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Misc 2018 Banter & Venting Thread

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NoSnowATL said:
I think mid January we will start seeing fantastic fantasy storms one after another. We will be breaking records on this site and in our backyards. As you can tell I’m very optimistic.
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I agree! I hope/expect to see some nice patterns get modeled as we get into January. I personally will be disappointed if we don’t do at least a little better than the 2nd half of 2015.
 
NoSnowATL said:
I think mid January we will start seeing fantastic fantasy storms one after another. We will be breaking records on this site and in our backyards. As you can tell I’m very optimistic.
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Yeah during an El Nino winter, you're essentially playing with house money until mid-late January. Anything you get before then is usually gravy and NC has a ton of gravy already after last week's storm.

2009-10 is arguably a quintessential example of a modern NINO w/ stereotypical +ENSO evolution overall and an early winter big dog in NC (like this year) that was followed by a relative break for a few-several weeks...
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Then, all hell broke loose in general from about late January thru early March where having an El Nino is usually the most beneficial to cold & snow around here & we picked up 3 solid events in central-eastern NC to close out the winter.

Classic.
January 29-30 2010 NC Snowmap.gif

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NoSnowATL said:
True March isn’t common but I feel like the pattern is great if we still have cold around. February is my favorite because we ATL does great and February storms tend to give me more snow.
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The March 2009 storm gave me 4 inches and the March 2010 gave me an inch and every county around Baldwin Bibb Monroe all said they had a trace of snow but us being at the very northern tip of Jones got an inch from it. My mom told me their would be snow at school by the time we got to Gray their was maybe a quarter to half an inch in spots. I knew I should’ve stayed home that day lol
 
DarkKnight said:
I figure after last weekend you would bring your heat miser avatar back. Lol View attachment 9218
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Im back
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I'll be glad when the Shane Company gets another spokes person or whoever does their commercials. His voice is #annoying
 
NoSnowATL said:
I think mid January we will start seeing fantastic fantasy storms one after another. We will be breaking records on this site and in our backyards. As you can tell I’m very optimistic.
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Im gonna say 15 days at most. Always seams the cold periods dont last as long as advertised and neither do the warm.
 
Storm5 said:
Larry dropping the reality hammer in the December thread ! That’s why he is such an asset , his statistics are second to none


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Larry has a wealth of southeastern weather knowledge which is quite valuable when looking at the big picture. Anytime there is a NW flow type system on the weather models more often than not it's not going to produce much here. I'm still hopeful we will get in on something good by next month once the pattern favors more blocking.
 
LovingGulfLows said:
I got more snow from the January 2018 system than the December 2017 system and I live 24 miles away from Atlanta. :rolleyes:
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Same here. We were bullseyed and got 3-4" from that Jan. 2018 system, but what made it worse was the flash freeze of the preceeding rainfall that left behind a thick sheet of ice under the snow. Cars and semi-trucks couldn't even get on/off the I-85 ramps.

Even with full sunshine behind the system, it took a good couple of days for it to all melt and Coweta County had declared a mandatory curfew for everyone but emergency personnel.

Fortunately, for the city of Newnan, it did help (albeit marginally) that they purchased some snow removal equipment after Atlanta's "Snowmageddon" a few years ago, so they were able to treat things faster than they would have been able to otherwise.
 
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Anyone else here coach or have ever coached sports teams? I've been coaching my son and daughter's basketball teams for a few years. I am the head coach for my daughter's 3rd and 4th grade team this season, and assistant for my son's 5th and 6th grade team. The girls are so much better at actually doing what we try to tell them to do with passing the ball and running an offense. All the boys seem to completely forget what we went over on offense and defense in game situations. Every time the boys get the ball, whoever has it wants to dribble to the corner every single time, and everyone else either stands around or runs to the ball calling for it.
 
Brick Tamland said:
Anyone else here coach or have ever coached sports teams? I've been coaching my son and daughter's basketball teams for a few years. I am the head coach for my daughter's 3rd and 4th grade team this season, and assistant for my son's 5th and 6th grade team. The girls are so much better at actually doing what we try to tell them to do with passing the ball and running an offense. All the boys seem to completely forget what we went over on offense and defense in game situations. Every time the boys get the ball, whoever has it wants to dribble to the corner every single time, and everyone else either stands around or runs to the ball calling for it.
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I coach u5 soccer which is like herding sheep


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NoSnowATL said:
You know the weather is boring when TWC is watching surfers in San Francisco. I’m sure meteorologists are dying like we are.
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The wx is only boring because they can't look far enough ahead to a potential pattern change. Unfortunately for the TWC, they can't spend much time, if any, on Jan-Feb prospects.
 
Brick Tamland said:
Anyone else here coach or have ever coached sports teams? I've been coaching my son and daughter's basketball teams for a few years. I am the head coach for my daughter's 3rd and 4th grade team this season, and assistant for my son's 5th and 6th grade team. The girls are so much better at actually doing what we try to tell them to do with passing the ball and running an offense. All the boys seem to completely forget what we went over on offense and defense in game situations. Every time the boys get the ball, whoever has it wants to dribble to the corner every single time, and everyone else either stands around or runs to the ball calling for it.
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I have coached numerous seasons of soccer/basketball. U10 girls are more coachable than boys at that age due to maturity, not even close. I can't recall a girl giving me any grief while I coached them but for boys it's to many to count. Once boys get into that U11/U12 (middle school) range they start to listen a little better. It will age you quickly coaching U10 boys, its tough as you want them to have fun but practices become counter productive as they are so silly.
 
ForsythSnow said:
Nothing more than cliff jumping until February, the great December 2018 torch of the 50s and 60s, and worst of all, no new threats of wintry weather.
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I saw a map that said I had infinity percent of normal snowfall and checked out on the thread

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Feels like I just got hit by a train and fever with a sore throat, I can tell that's probably the flu, got the same onset/feeling I got last January and the one back in 2009, oof the worst time of the year to get it
 
The last time I had the flu was Christmas week 4 years ago. There is no such thing as a good time to have flu, but to get it around Christmas is for the birds
 
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