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Misc General Banter Thread

Mitch West said:
Are you getting the ole dreaded pixie dust snow?
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Yup. I was always concerned about that in the back of my mind. It's really not my favorite setup to get a good snow

I mean I've been saying for a couple days I thought tomorrow night would be the real peak and I mean the models still look good into Sunday morning but I just dunno if the extreme totals can verify if tonight doesn't pick up more

Like I saw people talking about it ramping up after midnight if anything it's gone poof since midnight haha
 
Brent said:
Yup. I was always concerned about that in the back of my mind. It's really not my favorite setup to get a good snow

I mean I've been saying for a couple days I thought tomorrow night would be the real peak and I mean the models still look good into Sunday morning but I just dunno if the extreme totals can verify if tonight doesn't pick up more

Like I saw people talking about it ramping up after midnight if anything it's gone poof since midnight haha
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Yeh man, it's the worst IMO. We had that here in Cola with last years snow event. I am sure it adds up quick when you can fully saturated the column, but man we had that for like 12 hours straight here in SC last Winter with the Gulf storm & it added up to a wopping 0.9 of an inch.
 
Mitch West said:
Yeh man, it's the worst IMO. We had that here in Cola with last years snow event. I am sure it adds up quick when you can fully saturated the column, but man we had that for like 12 hours straight here in SC last Winter with the Gulf storm & it added up to a wopping 0.9 of an inch.
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It's funny to me as I sit here and think about it now but like the last few years this has pretty much been the busts here. When it was hyped up as some big blizzard and it was Arctic air. Last February comes to mind

The good ones were the surprises which this has been anything but...

I mean tomorrow night could still go off if you believe the models. I'll withhold further judgement til I see how that goes haha. We got a long way to go for sure

The biggest storm I've seen here is in the 7-8 inch range so that's kind of my base line minimum that I wanna beat if possible given we still have 36 hours of snow to go

At least I'm at home and not somewhere spending money!
 
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Mitch West said:
Yeh man, it's the worst IMO. We had that here in Cola with last years snow event. I am sure it adds up quick when you can fully saturated the column, but man we had that for like 12 hours straight here in SC last Winter with the Gulf storm & it added up to a wopping 0.9 of an inch.
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Saying it’s the worst might be a stretch. Haha
Worse is 33 rain or nothing falling at all.
 
the worst snow to me is when you get snow ripping in late February or march all day long and nothing even attempts to stick bc the surface is 35 degrees. Those are heart breakers bc you always have that hope that rates will overcome in your mind.
 
rburrel2 said:
the worst snow to me is when you get snow ripping in late February or march all day long and nothing even attempts to stick bc the surface is 35 degrees. Those are heart breakers bc you always have that hope that rates will overcome in your mind.
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I hate dry snow. It takes forever to add up and always seems to underperform
 
Brent said:
Best snow of the entire storm as the first round ends haha

Maybe tonights round will really add up because I'm only seeing a couple inches here so far. Im not the biggest fan of dry snow

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The dry stuff is my favorite kind, where it blows all around from the ground upwards into the street lights. No water in my snow! Most seem to like the more pasty, stick to everything snow though
 
blueheronNC said:
Absolutely insane how consistent it was from way out. It ran circles around every other model and across the entire map too.

The changes over time looked like resolution detail refinements, not fundamental shifts in the pattern, phasing, amplitudes, etc. Really impressive.
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We wont know the end result until Monday, but agree, just in watching the model runs over this past week, I felt the Weathernext was the best of the bunch with being quicker to lock in and the most consistent once it did
 
MSnowAtl said:
No lie, my nerves are so shot right now for ATL! I hate these types of storm. ZR scares me alot. One plus, I live near the airport, but I am scared this is going to overperform. Just pray for less qdf for everyone and more sleet for everyone to lessen the ZR totals.
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Seriously. Crazy we’re so close and the models all say different things for how much ZR we get… anywhere from 0 to 0.5” or more
 
I’d be so pissed right now if this were snow. Gonna be a non event for Columbia. What little we do get will thankfully melt tmrw afternoon.
 
xshare said:
Seriously. Crazy we’re so close and the models all say different things for how much ZR we get… anywhere from 0 to 0.5” or more
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Only God knows what kind of precipitation and the totals we are going to get. This storm has been a tough one to forecast and as you said, the models have a wide range of solutions. I wish you and everyone the best possible outcome your area.
 
rburrel2 said:
Such a tough forecast for your area on how much precip you get overnight. I’m thinking it’ll be on the high side of guidance. .25’ish by 8am or so.
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Tbh, I’m wondering again about temps after I told others that precip would be the failure mode. And my reason why isn’t the GFS (though it’s wild how much the OP has warmed projected temps), but the fact there is a loooonnnngggg way to go to get to freezing.

