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Pattern Failboat February

superjames1992 said:
Monthly anomalies MTD:

GSO: -0.2
FAY: +1.1
RDU: +1.6

RDU with the warmest anomalies as always. All locations are assured to end the month above normal, in any case. But it just goes to show cold anomalies and snow don’t always coincide with each other as we will end up with close to double January’s snowfall despite January being in the freezer and February ending above normal in the temperature department. Of course, if you’re in Moyock you can score in either regime. The new Roxboro, they can score in any pattern.
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They are due a decade of snowlessness after getting 6 years worth of snow… moyock man refusing to show us his bare backyard! Show us the pics
 
LickWx said:
They are due a decade of snowlessness after getting 6 years worth of snow… moyock man refusing to show us his bare backyard! Show us the pics
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I am very curious about that, too. That yard had no shade, but also a foot of snow can be more persistent since the solar radiation has a tougher time penetrating it to melt it from underneath. Regardless, I’d have to imagine he’s at 90% bare ground by now. That was one of the magical things about January 2000. Not only was it a lot of snow, but it came in January and it was cold for a week after. I’m curious how long the 20” in Charlotte / Rock Hill stuck around in February 2004?
 
superjames1992 said:
I am very curious about that, too. That yard had no shade, but also a foot of snow can be more persistent since the solar radiation has a tougher time penetrating it to melt it from underneath. Regardless, I’d have to imagine he’s at 90% bare ground by now. That was one of the magical things about January 2000. Not only was it a lot of snow, but it came in January and it was cold for a week after. I’m curious how long the 20” in Charlotte / Rock Hill stuck around in February 2004?
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Shane can tell us about jan 2000, curious how long it stuck as well. We really are solar angle enthusiasts
 
53 at 954, at this pace will eclipse the NAMs high of 58 for us within the hour and be close to the forecast high before solar noon, thinking 64-66 today max , tomorrow should get 70 though
 
LickWx said:
Woh , what about the giant plowed piles?
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I remember playing in a giant plowed pile (like a literal mountain of snow, although these things seem bigger than they actually are when you’re 8, LOL) in the Greensboro Coliseum’s parking lot well into February wearing shorts and a T shirt, and we only got a foot or so where I was at, so I can only imagine what that was like in the Triangle.
 
superjames1992 said:
I am very curious about that, too. That yard had no shade, but also a foot of snow can be more persistent since the solar radiation has a tougher time penetrating it to melt it from underneath. Regardless, I’d have to imagine he’s at 90% bare ground by now. That was one of the magical things about January 2000. Not only was it a lot of snow, but it came in January and it was cold for a week after. I’m curious how long the 20” in Charlotte / Rock Hill stuck around in February 2004?
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At my house at the time in southern Cabarrus County, the storm ended around midday that Friday. We still had 80-90% coverage thru the day on Saturday. Then Sunday was when temps got in the low 60s then near 70 on Monday by then and just the plowed piles were left
 
It's another reason why Jan of 88 was so magical bc it wasn't gone in 3 days or a week.
It was timed up just before an artic front came.
I was a senior in HS and I know we missed more than 2 weeks,
Seems like it was 3 or 4.
I can tell you when we went back to school their was still snow on some shaded areas of my neighborhood and area roads.
 
superjames1992 said:
Monthly anomalies MTD:

GSO: -0.2
FAY: +1.1
RDU: +1.6

RDU with the warmest anomalies as always. All locations are assured to end the month above normal, in any case. But it just goes to show cold anomalies and snow don’t always coincide with each other as we will end up with close to double January’s snowfall despite January being in the freezer and February ending above normal in the temperature department. Of course, if you’re in Moyock you can score in either regime. The new Roxboro, they can score in any pattern.

Curious how much longer the last patches of snow can persist in the shade. I’d guess they’ll be gone today or tomorrow. However, the neighbors down the street whose front yard is fully shaded this time of year also plowed their driveway and I think their plowed piles could stick around for another week. When I was younger and had a more shaded yard, I used to try to plow the driveway in such a way to maximize the snow piles so it would stick around longer. In my current place, the front yard gets a lot of sun, so there’s not a lot I can do to keep persistent snow piles from driveway plowing. I plowed the driveway right after the storm ended last Wednesday, but the last bit of my piles melted away last night. Of course, my driveway, being south facing to an extent, probably only accumulated an inch or two of snow to start with since it was so warm and it was melting underneath as the snow fell.
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I do not trust the temperature readings RDU reports any more. This morning at 7:00 AM it was 43 degrees at RDU and all of the surrounding reporting stations were in the mid-30s. At my house it was 35 degrees. I would be more understanding if RDU reported temperatures two to four degrees warmer than the surrounding areas on average but to have readings seven to nine degrees higher indicates either a equipment malfunction or a poor site location or maybe a combination of both. Global Warming is alive and well at RDU.
 
weather bubba said:
I do not trust the temperature readings RDU reports any more. This morning at 7:00 AM it was 43 degrees at RDU and all of the surrounding reporting stations were in the mid-30s. At my house it was 35 degrees. I would be more understanding if RDU reported temperatures two to four degrees warmer than the surrounding areas on average but to have readings seven to nine degrees higher indicates either a equipment malfunction or a poor site location or maybe a combination of both. Global Warming is alive and well at RDU.
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That's why I wonder when our last official freeze will occur. Last year it was in February (at RDU), whereas I received numerous below freezing days into late March (on thermometer at 5 foot above ground).
 
weather bubba said:
I do not trust the temperature readings RDU reports any more. This morning at 7:00 AM it was 43 degrees at RDU and all of the surrounding reporting stations were in the mid-30s. At my house it was 35 degrees. I would be more understanding if RDU reported temperatures two to four degrees warmer than the surrounding areas on average but to have readings seven to nine degrees higher indicates either a equipment malfunction or a poor site location or maybe a combination of both. Global Warming is alive and well at RDU.
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The reedy creek station on ncsu econet was similar to rdu, agree but I looked at temp map this morning there were pockets that were warmer for whatever reason. RDU while warmer isn’t usually 9 degrees warmer . The warm pocket was around umstead to rdu, not even over downtown really , then there were other ones across the state
 
FallsLake said:
That's why I wonder when our last official freeze will occur. Last year it was in February (at RDU), whereas I received numerous below freezing days into late March (on thermometer at 5 foot above ground).
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I have my sensor set at the same height at home. I also use a old school mercury thermometer set up in a location with full shade as a backup and to confirm that my weather station thermometer is recording accurately if I don't trust the reading it is giving me.
 
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Drizzle Snizzle said:
Dang. And Atlanta didn’t get below 47 this morning.
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Pretty typical on a late winter radiational cooling night. My office is inside the perimeter but not and a heavily developed area and it will sometimes be 10-15 lower than the airport.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
Meh.. it's nice, but out of place. 15 degrees above normal for any time of year is too much for me. Give me this weather from May to Sept and it would be fantastic; about normal for April and October. Nov - March... rather have cold.
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Woh that’s a change! You used to want it to be an icebox 365 days a year, slowly but surely you will become a warmanista
 
Some showers are in the forecast for Thursday night but not enough to really add up. Looks like we'll finish Feb with 1.6" in the gauge. Since 10/1/24 I'm 9" below what would be typical rainfall in these 5 months. Oof.
 
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