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Misc Cold Season Complaining

DixieBlizzard said:
Of course, I know every BBQ joint from Gadsden to Birmingham and no, we do like our pork in Alabama. i will shoot you some suggestions tomorrow. When are you leaving?
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Game is at 3:30 eastern but we’ll probably leave around 9 so we can take our time and see the town a bit.
 
Mitch West said:
Honestly it shocked me to see them post that last night... In a good way.
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That’s how I knew Phil posted it haha. He often shares the longer range outlooks which obviously are in no way guarantees, but this fit his usual style and recognition of a favorable regime on the horizon.
 
Brick Tamland said:
Takes less than 6 hours to go from this.




To this.
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It's mostly because you're not understanding the context. The former comment was referring to the GEFS finally getting onboard with a colder pattern. And the latter comment was regarding the EPS trending less favorable for a storm signal.

Neither model is going to have the pattern exactly nailed in the 300+ range. But the signals are there on both suites now for a colder pattern.

And I'm seriously wondering why I typed any of that.
 
Rain Cold said:
It's mostly because you're not understanding the context. The former comment was referring to the GEFS finally getting onboard with a colder pattern. And the latter comment was regarding the EPS trending less favorable for a storm signal.

Neither model is going to have the pattern exactly nailed in the 300+ range. But the signals are there on both suites now for a colder pattern.

And I'm seriously wondering why I typed any of that.
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Great post. If it helps any of us gain some perspective and understanding, it’s well worth the effort.
 
Rain Cold said:
It's mostly because you're not understanding the context. The former comment was referring to the GEFS finally getting onboard with a colder pattern. And the latter comment was regarding the EPS trending less favorable for a storm signal.

Neither model is going to have the pattern exactly nailed in the 300+ range. But the signals are there on both suites now for a colder pattern.

And I'm seriously wondering why I typed any of that.
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Or even 200+ for that matter. Much less 300hr jet extensions or whatever in that range.
 
Metwannabe said:
Problem is, the one's that need to gain some perspective and understanding, won't.
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Good stuff. Once upon a time, I use to just skim through all the things I didn't understand until I saw the pretty colors. Over the last several years, I try to slow down, read & understand what is being discussed. I think that's important with anything you have an interest with in life.
 
Mitch West said:
Good stuff. Once upon a time, I use to just skim through all the things I didn't understand until I saw the pretty colors. Over the last several years, I try to slow down, read & understand what is being discussed. I think that's important with anything you have an interest with in life.
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To piggyback on this - before I ever went to NCSU I read the NWS RAH AFDs everyday. By the time I became an intern there those guys (especially Badgett and some others) were literally like celebrities to me. If this is truly a passion, I don’t understand the lack of growth exhibited by some longtime posters.

I’m a similar novice hobbyist in home theater, but after a decade of reading the forums I’ve become a lot more knowledgeable about different subject matters in that arena.
 
1300m said:
To piggyback on this - before I ever went to NCSU I read the NWS RAH AFDs everyday. By the time I became an intern there those guys (especially Badgett and some others) were literally like celebrities to me. If this is truly a passion, I don’t understand the lack of growth exhibited by some longtime posters.

I’m a similar novice hobbyist in home theater, but after a decade of reading the forums I’ve become a lot more knowledgeable about different subject matters in that arena.
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I think it’s like anything else - you need to have the “want to” if you really want to learn. For me, it was the Plymouth State site for soundings and creating model maps plus a few others that had information. That isn’t even to mention reading every discussion from GSP. I also learned a lot from guys on the WWBB like Eric Thomas, Chris Justice, Allan Huffman, etc. It also helps that it doesn’t seem like anyone just stumbles into meteorology - it’s a passion so they are more than willing to share their knowledge.

Now, there’s so much information just readily available that I never had in the late 90s/early 00s. It is so much easier to learn that you just have to absolutely refuse to let anything sink in to remain ignorant.
 
