Thursday, March 17, 2016

LBC or ABC Mr RSC?

The title is in reference to an annual friendly wager (which by the way I lose EVERY year) concerning the yearlong snowfall total at KMDT.  Well, I thought I was styling as December played out as I gave 35" as the over/under and my compadre choose the over...(I believe I told him El Nino winters are generally wet; just trying to attain some semblance of forecasting).  Nada snow through the middle of January and I was feeling pretty good!  Then...BAM...BLIZZARD of historical proportions.  A year's worth of snow in one storm...unreal!  In case your memory is REAL SHORT...a Category 4; Crippling Event! (all of the font enhancements for you Yokes!)
Personally, I believe we have "on tap" yet another snowstorm within a few days of St. Paddy's celebrations.  I was with my siblings the other evening discussing the major snowfall in 1956 when my parents returned home from the week long stay in the hospital from the 2nd week of March birth of my elder twin bros!  The stories were humorous; but I mentioned that 1956 was an analog year in terms of an El Nino year.  Two years later; repeat!  I believe there was also a major snowfall in 1967 which also was an El Nino year where it was crashing to a cooler Pacific.  I would have to digress and research this, but I want to disseminate this info for my loyal minions so I can catch a few buckets this evening of this year's March Madness...By the way, here is the 1956 event; notable only Yokes...


If the Euro control run of the ensembles verifies, this will notable and then some!
If the Canuck verifies, this would be nasty...I believe this is just a tad too far west!  I honestly believe I-81 to I-78 to southern New England will bear the brunt of this later winter/early spring storm.
And for a touch of true irony, the Vernal Equinox will occur Sunday at 12:30 am EDT when the vertical rays of the sun will strike earth's equator and continue northward!  But come Monday morning at 12:30 am EDT, it sure won't look too spring-like outside; no way, no how... not at least if you believe the top 15 analogs from the 72 hour run of the GFS.  Here is the mean snowfall accums from the top 15 analogs...

So RSC, ABC or LBC or FeHillBC?  I'm kinda fond of 'em all!  I'm sure you're real surprised...Al's or Fed Tap works too.  And I did just mention irony (as I did last time too), so I will leave y'all with this Alanis Morissette 1995 ditty.  I don't think she mentioned ..."It's like a foot of snow on the first day spring..."  Enjoy!

And enjoy this first day of spring, March Madness, PIAA State BB Championships weekend!

Smitty

AA:  Good day for a fantasy baseball draft; snowy outside, baseball fever inside!

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