Misc General Banter Thread

[GaWx]

For the metro its been about a decade I believe. @GaWx usually has the history stats

Indeed, for a moderate or major freezing rain, it has been since 2/2014 for airport/S and E burbs through Augusta and into SC. The N burbs including Dunwoody (where I was) got lighter ZR but heavier sleet. It was a nice sleet that I believe accumulated to near 1.5”, which was then the heaviest sleet I had experienced in ATL since way back in the great 3-4” 1/1988 sleetstorm. Interestingly, I experienced a heavier sleet than 2/2014 in of all places, here, where an amazing ~2.5” fell Jan 21-22nd, 2025, within my 2.9” total sleet and snow!

 

[J.C.]

We still believe in blueland

Oh we are getting them back, I believe.

 

[Ross]

quickly becoming my least favorite storm ever

 

[vtrap90]

Haha I was like why is everyone mourning the death of Atlanta in an observation thread

yeah i was being an ass. too much to drink, been prepping all week for this ----, sorry.

 

[Brent]

yeah i was being an ass. too much to drink, been prepping all week for this ----, sorry.

I get it... It's been a long week of stuff here that I just posted in the right thread and I'm like wow at a lot of things looking back

 

[vtrap90]

I get it... It's been a long week of stuff here that I just posted in the right thread and I'm like wow at a lot of things looking back

 

[Brent]

I mean we had reliable models showing 2 feet of snow here and I'm just struggling to grasp how we're probably gonna be lucky to get 6 inches haha

I'm not complaining but it's just wow in my head to think about how the models could be that wrong and I really want to figure out why

 

[Snowflowxxl]

A lot of the models sucked for this storm overall

 

[ontherocks]

A lot of the models sucked for this storm overall

Fixed it.

 

[Brent]

Fixed it.

I mean the Euro and NAM both had 20 inches here... I remember when you could write a forecast off that combo haha

I'm getting old

 

[ontherocks]

I mean the Euro and NAM both had 20 inches here... I remember when you could write a forecast off that combo haha

I would have bet on that duo too!

 

[Brent]

And I sat here and trashed the GFS for days honestly when you look back at it... It probably had the more right idea haha. That this storm was never worth the hype here

I mean it's a nice storm but people aren't gonna be talking about it in 20 years. It wasn't historic at all

 

[MichaelAndrews]

I need to move

I’m not saying I wanted a catastrophic ice storm here but, give me something

 

[Snowflowxxl]

TWC app has been hilariously awful for this. I know we don’t take it seriously anyways, but still.

 

[rburrel2]

I’m gonna be honest, I was pretty depressed over the anemic radar and later start time/drying hi-res models a couple hours ago. But wow…. We have done a complete 180 and are getting 100% nuked!

Delayed but not denied!!!

 

[J1C1111]

I’m gonna be honest, I was pretty depressed over the anemic radar and later start time/drying hi-res models a couple hours ago. But wow…. We have done a complete 180 and are getting 100% nuked!

Delayed but not denied!!!

Yeah same here. We are getting hammered here and just getting started. Moisture returns are coming in heavy now and closing in on a inch of sleet here. Your right. Delayed but not denied.

 

[Brent]

TWC app has been hilariously awful for this. I know we don’t take it seriously anyways, but still.

AccuWeather was a lot better here and it never waivered even when models showed 20 inches. It was always on the low end of the predictions

It may even still be too high but it's a lot closer than TWC. I'll never forget what they predicted

 

[Bigedd09]

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[WolfpackHomer91]

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Idk man about 15 miles north of you we’ve been solid so far…. Around 1/2 inch and glaze


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[Bigedd09]

Idk man about 15 miles north of you we’ve been solid so far…. Around 1/2 inch and glaze


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Crazy! We have just been drizzling since 2am


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[CamWX]

Just woke up and went outside. Looks like....it sleeted a bunch? Kinda hard to tell in the dark and I don't feel like going down 2 flights of stairs this early.

 

[Snowflowxxl]

I can already see it across social media but the public’s faith in forecasting is going to be at an all time low after this. Far from devastating and catastrophic.

 

[BullCityWx]

I've definitely prayed hard for it to not be as bad as they were saying

This was one of the hardest forecasts for professionals I can ever remember. You need to sit the hell down and be glad the wedge has overperformed.

 

[Brent]

I can already see it across social media but the public’s faith in forecasting is going to be at an all time low after this. Far for devastating and catastrophic.

Yup even out here it's bad online and it was still a legit warning level snowstorm even if we didn't get buried like the models said

 

[Drizzle Snizzle]

It's funny that some counties in Georgia that didn't even get Ice closed schools for tomorrow. I guess their excuse will be that tomorrow is gonna be cold so they don't want kids to be out in the cold weather.

 

[Snowflowxxl]

It's funny that some counties in Georgia that didn't even get Ice closed schools for tomorrow. I guess their excuse will be that tomorrow is gonna be cold so they don't want kids to be out in the cold weather.

Yea Henry County closed schools and they didn’t get squat

 

[BullCityWx]

Generally speaking, those types of amounts were forecast by GSP as the high end (10% chance).

I don’t think this person is smart enough to interpret maps.

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Ella Dorsey is not a serious meteorologist lol. Keeps just posting model runs and says it might do this but it might not.

 

[Drizzle Snizzle]

Yeah it's super bizarre. Imma be real. This ice isn't even as bad as the ice my backyard got last year during the Jan 10th snow event. I didn't really get any sleet either so that can't be an explanation here.

Be patient. The real Ice Storm starts later today in Georgia. it's just getting started.

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Be patient. The real Ice Storm starts later today in Georgia. it's just getting started.

Atlanta temps are already rising a bit. The city won’t be sub 32 for that line

 

[Snowflowxxl]

This was just shared. Literally a zero percent chance of verifying. Extremely unprofessional and they are just trying to cover their ass for the miss

 

[Engeo]

This was just shared. Literally a zero percent chance of verifying. Extremely unprofessional and they are just trying to cover their ass for the missView attachment 188947

Is it the same channel that showed the GFS output with 20” of snow?

 

[Snowflowxxl]

Is it the same channel that showed the GFS output with 20” of snow?

Yes. All of their mets have no idea what they are doing besides just posting raw model output.

 

[Brent]

That CBS station has always been a joke. It's been like 15 years since I lived there(or well in Alabama and got Atlanta TV) and they were back then too haha

How many name changes have they been through already. Still trash

 

[howboutthemdawgs]

I mean we had reliable models showing 2 feet of snow here and I'm just struggling to grasp how we're probably gonna be lucky to get 6 inches haha

I'm not complaining but it's just wow in my head to think about how the models could be that wrong and I really want to figure out why

100% the same here. Left my house so we wouldn’t lose power and they haven’t…came to my parents cause they have a generator and on the low end 10” of snow coming. We are sitting on about 2.5-3. Now due to road conditions likely stuck up here for a couple days, I love my folks but….

 

[metfascination]

We still believe in blueland

My dad took me to some Flames games as a kid


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[GeorgiaGirl]

Well, no power outage ofc, but the heat just stuttered a bit as I’m laying around in bed.

I confirmed my suspicions btw. It would be easy to scrape as I’ve seen more impressive frosts, but that wasn’t frost, it was a very thin sheet of freezing mist. I took a picture of it.

 

[Drizzle Snizzle]

Maybe time to start a thread, only 6-7 days away.

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I mean a Thread was started for the current storm NINE days ago. So why not ?

 

[Sctvman]

DC folks calling 5" of snow a bust is hilarious

 

[SD]

Should have done pre emergent yesterday