nw baltimore wx Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, stormtracker said: We have the dumbest of hobbies. I don't know about anybody else, but sometimes I wish I was a normie. My mom knew I was weird when I was 4. It would be thundering and lightening outside, everybody going away from the windows and I'd sit in a chair at the window. High school, calling my mom to hold the phone up to the TV at 11:20 tuned to the weather channel when the 5 day business planner came on. I'm honestly surprised my mother just didn't throw the whole child away and start over. As a kid, I used to go into my mom’s at room at 4 in the morning to tell her she had to wake up because it’s snowing. Now she calls me at four in the morning wondering why I haven’t called her because it’s snowing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I also went to Atlantic City area to watch the blizzard and help my Dad dig out. Photo from Absecon, NJ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisy Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 15 minutes ago, stormtracker said: Dude..me, zwyts and @WEATHER53 met in Watertown upstate NY to chase a lake effect outbreak in 2007. Zwyts and I drove to Maine last year, rented a cabin and did absolutely nothing for 4 days so we could be in cold temps and nickled and dimed to death with multiple small snowfalls. Haha I remember that last year. I drove 7 hours to New Hampshire for an 8 inch snowfall lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 After 2 hours of work. Drifts of 3-4 feet in spots. Absecon final total was 18.5 inches. A shame too, missed some killer bands about 25 miles offshore from 7 Am to 1 PM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDeeHCue Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I’m mostly lurk here, but believe me there are far worse hobby cultures where people argue and lose sleep over model runs. Mine, in particular, becomes insufferable every other November. You snow chasers are a comparative breath of fresh air, plus I get to find out a wee bit ahead of the crowd if I may or may not see my town’s long drought of big snow finally end! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weather Will Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 23 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said: ICON made a substantial move with the front. Need about 5 more moves just like that I love your optimism…. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUsedToHateCold Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, DeeDeeHCue said: I’m mostly lurk here, but believe me there are far worse hobby cultures where people argue and lose sleep over model runs. Mine, in particular, becomes insufferable every other November. You snow chasers are a comparative breath of fresh air, plus I get to find out a wee bit ahead of the crowd if I may or may not see my town’s long drought of big snow finally end! Haha, I’ve seen full blown arguments over the interpretation of model runs for 256 hours out here. Which to me is strictly worse than chasing a blizzard. At least blizzards are fun. Model runs always change anyways. That said, I’d personally never chase a blizzard. That would be time away from video games. Not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, stormtracker said: Something is seriously wrong with all of us. I’m perfectly normal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 GFS has the energy a bit further laggier and a bit broader as well, compared two 12z. I would think? Please correct me if I am wrong I am trying to learn while making observations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 43 minutes ago, stormtracker said: We have the dumbest of hobbies. I don't know about anybody else, but sometimes I wish I was a normie. My mom knew I was weird when I was 4. It would be thundering and lightening outside, everybody going away from the windows and I'd sit in a chair at the window. High school, calling my mom to hold the phone up to the TV at 11:20 tuned to the weather channel when the 5 day business planner came on. I'm honestly surprised my mother just didn't throw the whole child away and start over. This rings a bell. I remember being 5, 6, 7 years old, sitting on our back porch steps in northcentral PA, when the "heat lightning" was coming in hard after sunset in the summertime, watching and waiting for the inevitable thunderstorm that would blow up. Lightning would be setting down practically in our backyard, and my parents would be screaming at me, "Get inside the %#$&@ house!!" Good times. I'm not smart enough at the math and the physics and all of the science-y stuff that goes into being a met...but it's what I've always wanted to be, from the time I was a kid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 29 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said: Just move into the front seat. I’ll drive the bus for a while. El Capitan, take us to the promised land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 29 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said: That sounds fun. It was glorious. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyweather Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 44 minutes ago, stormtracker said: We have the dumbest of hobbies. I don't know about anybody else, but sometimes I wish I was a normie. My mom knew I was weird when I was 4. It would be thundering and lightening outside, everybody going away from the windows and I'd sit in a chair at the window. High school, calling my mom to hold the phone up to the TV at 11:20 tuned to the weather channel when the 5 day business planner came on. I'm honestly surprised my mother just didn't throw the whole child away and start over. I would dial the weather phone in Poughkeepsie NY multiple times per day in the winter waiting for the forecast to update. Still remember the number 452-1919 50 plus years later. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, snowfan said: I’m perfectly normal. Oh, you think so? