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The northern md crew will know when this moves through. Gusts were fairly brief but noticeable. Still breezy out there. Brief, welcoming shower.

Winds kicked up nicely with this line.

Looks like that line west of Hagerstown is the one to watch.

Radar looks miserable but maybe that line of storms depicted on the nam will come to fruition. This dry pattern has been tough to break. Could use the rain tho. The wind…not so much.

loving what i'm seeing for the upcoming forecast. it probably does need to rain, though. hit up little bennett yesterday and the trail was in superb shape. even the typical muddy areas were drying up. today: seeing some peeks of sun off of route 15. but still mostly cloudy and satellite indicates that'll probably be the case today...again.

yea, and i try to bike during the week, but the earlier sunset and work meetings is making that more challenging, so i'm relying on at least some vitamin D during the day.

good, i thought i was the only one here thinking this lol. i know some of my friends who i've bitched to have agreed with me that this weather pattern ain't it. either sunshine or snow is acceptable at this point...or a day of 70 and rain.

maybe you're just referring to those breaks we've had in the late afternoon because just about every single time i've checked the satellite loop it's the same pattern of clouds streaming in from the midwest through northern md/pa and northeast. wondering if it's been sunny at all in new york state for the last month lol.

i do see some very light flurries now. i'll just pretend a blizzard is incoming.

i didn't see any flakes here. looks like some echoes have been towards gambrill/catoctins, but i couldn't even see much virga there either. just a dry pattern overall. for the last month+ it almost seems like we've been on the southern edge of the northern jet (mets can correct me if i'm wrong)...too north for any substantial precip or even any consistent sunshine, and too far south for any chance of clipper scraps surviving the apps. this is why i'm ready for a pattern flip. looking forward to this weekend's weather.

we need to first get through this weekend's april event.

it's actually pretty legit at times...definitely could see why the wind advisory was posted.

definitely some legit gusts here, and then it'll be calm for a bit.

tempwise, i feel like this has been a pretty classic start to the season (minus today). it's just been a dry pattern overall which i can tell just from riding the trails recently. it's gonna be interesting to see how this season plays out. i saw that denver is in a snow drought as well. not sure what that means for the mid-atlantic, but we're not alone. need a more active southern stream as just about everyone has said and less reliance on upper midwest clipper scraps.

been getting some breezes/occasional decent gusts along gambrill/watershed for the last couple hours. hard to complain about the temps here. saw your post in banter...similar elevation gain here. goes from ~400 where i'm at to ~1200+ in about 10 minutes. the three saws trail is a good primer for how quick the elevation can change...uphill grinder and then a twisty downhill (or catovid for some rockier sections).

i can't say with certainty, but we usually get at least some minor events by mid december (especially in our better snow years)...even if it's a mix in the cities and chase-able snow in the north and west counties. i think i've seen like 2 snowflakes hit my windshield so far. that's mostly due to this predominantly drier pattern because we've had some chilly weather around. i think a pattern flip is needed. this one is way too NS dominant.

actually, looking at satellite it's clearer to the east. congrats 95.

hey look, more clouds lol. seriously, this pattern is reminiscent of that period in may a few years ago that was almost constant clouds/drizzle. that was worse, but this is not ideal. i think that a pattern change may even be needed for future snow prospects so we're not relying on this consistent flow of northern stream scraps.

solid afternoon. clouds decided to part and got a good bball shootaround in. i don't mind the chill if there's sun/light wind. funny that it isn't even december yet...i can't really get invested in snow here until mid december. that's when the real kickoff of tracking begins.

looks like skies are clearing to the west...hopefully that swings through for the afternoon. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16&sector=ne&band=02&length=12

sounds pretty great actually lol. let it snow in jan/feb. so far, if there wasn't any talk about la nina, then i would have thought we'd be in for a solid winter because it has most certainly been chilly for the last month or so, albeit not very active. today's weather is an example of what i'm done with. let's reboot this pattern and see what happens in the jan/feb wheelhouse.

Lol it’s been like that to a tee so far, though looks like more active weather coming up. This winter really seems like a roll of the dice. One thing I can say is that aside from Ida (not that I was rooting for the damage it caused) it really hasn’t been a very exciting weather year, imo. I’m ready for something to track. Edit: I should say large scale weather…there were a few healthy storms over the summer.

Sounds like ‘13-15…but tbd on the snow. We’re usually a little better at sunshine around here…that’s really where my deduction is so far.

I’m ready for a different weather pattern, whether it’s snowy or mild/sunny, but this upper Midwest/northeast, generally cloudy/windy/chilly pattern of the past month+ is getting a little played out. Also not even sure this is ideal for the snow lovers. Pretty active NS which we’ve mostly been on the southern fringe of. That said, it isn’t December yet lol, so can’t really draw any conclusions to this winter, but based on history I think you’d like to at least see some minor events by mid December. Either way, I would like a pattern switch with a more active southern stream for the sake of change.

i hope it fringes dc and hits frederick. i'm kidding...but only sort of.