Kay

3 minutes ago, katabatic said:

Pretty scene this morning at Swallow Falls State Park

Dreamy. Just want to take a deep breath of the air there.

HUGE fatties here now 

Can't wait to see the Norrisville slantsticker's total of 5.5" or w/e

1 hour ago, Kay said:

Burst of snow! Still 37 lol

Temp down to 33, fatties falling and sticking to everything but the street lmao

4 minutes ago, T. August said:

Yeah it’s snowing here too.  Every beautiful flake is being atomized on impact.

Haha yeah. I have some stickage on the deck at the moment.

Burst of snow! Still 37 lol

9 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Man, this thread is so wonderful to read. I’m not around as much in this region as life has taken me further north, but this subforum will always be home to me. 

You are very missed as a regular. Hope you keep visiting!

Woke up to a minor dusting. Light snow the past 10 mins or so. Pretty and it wants to accumulate immediately but it's all doomed. 37 degrees.

6 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Oops forgot we have this thread. Moving this from the Jan obs thread 

Just got to deep creek. 29 and rippin fatties

You made an excellent life choice getting that place

I appreciate so many people here. Our tireless mods. Randy, who was simply..born to lead us maniacs and this place. Like everyone, I appreciate the mets and other experts. I was in awe when I found Eastern and realized I could just...read and talk to actual mets?! In real time?! It's sometimes said oh, we've driven so many great posters away with our awfulness...lol...and maybe we have, and maybe some ppl moved and started families etc..anyway I always feel a twinge for the great posters we HAVE when I hear that. We still have a lot. I appreciate the young posters! New blood is good. I remember Snowen's emergence and like him so much, good thread. I appreciate my weather sisters, the other few women on here, too!  I appreciate the FUNNY people, who are not always who you expect. Our sub is full of humor and tbh I wouldn't visit without it (in the appropriate thread ofc). Last but not least, I appreciate kindness wherever I see it, even in this tough crew with all the trolling haha, there is . 

32 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

I work at the National Center but knew about the incoming changes to local AFD’s about a month or two ago. They want to have the most impactful upfront as the headliner with chronological reasoning in the discussion itself. The Key Message portion is a request through feedback as the BLUF statements are good for messaging awareness and what to prepare for in the  IDSS realm. A lot of thought and feedback went into this change. 

Hang on...I have to add that I was talking about the discussion itself, not the Key Message portion...aaand this morning's disco WAS organized by key message and started with Monday/Mon night then went into tonight through Sun night (see Previous Version). The Current Version is chronological within the discussion. Tonight through Sun night, then early next week! This makes more sense, to me anyway, and was changed in the 2 pm update!

26 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

I work at the National Center but knew about the incoming changes to local AFD’s about a month or two ago. They want to have the most impactful upfront as the headliner with chronological reasoning in the discussion itself. The Key Message portion is a request through feedback as the BLUF statements are good for messaging awareness and what to prepare for in the  IDSS realm. A lot of thought and feedback went into this change. 

Yes, that all makes sense as to the reasoning on how to organize the info within the disco. Thanks for additional background! It seems that any changes are always well thought out and include feedback. Hope my initial reaction didn't imply I doubted that process occurred. Far from the case. 

1 hour ago, kgottwald said:

Been overcast since 9:15 in Fairfax City despite a mostly sunny forecast.

I note the AFDs have a new format with "keypoints" rather than being organized strictly chronologically. Wonder why they decided to screw around with it.

1 hour ago, yoda said:

I actually like the new format.  I think its better.  Seems like its a new thing across the WFOs

I like the new format highlighting Key Messages, but I'm not sure how I feel about it not being necessarily chronological. They seem to have made the decision to start with most impactful within each forecast period in the discussion, regardless of chronology.

Hm. 

Here's the announcement, published Tues:

https://partnerservices.nws.noaa.gov/products/cache/357-2025/PNSLWX/d70a3efb41e0bd9e7ac6a50c1cc432fc

4 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

I miss last January. Here in the lowlands alone the South River the wetlands all froze solid. The tributaries froze up pretty nicely as well. I think it was 2018 we had a lot of ice in the Mid Bay region. 

I find when dealing with the cold/dry blues, frozen bay water helps lol. You too are on the frozen bay water lookout crew 

Low of 22.

1 hour ago, GramaxRefugee said:

Low of 19

Swamp refroze quickly.

Tide is way out.

Always appreciate your tidal/ice obs. Hope to see more ice back sometime soon.

29 here by the bay with a brisk west wind. Sun not helping much, it is chilly

10 hours ago, goodwidp said:

Really enjoyed tonight's Profs and Pints: What We Know About Snow presentation tonight in Baltimore with Jeff Halverson of CWG. It's mostly basic-level discussion but still fascinating and highly recommended for fellow snow-lovers/weather-nerds. 

 

Nice! Love this vintage snow pic, and others like it. These girls look like real snow weenies, they have that crazed look of joy 

1 minute ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

The crux of that is that there are a handful of users here that have this all or nothing mentality for our snow, if we’re not getting a HECS then we’re getting nothing at all. Even though that isn’t our only way to get snow. They’re persistent enough to make that opinion the “loudest”.

Now without a HECS hitting climo is an uphill climb but a complete dead ratter when the metros had their snowiest December in nearly a decade seems to be a bit presumptuous…

I totally agree. I see you out there fighting the fight. My joke fell flat. It's an uphill battle, man, those are indeed the "loudest", as you say, and always draw the most attn. I haven't given up on this winter no f-in way.

I'll see you all later. Stone cold sober here. Just joking around. Wrong thread though!

Just now, bncho said:

What message are you trying to convey?

I mean: He's kind of surly. But he really is a person who hates negativity. Get it?

(and he seems to really hate complaining, and hopelessness about snow, He and I are really not that different

It's humor, @TSSN+

I'll get my coat.

1 minute ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

Panic room already exists

I've come to realize Jenkins is the most relentlessly optimistic poster we have. Polices tf out of all negativity. Has declared war on the futility thread! a thread I forgot existed but am now reminded of thrice daily by Jenkins. Here I thought I was annoyed by complaining! Kryptonite to Jenkins. Beware, this is a world class hopeful, idealistic, anything-is-possible person, a pure soul, and surly about it!

Squalling here but not much frozen, a few flakes mixed in, poor rates. 44

This is still pinned. Idk it could be a generic hoping to see a squall thread 

.80"

Just now, JenkinsJinkies said:

A significant portion of it does.

No. We have...big personalities that make it seem like that. Because everyone chats about what BPs say and think. By the numbers, I'll bet you actual money the majority in the forum are not "all or nothing", which is the expression you used.