30-42 inches expected in the Blue Ridge of Virginia, other parts of inland VA and MD expecting 24-30. Could be a rapid drop-off near the Chesapeake Bay due to mixing and expecting another rapid drop-off on the northwest side of the storm so we'll see. Glad we stickied this though considering the in-storm updates we're going to get!
Doesn't the Weather Channel make its live stream viewable by everyone when there's a major weather thing going on? If not, bascially my idea was to pin something that gives live coverage so we live blog this Vajayjay storm. If someone else has a better suggestion go for it. (Snow, you're Meteorology Chick, can you advise?)
I am perfectly fine with what you did. I have no idea if Weather Channel does free live-streams of major events (I hope so) but linking to a random weather site and getting a live-blog going was already a thumbs-up from me.
Edit: It's not live without a cable subscription now, anyway. Not sure if it changes later, though the storm has started for a lot of people in the south and Ohio Valley.
And yes, that's what I wondered. If TWC isn't viewable by everyone then if there's a better link we can switch it. and that's a good idea – maybe we should wait a few hours and see if it does a free live thing then.
I'm not sure where you'd find a live stream set-up right now, honestly. Hopefully TWC will be made viewable soon so we don't have to worry, we can wait a few hours and see.
The storm has begun from Maryland southward, though the worst in the northern areas of that won't be until tonight. It is still likely dangerous in all of these areas.
Heavy freezing rain is being reported in many parts of central NC, which is notable if only because my aunt just died and her funeral is in Durham today. I obviously couldn't go due to the weather (which somehow managed to be worse than CT last year for the funeral there, ffs) Snow north and west of there.
Winter Storm Warnings are in effect from the Mississippi River along western KY, TN and northwest MS all the way across the south through northern SC and most of NC, as well as along the Ohio River and then north and east to near New York City. Blizzard warnings are in effect near I-95 from Fredericksburg, VA north to New York City and on Long Island, with Blizzard watches for southern CT and Winter Storm Watches are up for RI and southeastern MA. Snow accumulations drop off extremely rapidly northwest of the system, and where I am in Dayton is expecting a few flurries despite a foot of snow being expected less than 100 miles away. Freezing Rain Advisories are in northeastern SC and southeastern NC for this as well.
Florida is expecting severe thunderstorms from the system today, because Florida.
I legit assumed that Dale was the name of a town where they had another location. That there is a real person Dale that they were fucking with is just gold.
Very quiet all day. The snow started in earnest about an hour ago, very fine, dry crystals. It's 24 F now, calm winds and the barometer's started fo nosedive – 1021.3 mb now. The Weather Channel livestream wants me to become a paying cable TV channel customer, so I'm looking around for another livestream. the| Maryland MTA traffic cams are fun|, especially the Bay Bridge and | Piracy Island | ones.
40 minutes officially into the blizzard warning (weather radio is angrily telling me about a high wind warning as well). My sister suggested I start the slaughter with the neighbor who doesn't volunteer to shovel our driveway.
Light snow falling, winds seem calm, looks like about ¼ in accumulation. 26 °F, ambient pressure is 30.09 in Hg (my altitude is like 85 ft, can't be bothered to calibrate) and the graph looks like it's gone down about 0.1 in Hg in 6 hours.
Used the high predicted winds as an excuse to call out for the first time in forever (I'd likely end up stranded on the Eastern Shore for at least a day, and I am not sleeping on the storied Couch of Doom in the owner's office). The pizza franchisee who is getting sued by his own insurer (again/still) is insisting that the store won't close (while he's at home) (not bitter!).
But my anecdotal evidence indicates that the folks who order delivery in terrible weather also tend not to tip well; I'm betting both are rooted in the same lack of empathy. Further, the same people tend not to shovel driveways and/or clear ice from walkways.
You… really don't like the Bay Bridge, do you? There have been far worse, you know…
No, I'm one of those people who love the BB. The views are incomparable – you're up in the light aviation area and there's always something going on in that part of the bay. I just have a healthy respect for it, because when things go sideways up there they really go sideways fast.
Is that the steel bridge in Baltimore? Nasty! Actually, the old Tappan Zee Bridge inspired far more Fear and Loathing in me. Something about the shifting pylon foundations, and the holes in the deck you could see through to the river, FFS.
Now, Hate… that's reserved exclusively for the Severn River Bridge. I think you know what I mean.
I remember the old Tappan Zee, we had to take it going from NJ to CT to see both sides of the family in one trip. I remember my parents hating that bridge more than any other.
There's not many drives that put me on edge like that one – The Pennsylvania Turnpike with all the construction, semi trucks, closed lanes, speed and rock walls is a close runner up. White-knuckle rides, they are.
My first long-distance drive was when we were trying to get to NJ to see my great aunt Fran one last time before she died (I know, I have bad luck with aunts, the uncles are all still around) and the path was PA Turnpike-NJ turnpike-195-Jersey Shore at noon on a Saturday in summer. That was a trial by fire if there ever was one.
Man alive. I'm surprised you ever wanted to drive again.
Well, you have to remember that the end of that trip was getting back to Ohio, and after you spent a week in NJ and went through those areas Ohio feels really easy.
It's true that there are less drivers who are actively trying to kill you in Ohio.
The one exception is near Cincinnati. They'll get crazy down there.