1300m said:
I’m a similar novice hobbyist in home theater, but after a decade of reading the forums I’ve become a lot more knowledgeable about different subject matters in that arena.
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those folks are insane, i don't dive into those forums a lot but when i do they make us look like child's play (i dabble in hifi audio/vinyl)
 
1300m said:
To piggyback on this - before I ever went to NCSU I read the NWS RAH AFDs everyday. By the time I became an intern there those guys (especially Badgett and some others) were literally like celebrities to me. If this is truly a passion, I don’t understand the lack of growth exhibited by some longtime posters.

I’m a similar novice hobbyist in home theater, but after a decade of reading the forums I’ve become a lot more knowledgeable about different subject matters in that arena.
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Weather and Home theater are both interests of mine too. I was quite active on AVS when CRT projectors were the holy grail of home theater and it's a little sad that now I have my theater to the point I no longer have a desire to upgrade anything. I do pop in there from time to time to see what's the latest and greatest though.
 
BullCityWx said:
I think it’s like anything else - you need to have the “want to” if you really want to learn. For me, it was the Plymouth State site for soundings and creating model maps plus a few others that had information. That isn’t even to mention reading every discussion from GSP. I also learned a lot from guys on the WWBB like Eric Thomas, Chris Justice, Allan Huffman, etc. It also helps that it doesn’t seem like anyone just stumbles into meteorology - it’s a passion so they are more than willing to share their knowledge.

Now, there’s so much information just readily available that I never had in the late 90s/early 00s. It is so much easier to learn that you just have to absolutely refuse to let anything sink in to remain ignorant.
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I will never blame anybody for not grasping physics or thermodynamics or differential equations. But to never pick up basic concepts like upper level energy, the difference between ensembles and operational models, and the important of trends and biases vs point-in-time placement of features on model output is frustrating, particularly when you've been exposed to these ideas for 20 years on these forums.

Having no better skill or new things to say from 2 decades ago is kind of silly, tbh.
 
Rain Cold said:
I will never blame anybody for not grasping physics or thermodynamics or differential equations. But to never pick up basic concepts like upper level energy, the difference between ensembles and operational models, and the important of trends and biases vs point-in-time placement of features on model output is frustrating, particularly when you've been exposed to these ideas for 20 years on these forums.

Having no better skill or new things to say from 2 decades ago is kind of silly, tbh.
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I can gladly admit I'll never understand the physics or the thermodynamics of it all. If I could only be better at math.

I just cant wrap my head around someone who just wont have anything sink in. If you have a willingness to learn, you can at least match like an 090 level of knowledge.
 
Rain Cold said:
It's mostly because you're not understanding the context. The former comment was referring to the GEFS finally getting onboard with a colder pattern. And the latter comment was regarding the EPS trending less favorable for a storm signal.

Neither model is going to have the pattern exactly nailed in the 300+ range. But the signals are there on both suites now for a colder pattern.

And I'm seriously wondering why I typed any of that.
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I know we need the colder pattern if we want snow, but seems like it's always cold and dry like the second post referenced.
 
Rain Cold said:
I will never blame anybody for not grasping physics or thermodynamics or differential equations. But to never pick up basic concepts like upper level energy, the difference between ensembles and operational models, and the important of trends and biases vs point-in-time placement of features on model output is frustrating, particularly when you've been exposed to these ideas for 20 years on these forums.

Having no better skill or new things to say from 2 decades ago is kind of silly, tbh.
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I understand the difference. I was just commenting on how it is funny it went from a positive post to a negative one in such a short time period. It was more of a comment in regard to how hard it is to actually have everything come together positively for snow here.
 
Webberweather53 said:
Ahh yes another 300+ hr fantasy storm. This time for sure it’ll happen
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Brick Tamland said:
I understand the difference. I was just commenting on how it is funny it went from a positive post to a negative one in such a short time period. It was more of a comment in regard to how hard it is to actually have everything come together positively for snow here.
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Snow in the south? Hard to come by? I had no idea.
 
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