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2012 Winter Banter Thread #3


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you dont need to get involved in everything....Ian is one of my best friends....There is no need for you to render an opinion

okay, well why dont you guys take it off the board and deal with it like best friends do instead of dragging ian through the mud for all to see.

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okay, well why dont you guys take it off the board and deal with it like best friends do instead of dragging ian through the mud for all to see.

im a jerk to people who don't care to learn or better themselves as "forecasters" by being here. i have little to no respect for someone who has spent years here and still acts like a total moron when it comes to "trends" "hit and miss" etc.. that's the truth.. and im sure plenty of people dislike that attitude but i won't pretend that's not how i feel. i defer to someone like matt and give him the highest respect even when i dont fully agree with him all the time. i just wish it did not need to be framed that "ian's running to his mo of spazzing out" when that's not true. i get frustrated when even my friends can't see where im coming from. i don't think im that horrible of a communicator even if i get emotional myself here way too often.

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people like you have no context for discussion perhaps. the simple fact is the storm did not trend north for the 36 hours most weenies were calling it to trend north. the euro has led the way pretty much from the get go and continues to -- perhaps you missed it's MASSIVE shift north last night. of course if it snows this will go in the "north trend" files and dummies will forget how we got there.

LOL to the bolded.

Below, note the EURO snowfall depiction at the maixmum extent and enjoy the 0.2 to perhaps 0.3 of an inch from this "massive" shift north.

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im in a lose lose situation. my forecasts are generally very good but because i don't jump on the "omg snow is the most amazing thing ever" bandwagon i don't get that far often. i admit to my faults way more than most people here. i'd say with conviction it's not all me.

agreed 100%.....And I think everyone recognizes you are one of the most knowledgable hobbyists and skilled forecasters....so I am not always sure what the point is....This has been a really odd storm in a really odd winter....I dont mind being humbled by it...I think I have oscillated too much on this one with the models, though like the rest of us "snow lovers", I know what we are up against....even at my most optimistic I think I had a 75% chance of <4" which is lower than HPC....

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LOL to the bolded.

Below, note the EURO snowfall depiction at the maixmum extent and enjoy the 0.2 to perhaps 0.3 of an inch from this "massive" shift north.

over your head.. thanks for playing tho

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agreed 100%.....And I think everyone recognizes you are one of the most knowledgable hobbyists and skilled forecasters....so I am not always sure what the point is....This has been a really odd storm in a really odd winter....I dont mind being humbled by it...I think I have oscillated too much on this one with the models, though like the rest of us "snow lovers", I know what we are up against....even at my most optimistic I think I had a 75% chance of <4" which is lower than HPC....

im too serious about forecasting these days.. im not sure why even though i do it for cwg several times a week. i think you give some of your compadres too much credit based on commentary here but i dont really have a strong beef with anyone, let alone you.. it's just frustrating sometimes not to be on that side of the same coin.

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im a jerk to people who don't care to learn or better themselves as "forecasters" by being here. i have little to no respect for someone who has spent years here and still acts like a total moron when it comes to "trends" "hit and miss" etc.. that's the truth.. and im sure plenty of people dislike that attitude but i won't pretend that's not how i feel. i defer to someone like matt and give him the highest respect even when i dont fully agree with him all the time. i just wish it did not need to be framed that "ian's running to his mo of spazzing out" when that's not true. i get frustrated when even my friends can't see where im coming from. i don't think im that horrible of a communicator even if i get emotional myself here way too often.

I think some of us are emotionally invested in snow in a way that you aren't....i dont think that makes us crazy or ignorant of reality....there are things that definitely get under my skin too, so I am the same way in many respects...

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over your head.. thanks for playing tho

I'm not at all interested that you are impatient and grouchy this morning but at the very least, why would you say that?

Maybe it (EURO) came north a little but not enough to get even a flurry

into central and east PA. It still seems that the SREF, GFS and EURO are holding

onto light, if any snow accumulating DC and north and that the NAM is on its own.

Which part is over my head?

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How are you suppose to make a forecast with these crappy models? Who runs these things? Terrible. This is 2012, In Back to the Future in 2015 they could predict when rain would stop to the second! Get on their level!

You aren't. So do us all a favor and never look at a model again.

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I'm not at all interested that you are impatient and grouchy this morning but at the very least, why would you say that?

Maybe it (EURO) came north a little but not enough to get even a flurry

into central and east PA. It still seems that the SREF, GFS and EURO are holding

onto light, if any snow accumulating DC and north and that the NAM is on its own.

Which part is over my head?

i agree. i should not have assumed you read the following but that's why i was saying that:

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I think some of us are emotionally invested in snow in a way that you aren't....i dont think that makes us crazy or ignorant of reality....there are things that definitely get under my skin too, so I am the same way in many respects...

yes that may be true. i know we usually are arguing almos the exact same thing from a slightly different viewpoint. i like being snarky to people.. sometimes it comes off as worse than it is. i don't want people to dislike me just because but im not out to keep everyone happy with my commentary. i guess someday it will be good when i realize i don't have to post everything i think like those horrible newbies..

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yes that may be true. i know we usually are arguing almos the exact same thing from a slightly different viewpoint. i like being snarky to people.. sometimes it comes off as worse than it is. i don't want people to dislike me just because but im not out to keep everyone happy with my commentary. i guess someday it will be good when i realize i don't have to post everything i think like those horrible newbies..

I think people like you....much better to be a realist than to be a JB/JBjr/DT etc and try to get people to like you by telling them what they want to hear.....I like Coastalwx/Orh/HM's approach of trying to see the silver lining and even I find them too optimistic sometimes and onthe other hand, Wes who has been rock solid this winter and whose pessimism has been entirely validated I sometimes find too negative....But there are no "winners" in a winter like this.....we all lose...

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The EURO better shift a little bit more up the coast at 12z or this forum may implode.

implode? probably more like crickets. server is going to get some much needed rest.

I'm heading out this afternoon for a couple rounds of disc golf and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy with sunny and 50.

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damn.....gfs holding onto the south solution. so close yet so damn far...

I'm in weenie mode this a.m. also. Nam invites you back to the party, and the GFS kicks you back out again. Compared to the 00z run, the 12z really seemed to be all over the place when you compared the two frame by frame. I'm just gonna ignore the GFS and blame it on its' s/e bias, and hug the NAM til the Euro either kicks the door in or puts me out of my misery.

Green grass and flowers in February are seriously affecting my acoholism :beer:

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