I-90 into Chicago. God fucking damn. Once you start to enter into the city proper, the entrance ramps are basically blind. There's always a wall separating 90 from the entrance ramp. So, if you're going along in the right lane (which I had to do because I was nearing my exit and hell if I'm going to try and cut across 4 lanes of traffic in 1/2 a mile) the cars entering 90 come out of nowhere and they're going at or above speed-limit speed because they assume they have to, even though everyone is going about 40 on a good day. Holeee fuck, that is not fun.
Also, leaving Chicago on I-90 heading into Indiana one time, there was construction and the road was down to 2 skinny lanes both ways, with only those little orange poles separating you from oncoming traffic. I was riding in the passenger seat when the semi next to us just barely started edging out of their lane and into ours. It was so close, I probably could have rolled down the window and touched it. Then, the damn driver over-corrected and nearly sent the semi, us, and probably about 20 other cars to their doom.
*Shudder* I've driven past Chi-town numerous times, but never went into it via I-90. It's probably why I'm still alive.
When going to the upper midwest, the only way to go from around here is to take I-74 west out of Indianapolis, hop on I-35 north for a few miles, and then take 39 north to hook up with 90 all the way out near Rockford. It's worth going that far out of the way to avoid Chicago.
The last time I drove through Chicago, about 7 years ago, it was set up so the side the cash tolls and the side that the (whatever their EZ Pass is) tolls were on kept alternating with no warning, so everyone kept having to whip from one side to the other. It was insane.
The pictured bridge is the Huey P. Long Memorial Bridge near New Orleans, before the improvements in recent years. The truss structure to the left is the core railroad bridge (the road decks were effectively duck taped to the side), which you can see continue across the the middle of the picture to the right edge (a far smaller grade than the road decks). Recent years saw improvements granted the bridge lanes wide enough to handle something bigger than a Model T and even something vaguely resembling a shoulder.
Gee, I'm sorry I missed that one. It does look horrible.
Deadspin did a whole post on this today, and, yes, you could tell the dudes (always dudes!) arguing that their right to a pizza during a blizzard was more important than anyone else's safety are straight-up sociopaths who also think "tipping is bullshit" (and, of course, "if you don't want to risk death to deliver my pizza, magically obtain a better job! Or get a 'loan' from your parents [like I did]". So insane.
Fuck those people. Only a sociopath would order take out in weather terrible enough that the State closes the entire Transit Authority, declares a state of emergency and tells everybody – and they mean everybody to stay TF home.
None of these jokers would be brave enough to go out in this… no…some of them would no doubt be Stupid enough to go out in this.
Absolutely. Back during Hurricane Sandy, there was a big story, made the national news, about a woman who gave birth during the storm. Lived in my old town. What they left out is that the woman and her husband were COMPLETELY AWARE that she was in labor for TWELVE HOURS, but decided it would be a hassle to sit at the hospital during the storm .. so they waited until the VERY HEIGHT of the hurricane to call for an ambulance. It took three vehicles (and 25 people), with two of them getting stuck in the mud, to get her to the field hospital 10 miles away so she could have her fucking "miracle" baby. Assholes.
Yeah, I think I remember that one. Everyone wants to hear the "miracle baby" story and no one's going to air the "fucking irresponsible assholes putting all the responders in grave danger" bit.
You forgot the "Trump 2016!"
Yeah, that's the real cherry on top.
If you haven't found anything by now, try weathernation.com. They seem to be way less demanding about accessing their livestream.
I have to go out and do a thing, so if it does turn out that this link needs to be changed from the Weather Channel, if one of the other mods would do that I would much appreciate it.
Right? They seem to have gone through and really upped the expected totals for the northern edge of the storm. I really thought I was going to get off easy on this one.
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The most valuable part about this whole storm is that I've finally been able to easily locate my new residence on a map, at last (it's slightly east of the highest western bump of NJ before you get to NY).
23 F.
91% RH
1020.1 mb and falling
Winds NNW, 2-5 knots.
We're up to a little over an inch straight snow accumulation now. Snow and steady, with the same fine crystalline dry powder.
The real crazy stuff is supposed to hit here late overnight to tomorrow AM, when the second Low goes offshore, turns North and strengthens. Winds, with gusts of 50+ predicted (we'll see higher, I guarantee) will be the factor. We will end up with 16" to 24", depending on the storm track. For sure it will snow until late tomorrow.
Man, I'm watching the Baltimore station and there are way, way too many people still driving on the roads. Get home you fools, before the EMT's have to go out and get you.
The amazing part is you know that 75% of them are bitching about the other drivers being on the road because they don't need to be driving, unlike ranting person who is out picking up mooshu pork.
Back when I was a mailman in Denver I used to try to make the best out of having to walk around in snow (which is way better than driving around in it).
And here's one good moment: when the snow stops falling and the sun comes out and it's warm enough for the top layer to melt just a bit, everything is shiny and white. Not ice-storm-scary, more like still-wet enamel. The world looks beautiful and full of hopeful possibilities then.
Anyone who wants to know why this approaching coastal storm is all set to blow up into a nightmare Nor'easter can take a | look at the ocean temperature | now. 55 degrees is unheard of offshore VA in January and that's a whole lot of potental energy waiting to be sucked up in to the atmosphere.
Al Roker closed out NBC Nightly News by saying that there's 900 miles of snow, running in an arc across the country from Tennessee to New York. That's some storm.
WBAL in Baltimore's gone to full blown emergency news team storm coverage, which is appropriate. They're for sure not the only ones, probably all the local stations across the south to mid-Atlantic have done so.
