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I was sharing vivid memories yesterday about a snowstorm from 45 years ago, and yet I remember very little about the winter of 2020-21 other than it was the last time I had shoveled until this year. I just don't remember a single event for some reason.

Thanks for sharing. I would be very close to you on each of the categories. You made a lot of good points, probably the most insightful to me is the reminder that we probably are quite fortunate to have the snowfall totals that we do have given the temperatures.

Winter report cards will be interesting. Personally, I love to read what each of you have to say and your reasoning behind it. I've learned over the years how to adjust some of own thoughts just from listening to others.

I thought about this yesterday - I was planning on taking report cards for winter later in March when winter was over for sure. I still plan on doing so. This will be fun because each of us has our own criteria - there really isn't right or wrong. It's our own perceptions. Some factors I will consider for my grade: Comparison to most winter forecasts leading in vs reality Comparison to last year Snowfall total Snowfall longevity Cold - how much cold, how cold did it get? Snow hype versus reality - were we constantly let down or not? Some of those mean nothing to others, while others might have criteria that I didn't list. It's truly subjective.

...during a winter that all but certainly looked like it was going to be a snowy one. (but AN temps)

Thanks, I did not realize how potent that cold shot was.

MU does have a low for 22 in Lanco on Saturday night. That's cold for late February.

Minus snow cover, it has to be a pretty stout cold supply to get readings that low in late February. I know that you know that and you're just reiterating what the model output is, it just seems...overdone to me. But what do I know? LOL

Wait - what model has single digits this weekend? CTP has my no lower than 25 later this week. I'm seeing mostly upper 20s to mid 30s for low except for Saturday night's 25.

Damn - I thought it was "double worries I've got, Mr. Roboto"

With each passing year I get to the point of wanting warmer (NOT hot) weather earlier and earlier. Sunny days this time of year are starting to feel awfully good outside.

MU is fired up today: MU Weather Center The #PolarVortex will be displaced toward the Eurasian side of the globe over the next 1-2 weeks, & the MJO should remain weak or become active in phases 4-6 by early #March. Both of these are warm signals for the eastern U.S. It's "all systems go" for #spring starting next week!

I was just looking at that run come out and one thing that I noticed for time period you posted - I'd say at least 75% of the country is above freezing on the mornings of 3/1 through 3/3. The only below freezing areas are the Sierra, Rockies, and the NE. And most areas in the NE are only slightly below normal. Virtually the entire nation is a dumpster fire.

This is so incredibly funny- the 2 posters playing their respective roles perfectly!

Some really entertaining posts this morning. Fun stuff today!

Morning! We here talkin' about mowin' We're talkin' about mowin' man, We're talkin' about mowin' Not the snow, the rain, the wind... We talkin' about mowin' Now how the hell do any of you think you're going to beat me We're talkin' about mowin'!

No. Back up to 30.

Good, because I'm already down to 28. Of course, it's still Monday so there's that.

The 1970s into the 1980s featured what seemed like a lot of Carolina snowstorms. I remember being upset so many times looking at a bank of cirrus while Richmond on south was getting plastered. Fortunately, we did have a couple of big hits. More memorable however, was the cold. We had some really intense cold snaps back then. Hell, the Chesapeake froze over to the point that vehicles were out on the bay. That thought seems like a pipe dream today. I'm sure that @mitchnick has better memories/experiences of the bay freezing than I do. Edit: Here is an article I found from the winter of 1977: https://www.secretsoftheeasternshore.com/eastern-shore-deep-freeze/

Just sounds sorta painful...

"KYW...News Radio...1060. You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world. Good morning, I'm Harry Donahue, our news editor is Lauren Lipton...currently it's snowing and 27 degrees here on Independence Mall. In the news at 8:00am, well, all you have to do is look our your window this morning...the Delaware Valley is blanked in white and there's plenty more to come. Elliott Abrams is standing by with more..."

Great story, thanks for sharing. Us snow weenies back then had such few resources and we were totally relying on those resources for our information. It's interesting how you throw out names from way back then - my NOAA Weather Radio had 4 forecasters that rotated on-air...I remember 3 of them. (Dan Hurley, Russ Jordan, and Bob Kurl) Bob was the most animated and I would always get excited when he'd start off saying "Our trusty Brand X computer is showing a developing storm on the Carolina coast...this storm is forecast to strengthen rapidly as it moves slowly northeast along the east coast..." I couldn't wait for what was coming next for the forecast.

Yes sir - it was a scheduled 4 day week with the holiday on Monday. I sort of remember Tuesday through Thursday as being days we "should" have been off. By Friday roads had improved enough to probably go back, but at least our district decided to just start fresh the following Monday and gave us off Friday as well.

Here's the snowfall aftermath that I pulled - my sources for weather back then were confined to AccuWeather on the radio and my NOAA weather radio. There were no forecasts for anything significant...this was a wave of low pressure that absolutely exploded on the east coast near Hatteras. Storm movement of ENE spared the NE corridor - as you can see, the LSV was just inside the high impact area. This was a very dry snow with considerable drifting - how cold was it? I did not keep records at that time for temps, but DC's high that day was 15. So it was probably around 10 degrees during the storm. My dad measured a drift about 9' high in our driveway the following day.

MA forum talking about the President's Day Blizzard of 1979, which happened to also be on 2/19 like today. You are probably one of the few on here with me who might remember that storm...do you have any notes or memories? I was 14, and went to bed on Sunday night with snow falling lightly and about 1" OTG. Forecast was for 2-4". I woke up around 5am and there was a bush outside my bedroom that was about 18" tall...it was buried. Ended up with about 20" on a forecast literally that night of 2-4".