North Balti Zen

36 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

In all seriousness, the Sunday thing was a mirage.  GFS own ensembles are laughing at it.   I think we're tracking again in 10 days.  We'll have the championship game and Super Bowl to distract us till then.  We can make it.

fwiw, I was pretty proud of the board for not biting on it in any respect in terms of anticipation etc. Small victory for people keeping their inner snow child in check...not that we won't keep an eye on the next set of runs of course...

The commute down 83 was a foggy hell. 15 mph on average bumper to bumper for 27 miles.

snowpack still on my back hill that doesn’t get as much sun. I’m not a snowpack zealot but will have had snow on ground for 11 days straight assuming today is the last day for it - that’s pretty legit. 

Any flakes falling on Monday during the two-week sadness lull up my way would be a bit of a win.

3 hours ago, mappy said:

you def get colder than me despite my added elevation. 24 for a low at my place. 

It has been that way this year - last year was the reverse - micro-climate stuff is genuinely fascinating to me. 

19 this AM for the morning dog jaunt. Felt like it. Cold.

First Webb and now Heisy? Holy balls. 

2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

El Nino favors an extended and equatorward shifted Pacific jet, and the results downstream are often beneficial to our hopes and dreams. Seems he is attempting to be intellectually honest with this one lol.

Quite the heel turn for him...

So, it was 7 this AM and that...kinda blew. I walked a mile and a half but...enough already. The sun and melt currently underway feels amazing. 

Snow was nice, nice week, but looking forward to giving the heating oil a break. 

Low of 7 at my spot in Monkton. 

Just now, Chris78 said:

Bone headed doing a fake punt there

Not sure if bone-headed - it was absolutely born out of desperation because their D cannot stop KC right now. 

1 minute ago, nj2va said:

If I was a Ravens fan, I’d be rooting for BUF 

100% they should be, yes. 

1 minute ago, nj2va said:

This looks like the “old” KC. BUF can’t stop their offense. 

Bills D is absolutely gutted with injuries. Ravens might hang 100 on them if they are here next week. 

Hiked a four mile loop at Oregon Ridge. COLD. Hard walking that far in the snow.

12/7/23:   T (maybe a T on 12/6/23 too but I was not home to see it/verify it)

12.11.23: .8"

1/6/24:  T (two hours of winter storm watch - yay! - rapidly converted to winter weather advisory - still ok... - then -- a little sleet and snow and a LOT of rain...sigh)

1/14/24 - T 

1/15/24 (a little into the early AM on 1/16 too)  -   4"

1/19/24 - 3"

Season total -    7.8"

10 minutes ago, notvirga! said:

If you got 3 after nws bumped you to the 5-8 zone this morning I’d call it a bust. 

Eh, it is what it is. Bad luck (again). It was gorgeous out, I got to walk the dogs twice on the NCR trail with no one around in falling snow and they've been out to play four times and I got to watch my younger lab take long rolling baths in the fresh snow - so...not a bust - but still have not personally seen a 5 inch or greater snowfall since Jan. 2016 (moved for north balt city to monkton in Dec. 2021). It has been a weird run of bad snow luck for me personally for greater snowfalls. At least we didn't miss out almost entirely like happened up here in Jan. 2022 when the beltways over to Ji were getting 10 inches and we got half an inch...

3 minutes ago, mappy said:

Not quite 3”, been a pixie dust snow for hours now 

yup. not exactly a bust but we've had almost none of what a bunch of the forum has experienced. 

Three inches. Sun peaking out. 

1 minute ago, dailylurker said:

I've been getting hit hard this entire event. I'd estimate I'm up around 5 new. Probably 8 on the ground. It's been really impressive out here east of DC. Sorry, PSU. This is ours lol

I will answer for psu- his area and adjacent areas have missed any big ones for several years now while the immediate south has cashed.

12 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

 

Actually I'm getting nervous about that... I was kinda holding out hope this next round might be decent up here but its starting to look like the next band wants to set up right where the last one did.  

It’s been pretty disappointing again up this way. Pretty, but definitely missed almost all the good stuff again. 

5 minutes ago, T. August said:

N. Carroll into Baltimore down through Harford towards me definitely got screwed. I’m not surprised about mby but shocked about your area.

it is what it is. Been a gorgeous day but it is not piling up.  Maybe next time. We remain overdue up this way to really maximize a legit event. 

2.5” - gonna need help to make my dream of my first verified winter storm warning since 2016

Altho demerits to my younger lab for trying to make off with my snow ruler..

My labs will NOT let me work. I am sitting outside on my deck in the falling snow watching them explore. Frankly, this rules. 

8 minutes ago, mappy said:

2.2 Parkton

Rates just picked up for me - might be productive for a bit...

Just now, Fozz said:

It really is a snow globe outside.

For those of us near Baltimore and especially north, this past week might be our best stretch of winter since 2016.

EASILY the best since then. Not even close.