You know they're going to Get Calls, from grouchy people who are missing the regularly-scheduled program of OW MY BALLS, and America's Got BALLS, and of course Real Nutshots of Orange County.
I just found a 5.8 from another spot in Richmond from the same time frame, which backs yours up. How odd.
"You know they're going to Get Calls, from grouchy people who are missing the regularly-scheduled program of OW MY BALLS, and America's Got BALLS, and of course Real Nutshots of Orange County."
WBAL's Kata Amara (the woman who was photobombed by Horsehead Guy last snowstorm) is in the field and seriously losing her voice. A woman in a leopard-spotted onesie – complete with hood and ears – comes up and offers her hot tea and throat lozenges. Live.
A whole flashy thing with a voiceover and red scroll with white letters. Very impressive. Meanwhile, it still hasn't even started snowing here yet. I'm having flashbacks to junior high dances — everyone else out on the floor, me by the wall all dressed up, no action
"What Evans apparently doesn't realize is that because of the thermal inertia of the oceans, within narrow bounds we can already predict what global temperatures will be in 2019, 2024, and 2029. And David Evans is going to lose his shirt."
I've been switching around between live broadcasts of various local news channels, so many have reporters driving around out in the snow – this is oddly mesmerizing.
Those fuckwits from CNN are still driving around northern VA, near DC. Every time they cut to them, the dude always mentions how law enforcement and gov't types are telling people to stay off the roads. Yes, I yell "Go home!" at them every time they come on.
Now they're talking to some random pregnant woman. (seriously!) She's "trying to keep a level head about it".
Good fucking christ.
I wanna see you poop your kid out into the cold snow.
24 F, now but with a wind chill of 17
94% RH
1007.8 mb, diving towards crush depth now, forward planes locked
Winds at 5knots steady NNE. Gusting to 11. (this is well in the wind shadow of the trees. There's 30 + knots out in the open. I can hear it)
It's a total winter's wonderland out there, 8" plus. We're going to get most of the snow tomorrow. I hope it's still dry like this.
Man, the wind gusts are picking up, blowing the fallen snow up in the air . Visibility's way down, pitch dark outside and snowing harder, if that's possible. Snow's flying sideways, sticking to the glass doors. All the fence posts are growing sno-cone heads and everything else's disappeared under white. Thunderstorm cells are wandering around in the dark out there now, dropping the occasional lightning strike. I'm not going outside until the weather gets way less lethal.
27 F, wind chill of 25
94% RH
1000.2 mb, still falling slightly
winds 2 knots steady North, shifting to gusts of 5 – 6 NW
Snow and ice pellets, 10"
The dry slot came in at around 0430 – 0530 ish, pulling some warmer air in. Rain/sleet/ice to the south and east of the peninsula. Bigger snow bands to the west of B'more. The low is offshore the VA coast now, still strengthening.Lots of lightning strikes offshore in that low – nothing here, yet. It's supposed to snow & storm hard in the area until 9 PM tonight. This will be fun.
Winds are really getting up now, gusts here of 12 knots and average up to 6. Stations in the open are gusting to 50 mph.
The barometric pressure is down to 999.3, rising slightly now from the low overnight of 998 (but down from the earlier 1000.2) . Big snowflakes & ice pellets earlier have given way again to fine blowing powder. I had to go out at 0530 to clear the HVAC heat exchanger, thought about clearing more snow paths but this wind (chill down to 21 F) is gonna keep me inside.
Nothing's moving outside except the birds, who are thrilled that I refilled all the feeders before the snowhammer came down.
Nobody who isn't an emergency worker better be out on the roads in this, although I expect to see the usual 4X4 yahoo's trucks nose down in the roadside ditches when I am able to get out.
although I expect to see the usual 4X4 yahoo's trucks nose down in the roadside ditches
Pfft, that was Wednesday.
I drove past a local high school around 9 PM, past a pick-up waiting to turn out from the parking lot onto the road. I look in my rear view to watch him turn out and, no doubt to the driver's surprise, end up on the shoulder rather than the intended travel lane. He corrected and came up behind me to around a car length until the road widened enough for him to pass me like the manly man he no doubt was.
I think so, but this storm's seriously weird. It's supposed to entrain a dry slot at some point tomorrow, then a swath of warm air from the ocean (which will mean serious rain in Ocean City), then grab frigid air on the backside. I'm hoping that I'm on the north side of the sleet/freezing rain/rain line, because life would be so much better.
Ouch. No rain (yet) here in LA, but I can't count the number of times I get tail-gated on the freeway. Asshole, I am going with the traffic flow: WTF do you think I can do to speed it up?
30-42 inches expected in the Blue Ridge of Virginia, other parts of inland VA and MD expecting 24-30. Could be a rapid drop-off near the Chesapeake Bay due to mixing and expecting another rapid drop-off on the northwest side of the storm so we'll see. Glad we stickied this though considering the in-storm updates we're going to get!
Doesn't the Weather Channel make its live stream viewable by everyone when there's a major weather thing going on? If not, bascially my idea was to pin something that gives live coverage so we live blog this Vajayjay storm. If someone else has a better suggestion go for it. (Snow, you're Meteorology Chick, can you advise?)
I am perfectly fine with what you did. I have no idea if Weather Channel does free live-streams of major events (I hope so) but linking to a random weather site and getting a live-blog going was already a thumbs-up from me.
