snownut Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Despite nearly perpetually being annually promised, for the first time in many years this was an I-81 winter. Near normal climo snowfall out here despite the misery in the DC region. I can honestly say, however, this feels like the crappiest "normal" winter I can ever remember. I think you have spent so much time in the misery of the DC crowd that you forgot to enjoy all the normal we have had out this way. At this point be thankful for normal, I am sure many of the DC posters are wondering if "normal" is a thing of the past for their area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 So with crystal clear skies I thought it a good evening to see the comet. Kept looking out the window, walked outside too in the cold as the sun set. Looked in right spot according to the websites that are following it but could not see it. Decided to go on a small comet chase to a location with a better west view. Finally saw the damn thing there, about a full hour after sunset with dark skies, but damn it is dim looking and hard to see overall. Very low in the sky above the horizon didn't help. It seemed much lower than depicted on the websites. I wanted to get a pic but it was much too dim for the camera to get it. Really pales compared to the glorious Comet Hale-Bopp in March 97 which was sitting much higher up in the sky and glowed bright and beautiful. So this is my comet chase story. It was a cold 35 degrees to keep this weather related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 That was my guess. 3 months in a row? Out here it was Sept, Oct, Nov 2012. Dec and Jan were way above. Feb was barely below, and to date March is solidly below. In fact Mar is so far avg colder than Dec. I don't anticipate that to last though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Worst spring ever At least we can match SNE with their type of spring, raw, damp, windy and cold. WE can do that pretty good here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 Waiting an extra hour for model runs sucks. Reminds me why I pay so little attention to them in the summer. That and the fact that there's no snow in summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Feels great outside today. 60.1* IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 If we don't get any snow in the next two weeks... and remain chilly and dry....ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm ready to banter and am looking forward to spring and am hoping we don't go from a crappy cold spring to a torching summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm ready to banter and am looking forward to spring and am hoping we don't go from a crappy cold spring to a torching summer. Knowing us we will do that flip. WinterWxLuvr might be watching for snow in early may. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Knowing us we will do that flip. WinterWxLuvr might be watching for snow in early may. I'll only watch as long as the possibility is there. I hope we can do a gradual transition, and that summer never really flexes its muscles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Great weather today. After I got home from work, I did some tending to the garden/some pre-spring prep work. Ready for the 'winter' pattern to break down, and we get consistent seasonal days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Mid 50's and march sun is nice. Shorts and a sweatshirt all afternoon. Hard not to like. And it can still snow. Yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 This doesn't sound all that bad considering what we've dealt with this up to this point. TEMPS WILL COOL A BIT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...ALLOWINGFOR RAIN TO MIX WITH OR EVEN CHANGE TO SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS NEARAND WEST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLEDEPENDING ON PRECIPITATION RATES AND THE LOCATION OF THE HIGHERPRECIP RATES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATION AS OF NOW APPEARS TOBE ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ANDALSO IN NORTHERN MARYLAND. SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY IMPACT TRAVELACROSS THESE AREAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaWx Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Heavy batch heading in to WV right now, what's left of it looks to eventually make it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 This forum is an abortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 So much for mostly cloudy. Full sun with not a cloud to be seen. A quick look at the vis. satellite shows it'll probably remain that way. Maybe we'll have a better chance at some storms this afternoon down my way if it remains sunny as noted by the SPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Did it even rain this morning? Seems pretty dry out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Did it even rain this morning? Seems pretty dry out Shprinkles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Shprinkles. Considering most folks were going with a largely wet day today I'm definitely buying the increase in precip tomorrow night without question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Considering most folks were going with a largely wet day today I'm definitely buying the increase in precip tomorrow night without question. thx deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 thx deb sorry. i know emotions based forecasting is the new hotness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 6 years ago today, I had a 6" snowfall here. Went back and looked at the data today. Check out these high and low temperatures leading up to it: 3/13: 76/42 3/14: 77/47 3/15: 72/36 3/16: 36/28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 6 years ago today, I had a 6" snowfall here. Went back and looked at the data today. Check out these high and low temperatures leading up to it: 3/13: 76/42 3/14: 77/47 3/15: 72/36 3/16: 36/28 your area is totally different than mine as you know. i've said plenty of times winterwxluvr to you could get a few inches out of this. the main discussion here has become rather manic though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 your area is totally different than mine as you know. i've said plenty of times winterwxluvr to you could get a few inches out of this. the main discussion here has become rather manic though... I'm not buying into any models for the storm Monday morning. If it starts as snow tomorrow night, I'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 your area is totally different than mine as you know. i've said plenty of times winterwxluvr to you could get a few inches out of this. the main discussion here has become rather manic though... It's almost aggressively trying to be a bad environment for mets to post in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 As it often the case full winter conditions out in Jon Jon's world. Check out some of the awesome drift pictures on the white grass site today: http://whitegrass.com/report.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 So much for a high of 65 and mostly cloudy. Full sun and mid-70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 So much for a high of 65 and mostly cloudy. Full sun and mid-70s. Wow ! 39 and rain here, 4 hours to your north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm not buying into any models for the storm Monday morning. If it starts as snow tomorrow night, I'll be happy. i'm more worried about precip than anything really tho temps are marginal around here. if we can get decent rates before sunrise could get something. not convince of that yet. your area has pretty good consensus to at least get the ground whitened. not a direct comparison but today was forecast to be mid-40s with rain here by NWS. currently 57 and dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 My Accuwx forecast is a bust. Sunny now. Was in Old Town this morning and it was nice. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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