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12 hours ago, HVSnowLover said:

Yea I feel I need to go somewhere at some point this winter to see snow but Killington is too far thats why I wish the snow line actually would at least push down to the Catskills.

Too far, you're kidding right? Why do so many people think that anything outside their regular routine is too far to drive. I know I'm on the other side of that, I'll hop in the car to drive to Burlington to have a beer with friends, I'll go to Ellicotville to go mtn biking and I just drove to The Keys because it's easier than flying and renting and stuff. 2.5-3 hours seems like a nothing little ride...

25 minutes ago, Rtd208 said:

I think some of us are getting to caught up in what the models are showing instead of what the pattern is doing.

Ya think? For many the hobby has morphed into modelology rather than meteorology.

4 hours ago, Snow88 said:

Inland weenies rejoice 

Dude you really need to just move. You're NYPD right? Head for the north Bronx or Westchester. 

39 minutes ago, bluewave said:

 

Wow

36 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Stunning.

I was going to use a different word.

No driving was pretty sketchy and I was kinda busy   I have the worst tires on my car for cold slippery roads and this was right at that hairy edge of "oh shit". I've only seen it happen at MUCH lower temps and only when surfaces are already frozen and coated. With everything including the air well above freezing this was so unexpected and awesome to experience. It was right at that fuzzy top edge of the cloud deck and there was nothing at all above or below that thin layer. I obviously didn't have much to do other than cruise in the dark after that so had hours to sit and analyze it and just kept buzzing about how cool it was. I think my wife got a little bit annoyed  

Woot I'm famous  

2 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Was there any snow remnants anywhere along the higher elevations of 81 in Virginia?

Nothing other than the rime accumulations that were happening while we drove through.

11 hours ago, weatherpruf said:

It could be cold and dry. That would suck more. 

I'm hoping to set up a snowmaking system at home so this would actually work well for me. 

I'm in FL but my kids said it was snowing at home last night. 

The Blue Ridge Pkwy and Skyline Drive is one of the best drives in the country. It adds at least a day to the trip and if you have time is absolutely worth it but, not at this time of year. 

I wanted to add that when we were driving through the riming zone the sky was blue above us and when we'd pop up a few feet above the cloud the temp would jump and we were back on dry ground then would descend back into it again. 12-1500 feet above the clouds it was 5>7° warmer than at that riming point and right below it was dry too but there was a ~300 foot thick zone it was happening in. Cool stuff...

I saw something I don't think I've seen like this before today. On I81 in VA as we got above 1200 feet and reached the upper reaches of the cloud deck the temp dropped to 35 and the rime frost started accumulating. At one point around 1500 feet it was an inch deep. It was so pretty the way everything with any sort of westerly exposure was dusted. I've seen riming before but never accumulating on otherwise bare ground with the air above freezing. I also didn't realize that 81 and 77 run at such high altitude,over 2k for a long time and popping up to 2900 at points.

Well, it looks like I'm getting lucky with a nice weather day for a drive to Florida. I'll be back around the 10th so if it's going to snow this winter this is when it's going to happen. Enjoy the snow guys  

Wasn't much of a winter until March of 1888 either.

I think it's more important that it flurries enough to whiten the surface of what frozen stuff didn't get washed away. It also looks like it's snowing fairly hard along the Berkshire Anticline right now. 

What's wrong with oatmeal? Meh...

It's snowing

It's snowing. Well, more like flurries but yeah it's happening

I go for milk, cookies and beer. Yes it would be devastating if I couldn't have these things, especially the cookies and beer.

4 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Oh I was wondering because so many talk about the gulf stream and how it fuels our storms and yet it passes 150 miles SE of Montauk so if it was just that then the storms should get weaker farther north.

 

Sorta. The disparity between warm and cold air is greater so storms continue to hold their strength long enough to unload before finally moving out. At least that's the way my simple brain sees it.

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Wow that was their Feb 1978!  Is it common for that area to get clobbered when we have a mild winter down here?  Why are these storms much more common up there than they are at our latitude, Chris?

Also, see my post about 30"+ events at coastal locations at sea level.

 

That much closer to the cold air source.

28 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

Once again a strong HP is in place for days prior to the storm then as the storm approaches it escapes and the heaviest snow is inland - this solution has a reasonable chance of verifying IMO and its only a week away

I love when I'm in the jackpot zone a week out 

It makes me think of cookies.

A lot of things make me think of cookies 

35* windy and wet. Ooh boy fun.

43 minutes ago, uncle W said:

don't take I81 unless you want to drive behind a line of trucks...its also colder than I95 ...I like to avoid the DC area...its roads are as crowded as ours...

Avoiding DC was my thinking too that's why 81. I guess to avoid the cities that's the way the trucks go. Bummer.

Yeah it's obviously colder but that's really the question, is it too cold and is that where the wintry weather will be happening if it's going to happen with this. I was figuring on leaving myself nearly a full extra day (need to be there Sat morning) by leaving here early Thursday. Should I leave before that?

Hey all, yeah I know don't ask for imby predictions but... I need to drive down to FL on Thursday/Friday and this storm coming up looks like it might make that difficult. How far inland will it be mostly rain, IOW will I95 or I81 be wet or white? My road trip car isn't the greatest winter storm car but will be fine if it's just wet. WWAWWD? (What would a weather weenie do) is the storm going to be a dud, am I overthinking this, don't worry about it dude just keep those margaritas in focus and all will be well...?

I got so thoroughly hosed on that storm. I think I was right about 6". Meh...

2 hours ago, JerseyWx said:

Feels very warm for January 24th, especially in the sun.

Yeah the sun was surprisingly comforting today wasn't it. I was standing on the south side of a wall and it was truly warm and pleasant, much more so than the calendar date would have implied.

I got to 51 at home but saw 55 near KDXR.

No but every week it doesn't snow 5" or so I fall that much further behind average from here on out. This would get me pretty close to 20" on the season which is just about right for the beginning of Feb, a little short but not bad.