Edit: It's not live without a cable subscription now, anyway. Not sure if it changes later, though the storm has started for a lot of people in the south and Ohio Valley.
It's started!!
And yes, that's what I wondered. If TWC isn't viewable by everyone then if there's a better link we can switch it. and that's a good idea – maybe we should wait a few hours and see if it does a free live thing then.
Well, it's not live TV but it's affiliated and a live blog: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/wundergroundlive…
I'm not sure where you'd find a live stream set-up right now, honestly. Hopefully TWC will be made viewable soon so we don't have to worry, we can wait a few hours and see.
For people with a Roku (not sure about other streamers), the WeatherNation channel/app has a live stream that doesn't require a cable subscription.
Where we stand now
The storm has begun from Maryland southward, though the worst in the northern areas of that won't be until tonight. It is still likely dangerous in all of these areas.
Heavy freezing rain is being reported in many parts of central NC, which is notable if only because my aunt just died and her funeral is in Durham today. I obviously couldn't go due to the weather (which somehow managed to be worse than CT last year for the funeral there, ffs) Snow north and west of there.
Winter Storm Warnings are in effect from the Mississippi River along western KY, TN and northwest MS all the way across the south through northern SC and most of NC, as well as along the Ohio River and then north and east to near New York City. Blizzard warnings are in effect near I-95 from Fredericksburg, VA north to New York City and on Long Island, with Blizzard watches for southern CT and Winter Storm Watches are up for RI and southeastern MA. Snow accumulations drop off extremely rapidly northwest of the system, and where I am in Dayton is expecting a few flurries despite a foot of snow being expected less than 100 miles away. Freezing Rain Advisories are in northeastern SC and southeastern NC for this as well.
Florida is expecting severe thunderstorms from the system today, because Florida.
I'm sorry for your loss, Snow.
I wasn't that close to her (unlike the one last year) so it's kind of a weird feeling. It's family but a part I barely know.
Important weather-related news! Dale still has to come in to work: http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/fuck-you-dale-1…
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Update lol: Yes, Dale is real but did not come to work. We were kidding around with him and he is safe and sound at home.
I legit assumed that Dale was the name of a town where they had another location. That there is a real person Dale that they were fucking with is just gold.
Very quiet all day. The snow started in earnest about an hour ago, very fine, dry crystals. It's 24 F now, calm winds and the barometer's started fo nosedive – 1021.3 mb now. The Weather Channel livestream wants me to become a paying cable TV channel customer, so I'm looking around for another livestream. the| Maryland MTA traffic cams are fun|, especially the Bay Bridge and | Piracy Island | ones.
15 faps. That's a lotta faps.
We're about to be snowed in. Got any better ideas how to spend the time, especially before the porn tubes go down?
Pokemon
okay nobody is going to go with me on that one
Why not both?
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Mega Gardevoir is better tbh
Not to be confused with Oppai Gardevoir?
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Less oppai, more white gowns!
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It's a good idea to process the neighbors into meal-sized portions now, before the lights go out.
Or so I've heard.
And, it begins… Stay safe!
40 minutes officially into the blizzard warning (weather radio is angrily telling me about a high wind warning as well). My sister suggested I start the slaughter with the neighbor who doesn't volunteer to shovel our driveway.
Light snow falling, winds seem calm, looks like about ¼ in accumulation. 26 °F, ambient pressure is 30.09 in Hg (my altitude is like 85 ft, can't be bothered to calibrate) and the graph looks like it's gone down about 0.1 in Hg in 6 hours.
Used the high predicted winds as an excuse to call out for the first time in forever (I'd likely end up stranded on the Eastern Shore for at least a day, and I am not sleeping on the storied Couch of Doom in the owner's office). The pizza franchisee who is getting sued by his own insurer (again/still) is insisting that the store won't close (while he's at home) (not bitter!).
Wise choice. You don't want to deal with that bridge from now on, unless you really have to.
Who orders out during a statewide snow emergency?
Our beloved customers, that's who!
But my anecdotal evidence indicates that the folks who order delivery in terrible weather also tend not to tip well; I'm betting both are rooted in the same lack of empathy. Further, the same people tend not to shovel driveways and/or clear ice from walkways.
You… really don't like the Bay Bridge, do you? There have been far worse, you know…
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No, I'm one of those people who love the BB. The views are incomparable – you're up in the light aviation area and there's always something going on in that part of the bay. I just have a healthy respect for it, because when things go sideways up there they really go sideways fast.
Is that the steel bridge in Baltimore? Nasty! Actually, the old Tappan Zee Bridge inspired far more Fear and Loathing in me. Something about the shifting pylon foundations, and the holes in the deck you could see through to the river, FFS.
Now, Hate… that's reserved exclusively for the Severn River Bridge. I think you know what I mean.
I remember the old Tappan Zee, we had to take it going from NJ to CT to see both sides of the family in one trip. I remember my parents hating that bridge more than any other.
There's not many drives that put me on edge like that one – The Pennsylvania Turnpike with all the construction, semi trucks, closed lanes, speed and rock walls is a close runner up. White-knuckle rides, they are.
My first long-distance drive was when we were trying to get to NJ to see my great aunt Fran one last time before she died (I know, I have bad luck with aunts, the uncles are all still around) and the path was PA Turnpike-NJ turnpike-195-Jersey Shore at noon on a Saturday in summer. That was a trial by fire if there ever was one.
