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Misc 2018 Banter & Venting Thread

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The number one reason I asked to be a moderator here was because of what I saw happening to SE forum at American. I wanted to help make this forum the best it can be. We can have fun and discuss the weather while keeping the moderating fair and reasonable.
I started out on American. I am not knowledgeable about weather the way you guys are but I have a love and fascination for weather. I dont say much because I dont have anything I can contribute. When I have asked a question it's always been answered kindly. That was not the case on American. Thank you all for tolerating us that dont know a lot but are trying to learn. This is a great forum with so many knowledgeable people. I hope 1 day I will be able to post more and offer an educated dialogue with everyone!
 
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Lol literally this. It's actually crazy in a time few will probably remember in the very beginnings of this place, but 1300m and I during our first few interactions got along quite well but along the way, things went sour (not really sure where) and they only exacerbated with time reaching a precipice here this evening. Btw, I'm not sure if he was the catalyst for this or not, but I know 1300m worked at the climate office a while back and their winter storm database is actually what really gave me the inspiration to do one of my own in more scrupulous detail that I've shown on here from time to time going back to 1895 and available thru 1938 (for now anyways haha :) ) & maybe someday it'll become doctoral thesis.
I've made sure to cross my Ts and dot my Is with many of these analyses and take detailed notes of observational discrepancies, errors, or changes I've made and providing solid reasoning behind said change. Just eyeballing what I have so far based on crude estimates I've made evaluating seasonal snowfall at 300 locations across NC, this winter storm we just saw (even before the ULL tomorrow) probably has already put us ahead of something like 30-50% of ENTIRE winters in the early 20th century. And to think we still have a lot of December, January, & February to go esp in an El Nino winter after all, that's usually backloaded af here and often doesn't snow significantly til January or even February.
https://www.webberweather.com/
 
He uses social media mostly, especially Twitter that's the theme these days
I know Allan Huffman would not come over, but he hardly posts there anymore, either. Matthew East would be a great addition. But I think we can have a great group over here.

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Looks like everyone is a little grouchy. Please get some sleep tonight, LOL. You 2 are both grounded from staying up for the Euro tonight!!
I think we can all agree that this place is far superior to American, and that we need it to consider to prosper. Yall are two of our most knowledgable posters, we need to stay together here.


This place is indeed far superior than American. Why are they so Carolina centric ?

I initially went on there 4 years ago and every single post was focused on Carolina. That's when I switched to talk weather.

I checked today and it's still the same. Just about every poster is from Carolina. It's like the rest of the Southeast doesn't exist to them.
 
This place is indeed far superior than American. Why are they so Carolina centric ?

I initially went on there 4 years ago and every single post was focused on Carolina. That's when I switched to talk weather.

I checked today and it's still the same. Just about every poster is from Carolina. It's like the rest of the Southeast doesn't exist to them.
It's likely because they scared away most of the posters from the other SE states or they pushed them into another part of the board. I'm glad this board has quite a larger variety of posters. I would love to see more Florida posters in addition to Phil, and more from MS, AR, TN, and other states where members aren't as frequently found.
 
I started out on American. I am not knowledgeable about weather the way you guys are but I have a love and fascination for weather. I dont say much because I dont have anything I can contribute. When I have asked a question it's always been answered kindly. That was not the case on American. Thank you all for tolerating us that dont know a lot but are trying to learn. This is a great forum with so many knowledgeable people. I hope 1 day I will be able to post more and offer an educated dialogue with everyone!

Well said - And Amen!
 
