PhineasC

I don’t know if my olfactory system is broken or something, but I can’t smell them. People swear they stink. I have never smelled a thing with them. Even when crushed.

Suppression and then you guys will get a warm rainer. Simply cursed at this point. Close the shades. RDU climate.

Are those rare up there or something? They are everywhere in the Mid-Atlantic. Big groups can be found under tarps, grill covers, etc.

The pack here has pancaked quite a bit. Been stuck around 2 feet for a while. It’s pretty dense.

Gonna need a light jacket up there at least!

The King in the North!

I am having trouble imagining it. For me, this last period was nearly off the charts. Just incredible snow-on-snow for days. And it wasn't even that cold or that much snow, looking at historical records. A real weenie paradise. LOL

The models look to queue up some more action starting very end of Jan, beginning of Feb. But it will be a quiet and chilly week for NNE while we sit on our packs.

Looking at the Randolph site numbers today: He is at 82.3" as of this morning. Averages for Feb/Mar/Apr are 43.2", 30.7", 17.1" respectively. If we run at average from here on out, we'll end up around 172" for the season which is not too far off average. Need February to be rockin' to get things started.

In fairness to @bwt3650 and myself... we are from the Mid-Atlantic! This week has been the second greatest snow period of my entire life. The back-to-back HECS in early Feb 2010 haven't been topped quite yet but this was close. So for us, epic is a lower bar. Over time expectations and evaluation of the results will adjust.

When can we get another one? LOL

Yes, there are areas to the E and SE of the Whites that have been totally boned this winter. North Conway and Jackson (outside the elevated spots like jculligan) got only a couple inches in the last event and had rain. They also missed the early December and mid-December storms, and the storm on New Years was hardly a blockbuster for anyone. Plus, they basically get zero upslope. The upslope component is really what made this storm epic, and in NH only a certain set of places are really positioned to capitalize on that. Even down by Franconia Notch it looks nothing like the mushroom cap environment here. It's like 4-5 OTG at best. Bretton Woods also isn't mind-blowing right now in terms of snow OTG.

Snow and blowing snow at 4 degrees.

The "source" was apparently his mom so... LOL May or may not be true.

No, it's been a good week, but we are still below average. Some spots well-below. Temps have been well above-average across the board.

Wrong forum, bro.

Thank goodness. We may have meltdowns if it goes more than a few days without snowing.

Got a text from one of my buddies up here saying this. I asked him if he has a source on it.

Avalanche on Mt. Washington. One rescuer dead while looking for two lost hikers. I know folks like to live exciting lives out in wild nature, but always keep in mind the people who need to risk their lives and possibly end up dead rescuing your thrill-seeking ass.

It's a very hard habit to break. Euro is really not that much better than the GFS now. The Euro caves all the time now and makes wild swings between runs too.

V- day? Mostly sleet. I think we are talking about the thick glaze on all surfaces stuff. Where it rains at 17 degrees.

I don't remember that one, but 22 years ago, so meh. I don't think it is even possible for DCA and BWI to get a major ice storm these days outside of some kind of crazy anomalous setup not seen in decades. Like sustained --20s and 30s up at my house in Randolph filtering towards down here. This year is far from it.

95% of the population lives near I-95. There hasn't been a real ice storm in that zone since 1994. You are basically in a totally different climate zone from these people.

Even during a KU, he'd be here in this thread fretting over a day 10 plot that shows early spring.

I assume it's due to processing limitations on the backend. I doubt the organization has much money for server horsepower, and they must know that anything more than 45 days is too much data to crunch and plot. It's a shame though because it would make seasonal comparisons much easier.