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Maybe last night overperformed. Didn't have a chance to look at anything today, But as of this time yesterday when I made that post, that corridor had 8-12 per the the PNS, webcams showed wet roads and melting, and the forecast discussion was downplaying the second round for last night(2-4" for Cut Bank). The most impressive obs(verified by the webcams) were in Glacier, at around 5000 ft and up.

Problem with places like Cut Bank and Great Falls is the it came in 2 parts. I was looking at the webcams yesterday, and the snow that fell Saturday was slushy and melting yesterday when not much was happening. Might have even turned to rain for a while. Then the second part accumulated another 5-8 inches. Doubt there was more than a foot on the ground at any one time. That seems like a pretty typical event for areas like that for late Sept/early Oct. Hell Denver can get a foot of snow easily this time of year. Glacier Nat park NW of there is another ballgame. Most of the impressive amounts were from that region.

End of this week. Early next week. For sure.

No doubt. A Montana "bust" is better than 95% of the DC area storms that dont bust.

Go to Great Falls NWS page and look at the PNS. I looked a couple hours ago and there were reports of 10-12" from Great Falls up to Cut Bank. Most reports south and east of there were 2-6" The big totals were more isolated and up in Glacier. No surprise there. Reports of over 20" and a couple over 30.

Poor Flacco- He drove the team 80 yards to put them ahead again late, and the Denver D blew it again. They are 0-4, when they could be 2-2.

I did predict the loss, so I had no expectations. Admittedly I thought they would lose on a late drive by the Browns, rather than the debacle this game turned out to be.

Looks like the Montana early season mega monster crippling snowstorm has been mostly a bust. Accumulations have been cut way down from earlier. Very small area with a blizzard warning, and not that much snow. See? it doesn't only happen here.

Wasn't that bad here. 84 and breezy. Tomorrow looks very nice. Looks like we may "luck out" with Wed being the only hideously warm day this week. Once again, I am going to focus my complaining more on the lack of rain. Chances with the front later this week, which looked promising on guidance a few days ago, now look pretty lame.

At the end of the day, Ravens will be tied for first place. They have a lot of fixing to do on D. Also, they have no playmakers at WR other than (little) Hollywood. He is good, but someone else needs to step up. Cleveland played with a severely banged up secondary, and played soft, and yet almost no production at WR. Maybe it was a bad game plan/failure to make adjustments, but they aren't very talented there imo, and the tight ends can't carry the passing game all the time.

Ha , didn't mean to sound snappy. Yes it is. And outside of blowing out a HS team, the objective fan has recognized the flaws. Total exposure the last 2 weeks, and lowly Arizona also put up over 350 yds passing.

This is pretty much the game I envisioned when I made my "bold" prediction. The pundits need to evaluate this D on the present, not last year, or previous years. Its just not very good right now.

Learn to read. I said they NEEDED to hope for it. Didn't say they would get it.

Ahahahaha! Pathetic.

Ravens need to hope for the usual Browns implosion.

lol Harbaugh loves the analytics. In this game, I like going for 2 there. Ravens D is hapless at this point.

It goes deeper than that. The pass defense has been atrocious, and the pass rush mediocre, even though they won the first 2. Browns, like KC did, are all over it. Lots of fixing to do on D. A few injuries, yeah, but no excuse. Browns have 3 starters out today in their secondary. All that being said, I expected this. Browns were going to go off at some point, and the Ravens are the perfect candidate.

I mean, how many "miscommunications" is this defense going to have? Last couple games and the start of this one has not been pretty for the pass D. Hot day, and a long drive. The offense better get something going.

Sunburst, Montana is getting a snow burst. Very impressive looking there. https://montana-webcams.com/sunburst/

Bold prediction: Browns over Ravens. Not really that bold- Browns always play the Ravens tough, plus they are a desperate team plus they are due. Oh, and the Ravens secondary is playing like crap.

Breeze has really kicked up here. Leaves are pouring out of the trees. Really odd to see. It will be interesting to see what the foliage looks like in another month. eta- what's left of it lol

Speaking of winter fails and panic, here is a link to Cut Bank, MT webcam, for anyone interested in monitoring their first snow event of the season, one that will produce more snow than the DC-BWI area will see for the entire upcoming winter. https://montana-webcams.com/cut-bank-webcam/ Glacier National park cams- https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm Gorgeous place that I have not yet been to. It's on my bucket list.

Just looked at the 0z Euro on weather.us. Same deal with the late week front. Some good rains to our north, and nothing here.

Awesome. That has been a chore of futility forever.

0z GFS develops a low along the front Thurs-Fri and gives the area some rain. CMC has initial energy to the north, then has some weaker activity the front to our south next weekend. We get nada. I favor that sort of solution lol.