tornadojay Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Hey friends.. I know things trended in the wrong direction last night, but there's still time to trend back in the right direction. We've seen it happen many of times. I thought I'd start a "Happy Thoughts" thread to help keep the spirits up. Share a specific memory of a big east coast snow storm we've had in the past. It could be anything that sticks out in your mind.. maybe when your city broke a snowfall record.. maybe when you saw a car buried up to it's roof.... or some news report you saw on TV... anything you want. For me, I remember the Jan, 1996 storm. I can't remember what news station it was... but we were at the height of the storm. We had already gotten over a foot of snow.. the weather man on TV said take your current accumulation and double it and that would be your final snowfall total.. I was thinking to myself.. "wow! This storm gave and gave already and it's only half over??" So, share a happy thought and help bring this baby west! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sauss06 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 January 1996, the day after the storm, i was driving out the road following a large Penndot earth moving machine they were using for snow removal. It was like being in a tunnel, the snow banks beside the road were higher then my Chevy Blazer and my Blazer had a lift and 35" super swamppers... I looked at my wife and said i will never see this again......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Nothing will ever come close to that storm. People are grossly mistaken if they think any storm was even close, that we had last year. Speaking for NYC area specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 January 1996, the day after the storm, i was driving out the road following a large Penndot earth moving machine they were using for snow removal. It was like being in a tunnel, the snow banks beside the road were higher then my Chevy Blazer and my Blazer had a lift and 35" super swamppers... I looked at my wife and said i will never see this again......... I said that to my wife as well on 2/7/10 on 2/11/10, with even more confidence, I assured her it would never happen again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethlehemBlizzard Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 January 96 was the best by far IMBY. I remember getting on my parents roof to shovel off the massive drifts that formed. To get down, all I had to do was step off onto the piles that I made from shoveling. I would love to see another storm like that, but I think its doubtful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I said that to my wife as well on 2/7/10 on 2/11/10, with even more confidence, I assured her it would never happen again Thats funny. I had an instructor at the State Fire Academy who use to say " There is never a never and never an always" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodd321 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 This is all I can think of when I keep seeing the GFS. Really amazing how much it looks like it. We can only hope for a miracle like Dec 19 pulled off last year. Looking at the 06z GFS, it is just so damn close to getting us, its sickening. This iimage was 84 hours out and look at it just sliding out to sea. The GFS right now is still 102 hours out and is RIGHT and I mean RIGHT off the coast. I don't know. I feel like this storm may surprise us in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Nothing will ever come close to that storm. People are grossly mistaken if they think any storm was even close, that we had last year. Speaking for NYC area specifically. This is a happy thoughts thread....let the weenies wish and pray and have snow dances in the hopes that happy thoughts will pull the storm in for snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 JB : TIME TO PANIC ON NO-STORM? NOT YET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casualbrain Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 (Sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland) Snowflakes fly - duepoint's droppin' Major Low's start a poppin' The Mets are uptight, on this winter night, Hoping for a Winter Wonderland. Weenie's stare at the models, for a week - that they've followed - 1800 UTC has weenies smiling with glee, Hoping for a Winter Wonderland. Eastern blocking Low came out of nowhere - And that warm air dome has not moved South- Shortwave action seems to be a slowing' And damn! the last map run is flattening out! Later on we're inspired to see that mixing required Latest GFS run spells out HECS - and a Ton! Snowed in, in a winter wonderland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I said that to my wife as well on 2/7/10 on 2/11/10, with even more confidence, I assured her it would never happen again Well, THAT might never happen again, IMO. BWI getting 28" then 19.5" in a matter of 5 days....... I shutter to think how much snow '96 would have fallen without sleet-zr mix.... yikes. PHL would have probably gotten 36 inches plus. BWI would have gotten 30+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Last year, 11pm news on NBC10 the night before 2/10 Hurricane goes speechless and says something like "this is somethiong we may never see again" referring to the proximity of both major storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherFox Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Circle the wagons. No, I meant circle the snow birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 There's still time to hop a flight to Mammoth . They'll probably close the mountain for a few days, but we could simply spend the weekend and see about four years worth of snow. Either way, this is definitely worthy of happy thoughts. http://forecast.weat...n&FcstType=text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Last year, 11pm news on NBC10 the night before 2/10 Hurricane goes speechless and says something like "this is somethiong we may never see again" referring to the proximity of both major storms. I remember that well. That's why I like Hurricane Schwartz so much. He gets just as giddy as the rest of us when it becomes obvious that a big snowstorm is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadojay Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 c'mooooooooon happy thread! I feel your powers within! You shalt take your learnings from this morning and use them to keep moving west... yes, west... west is the way to the pot of gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 If the 12Z EURO comes in west, this thread will explode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 If the 12Z EURO comes in west, this thread will explode! I can hardly breathe. I need an outlet for my weenie posts, I guess this thread is it. LETS GO EURO! YOU CAN DO IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 hr 54 looks to be slower and getting more amplified, hgt along the east coast are hgiehr I'm feeling good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 hr 84 sub 980 low 75-100 miles east of acy, phl to nyc getting hit hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Quote from ET..... "It's Working....IT'S WORKING!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 1)The EURO is really into killer range now 2)The s/w is getting closer to being on shore...better sampling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 ok heres the map, from greatest to least dark blue 2.5-3 pink 2-2.5 purple 1.75-2 yellow 1.5-1.75 whitish yellow 1.25-1.5 light purple 1-1.25 dark gray .75-1 lime green .5-.75 green .25-.5 red .1-.25 THREAD CLOSED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 this thread fell flat on its face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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