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Misc General Banter Thread

Tsappfrog20 said:
Was that the EF3 in Carrollton?


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No this was an EF3 in Bowdon, which is about 10 miles west of Carrollton. In May of 2008 there was another tornado on Mother's Day that produced an EF2 tornado in Carrollton. Carroll County definitely gets more tornadoes than most of Georgia.
 
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I'm sticking by my C- for the winter here. Too many seriously warm spells; Christmas week; first 3rd of Jan, and the middle part of Feb reaching 80. Not a flake outside of a 10 day window in Jan, another no show by Feb, and March looks to be way above normal. A couple of good cold snaps in early Dec and Jan with about average snowfall. Some areas had a great winter for sure; but nothing special for my area.

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Iceagewhereartthou said:
I'm sticking by my C- for the winter here. Too many seriously warm spells; Christmas week; first 3rd of Jan, and the middle part of Feb reaching 80. Not a flake outside of a 10 day window in Jan, another no show by Feb, and March looks to be way above normal. A couple of good cold snaps in early Dec and Jan with about average snowfall. Some areas had a great winter for sure; but nothing special for my area.

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Why did you have to throw in March ? What does that have to do with winter ? The weather in March should have no impact on your grade for Winter.
 
Drizzle Snizzle said:
Why did you have to throw in March ? What does that have to do with winter ? The weather in March should have no impact on your grade for Winter.
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So if you got no snow in DJF and then a historic big dog in March, would you give the winter an F?
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
As someone who is of similar age, this scares me a little. I haven't had a regular dentist since my old one that me and my parents went to passed away.

I had a couple appts in late 2019/early 2020 and was told I had a few cavities by a dentist at the dental college after I was told something crazy at the old place, then the shutdown pushed things off and my "I'm a big ole chicken" deal delayed and delayed for years.

Finally gave up and told my dad to make me a new patient appt at the new place they're going to. I'm not overly scared about talking on the phone anymore I think...but this stuff scares me so I'm not going to call them.
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Just got out of getting fillings for the first time since I was little (they couldn't even find that small cavity when they started).

Goodness this numbing medicine lmao.
 
superjames1992 said:
Don't worry, Denver will probably get like 30" of snow in April and May to make up for it. 😂
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This is so true. The time I spent out there for training on a job, I got there the second week of January and saw nothing but flurries for two months, then April came and it snowed ever other day. The ground was fully covered most of the month
 
Chazwin said:
This is so true. The time I spent out there for training on a job, I got there the second week of January and saw nothing but flurries for two months, then April came and it snowed ever other day. The ground was fully covered most of the month
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Yeah, January is a colder month for them, but it’s also quite dry. By April, they get a lot more precip and it’s still cold enough for snow a lot of the time. As a result, Denver averages about as much snow in April as in January and for somewhere like Boulder, they actually average more snow in April.

I’ve always found the Denver area’s winter climate fascinating because it’s not even that cold, and yet they get so much snow. For example, the average high in Boulder, CO in April is 63 (low of 35) and yet they average almost 15” of snow in April! They get lots of snow without it actually being super cold. Even in January, average highs are in the mid / upper 40s, although the low is near 20.
 
Brent said:
I hope so lol. If we really are flipping to El Nino it should be

And yeah... Besides a week in January this winter has been non existent even here
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This can be looked at in different ways. If I were living there, I’d be feeling relieved that we dodged the bullets that were going against getting normal snow. About the only time we could get it we did kind of thing. This reminds me of 91-92 and 51-2 in ATL, both of which were mild winters that still were able to deliver a major snow in each!
 
Bigedd09 said:
January is literally the only winterish month around here nowadays


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December has been pretty productive the last couple of years. Nothing huge but I've gotten a few inch hits the last 2 Decembers. But generally yeah I kinda see December and January as the only winter months now until February can show me otherwise. March I just don't like anyway, even threats are so marginal and wet melty snow, I just prefer to move on to spring.
 
Neil Sedaka passed suddenly on 2/27/26 at 86. He was a fantastic singer and more notably songwriter for himself and others.

He wrote too many recognizable songs to name although “Calendar Girl” was among his most well-known. His initial success was in the 50s-early 60s. It then tailed off until a resurgence in the early 1970s with Laughter in the Rain, Bad Blood, and Love Will Keep Us Together (sung by Captain and Tenille).

The last time I saw him perform was on Fox News’ “Huckabee” ~13 years ago. Mike Huckabee just tweeted this:

 
Winter grade here: C-/D+. Overall slightly AN temps with below normal snowfall.

The good: 2 long stretches of BN temps (early December, and late Jan-early Feb) delivering back-to-back weekends with measurable wintry precip, and multiple days with snow cover. A bonus this winter was the rare occurence of blowing snow. CHA recorded 5 consecutive hours with blowing snow with temps in the teens/windschills near zero, and wind gusts of 40+.

