April Banter

[NorthArlington101]

First snowmap I’ve seen so far... Good Morning America went 3-6” with lollies of 6”+. Don’t know what model they were showing on TV, but it looked nice.

[aldie 22]

It's 18 degrees this morning. Final snow for the event on Tuesday was 7.3" recorded at La Crosse airport. Quite a bit still on the ground

[RevWarReenactor]

[Ralph Wiggum]

added my first troll/DD to the ignore list...lol

All he does is pop in to other forums when there is a bad run and point out how horrible it looks and how the writing is on the wall and how he saw it coming yesterday.....he always spotted it yesterday but posts the opposite in his home forum. Im obviously not against cross subforum posting as I do it all the time but there is a huge diff between trying to provide some substance/insight and posting one-liners loaded with garbage.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Thank you glad you added someone who isn’t a troll to your list. Compared to what other people have said here what I said is not even close to bad. It’s kind of ridiculous actually all I did was point out a clear south trend on the gfs starting out at 18z and some people feel the need to attack. For those that seen my past posts you all know I’m not a troll.

Dude I dont think anyone was talking about you. Guilty conscience much?

[Jandurin]

10% chance of 7" of snow in DC on April 7th

wow

 

1% chance of over 12" we can do it!

[mappy]

16 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

50 minutes ago, Philadelphia Snow said:

Thank you glad you added someone who isn’t a troll to your list. Compared to what other people have said here what I said is not even close to bad. It’s kind of ridiculous actually all I did was point out a clear south trend on the gfs starting out at 18z and some people feel the need to attack. For those that seen my past posts you all know I’m not a troll.

Dude I dont think anyone was talking about you. Guilty conscience much?

were you not talking about him? or snow88 aka metfan. 

[Jandurin]

i think he was talking about snow88 yeah

[Interstate]

31 minutes ago, Jandurin said:

10% chance of 7" of snow in DC on April 7th

wow

 

1% chance of over 12" we can do it!

So that should really make it 1 in 1000 chance because it is in April?

[gymengineer]

NYC cleared 40" and is 15.5" above average snowfall for the season. Philadelphia is running almost 8" above average snowfall for the season. 

DC is at ~50% of average. LOL at posters from those areas in here fretting about model runs as if we are all in it together. 

[CAPE]

36 minutes ago, gymengineer said:

NYC cleared 40" and is 15.5" above average snowfall for the season. Philadelphia is running almost 8" above average snowfall for the season. 

DC is at ~50% of average. LOL at posters from those areas in here fretting about model runs as if we are all in it together. 

Its each person(and yard) for themselves. Even within this subforum there is no "we". There is always disparity in snowfall across the region, but this winter it is particularly uneven with an odd distribution.

[mappy]

if its going to snow, i want 4" 

[Ralph Wiggum]

NYC cleared 40" and is 15.5" above average snowfall for the season. Philadelphia is running almost 8" above average snowfall for the season. 
DC is at ~50% of average. LOL at posters from those areas in here fretting about model runs as if we are all in it together. 

Im probably in the minority but I actually root for my Southern friends to cash in with every storm even if it means sacrificing snow in my area. Im not ignorant to the fact the climo is better where I am than farther S which is part of the reason I also cross-post in this subforum......seeing folks cash in that dont regularly celebrate a victory is rewarding for me. Otoh, I rarely root for NYC and I NEVER root for New England. Nothing personal, those areas just always do better and dont need the luck as much. I guess its kind of the underdog thing.....I almost always cheer for the dog.

[North Balti Zen]

If we miss this one on April 7 because it is still "too cold", that will be hilarious given the misses from December when it was also "too cold".

[CAPE]

25 minutes ago, mappy said:

if its going to snow, i want 4" 

I am already a little above climo for my yard, so zero works for me.  

[Fozz]

37 minutes ago, mappy said:

if its going to snow, i want 4" 

At this point I think it will take 4" to actually cover the grass.

[mappy]

6 minutes ago, Fozz said:

At this point I think it will take 4" to actually cover the grass.

4 is 4

[Fozz]

32 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

1 hour ago, gymengineer said:

NYC cleared 40" and is 15.5" above average snowfall for the season. Philadelphia is running almost 8" above average snowfall for the season. 
DC is at ~50% of average. LOL at posters from those areas in here fretting about model runs as if we are all in it together. 