Man alive. I'm surprised you ever wanted to drive again.
Well, you have to remember that the end of that trip was getting back to Ohio, and after you spent a week in NJ and went through those areas Ohio feels really easy.
It's true that there are less drivers who are actively trying to kill you in Ohio.
The one exception is near Cincinnati. They'll get crazy down there.
I-90 into Chicago. God fucking damn. Once you start to enter into the city proper, the entrance ramps are basically blind. There's always a wall separating 90 from the entrance ramp. So, if you're going along in the right lane (which I had to do because I was nearing my exit and hell if I'm going to try and cut across 4 lanes of traffic in 1/2 a mile) the cars entering 90 come out of nowhere and they're going at or above speed-limit speed because they assume they have to, even though everyone is going about 40 on a good day. Holeee fuck, that is not fun.
Also, leaving Chicago on I-90 heading into Indiana one time, there was construction and the road was down to 2 skinny lanes both ways, with only those little orange poles separating you from oncoming traffic. I was riding in the passenger seat when the semi next to us just barely started edging out of their lane and into ours. It was so close, I probably could have rolled down the window and touched it. Then, the damn driver over-corrected and nearly sent the semi, us, and probably about 20 other cars to their doom.
*Shudder* I've driven past Chi-town numerous times, but never went into it via I-90. It's probably why I'm still alive.
When going to the upper midwest, the only way to go from around here is to take I-74 west out of Indianapolis, hop on I-35 north for a few miles, and then take 39 north to hook up with 90 all the way out near Rockford. It's worth going that far out of the way to avoid Chicago.
The last time I drove through Chicago, about 7 years ago, it was set up so the side the cash tolls and the side that the (whatever their EZ Pass is) tolls were on kept alternating with no warning, so everyone kept having to whip from one side to the other. It was insane.
The pictured bridge is the Huey P. Long Memorial Bridge near New Orleans, before the improvements in recent years. The truss structure to the left is the core railroad bridge (the road decks were effectively duck taped to the side), which you can see continue across the the middle of the picture to the right edge (a far smaller grade than the road decks). Recent years saw improvements granted the bridge lanes wide enough to handle something bigger than a Model T and even something vaguely resembling a shoulder.
Gee, I'm sorry I missed that one. It does look horrible.
Deadspin did a whole post on this today, and, yes, you could tell the dudes (always dudes!) arguing that their right to a pizza during a blizzard was more important than anyone else's safety are straight-up sociopaths who also think "tipping is bullshit" (and, of course, "if you don't want to risk death to deliver my pizza, magically obtain a better job! Or get a 'loan' from your parents [like I did]". So insane.
Fuck those people. Only a sociopath would order take out in weather terrible enough that the State closes the entire Transit Authority, declares a state of emergency and tells everybody – and they mean everybody to stay TF home.
None of these jokers would be brave enough to go out in this… no…some of them would no doubt be Stupid enough to go out in this.
Absolutely. Back during Hurricane Sandy, there was a big story, made the national news, about a woman who gave birth during the storm. Lived in my old town. What they left out is that the woman and her husband were COMPLETELY AWARE that she was in labor for TWELVE HOURS, but decided it would be a hassle to sit at the hospital during the storm .. so they waited until the VERY HEIGHT of the hurricane to call for an ambulance. It took three vehicles (and 25 people), with two of them getting stuck in the mud, to get her to the field hospital 10 miles away so she could have her fucking "miracle" baby. Assholes.
Yeah, I think I remember that one. Everyone wants to hear the "miracle baby" story and no one's going to air the "fucking irresponsible assholes putting all the responders in grave danger" bit.
You forgot the "Trump 2016!"
Yeah, that's the real cherry on top.
If you haven't found anything by now, try weathernation.com. They seem to be way less demanding about accessing their livestream.
Ah, thanks! I always forget about those guys.
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ummmm That's what I got when trying
Edit: nvm it's http://weathernationtv.com/
Whoops! Sorry! Thanks for posting the right link.
Going to use that since it's clearly not wanting cable subscriptions, thanks!
|alas….|
I have to go out and do a thing, so if it does turn out that this link needs to be changed from the Weather Channel, if one of the other mods would do that I would much appreciate it.
Creature, stay safe, and anyone else in the path.
I'd change it if I knew what to change it to. I've been looking for something but no luck so far.
There's some local news stations doing the Livestream thingy:
| NBC Channel 4 |
| CBS affiliate WUSA channel 9 |
| ABC News channel 8, on Livestream |
|The Baltimore NBC station WBAL channel 11 | will have an hour stream at 4 PM.
Thank you, CR! Going to link to NBC 4 for now, if people have a preference that can absolutely change.
The folks at 4 do good work.
|Don't go back|
| If you do, you'll get snowblind. |
Sending positive thoughts toward all of you Wonkers who are getting pounded. Stay safe and warm!
Thanks. You know that old weather rhyme: "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning"?
Well…
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Two CNN idjits are out driving around in Springfield, VA right now. Journamalism! Get off the road and go home, fuckers!
I sent a message to a friend in Springfield to not go out in this, nice to see the media can't even follow that advice, ffs
For a comedic interlude, here's some Patton Oswalt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-oxsMl3iCA
Here's the commercial he's talking about (you may want to watch this one first): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij1VIgcItQ8
Well, shit, they just revised my forecast from 5-8" to 15-24". Thought I was too far north. Bollocks.
