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Wintry December 23-26 2022 Winter Weather and Cold

iGRXY said:
Thank God I work from home 3 days a week and am off starting today-3rd because subzero wind chills Friday morning even here? I’m not leaving the house
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You got to step outside, face the wind and inhale once, you don't get this type of rarified air often
 
NickyBGuarantee said:
From a meteorology standpoint I’m absolute geeking out about this arctic front. This will be such a crazy phenomenon that we just aren’t used to seeing down here. And it’s going to deliver some of the coldest air we’ve seen for Christmas in over a decade … yeah that’ll get my meteorology tail wagging!
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I agree with this. So no wintry precip sucks but seeing these insane temp drops, rare true artic blast, single digit wind chills, maybe some 40+ wind gust. Seriously it's why we love weather
 
metwannabe said:
I agree with this. So no wintry precip sucks but seeing these insane temp drops, rare true artic blast, single digit wind chills, maybe some 40+ wind gust. Seriously it's why we love weather
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In fact if the HRRR is correct, NC could have temps close to 60 on the coast and below zero in the mountains Friday morning. This is what you call a cold front
 
Myfrotho704_ said:
low teens/upper single digits (which I think happens east of the mountains in some areas) in December is still some of the coldest air in a long long time. Windchill there after front passes is around 0. If I was a cold weenie I wouldnt complain at all about that. It’s one of the coldest December cold snaps in a while. That’s like complaining about getting 4 inches of snow while a area next to you got 6
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Coldest Christmas week since 1983.. we’re here for it
 
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Blue_Ridge_Escarpment said:
Right, a -38 degree windchill in Boone is unheard of.
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It's very rare to be sure but not unheard of. I distinctly remember the December 1989 cold blast having wind chill values in the -30s in the Tennessee Valley of northern Alabama. I'd imagine the same cold front probably produced wind chills at least in the -40s in Boone, NC

I was too young to remember the exact temps during the historic Christmas 1983 cold blast (I was only 9 yrs old) but do remember lows dipping just below 0 with highs only in the 20s living an hour outside of Montgomery, AL at the time. Far and away the coldest Christmas of my lifetime.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
Maybe, but I hate to be on the fringe of a "historic event" when it's so close to me; kinda like missing out on the Jan 2000 snowstorm, the Feb 2004 snow, or the cold from Feb 2021. Some people like historic cold for it's own sake.

It's pretty easy to see the difference. Here's Florence AL:

  • Chance
    Showers
    High: 53 °F
  • Thursday
    Night
    Thursday Night: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 9pm, then gradually ending. Low around 4. Wind chill values between -3 and -13. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

    Blustery.
    Rain/Snow
    then Partly
    Cloudy
    Low: 4 °F
  • Friday

    Friday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 16. West northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

    Cold
    High: 16 °F
  • Friday
    Night
    Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 7.

    Mostly Clear
    Low: 7 °F
  • Saturday

    Saturday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 22.

    Cold
    High: 22 °F
  • Saturday
    Night
    Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 11.

    Mostly Clear
    Low: 11 °F
  • Christmas
    Day
    Christmas Day: Sunny, with a high near 31.

    Sunny
    High: 31 °F

And here's Greenville. Same latitude and higher elevation, just east of Apps.

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Rain likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 45. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

    Rain Likely
    and Patchy
    Fog
    High: 45 °F
  • Thursday
    Night
    Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 26. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

    Rain Likely
    Low: 26 °F
  • Friday

    Friday: A chance of rain and snow before 7am, then a slight chance of snow between 7am and 8am. Sunny, with a high near 30. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

    Breezy.
    Chance
    Rain/Snow
    then Sunny
    High: 30 °F
  • Friday
    Night
    Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 13.

    Mostly Clear
    Low: 13 °F
  • Saturday

    Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 33.

    Sunny
    High: 33 °F
  • Saturday
    Night
    Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 16.

    Mostly Clear
    Low: 16 °F
  • Christmas
    Day
    Christmas Day: Sunny, with a high near 37.

    Sunny
    High: 37 °F
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I get ur point but what hurts also helps during CAD events.
If u do the same thing for every CAD event in the Carolinas & NE GA since 70 or 80.
The instances were we win would destroy instances like you just pointed out.
The instances that hurt seem to live in our memories much longer,
Also that instance & this particular artic front are much fresher.
 
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