RevWarReenactor Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Congrats to TWC burning a name off on a storm that will give Philly and NYC an inch of snow...if that. I was thinking the same thing. What a joke. They are horrible. Last night there map had 3-6 inches for "Winter Storm Freyr" along I-95, this morning it is essentially zippo and from the looks of it that might be generous. They named a storm that is going to bring 3-6 inches to upstate NY. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Congrats to TWC burning a name off on a storm that will give Philly and NYC an inch of snow...if that. Yeah, but we had almost a half inch of rain with gusts to 25 here. Very unusual, stormy weather. Worthy of a name. I can now use a storm name with my grandkids someday rather than some faceless half inch storm that occurs several times a month. That's gotta be worth somethin' ... to TWC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I was thinking the same thing. What a joke. They are horrible. Last night there map had 3-6 inches for "Winter Storm Freyr" along I-95, this morning it is essentially zippo and from the looks of it that might be generous. They named a storm that is going to bring 3-6 inches to upstate NY. LOL Yeah, but it's been almost 3 days since the Upstate got so much snow. Memories fade with these historical events, oops decadel events, oops seasonal events, oops weekly events, you know ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 This is why it's ridiculous, normal weather patterns aren't noteworthy enough to be named, if they actually did this empirically and named every mid-latitude cyclone above a certain threshold we would go through several alphabets in a year. Tropical cyclones are much less frequent so naming makes more sense. And that ignores the fact that they name things based on numerical model forecasts before the actual winter storm even exists, that's like if the NHC named every storm that developed on the GFS before it happened. Everyone I've talked to about this thinks it's stupid, mostly non-meteorologists too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Busting in Philly seems like a pretty common occurrence from both government and private forecast agencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Snowfall from this last storm in the bigger to big cities. BDL 6.8" (Hartford) BOS 2.6" PVD 8.0" ALY 4.3" NYC T JFK 0.4" LGA 0.4" PHL T EWR 1.5" High impact!!!1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Busting in Philly seems like a pretty common occurrence from both government and private forecast agencies. seriously, have you ever wondered whether it was your expectations that were busting moreso than the forecasts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Which is exactly why it's spelled "Gandolf". Tolkein's estate ought to sue TWC regardless over that one. I watched some 4am TWC Sunday morning and the OCM seemed to be having a tough time distinguishing between "system #1" (I guess it isn't Draco, but some clipper or offshoot behind it in the Northeast?) and "system #2" (now named Euclid, aka "The Big Christmas Storm"). God I miss Dave Schwartz. Gandalf is actually a name from Norse mythology. Gandalf, which means "wand elf" or "magic elf" in Old Norse, appears in the "Catalogue of Dwarves".... - this is directly from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien%27s_influences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Gandalf is actually a name from Norse mythology. That may be, but if it wasn't in Tolkien, we all know we wouldn't be getting a winter storm with that name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's not just TWC doing it... http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/253778/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's not just TWC doing it... http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/253778/ Wow. Look at that. I wonder if other small media markets are just doing their own thing, and naming whatever they please, however they please. Chaos! Thank God it's not this way with tropical cyclones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's not just TWC doing it... http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/253778/ They've been naming blizzards for 20+ years now I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Apparently, we slept through Winter Storm Gandolf: http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-gandolf-20130109 Edit: Looks like Blizzard Aaron as named in the previous post is the same storm as Winter Storm Gandolf. Talk about confusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Apparently, we slept through Winter Storm Gandolf: http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-gandolf-20130109 Edit: Looks like Blizzard Aaron as named in the previous post is the same storm as Winter Storm Gandolf. Talk about confusing! and now we're on to Dangerous Winter Storm Helen, which is threatening life and property everywhere throughout the 1-3" coverage zone. And yes, that's TWC's description of Helen, not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 and now we're on to Dangerous Winter Storm Helen, which is threatening life and property everywhere throughout the 1-3" coverage zone. And yes, that's TWC's description of Helen, not mine. My only possible response is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 To clarify: That snow map is for new snow... it doesn't include the 4-6" that already fall across parts of northern PA, northern NJ, southern NY and in the Berkshires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I'm guessing Winter Storm Iago will be the one that hits DC tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 and now we're on to Dangerous Winter Storm Helen, which is threatening life and property everywhere throughout the 1-3" coverage zone. And yes, that's TWC's description of Helen, not mine. If they had a SS scale for snow storms, would this be a Cat -3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 If they had a SS scale for snow storms would this be a Cat -3? indeed! I can see it coming: Dangerous Helen: The story of a boy and his dog lost during the Great Cat-3 of January 2013. An off-broadway production. A SpikeTV movie. And a graphic novel. And at last, the musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Now we're up to Winter Storm Iago http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-iago-20130116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezweather Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I have to say this is nothing more than a gimmick and just doesn't work. I mean, the names they are using just doesn't work and probably isn't taken seriously. I wonder if they continue this next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Welp, Jove is done. Looks like this Friday event will be KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Khan's wrath will be something fierce. (BTW, I thought they were only going to name 6-8 storms per winter with this system...we may be onto the Greek alphabet (kidding) before the season is out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 They named yesterday's clipper Winter Storm Jove???? What a waste of a name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 They named yesterday's clipper Winter Storm Jove???? What a waste of a name. Haha...I doubt anyone is keeping score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Haha...I doubt anyone is keeping score. True! The whole thing is just so incredibly silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 They named yesterday's clipper Winter Storm Jove???? What a waste of a name. I think they named Jove for the Norlun trough that was expected to deliver snow to New England. I don't think it did anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Khan's wrath will be something fierce. (BTW, I thought they were only going to name 6-8 storms per winter with this system...we may be onto the Greek alphabet (kidding) before the season is out) Yeah, it's kind of crazy that they're already up to J-- in mid-January of a lackluster season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah, it's kind of crazy that they're already up to J-- in mid-January of a lackluster season. Publicity, publicity, publicity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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