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Misc General Banter Thread

Tarheel1 said:
Well today was a dud! 1” and that’s with slant sticking!
Gonna hope nothing can shift too much in 24-30 hours, which is when the next clipper arrives! Hope the HRRR is accurate
I’m in the county with 6.0” need the moisture, cause the ratios will be about 15:1 atleast!
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I gotta give you credit. You’ve been there a while and still tracking storms like a southerner. I would not have near as much interest if I knew every winter was guaranteed to blow my best winter ever in Nashville out of the water. I think Louisville, Cincinnati or Indianapolis would be the sweet spot for me.
 
olhausen said:
I gotta give you credit. You’ve been there a while and still tracking storms like a southerner. I would not have near as much interest if I knew every winter was guaranteed to blow my best winter ever in Nashville out of the water. I think Louisville, Cincinnati or Indianapolis would be the sweet spot for me.
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St. Louis also would be a good spot because you get a decent amount of snow but not so much that you get sick of it.
 
olhausen said:
I gotta give you credit. You’ve been there a while and still tracking storms like a southerner. I would not have near as much interest if I knew every winter was guaranteed to blow my best winter ever in Nashville out of the water. I think Louisville, Cincinnati or Indianapolis would be the sweet spot for me.
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You know I was reading something the other day about how even Evansville Indiana had a winter with no snow in 19-20 between December and February

Which brings me to the next point my biggest issue since I moved to Tulsa is everyone seems to have these unrealistic expectations that it snows big time every year and there's been tons of winter we only get an inch at best. I'd say my interest has taken a little bit of a hit just because of that and the fact that two years in a row I've been we only got a dusting already. And the fact that sometimes here.... We don't even shut down. See an inch of snow doesn't even shut us down.

Another thing that really struck me is for all this talk about February 2021 and how amazing it was I didn't realize that for 5 years before that our best winter had 3 inches of snow....

Yeah the second half of the 2010s were a rough one for the snow lovers here...
 
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Brent said:
You know I was reading something the other day about how even Evansville Indiana had a winter with no snow in 19-20

Which brings me to the next point my biggest issue since I moved to Tulsa is everyone seems to have these unrealistic expectations that it snows big time every year and there's been tons of winter we only get a couple inches once at best. I'd say my interest has taken a little bit of a hit just because of that and the fact that two years in a row I've been we only got a dusting already. And the fact that sometimes here.... We don't even shut down. See an inch of snow doesn't even shut us down.

Another thing that really struck me is for all this talk about February 2021 and how amazing it was I didn't realize that for 5 years before that our best winter had 3 inches of snow....

Yeah the second half of the 2010s were a rough one for the snow lovers here... But people talk about how it used to snow more
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I’m seeing 1.1” of snow for Evansville in 2019-2020. They also only had 0.5” in 2011-12.
 
olhausen said:
I gotta give you credit. You’ve been there a while and still tracking storms like a southerner. I would not have near as much interest if I knew every winter was guaranteed to blow my best winter ever in Nashville out of the water. I think Louisville, Cincinnati or Indianapolis would be the sweet spot for me.
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Every storm still feels like a southern storm and the first snow I’ve ever seen in my life! I can’t explain it?! Just love snow that much and tracking is the funnest part!
The Saturday storm last weekend, started around 4am, I went downstairs and opened up the blinds and just watched it snow moderately, nickel-sized flakes , for about 2 hours, then I had to get out in it and drive! They don’t handle plowing in Ames, as well as you think they would! Stopped at about noon, and couldn’t see the lines of the main roads all day!!!! Maybe it was too cold for ice and plowing, with a high of 7
 
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Twister would of been a solid block of ice if he would of been around here in the winters of the 70s, 80s or 90s. Toughen up some buddy or move further south. I wear shorts year around no matter the weather and just put a sweatshirt on the last few days and don't complain about the heat even though I don't like it and it's never been my favorite. Toughen up.
 
Bham 99 said:
Absolutely hilarious and sad that grown men get butt hurt over someone else's opinions if they like torches or snow. Pitiful. We need the whamby thread back.
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And it's always the ones that likes Torches that get attacked around here. If someone don't like snow in here in the Winter time they are Trolls. That's what's sad, That they think everyone on this board is supposed to bow down to them because they are Snow and Cold weenies. You call them out that it's gonna torch, then you get hit with "Nah that ain't happening, we get CAD every 3 days" That's nothing but wish casting!
 
