Steve25

I hope your optimism pays off, but I can't help but not feel so great considering were currently entrenched in the period that was "what's coming down the pike" not too long ago and things aren't looking too hot.

There's a dark side of me that actually finds it somewhat humorous that it's now looking all too possible that we are going to make it through this "primed and ready" period without any substantial snows. I told myself before when everyone was losing their minds about how incredible the mid/long range looked that it's a bad omen. Its just amazing to me how many times the talk in here is how great OR terrible the long range looks, then it arrives and it's not as advertised. Keeping with that same energy, if the talk starts to be that things look brutal for February, I wouldn't be surprised AT ALL if that's when we actually get a nice storm. Just the way things seem to go in here. It's a crapshoot in here with everyone trying to figure out what the setup is going to be in a week, yet somehow we talk seriously about 14+ days away. Give me a break.

At least the GFS hasn't had 3 runs showing a monster coastal storm within the past two days lol

I've been putting it off and trying not to accept this new reality, but I'm officially on board with the GFS as our new king. Euro on its knees begging for the GFS to be merciful with him lol

I didn't even have anything left Monday morning lol.

A huge snowstorm with temperatures in the teens followed by deep winter cold...if this Euro doesn't calm down lol

So be it

I still don't want a thread until the GFS gets somewhat on board lol

Back and to the left

If it indeed did look terrible, there certainly seems to be a consistency between the models with a tad more juice for Thursday looking much worse for the weekend vs the models that look bad for Thursday being more promising for the weekend

I'm not intelligent enough to understand the connection if there even is one but it does seem like the models that are juicier with the Thursday "threat" are much worse with the Saturday potential.

Oh absolutely. I've always kind of felt in the minority in here but I love if it gets just frigid for an extended period with no significant warm ups. I don't even need snow to be satisfied during a stretch like that. Give me some days that stay below 20 and I can go hike, check out frozen bodies of water. I'm all about it. Just when thinking about big snows, getting two 18+ inch storms within 5 days of each other around here is just mind blowing to this day for me.

Great stuff! What website is this by chance?

Anyone else just have random moments where you think about that week in February 2010 and just how unprecedented it was and how it's something we will almost certainly never experience again in our lifetime? There are so many things I'd trade off in order to experience that week again.

Not until the GFS gives a green light

Parkville: 01/16- 3" Total- 10.5"

Do these snow totals get added to the official yearly totals? Or is it whatever's left on the ground at the end of the storm?

Genuinely unsure if I should shovel or not. Around 3 inches. If it's ultimately going to flip to rain and warm up significantly overnight, is it even necessary to shovel? Not sure what the morning is going to look like out there.

Enjoying every minute of the snow. I know the temp spike is inevitably coming, and that were all still itching for that big storm, but got to take in these experiences. It looks like a lot of you have today which is great! Only other thing, am I the only person that just refuses to measure in the middle of a storm? There's just something in me that makes it feel like cheating. I just have to wait until the end result.

At least it's going to be cold. I can always take comfort in that.

For me it has nothing to do with a jinx and everything to do with just being way too premature. I feel the storm threads should be there for when there's strong consensus between the models, or realistically around 3 days before a potential storm. With the way the posts fly in here, 3 days would give plenty of tracking and discussion. Like right now the discussion in here is that all possibilities are still very much on the table. Until that changes to something a little more concrete, I think the storm thread should hold off, just logically speaking.

What a weenie run. Massive storm and unreal cold! Fingers crossed!

The number of times the message in here has been that the long range looks bad and it turned out fine and vice versa is high. I wouldn't get all overwhelmed by the long range.