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Wintry Grading the 2020-21 meteorological winter

C-, only because of a dusting of snow Christmas morning and a half inch of mostly sleet in February. Seemed like they were way too many cold rain events this year.
 
Giving it a B here in Roanoke. It would be a C if we didn’t have 2 inches last winter. 8-9 inches this year is solid. Picked up 6 from one of the storms.
 
If I were rating temps I'd give it an A-. Only really missed on getting a very cold outbreak.

However, temps are only 5% of the grade for me when we miss out so badly on so many snow chances. Would rather not be in the game than lose painfully every. single. time.
 
SandySpringswx said:
One of the worst. Atlanta never really had any threats.
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Yeah other than a few novelty flakes, you weren't actually doing much snow chasing if you lived in the area. Honestly, if I didn't get extremely lucky with a heavy snow band in Feb 2020 and get .75 inches of accumulation, I would probably be going on 4 years w/o accumulating snow next winter. Still, going on over a decade without a 3+ inch snow(Jan 2011).

Winter gets a D because of the below average temps and novelty flakes.
 
F+..A on the amount of snow I was able to see on my out of town trips this winter. Saw some nice early season snow in GatlinBurg this year and got smoked in Cashiers back in February. I got my fix.
 
It was cold AF and I only had flurries on November 30th of 2020 lol. I didn’t even stay up for the Euro once this winter because ATL never had a legit chance. I haven’t done that since 2013 LOL. I’d give it a D- just because it could always be worse somehow
 
Real solid D here in Greensboro. We had flakes probably 8 times, but maybe only 1" total accumulation. We had ice 3 different times, but even those underperformed. I think this winter just proved out that "-NAO will bring snow" is a hoax and CADs many times do underperform (we just remember those where we overperform enough below freezing to make it memorable.).

TW
 
Interesting winter ... I put down a "C" as I did see snow on Christmas Eve and again some flakes in my location a few weeks ago. It was frustrating, but I do remember that the majority of seasonal forecasts leading into winter were strictly warm. We did not have any major cold here - nothing in the teens per say, but we were generally colder than normal overall. So, the majority of forecasts leading into winter were not accurate.

So that leads to a question I have ... which is more frustrating: having very little chance at a solid winter with a couple of winter storms, or having multiple chances and not getting anything? As with the Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs, is it better to get very close and not win championships or not get close at all?? This year, we seemingly had many factors in our favor that have been missing in other years ... especially the -NAO. We had model output that gave us something to monitor. But for many of us, nothing major played out.

I guess it is better to at least have a chance, but when you have a chance and come up short (ie Braves and Dawgs) the frustration factor does seem much higher as many of us feel that way right now. I am willing to bet though that we all will be back at it again next November because we are fans ... just like I will continue to root for the Braves, Falcons, Hawks, Dawgs, etc. and probably will be frustrated with them ... I will still follow!

As @GaWx points out ... the weather is predetermined. The models are man's modest attempts to predict what will happen, but as we keep seeing, man does not have it figured out and I do not think we every completely will. But it is fun (I guess) to follow and when models do find that nut every once in a while with a winter storm, we can enjoy it!

I do not post very often, but I enjoy the experts that do post here. And it is nice to know that so many other people have interest in the weather. Thank you for your contributions!
 
I will give it a B. My reasoning is because we had great teleconnections early on but the cold was overseas. This winter could have been unreal cold with a few tweaks and shifts. Three winter storms within a week isnt bad for my area. Coldest was -2 below zero.
 
Mr. Golf said:
I will give it a B. My reasoning is because we had great teleconnections early on but the cold was overseas. This winter could have been unreal cold with a few tweaks and shifts. Three winter storms within a week isnt bad for my area. Coldest was -2 below zero.
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Winter was amazing out your way, if I saw 3 storms in a week and sub zero temps here it would be an A+ easy
 
A solid B here with no longlasting torch and numerous pleasantly cool to cold evenings with low dewpoints. Much better than prior two winters and much better than expectations, especially Feb! The reward is that hardly any flowers have bloomed, most trees still have their midwinter look, my grass is still mainly dormant, and (best of all) I have yet to see any outside bugs vs last 2 years of early Feb for all of this.

I'd take this every winter and am already looking forward to the next one!
 
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Overall, a D+.

Positives: snow on Christmas, no prolonged torches until end of Feb, always something to track, plenty of chances to score
Negatives: cold rain, cool rain, all kinds of rain. just too many fails, so many awesome setups that somehow went to poop. less than an inch season total.



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Dewpoint Dan said:
One week doesn't make a winter though. Need it to be consistently cold and snowy.
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Nah one storm down here makes or breaks a winter tbh, and sub-zero temps have only happened a couple times in the past century & change. Consistency should be a consideration but extremes are arguably way more important imo. A winter w/ one 1-2 foot snowstorm and sub-zero temps for a couple days is gonna be more impactful & memorable than one like this year that was consistently seasonable w/ only a few nickel/dime events.
 
cyclogent said:
Overall, a D+.

Positives: snow on Christmas, no prolonged torches until end of Feb, always something to track, plenty of chances to score
Negatives: cold rain, cool rain, all kinds of rain. just too many fails, so many awesome setups that somehow went to poop. less than an inch season total.



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Haha if this doesn't sum up winter in the south I don't know what does. 12 days of snow to almost get to an inch. :D
Winter 2020-21 snowfall
Nov 30th - Trace
Dec 1st - 1/8"
Dec 24th - Trace
Dec 25th - 1/4"
Jan 8th - Trace
Jan 11th - Trace
Jan 16th - Trace
Feb 1st - Trace
Feb 7th - 1/4"
Feb 16th - Trace
Feb 17th - 1/4" (sleet)
Feb 18th - Trace (sleet)
Season Total - 7/8"
 
D. One marginal 3 inch snow here with too much rain.
 
I'll give this Winter an A. We had close to a foot of snow in two storms in a two day window, A record of 10 days straight below freezing, and temperatures below 0° in parts of the Memphis metro area. All this after a nasty Ice storm on Feb 11, 2021.

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Snowman63 said:
I'll give this Winter an A. We had close to a foot of snow in two storms in a two day window, A record of 10 days straight below freezing, and temperatures below 0° in parts of the Memphis metro area. All this after a nasty Ice storm on Feb 11, 2021.

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You should have posted the wonderful ice sleet event we got also. Three in a week??
 
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