snowfan Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, psuhoffman said: Took the kids sledding. You can see my house from down in town. I tell everyone I meet I look down on them. For some reason they don’t like me. I pictured a more dramatic skyline for the Maryland alps. Don’t forget to chain up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 In retrospect the storm was kind of a let down after we got the SLEET, having been assured multiple times, that hey there is no way on earth that the SLEET was ever gonna get up into Northern Virginia, too damn much cold air. But last night was pure gold. I have never seen this sub so happy. I felt like it was 1987 all over again, I was a young man able to walk 6 mph for hours and shovel out half of Dale City with a 14 inch blizzard on the way. I was in total snow heaven and the entire sub was jumping like it was December 31, 1999 at the hippest party I have ever experienced! Last night was one in infinity, right up until that horrid pinging SLEET invasion came along destroying snow accumulation dreams like the Banda Aceh Tsunami. But at least everyone got some snow. At least one person got to see 12 inches. I think Dale City eked out 6 inches. Its better than nothing. But just the THOUGHT that we could have had that PRECIOUS 16 INCHES! To break a back trying to shovel! To jebwalk in deep snow, getting beatdown right in the face with huge snow aggregates coming down so damn hard you can't even see where you are going! I hate sleet. I hate warm noses and any other POS that gets in the way of the Mid Atlantic SUB getting a truly Brobdingnagian amount of powder snow. One item that was particularly galling, was that we sacrificed inches of precious snow on that damn DRY COLUMN at the start where we were all CRYING the MOST for snow! Some waited hours and hours! All that DRY FRIGID AIR! We sacrificed snow for dry air, finally it reached the ground, we got a few inches then that DAMNED SLEET came smashing in, obliterated the snow party like no other! Crushing dreams NINE FRACKING YEARS IN THE MAKING, while people patiently endured hours of useless PIXIE DUST and sleet pellets! I can't BEGIN to tell you all HOW MUCH I LOATHE THAT ACCURSED SLEET. I hate it. I truly do. Damn. We waited NINE YEARS for this. That Base State is horrid, It might be 2034 before we get another storm like this. Times have changed. I'll be 69 old years old, if indeed I am still alive. Need to add something here. We ended up with with some sleet and some lulls BUT this storm HAS turned out to meet the NWS forecasts after all. Many places are getting totals of 8 to 12 inches of snow. The ULL pass is helping many, and this has turned out to be a very good storm. I am so happy for this sub but I still wish you all could have gotten 16. That, would have been truly EPIC, but 8 to 12 inches of snow is a damn good storm!! Enjoy it! You have another system coming, but I will be more cautious and just say I hope it brings you more pure powder snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Hey everyone. Please don't forget to pile those dendrites up. Pile them on the north sides of sunlight blocking objects like your car, the house, the shed. Pile them high. The idea is to have piles of snow all ready for the next storm, which may bring you all more accumulating snows! Shovel your walk, the driveway, the entire road if you have to, and pile it all up nice and high. Maybe even increase the depth of your snowpack, spread it around then pack it down. The entire Sub, is a northern Snow Town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, snowfan said: I pictured a more dramatic skyline for the Maryland alps. Don’t forget to chain up. It actually looks like one of the houses down his street is higher than PSU. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, mattie g said: Not clicking that shit. 2 hours ago, weathercoins said: Lmao at them Tweeting this. Insane thing to write outside of this message board. https://x.com/fox5dc/status/1876422265123860495?s=46 2 hours ago, stormtracker said: Jesus Christ. Like, what?!?!? When did they turn into some kid in his basement ripping and reading one model? They got Community Noted and deleted the post 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, psuhoffman said: But the pattern in the pacific you are referring too evolved the exact same way in 2006. The difference was the NS SW dove in behind the STJ wave and dug the trough better than most guidance is doing now that suggest the NS and STJ waves will be out of sync. The rest of the pattern is nearly identical. Especially the pacific which is specifically what you were talking about. Day of storm 2006 Day of Threat now I saw Feb 2006 and immediately needed a cigarette. You can't be mentioning that storm around me without me getting a little hot and bothered. That's a top 3 snow memory for me. 4.5"/hr snowfall with a full hour of thunder and lightning. 20" on the dot and most of it came in 5.5 hrs. Just unbelievable. I would pay good money to see that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 The post-storm withdrawal always sucks. I advise everyone to avoid looking at the models today. See you at 12z. