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Misc 2017 Banter/venting thread

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Webberweather53 said:
What's sad though is Brownsville's climatology is way worse than yours lol
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I know but I honestly don't think it is sad. Rather I just think it is fascinating to read about it and see pics from it. It isn't as if I feel cheated that Brownsville gets some but I get none. It is what it is. We never even had a chance from this one, regardless.

So many folks get so competitive and jealous about snow totals vs others. Not me even though I LOVE snow, especially in the South. We have no control over it. I haven't seen even a single flake in several years.
 
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Larry, I would go crazy if I couldn't see snow for that long. Have you considered coming back to Atlanta before a storm?
 
Can’t believe I’m watching another winter storm give me a glancing blow to the SOUTH! Two years in a row central AL gets snow and us in the North get flurries.
 
GaStorm said:
Larry, I would go crazy if I couldn't see snow for that long. Have you considered coming back to Atlanta before a storm?
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I have and one time when I still had a place in ATL and had been visiting SAV, I left SAV early to experience it. It was on 1/19/2008, when I got a beautiful wet 2" on the north-side.
 
Model should be renamed to WTF.... that's just stupid.
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metwannabe said:
Model should be renamed to WTF.... that's just stupid.
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Showing some love to most of NC. This storm is full of surprises so far!
 
This is the CMC from Wednesday. Not bad for 2 days in advance!

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My wife invented a word for me to use in situations like this: wettertraurig. Its German for weather+sad, and its how I feel at times like this when I'm missing out on the snow action.
 
this is just amazing that for the first time since I’ve lived in Georgia I am in the sweet spot. This could go down as the biggest snowfall I’ve seen here. I remember the blizzard of 93 and we got the shaft where we lived in Kennesaw and got less than 7”. We have 3” on the ground now and it isn’t letting up
 
SD said:
Looks like we aren't going to change over tomorrow either

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What is it about the Raleigh area that makes it too warm versus locations further south that are getting pounded now? I don't get it.
 
there are ski resorts not even open yet due to lack of snow and yet this is happening

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Have to admit I was a skeptic but yeah, so much for that
 
again time to post the science TRUTH, the climate/climo is a set of statistics, it is NOT a force and has zero control over the weather........it is a factor yes but something that has the power to stop a weather event NO WAY.
 
Brick Tamland said:
What is it about the Raleigh area that makes it too warm versus locations further south that are getting pounded now? I don't get it.
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I always assumed it had something to do with being just far enough from the mountains and just close enough to the coast, but really I have no idea. I would also be interested in know from an expert on why RDU is so much further north, but always seems to just miss when areas hundreds of miles south of us hit.
 
uncjibble said:
I always assumed it had something to do with being just far enough from the mountains and just close enough to the coast, but really I have no idea. I would also be interested in know from an expert on why RDU is so much further north, but always seems to just miss when areas hundreds of miles south of us hit.
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I'm no expert by any means, but storm track and high placement, or in this case the lack thereof, plays a huge role. The mountains factor in too, low level cold can penetrate deep in the south west of the apps. We need a high to our north funneling in a steady supply of cold dry air or a bomb off the coast to pull down the cold down or it's always going to be marginal with central NC being on the line. You can score in these marginal setups if there is snow pack to our north to bring temps down just a degree or two, we don't have that either.

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So where are the places further south than us having snow now getting the cold air from and why aren't we getting it?
 
I think the problem with east coast snowstorms(and you see this even up the coast in the DC-NYC corridor sometimes) is warm ocean air gets involved a lot... especially in a big dynamic storm. You need a steady cold flow

Texas-Alabama has has reinforcing cold air and a flow from the north
 
Brent said:
I think the problem with east coast snowstorms(and you see this even up the coast in the DC-NYC corridor sometimes) is warm ocean air gets involved a lot... especially in a big dynamic storm. You need a steady cold flow

Texas-Alabama has has reinforcing cold air and a flow from the north
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Exactly, I'm probably the furthest north member on this board but also the most east, maritime influence screws me often lol but I can score on late blooming clippers too when no one else does. It's why a board wide event is almost impossible

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BHS1975 said:
Looks like it’s creeping se.


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It actually is and selfishly or wishfully the northern end looks like it's making progress South. Roanoke Rapids mixing good now
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Like I said in the other threads, I think those that are east of 85 can add yet another thing that has to be looked for. Not just established cold air, but for an ongoing cloudiness/rain event to not be going on (especially talking about Georgia/South Carolina). If it was instead sunny and cold for early December, but perhaps a little warmer in the days and diving to the mid 20s-low 30s at night, there would've been a better shot.

The cold air was established this time, but the clouds blocked it from really diving.

But hey, while I get to miss the actual event completely most likely (may get to see SOME snowfall as the thing wraps up tomorrow while I'm on the road but I'm not counting on it), I'm heading northwest anyway tomorrow and even if my destination just got a little snow, I'll get to see the areas that got the best of the event while I'm riding northwest.
 
metwannabe said:
Exactly, I'm probably the furthest north member on this board but also the most east, maritime influence screws me often lol but I can score on late blooming clippers too when no one else does. It's why a board wide event is almost impossible

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right its so hard to get the perfect storm for all of us... it has to be just the right everything or someone inevitably gets screwed. Not amped enough people miss to the south(my problem), too amped it pulls north and people get screwed by warm air(yall's problem)
 
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At least there will be no road problems I've got the salt covered

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Well I'm leaving the armpit of ENC, Greenville, headed home hopefully I can see a mix of rain drizzle, salt and if I'm lucky enough and ice pellet or two or at least a flock of birds dropping white turds so at least it looks like it's mixing.

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Mix line moving quicker to the se. I’m right on it and it just went from mix to all sleet.


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metwannabe said:
Exactly, I'm probably the furthest north member on this board but also the most east, maritime influence screws me often lol but I can score on late blooming clippers too when no one else does. It's why a board wide event is almost impossible

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It sure doesnt help us when the ocean temps off our coast are consistently near all-time record highs lol
 
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