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Revenge of the Weekend Warrior Storm: 2/15-2/16


PhineasC

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This is no different from any other event. Too many bipolars here

 

It really isn't and in most events I think I live in an alternate universe. To me, the 18Z GFS looks a little worse than the 12Z. It now is banking all on the 1st shot which is .30 or so with the 1st half not getting to 34 or 35 until 06Z unless the Plymouth site does goofy things with the surface temp at DCA.  Now the NAM has little and the Euro has little. 

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Any thoughts on second wave? It's close at 5/700 but axis isn't gonna do it. I think it's too late to expect any help there.

This is getting more complicated and usually that is not good. My feeling is the models are having issues resolving this. But the trend is now one I don't love. They seem to be now putting more into the trailing system forming the coastal but at the expense of the frontal wave. I think the sref members tell the story. There is an outside shot this all comes together and we get nailed but a better one that at the critical time for us these factors play off each other a bit too long and it's too late for us. That's my gut but the weenie in me will be watching with hope if not optimism.

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I think randy said it well. Fools gold. It's not beyond the realm to get the second wave cranking but inside of 48 and no model porn isnt a good sign.

 

i dont even know why you guys are looking for that but best of luck. :P

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I should clarify that my post is reference to getting a significant event. If you just want another car topper or 1-2" type thing that had a better shot.

I'm hoping for 2" and just tossing around the possibility that we may get more with magic

if there was the type of event that has great bust value to the upside, this would be it due to the dynamics, but that doesn't mean I expect it

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i dont even know why you guys are looking for that but best of luck. :P

 

it's gotten pretty sad...at least people use to hang their hopes on the GGEM or the DGEX....now they just hang onto even more nonsensical "what-ifs"...we have dozens of models...even when everything shows that a certain outcome isn't going to happen...we can always hope the millions of obs assimilated into all the major models must have missed something.  :axe:

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It really isn't and in most events I think I live in an alternate universe. To me, the 18Z GFS looks a little worse than the 12Z. It now is banking all on the 1st shot which is .30 or so with the 1st half not getting to 34 or 35 until 06Z unless the Plymouth site does goofy things with the surface temp at DCA.  Now the NAM has little and the Euro has little. 

I don't think anyone really has high hopes for this thing, but some folks still enjoy the banter. If the idea is just to dismiss the threat outright due to the model runs not looking great then a thread isn't really required. Just post a banner at the top of the page that says "No Snow" and set the forum to view-only mode.

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it's gotten pretty sad...at least people use to hang their hopes on the GGEM or the DGEX....now they just hang onto even more nonsensical "what-ifs"...we have dozens of models...even when everything shows that a certain outcome isn't going to happen...we can always hope the millions of obs assimilated into all the major models must have missed something.  :axe:

Agree, just shut the forum down.

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This is getting more complicated and usually that is not good. My feeling is the models are having issues resolving this. But the trend is now one I don't love. They seem to be now putting more into the trailing system forming the coastal but at the expense of the frontal wave. I think the sref members tell the story. There is an outside shot this all comes together and we get nailed but a better one that at the critical time for us these factors play off each other a bit too long and it's too late for us. That's my gut but the weenie in me will be watching with hope if not optimism.

So it's a Miller B that isn't a Miller B?

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I don't think anyone really has high hopes for this thing, but some folks still enjoy the banter. If the idea is just to dismiss the threat outright due to the model runs not looking great then a thread isn't really required. Just post a banner at the top of the page that says "No Snow" and set the forum to view-only mode.

Don't get upset that the models are decent enough to remove most of the wishcasting that dominated back a few years ago. Habits are hard to break around here

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I don't think anyone really has high hopes for this thing, but some folks still enjoy the banter. If the idea is just to dismiss the threat outright due to the model runs not looking great then a thread isn't really required. Just post a banner at the top of the page that says "No Snow" and set the forum to view-only mode.

This one is more of a curiosity than anything else. And this is what we do for entertainment. And surprises happen. I kinda thought we've been pretty realistic. In a weenie way of course.

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So it's a Miller B that isn't a Miller B?

I'm getting dizzy. Anyways it's valentines day and I need to go pay attention to the gf especially after she helped me dig our way off a freeway a few days ago. Maybe when I pop in to peek in the am we will be talking about weather nws should post blizzard warnings after 0z gfs and euro show the arw 2 ft solution. Happy vday everyone.

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I'm hoping for 2" and just tossing around the possibility that we may get more with magic

if there was the type of event that has great bust value to the upside, this would be it due to the dynamics, but that doesn't mean I expect it

 

These are my thoughts as well.  While the possibility for this to produce better is there, and has been mentioned here and there, I don't think anyone is expecting this to produce a 4"-8" type storm.

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I don't think anyone really has high hopes for this thing, but some folks still enjoy the banter. If the idea is just to dismiss the threat outright due to the model runs not looking great then a thread isn't really required. Just post a banner at the top of the page that says "No Snow" and set the forum to view-only mode.

Nails it. If this were a met only forum that had to pass on a forecast, yeah, you wouldn't want the less knowledgeable, weenie hopeful posters posting here. But I was under the impression that part of this forum was for fun.

If a person says its not going to snow, they're going to be right 90-95% of the time. Everything, or just about, said last night was a lost cause, but many saw accumulating snow. For some it was fun to watch moderate to borderline heavy snow and huge flakes falling last night for a couple of hours. Can even the best met say to our region that there will no fun come from this? That's all most of us are looking for. Are we injured by hoping for a late turn for the better? With model agreement like this, is a moderate event not at least a remote possibility? Those HPC guys have DC in a 10% chance of 4". Is 10% not worth discussing?

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This one is more of a curiosity than anything else. And this is what we do for entertainment. And surprises happen. I kinda thought we've been pretty realistic. In a weenie way of course.

I don't know if it is an OCD thing or a control freak thing or something else but some individuals seem to have a need to organize and sweep these threads clean of basically everything except posts by 2-3 or three folks they approve. I don't really get the point in insinuating that if you are still posting in this thread you must be a delusional weenie grasping at straws. If that is the criterion then just shut the forum down.

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LOL

 

What is your desired end goal? Is it the scenario I described? There really is no reason to police the threads. It adds nothing at all.

Not policing at all. I think it is just funny to say shut the board down. The will still be plenty of weather worth discussing. I just think the guys with red tags, saying stuff that differs with what we want to hear, should be listened too more often.

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Let's not derail too much. It's a perception issue. If I was a met and I read these threads I would think they were too optimistic but there are distinct diffs between hobbyists and mets. Mets are more serious and scientific and weenies are more like fans rooting their favorite team. Fans root until any chance at winning is over. Winning this one is an inch or 2. Game is not over.

12z is gonna smoke us anyway

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Let's not derail too much. It's a perception issue. If I was a met and I read these threads I would think they were too optimistic but there are distinct diffs between hobbyists and mets. Mets are more serious and scientific and weenies are more like fans rooting their favorite team. Fans root until any chance at winning is over. Winning this one is an inch or 2. Game is not over.

12z is gonna smoke us anyway

 

If my grass gets a nice coating of white on it I will be happy. At least I'll still be able to drive I suppose. This winter has been tough on weenies all around! Well not NE I suppose. ;)

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