Out: Rain when it's 65 degrees outside
In: Rain when it's 33 degrees outside

(Hopefully I'll be proven wrong on the 7th of January!)

Ha Ha! Great list. Let's hope the first in and out will NOT prove true...maybe "Giant DC snowstorms" in and "complaining about no snow in DC" out?

ah...'tis a dream...

The 7th looks mainly wet. Its amazing to see what the trends have been with the models this winter. I mean every storm it seems like went from wintery to wet. Tuesday look very interesting just a couple of days ago to now looking pretty wet. One thing you can count on now is you can bet it will be cold behind the storm.

I'm loving the 18z run for 1/6!!!!!!! Best solution Ive seen all winter....

Too bad it will adjust next run......hopefully more so in our favor.:)....Right now models show a classic winter storm setup...

Yeah lol I just saw the 18z! Pretty setup. Butttt, its is the 18z and its does have a bias. wee need the 0z to back it up or else you can forget about it. I could tell Topper Shutt saw it b/c he seemed a bit in question to what might happen. All I can say is lets pray!

Maybe 18z picked up on the cold air damming.....I agree it's only 18z ,.If 0z backs it up, this new model trend will get really interesting.....if certainly looks like we will have a decent amount of moisture to work with......hope & pray is right..

we can only hope but the odds of it happening are not good IMO just b/c of what the trend has been all winter so lets wait and see!

Yes, El Bombo has been gone for quite a while. Hard not to worry about that.

El Bombo must have gone 2 a dance on a rainy nite & melted. Some people just fade away, like snow in this area, & r never heard from again. Maybe a Dingo ate him. No big storms thru next Fri., might see a little white stuff mid week. Enjoyed last nights Orange Bowl win. Hoo fans can only hope.

I am concerned for El Bombo as well. You don't hear as much from Blue Ridge Mike as well.

Did El Bombo stop posting after the registration requirement? That seems to be what I recall anyway. Some people dropped with the switch to the Post, but most came. A lot of people will drop when registration is required, though.

@jahutch - that's an excellent point about people dropping after registration became required. The requirement went into effect on or about Oct 20; seems to me that corresponds to about the time of the last El Bombo post.

El Bombo disappeared at least a few weeks before the registration requirement I think. Hope he's OK.

El Bombo and Mike from the Blue Ridge - two blasts from the fairly recent past. Funny how even a weather blog can have its own "memes," eh?? ;)

Mr. Q - hahahahaha! I like El Bombo much better.

I'm just fine. My wireless mouse had issues, however, so I've been unable to post! Chalk it all up to a sick mouse, which I've replaced with a conventional Microsoft mouse!!!

As for being "out" or "in", please rest assured that "El Bombo" is back "in" as of Jan. 3, 2009.

Wish I could say the same for D.C. snow!!! Unfortunately we seem to have entered a weather pattern rut, and the lows keep tracking to our north and west! The result: When it gets cold it gets too dry, and when the moisture returns, it gets TOO DARNED MILD to snow!!!

Nevertheless I saw a ray of hope at 10:30 AM this past Monday as I returned home from grocery shopping at the Giant. The sky darkened and the snow squall approached then built to a whiteout crescendo. Then, just as suddenly as it arrived, the skies began to clear and the snow squall abated! But not without a parting shot. A sudden flash of lightning, then a loud clap of thunder! Alas, our 2008/09 thundersnow had limited itself to five minutes flat!!! Wish it could have lingered for 12-18 hours!

A subsequent Vaisala check revealed two lightning strikes in the local area. NALDN data showed no cloud-ground strikes so it was all evidently cloud-to-cloud.

Now we seem to be fated to return to the Boring Forties, though I have a scheduled appointment on Tuesday the 6th ... and now they're calling for the dreaded wintry mix and 38-degree rain.

As for dances, I'm attending them more often, including the Chevy Chase Ballroom dances on Mondays and Fridays. Thus far, the rainy spells haven't been melting me down, but the increased dance attendance could cut down on my posting frequency. By the way, Tuesday night swing dances resume at the Clarendon Ballroom Jan. 6 and I have an Elks Lodge dance next Friday. I also note that crownweather.com has a nice U.S. page with all the maps, etc. on one page. plus all the temp. precip. upper-air and charts for both the preliminary and afternoon extended forecast discussions. Look for improved weather coverage in 2009--whenever I'm not at a dance!

El Bombo...is it really you? Welcome back!