Isopycnic Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Jon....I was talking about Isopycnic's response. I don't mind a few posts that are sports related, but 3 pages are too much. Sports topics belong in the sports forum. There is no place for them here on the weather side.+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Seriously, I think Wow was the one who made up the banter thread last winter, and a big reason was because of my posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Seriously, I think Wow was the one who made up the banter thread last winter, and a big reason was because of my posts. It's a great place to let off steam without cluttering the main threads, especially during storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That crew I believe has had 1 good storm since there once in a century winter (09/10) so I am sure they are going crazy, of course same goes for central NC. If they don't cash in this February that would be quite the dry spell. You have to feel they cash in during Feb, they are approaching records for minimal snow totals now. I hear what you're saying. However, I'm not about the field too bad for them after the greatness experienced in February 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Seriously, I think Wow was the one who made up the banter thread last winter, and a big reason was because of my posts. The first banter thread I can find was created on 4 Jan 2011 by oconeexman. It was created after a raving success of the banter -type threads in the SNE forum and really had nothing to do with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 QVectorman's posts are long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Well, whenever and why it was created, I think it would be better to keep it to weather banter and have another off-topic thread for other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 QVectorman's posts are long.The report button is to the left... not to the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The firstibanter thread I can find was created on 4 Jan 2011 by oconeexman. It was after a raving success in the SNE forum that the banter thread was born in other locations. It has definitely helped to cut down on the insane posting rates we saw in the past (50 pages per day during and leading up to the Christmas/Boxing Day Storm, for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Well, whenever and why it was created, I think it would be better to keep it to weather banter and have another off-topic thread for other things. Agreed 100%. We all should use the OT section more. It's only one click away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The report button is to the left... not to the right Looking back, it would have been better to post it in the obs thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Looking back, it would have been better to post it in the obs thread. Or you could be like some other fools and just beotch about it on DBM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Or you could be like some other fools and just beotch about it on DBM... Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packbacker Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I hear what you're saying. However, I'm not about the field too bad for them after the greatness experienced in February 2010. Yeah, definitely, the whole east coast is paying for the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011, I believe 2010/2011 was a banner year for the NE, because now we (east coast) are going to have 2 clunkers in a row. What really blows is for our area this will be 6 out of the past 9 years we are going to be under a 1" of snow. Well I guess GSO will be a little better, but for RDU it's bad and probably our worst 9 year stretch in 100+ years. Next winter 2003/2004 comes off the books for a 10 year stretch and if next winter is clunker it be RDU's worst 10 year stretch, ever. Now that assume Feb stinks and the entire winter next year stinks and both of those are big if's, which is why I think we will get something in Feb/March this winter and next winter will be an above average winter and we start an upward tick of seasonal snow the next 10+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 well I am pleased if we get nothing else this winter. Though only two events they were very profitable for me. I still think we will get something big down the road and I for one never write winter off. I hope we get a moderate snow that kids can play in. No reason to get down. Back before Christmas many said nothing looks good in future and since then we have a couple small events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Three back to back winter events on a Friday...the only people punting are from Georgia. Winter still going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I like the banter thread the way it's been the last 97 pages--a myriad of all types of topics and comments. Maybe it was originally intended as a place to just post weather weenie stuff, but for me, at least, it's been a fun place to visit and get to talk about stuff with fellow southeasterners and get to know some folks. I think it helps us get to know one another a little bit, which I think is a good thing for our community. If you have to go to OT every time you want to chat about a non weather item, it will be too much of a hassle for it to be worthwhile and there won't be nearly as much participation. So if less participation is the goal, then we should do that. On the other side of the coin, controversial topics like politics ad religion, should be done in OT, and lengthy conversations about sports should go there too. The occasional page of rivalry banter and poking, I don't have a problem with...even if the Wolfpack lose 13 in a row to UNC. Anyway, I think the banter thread has been fine, except for the iceman stuff, because although it was funny for a couple of posts, it didn't make any sense. But the nature of the thread really hasn't been a problem for me at all. It's been a fun distraction from the non-winter, for the most part. Well said CR. Ot is not a place for the easily trolled person. I like that we have our place for some good clean and inteligent humour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Lol you have to be kidding me. What winter? IDGAF if you saw 12 inches of snow, we are still +5-10 and stuff for winter months. I am jealous of your 70 degree weather...I bet that feels nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I am jealous of your 70 degree weather...I bet that feels nice. More like 80 degree weather. It's nice this time of the year. Summers average high is just 90. Wednesday looks fun with severe weather, very windy, and record temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeah, definitely, the whole east coast is paying for the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011, I believe 2010/2011 was a banner year for the NE, because now we (east coast) are going to have 2 clunkers in a row. What really blows is for our area this will be 6 out of the past 9 years we are going to be under a 1" of snow. Well I guess GSO will be a little better, but for RDU it's bad and probably our worst 9 year stretch in 100+ years. Next winter 2003/2004 comes off the books for a 10 year stretch and if next winter is clunker it be RDU's worst 10 year stretch, ever. Now that assume Feb stinks and the entire winter next year stinks and both of those are big if's, which is why I think we will get