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Misc 2022-23 Fall/Winter Whamby Thread

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SD said:
I wish I had been alive when the SE was glaciated like some of you guys. Glad we are getting a taste of how it used to be this weekend since we only set a record for the longest steak below freezing just 5 years ago. The fact that the 1990s was the worst snow decade for many minus that one storm has been forgotten or glossed over is interesting
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I quite enjoyed the 90s. Big snow in 92, 93. Actually my 2 biggest snows of my lifetime were those 2 years, up until Dec 2017.
 
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Chazwin said:
We have some good things going for us even going into this warm up late next week. The AO looks to stay negative which means the PV won’t be getting wound up and the MJO is moving and should be heading into phase 7 as we end the first week of January… phase 7 in January has had some very good storms.
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Yeah it seems like we all, me included was just focused on the NAO, AO, PNA etc. I didn't even think about the MJO much and didn't see it posted at all on here. But It's headed to the worst phases so it's shouldn't be shocking the pattern broke down. Like you said it's pass in those phases seem short lived for now.ensplume_small (1).gif
 
SD said:
I wish I had been alive when the SE was glaciated like some of you guys. Glad we are getting a taste of how it used to be this weekend since we set a record for the longest steak below freezing just 5 years ago. The fact that the 1990s was the worst snow decade for many minus that one storm has been forgotten or glossed over is interesting.
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Everybody's backyard is different of course, but I don't think anyone remembers the SE being "glaciated" (I know you're being facetious). I don't know how old you are or how far back your experience goes, but for many; the 80s and 90s (or even 70s) just had more big storms and colder outbreaks than we get now and they are wishing it could be like that still.

For me, the Jan 18 cold week was very nice and certainly unusual; but I remember a number of weeks that were just as cold; so I wouldn't call it the coldest and it didn't set a record for MBY. It was similar to weeks like Dec 89, March 93, Feb 94, Feb 96, for example, and probably several others in the 80s and even 70s (before my time). For me, a 10 inch snow used to be the standard for a big dog; Jan 87, Jan 88, March 93, back to back snows of Jan 96; and then boom; haven't had one since. I used to be able to count on at least a night or two in the single digits every year, but now it's hard to come by; may not even see it with this historic front this week. I think that is what we are yearning for, more of what we remember.
 
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Iceagewhereartthou said:
Everybody's backyard is different of course, but I don't think anyone remembers the SE being "glaciated" (I know you're being facetious). I don't know how old you are or how far back your experience goes, but for many; the 80s and 90s (or even 70s) just had more big storms and colder outbreaks than we get now and they are wishing it could be like that still.

For me, the Jan 18 cold week was very nice and certainly unusual; but I remember a number of weeks that were just as cold; so I wouldn't call it the coldest and it didn't set a record for MBY. It was similar to weeks like Dec 89, March 93, Feb 94, Feb 96, for example, and probably several others in the 80s and even 70s (before my time). For me, a 10 inch snow used to be the standard for a big dog; Jan 87, Jan 88, March 93, back to back snows of Jan 96; and then boom; haven't had one since. I used to be able to count on at least a night or two in the single digits every year, but now it's hard to come by; may not even see it with this historic front this week. I think that is what we are yearning for, more of what we remember.
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For the CLT area, and really much of the NC Piedmont the 80s were great, but the 90s outside of a couple storms, mainly March 1993 and January 1996, absolutely suck in terms of snow. Even those two storms weren’t
complete hits for the Piedmont. The 90s were more known for ice storms.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
Everybody's backyard is different of course, but I don't think anyone remembers the SE being "glaciated" (I know you're being facetious). I don't know how old you are or how far back your experience goes, but for many; the 80s and 90s (or even 70s) just had more big storms and colder outbreaks than we get now and they are wishing it could be like that still.

For me, the Jan 18 cold week was very nice and certainly unusual; but I remember a number of weeks that were just as cold; so I wouldn't call it the coldest and it didn't set a record for MBY. It was similar to weeks like Dec 89, March 93, Feb 94, Feb 96, for example, and probably several others in the 80s and even 70s (before my time). For me, a 10 inch snow used to be the standard for a big dog; Jan 87, Jan 88, March 93, back to back snows of Jan 96; and then boom; haven't had one since. I used to be able to count on at least a night or two in the single digits every year, but now it's hard to come by; may not even see it with this historic front this week. I think that is what we are yearning for, more of what we remember.
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AN is more common than BN these days. 30 year averages are going up in the temp dept and down in the snowfall dept., at least here. It really does seem like it's harder than it used to be to be colder than normal on a seasonal basis. Given all of that it would stand to reason that less snow is more likely than more snow, on average. I hope it turns the other direction at some point.
 
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