J1C1111 said:
He might be Twisters long lost relative.
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Atleast he's not trying to Twist every which way they can to magically make it cold and snow around here. Some of us saw a torch coming quiet a few days ago. And yes Thank God it's gonna be warm and Not snow covered where people can't get to Family gatherings
 
Hey @Rain Cold I like warmth, and I know you like cold, while I disagree with what you like, I respect it, and it’ll come back soon. Now here’s a good example for others. Cold air and warm air shouldn’t make folks angry at each other. It’s just ------- air. I get the frustration if snow is behind it, especially from the CLT-upstate crowd, but the law of averages will eventually cash us in bigly.
 
NBAcentel said:
Hey @Rain Cold I like warmth, and I know you like cold, while I disagree with what you like, I respect it, and it’ll come back soon. Now here’s a good example for others. Cold air and warm air shouldn’t make folks angry at each other. It’s just ------- air. I get the frustration if snow is behind it, especially from the CLT-upstate crowd, but the law of averages will eventually cash us in bigly.
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Twister said:
And it's always the ones that likes Torches that get attacked around here. If someone don't like snow in here in the Winter time they are Trolls. That's what's sad, That they think everyone on this board is supposed to bow down to them because they are Snow and Cold weenies. You call them out that it's gonna torch, then you get hit with "Nah that ain't happening, we get CAD every 3 days" That's nothing but wish casting!
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I hate 100 degree weather and I hate 15 degree weather. Both are going to be equally boring and miserable. Its not going to snow at 15 and you're likely in a pattern dominated by sinking air when it's 100 and no chance of rain. I enjoy pop up storms in summer. Tropical systems (not devastating tropical systems just your rain makers with breezy conditions) in late summer/fall. Wintry weather in winter, and severe weather in spring. Most weather hobbyists are the same I would think.

As far as all the bickering and attacks in here it's clearly because of the lack of snow the last several years. It's the south and and expectations have to be in check. But it used to snow here. One or two snows per year was almost a lock. GSP averages 4.7 inches per year. While that's extremely low it feels like a lot now and almost impossible to accomplish anymore. Personally I don't believe its a cycle. I believe this is what we are up against now and it's not going to reverse. It's going to get worse. I wish I was wrong, but each year that goes by we always say things like "well this year we were missing this or missing that." Then the following year we get what we were missing and its still above average most of the winter and doesnt snow. And we blame something else. When are we going to just realize it doesn't seem to matter anymore? I think most here are starting to see that, even if they won't admit it and of course its causing tempers to flare.
 
RainlessSnowless & Grumpy said:
I hate 100 degree weather and I hate 15 degree weather. Both are going to be equally boring and miserable. Its not going to snow at 15 and you're likely in a pattern dominated by sinking air when it's 100 and no chance of rain. I enjoy pop up storms in summer. Tropical systems (not devastating tropical systems just your rain makers with breezy conditions) in late summer/fall. Wintry weather in winter, and severe weather in spring. Most weather hobbyists are the same I would think.

As far as all the bickering and attacks in here it's clearly because of the lack of snow the last several years. It's the south and and expectations have to be in check. But it used to snow here. One or two snows per year was almost a lock. GSP averages 4.7 inches per year. While that's extremely low it feels like a lot now and almost impossible to accomplish anymore. Personally I don't believe its a cycle. I believe this is what we are up against now and it's not going to reverse. It's going to get worse. I wish I was wrong, but each year that goes by we always say things like "well this year we were missing this or missing that." Then the following year we get what we were missing and its still above average most of the winter and doesnt snow. And we blame something else. When are we going to just realize it doesn't seem to matter anymore? I think most here are starting to see that, even if they won't admit it and of course its causing tempers to flare.
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Things just don't work like they used to.
 
RainlessSnowless & Grumpy said:
I hate 100 degree weather and I hate 15 degree weather. Both are going to be equally boring and miserable. Its not going to snow at 15 and you're likely in a pattern dominated by sinking air when it's 100 and no chance of rain. I enjoy pop up storms in summer. Tropical systems (not devastating tropical systems just your rain makers with breezy conditions) in late summer/fall. Wintry weather in winter, and severe weather in spring. Most weather hobbyists are the same I would think.

As far as all the bickering and attacks in here it's clearly because of the lack of snow the last several years. It's the south and and expectations have to be in check. But it used to snow here. One or two snows per year was almost a lock. GSP averages 4.7 inches per year. While that's extremely low it feels like a lot now and almost impossible to accomplish anymore. Personally I don't believe its a cycle. I believe this is what we are up against now and it's not going to reverse. It's going to get worse. I wish I was wrong, but each year that goes by we always say things like "well this year we were missing this or missing that." Then the following year we get what we were missing and its still above average most of the winter and doesnt snow. And we blame something else. When are we going to just realize it doesn't seem to matter anymore? I think most here are starting to see that, even if they won't admit it and of course its causing tempers to flare.
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Agree.

But the funny thing is, when you step back and look at it from a distance, we're letting the air control our emotions, like Fro said.