something in Feb/March this winter and next winter will be an above average winter and we start an upward tick of seasonal snow the next 10+ years. It seems like we have moved into a predominate period of drought and less wintry conditions in the SE. Meanwhile, places like Russia and Europe seem to be getting plenty of winter. Without looking at historical data or conducting any empirical research, that is the way it feels, anecdotally. Every year now, we see analogues, research, studies, model projections, etc. that point to cold and snow, for at least portions of the winter, and we end up with little blocking, little STJ action, and little wintry weather. Take this year for instance: Rapid build-up of Siberian snow cover, consecutive months of -AO, expectations for a weak Nino, SSW event, vast snow pack in Canada, long range models showing cold, analogues showing cold 2nd half of winter, MJO phases. What has all that translated to? An above normal temp winter and below normal snowfall winter, so far. Now all that might change, and we might get buried in a week or two. But if Feb. turns out to be seasonal and/or mild and snowless, then we'll probably have to pack it in till next year. I think it's possible that something has changed that nobody really understands yet. I think it's possible that something else, that we haven't given much consideration to, may be trumping the things we know, so that the things like snow cover build-up, analogue data, and indecies don't have the same impacts they have historically had. I have no idea what or why, but the things that *seem* like they would produce favorable patterns for this area seem to not work out or always get thwarted by something else that shouldn't be having that impact. The safest winter forecast one can make is probably just to go warm and snowless, until the pattern proves otherwise. I haven't written off winter, but if we don't start to see a better pattern in the cards soon, it won't be long until I do. I don't see any reason to expect March to be the big producer. Sure, it can always happen, but we need perfect timing without a favorable pattern. And perfect timing in late Jan. is a lot easier than it is in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 tldr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 You didn't count me in on your numbers did you? If so, go ahead and strike me from the + 5-10 mark.you can count me in the plus 5-10 mark, rain that is. With signs of a developing el nino and the very wet pattern we are in maybe we could make a run at 100 inches in sw nc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacoma Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 one thing that is keeping me going is that we've had some of our biggest snowfalls if not the biggest in March. I remember a couple of good snows in the first week of April, April might be pushing it but March is still a good month for winter in the mtns. of nc. today was nice but I have to have some winter before its over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 You didn't count me in on your numbers did you? If so, go ahead and strike me from the + 5-10 mark. Then what are your numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 It is not the same. Try 65 with a ground that will try to thaw. Muddy. And it lasts 1 day. Nothing like Georgia weather. You'll reach 70, I'll bet you $1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 It seems like we have moved into a predominate period of drought and less wintry conditions in the SE. Meanwhile, places like Russia and Europe seem to be getting plenty of winter. Without looking at historical data or conducting any empirical research, that is the way it feels, anecdotally. Every year now, we see analogues, research, studies, model projections, etc. that point to cold and snow, for at least portions of the winter, and we end up with little blocking, little STJ action, and little wintry weather. Take this year for instance: Rapid build-up of Siberian snow cover, consecutive months of -AO, expectations for a weak Nino, SSW event, vast snow pack in Canada, long range models showing cold, analogues showing cold 2nd half of winter, MJO phases. What has all that translated to? An above normal temp winter and below normal snowfall winter, so far. Now all that might change, and we might get buried in a week or two. But if Feb. turns out to be seasonal and/or mild and snowless, then we'll probably have to pack it in till next year. I think it's possible that something has changed that nobody really understands yet. I think it's possible that something else, that we haven't given much consideration to, may be trumping the things we know, so that the things like snow cover build-up, analogue data, and indecies don't have the same impacts they have historically had. I have no idea what or why, but the things that *seem* like they would produce favorable patterns for this area seem to not work out or always get thwarted by something else that shouldn't be having that impact. The safest winter forecast one can make is probably just to go warm and snowless, until the pattern proves otherwise. I haven't written off winter, but if we don't start to see a better pattern in the cards soon, it won't be long until I do. I don't see any reason to expect March to be the big producer. Sure, it can always happen, but we need perfect timing without a favorable pattern. And perfect timing in late Jan. is a lot easier than it is in March. It's the Gollings/Willy Postulation. See my earlier post. It's all about the E layer in the Ionosphere. It's why the sky cries....and wants a hug There's a storm coming...the Mole are on alert, and have begun the Mole thrumming. Get thee to thy generators!! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It's the Gollings/Willy Postulation. See my earlier post. It's all about the E layer in the Ionosphere. It's why the sky cries....and wants a hug There's a storm coming...the Mole are on alert, and have begun the Mole thrumming. Get thee to thy generators!! T Double Mole 7 has put on his summer disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 +1 Seriously, I think Wow was the one who made up the banter thread last winter, and a big reason was because of my posts. Agreed 100%. We all should use the OT section more. It's only one click away. +1 Or you could be like some other fools and just beotch about it on DBM... I haven't been there in awhile It's the Gollings/Willy Postulation. See my earlier post. It's all about the E layer in the Ionosphere. It's why the sky cries....and wants a hug There's a storm coming...the Mole are on alert, and have begun the Mole thrumming. Get thee to thy generators!! T There is a young red tailed hawk I see in the morning thinning the mole population. It took me a few times to figure out what kind of crazy dance he was doing Some mornings the moles win, but most of the time the hawk does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Powerstroker. good one, but wrong buddy. I am a successful business owner that will never stoop that low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Please, please keep that buxom bosum away from my Moles. They need their concentration. I've got them working on a storm, and you'll pull their attention away with that vision, lol. Michelle...not to worry. Those are common moles. Weather moles are aware...fully aware. No mere raptor can get to them. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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