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Would not be a bad week if this verified: Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Saturday Night Snow. Low around 21. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Sunday A 50 percent chance of snow before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Sunday Night A 30 percent chance of snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Monday Snow likely, mainly after 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Monday Night A chance of snow before 7pm, then a chance of snow showers after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tuesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Tuesday Night Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 18. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Wednesday Snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 24. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Wednesday Night A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Blustery. Thursday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Friday A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 33.

I had never thought about it that way... brilliant! So true.

I will make sure to post observations every 90 seconds or so. Agree. Nobody cares but it's better than rain, and it fits our "nickel and dime" climo

Lol I just made a similar comment on the train wreck thread for the weekend threat. People somehow talk like NNE has been having a banner year while I think relative to average SNE has been doing much better.

Why are people saying that NNE has done well so far? I'm pretty sure we are running average if not slightly below, while SNE has had a huge month. All relative to climo of course but this does not strike me as a great winter so far up here.

So true! And if it does, there will be more chances shortly thereafter.

While everyone is busy jumping off bridges, perhaps we can look at the lesson here - which is what I was trying to say earlier this morning when everyone was so ecstatic about one or two runs of the Euro that they convinced themselves that Euro is king and GFS sucks, and if Euro says it's going to snow, of course it's going to happen and this was one for SNE not NNE - forgetting that 12 hours earlier, the Euro said we were in the bullseye. It's hard to keep emotions out of the forecast for us weather enthusiasts. One algorithm spits out a few inches of snow and all of the sudden that's DEFINITELY what's going to happen; someone even said "Euro has been steadfast with this" when if you look back it's bounced more than Pam Anderson in an old episode of BayWatch (I know, dating myself). Then they get worked up because PF, JSping and I "steal people's snow" when in reality, we know it's Diane that does it. And in reality, this is NBD for anyone but if anyone is going to get something, of course chances are it's more likely to happen in NNE than SNE, simply because of climatology - just like a lot more things need to go right for it to snow in DC than SNE. Point is... we all need to chill. OK, done with my useless assessment, back to watching this new episode of bridge-jumping on my favorite channel, AmWx.

Climatology is a bitch

And the weenies are all "oh yeah and it's definitely happening because the models have been so steady with this"

It seems to me if any model has been holding on to the same idea is the GFS. Not saying it's right, but the Euro had like a foot of snow for us 12 hours ago, down to nothing. GFS had 4-5" and still does. I know everyone like to think the model that's right is the one that gives them snow - including myself, but objectively it seems like the Euro has been screwing up just as much as any other model lately

Winding down after another 0.7", making it 1.1" for the day.

Really, you could get rid of storms and give me a moist NW flow all winter and I'd be just fine! Another half inch tonight, stake up to 10"

It's pouring snow again

Measured 0.4" from the daytime stuff. Light hi steady snow continues

1.8" overnight, 3.2" total from the ULL/upslope part of the storm. Unlike the previous cement, very scenic way to start the year!

Squalls to start 2020. 1.4" so far

I have NO idea what any of that means But it sounds good

Oh Yey! It's snowing now but lightly. At least without wind it's actually covering the picnic table

Where the hell is my upslope?

Hard to measure but 3.5" seems a good average for the overnight plus daytime yesterday stuff, bringing the total to 5.9". 8" at the stake

The ghostly face on my house makes me chuckle

It's like a damn blizzard out there. Snow coming down pretty heavily but it goes in every direction and doesn't stick to anything. I hate wind

We've had just about everything today but stayed well below freezing. Freezing rain has been fairly limited, mostly snow/sleet with some freezing drizzle mixed in. Now a mix of sleet and snow with a really strong wind, makes it very difficult to tell how much we got. It's drifts everywhere

Lol. Wakey Wakey!

2.4" overnight. Dense snow but no sleet or freezing rain. Currently moderate snow 25/15