We're adults, not children. We should have gained wisdom and maturity along the way. If we haven't experienced anything along our journey to help us put the temperature of the air (or what falls out of it) into a proper perspective, then I would argue that we're either not living a meaningful life or that we have allowed ourselves to become narcissistic, the latter of which certainly fits well within the climate of our culture today.
 
Rain Cold said:
Agree.

But the funny thing is, when you step back and look at it from a distance, we're letting the air control our emotions, like Fro said.

We're adults, not children. We should have gained wisdom and maturity along the way. If we haven't experienced anything along our journey to help us put the temperature of the air (or what falls out of it) into a proper perspective, then I would argue that we're either not living a meaningful life or that we have allowed ourselves to become narcissistic, the latter of which certainly fits well within the climate of our culture today.
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I agree 100%. It's the same way with sports. People seem to let the things they can't control affect them more than the things they can control.
 
Round Oak Weather said:
I don’t post in here much unless we have an event but this winter I am honestly rooting for warmth. Last year I lost 70% (14 out of 20) of my honeybee colonies as much of the country did. Treatments didn’t work on the varroa mites and combined with the cold temps it was a recipe for disaster. I got them rebuilt back to 20 hives again and we’ve had a brood break here so bring on the warmth. I’m trying to get to 30 this next season
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Sorry to hear that. I've heard of some sort of disease hitting bee keepers locally here.

It's definitely a two-edged sword. The cold over this way is doing its part to keep some of the invasive species in check. We had a 0 degree night in January 2018 and several nights below 10 these past two winters which really helps with some of the imported and invasive Asian plants.
 
Rain Cold said:
Agree.

But the funny thing is, when you step back and look at it from a distance, we're letting the air control our emotions, like Fro said.

We're adults, not children. We should have gained wisdom and maturity along the way. If we haven't experienced anything along our journey to help us put the temperature of the air (or what falls out of it) into a proper perspective, then I would argue that we're either not living a meaningful life or that we have allowed ourselves to become narcissistic, the latter of which certainly fits well within the climate of our culture today.
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Yes I can speak to this personally I know for a fact for me that when i went to Colorado the last two years or drove to Kansas City for a blizzard was the emotions I've had the last couple years here after the lack of snow. Looking back at it now after it ended up snowing 10 inches last year literally 4 days after I got back from Kansas City I just sit here and wonder what the point of that was. That's my whole thing about this winter I'm trying not to go somewhere hundreds of miles away to see it. It's not even the same somewhere else!

Even now every time I open Facebook people complain about how we don't have winter anymore or they remember all these snowy Christmases 40 years ago(even though there aren't many back then either) and that doesn't help either

Heck I don't even think anything has really changed here on that front. Theres always been bad years every decade

It does make you wonder what you're doing when you get that emotional about it though. Thats the real wakeup call I think ive had heading into 2026
 
Brent said:
Yes I can speak to this personally I know for a fact for me that when i went to Colorado the last two years or drove to Kansas City for a blizzard was the emotions I've had the last couple years here after the lack of snow. Looking back at it now after it ended up snowing 10 inches last year literally 4 days after I got back from Kansas City I just sit here and wonder what the point of that was. That's my whole thing about this winter I'm trying not to go somewhere hundreds of miles away to see it. It's not even the same somewhere else!

Even now every time I open Facebook people complain about how we don't have winter anymore or they remember all these snowy Christmases 40 years ago(even though there aren't many back then either) and that doesn't help either

Heck I don't even think anything has really changed here on that front. Theres always been bad years every decade

It does make you wonder what you're doing when you get that emotional about it though. Thats the real wakeup call I think ive had heading into 2026
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I would give it to February. If it hasn’t snowed there by then, maybe go on a snow chase.
 
NBAcentel said:
Aka Tyler shough ruining my weekend
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Loss to KU 77-76
Loss to Ohio State 89-88
Phillip Rivers (Childhood Fav) Loses at the Horn 18-16
Panthers choke away 10 point lead and lose at the Horn.


Then this pattern, I can’t take much more man, driving around the Apps looking for the right hill to test the break pads at this point


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WolfpackHomer91 said:
Loss to KU 77-76
Loss to Ohio State 89-88
Phillip Rivers (Childhood Fav) Loses at the Horn 18-16
Panthers choke away 10 point lead and lose at the Horn.


