Isopycnic Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 A f'in' + Warm, dry... 1" of snow with 15 minutes of frozen stuff on the roads. The best winter EVER!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixieBlizzard Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 From a money-saving perspective: A+ From a winter weather weenie perspective: Maybe one of the worst I can remember, ever..(could not even drive to the mountains on a "good" weekend for snow)...... F- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I going to give it a B- simply because if it isnt going to be cold and snowy then I want it mild and dry and for the most part it came through for me. Snow is like 3rd or 4th on my list of favorite weather to experiance so the early severe stuff the last few months also helped with the B-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazaroo Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 D-. I was lucky Feb 19th and saw 1 hour of heavy snow. Looked nice in the morning but melted very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It was the worst model watching winter in the internet model watching era. Looking back, it actually made me appreciate how good the 2009-2010 winter was...which had a strong El Nino combined with a strongly negative NAO. From Dec 1 to Mar 16 of that winter, the NAO was negative a whopping 102 out of 106 days...all contributing to several winter storms across the SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacoma Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I going to give it a B- simply because if it isnt going to be cold and snowy then I want it mild and dry and for the most part it came through for me. Snow is like 3rd or 4th on my list of favorite weather to experiance so the early severe stuff the last few months also helped with the B-. UNC 88 Duke 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Easy F as in _uck this winter Not single flake was seen IMBY and the lack of a real systems to track helped me come up with my letter grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 UNC 88 Duke 70 FSU 90 UNC 57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I give it an Incomplete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busick Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 D- for the piedmont of Northcarolina. F for the Southern Piedmont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Triple F minus! yuck! I can only remember tracking 1 potential storm...and it went flat.....most years at least I get the GFS entertainment value even if the storms don't pan out....Next year has got to be better! Sure can't get much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Heating Bills - A Getting Outdoors - A Precip(all type) - C Snow - F Tracking Real Threats - F Tracking Imaginary Threats - F Satisfaction Level - D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencken_Fan Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 For "good" weather, I'd give this winter an A. The Dec/Jan/Feb mean temps ran +4, +4, and +2 degrees respectively. And as would be expected with our drought conditions, there was abundant sunshine. For "winter" weather, I'd call it a complete fail (grade F.) I saw not one single snowflake or sleet pellet for the first time in my 9 winters here on Cape Fear. While snow is of course never a guarantee, sleet is not an uncommon visitor to this part of the state during the cold months - until of course, this winter. There were no strong storms of any sort; and lightning/thunder was almost entirely absent. Accustomed to dull winters here to start with (being I'm from Maryland), this one took the cake. Tim in ILM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Snow: F- (two trace events IMBY...worst winter in fourteen years) Cold: D Educational Standpoint: B-(Learned a lot about +AO, PNA ridge, La Nina atypical patterns) Liquid: A+ (needed the rain and this may be the most important and will keep me from going below a C) Overall: C- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FROSTY Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 D- for me had a little over 3 inches total I think it's worst winter I can remember!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazaroo Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 D-. I was lucky Feb 19th and saw 1 hour of heavy snow. Looked nice in the morning but melted very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx4life Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Overall a D-. I would go for an F, but the electric bill wasn't too bad this winter plus I didn't have sleep deprivation to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaffneyPeach Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 What Winter? I've already blocked it out of my memory. It's leap year anyhow so it didn't really count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxictwister00 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 D+ Haven't seen any measurable snow, but at least I have managed to see some fall on a couple of occasions. Otherwise it would be a F+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I will give this winter a D. I had 14 inches of snow and my highest one storm total was only 5 inches and we have at the current never made it below zero and this will be a first for that in several years. I am expecting us to get snow possibly the next 2 month but that will not be in winter that will be for spring time. Just a horrible winter for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I give it a C. I would have given it a F in my younger days. F- saw one little flurry that shouldn't even count as one. As Charles Barkley would say, "turrbile..just turrible" I think Charlotte is still paying for the February 2004 snowstorm. I thought for sure we would have a major ice storm this winter. We're long overdue for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Pffftt... A++. This winter was amazing. Everything is blooming already. Some trees have all there leaves back. Widespread bugs all winter. I can't wait tll the summer when it feels disgusting outside and there is like a thunderstorm everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 F Saw more than a flurry IMBY with 0.9" total snowfall, so I can't give it an F- but it's pretty dang close. Without seeing the heavy rates on my way to Raleigh from WV during that storm I would probably be more bitter and give it an F-. A For education, this winter has trumped every winter I've been on the boards since easternuswx. Reason being is we had a lot of pattern talk rather than simply looking at SLP/vorticity/snowfall maps week after week. Loved the talk by mets about the pattern and the ever so elusive "pattern change". I am at peace, though, and ready for severe weather season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Temp F (Cold leaves way too fast) Snow D+ (2 systems for light accumulations) School Closings/Delays A+ (Zero closing and delays because of timing issues/days off anyway) NWS Blacksburg Forecast F- (Excluded Wilkes County until the day it hits and throws out a winter storm warning for the February snow, and ended up with advisory criteria, then no special weather statements from today's clipper) *Blacksburg did do very well in the previous years when it came down to much larger winter weather producers Overall Grade C- (Probably spoiled from previous winters so will curve the grade) Averaged around 2-3 inches from pretty much 2 main systems this winter. Enough to make everything white and pretty looking up to a day and a half or for today's case, several hours from the morning clipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Snow: F Sleet: F Zr: F Rain: B Severe Weather: A Golf: A+++++++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Hawkins Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Had it not been for this 30 minute span in early January this winter would have been rated an F. However, I will give it a D- as far as cold and snow are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 F here. Easily the least Winter-like Winter I've ever seen in western NC my whole life of 42 years. And looking at the records going back to the late 1800's, only 1902, 1908, and 1923 had a completely snowless season at GSP...not sure my county, but I'd assume about the same. I saw 8 to 10 flakes during the afternoon of the strong upslope event in the mountains mid Feb, and about 2 or 3 flakes the morning of the clipper early March. Until this year, 2006-2007 season was the worst, when I had a 10 minute flurry. I think the Upstate to around here is the only spot in the Southeast that gets 4" + year, and didn't see any this year. The pattern was so bad the models never even had a chance to generate false threats. Hopefully this is just a "spike" bad year in otherwise good string of cold/stormy Winters...we were definitely due a dud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 D as is Damn what a crapfest winter. I did see flakes on two occasions and some sloppy sleet one night. Without those little "events" it would have been an F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 F ---- I had to have the windows open to have a fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanc2001 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Id say C-, snow is rare here any year, ive had none since 2010. this year however there never really was a chance and I had to mow my lawn all year, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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