Right? They seem to have gone through and really upped the expected totals for the northern edge of the storm. I really thought I was going to get off easy on this one.
Looks like it's still a really sharp cut-off though, if they could get away with it I bet they'd have said 5-24"
OT:
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The most valuable part about this whole storm is that I've finally been able to easily locate my new residence on a map, at last (it's slightly east of the highest western bump of NJ before you get to NY).
Can't be |any worse|..
Aw, shit I feel guilty. Sorry. I like snow.
23 F.
91% RH
1020.1 mb and falling
Winds NNW, 2-5 knots.
We're up to a little over an inch straight snow accumulation now. Snow and steady, with the same fine crystalline dry powder.
The real crazy stuff is supposed to hit here late overnight to tomorrow AM, when the second Low goes offshore, turns North and strengthens. Winds, with gusts of 50+ predicted (we'll see higher, I guarantee) will be the factor. We will end up with 16" to 24", depending on the storm track. For sure it will snow until late tomorrow.
Man, I'm watching the Baltimore station and there are way, way too many people still driving on the roads. Get home you fools, before the EMT's have to go out and get you.
steady, with the same fine crystalline dry powder
That's how I knew and understood 'snow days'. Not those big flaky lie flakes.
People are so stupid, like do they seriously think they're immune to having problems in two feet of snow?
The amazing part is you know that 75% of them are bitching about the other drivers being on the road because they don't need to be driving, unlike ranting person who is out picking up mooshu pork.
And if they get home they'll sit back and have a dinner conversation (possibly with themselves) about why this storm means global warming isn't real.
After dinner they'll post a long anti-AGW screed in their usual place, Breitbart.com
Back when I was a mailman in Denver I used to try to make the best out of having to walk around in snow (which is way better than driving around in it).
And here's one good moment: when the snow stops falling and the sun comes out and it's warm enough for the top layer to melt just a bit, everything is shiny and white. Not ice-storm-scary, more like still-wet enamel. The world looks beautiful and full of hopeful possibilities then.
shit, you were a mailman? I have so much more respect (not that it means anything)
[I am an asshole] Thanks for being here, Lot.
Branch 47, National Association of Letter Carriers, 1974-78 or so.
Your respect means plenty. How little did you have before?
Jim is way too excited by the prospect of thundersnow.
Jim Cantore is the best kind of crazy.
I like that old Weather Channel commercial where Cantore shows up on the beach, on vacation, and everyone screams and runs away.
Anyone who wants to know why this approaching coastal storm is all set to blow up into a nightmare Nor'easter can take a | look at the ocean temperature | now. 55 degrees is unheard of offshore VA in January and that's a whole lot of potental energy waiting to be sucked up in to the atmosphere.
<img src="http://www.oceanweather.com/data/NE-US/SST.GIF"/>
Warming oceans, eh? THANKS AL GORE
Global warming literally creating Inhofe's next snowball!
Isn't it Ironic?
LOL. Chris Christie has suddenly decided that NJ needs him.
Photo-op! "Now, where did I put that fleece?"
New Jersey: "Uh, nah, we're good."
Selected snow reports (from 4PM, will have a new report near 10)
Huntsville, AL: 0.3
Austin, AR: 7.0
Washington, DC: 1.0 (likely much higher now)
Macedonia, GA: 6.0
Bowling Green, KY: 11.0
Lexington, KY: 4.0
Louisville, KY: 3.0
Oxford, MS: 2.0
Fairview, NC: 12.0
Asheville, NC: 8.0
Chesnee, SC: 7.0
Samburg, TN: 9.0
Nashville, TN: 7.1
Union City, TN: 5.0
Coleman Store, VA: 9.0
Wytheville, VA: 8.1
Blacksburg, VA: 7.0
Roanoke, VA: 6.0
Lynchburg, VA: 3.5
Richmond, VA: 2.0
Dingess, WV: 10.0
Red Sulphur Springs, WV: 10.0
Charleston, WV: 9.0
Beckley, WV: 6.5
Al Roker closed out NBC Nightly News by saying that there's 900 miles of snow, running in an arc across the country from Tennessee to New York. That's some storm.
WBAL in Baltimore's gone to full blown emergency news team storm coverage, which is appropriate. They're for sure not the only ones, probably all the local stations across the south to mid-Atlantic have done so.
You know they're going to Get Calls, from grouchy people who are missing the regularly-scheduled program of OW MY BALLS, and America's Got BALLS, and of course Real Nutshots of Orange County.
Richmond, 9 inches of snow as of 5:30 PM – 2 inches? Where did they get that? It was 7 inches at 4PM!
That's what it said on the storm summary from the Weather Prediction Center.
Edit: Official storm report from 5:35PM only has 3.5 inches?
Huh – inaccurate. I was shoveling at 4PM – 6-8 inches at least – enough to cover 3/4 of my neighbors pugs.
<img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/80552000/jpg/_80552033_snow_dog_1400.jpg" />
HAHAHAHAHAHA – That's GREAT!
My favorite part is that they updated it as the snow fell and this resulted later in the month:
<img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/80913000/jpg/_80913052_snow_dog-accumulation-total.jpg" />
I just found a 5.8 from another spot in Richmond from the same time frame, which backs yours up. How odd.
"You know they're going to Get Calls, from grouchy people who are missing the regularly-scheduled program of OW MY BALLS, and America's Got BALLS, and of course Real Nutshots of Orange County."