It's likely because they scared away most of the posters from the other SE states or they pushed them into another part of the board. I'm glad this board has quite a larger variety of posters. I would love to see more Florida posters in addition to Phil, and more from MS, AR, TN, and other states where members aren't as frequently found.
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Unless I'm very sadly mistaken, this place is about weather, regardless of where someone lives, unless IMBY is really doing something unusual or phenomenal ... and most of the discussion here is more oriented to weather and not local raindrops ... whereas elsewhere ... :confused:; the observations, thoughts and analysis on SouthernWx from Texas about NC, and from GA about Tenn, and from NC about FL and on and on ... are about weather and not ego ... and to one old Curmudgeon, that's the ticket to success ... ;)
 
I know Allan Huffman would not come over, but he hardly posts there anymore, either. Matthew East would be a great addition. But I think we can have a great group over here.
Yeah not sure what happened, but they no longer have Allan's model suite over there. Steve Nelson from FFC would be an awesome addition over here. He posts occasionally on amwx.
 
Lol literally this. It's actually crazy in a time few will probably remember in the very beginnings of this place, but 1300m and I during our first few interactions got along quite well but along the way, things went sour (not really sure where) and they only exacerbated with time reaching a precipice here this evening. Btw, I'm not sure if he was the catalyst for this or not, but I know 1300m worked at the climate office a while back and their winter storm database is actually what really gave me the inspiration to do one of my own in more scrupulous detail that I've shown on here from time to time going back to 1895 and available thru 1938 (for now anyways haha :) ) & maybe someday it'll become doctoral thesis.
I've made sure to cross my Ts and dot my Is with many of these analyses and take detailed notes of observational discrepancies, errors, or changes I've made and providing solid reasoning behind said change. Just eyeballing what I have so far based on crude estimates I've made evaluating seasonal snowfall at 300 locations across NC, this winter storm we just saw (even before the ULL tomorrow) probably has already put us ahead of something like 30-50% of ENTIRE winters in the early 20th century. And to think we still have a lot of December, January, & February to go esp in an El Nino winter after all, that's usually backloaded af here and often doesn't snow significantly til January or even February.
https://www.webberweather.com/
I actually programmed the winter storm database from scratch. It was my idea and the first time I had ever coded in PHP! That's really cool that it inspired you to go even further - there are a lot of things I wanted to add to it before I left but didn't (like more extensive reanalysis data for each storm).

Yeah man, when I first joined I really enjoyed those storms where we were both in unison. I'm not sure where the train went off the tracks, but I know that I didn't handle it the best. I think the Webber 1300m ensemble is a strong one, and that coastal storm where we and delta were on it and it was almost us against the world for snow west of I-95 was a highlight of my winter storm forecasting career haha (besting not only NWP but NWS as well - sucks we got the shaft, but our thoughts were completely legit).

I think where I need to be more mindful is if I don't see a certain aspect of the pattern the same way, stating it or discussing it without being so cut and dry about it. I don't intend to come off like you're a moron for not seeing it my way, but unfortunately I am a pretty cut to the chase kind of poster, and so it must read that way. I actually value when someone as intelligent as Webber is seeing things differently than I am, as it makes me go back and revisit my own analysis to see if I am overlooking something myself.

Again, thanks for the dialog on what the issue was. In the future, if something I say seems to be undermining your thoughts or seems critical, shoot me a PM man. I'm really not that way - I have three other meteorologist colleagues I work with, and all three of them disagreed with me on the amount of Wake County snow with this storm but being able to talk about it in person is just a lot easier than trying to do it all through text. I really think the reason that we have conflict at times is because we are more alike than different, both in our aggressive forecasting style and strong convictions on certain aspects of how patterns should evolve.

P.S. Your snowfall maps inspired me to up my game on my own when making forecast maps!
 
This place is indeed far superior than American. Why are they so Carolina centric ?

I initially went on there 4 years ago and every single post was focused on Carolina. That's when I switched to talk weather.

I checked today and it's still the same. Just about every poster is from Carolina. It's like the rest of the Southeast doesn't exist to them.

It's likely because they scared away most of the posters from the other SE states or they pushed them into another part of the board. I'm glad this board has quite a larger variety of posters. I would love to see more Florida posters in addition to Phil, and more from MS, AR, TN, and other states where members aren't as frequently found.

You guys don't know how happy am I to find a board with a ton of other Metro Atlanta posters to discuss weather with.

I thought it was just me whp noticed that as far as the bolded. :)
 
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