March Banter 2019

[George BM]

March is starting. Have some honeydew and banter.

[NorthArlington101]

why can’t this ever be inbound when it’s actually snow



oh well, 40 degree sleet is fun enough

[Jebman]

This month will overperform a great deal with snow in the DC Metropolitan region

[North Balti Zen]

This is probably better for banter. There’s so much crosstalk on various threats in short term, is this where we are:

1. Event one happening now for some of the area

2. A chance at something tonight for maybe north and west areas or maybe into the beltways even ? Something frozen? From a late coastal whose development might help or hurt...

3. A chance at snow Sunday night into Monday? Better chances north and west of beltways?

 

is that the current state of play?

[showmethesnow]

27 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

This is probably better for banter. There’s so much crosstalk on various threats in short term, is this where we are:

1. Event one happening now for some of the area

2. A chance at something tonight for maybe north and west areas or maybe into the beltways even ? Something frozen? From a late coastal whose development might help or hurt...

3. A chance at snow Sunday night into Monday? Better chances north and west of beltways?

 

is that the current state of play?

No idea. I am too busy getting my camper ready for Spring. 

[mappy]

1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:

This is probably better for banter. There’s so much crosstalk on various threats in short term, is this where we are:

1. Event one happening now for some of the area

2. A chance at something tonight for maybe north and west areas or maybe into the beltways even ? Something frozen? From a late coastal whose development might help or hurt...

3. A chance at snow Sunday night into Monday? Better chances north and west of beltways?

 

is that the current state of play?

Yup, sounds about right. 

[H2O]

1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:

This is probably better for banter. There’s so much crosstalk on various threats in short term, is this where we are:

1. Event one happening now for some of the area

2. A chance at something tonight for maybe north and west areas or maybe into the beltways even ? Something frozen? From a late coastal whose development might help or hurt...

3. A chance at snow Sunday night into Monday? Better chances north and west of beltways?

 

is that the current state of play?

You forgot the 

4. A chance for CHO to not get in on any event

5. A chance for us to be told where the HP in NY needs to be and how strong to get snow.

6. A chance for roads to get brined in between storms

7. An all but certain chance for Ji to say is all going to shit

[H2O]

Loving our new friend from Pittsburgh.

[mappy]

hey @Rd9108 if you really really need to tell us off, can you do it in our banter thread? its friday, doing the extra work to clean up your mess in our storm thread is frankly quite annoying. 

THANKS!  

[aldie 22]

Pittsburgh seems like a fun town

[North Balti Zen]

I missed it - what even did we do to engender a drive-by from that area?

[aldie 22]

8 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

I missed it - what even did we do to engender a drive-by from that area?

have better jobs and higher pay

[nw baltimore wx]

1 hour ago, mappy said:

I thought it was June 15th as the last absolute possible day? i of course trust your knowledge as a teacher...

You're talking about the governor's order that mandates school ends by June 15th, right?  The answer is supposed to be yes, but last year they made some changes because so many districts complained that it was impossible to fit 180 school days between Labor Day and June 15th, especially if there are snow days (which is bs in my opinion, but that's another story). So, now districts have to schedule between Labor Day and June 15th, but snow days can force beyond the 15th.

This all may be moot because there's already a bill that allows school districts to make their own schedules again, but Hogan says he would repeal it and force the general public to vote on it.  From what I've read, the general public supports a post-Labor Day start.

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[nj2va]

57 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said:

have better jobs and higher pay

And a better hockey team in DC

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

2 minutes ago, nj2va said:

And a better hockey team in DC

Cue @yoda response in 3...2...1...! 

[Deer Whisperer]

1 minute ago, nj2va said:

And a better hockey team in DC

false but ok 

[mappy]

2 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

You're talking about the governor's order that mandates school ends by June 15th, right?  The answer is supposed to be yes, but last year they made some changes because so many districts complained that it was impossible to fit 180 school days between Labor Day and June 15th, especially if there are snow days (which is bs in my opinion, but that's another story). So, now districts have to schedule between Labor Day and June 15th, but snow days can force beyond the 15th.

This all may be moot because there's already a bill that allows school districts to make their own schedules again, but Hogan says he would repeal it and force the general public to vote on it.  From what I've read, the general public supports a post-Labor Day start.

yes, I was talking about Hogans mandate. Guess I never paid much attention until this year when my kid is actually impacted by it (go figure). I didn't mind the post labor day start, but will feel for her and the rest of the kids if they are in school until 6/21. 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

30 minutes ago, mappy said:

yes, I was talking about Hogans mandate. Guess I never paid much attention until this year when my kid is actually impacted by it (go figure). I didn't mind the post labor day start, but will feel for her and the rest of the kids if they are in school until 6/21. 

