Scarlet Pimpernel

Hey as one who has endured a litany of Cleveland sports agony, I endorse this sentiment! The drive, the fumble, the Jordan shot at the buzzer, two World Series losses in extra innings of game 7! But you do get the occasional bright spots (2016 NBA championship in an exciting game 7)!

Clever Reaper joke...I see what you did there!

Good points, Bob. And I'll agree with the part I bolded for sure, having grown up in Ohio. I know I've said this before but in northeast Ohio we'd get a number of solid area-wide events, like 4-8" or 6-12" kind of deals. Rarely more than a foot (I can recall a couple in my time there). Never 20"+. Now, that excludes lake effect snows of course, but those are more localized and you have to be in the right areas of NE Ohio to really get the full brunt. Or you could get a "bonus" of lake effect on top of the synoptic snow when the main storm was over and the winds shifted. When I came to this area, I never had experienced a synoptic scale 20" event. I've now seen about 4 of those in the two decades I've been here. And a few others of a foot or more. Likewise, I've seen more ice events here too than I recall in Ohio...the whole CAD setup we have is something you don't see there so much.

Bring on BING (Crosby, that is)!!

I was thinking there was some smaller event a few years back but couldn't recall which December that was. I believe you're correct, that was 2017.

Who knows...maybe we're due for something decent in December. It's been a loooong time since there was anything really wintry in that month. I think 2013? Now, I'm not talking 2009 level HECS, but something like a "December 5th" moderate event to actually get us on the board and actually feel like the season. Just so we're not going through the month with a near torch, and by the time Christmas arrives we're hoping that 2+ weeks out ensemble forecasts for sometime in January, that some mythical fine pattern MIGHT show up. And I think we can do without a muggy, warm Christmas Eve (2015).

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone...may you have many blessings!!

Drop the price to a few universes below normal and we've got a deal!!

Blocking, cross-polar flow, reloading, mentions of December 2013, pants tents...dogs and cats living together...oh my!

So when does the Chill Ski and Tobogganing Resort open??

@WxWatcher007...all those photos and videos are amazing, thanks for sharing that experience! Takes me back to when I was in northeast Ohio growing up, all those lake effect storms. We didn't have anything like what the Buffalo area is getting now, but I know you can easily get several inches within a couple of hours from those lake bands. And it was crazy how you could drive from the downtown Cleveland area or the west side of town where it was cold and mostly clear and some snow on the ground...to a blizzard and whiteout just southeast and east of town.

So it appears the word of this winter is...RELOAD!!! It's like AMPED from years ago for the January 2016 blizzard. Maybe we need @stormtracker to do what he did before, automatically change "reload" to "randytastic" whenever anyone used that term (I think that's what he did for "amped" back in 2016)!

Reaper visits Buffalo!

Wow... Just amazing. Even insane (in a good way!)! Really cool you were able to experience that, must have been awesome!

Some last bit of fall color...and even a rose still blooming (black/white)!!

Just think of all the freezing rain you'll collect as well, with liquid N2 cooling that snow board!!! You'll be at 50 degrees but getting 1/2 to 1" of ice accretion on that small area!!

It makes a hard man humble!!

Elon Musk...a new verb! Wait...we can put in orders now for when we want snow? (Maybe only admins and monitors can do that!! )

I don't really want to touch that one with a 10 meter cattle prod...but I do believe that might be illegal in at least 40 states!!

That is an awesome view for sure!! Next MA get together will be at your place out in the sticks when it's all done!!

Hey @Bob Chill! Congrats on the new place and good luck with the move! I know what a pain that can be. Just moved myself recently, now in north Bethesda/southern Rockville (would that be "upper Bethesda" or "lower Rockville"?? ). But once you're done, I'm sure it will be a huge relief! I guess with building the house, I can see why you would be hoping for a warmer winter!