trust. 

[Nomz]

In accordance with tradition from another weather community I'm in, I'm committing to a salt bet: If DCA reports 0.1" or more of accumulated snow, I will eat a tablespoon of salt.

[midatlanticweather]

26 minutes ago, Nomz said:

In accordance with tradition from another weather community I'm in, I'm committing to a salt bet: If DCA reports 0.1" or more of accumulated snow, I will eat a tablespoon of salt.

You must record it and share 

[NorthArlington101]

NAMs and FV3 are as nice as you could hope.

I’d just like it to rip for an hour or two. That would be sweet. Anything else that could happen is gravy

[bncho]

NAM'd (note that pos. snow depth change is about 0.5-1" for the areas that show 3-5")

[peribonca]

Does anyone know the warmest day on record where DC received an inch of snow? I'm still at 80F down here in Colonial Beach. Tonight into tomorrow is going to be dynamic and fascinating regardless if the snow sticks. Might turn this B winter into an A-

[Nomz]

1 hour ago, midatlanticweather said:

You must record it and share 

Best believe I will

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Come on, you all know it really isn't going to snow this far south. This isn't New England. There is no cold air, the ground is too warm, and the sun angle is way too strong.

[bncho]

1 minute ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Come on, you all know it really isn't going to snow this far south. This isn't New England. There is no cold air, the ground is too warm, and the sun angle is way too strong.

Come on, you came all the way down here just to troll like this. This isn't Philly. There is no tolerance of trolls, and then forum members will troll you back.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

1 minute ago, bncho said:

Come on, you came all the way down here just to troll like this. This isn't Philly. There is no tolerance of trolls, and then forum members will troll you back.

I'm not trolling. I'm being realistic. It doesn't normally snow in DC or Virginia in mid-March, much less following 80-degree days. The sun angle is just too strong.

You need something really special, like the Storm of the Century in 1993, for it to snow at this time of year. We don't have that right now.

[baltosquid]

snow depth is of course lower.

[Stormchaserchuck1]

3 minutes ago, baltosquid said:

snow depth is of course lower.

Snow depth still isn't that bad - a good area of 1"+. Some moderate/heavy snow in DC around 12pm. Will be interesting to see if it happens with temps so warm right now. 

[Cobalt]

1 minute ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

I'm not trolling. I'm being realistic. It doesn't normally snow in DC or Virginia in mid-March, much less following 80-degree days. The sun angle is just too strong.

You need something really special, like the Storm of the Century in 1993, for it to snow at this time of year. We don't have that right now.

It took me 2 minutes to backread and find a post that you should've been five-posted for.

On 12/15/2025 at 4:59 PM, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

January and February are going to torch. 16-17 is probably the best analog. This could be a great snow season if you live in Syracuse. Not so much if you live in Atlantic City.

Don't come around here talking about dwindling snow prospects when you're batting .150 at a time when it is BY FAR THE EASIEST to predict warm snowless winters and be right. Nobody's gonna call you an oracle when you're saying snow won't stick the day after it hits 85 degrees. 

[NorthArlington101]

Too good not to post. 

[Stormchaserchuck1]

1 hour ago, peribonca said:

Does anyone know the warmest day on record where DC received an inch of snow? I'm still at 80F down here in Colonial Beach. Tonight into tomorrow is going to be dynamic and fascinating regardless if the snow sticks. Might turn this B winter into an A-

Yeah some places down south where it didn't rain are going to have a very warm midnight high. DCA is still 78F

[NorthArlington101]

Nice to see the hi-res Canadian onboard for snow falling from the sky. 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

1 minute ago, Cobalt said:

It took me 2 minutes to backread and find a post that you should've been five-posted for.

Don't come around here talking about dwindling snow prospects when you're batting .150 at a time when it is BY FAR THE EASIEST to predict warm snowless winters and be right. Nobody's gonna call you an oracle when you're saying snow won't stick the day after it hits 85 degrees. 

It's more reasonable than those posting snow maps where DC and Virginia get 7+ inches. We all know it isn't going to happen, so why post it? That's the definition of trolling. I even looked back, and DC didn't even get 7 inches of snow during some of the historical March snowstorms, like 1958, 1993, and 2018.

[pazzo83]

11 minutes ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

I'm not trolling. I'm being realistic. It doesn't normally snow in DC or Virginia in mid-March, much less following 80-degree days. The sun angle is just too strong.

You need something really special, like the Storm of the Century in 1993, for it to snow at this time of year. We don't have that right now.

Check out the big brain on Brad!! no shit dude, go back to your own forum.

[Cobalt]

12 minutes ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

We all know it isn't going to happen, so why post it? 

You only stop by this subforum when there's bad news to dump on our heads so you haven't had a chance to look around and realize that the vast majority of us are in Spring mode. We're semi-checked out. Every single one of us knows those maps won't verify. So why post them? Because it's fun. Because it passes the time until tomorrow when non-accumulating slush balls fall out of the sky. Nobody is attaching the enjoyment of their Thursday and beyond to if the GFS is correctly predicting the biggest March storm in a decade. And almost certainly, nobody here was waiting for the guy who predicted torch Winter 25-26 to tell us the GFS might be a bit off with its snowfall amounts. 

[Steckstacks]

It's more reasonable than those posting snow maps where DC and Virginia get 7+ inches. We all know it isn't going to happen, so why post it? That's the definition of trolling. I even looked back, and DC didn't even get 7 inches of snow during some of the historical March snowstorms, like 1958, 1993, and 2018.

Bros a troll himself calling other people trolls. Somebody ban this guy from the mid Atlantic forum. P.S. Eagles suck


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[Amped]

Thid could be the fattest fatties of the season.

[Nomz]

Am I gonna get baited into believing in this event

[wasnow215]

32 minutes ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

I'm not trolling. I'm being realistic. It doesn't normally snow in DC or Virginia in mid-March, much less following 80-degree days. The sun angle is just too strong.

You need something really special, like the Storm of the Century in 1993, for it to snow at this time of year. We don't have that right now.

So all the weather models are wrong? 12 hours out? You're the type of guy that will come back on here tomorrow and say you were wrong if it does snow tho right?

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Just now, wasnow215 said:

So all the weather models are wrong? 12 hours out? You're the type of guy that will come back on here tomorrow and say you were wrong if it does snow tho right?

Sometimes, you have to use common sense and not rely on the models. How many times have you seen snow immediately following 80 degree days? I can't think of any.

If I happen to be wrong, I will personally come back here and apologize to you all. However, I know it's not going to happen, so I'm done posting on this thread because it's really unnecessary. Good night to everyone. 

[wasnow215]

36 minutes ago, Cobalt said:

It took me 2 minutes to backread and find a post that you should've been five-posted for.

Don't come around here talking about dwindling snow prospects when you're batting .150 at a time when it is BY FAR THE EASIEST to predict warm snowless winters and be right. Nobody's gonna call you an oracle when you're saying snow won't stick the day after it hits 85 degrees. 

Atlantic City got 20" in one storm couple weeks ago lol. I kind of feel bad he has such a need for attention