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I took intro to astrophysics which was one of the hardest classes I’ve ever taken. Straight up weed out class lol. I ended up dropping it because I’m pretty sure I should have taken the physics sequence first (which was another grinder of courses). That stuff is interesting, though. My first job was on a cassini contract at Goddard. A lot of that team had phd’s…just a little bit above my pay grade lol. If anyone here hasn’t viewed Saturn through a telescope, I advise it. It literally looks fake, but the fact that it’s not makes it awesome.

I didn’t take abstract algebra, but always thought it could be cool. I did take number theory in undergrad which had its wtf am I doing moments. And yea, once you get into the upper level classes it was a lot of proofs esp advanced calc. The Real analysis class I took helped prep for that.

I was kind of the opposite. Got my bs in math from umd which didn’t offer an undergrad in met. I actually had thought about transferring (including Lyndon state), but figured I could always consider grad down the line (and ended up in IT lol). As much I consider met as a career, I think it’s probably best as a hobby for me.

Nino or nina, we’re due for a blizzard.

I would like not to repeat the several weeks of mostly overcast or light rain in May several years ago. I don’t remember the year, but I don’t want it. I don’t need the 80s yet, but I’m good closing the winter tracking until next year’s El Niño. Another sneaky plus of warmer weather is lighter loads in the washer/dryer.

i did notice some of the increase in snow totals that others have mentioned yesterday. my place probably had 3" realistically (maybe more with a snowboard), but just up the road in gambrill was in the 4-5" range. pretty good finish to the winter.

thx, i never used that. i saw that some people take screenshots of their photos and then crop. i tested it out and it didn't reduce the size that much. seems like tapatalk would be a better route.

another thing that's interesting about the dc data is that the standard deviation is 11" lol. i'm math/stats rusty on the terms and confidence intervals, etc. (so feel free to correct me if i'm wrong), but in general you can expect about a 68% chance that the totals for a season will lie between 6" and 28", give or take. that's a lot of variability from season to season.

how do people upload photos here? i've only tried from my iphone and the size limit gets me every time. i know imgur was mentioned, but i'm curious if people are just using a compression app? for vids, i'm assuming youtube is probably ideal.

i feel comfortable calling this is a B- winter. little bit above average, saved by January and held in place by yesterday's snowfall. deductions made to unused cold in november and early fall December weather (which I actually was ok with lol). january was strong for most of the forum. february was a bust. any snow in march is a bonus. all in all, a very average winter by snow totals, which is actually not all that common when you look at the variance from winter to winter.

pretty good last hurrah band moving through right now.

snow is starting to blow around now. pretty good winter send off. time to kick back and watch some college hoops. i'd post some pics, but they're always too large. might share some later once i figure out the best route.

breeze is definitely picking up here.

just noticed that. round two i guess lol. must be some enhancement from the ull energy.

got a nice walk around dt frederick. roads were primarily wet (sun angle season really is no joke), but looks like over 2" in some of the better accumulating spots.

Prob about 2” on my jeep hood. Little more than I expected so far.

i believed in the snow, but definitely had doubts about the wind. wind driven snow (while it's snowing) is not our strength. maybe that changes once the upper level energy approaches.

i think it's part of the price we pay in these setups if we want an earlier changeover. drier air along with the colder temps. i haven't lived in frederick long enough, but it seems like the catoctins are a dividing line for a microclimate. i think the windward side (downtown frederick) would benefit more so in this type of setup than maybe out towards middletown/hagerstown. the opposite seems to occur with a line of storms dropping in from the nw.

Gonna charge my phone and then explore. Sticking to just about everything here. Steady snow. Winds look like they’re still light. Radar looks good for another hour or two. Tbd thereafter, but who cares…it’s mid-March. You take what you can get.

This might be stroll worthy.

Healthy looking dendrites occurring at the moment.

I played basketball outside yesterday lol. Gotta love March. Steady here. Better rates than radar would indicate.

Side roads are caving here.

Snowing nicely here. Coating on non-roads/sidewalks.

this is good stuff. i think the R^2 would probably stay low regardless of the variance since we're not talking about huge shifts in the average (though enough to be obvious). what's more concerning is the median which is lower since '84 even with the increase in average during that time span (i just quickly ran some numbers). the variability is definitely still there, but what may happen if temps continue to trend upward is less snow days, but when it does, larger totals (which for now, seems to be offsetting things when the data is spread out over several winters).