Im probably in the minority but I actually root for my Southern friends to cash in with every storm even if it means sacrificing snow in my area. Im not ignorant to the fact the climo is better where I am than farther S which is part of the reason I also cross-post in this subforum......seeing folks cash in that dont regularly celebrate a victory is rewarding for me. Otoh, I rarely root for NYC and I NEVER root for New England. Nothing personal, those areas just always do better and dont need the luck as much. I guess its kind of the underdog thing.....I almost always cheer for the dog.

I was astonished when I looked at your snow totals. Slightly north of Philly, and you have almost 60" for the season? That's insane.

Back in 2014, a lot of us in this forum were the same way by the time March came around. The northern tier had 60"+ for the season while the DC and immediate I-95 crowd had a lot less, and then those of us who already did really well rooted for the DC crowd, and luckily they eventually got theirs too (including a 6-12" storm on March 17). In the end, it was a great winter for everyone.

[Cobalt]

17 minutes ago, Fozz said:

I was astonished when I looked at your snow totals. Slightly north of Philly, and you have almost 60" for the season? That's insane.

Back in 2014, a lot of us in this forum were the same way by the time March came around. The northern tier had 60"+ for the season while the DC and immediate I-95 crowd had a lot less, and then those of us who already did really well rooted for the DC crowd, and luckily they eventually got theirs too (including a 6-12" storm on March 17). In the end, it was a great winter for everyone.

How was the gradient in 2/12-14/14? I read the OBS thread and it seems like people in Arlington and even NW DC got 12-13", but DCA reported 7"?

[mappy]

the 12z gfs will look better, then not, then more precip, then not, then in the end everyone dies. 

[Fozz]

7 minutes ago, Cobalt said:

How was the gradient in 2/12-14/14? I read the OBS thread and it seems like people in Arlington and even NW DC got 12-13", but DCA reported 7"?

It was pretty drastic. A lot of the NW areas saw 16-24", but it was more like 4-8" in the warmer and lower areas, as far as I remember. Those who were slightly NW of the fall line were in between.

[gymengineer]

1 hour ago, C.A.P.E. said:

Its each person(and yard) for themselves. Even within this subforum there is no "we". There is always disparity in snowfall across the region, but this winter it is particularly uneven with an odd distribution.

Yes, the distribution has been weird with very specific zones particularly under-performing relative to seasonal averages. But we've seen the general idea before, in winters like 04/05 and 10/11, when people in the northeast who end up well above climo will remember the winter as snowy while those further south will remember the winter as a stinker.  

[H2O]

did it go north yet?  

[H2O]

good work.  Need to remind people what time of year is coming instead of the silly frozen stuff that never happens

[mappy]

23 minutes ago, Fozz said:

It was pretty drastic. A lot of the NW areas saw 16-24", but it was more like 4-8" in the warmer and lower areas, as far as I remember. Those who were slightly NW of the fall line were in between.

21" imby from that storm. 

[87storms]

funny how we come to banter to see if any of the trash talking in the threat thread carries over...well at least i do lol.

anyway...it's gonna snow.  i mean, that's just gonna happen.

[showmethesnow]

1 hour ago, mappy said:

the 12z gfs will look better, then not, then more precip, then not, then in the end everyone dies. 

Sounds like that would make a great movie. 'Trials and tribulations of a Snow Weenie'.

John Wayne would have been a great fit to play me and Jerry Lewis for Ji.

36 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

https://source.colostate.edu/slightly-above-average-2018-atlantic-hurricane-season-predicted-by-csu-team/

 

Talking tropical? Come on man, we are still in winter. 

[Cobalt]

45 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

https://source.colostate.edu/slightly-above-average-2018-atlantic-hurricane-season-predicted-by-csu-team/

 

I've gotta say, I haven't really be interested in tropical until like a week ago. Hoping I can learn a lot from a distance this tropical season

[yoda]

Sigh, I really try hard not to block people re their posts, but you know... 

[WestminsterSnowCapitalMA]

models: APRIL FOOLS! 

laughing all the way to the... memory bank?