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Misc 2018 Banter & Venting Thread

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Yeah, WRAL is so conservative with forecasting these days that it can be super annoying. I know they are kind of damned if you do and damned if you don't, but their typical formula is to barely mention a winter storm chance, then say we might get to see some flakes to a dusting about 48 hours out, and then increase the totals as the storm is unfolding. And this is the same no matter what the models are showing. They could all be showing a foot of snow with temps in the 20s, and it would be the same as if they were showing a flurry with temps right at freezing. That doesn't really seem like forecasting to me, but just reporting what is going on as the storm happens. I'll still be sad when Greg leaves, if nothing else because of nostalgia.
 
Upper ridges and warm noses always verify stronger than forecast.

On a side note, I wish the National Weather Service would re-establish a forecasting office in Charlotte that served the Charlotte Metro area. Not criticizing GSP's forecasting ability, but their focus is on the western Carolinas.
 
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Upper ridges and warm noses always verify stronger than forecast.

On a side note, I wish the National Weather Service would re-establish a forecasting office in Charlotte that served the Charlotte Metro area. Not criticizing GSP's forecasting ability, but their focus is on the western Carolinas.
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I could probably say the same thing about SAV vs CHS. SAV used to have its own office before consolidation. Unfortunately for SAV, this resulted in a severe underreporting of liquid equivalent for the historic January winter storm due to an iced up rain gauge. That caused the reported to be only 0.23" vs actual of ~0.75" per radar as well as the total melted in my rain gauge. I got near 0.50" of ZR, alone, with 1/4-3/8" of ice accretion common in the trees along with ~2" of SN/IP. And this kind of thing was widespread. It took 4-5 days to melt.
 
I must say, after reading a day's worth of posts, I keep running slap dab into tree after tree after tree after tree, and just can't seem to find the dad blame forest ... :confused:
 
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Eric
I could probably say the same thing about SAV vs CHS. SAV used to have its own office before consolidation. Unfortunately for SAV, this resulted in a severe underreporting of liquid equivalent for the historic January winter storm due to an iced up rain gauge. That caused the reported to be only 0.23" vs actual of ~0.75" per radar as well as the total melted in my rain gauge. I got near 0.50" of ZR, alone, with 1/4-3/8" of ice accretion common in the trees along with ~2" of SN/IP. And this kind of thing was widespread. It took 4-5 days to melt.
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I toured the Greensboro(GSO) NWS office when I was in college. I thoroughly enjoyed it. One thing I remember about that tour was the preparation that went into getting forecasts and observations ready for broadcast on their weather radio station. When I was there one of the staff got the hourly observations and dashed to the recording booth to get it on the air. Back then they used actual voices from the staff at the office to make the recordings instead of the computerized voices they now use.
 
FWIW: In 2016, Villanova won title, and the Cubs won the World Series later that year. Well, Villanova won this year's national title, so Cubs fans, take heart...
 
4A07B9B6-6DF5-4A97-BEFE-AD8ECA0145D6.jpeg 20F75A05-621D-4B80-B5A5-AC389A6F9F03.jpeg Picked these today, they have the the “ stinger” tip on them, the Carolina Reapers are known for! Upon research, only like 1 out of 5/7 peppers , have the tail ! Have not tried them, don’t like peppers, but people I’ve given them to say they are insanely hot!
Sent from my Alltell bag phone!:p
 
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I feel like this outlook is gonna verify :p
 
Man, App almost did it again. They should have won. Up by 7 with less than 2 minutes left. Awesome game.

App needs to be in a better conference, though. They will never get a good bowl with the conference they are in no matter how good they are.
 
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