Voyager Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Technically I would give every winter an F simply because I hate the season so much. If I could move to a warm climate without needing to divorce my wife to accomplish it, I'd either be back in Phoenix or down in Florida right now...or ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 If u went by just snowfall it's a c here as I have had 35 inches and avg is just around 40. If u want to add temps than it would be a d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goombatommy Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I may change my C+ to a D depending on next week's potential. Think of it like a final exam....so far, not too encouraging for our area. We are still 4 days out and I'm sure the models will probably flip again but concensus so far seems to favor a more southernly track. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 As for this year, I'd give it a D+. I'll keep my grade as a D+, largely because every WWA/WSW we had this year busted on the low side (that is, below even the minimum forecast amount). The latest, today, originally called for 5-11" of snow and we ended up with 2 inches. The best event we had was not even forecast. The only thing that saves an F grade was the 5/6 day stretch in February where we had minor bits of snow each day. I can't necessarily justify a worse grade just because we had many very minor events, but only a couple 3" events even worth a ruler grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I don't think this storm is gonna help the grade back home much, if any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast4 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 New grade is D back home. If I lived in National Park I would give it an F- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Compared to last year -- B Compared to "normal" -- C- Compared to unrealistic expectations -- D- Compared to Joe Bastardi's predictions -- F Updated: Compared to last year -- C+ Compared to normal -- D Compared to unrealistic expectations -- F Compared to JB -- F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 My grade stays a d+ because winter is over even a nam miracle wouldnt have had me change it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Still the same, D+. Don't see a change in next 2 weeks. 2 bad winters following 2 nice winters, next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslotted Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'm allowing this winter to take a W as it dropped before the deadline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 overall, i give this winter an F-. I don't see how anyone can say otherwise. a week in the 20's with 1 clipper doesn't sell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Anyone who got less than 10" should vote F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Anyone who got less than 10" should vote F ME ME ME ME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowwors2 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 NOTICE: Let it be known that on this 7th day of March, 2013, upon review and consensus and, as set forth by this Review Board, "Very Old Man Winter" (student) has been expelled due to failing grades for his performance during the winters of 2011-12 & 2012-13! Upon his successful completion of (sweltering) Summer School courses in "Philly Area Winter Meteorology" and a written commitment to over-perform during the Winter of 2013-14 ad infinitum, his records will be examined by Head Master (aka "HM") to determine his eligibility for re-admittance! "Mother Nature" is hereby required to acknowledged and sign receipt of this Notice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 ^^^ #winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast4 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 NOTICE: Let it be known that on this 7th day of March, 2013, upon review and consensus and, as set forth by this Review Board, "Very Old Man Winter" (student) has been expelled due to failing grades for his performance during the winters of 2011-12 & 2012-13! Upon his successful completion of (sweltering) Summer School courses in "Philly Area Winter Meteorology" and a written commitment to over-perform during the Winter of 2013-14 ad infinitum, his records will be examined by Head Master (aka "HM") to determine his eligibility for re-admittance! "Mother Nature" is hereby required to acknowledged and sign receipt of this Notice!! Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HM Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 NOTICE: Let it be known that on this 7th day of March, 2013, upon review and consensus and, as set forth by this Review Board, "Very Old Man Winter" (student) has been expelled due to failing grades for his performance during the winters of 2011-12 & 2012-13! Upon his successful completion of (sweltering) Summer School courses in "Philly Area Winter Meteorology" and a written commitment to over-perform during the Winter of 2013-14 ad infinitum, his records will be examined by Head Master (aka "HM") to determine his eligibility for re-admittance! "Mother Nature" is hereby required to acknowledged and sign receipt of this Notice!! Now wait just a minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I finally know what HM stands for, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctilucent Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Compared to last year -- B+ (at least we had shots this year and had some snow around Christmas) Compared to my expectations -- B+ (I figured slightly cooler than last year with minimal snow. I was wrong. Its better than I figured). Compared to the 25" (for PHL) projections by many -- D- (it would be F if I could predict the future, since I think we will fall well short of those forecasts and certainly short of normal) Compared to normal - I'll say "D" but its hard to judge the criteria. Is "normal" an "A" ? Or, is it a "C"? I would think its a "C" (because then what would you do if we were well above normal?). At the hypothetical halfway point, we should have about 12"......we have 8". Given that meteorological winter is over and I'm not anticipating any snowfalls over 2" for the rest of "snow season": Last year 10", this year 13", normal, roughly 23-24" (no official stats). Compared to last year - B (lowered a bit from the halfway point grade, due to later winter frustration) Compared to my expectations - B Compared to the 25" + projections for PHL by many media mets - F Compared to normal - D (last year would have been D-, I guess, "F" would have been 72-73, 91-92). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Parents are up to 17.5" now. If they can muster another 2.5" I'll upgrade to a C-. For now, keeping the D+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I give the winter as a whole at current time a solid D. Can't say what I want about it so I'll leave it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Unfortunately, this was another N of 40, E of 75 winter for many in the Mt. Holly WFO. It's a pretty stark difference just 25mi W and S of my area receiving less than half the totals. It reminds me of 2008 - 2009 where 25mi north of my area nearly doubled my totals that year. Anyway, due to receiving more than + 5" over average IMBY, I give this season a B grade. That's largely due to snowfall. If this winter was a bit colder with longer stretches of snow cover, the grade could have risen to a B+ even with a bit less snow. There are only 6 years with A grades in the last twenty years: 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2011. Conversely, there was an equal number of failures: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008 and 2012. May next year be one to tip the A scale for all and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Unfortunately, this was another N of 40, E of 75 winter for many in the Mt. Holly WFO. It's a pretty stark difference just 25mi W and S of my area receiving less than half the totals. It reminds me of 2008 - 2009 where 25mi north of my area nearly doubled my totals that year. Anyway, due to receiving more than + 5" over average IMBY, I give this season a B grade. That's largely due to snowfall. If this winter was a bit colder with longer stretches of snow cover, the grade could have risen to a B+ even with a bit less snow. There are only 6 years with A grades in the last twenty years: 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2011. Conversely, there was an equal number of failures: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008 and 2012. May next year be one to tip the A scale for all and good luck. Yeah, it shocks me that TTN has only had around 17"...I've recorded 46" to the north of NYC in Westchester County, which is almost 10" above my average, or 125% of normal. BDR in SW Connecticut has had 61" this winter, which is almost 200% of normal. Just a ridiculous gradient and very similar to 08-09...that's exactly what I thought of too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Unfortunately, this was another N of 40, E of 75 winter for many in the Mt. Holly WFO. It's a pretty stark difference just 25mi W and S of my area receiving less than half the totals. It reminds me of 2008 - 2009 where 25mi north of my area nearly doubled my totals that year. Anyway, due to receiving more than + 5" over average IMBY, I give this season a B grade. That's largely due to snowfall. If this winter was a bit colder with longer stretches of snow cover, the grade could have risen to a B+ even with a bit less snow. There are only 6 years with A grades in the last twenty years: 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2011. Conversely, there was an equal number of failures: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008 and 2012. May next year be one to tip the A scale for all and good luck. Everyone basically northeast of Hightstown NJ has done very well since 2000. Of the past 13 winters, I've only seen 4 that were sub normal (01/02, 06/07, 07/08, and 11/12). Pretty impressive. In strong contrast, folks from the PHL/SW NJ area through DCA/BWI have seen by and large sub normal snowfall years since 2000. It's definitely been a 40N/75 E type of season and decade/period since 2000 really. I'm at 33.6" on the season with one MECS, a February SECS, and March near SECS (5.5") with a few light hitters around Christmas. I'm up around a C+ in my mind, but if the next couple weeks can produce another 3"+ event at least, which I think it will, then I'll give this winter a B-. If we get a 1958 type redux, well then all bets are off. An A is within reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Yeah, it shocks me that TTN has only had around 17"...I've recorded 46" to the north of NYC in Westchester County, which is almost 10" above my average, or 125% of normal. BDR in SW Connecticut has had 61" this winter, which is almost 200% of normal. Just a ridiculous gradient and very similar to 08-09...that's exactly what I thought of too. The gradient this year is quite ridiculous. I think Philly is at like, 3" for the season. That is really pathetic for a year with 2 confirmed KU events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Everyone basically northeast of Hightstown NJ has done very well since 2000. Of the past 13 winters, I've only seen 4 that were sub normal (01/02, 06/07, 07/08, and 11/12). Pretty impressive. In strong contrast, folks from the PHL/SW NJ area through DCA/BWI have seen by and large sub normal snowfall years since 2000. It's definitely been a 40N/75 E type of season and decade/period since 2000 really. I'm at 33.6" on the season with one MECS, a February SECS, and March near SECS (5.5") with a few light hitters around Christmas. I'm up around a C+ in my mind, but if the next couple weeks can produce another 3"+ event at least, which I think it will, then I'll give this winter a B-. If we get a 1958 type redux, well then all bets are off. An A is within reach. I didn't realize the N40 W75 thing was ongoing since 2000. That's really remarkable. I guess all of those three 20+ HECS's Philly had in 2009-10 was their year to balance it out a bit. And as far as 1958, if that were to happen. Then yeah, slam dunk A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Unfortunately, this was another N of 40, E of 75 winter for many in the Mt. Holly WFO. It's a pretty stark difference just 25mi W and S of my area receiving less than half the totals. It reminds me of 2008 - 2009 where 25mi north of my area nearly doubled my totals that year. Anyway, due to receiving more than + 5" over average IMBY, I give this season a B grade. That's largely due to snowfall. If this winter was a bit colder with longer stretches of snow cover, the grade could have risen to a B+ even with a bit less snow. There are only 6 years with A grades in the last twenty years: 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2011. Conversely, there was an equal number of failures: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008 and 2012. May next year be one to tip the A scale for all and good luck. 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2011 all get A grades in my book though i would add 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2011 all get A grades in my book though i would add 2001 2001 and 2004 are definitely borderline B+ A years. I left those out since they both failed to exceed average snowfall by 10". It's one my silly criteria for an A season although 2004 was extremely close and the Dec 5-6th long duration 16" event is also one of my top 5 storms due to its duration with 40 - 45dbz echoes which dumped 11" in like three hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The sad thing is that ABE's official number is less than my parents' unofficial TTN number... 16.9" vs 17.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The sad thing is that ABE's official number is less than my parents' unofficial TTN number... 16.9" vs 17.5". That's part of the "cone of death" since 2006 which extends north and west from quakertown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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