I kind of get the Jun. 15 mandate, in a way, so that in the event of makeup snow days there won't be classes until late into June.  But that also has resulted (in MoCo at least, where my daughter is in high school) in a dramatically shortened spring break this year.  It's not even a week long, and I think they might cut one day out to make up a snow day (since MoCo has gone over their limit this year, I believe).  Maybe they can get rid of some of the miscellaneous days off or teacher days, etc., and re-work other breaks, I don't know.  I also don't mind a post-Labor Day start in general, but perhaps if they begin the year with the last *full* week of August before Labor Day, that would help.  I know in the past they used to start like that Thurs. before Labor Day, then a 3 day weekend before you were barely into classes, which seemed kind of useless.

[mappy]

hey @smokeybandit i was making a dick joke - no need for confusion  

[Mrs.J]

33 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

I kind of get the Jun. 15 mandate, in a way, so that in the event of makeup snow days there won't be classes until late into June.  But that also has resulted (in MoCo at least, where my daughter is in high school) in a dramatically shortened spring break this year.  It's not even a week long, and I think they might cut one day out to make up a snow day (since MoCo has gone over their limit this year, I believe).  Maybe they can get rid of some of the miscellaneous days off or teacher days, etc., and re-work other breaks, I don't know.  I also don't mind a post-Labor Day start in general, but perhaps if they begin the year with the last *full* week of August before Labor Day, that would help.  I know in the past they used to start like that Thurs. before Labor Day, then a 3 day weekend before you were barely into classes, which seemed kind of useless.

You have the same crappy break that we do up here in Fred Co. And they have dramatically cut back on teacher work days. We have 8 snow days this year. We have used 6. We wanted to plan a vacation to SD and just decided to plan to leave on June 22nd, as I really think these kids will be in until the 21st. People in Fred Co wanted the post Labor Day start but don't take away Fair Day or the day before Thanksgiving. Something had to give this year and for the first time since my kids have been in school they were in school the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I am not a fan of the after Labor Day start as we have no family in MD and used to use the full Spring Break to travel. We have been trying to work out flying down this year but with the lack of dates and it being over Easter tickets for 4 are expensive. If we had the full week we would drive. 

[smokeybandit]

5 minutes ago, mappy said:

hey @smokeybandit i was making a dick joke - no need for confusion  

Yes, "confusion" isn't quite the right context I picked that emoji for, but alas.

[mappy]

2 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Yes, "confusion" isn't quite the right context I picked that emoji for, but alas.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

2 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

You have the same crappy break that we do up here in Fred Co. And they have dramatically cut back on teacher work days. We have 8 snow days this year. We have used 6. We wanted to plan a vacation to SD and just decided to plan to leave on June 22nd, as I really think these kids will be in until the 21st. People in Fred Co wanted the post Labor Day start but don't take away Fair Day or the day before Thanksgiving. Something had to give this year and for the first time since my kids have been in school they were in school the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I am not a fan of the after Labor Day start as we have no family in MD and used to use the full Spring Break to travel. We have been trying to work out flying down this year but with the lack of dates and it being over Easter tickets for 4 are expensive. If we had the full week we would drive. 

Yup, I hear you.  The spring break this year is kind of strange with how short it is, but I think they're changing it back next year (not sure?) in MoCo.  Also found it odd that they might cut one of the spring break days out as a make-up day.  I'm not going anywhere myself, but I know several people make plans well in advance for both Winter and Spring breaks...flights, hotel, etc.  So tacking on an extra day of school in a vacation like that is going to cause problems.  Like I said, I wouldn't mind if they go back to starting before Labor Day...*if* they do an entire week or so before rather than literally 2 weekdays then a 3 day weekend like they used to do.

[Maestrobjwa]

What yall think? Can we do it? 

[JakkelWx]

The average high here is 50 now and the average low goes above freezing in about a week

[WxUSAF]

15 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

What yall think? Can we do it? 

 

I voted yes. Think we can get 2.2” in the next 10 days.

[Maestrobjwa]

2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I voted yes. Think we can get 2.2” in the next 10 days.

Yeah it really won't take much...heck, even if the Sunday system were to stay frozen for just a few hours we might make it!

[PrinceFrederickWx]

30 minutes ago, Always in Zugzwang said:

Yup, I hear you.  The spring break this year is kind of strange with how short it is, but I think they're changing it back next year (not sure?) in MoCo.  Also found it odd that they might cut one of the spring break days out as a make-up day.  I'm not going anywhere myself, but I know several people make plans well in advance for both Winter and Spring breaks...flights, hotel, etc.  So tacking on an extra day of school in a vacation like that is going to cause problems.  Like I said, I wouldn't mind if they go back to starting before Labor Day...*if* they do an entire week or so before rather than literally 2 weekdays then a 3 day weekend like they used to do.

Kids here in Calvert have no spring break and they took away President's Day this year to use as a snow make-up day. Won't get into politics but as a parent whose child is enrolled in school, I am definitely not a fan of the "Hogan schedule".

[snowmagnet]

Is there some place online to find information about past snowstorms (other than those that made the news?)  I'm looking for March 1, 1969 for a snowstorm that hit Maryland and Virginia.