snowfan Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 How are we looking for cherry blossoms? I saw a few random pics yesterday of blooms in the snow, but are we still thinking April 8-12th for peak bloom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I think raw power of weather is the core of what weird people like us are so into. Flooding rains are pretty wild. I usually go to great falls during the crest. Talk about raw power. Just wild to watch. I agree about storms too. I'm not looking for death and destruction. Just an intense experience. Frequent cg is killer. I love getting woken up in the middle of the night with progressively closer booms. Laying in bed in a dark room with a light show and window rattling thunder is fun as heck. You know storms much much better than me but I like the more discrete slow movers the best. They are prolific lightning producers. Even when they miss, watching the tower flash like a strobe light for an hour is mesmerizing. Typically not much wind with those cells by they put on quite a show sometimes. Yeah exactly. We are all in this for the extremes on way or another and pretty much all of those extremes cause problems of some sort. I know I'm mean to 'snow weenies' sometimes and I guess I shouldn't be. That said there are a lot of people into snow just because it's pretty and closes school/work. Regardless I don't fault anyone for wanting a blizzard even if it kills 50 people and such. These things will happen whether we are excited by them or not. On the flip side I can understand someone not wanting property damage but it's not that severe wx lovers are young, without family or property they care about etc. Tho you may be able to make that argument about tornado chasers who are willing to drive into a tornado for cool video... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 How are we looking for cherry blossoms? I saw a few random pics yesterday of blooms in the snow, but are we still thinking April 8-12th for peak bloom?The buds are far.. Some hints of color showing up on them so they may start to pop in the next 10 or so.. Would guess the peak date is still on target more or less. None are blooming down on the Tidal Basin.. The early cherries are going to shortly tho as one outside my house is ready for the next warm day. I saw a few trees with blooms yesterday near the Capitol tho didn't include in photo post. There are some shots from the tidal basin http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/18/rare-mid-march-snowstorm-in-washington-d-c-photos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 The buds are far.. Some hints of color showing up on them so they may start to pop in the next 10 or so.. Would guess the peak date is still on target more or less. None are blooming down on the Tidal Basin.. The early cherries are going to shortly tho as one outside my house is ready for the next warm day. I saw a few trees with blooms yesterday near the Capitol tho didn't include in photo post. There are some shots from the tidal basin http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/18/rare-mid-march-snowstorm-in-washington-d-c-photos/ Thanks. Really like that pic from the Korean WM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Thanks. Really like that pic from the Korean WM. According to the NPS site, they listed green buds appearing as of 3/16...5 days later than last year for reference so far. http://www.nps.gov/cherry/cherry-blossom-bloom.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Would be nice if the products thread could just die off. Would be better than having the uncomfortable to read battle of egos that seemingly never ends. Spat after spat. Nothing changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 According to the NPS site, they listed green buds appearing as of 3/16...5 days later than last year for reference so far. http://www.nps.gov/cherry/cherry-blossom-bloom.htm Thanks for sharing that URL. I'll bookmark that and may take a peak down there after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ers-wxman1 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Anyone looking at tonight's light icing event? Advisories up along and west of blue ridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Yeah exactly. We are all in this for the extremes on way or another and pretty much all of those extremes cause problems of some sort. I know I'm mean to 'snow weenies' sometimes and I guess I shouldn't be. That said there are a lot of people into snow just because it's pretty and closes school/work. Regardless I don't fault anyone for wanting a blizzard even if it kills 50 people and such. These things will happen whether we are excited by them or not. On the flip side I can understand someone not wanting property damage but it's not that severe wx lovers are young, without family or property they care about etc. Tho you may be able to make that argument about tornado chasers who are willing to drive into a tornado for cool video... What are the proper reasons for liking snow? I like it because I grew up in Vegas and rarely saw it until I moved to Reno for college. It's a beautiful weather event that quiets modern society and reveals nature's beauty in the stillness of it. What's wrong with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 What are the proper reasons for liking snow? I like it because I grew up in Vegas and rarely saw it until I moved to Reno for college. It's a beautiful weather event that quiets modern society and reveals nature's beauty in the stillness of it. What's wrong with that? Not really the point tho perhaps I didn't make it properly there. I