jaxjagman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I'm hitting 40 on Tuesday, so you're tellin me I have 5 more years of the high life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 At 22 inches on the season. 3rd straight winter above 20 inches here. Bound to hit a dud soon, LA Nina can occasionally suck the life out of winter as we saw in 2012. We've got 10 months to start worrying about that though. Hopefully the areas south of 40 can get a hit before we finish off winter in the next 30-40 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 At 22 inches on the season. 3rd straight winter above 20 inches here. Bound to hit a dud soon, LA Nina can occasionally suck the life out of winter as we saw in 2012. We've got 10 months to start worrying about that though. Hopefully the areas south of 40 can get a hit before we finish off winter in the next 30-40 days. Good deal! Trending much weaker towards a la nada. Even whispers of a weak Nino which I doubt since a Nino after a super Nino is somewhat rare(have not looked at the actual chart and could be wrong). But definitely looking better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runman292 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 If anyone has any free time, I recommend checking out Matt Hinkin's Facebook page. He has an excellent post on there trying to explain to folks about meteorology and the challenges of forecasting. I've always thought that one of the hardest jobs in the world is being a meteorologist, because there's a whole lot of factors that go into formulating a forecast that the public just doesn't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Jax, I believe you have been honorable in keeping to your Peyton avatar bet w Runman. I think you are clear to change back your avatar of choice. You have been a great sport about it, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runman292 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Jax, I believe you have been honorable in keeping to your Peyton avatar bet w Runman. I think you are clear to change back your avatar of choice. You have been a great sport about it, man. I'm good with him changing his avatar back. Thank you for honoring your bet, Jax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 If anyone has any free time, I recommend checking out Matt Hinkin's Facebook page. He has an excellent post on there trying to explain to folks about meteorology and the challenges of forecasting. I've always thought that one of the hardest jobs in the world is being a meteorologist, because there's a whole lot of factors that go into formulating a forecast that the public just doesn't understand. "One day it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain... and big ol' fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night..." -Matt Hinkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Last year we had a big winter event on the 17th, this year the 14th. Last year we had a big winter event on the 26th, models are all brewing a southern system for the 23rd. Hopefully the 9 day spread works again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runman292 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Last year we had a big winter event on the 17th, this year the 14th. Last year we had a big winter event on the 26th, models are all brewing a southern system for the 23rd. Hopefully the 9 day spread works again. I hope so, John. This winter has been so disappointing that I'm almost ready for spring if we aren't going to see a major snowstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyhound Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Eh....it will be for the plateau and upper East TN again. Sent from my XT1055 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazenmp Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Being that this is banter, I hope I'm posting in the right place, if not, will someone please set me straight and delete this post? I've been an avid reader of this forum for a bit, so I thought I would share this... I've recently gone to http://community.bloomsky.com/?utm_source=weatherlution&utm_medium=january-giveaway&utm_campaign=January-giveaway&utm_campaign and basically purchased a free weather station, only cost me shipping (understandable, it's not light). Anyhow, this thing includes a camera with solar panels and contains quite a few sensors. I received mine today and set it up... Seems to work pretty well. Here is mine, newly setup : https://map.bloomsky.com/weather-stations/eaB1rJytnpS4rZWp Just thought if a few more of us got it, It'd help the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Being that this is banter, I hope I'm posting in the right place, if not, will someone please set me straight and delete this post? I've been an avid reader of this forum for a bit, so I thought I would share this... I've recently gone to http://community.bloomsky.com/?utm_source=weatherlution&utm_medium=january-giveaway&utm_campaign=January-giveaway&utm_campaign and basically purchased a free weather station, only cost me shipping (understandable, it's not light). Anyhow, this thing includes a camera with solar panels and contains quite a few sensors. I received mine today and set it up... Seems to work pretty well. Here is mine, newly setup : https://map.bloomsky.com/weather-stations/eaB1rJytnpS4rZWp Just thought if a few more of us got it, It'd help the forum. This is actually very cool. It could really help out on the forum. This is a pretty good idea. Was the shipping very expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hell, I just signed up for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazenmp Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cost me $20. They ask that you keep it public for 6 months (is that really an issue?) and try to get at least 20 followers. I read up on it as much as I could and I still can't find a down side. I mainly got it to hook into my home automation (it has lux and detects rain, barometer, uv, a camera that take a pic every 5 minutes of the sky! And a few other bells and whistles and includes an api to hook into). I'm paranoid, so I'm still waiting on the catch, but so far, if 6 months and 20 people favorite it is all I need to worry about... Well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cost me $20. That's not bad at all. I'm signing up too. This is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazenmp Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 There is more info on it from the home automation site I go to: https://community.smartthings.com/t/bloomsky-weather-station/38202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cost me $20. They ask that you keep it public for 6 months (is that really an issue?) and try to get at least 20 followers. I read up on it as much as I could and I still can't find a down side. I mainly got it to hook into my home automation (it has lux and detects rain, barometer, uv, a camera that take a pic every 5 minutes of the sky! And a few other bells and whistles and includes an api to hook into). I'm paranoid, so I'm