mattie g Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 11 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: I don't know about the "much of the region" Remember for the entire Baltimore metro is was a 12" plus and in many areas 18" plus storm. For DC it pretty much split the metro in half with a line from DCA to Leesburg northeast getting 10" plus and amounts decreasing fast southwest of that line. I would guess about 70% of the population of this forum got 10" plus from that storm. But yes it did suck if you were southwest of that line. We too easily forgot that there are folks who live south of about a Culpeper/Quantico line, as well as west of Culpeper/Winchester out into the I-81 region in VA. Maryland got smashed by, without a doubt. I'm not trying to downplay the storm at all - just saying that it didn't have a HECSy impact on a lot of this forum's real estate. My backyard barely tickled 10"...which is nothing to sneeze at in any normal year, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 You know it's bad when the last 2 pages of the long range thread are just banter. What a boring winter this is turning out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 WPC just released an interactive map of surface analysis data back to 1990 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/sfc/sfc-zoom.html enjoy, nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, mappy said: WPC just released an interactive map of surface analysis data back to 1990 http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/sfc/sfc-zoom.html enjoy, nerds. UGH you just guaranteed another 100 hours of wasted time this year easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 1 minute ago, psuhoffman said: UGH you just guaranteed another 100 hours of wasted time this year easy. I do what I can for my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said: Amazes me to see people tripping over themselves to move 2009/10 winter lower on lists for favorite winters etc. I can't get beyond 3 HECS and a surprise half foot storm along with early December snow totaling 70+ inches area wide being anything but the best. Also, rainy. This winter blows. I don't compare them apples to apples. They were both very strong but on different metrics. 09-10 is the big storm king. There is no refuting that. 13-14 was winter season king. Nearly triple climo for all, 4 months of winter weather, ridiculous # of events, enough bitter cold making ponds and the canal safely skateable for an extended period, and the extent of the bay ice was very impressive. 09-10 didn't have those features. Who cares who chooses their #1 fave. They were both remarkable seasons of fairly epic proportions and choosing one of the other is just personal tatse on what makes a great winter. The ultimate winter would be a combination 13-14 cold and duration + 09-10 storms. The mic could be dropped and the discussion permanently put to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Since we're arguing about best winters and favorites..... 09/10 and 13/14 can each sit their asses down in the back seat. 95/96 will always be KING out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Bob Chill said: I don't compare them apples to apples. They were both very strong but on different metrics. 09-10 is the big storm king. There is no refuting that. 13-14 was winter season king. Nearly triple climo for all, 4 months of winter weather, ridiculous # of events, enough bitter cold making ponds and the canal safely skateable for an extended period, and the extent of the bay ice was very impressive. 09-10 didn't have those features. Who cares who chooses their #1 fave. They were both remarkable seasons of fairly epic proportions and choosing one of the other is just personal tatse on what makes a great winter. The ultimate winter would be a combination 13-14 cold and duration + 09-10 storms. The mic could be dropped and the discussion permanently put to bed. I bumped the total thread from '13/'14. Always good to look back in these kinds of discussions, and this is, as always, a "how much for my backyard" discussion. I was in northeast balt city then (didn't move what has turned out to be a very helpful six miles west to north balt city until 2015), and I was at 45 inches for that winter, while you were at 55 inches (my March "bonus" snow was 10 inches, you had 18 I think at quick glance). I am not a huge fan of late season snow, and absolutely cop to being a big storm hunter. Last year's blizzard redeemed winter for me. The early Feb. storm in '13/'14 was nice but pales in comparison in my view, actually, and 30 less inches for season, padded with March snows, just not close to a '09/'10 for me. I do think that because we were so fallow in terms of snowfall in '11/'12 and '12/'13 that '13/'14 felt amazing by comparison, which adds to the fondness for people. Still, '09/'10 by a mile for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Is anyone having trouble connecting to the Board via Tapatalk lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 1 hour ago, EastCoast NPZ said: Since we're arguing about best winters and favorites..... 09/10 and 13/14 can each sit their asses down in the back seat. 95/96 will always be KING out here. Yeah, 95/96 can't be beat even down in swva where I was at the time. We had snow days for 6 months, Nov through April. 