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, stormtracker said: El Capitan, take us to the promised land. Lol. I’m gonna declare the gfs out to lunch. H5 really different this run but same surface. Not sure how that’s possible. Back to football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmagnet Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 52 minutes ago, stormtracker said: We have the dumbest of hobbies. I don't know about anybody else, but sometimes I wish I was a normie. My mom knew I was weird when I was 4. It would be thundering and lightening outside, everybody going away from the windows and I'd sit in a chair at the window. High school, calling my mom to hold the phone up to the TV at 11:20 tuned to the weather channel when the 5 day business planner came on. I'm honestly surprised my mother just didn't throw the whole child away and start over. Clearly you aren’t the only one. I didn’t have cable TV growing up, so I’d have to rely on Bob Ryan and calling WE6-1212. Today my phone told me that I spent almost 12 hours last week on this page. My other pointless hobby (that I absolutely love) is Genealogy research. Hours and hours of time trying to find dead relatives. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Been gone all day...of course the non snowy gfs destroyed the snowy euro again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, snowmagnet said: Clearly you aren’t the only one. I didn’t have cable TV growing up, so I’d have to rely on Bob Ryan and calling WE6-1212. Today my phone told me that I spent almost 12 hours last week on this page. My other pointless hobby (that I absolutely love) is Genealogy research. Hours and hours of time trying to find dead relatives. Similar obsessions. Here you’re trying to find dead storms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, snowmagnet said: Clearly you aren’t the only one. I didn’t have cable TV growing up, so I’d have to rely on Bob Ryan and calling WE6-1212. Today my phone told me that I spent almost 12 hours last week on this page. My other pointless hobby (that I absolutely love) is Genealogy research. Hours and hours of time trying to find dead relatives. Hey which app tells ya how much time you spend on a particular page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 GFS allows a slight storm next Monday due to the northern stream disturbance backing off a bit and does not crush the southern energy one as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDeeHCue Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 What’s that building out of the SW and running up into the Upper South 210-240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 GFS shows something for Feb 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris78 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Here's comes a @WinterWxLuvr Special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Yeah we ain't quite normal...lol And let me tell ya...I don't think this is a hobby you just choose. I was obsessed with snow before I ever found this site or knew what the heck a GFS was, lol In fact it was a snow obsession that drew me here. So when folks say "You should find another hobby"...I'm thinking...so I'm supposed to just stop loving snow? I think a number of us don't get into to just for the fun of it...but because we wanna snow "When's it gonna snow again?"...and that won't go away by just not being on the sight. I fooled myself into thinking I could just write the winter off, and said I wasn't gonna come on here. That lasted all of two weeks, lol You can't not see/hear a weather forecast...so if you see snow potential on there, the urge becomes practically irresistible. You know this hobby can be bad for ya, but you keep getting drawn in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTy Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I just bought a meteorology textbook so I could start to lay down knowledge, if that's not pathetic enough. Looking forward to dels and curls and atmospheric calculus. I'm a loser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Andrew Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said: Yeah we ain't quite normal...lol And let me tell ya...I don't think this is a hobby you just choose. I was obsessed with snow before I ever found this site or knew what the heck a GFS was, lol In fact it was a snow obsession that drew me here. So when folks say "You should find another hobby"...I'm thinking...so I'm supposed to just stop loving snow? I think a number of us don't get into to just for the fun of it...but because we wanna snow "When's it gonna snow again?"...and that won't go away by just not being on the sight. I fooled myself into thinking I could just write the winter off, and said I wasn't gonna come on here. That lasted all of two weeks, lol You can't not see/hear a weather forecast...so if you see snow potential on there, the urge becomes practically irresistible. You know this hobby can be bad for ya, but you keep getting drawn in! Damn right we loved snow growing up. Double Whammy January 1987 snowstorms and March 93 Superstorm got me into the hobby. The Internet allowed us to live our hobby in real time starting with tracking January 1996 blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Entertaining GFS HH. I doubt this front will move through quick enough to get a snow this week, but I think we have plenty more time for winter fun. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colette11 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Been in the NYC Metro group since 2012. Since I’m a born and raised North Jersey girl. Eastern before that. Moved to Branchland WV in 2020 so I’m gonna start reading this group now. I’m near the OH KY border. Rural WV. Although I still read NYC too as my brother is in the NYC forum and also back home. Hello Mid Atlantic group! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, colette11 said: Been in the NYC Metro group since 2012. Since I’m a born and raised North Jersey girl. Eastern before that. Moved to Branchland WV in 2020 so I’m gonna start reading this group now. I’m near the OH KY border. Rural WV. Although I still read NYC too as my brother is in the NYC forum and also back home. Hello Mid Atlantic group! Hello and welcome to the mid-Atlantic Forum. Where the snow weenies are nuts and the storms are getting nervous! We're all crazy here, but since you're joining in, then what does that say?...well, I'll just leave it at that LOL! Seriously though, it's a good group in here, and hope you have fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imgoinhungry Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 41 minutes ago, Ji said: Been gone all day...of course the non snowy gfs destroyed the snowy euro again of course. expected nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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