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Misc 2021-22 Fall/Winter Whamby Thread

Most are looking at this from a north-south basis. The cold air over the northern triangle can scoot out just as quickly. Im looking at this as a more E-W based. However, we will all find out soon enough. Fingers still, naievely, crossed CAD saves us from ice accrual.
 
Avalanche said:
Greg Fishel said the Triangle would see front end snow/sleet followed by rain and 50 degree temps. Are the warmer ocean temps playing a role in scouring out cold air quicker? I know we are east of the good CAD (damn I miss living in Greensboro), but that is a quick and harsh rise in temps.
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There is just no way, unless you’re in FAR SE wake. I mean, technically, anything is possible but dang.
 
BullCityWx said:
I’m honestly surprised as well.
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Not sure where he was coming from. He did use the whole "ive seen this song and dance before" shtick. He didnt give reference to any analogs or previous circumstances.

His lack of puns were the starkest contrast to him on air as opposed to writing.
 
superjames1992 said:
I definitely wish I was still in the Triad for this one. So far, living here versus the Triad had benefited me in exactly zero storms basically. It’s unreal considering the snowfall average differential between here and there is fairly minimal. Are we going to get a storm where it pays off to be further east ever again?
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I'm sure if we researched accumulation maps in the past 30+ years, we could maaaaaybe find an event or two that gave Durham more than the Triad. But I'm thinking even then it was more of like getting only an inch or two more. Nowhere near the times Triad got more than Durham. (If I"m wrong or anyone remembers a relevant example, feel free to correct me).

Only one big outlier, and we all know it. (Jan 2000, which still dumped 10'' at GSO)
 
BullCityWx said:
It grinds my gears when people are like rDu iS oUt oF tHiS when they live in Fuquay or Apex and they are halfway to ———- Fayetteville from me anyway.

Johnston and Harnett are not the triangle either. Yes, I’ll die on that hill.
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YetAnotherRDUGuy said:
I'm sure if we researched accumulation maps in the past 30+ years, we could maaaaaybe find an event or two that gave Durham more than the Triad. But I'm thinking even then it was more of like getting only an inch or two more. Nowhere near the times Triad got more than Durham. (If I"m wrong or anyone remembers a relevant example, feel free to correct me).

Only one big outlier, and we all know it. (Jan 2000, which still dumped 10'' at GSO)
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There’s others I can think of like January 2002, January 2009, and January 2018 where Durham got significantly more, too (as well as January 2000, obviously), but it’s been a while and yes the Triad is never shutout in those situations (or course, if the Triad gets a big one, Durham is usually going to do fairly decently, too, even if it mixes). I think the average snowfall differential between Durham and Greensboro is around an inch, but lately it seems worse than that. Likewise, the snowfall discrepancy between the NW and SE parts of the Triangle has been I’d say historically large as of late. Durham certainly averages more snowfall than Garner, for example, but I don’t think it’s historically been as dramatic as seen recently.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Just picked up 2 cases of beer and 24lbs of chicken breasts, 3 country ham cuts 4 cans of biscuits and a full tank of diesel. I’m good til Tuesday.
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Tuesday was yesterday ... you plannin' on riding out a storm with 2 cases of beer until yesterday, or a week from now? Let's see 48/7 is 7 cans a day ... or one every 3 hours for a week ... you'll be sober as a priest ...
 
Ollie Williams said:
I honestly think that surface temperatures are so cold for much of NC that snow is likely to stick on contact if we can get any. That will make the situation all that much worse if we get a changeover to freezing rain.
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Agreed. This is a similar situation to February 2014 that produced that oh so memorable photo on Glenwood. Of course, this time around it’ll be a Sunday on a holiday weekend, so we likely won’t see this. ?

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GaWx said:
Some, yes. But some others here have posted they know the potential consequences and still want a major icestorm just like hurricane and severe wx seekers.
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Whether they think they want it or not won’t change the outcome. Everyone wants to be part of a once in a lifetime event. Good or bad.
 
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