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The National Weather Service forecasters at Sterling have posted their map of actual (reported) snow totals from our Sunday/Monday snowfall. It's probably the most detailed tally to date of the storm, which I'll wager will be the deepest of this winter season. And you can compare it with the forecast map posted on Monday.
Or, you can compare it to the real deal, (below) snapped from orbit. Enjoy.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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Now that the snow is gone I personally can find two things to attribute to the amount of snow we received.
First, I look for a certain nonchalance from Frank concerning upcoming storms. From the "Snow fever spikes" posting he wrote, "Me? I'm not holding my breath" concerning chatter about upcoming snow. Over the years of reading Frank's blog I look for statements like that to signal a more significant snowfall. I theorize that its Frank's buildup of anticipation of a good snowstorm that generates just enough heat to change a decent snow to one of our more droll wintry mixes.
Secondly, and to a much lesser degree, I put my snow shovel away from the front of the house to the deep dark corners of the garage a week prior. This undoubtedly contributed another inch or so to the total here in Owings Mills.
Keep up the great work, Frank! And if you'll keep the anticipation at bay this December I'll keep the shovel in the garage for a possible white Christmas!
FR: It has been a hallmark of my career that when I write about a trend, it stops. When I venture a prediction, it flops. And when I write it off, watch out. A bellweather of the negative sort, but pretty damn reliable.
Posted by: Jake C. | March 4, 2009 9:25 AM