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Misc 2020/21 Fall and Winter Whamby Thread

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Ollie Williams said:
I swear I'll be jumping with Joy if ERA-5 ever extends their reanalysis back to 1900.
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ECMWF is slated to begin production on a new higher resolution reanalysis to replace CERA-20C, ERA-20CM, & ERA-20C by the beginning of 2021, & ERA-6 sometime in 2022 with the anticipation that the extended reanalysis model would be available back to 1850 (or so) and be released in late 2022 while ERA-6 may follow sometime around 2024. To get a reanalysis model of ERA-5's caliber (resolution wise) prior to 1900, gonna likely have to wait until the next generation of reanalyses (the late 2020s imo)
 
Webberweather53 said:
Yeah, 2003-04 was definitely the last winter where both Charlotte & Raleigh were in double figures.

Interesting fact here regarding March 1927, aside from producing more than double (~15") the average amount of snow (~7") in an entire winter in NC, and being the largest winter storm to impact NC likely since at least Jan 1857, Mar 1927 was the only snowstorm on record to produce at least one foot of snow in Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte, & Fayetteville, and 1926-27 is the only winter to produce 2 one foot+ storms in Greensboro.

It's hard to believe this is what Goldsboro, NC actually looked like in the aftermath of the Mar 1927 blizzard.

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After coming on the heels of what was the warmest February on record until a few years ago, that blizzard in 1927 had to be a massive shock to everyone at the time expecting the faux spring to continue on into March.

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Someday, I'd love to run a high resolution, nested WRF simulation of this event, trying to reconstruct what the evolution of surface temperatures, radar, etc. may have actually looked like in a storm like this.
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Funny that two of the biggest storms Eastern NC ever saw were March 1-3 1927 & March 1-3 1980.
 
Omegaraptor said:
Hello, I am a new member all the way from Oregon. A couple friends on here encouraged me to join SouthernWX.

Currently going into a long dry/inversion period but managed to get about half a foot of snow at the ski resorts this morning.
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Welcome! It’s awesome to have you here to help expand the geographical area of our board!
 
Omegaraptor said:
Hello, I am a new member all the way from Oregon. A couple friends on here encouraged me to join SouthernWX.

Currently going into a long dry/inversion period but managed to get about half a foot of snow at the ski resorts this morning.
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Wow yet another member from another state. We have really hit the big time. Welcome !
 
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