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 17 hours ago, snowfan said: I pictured a more dramatic skyline for the Maryland alps. Don’t forget to chain up. Well the "valley" I am in there is at like 900 feet so the ridges aren't that dramatic, its more a plateau than true ridges with only about 300 feet difference between the peaks and valleys until you get off Parrs Ridge completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Have come up with nicknames for the models other than the euro GFS - good for shit UK- ukSHIT CMC - SHITcan ICON - iconic piece of shit any others? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSN+ Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Just now, DDweatherman said: Have come up with nicknames for the models other than the euro GFS - good for shit UK- ukSHIT CMC - SHITcan ICON - iconic piece of shit any others? Don’t forget NAM- Not a model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, TSSN+ said: Don’t forget NAM- Not a model Also have some climate models CFS - can’t forecast shit CanSIPS - CantSHIT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I know I was talking to some about Christmas Twister and how the title was spelled wrong on Tubi. I went back and took a screen shot and here it is. They must have the unedited version. lol. Then I went back to Amazon Prime and looked at the title. The name of the movie is complete different now. It is called F6 Twister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 For some reason my tempest station is reporting a temperature of 36. Every other nearby tempest is sitting under 32, with a bunch reading 31.6 Guess I'd better find a better place to mount it. Only thing I can think is that it's picking up a bunch of heat radiating off my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticweather Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 24 minutes ago, DDweatherman said: Have come up with nicknames for the models other than the euro GFS - good for shit UK- ukSHIT CMC - SHITcan ICON - iconic piece of shit any others? Banter, but you reminded me of this funny bit https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14GLnrQvHC/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulythegun Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Wow. Schools already closed here for tomorrow. Day 19 of Christmas break. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 79/mostly cloudy, but hoping for sustained sunnier days. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 7 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said: 79/mostly cloudy, but hoping for sustained sunnier days. I saw the pic before seeing it was from you and thought, “Wow, I had no idea snow would melt that fast on sand.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleocene Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRWx's Thanks Giving Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 DT just said on his facebook that the Icon is a good model! LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathercoins Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 How do we make a January 20th blizzard happen? If DC looks like Greenland and/or Canada, maybe we’re less likely to get weird with them (among other reasons) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 My sister just sent me this, 11 years ago today chasing in upstate with @TSSN+ if we don’t get a big dog soon, I’m going to the big dog. @BuffaloWeather coming for the next big LES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Heading north tomorrow. SYR got 2” today with 9” on the ground. I’ll race home if it ends up looking to snow down here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBaltimore Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 42 minutes ago, weathercoins said: How do we make a January 20th blizzard happen? If DC looks like Greenland and/or Canada, maybe we’re less likely to get weird with them (among other reasons) I don't care how unpopular or stupid taking over Greenland would be. I want cheap visa free flights to an ice cap and I don't care how we go about getting them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathercoins Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, LordBaltimore said: I don't care how unpopular or stupid taking over Greenland would be. I want cheap visa free flights to an ice cap and I don't care how we go about getting them I’ve actually always wanted to go there lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBaltimore Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, weathercoins said: I’ve actually always wanted to go there lol need to see summit camp once before I die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, LordBaltimore said: need to see summit camp once before I die The real weenies all visit Vostok in Antarctica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowsonTownT Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 10 minutes ago, cbmclean said: The real weenies all visit Vostok in Antarctica. I've honestly researched flights to Aomori City, it's on the bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Schools in this area continue to be incredibly soft. The 2nd snow day after a storm is forgivable, the 3rd is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokieEnginerd Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 9 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said: Schools in this area continue to be incredibly soft. The 2nd snow day after a storm is forgivable, the 3rd is not. You clearly have not seen of the sidewalks and streets in some of these neighborhoods. They have not all been cleared and are still extremely icy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now