meant there are a lot of snow people who look no further than that. It's unique to those interested in meteorology IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Just to politely clarify for those all new and lurking, since it seems we've picked up some new members over the past month or two: -Long term threads (1 week +) (large scale patterns etc.) -- If sig. threat, then storm thread is created, (Model disco, etc) --- Once in short term guidance range (~18hrs) then Storm OBS thread is created. All other Weather stuff goes in the Monthly Obs thread, including minor/nuisance events. All other NON-Weather things go in the monthly Banter thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ers-wxman1 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Just to politely clarify for those all new and lurking, since it seems we've picked up some new members over the past month or two: -Long term threads (1 week +) (large scale patterns etc.) -- If sig. threat, then storm thread is created, (Model disco, etc) --- Once in short term guidance range (~18hrs) then Storm OBS thread is created. All other Weather stuff goes in the Monthly Obs thread, including minor/nuisance events. All other NON-Weather things go in the monthly Banter thread. Thanks. This is helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 What happened today? I left my place to see deep winter outside and left work to see only patches of snow left? Oh, and people are already talking about snow next week...I had to jump in and say we are a week out! Welcome to the mid-Atlantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Egads...touchy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheesyPoofs Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Welcome to the mid-AtlanticEh, more like "Welcome to the middle of March." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm rooting for sleet the size of basketballs and enough snow to collapse roofs for 1k square miles. Then topped off with flooding rains and 90mph winds and an earthquake. And a meteor strike that opens up a magma shaft that grows into a volcano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Welcome to the mid-Atlantic LOL, welcome to March and a sun angle of 50 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm rooting for sleet the size of basketballs and enough snow to collapse roofs for 1k square miles. Then topped off with flooding rains and 90mph winds and an earthquake. And a meteor strike that opens up a magma shaft that grows into a volcano.It's been borderline lately but this post confirms it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm rooting for sleet the size of basketballs and enough snow to collapse roofs for 1k square miles. Then topped off with flooding rains and 90mph winds and an earthquake. And a meteor strike that opens up a magma shaft that grows into a volcano. Where does the foot of ice come in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 The foot of ice comes just before the snow that collapses roofs for 1K square miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 What's with the weather stuff? I'm only here for the beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuddz Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 What's with the weather stuff? I'm only here for the beer I'm only here for the chicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm only here for the chicks. Here ya go! https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1352&bih=579&q=baby+chicks&oq=baby+chicks&gs_l=img.1.0.0l10.3080.6384.0.8290.11.11.0.0.0.0.259.1394.5j5j1.11.0....0...1ac.1.37.img..0.11.1393.qdWXVDRiaso#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=gGpIitzuEkcHSM%253A%3BAvvSlqFeEERgdM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fsilverorchidphotography.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2014%252F02%252Fbaby-chicks.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fsilverorchidphotography.com%252Fbaby-chicks-mini-sessions%252F%3B1024%3B768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm only here for the chicks.Fortunately for the chicks the odds are good hereUnfortunately for the chicks the goods are odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm rooting for sleet the size of basketballs and enough snow to collapse roofs for 1k square miles. Then topped off with flooding rains and 90mph winds and an earthquake. And a meteor strike that opens up a magma shaft that grows into a volcano. Is the Euro or Nam showing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Is the Euro or Nam showing that? Extrapolated dgex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I cant' remember the last nice morning we had. Seems like most of our mornings in recent weeks have been overcast and dull. And of course, when we're forecast to receive some decent days (Thur - Sat) there's wind in the forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://theweathercentre.blogspot.com/2014/03/could-next-super-el-nino-be-forming.html Some discussion here of a strong or super El Nino becoming a possibility.....ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://theweathercentre.blogspot.com/2014/03/could-next-super-el-nino-be-forming.html Some discussion here of a strong or super El Nino becoming a possibility.....ouch. A super Nino isn't necessarily bad news... I'm not entirely convinced that it always means tons of warmth and rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 There is not going to be a super nino in the middle of the -PDO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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