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12/30 Coastal - Snowing Our Way Into NYE


Clinch Leatherwood

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Can you imagine the unmitigated apoplexy if this thing gets closer yet in the runs, then still ends up verifying S ?

Prediction: no one in the 48 pages of this thread has offered any insight that hearkens to something like that taking place; what is fascinating from a purely sociological perspective, a "horror" like that is just as on the table as a greater impact scenario. But when the collective brain is so predisposed to a positive outcome, less 'the outcome' per se, ...well, you get what you paid for.

The 18z runs come out. The NAM blankets the .75" QPF line from HFD - BED, and brings over an inch to PVD. Warnings go up on the 5 o'clock - a state of ecstatic bi-polar gaiety strikes as common enemies give hugs. The 00z backs off a little, "Meh, too much antecedent trend to believe it - 'sides, it only backed off 2 tenths unilaterally, so it must just be noise. Right Will?"

"It's alright, son - there's no monster under your bed; go back to sleep."

Zomb! Snow-lit starlet looks out his or her window 2 hours later, and the flurries and light snow taunt ends at PVD; everyone's partly cloudy with moon and stars by 3.

That's the trouble with trend. Trending one way still mean discontinuity. We assume trending a given direction to be positive or negative, and by and large, that's the course of least regret. But, discontinuity means uncertainty. We can engineer our way toward delusion of despair here, but just remember, there really isn't any products out there - at least that I have seen - indicating 10" of snow.

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Can you imagine the unmitigated apoplexy if this thing gets closer yet in the runs, then still ends up verifying S ?

Prediction: no one in the 48 pages of this thread has offered any insight that hearkens to something like that taking place; what is fascinating from a purely sociological perspective, a "horror" like that is just as on the table as a greater impact scenario. But when the collective brain is so predisposed to a positive outcome, less 'the outcome' per se, ...well, you get what you paid for.

The 18z runs come out. The NAM blankets the .75" QPF line from HFD - BED, and brings over an inch to PVD. Warnings go up on the 5 o'clock - a state of ecstatic bi-polar gaiety strikes as common enemies give hugs. The 00z backs off a little, "Meh, too much antecedent trend to believe it - 'sides, it only backed of 2 tenths unilaterally, so it must just be noise. Right Will?"

Zomb! Snow-lit starlet looks out his or her window at 9pm and the flurries and light snow taunt ends at PVD; everyone's partly cloudy with moon and stars by 3.

That's the trouble with trend. Trending one way still mean discontinuity. We assume trending a given direction to be positive or negative, and by and large, that's the course of least regret. But, discontinuity means uncertainty. We can engineer our way toward delusion of despair here, but just remember, there really isn't any products out there - at least that I have seen - indicating 10" of snow.

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whatever, it's on you guys, not me. I am just trying to throw a modicom of objectivity into the fray, so if something bad happens folks' are mentally (and emotionally) prepared.

I think everyone knows even if they don't say it that it could turn to garbage, or at least most do. It's just more fun much of the time to go nuts with the possibilities, especially in areas that have gone for a long while without good snowfall, than to think heavily about how it could crap out.

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Not this far NW though on most runs.

Still time for things to change obviously, but most of us weren't predicting 12z type outcomes.

He mentioned it when a few models had weenie runs. In turn we mentioned it in passing, but we were dealing with the storm 2 days ago so first thing was first.

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He mentioned it when a few models had weenie runs. In turn we mentioned it in passing, but we were dealing with the storm 2 days ago so first thing was first.

Even yesterday though, a lot of people thought he was being too bullish.

My point is that he just hasn't wavered run-to-run at all this week.

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