Scarlet Pimpernel

Haha, I admit to being one of those participating some in the "oldies" talk, just for fun, though not about being some veteran of these weather boards (just older in general, hahaha!)! But I did switch to posting mainly here in the Banter thread for that. It was getting a bit much with all that in the Feb. 11-12 thread.

I remember those "900" numbers (heard about them, never called!)... Probably the same ones @ravensrule called often! But a bit more seriously, I remember calling 931-1212 for the latest forecast in northeast Ohio (and 471-1212 for the time and date)!

The Feb. 11-12 thread has turned into Bingo night at the old folks home (FOLKS! We hope!)! I fully admit to being one of those participating!

ICON running?

Pony express, winter storm warnings delivered to your home in person!

Haha! Since we're talking about being old, I still remember hooking up to the old dial-up modem, hearing that iconic rythmic static sound and buzz as it connected! And of course you couldn't receive or make calls while online. Then DSL came, where you could do calls at the same time along with blazing 1-3 Mbps speeds! Revolutionary!

Can you share some microfiche copies?

It also still looks remarkably cold through 18Z Sat. Surface freezing line is well south of the DC area, in fact the 30F line is south as well. I have a growing sense that this event might well sneak up on us more than it seems, and be a little more significant as well.

Seriously?? I'm sorry, but who really gives a shit if PA or NYC or SNE gets "such bigger totals" compared to here, if we score over a foot in that time. People need to get their priorities straight. It's not like we get zip with all rain while those areas get hammered (which has happened all too many times over the years).

Insane is good!

We now have to look out for the @psuhoffman storm around the 20th!

Oh you mean the Superb Owl game!!

I don't think it was really warmer per se. Temps looked fine. Perhaps faster moving but still quite the hit.

Surface temps hold pretty well, though, at least. And like you said, it's pounding snow so even with close layer in there it works out OK. Of course, no point in scrutinizing details this far out, but still.

I think that FOLKS user is a @stormtracker shadow account, watching everyone in here, waiting to say FOLKS!!!

Get off my (snow covered) lawn!

...or go to Georgetown.

18" and bananas definitely lead to a pants tent forecast!

My God, the incessant whining and complaining in the medium range thread is annoying and just plain useless! Come on! OK, yeah, we're all going ga-ga over the latest GFS showing 12-18" snow and some of the earlier model runs that showed similar amounts. Then people get all sad-faced and worried when the Euro or some other model, or the next cycle, shows "only" 4-8" and perhaps some potential for ice mixing in there. THAT'S STILL SOLID WARNING LEVEL! The fact is, guidance thus far is coming into agreement for a warning-level snow next Tue-Wed. Really, that's about all we should care about and focus on at this point. I'd love to see these crazy amounts in excess of a foot. But I'm not going to whine if it's "less" than that but still a solid warning.

I was actually just thinking the same thing about the Sun-Mon wave. Is the fact that it's somewhat weaker and farther south actually allow the Tuesday wave to grow more, gain more moisture, etc.? While also being colder overall. It seems as if the better solutions lately have focused more on the 11th-12th wave, oscillating on how strong it is, how far north/south, where the snow/ice line is.

I really don't think anyone thinks this is in the bag just yet (at least not anyone with some level of common sense!). But one has to like the remarkable ensemble signals as well as what's now showing up on the deterministic runs. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the caution here...I'm always overly cautious myself until we actually have a "go" time, but this is not looking like some far-fetched potential here. I'd like to think we're in a good position.

We're on the high end here...the "we're due" index is pretty high!!!

To paraphrase Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice"...it is tolerable, I suppose!