still waiting on the catch, but so far, if 6 months and 20 people favorite it is all I need to worry about... Well... Thanks for sharing this with us. I signed up and then I did the survey afterwards too. I really hope I get one. Even if I don't the app is very useful. I already see a lot of users in the Tennessee Valley area. The live view of the sky and the timelapse features are genius! I will try to give you a favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazenmp Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 It was interesting that I noticed the user base pretty much doubled in Tennessee today, I'm guessing quite a few people took advantage of the offer and received theirs today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Being that this is banter, I hope I'm posting in the right place, if not, will someone please set me straight and delete this post? I've been an avid reader of this forum for a bit, so I thought I would share this... I've recently gone to http://community.bloomsky.com/?utm_source=weatherlution&utm_medium=january-giveaway&utm_campaign=January-giveaway&utm_campaign and basically purchased a free weather station, only cost me shipping (understandable, it's not light). Anyhow, this thing includes a camera with solar panels and contains quite a few sensors. I received mine today and set it up... Seems to work pretty well. Here is mine, newly setup : https://map.bloomsky.com/weather-stations/eaB1rJytnpS4rZWp Just thought if a few more of us got it, It'd help the forum. Thank you for posting this! I signed up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Anything on this clipper this morning? Precip shield looks good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cost me $20. They ask that you keep it public for 6 months (is that really an issue?) and try to get at least 20 followers. I read up on it as much as I could and I still can't find a down side. I mainly got it to hook into my home automation (it has lux and detects rain, barometer, uv, a camera that take a pic every 5 minutes of the sky! And a few other bells and whistles and includes an api to hook into). I'm paranoid, so I'm still waiting on the catch, but so far, if 6 months and 20 people favorite it is all I need to worry about... Well... We should get a home automation thread going sometime and swap notes. I've been tinkering with a homebrew opensource system consisting of Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, and various sensors tied into OpenHAB. I'd love to get a weather station going with it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ridge Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 We should get a home automation thread going sometime and swap notes. I've been tinkering with a homebrew opensource system consisting of Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, and various sensors tied into OpenHAB. I'd love to get a weather station going with it as well.This is a topic of which I have limited knowledge but am very interested in learning about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnweathernut Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Being that this is banter, I hope I'm posting in the right place, if not, will someone please set me straight and delete this post? I've been an avid reader of this forum for a bit, so I thought I would share this... I've recently gone to http://community.bloomsky.com/?utm_source=weatherlution&utm_medium=january-giveaway&utm_campaign=January-giveaway&utm_campaign and basically purchased a free weather station, only cost me shipping (understandable, it's not light). Anyhow, this thing includes a camera with solar panels and contains quite a few sensors. I received mine today and set it up... Seems to work pretty well. Here is mine, newly setup : https://map.bloomsky.com/weather-stations/eaB1rJytnpS4rZWp Just thought if a few more of us got it, It'd help the forum. Nice post, thanks for sharing. I am guessing they are getting bombarded with free system requests this morning from our state. You can add me to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 This is a topic of which I have limited knowledge but am very interested in learning about. I've been interested in this since the late 90s and have dabbled in it on and off over the years. There are many elegant commercial solutions out there but they tend to get VERY expensive very quickly. My goal is to build something that is reliable but cheap. My kids are starting to show an interest in electronics so this winter I've started making another push to figure things out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cost me $20. They ask that you keep it public for 6 months (is that really an issue?) and try to get at least 20 followers. I read up on it as much as I could and I still can't find a down side. I mainly got it to hook into my home automation (it has lux and detects rain, barometer, uv, a camera that take a pic every 5 minutes of the sky! And a few other bells and whistles and includes an api to hook into). I'm paranoid, so I'm still waiting on the catch, but so far, if 6 months and 20 people favorite it is all I need to worry about... Well... Thanks for posting. I have an aging Davis Vantage Pro that needs to be replaced at some point. I've had it since 2005. It's been great, but the dewpoint/humidity sensor quit working this year. And I love the idea of an HD Camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 MRX getting excited about this clipper. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 MRX getting excited about this clipper. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Your right! They have an advisory out for the Northern valley and a warning for the mountains 1-3 northern valley 3-6 mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazenmp Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I've been interested in this since the late 90s and have dabbled in it on and off over the years. There are many elegant commercial solutions out there but they tend to get VERY expensive very quickly. My goal is to build something that is reliable but cheap. My kids are starting to show an interest in electronics so this winter I've started making another push to figure things out. I started with simple x10, then added HomeSeer. After zigbee and z-wave matured, I dropped x10 and went to smartthings. Smartthings has its own issues, but as far a protocols go, zigbee and z-wave are pretty darn dependable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowellVolz Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Your right! They have an advisory out for the Northern valley and a warning for the mountains 1-3 northern valley 3-6 mountains. They even gave me up to an inch overnight Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runman292 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 They even gave me up to an inch overnight Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Same here, but I'm hoping for a little more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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