If it isn’t at least 35 by 8ish tonight, there will probably be a good chance of not even a novelty deal. And even if it is, based on the way precip has verified for me a lot of the time, I may genuinely just get drizzle until the second round.

I’m cool with it though.
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
Tbh, I’m wondering again about temps after I told others that precip would be the failure mode. And my reason why isn’t the GFS (though it’s wild how much the OP has warmed projected temps), but the fact there is a loooonnnngggg way to go to get to freezing.

If it isn’t at least 35 by 8ish tonight, there will probably be a good chance of not even a novelty deal. And even if it is, based on the way precip has verified for me a lot of the time, I may genuinely just get drizzle until the second round.

I’m cool with it though.
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i wouldn’t bet against the wedge for your area, just my thoughts.

In the 2015 storm we had several northeast Georgia posters saying the same thing and they got smoked with warning criteria freezing rain.

But yes, precip is also iffy there overnight but it seems like 1/10th inch or so is locked in. I’d be surprised if you guys get .25 inch of ice, but also surprised if you don’t get at least a tenth.
 
You guys can start your own forum if you aren't happy with moderation

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Also we could just take the donation money, buy a sub to storm Vista, and post windows 96 graphics or do it from our own pocket or just run it in python slap a southernwx watermark on it and have you guys pay for it
 
blueheronNC said:
First name was the new villain in The Force Awakens. That was so incredibly spiraled out, I woke up in shock seeing his personal attacks on respected mets on here.

Others on here (including me) have Weathernext2 access so we good
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Got ya. I noticed that. Reality is we won’t know the totals or which model was correct until we are done. Always hard to pin down a forecast in these areas even 24 hours out.
 
I'm not trying to be an asshole but man you have to realize how hard it is to balance differing opinions, letting folks actually be frustrated, disagreeing 100% with posts but having to leave it because deleting because we disagree isn't the right way to manage it and finally understanding there's a high risk to life and property so some folks are coming here just to find some kind of community that's in the same situation but they may not really have a lot of met knowledge
 
Has anyone considered having one trusted met/person now cast in a pinned thread. And they update it every hr or so. Now that the storm is starting it’s a little confusing as to what’s going on and what trends we should be taking note of.
 
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SD said:
I'm not trying to be an asshole but man you have to realize how hard it is to balance differing opinions, letting folks actually be frustrated, disagreeing 100% with posts but having to leave it because deleting because we disagree isn't the right way to manage it and finally understanding there's a high risk to life and property do some folks are coming here just to find some kind of community that's in the same situation but they may not really have a lot of
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I don’t know envy you guys at all. It’s tough. So many differing opinions and the fact is we won’t know who was correct and which model was right until after the fact. It really doesn’t matter either. Some folks are in for a storm that will be a huge impact on their daily lives for a little bit. Can’t we all just get along?
 
SD said:
I'm not trying to be an asshole but man you have to realize how hard it is to balance differing opinions, letting folks actually be frustrated, disagreeing 100% with posts but having to leave it because deleting because we disagree isn't the right way to manage it and finally understanding there's a high risk to life and property so some folks are coming here just to find some kind of community that's in the same situation but they may not really have a lot of met knowledge
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Don't really mean this as criticism as I totally hear what you're saying. I've been on forums for about 10 years now and everyone has their own style for moderation. Here in particular I do sometimes notice unnecessary drama that can be allowed to run rampant in the wrong threads, while other banter gets moved immediately.

Sometimes seems like favoritism (I'm sure every mod hears this lol), but I also have the understanding that this can be a pretty small community in off-seasons. I'm sure there's some balancing of wanting to keep the community engaged and active without over-moderating. Regardless I appreciate the work you all do keeping the site up and running!
 
JQPublic said:
Has anyone considered having one trusted met/person now cast in a pinned thread. And they update it every hr or so. Now that the storm is starting it’s a little confusing as to what’s going on and what trends we should be taking note of.
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We have not and it's not a bad idea. I know @Rain Cold had asked for a model run vs verification product which I am working on and would be rolled out as part of our actual web page
 
Looks like it’s busting on the low end where Brent is at. What does that mean down the road for us ?


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