Sn0waddict Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I just lurk, but Euro play by play is better if people are either specific about where the PBP is at or use descriptions, hourly, using well known airports, of where the approx location of the 850 mb and surface freezing line is, and previous precip amounts. As a rule, if only a few hundredths of liquid equivalent fall in the following six hours after magic temps/thicknesses were reached, verbatim, the model isn't really showing enough snow to be concerned about. Trickier on the 6 hour precip amounts if there is a big crash in temps during the period. I suspect NWS type pro-mets may get finer time scales than 6 hours, so if a pro-met says 'no snow for you based on this model', he is probablyt seeing that. Just saying, as a frequent lurker. But I, personally, am hoping all of NYC gets a foot plus. PBP is also better if people don't predict what the model will show, but rather just tell us what the model IS showing. Otherwise, you often get one person saying it's coming north, and another saying it's coming south and so forth. Then again, we should just be fortunate people who pay for these models are giving us free information at the time of release anyhow. They don't have to, and after some of the flack they get I wouldn't blame them for just making us wait till the free sites come out with the model run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I Love the pbp, but the pissing contest has to stop. The analysis differs some, but in fairness, different areas are being described. No commentary is really that far off base, people need to just relax a little bit. What I think is a huge problem, is when people who have 60 posts come into a thread at that time and start calling people terrible posters and asking for banning. Now that's a huge problem, and extremely ridiculous and uncessesary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I Love the pbp, but the pissing contest has to stop. The analysis differs some, but in fairness, different areas are being described. No commentary is really that far off base, people need to just relax a little bit. What I think is a huge problem, is when people who have 60 posts come into a thread at that time and start calling people terrible posters and asking for banning. Now that's a huge problem, and extremely ridiculous and uncessesary Welcome to the NYC subforum lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The board is so slow right now. Can barely do anything. Anyone else having that issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The board is so slow right now. Can barely do anything. Anyone else having that issue?affirmative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 affirmative Imagine what's going to happen as we get closer to this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDMK6GLI Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Imagine what's going to happen as we get closer to this storm. we'll all be doing other stuff since the americanwx forum took an epic dump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I Love the pbp, but the pissing contest has to stop. The analysis differs some, but in fairness, different areas are being described. No commentary is really that far off base, people need to just relax a little bit. What I think is a huge problem, is when people who have 60 posts come into a thread at that time and start calling people terrible posters and asking for banning. Now that's a huge problem, and extremely ridiculous and uncessesary Yeah, I think that the PBP threads are great and people shouldn't come down so hard on anyone that is willing to perform the service especially when many people are at work and just peeking in on a mobile phone. I just don't get the anger that pops from time to time in very busy threads. Most people in here share the same passion for weather and the few who are overly contentious need to take a break. There is nothing more annoying than threads getting chocked up with disputes. I think the classic example of this was the January 2008 storm thread that turned into a big brawl and the thread starter deleted it in the middle of all the observations when it was obvious that it was too warm for the snow that was forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Imagine what's going to happen as we get closer to this storm. Lotta crying as the rain washes away our snow piles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I think the classic example of this was the January 2008 storm thread that turned into a big brawl and the thread starter deleted it in the middle of all the observations. Omg i forgot about that. Who the hell was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Looking forward to getting the threat inside of four days. More models to view and less down time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I was going to post this in the 3/2 thread, but it seems to have calmed down and I didn't want to add to the banter, so I'll put it here. I was out most of the afternoon getting rehab/therapy on my leg. John and Doug haven't been on (mods have lives... what a concept!). So, a little while ago, I log on and read the 3/2 thread, and it was quite frankly some of the worst **** I've ever seen on here... and that's saying something. Pages of back-and-forth bickering, arguing, and off-topic banter, not by newbies, but long-time members that I would think should know better. It was embarrassing, and the people involved should be embarrassed as well. Regardless of who started what, the right thing to do would be to take it to PM, or even the banter thread... not keep it going, page after page. Just think how it makes this subforum look to guests and newer members. I deleted a pile of posts in that thread. If I ever see something approaching that level of train-wreck again, warnings and restrictions will be given, regardless of board-standing or reputation. Let's try to act like adults here. /rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Lotta crying as the rain washes away our snow piles? Lol its possible. One of many solutions on the table. Start trying to bait the weenies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I was going to post this in the 3/2 thread, but it seems to have calmed down and I didn't want to add to the banter, so I'll put it here. I was out most of the afternoon getting rehab/therapy on my leg. John and Doug haven't been on (mods have lives... what a concept!). So, a little while ago, I log on and read the 3/2 thread, and it was quite frankly some of the worst **** I've ever seen on here... and that's saying something. Pages of back-and-forth bickering, arguing, and off-topic banter, not by newbies, but long-time members that I would think should know better. It was embarrassing, and the people involved should be embarrassed as well. Regardless of who started what, the right thing to do would be to take it to PM, or even the banter thread... not keep it going, page after page. Just think how it makes this subforum look to guests and newer members. I deleted a pile of posts in that thread. If I ever see something approaching that level of train-wreck again, warnings and restrictions will be given, regardless of board-standing or reputation. Let's try to act like adults here. /rant It's amazing ... the NYC area has some of the most intelligent people in the US (and the world) and, well, our subforum skews totally in the other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanksfan Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Hope the EURO shifts south tonight. It has made me very nervous with this north trend. WE NEED IT TO STOP NOW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatenWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hope the EURO shifts south tonight. It has made me very nervous with this north trend. WE NEED IT TO STOP NOW!!! I don't know why I even bother to read the banter, but where was the euro with today's storm, it's basically on its own, this type of crap is annoying to read it's not like the euro is the only model out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I don't know why I even bother to read the banter, but where was the euro with today's storm, it's basically on its own, this type of crap is annoying to read it's not like the euro is the only model out there. The Euro hasn't shown any kind of significant system for today in over a week, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 The Euro hasn't shown any kind of significant system for today in over a week, right? The euro still had today being a 3-6"+ event as recently as Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 The euro still had today being a 3-6"+ event as recently as Saturday That is an absolute eternity in modelville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That is an absolute eternity in modelville. Yeah, I'm not so sure I agree with today being a case study in the Euro's suckiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycStormChaser Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Lord knows what will happen if the models trend badly tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDMK6GLI Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Lord knows what will happen if the models trend badly tonight. more unreadable material in the forecast discussion thread that's what it will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourton Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Main thing to watch is if the Euro maintains its trend to retrograding the polar vortex more west and north at 0z. z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 pretty chilly feel out there tonight…19 right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 PBP is also better if people don't predict what the model will show, but rather just tell us what the model IS showing. This. This with extreme prejudice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 What I think is a huge problem, is when people who have 60 posts come into a thread at that time and start calling people terrible posters and asking for banning. Now that's a huge problem, and extremely ridiculous and uncessesary Disagree. They may only post when they feel strongly about something instead of "tweeting" every thought that comes into their heads like some of the more prolific posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Disagree. They may only post when they feel strongly about something instead of "tweeting" every thought that comes into their heads like some of the more prolific posters. I mean I guess your right to a point. However, it is mostly just stirring the pot, and I think that's all that was going on today. A lot of people come out the wood work to Pig pile and make snarky comments, it happens in all of these forums at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doorman Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 http://aviationweather.gov/data/obs/sat/intl/ir_ICAO-H_bw.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I mean I guess your right to a point. However, it is mostly just stirring the pot, and I think that's all that was going on today. A lot of people come out the wood work to Pig pile and make snarky comments, it happens in all of these forums at some point. True...and a lot are crawling on top of the log in plain sight doing the same thing. They don't deserve better treatment than the less frequent posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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