76-77 would be #2. I don't think it was a good snow winter here, but there, it was a 3-6" snow about every 3 or 4 days and bitter cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, AdamHLG said: Is anyone having trouble connecting to the Board via Tapatalk lately? i couldn't log in this morning. i figured the board was down. haven't tried since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I drank too much water today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 22 minutes ago, mappy said: i couldn't log in this morning. i figured the board was down. haven't tried since. There is definitely an issue with the Tapatalk interaction with the AmWx forums. I can't get any of the forums to load but the website for AmWx is fine. By the looks of what I read on the look-ahead thread, there is no rush to fix it for 2 weeks or so I suppose! Anyway thanks for letting me know it is not just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 One good thing about this winter sucking is that we don't have to fight about lame winter storm names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 18 minutes ago, mattie g said: One good thing about this winter sucking is that we don't have to fight about lame winter storm names. We'll probably be shifting the 13/14 - 09/10 comparison to a 16/17 - 11/12 comparison here shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Evo Rise Up RIS = PDG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 If the rest of the winter sucks and fails to produce another flake, at least I got one call right in the snowfall prediction thread. I said there would be a southern slider that would hit NC, C and E VA and the beaches. Decision to road trip to Rehoboth paid off. Had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prestige Worldwide Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Got my snowstorm- 4 days later it was all gone. Enjoying the warm January. I love snow but I really am good for this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Bob Chill said: We'll probably be shifting the 13/14 - 09/10 comparison to a 16/17 - 11/12 comparison here shortly. Heh. I started doing that two weeks ago. It's the first seasonal totals thread I went looking for and bumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 2 hours ago, mattie g said: One good thing about this winter sucking is that we don't have to fight about lame winter storm names. True, but we could fight about lame names for winter fail events. With as many as we can get in this area, we'd probably make it into the Greek alphabet! And hey, only 5 more days until the anniversary of winter storm Jonas...errr...the Blizzard of January 2016! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 3 hours ago, mappy said: i couldn't log in this morning. i figured the board was down. haven't tried since. But...more importantly, was your internet working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Just now, Always in Zugzwang said: But...more importantly, was your internet working? Only certain sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Just now, psuhoffman said: Only certain sites. Yes...touche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said: True, but we could fight about lame names for winter fail events. With as many as we can get in this area, we'd probably make it into the Greek alphabet! And hey, only 5 more days until the anniversary of winter storm Jonas...errr...the Blizzard of January 2016! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: Hahaha! I remember that! From a storm sometime in 2014, if I recall correctly (Janus)? Last year's blizzard was Jonas. Can't stand the names they've tried to come up with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 18 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said: Hahaha! I remember that! From a storm sometime in 2014, if I recall correctly (Janus)? Last year's blizzard was Jonas. Can't stand the names they've tried to come up with! I thought it was predictions for Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Watching this half-hour nugget tonight with a martini (is it a submission for an Emmy?).... good times. As much as I love this board, now watching this, I think I should have stayed off the board more that Saturday. It was the obsession about the dry slot that got me stressed. I didn't even realize what was happening on I-270 until the next day. Watching the news coverage would have probably made me more in awe of what was happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 55 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: I thought it was predictions for Friday. Heh! If that is a reference to the political events taking place here in DC Friday, then I totally agree with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtstack Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 2016 blizzard was awesome - I live for the big ones and that storm did not disappoint. we really have had quite a few big ones lately but i never cease to be amazed when we hit the hecs levels. The bar for hecs continues to get higher - we have had some nice snowstorms drop out of the top 10 in the last 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 48 minutes ago, gymengineer said: Watching this half-hour nugget tonight with a martini (is it a submission for an Emmy?).... good times. As much as I love this board, now watching this, I think I should have stayed off the board more that Saturday. It was the obsession about the dry slot that got me stressed. I didn't even realize what was happening on I-270 until the next day. Watching the news coverage would have probably made me more in awe of what was happening. Yeah, I agree. The quasi-dryslot kinda sucked, but the afternoon was amazing where I'm at. I think reading some of the handwringing about it on here made it seem like everything was going to hell but I saw what was yet to come on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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