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Wintry December 23-26 2022 Winter Weather and Cold

Can’t imagine this not being cold enough for some.. this is record breaking stuff tonight and tomorrow.. negative wind chills and yet we’re just not getting enough?? We live in the SOUTH ? this is real and legit arctic air that people in the north even think is really cold. Crazy stuff
 
NickyBGuarantee said:
Can’t imagine this not being cold enough for some.. this is record breaking stuff tonight and tomorrow.. negative wind chills and yet we’re just not getting enough?? We live in the SOUTH ? this is real and legit arctic air that people in the north even think is really cold. Crazy stuff
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Seriously. It’s fascinating. Yes, at the moment it may not be in the teens in my area but it is cold enough. I prefer to keep those teen and single digit highs away from me.

This is still a very impressive system.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
It’s like a blue norther that made it all the way to the eastern seaboard. Normally for us in the upstate we only see these mid day temps in the 20’s when a wedge is building in ahead of a gulf low pressure system. This is a strange day for sure. No snow for me but property damage is right around a grand and counting. Big limb fell on my buddies house down the road and put a hole in his attic.
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The wind has been ferocious,
It literally moved my Utility building in my back yard off it's foundation.
I went out to cover all the faucets outside and noticed the door was off,
At first I thought someone had broke into and stole my lawn equipment.
Then noticed nothing missing then looked around and was shocked to see the wind had literally moved my building.
I've lived here since 05 and have never had this happen.
 
Mid-40's Low 50's..

ALL the way down into the..

Bay of Campeche In Mexico!..

As far South..
San Rafael on the Coast.. current temp.. 55F...
Just above Vera Cruz..

30F in Port Isable, in TX..
 
I think our ceiling would be 1-3” that the 6z GFS showed east of the mountains. Timing looks good too in the overnight hours.
 
NickyBGuarantee said:
Can’t imagine this not being cold enough for some.. this is record breaking stuff tonight and tomorrow.. negative wind chills and yet we’re just not getting enough?? We live in the SOUTH ? this is real and legit arctic air that people in the north even think is really cold. Crazy stuff
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Its cold but seems like its underperforming. Negative windchills happen every year in Virginia.
 
MB22 said:
Its cold but seems like its underperforming. Negative windchills happen every year in Virginia.
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In the middle of the day, it's 8 degrees in Chattanooga, TN. The record max min for the day is in the mid 20's. We will likely be shy by some 10+ degrees of that today. Wind chills below zero for 24+ hours straight.

The average high this time of the year is 53. Yep, def. seems to be underperforming...
 
Yeah didnt realize how far below average for you. Chattanooga is pretty far South. I'm from far NW Virginia only 17 miles South of Pennsylvania border so its really a totally different climate there.:) 17 miles as the crow flies, 24 miles on hwy 522..lol
 
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Lickdork said:
What part of Virginia? You sure about that?
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About as far North in Virginia as you can get. 17 miles South of Pennsylvania border. But places like Wise and Norton and especially the High Knob area can get very cold. Wise averages 46 inches of snow a Winter. 17 miles as the crow flies. 24 miles on hwy 522 lol.
 
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I don't understand the back and forth, the front is not performing the same for everyone. For some it is absolutely historic and record breaking, for others it isn't. It can be record breaking for folks in TN, MS, and AL and yet not be in other areas. It is possible for people to experience different situations in different backyards.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
I don't understand the back and forth, the front is not performing the same for everyone. For some it is absolutely historic and record breaking, for others it isn't. It can be record breaking for folks in TN, MS, and AL and yet not be in other areas. It is possible for people to experience different situations in different backyards.
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Yep. Totally agree. Especially for us in South Carolina.:):)
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
I don't understand the back and forth, the front is not performing the same for everyone. For some it is absolutely historic and record breaking, for others it isn't. It can be record breaking for folks in TN, MS, and AL and yet not be in other areas. It is possible for people to experience different situations in different backyards.
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The orientation of the cold may be different for people, but you can't say the airmass is underperforming, when it clearly is not.

In this part of the Deep South, it's extremely rare to see single-digit temps, not to mention the ridiculous wind chills. Of course, it also went from 49 in Chattanooga at Midnight to 8 by 8am. 40+ degree drops with high winds during that time is quite impressive down here! This was not a clear & calm radiational cooling night.
 
BHS1975 said:
Yeah the wind is the big story here in NC. The mountains are blocking a lot of the coldest air
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Yeah i thought the temp was going to go down during the daylight hours but its actually steady or up just slightly. Cold tonight though supposed to be 17 here.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
I don't understand the back and forth, the front is not performing the same for everyone. For some it is absolutely historic and record breaking, for others it isn't. It can be record breaking for folks in TN, MS, and AL and yet not be in other areas. It is possible for people to experience different situations in different backyards.
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I agree. So hard for that cold air to get over the mountains down to us from that trajectory. Always is and has been. What's your temp down that way. I'm sitting at 19 degrees currently.
 
Never have I seen a front drop the temperature so fast. I left work last night at 7:30 and the temp was 38 with rain and some sleet. 10 minutes later as I drove south the temp was at 27 degrees with blizzard like conditions. The low temps are very cold but it’s the high temps that are making this a once in a decade or more type of event. I’m sitting at 8 degrees at 1:28 and I don’t remember anything close to this in years past. I’ve experienced a number of 13-17 degree highs over the years but never any single digits like this front. I came across this article and took a photo because it’s just not something people will experience very often in the south east.
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Speak for yourselves cause I’ve been sitting between 23-25 all day and that just doesn’t happen without some type of winter storm and snow pack going on. Tonight I’m likely to get well into the single digits with subzero wind chills so this is pretty historic. Even on the east side of the mountains
 
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