North Balti Zen

That would be hella awesome.

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Far be it for me, a bengals fan, to reassure ravens fans, but, yes, the Ravens are legit super bowl contenders. They lost to KC on the road by literally a toe. They completely eviscerated Buffalo, and lost to the Steelers because, basically, Justin Tucker is having a weird case of the yips. I don't see any other teams in the AFC that are any more legit than that crew, and in no manner does Baltimore belong on any tier below those three.

So…that was pretty much our last decent precip shot til maybe Thanksgiving week? Yikes. Obviously welcome but not near enough. Need multiple days of that.

Welcome. More please.

Staring at the radar like I am anticipating a 1-3 inch winter event. It has been so long since we’ve had a chance at precip. Hope it really does hold together for our area.

Bengals fan here, and...I am completely befuddled over the challenge. It would have saved two yards if upheld. So weird.

I would tell you all that this is very much like what autumn was like the years I lived in Memphis (1998 - 2009) except...it wasn't nearly this consistently warm there in fall.

BWI: 2.0" DCA: 0.5" IAD: 3.0" RIC: 1.0" Tiebreaker (SBY) : 2"

I turn 54 in month and some days, and have had a probably unwarranted weird negative reaction to jam bands in my span of years. No good reason for that I suppose, other than conditioned to enjoy the general contours or a 4-minute or less song. Then again, I never did make it to a Dead concert, never went to see Phish or Panic (in their heydey), and any of the other assorted luminaries from that genre, so never saw them in their element - which is live. In any event, this is to say, randomly, at the other side of the hill of my time on this earth, I acknowledge I may have been seriously missing out, because I ended up at Billy Strings last night at CFG - drawn because he was doing a special Halloween set built around the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack and there were some genuine musical luminaries joining him (Jerry Douglas!) - and had no clue that he's assuming the next gen of jam band place at the top of that mountain - so...holy shit. What a fucking amazing experience that was. I guess he's bluegrass based at heart, but that was a bluegrass/blues/rock/psychedelic fusion of unreal awesome for over three hours (they closed with an absolutely transcendent When the Levee Breaks). They are still in Balt for another show tonight and if you stumble across a ticket you should go (it's a hard sellout). Or, hell, if you have the funds and need to let it all go for several hours, grab one on the secondary market and go. I wish I could make tonight's show too. Good way to turn off the noise for a bit (whether you alter like half the crowd did last night or keep it sober) - the music was that good. Even if you don't think you vibe with that genre, I bet you would with them, for a few hours. Peace, friends. Have a good Friday. Aaron

A few sprinkles on my way out of Monkton to 83 and to downtown Balt. A few. I guess a T. Any more coming?

I do not recall this long a dry stretch for THIS much of the country in my lifetime. Maybe there has been, but it doesn't pop to mind. I think it has been about four weeks for the US from the mississippi river eastward that has been almost completely dry for that long. Saw mention that maybe closest analog was 1871 before the Chicago fire and the horriffic forest fires in northern michigan. In any event, wow, is it dry.

Pretty much resigned to, in literally any given upcoming winter, needing to chase to see legit snow. Gonna start tracking lake effect events, maybe.

Went to Micheaux State Forest in PA (it's northwest of Gettysburg by about 20-30 miles) for a hike with the pups on Saturday - was looking for foliage - maybe a hair past peak at that spot but the entire drive up was excellent for fall color. Still waiting on full color to hit in Monkton area but it is close now. Not gonna be as good as the last few years IMO but wasn't bad on Saturday.

33! So close to freeze - probably got there in a few spots by me. Heavy frost everywhere.