The not so good: long stretches of torchy weather including Christmas, BN precip, BN snowfall, overall AN temps for DJF. Major precip bust on the ice storm (not wanting a tree/power killer or anything but longer icicles would have been nice lol)
 
Snowfan said:
Wow another earthquake near Lake Monroe.
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There's been known seismic hazard in that area for awhile now. IIRC it's the reason the backup dam was built at Lake Murray. I read a study years ago that said if the original dam failed the water would get up to the stairs on the state house and kill a stupid amount of people until the flood wave got to the Congaree basin.
 
Metrological winter is over.

Grade: F-

I don’t even want to waste another minute of my life acknowledging this complete waste of winter for NW GA.

I am grateful this is not a universal grade for my SE family though. Congrats to those who experienced otherwise!

Seriously. True nugget of earned wisdom for y’all. Disappointing winters happen. It’s inevitable. It will be your turn to toss out an F-. More often than not. You know that. But if ya latch onto the excitement for others who weren’t left out. Share in their joy. The bitterness is far easier to move on from in the end.

That’s the less obvious meaning to “not wasting another minute of my life” on this winter. Bitter, but sweet feelings is the far easier path to closure and moving on.

May the coming winter of 26/27 deliver everyone something great!
 
Since meteorological winter is now over, it appears as if models have completely backed off the threat for this week and much of March appears to be well AN, it's hard to not see this winter being a wrap as far as snow chances go. I do think we likely haven't seen our last freeze yet, but frozen precipitation threats after March 15 are very rare, but not unprecedented. Since they are so rare, I'll just issue the final grade now.

Final Grade for Raleigh area: C-

This winter began with a lot of promise. RDU airport reported a trace of snow on November 11, which was the earliest snowfall at RDU in the 21st century. However, I don't actually recall seeing any snow flurries fall at my house. Despite that, much of November was above normal, but a sustained stretch of cool weather began around Thanksgiving. RDU reported snowfall on three separate events in December: a trace on December 5, 0.1" on December 8-9, and a trace on December 12. None of the events amounted to anything significant, but it was still our first measurable snow in December since 2018 even though it was insignificant.

A thaw then followed, with a high of 72 degrees on Christmas Day. The above normal stretch continued through the second week of January, when the heart of the winter began. RDU reported a trace of snow on January 18 from a cold-chasing-moisture setup, with a few wet flakes falling as the system exited the region. The following weekend was the great southeastern Ice Storm of 2025, which for RDU was primarily sleet which fortunately limited power outages. RDU airport reported 0.6" of snow on January 25, though most if it was sleet and not true snow.

Then came the Machine Learning Mauler. For much of North Carolina, this was one of the greatest winter storms this century, with the vast majority of the state getting more than 6" of snow and parts getting more than 12". Charlotte got buried under the ULL, while the eastern part of the state got buried from the coastal. Unfortunately, Raleigh got dry-slotted in what was the biggest disappointment here in a very long time. For the second year in a row, much of coastal NC got a bigger snow event than RDU did. RDU finished with a snow total of 2.9" from the mauler, with 0.1" being on February 1. Totals were even lower in the city of Raleigh itself and southeastern Wake County. This technically made 2025-26 the first winter at RDU to have measurable snow in December, January and February since 2010-11, but December and February saw a measly 0.2" combined.

And with that, barring an anomalous late March/early April event, RDU will see its seventh straight winter with below average snowfall, when other parts of the Carolinas have seen above average winters during that time. Hopefully Winter 2026-27 with a likely El Nino will allow the parts of the board that didn't score this year to get another chance, and hopefully we can all score with a board-wide winter storm. I cannot give this winter anything higher than a C- with such a historic bust.
 
atlwx said:
Metrological winter is over.

Grade: F-

I don’t even want to waste another minute of my life acknowledging this complete waste of winter for NW GA.

I am grateful this is not a universal grade for my SE family though. Congrats to those who experienced otherwise!

Seriously. True nugget of earned wisdom for y’all. Disappointing winters happen. It’s inevitable. It will be your turn to toss out an F-. More often than not. You know that. But if ya latch onto the excitement for others who weren’t left out. Share in their joy. The bitterness is far easier to move on from in the end.

That’s the less obvious meaning to “not wasting another minute of my life” on this winter. Bitter, but sweet feelings is the far easier path to closure and moving on.

May the coming winter of 26/27 deliver everyone something great!
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I have to give this one a solid B.

We had our first ice event in quite some time even though we missed the big snow. I base my grades mostly on January, and while not as cold as last year, we had a nice average of 41.8. My highest was only 69.3, and a low of 11.5, exact same low to the tenth as last January. We also had a trace of snow every month, though not unusual.
 
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