BillT
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the coldest air i have seen so far in northern canada is growing into a larger area. minus 29 is the coldest so far up there......
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Misc 2017 Banter/venting thread
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Tarheel1
I TOLD YALL IT WASN’T GOING TO SNOW
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Christmas miracles, low sun angles, snowpack , long nights, the air can get colder and more dense, building higher pressures
Don't forget Santa bringing down cold air from the North Pole.
Does anyone know if there's a way to change or alter your name ? I'd like to have a space between the words Southeast and Ridge.
You can just post the Youtube link from the address bar, and it will self-embed itself.
Good, get me that password!
Likely scenario with Diddy involved would Kaepernick being part-owner. No way. Regardless, neither of them have the funds to afford it and the current ownership would never make that mistake. Current owner is old school if you know what I mean. Guy didn't even use e-mail or cell phones until 5 years ago.
I would be willing to bet the Belk family would buy it.
Jordan can't afford it, thankfully. He would need to sell his Hornets team to be able to.
You'd be surprised what can happen with crashing dew points and cold air rushing in at the surface from a strong high pressure. Just need the precipitation to keep developing.
BillT
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not being argumentative but my comment was "marginal temperatures" very low dew points and very cold subfreezing air moving in is not a marginal situation......at 66 i have lived long enough to have seen the many types of snow and a few freezing rain events, those ZR events were up north where the ground was well below freezing.....in the south most often ZR is on elevated surfaces, and it has to get real cold fast to cause the ground surface to freeze the rain on contact.......
BillT
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sure wish i had the ability to proclaim no snow for areas over a week ahead.......where do these few get the info about the future to have such profound declarations?
NoSnowATL
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Those “few” watch the trends. It’s no guarantee but if you want to bet on it you will lose!
BillT
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trends in computer models is not weather, and which "trend" is accurate since they change ever new run?
ForsythSnow
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That's where tracking models and keeping track of what model does best comes in. That's why we give more weight to a certain model due to their accuracy of events and consistency of the runs. Call it what you want but part of meteorology is watching weather models in this day and age.
Storm5
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Sick wife and 3 year old that’s throwing up . Happy Vacation!!!!
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Anyone watch The Voice? Brooke Simpson is from my county, this is a small rural area so it's a pretty big deal around here. If you're not familiar she is in the final four and the front runner (just finished singing for last time tonight on the show), winners to be announced tomorrow.
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That sucks but look on the bright side even though it's Christmas break at least no loss school days or work hours right?
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Storm5
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Correct ! Hey you have kids . How many times did you go through this ??? It’s horrible . He pukes like every 30 minutes . I guess I can safely say I’ll be up for the euro tonight
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I just realized he's only 3, so I'm guessing not in school anyway... I'm an idiot lol. My kids are much older and it's actually been a good number of years since we've had to deal with any type of stomach flu. Seems like when they were little did go through it at least once a year, little kiddos tend to share everything.
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Good news is it doesn’t last to long if it’s the one that got us when we had our snow. Probably 6-8 hours. But get ready you’re probably going to get it.
Storm5
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Can’t wait to rag on Parker in the morning . He text me this afternoon saying he couldn’t wait for the 00z runs . Lol .......I remember what it was like being newlyweds always going to bed at the same tim lol
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Lol, my butt was in the bed at 8:45 last night. Thought I was gonna make it!!
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Brick Tamland
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Not feeling Christmas this year. Really ready for this year to just be over with. It's been a pretty sucky year personally. Started off bad, got worse, and now it's not really any better. I thought 2016 was bad, but this year was even worse.
Wait... Charlie lives in Alabama? Who knew? 
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I hope that 2018 is much better for you !
ForsythSnow
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Just a quick message from what I picked up on recently:
Let's try and keep the banter in the banter, the GW in the GW, and the December talk in the December talk. However, it is completely fine to discuss yearly temp anomalies in December as there is no place otherwise, and it being the end of the year it is fitting to discuss the end of the year in the final month of the year thread.
Also, just a friendly reminder to not get into extensive arguments over things that don't matter that much such as misposting in a topic. We will keep track of that and if there is something that doesn't fit we'll manage it. There isn't a need to get tense over something like that.
I haven't had much to post recently just due to how busy everything it for me, but I have had time to sit down and read the board and keep track of what's going on. Hopefully we can get another storm or two and also get one up to you guys in NC and SC.
Let's try and keep the banter in the banter, the GW in the GW, and the December talk in the December talk. However, it is completely fine to discuss yearly temp anomalies in December as there is no place otherwise, and it being the end of the year it is fitting to discuss the end of the year in the final month of the year thread.
