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Well...I was in agreement with you when you said that this morning. I thought we were getting an all-day rain when in reality nothing happened at all until 12:30pm. I was also surprised that we had a solid hour of sleet - it started when it was 46 but it quickly fell to 39 within the first 10 minutes of the onset. Actually, I can't remember the last time we had a solid hour of sleet here!

Congrats...I know you're enjoying it!

Frozen verified for sure! Had at least 30 minutes of sleet here in Maytown.

And 4 consecutive solid starts by our starting pitchers...I NEVER expected that at any point this season.

Why not? You mentioned Memorial Stadium yesterday - man do I ever miss that place. Sounds like we were probably at a lot of the same games back in the day. I got my license in '81 and promptly got a mini-season plan the following year. From 1982 to 1996 I routinely went to about 30 games a year despite living up here, 75 miles away. Then came marriage and soon thereafter the kids and over the past 20+ years it's been more like a few games a season. Anyway, I was at so many memorable games on 33rd Street including the final game in '91. And yes...I was a grown man who was bawling when it was over. The Orioles are far and away my favorite sports team and they always have been. My hope is that the rebuild is complete sooner than later but I'm skeptical. If you want small victories just pop into the Yankees thread and see how they're in full-blown meltdown mode all because they're off to a 1-2 start.

For a moment today I thought I was on Front Street in Harrisburg...we came across a large tree that was down across the trail. By the way, time must be slipping past me even faster in my old age. I stumbled into the Yankees thread earlier and discovered that their season is over. I could have swore they only played 3 games but what do I know?

Eh c'mon. My wife and I JUST got home from a nice evening sitting on a bench by the Susky. I will soak in every one of these moments while I can...heat and all that junk isn't far off now.

I've been a die-hard O's fan since 1975 and this will NOT be a repeat of '89 unfortunately. Honestly, they're worse on paper than last year's 47 win team. Even so, it's hard to lose at the rate that they did last year, but this year's team might do it...eh, put me down for 49 wins. A lot will depend on how long they wait to bring up some of the young "talent"...that's a wildcard because sometimes young teams play competitively in late August and September when some of the veteran clubs have been eliminated.

Yep, my AC will be running full steam with temps in the 70s on Saturday. Current timing of the front has temps falling much of the day Sunday.

Yes he does, and, despite his...well, being Ji, at least he doesn't personally attack people either.

Given who authored that thread in the MA I'm not convinced it was serious. But I do love Ji...I know he wears on some on these boards but personally I think the guy is a hoot and I'd miss the heck out of him if he wasn't posting.

Funny, I woke up this morning, glanced at what's coming over the next 7-10 days and thought "we're officially done now" and while I'm not a fan at all of severe I will be posting updates whenever anything of interest is occurring. Here's to a spring and summer of dry weather with at least a few refreshing air masses from Canada that break the seemingly never-ending heat and humidity...

I was 16 in '82. The absolutely most amazing thing is that the snow was a dry, powdery snow. It blew and drifted like it was January 6th. My memory says that we had about 7" where I grew up in Lancaster county, I know the official number was 6". To get that much snow was incredible. To watch it blow and drift was something I couldn't really appreciate at the time how crazy an event it was.

At this point the chances of appreciable snow south and east of the mountains has dropped to a hail mary...still, never say never... Every time I tell myself it's over I remember 4/6/1982, It CAN happen.

Officially, 2.83" for Lancaster. I however measured nearly 3.5" at my house.

Just passed 2" here with moderate rain falling. If only...

What a difference between central Clinton and southern Potter counties...

Meh. I'm fringed on the outside looking in on the heavy stuff. :)

You must have been a Longhorn to pull something like that off.

I admit I know very little about astronomy. I must have been daydreaming about snowstorms during that class in school.

A cold 24.6 to start the day in Maytown... Someone is going to bust badly on Thursday/Friday as most media outlets are calling for a few scattered showers which seems to contradict the Euro/NAM output...

This is my first chance to respond to this as I was busy over the weekend, but I'd like to share a few thoughts... Personally, your analysis and knowledge would be a nice asset to this sub forum. My biggest takeaway from reading your thoughts for many years is that you excel in detailing how things could go right AND wrong with any potential winter event. I for one want to hear the "realistic" thoughts as time often proves that it's best to temper expectations and shed the rose-colored glasses. Fact is, how many dozens of feet of snow did models depict this winter for what ended up being about 3' - 4' of ground truth? Additionally, your climate fits in much better with our sub than it does for the vast majority of the mid-Atlantic, even if by definition of established boundaries you belong posting there. I have a lot of mixed emotions about your home sub. Because a lot of our potential winter weather enters our area from the south and southwest most of us read your sub regularly to get information that will be helpful to us. Yet trying to get the vast majority of people down there to understand that is impossible. I've never seen a group of people that are so obsessive about keeping others out. Yes, there have been a couple of knuckleheads like snowstorm5921 or whatever his name is/was go down there and muck things up...fact is, he was never one of "us" as to my knowledge he NEVER posted in his own sub. Anyway, it's kind of sad to see the number of really, really good posters down there who seldom post anymore. Matt, (Deck Pic) Ian, Mitch, Wes, and I guess Bob have all grown tired of the endless nonsense and moved on. I counted on their insight to help me get a better idea on what WE could expect up here. Shame what has happened. At least you still have Ji. I wish both you and @showmethesnow would consider sharing thoughts with us a little more often. You both are very good posters and you both have climate that fits our sub better than where you normally post. Something I hope you both at least consider going into winter 2019-20. By the way, I completely, 100% resonate with some of your snow "criteria". Like you, a 2-4" snowfall in January is not the same to me as it is in March. Once we get past the first few days of March I'm switching my focus on big game hunting. 2" of snow that falls on 3/18 just doesn't do anything for me at all. It's not that i don't want it, but it doesn't have the same curb appeal as it does in the dead of winter. Really, anything less than 4" is most likely history within the first few hours of sun. My bar for snow by this point of the season is enough that a full day of March sun does not torch the entire pack. From reading your posts I think that generally, you feel the same way as I do. It's go big or go home time now. Thank you for your contributions...

Agree that it is easy, was just saying there was no mention of it from local outlets. Feels like a refreshing fall morning out there now.

Where did this come from?!?!? Easily the worst storm here in recent memory...hail bigger than pea size along with blinding wind and rain. Literally could not see more than 50'. This was NOT forecast that I saw. Lightning and thunder but nothing super close. Winds were probably 30-40mph so sub-severe but still a very impressive event. Edit: Picked up nearly .5" of rain in 12 minutes.

I turned on our AC as well. On the bright side it's better than last year when I turned it on in February.