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Webber - You throw that down here my way and I'll drive to NC and buy you whatever beverage is allowed. Promise.

 

Phil

 

The Waycross forcefield was also present in 1989. Notice how we only got 1.6 inches and all the surrounding locations got 2-4 inches. Since its always warmer here than surrounding locations, it took the snow longer to accumulate because of warmer ground temps than surrounding locations. :lol:

 

Lol, well the other big one in your neck of the woods was the Blizzard of 1899, snow reported all the way down to Fort Myers, blizzard conditions on the west coast of FL from ocean effect snow... Looks like Waycross picked up about 3 inches in that one & judging by the reports from this storm it likely came down fast & furious w/ quite a bit of wind and temperatures fell near & below 0F in Waycross following its passage...

Feb-4-14-1899-Minimum-Temperatures.png

 

 

 

February-11-14-1899-Southeastern-US-Snow

 

Here's the link to this paper (thanks Phil for leading me to this) that contains the graphics I posted above & others by Kocin et aI, I thought it would interest you & others on this forum...

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0434%281988%29003%3C0305%3ATGAOAE%3E2.0.CO%3B2

 

Here's another one I ran across recently... 

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/tae/pdf/research/NWS%20Significant%20Snowfall%20Events%20in%20Tallahassee.pdf

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Lol, well the other big one in your neck of the woods was the Blizzard of 1899, snow reported all the way down to Fort Myers, blizzard conditions on the west coast of FL from ocean effect snow... Looks like Waycross picked up about 3 inches in that one & judging by the reports from this storm it likely came down fast & furious w/ quite a bit of wind and temperatures fell near & below 0F in Waycross following its passage...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the link to this paper (thanks Phil for leading me to this) that contains the graphics I posted above & others by Kocin et aI, I thought it would interest you & others on this forum...

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0434%281988%29003%3C0305%3ATGAOAE%3E2.0.CO%3B2

 

Here's another one I ran across recently... 

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/tae/pdf/research/NWS%20Significant%20Snowfall%20Events%20in%20Tallahassee.pdf

 

I'll take Blizzard of 1899 and my 16 to 18 inches of snow and call it a winter.

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Well that threat went down real quick... trends are not looking good right now... I think alot of people are going to get sucked in again just to be chewed up and spit out... This winter has been ruthless

IMO, trends only matter inside the five day window. Everything else is horseshoes and hand grenades.

This is a 9-10+ system. Anything is on the table.

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I really hope the Euro is not right. I can't go through another weekend of rain and temps in the 40s and then next weekend be bitter cold and dry.

 

It is man.  It's over.  Too bad too.  It was a nice setup.  Increased mountain torque near the dateline is tanking the RNA, which forces convection to retreat along the -30 - -60 VP flux layer, which then raises the SOI just enough to retrograde the SW low off the Baja.  The Euro is the best model with dateline mountain torque anomalies, so you have to give it a nod in this situation, unfortunately.

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Hey isohume.

Hey!

I know folks like to bash the models when they dont pan out for some event, but I think the models have done what they are supposed to do. Provide guidance and give a degree of confidence. There have been many low confidence events in the mid range this winter, which in fact have been the right call.

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It is man.  It's over.  Too bad too.  It was a nice setup.  Increased mountain torque near the dateline is tanking the RNA, which forces convection to retreat along the -30 - -60 VP flux layer, which then raises the SOI just enough to retrograde the SW low off the Baja.  The Euro is the best model with dateline mountain torque anomalies, so you have to give it a nod in this situation, unfortunately.

I think Cold Rain is giving Tony (dsaur) a run for funniest poster.  CR, thanks for keeping things light-hearted and for many LOL moments.  I look forward to your insight, and humor!   :lmao:

 

P.S. - Tony, I hope your posts will increase with the threat of a possible early February sleetfest!

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I think Cold Rain is giving Tony (dsaur) a run for funniest poster.  CR, thanks for keeping things light-hearted and for many LOL moments.  I look forward to your insight, and humor!   :lmao:

 

P.S. - Tony, I hope your posts will increase with the threat of a possible early February sleetfest!

 

Thanks. :)  If we can't get snow, we might as well have a good time, amirite? :)

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Hey!

I know folks like to bash the models when they dont pan out for some event, but I think the models have done what they are supposed to do. Provide guidance and give a degree of confidence. There have been many low confidence events in the mid range this winter, which in fact have been the right call.

Yeah, I don't see how folks expect models to get every little detail right especially this far out. Some folks are trashing the new GFS, when the verification scores say otherwise. Yes it has it flaws, but doesn't every model?
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Yeah, I don't see how folks expect models to get every little detail right especially this far out. Some folks are trashing the new GFS, when the verification scores say otherwise. Yes it has it flaws, but doesn't every model?

True, and they normally don't or can't. I look at it this way, if the dyno models are having a hard time maintaining a solution or have little support from other op models...then this part of the fcst process is low confidence. If there is little or no stat/ens/climo support either or the large scale pattern is at odds with blocking, etc...then the med range fcst will remain low confidence with no heightened mention needed.

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True, and they normally don't or can't. I look at it this way, if the dyno models are having a hard time maintaining a solution or have little support from other op models...then this part of the fcst process is low confidence. If there is little or no stat/ens/climo support either or the large scale pattern is at odds with blocking, etc...then the med range fcst will remain low confidence with no heightened mention needed.

 

Honestly, I'm kinda pissed you guys arent mentioning next weekends threat in the discussions. I mean, what the hell?

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