You forgot CSI: My Balls! and NCIS: BALLS:
Yeah, and also: "Two and half BALLS", "BALLS Tank", "Say Yes to the BALLS" and of course, "If it's Sunday, it's Meet the BALLS".
Wow, how could I forget all of those?
0.3" in Huntsville is yoooge. A 2014 storm there led Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw to do something more amazing than his name:
http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/01/doctor_walks_six_…
Christ, one of the Channel 11 meteorologist's models has predicted a gust of 72 mph on the beach in Delaware tomorrow.
GFS has 65 mph sustained winds in the Chesapeake tomorrow so that's not very surprising.
Oh boy. The water will be doing some very interesting things tomorrow.
Okay, the front is closing in on my area. I can tell because it feels like someone is smashing my ankles with a sledgehammer.
WBAL's Kata Amara (the woman who was photobombed by Horsehead Guy last snowstorm) is in the field and seriously losing her voice. A woman in a leopard-spotted onesie – complete with hood and ears – comes up and offers her hot tea and throat lozenges. Live.
So Baltimore.
I made berger's cookies last week. They weren't the same, but the did get eated quick.
Bergers! Somebody brought a box of those in to work around the holidays. They didn't last long at all.
They never do. Guilty pleasure. Like Faidley's .
Is Baltimore in Florida?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhdh8kSM7lY
Baltimore's Chamber of Commerce rejected this for their theme song. No idea why.
Two words: John Waters.
|This| was totally on my bucket list, but dammit, it's been done.
They're starting to get lightning strikes down in mid-Virginia. Here it comes.
I'm guessing there's no pizza delivery in the area?
Sector R and N – they never deliver to the hills.
Nor groats.
Who among us doesn't long for a chocolate-covered groat cluster? Or a bucket of Admirable Byrd's Kentucky-Fried Chicken Fingers?
22 F
92% RH
1016.1 mb, falling rapidly now.
Winds at 3knots N, shifting NE. Gusts of 6.
Steady, stead, steady snow fall. 4", measured on my deck.
Oh,
'DECK'.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
*corrected for shrinkage*
That is some toughness there.
Thanks for the updates, everyone. Still sending sunny and warm positive thoughts to you all!
22 F
93% RH
1013.0 mb, plummeting…
Winds at 4knots N NE. Gusts of 6.
Snow, snow, snow at 5 1/2 " plus now.
Oh, wind chill of 19 F.
Wow, they actually used the Emergency Alert System!
Get! It's not just an annoying barrage of buzzerps anymore?
A whole flashy thing with a voiceover and red scroll with white letters. Very impressive. Meanwhile, it still hasn't even started snowing here yet. I'm having flashbacks to junior high dances — everyone else out on the floor, me by the wall all dressed up, no action
I was at home.
They were just afraid, Shel.
| Ah, is this a game of chance? |
"What Evans apparently doesn't realize is that because of the thermal inertia of the oceans, within narrow bounds we can already predict what global temperatures will be in 2019, 2024, and 2029. And David Evans is going to lose his shirt."
AH HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA HaHaha. ha.
*Sobbing*
Seems like that Joe Bastardi guy is trying to bet against global warming too. His last name is quite fitting.
I've been switching around between live broadcasts of various local news channels, so many have reporters driving around out in the snow – this is oddly mesmerizing.
Those fuckwits from CNN are still driving around northern VA, near DC. Every time they cut to them, the dude always mentions how law enforcement and gov't types are telling people to stay off the roads. Yes, I yell "Go home!" at them every time they come on.
Please tell me it's Wolf Blitzer driving.
Now they're talking to some random pregnant woman. (seriously!) She's "trying to keep a level head about it".
Good fucking christ.
I wanna see you poop your kid out into the cold snow.
Trying to keep a level head? Obviously if she went outside in this she already failed!
Please, Wolf's a big shot now. He doesn't drive himself anywhere. Stay tuned for his driver's autobiography: Driving Miss Wolfie.
Asshat in the Passat
Haha exactly.
New storm totals as of 9pm. Note that some are based on measurements that are a few hours old, that's pretty typical.
Crossville, AL: 2.5
Huntsville, AL: 1.0
Washington, DC: 3.5
Dover, DE: 2.5
Macedonia, GA: 6.0
Beattyville, KY: 16.0
Bowling Green, KY: 11.0
Frostburg, MD: 8.0
Redhouse, MD: 8.0
Myrtle, MS: 2.0
Oxford, MS: 2.0
Old Fort, NC: 14.0
Asheville, NC: 8.0
Delanco, NJ: 2.0
Cape May, NJ: 1.0
Ironton, OH: 9.5
Athens, OH: 4.0
Champion, PA: 6.0
Jennerstown, PA: 6.0
Chesnee, SC: 7.0
Cross Plains, TN: 11.0
Nashville, TN: 9.0
Independence, VA: 18.0
Wytheville, VA: 12.4
Blacksburg, VA: 10.0
Roanoke, VA: 6.0
Teays Valley, WV: 15.5
Charleston, WV: 14.0
Beckley, WV: 6.5
And a few where it's ended:
North Little Rock, AR: 8.0
Austin, AR: 7.0
Homer. LA: 1.0
Wind restrictions on the Bay Bridge, which means it's experiencing wind speeds in the 40's
My ambient pressure is 29.82 in Hg, so… going down a bit.
