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I spoke to a woman yesterday from NC who had a ten inch snow this winter. This has truly been a snow hole this year.

People are just frustrated, but really, there's nothing to be done about it. There are other things in life. A huge chunk of the world's population lives just fine without snow. Never met a person who grew up in a warm climate who wanted to remain where it snows. And I have met many. Snow is deeply unpopular. I happen to like it, and am disappointed this latest event is nothing much, and don't have any hopes for Wed, or even the remainder of this winter. But it will snow again at some point. We'll always have next winter....less than a year away!

Relax. It is entirely appropriate to offer opinions on the weather in a weather forum. If not here, where?

Do these recent Bering Sea storms that are creating warm weather in Alaska have anything to do with this?

Thanks

Well, thanks for clearing that up. I'm gonna be a little bit honest here, and say my knowledge of weather is rather limited. Shocking, I know, but true. All I know about gradients is that I'm often on the wrong side of them.

So what can go wrong with this one?

So what should we make of that?

Older than people predicting cold and snow for the last 90 days? Seems appropriate that people on a weather forum might be inclined to opine on said weather....everyone needs to lighten up a bit. If I want dry analysis I can just go read the forecast discussion at Mt. Holly.

Yeah now that my kids are driving I do worry about this; my wife too, though if it is too bad her company closes. A weekend is better.

I too have thought, wouldn't it be nice to be somewhere fishing during the long winter months? Even when it doesn't snow, the water is frigid and the fish move far offshore, too far for my tastes.

It was still blustery and miserable on the bay, you needed a good set of insulated overalls; but it wasn't snowy. After the freak April 82 storm, the fish all moved into the shallow waters of the bay to take advantage of the sunshine ( yeah, I been around awhile ).

Those two storms were really out of left field and a shock. I remember I think Al Roker grinning and shrugging after one of them ( remember the general vibe is anti-snow on the networks, was then and still is )

Winter is hard on an older body, no question. But in my line of work I meet people who actually get seasonal affective disorder, and a snowy day is a mental catastrophe for some of them. They can't move for financial reasons.

I just think if you are miserable with the cold why put up with it? You may have other reasons I assume.

Almost never had them to any extent when I was younger; March 1st was time for flounder fishing. Boat was in the water and ready to go.

I still like the snow but it's clear this year is a dud, and March snows generally are slushy, heavy gunk. I'm older too, but I don't feel happy seeing winters getting milder. The solution though is pretty easy for you; since retirement is tough to do in this area unless you are wealthy, you need only move south a bit, and snow will almost never be a factor. OTOH, there's no need to drive on the few snowy days we get if one is retired ( and yes, even in the snowiest winters, we are mostly talking about a few days ) so there's that.

I fear you are right, but it probably won't be snowy, just a cold drizzly sulk.

It's still winter but that doesn't mean we can't hope for spring like weather to arrive early; used to happen a lot back in the day.

Let’s hope it’s wrong so we can get on with an early spring and leave this winter behind.

09-10 was a tough one, and I too missed the best jackpots for every storm, but that was still miles better than this year!

Of course.

Up your way, not down here. At least not from what I'm reading here.

17-18 was good to the north, south, east, and west of me. The only storm that got anywhere close to being serious was the last March storm. The "bomb cyclone" struggled west of the Hudson, and everything else in March was a dud IMBY, save for the last one. Special mention as April did deliver a small storm with a few inches, which is always a bonus. So I have to go back to 2014 for a truly snowy winter. I've written this one off already; no way anything else that happens in this pattern is gonna be worth much.

Other than that it was a bum winter, and 2017 was nothing special either. Haven't had a blockbuster winter IMBY since 2014; 2015 I disregard because most of the events were so small.