Also, just a friendly reminder to not get into extensive arguments over things that don't matter that much such as misposting in a topic. We will keep track of that and if there is something that doesn't fit we'll manage it. There isn't a need to get tense over something like that.
I haven't had much to post recently just due to how busy everything it for me, but I have had time to sit down and read the board and keep track of what's going on. Hopefully we can get another storm or two and also get one up to you guys in NC and SC.
Same here. The only bright spot has been the storm we got this month that helped take my mind off some of the personal stuff. 2016 also sucked for me as well.
Storm5
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I’ll be deleting banter posts like a champ moving forward .
Storm5
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Sorry to hear that man . Hopefully we can get you a good winter storm that keeps you stuck in the house with wife for a few days. Hope 2018 is much better for you
Storm5
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I know right it’s looked more like Alaska the last few years with all the winter storms I getWait... Charlie lives in Alabama? Who knew?
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Brick Tamland
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I'm all for cleaning up the arguing in the outlook and storm threads, but please don't over-moderate this place like the other board.
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Brick Tamland
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Wow, I really had this comment deleted from the December thread. Not sure how it's any more banter than others saying the models haven't been consistent.
Round and round the models go. What'll happen, no one knows.
Round and round the models go. What'll happen, no one knows.
You know other boards problem is they moderate with an attitude but unfortunately moderating is a necessary evil. Having had the opportunity to be a moderator here I see the difficulty and have been less critical of other mods. Weather folks are a tough crowd
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Brick Tamland
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Over-moderation makes it a whole lot less fun. You could say any post that isn't exactly about the pattern or model specifics is banter. I don't think it has to be that serious. That's part of the reason a lot of folks didn't like the other board. I hope it doesn't become like that here.
Brick, the problem with moderation is, people have differing opinions on a post versus others. As an admin, I can view deleted posts and have scratched my head sometimes how some have been deleted while others haven't. I've restored some in the past, but for the most part I just stick to keeping things tidy and working on site functionality.
One thing I did notice, is the live thread functionality (that is currently being reworked), more banter was being posted and removed by mods. I am thinking that may be a side effect of a "chatroom-like" feature. We will have to explore our options on that front over time.
With all that said, we believe we aren't doing things that are too bad. You aren't the only one having posts removed. We are attracting a lot of new traffic, especially with cold and Wintry weather showing up on the modeling. At least we don't lock the website down and put people in time out if they post that it's cold at their house during a model run. (stormmode)
One thing I did notice, is the live thread functionality (that is currently being reworked), more banter was being posted and removed by mods. I am thinking that may be a side effect of a "chatroom-like" feature. We will have to explore our options on that front over time.
With all that said, we believe we aren't doing things that are too bad. You aren't the only one having posts removed. We are attracting a lot of new traffic, especially with cold and Wintry weather showing up on the modeling. At least we don't lock the website down and put people in time out if they post that it's cold at their house during a model run. (stormmode)
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Brick Tamland
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I don't think it's too big of a problem for the most part. Just seems some posts that were okay in the past have been deleted, and I'm not sure how they were really any different in context than other posts that weren't.
We have added some new moderators to help out since things became more active; I'll pay more attention to it and see over the next couple days.
Storm5
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The issue deleting banter posts is it’s a discretionary action. What one person might view as banter the other person might not . It is what is . If you make a post and it gets deleted it’s no big deal just repost it in the banter thread
Brick, consider if every member posted one liners like you do. One would have to sift through pages of that stuff to find anything informative. I don't think it's too much to ask to keep stuff like that in banter.
No, you are not the only one that is guilty.
No, you are not the only one that is guilty.
packfan98
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Please let us new moderators know if we are being too heavy-handed. I want to keep the atmosphere positive, educational, and fun. However, as more folks stop by, the more the December thread gets cluttered. At those busy times, there will be more banter that needs deleting.
By the way @Brick Tamland, that was me that deleted your post. We've been on these boards for over 5 years together and have had several friendly pm's. It was definitely not personal. I have no hidden agendas. I am reasonable and not sarcastic. It's definitely not like the other board we frequent. Have you noticed that almost nobody posts over there anymore? Pretty shocking.
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Brick Tamland
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Okay. Well, I just try to keep things fun and lighthearted with the gifs and stuff. Guess I'll just copy the posts from the main thread and post my replies here.
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packfan98
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That's probably the best. If things are really slow it's not a problem. When the volume picks up, we have to adjust. Let's all be flexible and try to do what's best for the board....now let's get the EURO rolling!
BillT
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i dont post on the other board because a mod there is just waiting for any post i write to ban me for no reason, i learned to follow the rules 100% there, to me moderation should happen when rules are broken and all members should be treated the same by all the mods.....
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