Kmlwx

With possible busy times ahead (while we aren't there quite yet - it could be here before you know it) - probably a good time to give a friendly nudge to new posters who haven't endured an active period on here. We all get excited about weather - it's a weather forum, after all! But as things get more hectic, it'll get more and more important to keep the banter-ish stuff here and the serious pattern discussion and meteorological discussion in the main threads. It's obviously a bit looser when things aren't ramped up yet - but that can change in a hurry. Above all - just remember that post counts don't mean crap. Don't post just for the sake of posting because you feel like inflating your visibility will make you a "regular" quicker. It's okay to lurk and learn. We all can get wound up in the excitement, but a the heart of it - most of us love to learn from the pros and mets and knowledgable posters. When things get serious here - last thing we need is to have to sift through pages of garbage to get to the outstanding posts that some of the veterans of AmWx have to contribute.

Not expecting much - but dynamic systems can bring some good wind sometimes with a low topped line. Hopefully we are so busy with snow that we won't need to start the 2025 Severe thread until April or May

@bncho - Whether it was a joke or not - I know people PW share for various streaming services all the time - but it's not a wise idea to publicly post about sharing account logins for a pay site. While WxBell can be great, there are countless free sites that are excellent - and some pay sites for models that are also very robust. Many of them also carry free trials or different tiered plans. TropicalTidbits is great for the free stuff, Pivotal Weather is a solid pay site (that's the one I use). Just some friendly guidance to a relatively new poster on the forums. Just use your best judgment!

That post really did make me wonder if people think NWS/NOAA/NCEP just closes down for the holidays

Cars will crash. We live in the DC/Baltimore corridor and everyone sucks at driving even on dry pavement. Only takes a few hundredths of an inch of freezing rain to cause chaos.

A lot of people in the main thread need to read more and post less. It's not about post count...

NS = Northern stream Meaning that he doesn't expect much southern stream involvement like energy ejecting out of the SW region. Instead, clippers and little impulses in the northern stream - and getting them to dig and time up to pass south of our latitude (hopefully).

It's because of his concrete pouring, I think.

Bumping because it looks like we are low odds on accumulating snow in the lowlands.

If anything it'll be severe Look at CSU MLP

Furthest west I've been along that general "route" is into the Shenandoah/Luray area. I've been out to Ohiopyle, PA - but yes - Davis I've never been to! Ashamed to admit!

4 degrees off my high for the day now (sitting at 34.0)

Think it's Stumptown Ales.

It's the worst kept secret in the Mid-Atlantic subforum!!!

All this talk about Davis, WV lately - might be time at some point in 2024-2025 to take my first time trek out that way.

Surprised at how hard it's coming down here. No stickage though.

Flakes in Colesville, MD. Pretty! Hopefully the first of many until April!

Significant power blips in Colesville, MD. Generator has kicked on and off three times now. The blips are long enough to trigger it but it's happened quite a few times now. May just cut the house over to generator power until the weather passes to keep it from flipping back and forth.

Using my same method as last year - wild stab in the dark. BWI: 11.5" DCA: 8.5" IAD: 17.5" RIC: 2.5" Tiebreaker (SBY): 0.5"

I also use Pivotal. I like it for the most part.

Problem is - it seems like a different voodoo trick works each year. It's entirely possible the thread trick won't work in 2024-2025. We'll have to sacrifice the first few opportunities to figure out the magic trick that works for this specific year.

I thought there was an ENH day or two. I might be wrong though.

32.2 and being stubborn!

The 18z has not run yet. Do you mean the 12z?

Hearing it could be just the tail (or nothing at all!)