The Weather Mill is Back!

The good news is that the WM continues to grow, but with that growth we’ve gotten too big for any email service, so we’ve had to move our headquarters here.  And, yes, I considered joining the Instagram or Facebook world, but then my students told me that, “Facebook is for old people,” so this blog will just have to work for us.  The site is public, so feel free to share the url address with others.

There’s a lot to talk about so let’s get to it.  First, if you want to receive these updates in a timely manner, bookmark this site, then subscribe to this blog by clicking the follow button on the very bottom right of this page and enter your email address to know that there has been an update.  Until we get the kinks worked out, you may want to check back frequently to see if there has been an update, especially when wintry weather is possible.

I know that many have been wondering, but the Snow Contest is on!  Most of you know how it works, but if not, the contest is simple.  Send me your guess to the new WeatherMill email account, theweathermill@gmail.com, of the day and hour that you think the first official inch of snow will be recorded at BWI airport.  Enter “Snow Contest” in the subject line and use the format below:

November 15th, 9AM

I will take entries through Thanksgiving weekend, and if for some crazy reason we end up getting an inch of snow on Thursday this week, the contest will be for the second storm of the season, but I don’t think BWI scores enough this week to put an asterisk on this year’s contest.

Okay, so what about Thursday?!?  The trends the past 48 hours have been favorable for most of us to see our first snow of the season, but I have not had a lot of time to delve into the specifics because putting this page together is taking me way too long.  I will look over the latest model runs and then update with my second ever blog post later tonight or first thing Wednesday morning.

Finally, as far as how this winter is shaping up, overall temperatures look to be normal to slightly above average, but an El Nino Pacific and Atlantic blocking may lead to some stellar snow events.  So strap in because it looks like it could be a lot of fun!