Naval Academy seems to have lost over 2.5 mbar from 10:00 to 11:00. Hard to find in all the snow.
2.5 million bars?
♪♫ Your wife is a highway
I'm gonna ride her all night long ♪♫
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|Went to get it……..but decided on this instead.|
24 F, now but with a wind chill of 17
94% RH
1007.8 mb, diving towards crush depth now, forward planes locked
Winds at 5knots steady NNE. Gusting to 11. (this is well in the wind shadow of the trees. There's 30 + knots out in the open. I can hear it)
It's a total winter's wonderland out there, 8" plus. We're going to get most of the snow tomorrow. I hope it's still dry like this.
Extemp linked to this earlier today on FP………….. https://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/41t0…
"I still get an odd feeling in my stomach whenever I watch the debates."
Believe it or not, this even happens to people who haven't blown Ted Cruz.
Old Man Winter! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYXEt7xOh1M
Man, the wind gusts are picking up, blowing the fallen snow up in the air . Visibility's way down, pitch dark outside and snowing harder, if that's possible. Snow's flying sideways, sticking to the glass doors. All the fence posts are growing sno-cone heads and everything else's disappeared under white. Thunderstorm cells are wandering around in the dark out there now, dropping the occasional lightning strike. I'm not going outside until the weather gets way less lethal.
Keep your tentacles dry.
Wait…
Pretend your basement is underwater. That's where you thrive. (that's weirdly something I did as a kid).
16,999 comments posted
G'night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgKv3wdzE30
Ouch. Who needs a barometer when I have my sinuses?
27 F, wind chill of 25
94% RH
1000.2 mb, still falling slightly
winds 2 knots steady North, shifting to gusts of 5 – 6 NW
Snow and ice pellets, 10"
The dry slot came in at around 0430 – 0530 ish, pulling some warmer air in. Rain/sleet/ice to the south and east of the peninsula. Bigger snow bands to the west of B'more. The low is offshore the VA coast now, still strengthening.Lots of lightning strikes offshore in that low – nothing here, yet. It's supposed to snow & storm hard in the area until 9 PM tonight. This will be fun.
Winds are really getting up now, gusts here of 12 knots and average up to 6. Stations in the open are gusting to 50 mph.
The barometric pressure is down to 999.3, rising slightly now from the low overnight of 998 (but down from the earlier 1000.2) . Big snowflakes & ice pellets earlier have given way again to fine blowing powder. I had to go out at 0530 to clear the HVAC heat exchanger, thought about clearing more snow paths but this wind (chill down to 21 F) is gonna keep me inside.
Nothing's moving outside except the birds, who are thrilled that I refilled all the feeders before the snowhammer came down.
Nobody who isn't an emergency worker better be out on the roads in this, although I expect to see the usual 4X4 yahoo's trucks nose down in the roadside ditches when I am able to get out.
You did sleep, right?
Pfft, that was Wednesday.
I drove past a local high school around 9 PM, past a pick-up waiting to turn out from the parking lot onto the road. I look in my rear view to watch him turn out and, no doubt to the driver's surprise, end up on the shoulder rather than the intended travel lane. He corrected and came up behind me to around a car length until the road widened enough for him to pass me like the manly man he no doubt was.
Here's a nice hot toddy for all you Eastern snow birds.
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Ahhh… that's better. Thanks!
| Scott Kelly has the best perspective: |
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Re: upper right
Is this officially the first cat pic from space?
Very nice. Is that lightening in the middle, or are those yellow lights near the bottom lighting?
Also too, I want to make a fresh thread, that image is perfect.
Whoa–the livecam on WaPo's home page is showing some fierce winds.
I'll say it yet again: stay warm and safe, everyone!
The Baltimore Emergency Management spokesperson's accent is cracking me up.
Wish that I wasn't going from I-70 in Ohio to the central shore or I'd have taken 80. I've taken 80 across going to CT and it's much, much nicer.
They're already in Davos, planning on how to suck the last of the life blood from the masses. With white wine and canapes.
Excellent! Ask her if she needs any recipes. I have some fine ones from Borneo.
Quick, or you'll miss it.
I think so, but this storm's seriously weird. It's supposed to entrain a dry slot at some point tomorrow, then a swath of warm air from the ocean (which will mean serious rain in Ocean City), then grab frigid air on the backside. I'm hoping that I'm on the north side of the sleet/freezing rain/rain line, because life would be so much better.
I just bought a toaster oven. Are there any baked entrees?
The low pressure center of this storm is only 997, which is somewhat low but shows that you don't need crazy low pressures to get big impacts.
was
1016.1 mb, falling rapidly now.
Jake is a total Pats fan. (He's from Maine.) He won't shut up about Tom Brady.
Don't get too attached and give them names though. The last time someone did that it turned tropical and hit the Azores.
People are incapable of slowing down in California, apparently.
Ouch. No rain (yet) here in LA, but I can't count the number of times I get tail-gated on the freeway. Asshole, I am going with the traffic flow: WTF do you think I can do to speed it up?
Now I know why some say LA can't drive FFS…
Californiadrivers LIBELZ!
No, wait, the other thing. ACCURATE DESCRIPTION!!!
Sure looks like it.
<img src="http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/90fwbg.gif" />
Not true!
They slow down, and sometimes come to a complete stop in the middle of the block, to read a text.
Good news, everyone: Annapolis isn't flooding!
Nah, can't do that anymore. Down to 100k.