Then this pattern, I can’t take much more man, driving around the Apps looking for the right hill to test the break pads at this point


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Our only hope is kon knueppal
 
Brent said:
Yes I can speak to this personally I know for a fact for me that when i went to Colorado the last two years or drove to Kansas City for a blizzard was the emotions I've had the last couple years here after the lack of snow. Looking back at it now after it ended up snowing 10 inches last year literally 4 days after I got back from Kansas City I just sit here and wonder what the point of that was. That's my whole thing about this winter I'm trying not to go somewhere hundreds of miles away to see it. It's not even the same somewhere else!
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Brent’s scenario sounds somewhat similar to mine last January! On Jan 9th, I traveled from SAV to ATL in anticipation of the forecasted heaviest ATL snow in many years on the next day. I stayed with some good friends in Gwinnett County with an extra BR because they invited me and had said for years they wanted to share the experience of a big snow together. Plus, I had lived in the ATL area. It didn’t disappoint as we got 3”, the heaviest there in 11 years! We watched it fall and accumulate. Later we took two long walks in it. I was so happy I took the trip!

But what’s crazy is that on the very day I returned to SAV (Jan 13th), wx boards started following an increasing threat of a very rare deep SE major winter storm for Jan 21-22. The first big hint was the epic of all time 12Z Euro run from the day before that caused social media to go nuts as it was 2/1973 on steroids from Macon to much of NC. That run missed SAV. But models started to change to a deeper SE threat almost literally while I was driving home on Jan 13th. And y’all know the rest of the story. The deep Gulf coast/N FL/deep SE had an historic winter storm 1/21-2. After SAV hadn’t had even a T of wintry precip for 7 years (longest drought in 140+ years), this one gave me 2.9” of sleet/snow but ~2.5” of this was sleet, making it easily the alltime heaviest sleet in history in SAV. As much fun as I had in ATL just 9-12 days earlier, that was multiplied by this much more historic storm in SAV. It was actually colder there and liquid equivalent was much greater. Thus impact on travel was way greater and for several days!

Had I somehow known what was to happen in SAV 1/21-2, would I have still taken the trip to see the 1/10 ATL snow? Quite possibly no. But it was a very fun trip, regardless, to an area near where I had lived.
 
Just a general announcement! I’ve been on here awhile, enjoy all the posters, even Brick! 🧱
On January 6, Mack will be off the market ladies! I know yall are devastated, but I will be getting married! Hoping woe a White wedding! ⛄️
I’ve even had the honor of meeting a few! Rain_Cold and Griteater! Two really cool dudes! 🤘
 
Tarheel1 said:
Just a general announcement! I’ve been on here awhile, enjoy all the posters, even Brick! 🧱
On January 6, Mack will be off the market ladies! I know yall are devastated, but I will be getting married! Hoping woe a White wedding! ⛄️
I’ve even had the honor of meeting a few! Rain_Cold and Griteater! Two really cool dudes! 🤘
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Congrats, Mack! Now we know why you’re tolerating the extreme cold there so well!
Is she a wx weenie, too?
 
Tarheel1 said:
Just a general announcement! I’ve been on here awhile, enjoy all the posters, even Brick! 🧱
On January 6, Mack will be off the market ladies! I know yall are devastated, but I will be getting married! Hoping woe a White wedding! ⛄️
I’ve even had the honor of meeting a few! Rain_Cold and Griteater! Two really cool dudes! 🤘
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Who gets married in the dead of winter ? Just kidding. Congrats !
 
GaWx said:
Congrats, Mack! Now we know why you’re tolerating the extreme cold there so well!
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She is a weather weenie and even speaks the lingo. She likes severe more than snow!! That was almost a deal breaker! 🤣
Thanks GaWX!!
 
Tarheel1 said:
She is a weather weenie and even speaks the lingo. She likes severe more than snow!! That was almost a deal breaker! 🤣
Thanks GaWX!!
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Dang just to get someone speaking the same lingo is rare haha congrats

And I can see that I imagine living up north a lot of people get tired of snow eventually and prefer severe weather

I know a dude who left Iowa to come to OKC and he hates winter and always makes fun of their forecast vs ours but would chase tornadoes every week if he could. Lately he gets teased because Iowa gets better tornadoes...
 
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Tarheel1 said:
Just a general announcement! I’ve been on here awhile, enjoy all the posters, even Brick! 🧱
On January 6, Mack will be off the market ladies! I know yall are devastated, but I will be getting married! Hoping woe a White wedding! ⛄️
I’ve even had the honor of meeting a few! Rain_Cold and Griteater! Two really cool dudes! 🤘
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Congrats Mack!
 
For those of you who are noobs like me, ChatGPT and Gemini are pretty excellent and breaking down and explaining those comments in the threads full of weather jargon and stuff that I don’t understand. I have a running conversation there where I just plug in comments about Aleutian Ridges and bridging and NAO and MJO and all this other stuff and it does a really great job of teaching what it all is and what the poster is saying, with maps and visualizations and stuff too… AI is pretty awful sometimes but for stuff like this it’s a wonderful tool
 
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