Scarlet Pimpernel

OK, somehow that looks like a meal bizarro-world @Mrs.J might concoct (or she'd have to be high on acid)!! (with all due respect, Mrs. J, all in humor here!)

Ha! That might be difficult. However, a BLT sandwich with fine champagne is actually quite a good pairing!

Ha, that seems to be our problem all too often! But nice to see something interesting out there at least. Good to see you Stormtracker, hope all is well!

Indeed...that only makes it *worse*!!

Vienna sausages and spaghetti-Os is a bit too far just by itself!

Oh...no, no, no...you did NOT! You DID! Such desecration of bacon shall not be tolerated!! Spam, on the other hand...(spam, spam, spam, spam, SPAM! Wonderful spam! Thank you, Monty Python!)

My cue for paying attention to LR snow chances is 10 weeks after Ji cancels winter for the10th time for the upcoming season. So yeah, it's getting close!

Just don't bring back that Vienna sausage and Spaghetti-Ohs dish that you put up in here this past spring! Oh, sh*t, now I've done it!

Very twisted for sure! But a good movie.

I'm doing fine overall, thanks! Just hanging in!!! Can't believe it's Thanksgiving next week.

Looks like that turkey is wearing a Bishop's miter!!

Kinda agree, in general...as long as it's not a "one and done" kind of deal, if the rest of winter is at least OK too. You're right, there's nothing like a HECS, tracking it days in advance and then experiencing it as it occurs! For instance, the excitement before the Jan. 2016 blizzard was awesome, almost better than the storm itself (well, I won't go that far!). A week out, the Saturday before it hit, all the models locked onto something significant. It was just a matter of refining the details after that. I got almost nothing done that week leading into it, awaiting the latest guidance each cycle. And then...zero hour and the storm began! Similar feeling for the other HECS events I have experienced in my time here over the years. That said, a winter like 2013-14 was quite something to behold, even as it lacked an actual HECS.

OK, so let's go the other way... (1) A winter like last year, with one really small event that you would have missed if you sneezed. But with the enticing prospect of perhaps *something* on the horizon and even some cold air incursions to give a winter feel. or (2) An all-out true shutout, where it's late fall most every day and really no chance of any event at all. Oh, and even with the warmth, no mosquitos as the crisp nighttime temperatures would have killed them off at least!

I know...greedy, eh? Hoping for three of the area's best storms ever to hit here in one season. It would make 2009-10 look like an amateur (well, that's a bit overstated, yeah)! That would wreak havoc on the Reaper's business I'm sure!

Doing fine, thanks! Just gotta keep on keepin' on, I suppose. Good to hear from you!

OK, to throw another hypothetical out there. In your "ideal" winter, pick 3 HECS-level storms that you would want to occur during that season. For instance, pick from (just throwing some out there that I'm familiar with offhand, no particular order, there are surely others...) (1) Feb. 1979 PD-1 (2) Feb. 1983 "Megalopolitan Storm" (3) Jan. 1996 (4) Feb. 16-17, 2003 PD-2 (5) Feb. 5-6, 2010 (6) Feb. 9-10, 2010 (7) Dec. 18-19, 2009 (8) Jan. 22-23, 2016 I think I'd go with 5, 7, 8 myself. But they're all great! AND, for a bonus. What MODERATE level events would you like to have, if you could pick 3 to occur in a winter?...too many to list, probably, and I'm sure I don't remember them all. But offhand I'll state (in no order)...Jan. 30, 2010, Feb. 11-12, 2014, Mar. 16-17, 2014. Mar. 5, 2015 would be close, too, and maybe should be on my list.

Here's another one: (1) The February 5-6, 2010 storm ("Snowmageddon") or (2) The Jan. 22-23, 2016 blizzard Now...before choosing, consider these storms in isolation. That is, ignore that the Feb. 2010 storm occurred in an epic record-breaking year and was followed 5 days later with another event. And, ignore that the Jan. 2016 blizzard was a "one and done" storm that winter, and that it warmed up shortly after it ended. Just think of the epic-ness of each by itself. Maybe not possible or appropriate to try and do that, but just throwing that out there. And while I'm at it, let me add a 3rd choice to that list... (3) Dec. 18-19, 2009 (the storm that seems to get "lost" almost, with the focus on that winter so much on the February storms and the late January event right before that) Personally, I kind of waver between the Feb. 2010 and Dec. 2009 storms, but man, what a tough choice between those! Can I just take them all?

I'd definitely take #1 on that. Essentially what we got for Commutageddon in Jan. 2011. Just colder temperatures so it doesn't damn near melt right away and it sticks immediately!

To all who chose a Christmas moderate snow over a January top-3 blizzard...I totally get that in this year, 2020, as many have said. I personally said I'd take the epic Jan. blizzard (assuming the rest of the winter was good too, and not a one-and-done!). But the way this year has been, I have to give a hat-tip at least to the sentiment that a good snowfall around here for the Holidays would soothe a lot of the negative aspects of this year, for sure.

Oh...my! Channeling your inner @ravensrule?? How are you doing, friend? Hope all is well in mappyland!!! (or is it mappyville, mappystan, mappyopolis...?)

I'd choose that one as well. Tough, but still, 2013-14 was gate-to-gate winter pretty much. No HECS, but several moderate events. When even @Bob Chill says he was exhausted and nearly tired of tracking at the end, you know it was a good winter! And it snowed on my birthday in late March, so that wins for me! Don't get me wrong, I loved 2002-03 of course especially as it came on the heels of a winter (2001-02) that totally sucked around here so it was a refreshing change.

Hello Mrs. J!! I hope you are well! That's cool...snowing!!! I've heard there are some good snow showers going on in my home town up in northeast Ohio.

Looks like some kind of frat keg party at the Panic Room! And yeah, no masks??? WTF??? I'm sure you will be very strict, making sure everyone's temperature is no more than room temperature of course!

Way to take my snarky post from earlier and turn it into a serious discussion...damn you! Joke's on me!! As for your second question, Christmas snow vs. top 3 January blizzard...oh my! Where do you come up with these? Just...diabolical! Can I phone a friend to get the answer? But, with no knowledge of how the entire winter would be, I'll just assume a good one overall for both scenarios, I'd just barely have to go with the January blizzard idea! And as long as Christmas Eve/Day is not like it was in 2015, hazy and damn near uncomfortably humid! A crisp, cold Holiday is nice (even without any snow), with the prospects looking good heading into the New Year! So here's a question then, if I may: (1) Re-live winter 2002-03 with the PD-II storm of course or (2) Re-live winter 2013-14 Or, how about this: (1) Listen to Ji complain how winter 2009-10 ended after the Feb. 9-10 blizzard, thus it wasn't as good as it could have been or (2) In a sucky winter, having Ji cancel winter several times (all in fun, sorry @Ji!!) Is the Reaper stumped? Nahhhhh, not possible!