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  On 2/25/2015 at 1:56 AM, packbacker said:

Robert brings up gulf convection limiting moisture transport....always something. LOL

I knew it would come up eventually. I thought his map was interesting with a gap in the heavier totals in the western Piedmont where others have a stripe of heaviest snowfall. I could see his idea verifying.

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  On 2/25/2015 at 1:58 AM, WidreMann said:

And then Brick claims that it's going to rain or whatever. He's worse than me. I can't figure him out, except that he's trying to live up to his namesake.

I don't know. We're lucky to have a met like Fishel. He's gotten more conservative as he's learned that the big snow progs days in advance usually don't verify. He gave a balanced forecast tonight at 5 and 6. The other ones on there won't say anything with any real meat on it. It's like they wait for him to talk turkey.

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  On 2/25/2015 at 2:03 AM, Cold Rain said:

I don't know. We're lucky to have a met like Fishel. He's gotten more conservative as he's learned that the big snow progs days in advance usually don't verify. He gave a balanced forecast tonight at 5 and 6. The other ones on there won't say anything with any real meat on it. It's like they wait for him to talk turkey.

He's right to go conservative. And we've had some big busts in the 2000s and early 2010s. He's found that the safe rule is that if there's a reasonable chance something could go wrong, it probably well. If we're concerned about WAA keeping temps up, then it probably will. If we're concerned about moisture transport and there's modelling or regular meteorology to back it up, it probably will happen. There's a reason our climo is 5-6" and not 20". If these storms performed the way the models advertised, we'd get a lot more snow and ice each year.
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  On 2/25/2015 at 2:06 AM, WidreMann said:

He's right to go conservative. And we've had some big busts in the 2000s and early 2010s. He's found that the safe rule is that if there's a reasonable chance something could go wrong, it probably well. If we're concerned about WAA keeping temps up, then it probably will. If we're concerned about moisture transport and there's modelling or regular meteorology to back it up, it probably will happen. There's a reason our climo is 5-6" and not 20". If these storms performed the way the models advertised, we'd get a lot more snow and ice each year.

Plus, the fountain at the WRAL gardens is all iced over. Nowhere to put the lawn chair if he made a bet this time...

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  On 2/25/2015 at 2:06 AM, WidreMann said:

He's right to go conservative. And we've had some big busts in the 2000s and early 2010s. He's found that the safe rule is that if there's a reasonable chance something could go wrong, it probably well. If we're concerned about WAA keeping temps up, then it probably will. If we're concerned about moisture transport and there's modelling or regular meteorology to back it up, it probably will happen. There's a reason our climo is 5-6" and not 20". If these storms performed the way the models advertised, we'd get a lot more snow and ice each year.

That's exactly right. But some do not like to acknowledge that or hear about it.

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  On 2/25/2015 at 1:51 AM, jburns said:

 Which thread?

 

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  On 2/25/2015 at 2:03 AM, mackerel_sky said:

Hate to go Wilkes on y'all , but had ravens at the bird feeder today, and have never seen that in my life! The animals know!!

 

I have no idea what that second picture is, Mack.  I think you're shooting images with a 0.05 megapixel camera, or something.

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  On 2/25/2015 at 2:42 AM, calculus1 said:

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I have no idea what that second picture is, Mack. I think you're shooting images with a 0.05 megapixel camera, or something.

It was an old iPhone camera , through a window with a screen and rushed, lol! It's not everyday you see a bird with a 3ft+ wingspan , eating under a bird feeder , where you normally see little sparrows and stuff!
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