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No, there was someone after Holbrook, but he was a local legend as well. I'm wondering if it was Mike Bettis he replaced, (yes same guy on weather channel), but he might have worked for ABC here too. Of course us old timers also remember the days when Larry Cosgrove was the chief on air met at the local ABC channel here in Columbus, (circa 80's). Speaking of Holbrook, I thought this excerpt in a story about him as a forecaster here during the blizzard of '78 was funny: Legendary 10TV meteorologist Joe Holbrook was closely monitoring the storm in WBNS' weather office. In the age before the Internet, local television meteorologists would go outside to check the station's thermometer for temperature, an anemometer for winds and barometer for pressure. Joe thought it was odd that the barometer reading had sunk close to 28 inches. He tapped on it thinking the needle was stuck. It did not move. ...ya think? lol Ganahl is still here. Although Ganahl is a part-timer at channel 6 now and I'm not sure how much Gelber is still doing.

For the Columbus area weenies, sad news, WBNS announced Chris Bradley has entered into hospice. Prayers for him and his family. He was a great on -air met.. A true snow weenies at heart and way too young

I did my usual. Signed up and will carry it to March 1st. I actually haven't been reading JB because right now I'm more interested in actual model output then reading JB's relentless pursuit and bias of cold and snow. Once we get closer to the holidays and I actually put my weenie gear on, (and want cold and snow). I'll start reading and watching to feed my false hope. I have no feeling of what to expect this winter. I just know every year my desire for cold and snow gets more narrow and more focused around the holidays and January...with a greater desire for a very late mild fall and very early mild spring....and of course always chasing that mirage big dog storm.

Welcome back Steve. Hopefully this thread remains quiet thru Nov since I'm a big fan of warm dry Novembers. Then we start rocking around Dec 18th. Carry that thru January, and close up early in Feb. There, I just put my order in for winter 18-19 ....a man can dream.

I also need to correct myself and apologize to OSUbrett2 and wxdudemike .....2 Ohio mets that do contribute here. They just tend not to be as prolific in the posting department as some of the others.

I just saw this. Noooooo! You've left us! Ugh Ohio is back to having no pro met representation on the board, ( kind of crazy when you think about it). Anyways, good luck to you and belated congrats!

top thread 6 pages on windchill... ....in the summer.

yep. Insult to injury even down here. I know a lot of hungry site maintenance contractors down here who were thinking they'd at least have their first salting event this morning and the rug was pulled out on them. It's an amazing futility stretch we are in....and I'm even more surprised what you guys in Cleveland have been dealing with.

Down here far from the lakes it was also a total failure, nothing like many of the models were showing. Not that we were supposed to get clocked, but enough to whiten the ground or at least dust the car tops seemed almost a sure thing. Could this be a result of this air mass not really being that cold, (relatively speaking)? I see it's upper 20's through most of the state. Usually when you see the best squalls and snowshowers reaching all the way down this way, it's with a significant arctic frontal passage with temps falling into the teens.

gonna be interesting to see what happens. JB this morning is all about extreme cold coming in after a short moderation. Seem to imply that if snow gets laid down, places like Chicago-NY will see the coldest temps of the winter during this period and this cold locks in thru Feb. Did DT bail too early OR is JB just being JB?.... stay tuned!

interesting write up. I'm surprised to learn the models had actually backed away. I was always under the impression that it was a nowcast bust. I've read a lot of posts over the years where people said they went to bed expecting x,y.z and woke up to nada.