mackerel_sky Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 15/16 winter was a rough one for snowlovers! With most winter outlooks going colder and snowy, but saying we had to wait for Feb to get most of the action, per analogs, that didnt really pan out! I've got a 1/2 of sleet total in my back yard, .10 of ZR! Not even close to right , from the JB winter forecast! As I was borderline 150-200% of normal snowfall and ended up at about 10% of normal and at the airport , they had 3-4", giving them about 50-70% of normal, and barring a fluke, I think those will be the final totals! Edit : due to a few white rain drops yesterday, I'll upgrade to a D! Wasn't a great winter, but all the hype, built expectations way too high! And it wasn't a skunk ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 D- for cold AND snow that never materialized. I got 0.5" ZR and 0.5" snow/sleet on the season...realistically I think I got 0.1" snow IMBY. If I lived a mere county away in Durham I could easily give this winter a C- considering the Piedmont got a decent event (3-7"). Overall patterns weren't too bad, the problem was the cold. No sustained blocking so highs would just slide out as quickly as they came. What really sucked about this winter most was all the rain (as expected w/ El Nino winters), but I would have paid for cold and dry a few times this winter. It was just miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 D- Only one real event that was mostly sleet and freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Yeah, I'll go D- too. Just a horrendous winter. Can't wait for all the cold, snowy winter forecasts next year. I'm going warm and snowless, and I don't care what evidence there is to the contrary, come Fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No snow for you Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 D- and that is only because I am nice. Maybe next year because 2014 was the winter for Boston and this year the Mid Atlantic. Keep on trending down, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Gained 14th WS (Asheville) for reserve duty [A] Victim of fedgov promotion skulduggery [F] Broke up with girlfriend (positive) Passed all health test with flying colors [A] Memorized new snare parts in 3 weeks for Pipe Band [b+] GPA: 2.9 -> B- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Yeah, I'll go D- too. Just a horrendous winter. Can't wait for all the cold, snowy winter forecasts next year. I'm going warm and snowless, and I don't care what evidence there is to the contrary, come Fall. It seems it doesn't matter what the evidence or indicies show. All comes down to luck here, and winter is just gonna do what it's gonna do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 D, pending miraculous March. The cold sucked. The snow was below the mean and median. Expectations were off the chart. The one good storm we did have turned into a raging sleet storm instead of the 6-10" we were forecasted to get. Just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Gained 14th WS (Asheville) for reserve duty [A] Victim of fedgov promotion skulduggery [F] Broke up with girlfriend (positive) Passed all health test with flying colors [A] Memorized new snare parts in 3 weeks for Pipe Band [b+] GPA: 2.9 -> B- Well done, sir. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Avery County: D+ to C- (based on long term averages) The lack of snow in December and thru Mid January really impacted things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Maybe a B- here. Honestly, not upset about this winter at all. 4.5" with a bunch of ice and then a surprise snow of about an inch in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDowell_Weather Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 B+... Had the biggest snowstorm since 2010, ended up with 16.5 inches. Got the best icestorm in 8 years in mby with .54 and a trace of sleet. Overall not a bad winter. And guys to my East, I'm not trying to brag, I hate you guys didn't get at least one decent event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packbacker Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 F+. 1.4" for RDU, funny part is our 10 running went up with this winter. Next winter we just need to beat 1.6" to increase again as 06/07 drops off the list. I am taking the under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'll give it a plain D. I had two significant events; one that gave me 2.5" of sleet/snow and then the other that gave me over 1/4 of freezing rain. But it still did not equal a normal winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNC Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 C- or D. So much potential wasted. Lack of cold air was a killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 D- and that only because I saw a flizzard. It was hot. I ran the AC more than the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 F for December, B- for the rest of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 F---no real cold, way to much rain, had 1-1.5" of snow/sleet here and that is combining two events....hell the mostinteresting part of the winter so far has been the severe weather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxictwister00 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I think I gave last winter a C out of generosity, so basically the same grade applies this winter. There was very small differences in the final outcomes of snow accumulations in 2014/15 and 2015/16 at this point. The only differences is last winter was colder overall, I don't think we've seen teens for lows, let alone single digit temps this winter. However, we saw two trace snow events (Jan/Feb 2016) this winter, the airport got 0.5 of snow from the January event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowNiner Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Considering that my area kinda hit climo, the amount of opportunities we had and that this winter could've been a lot worse. I'd give it a C, completely average. What? I thought clt climo was right around 4-5 inches. We didn't get close to that. Maybe 2 with an inch of sleet on top... D+. No cold, no true southern stream, no sustained blocking. Only one real threat all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I would give it a B- here, we are right at climo and have had multiple events and the one big snow. 12 inches on the year with maybe 1-2 tonight for the finale. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I had one winter storm all winter. I had four thunderstorms, including a severe storms outbreak with two tornado warnings. Just a really bizarre winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'd give this winter a C- in Boone. One really good snowfall. Pretty disappointing first winter in Boone. Hopefully one of my next 3 winters is something to remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherNC Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 D for MBY, about .7" of wintry mix, a couple non trace mixing events. It was a very wet winter, even more than I was expecting given the strong Nino. Cold was not there, it was a rather mild winter looking back. We had no shortage of Coastals but the cold was marginal at best. Winter 2015-2016 as a whole for me, A. I saw 28" of snow fall over the course of 30hrs. Does not get much better than that and I have no clue when that will happen again, but I like to think next year. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookingnorth Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Barring any future snow, I'll give it a D. MBY got 2.2" of frozen precipitation accumulation, which is about 30% of climo. While it was nice that 2" of that was sleet that stuck around a long time, that was the only event that fully covered the ground. The ice in February was nice, but I was hoping for a bit more sleet or snow. It would have been nice to see more actual snow than flurries and the 0.2" I saw from the deformation band on Jan. 23. Also, while January and February had roughly average temperatures, December was so warm it made the winter significantly warmer than normal. While I don't have temperature records for MBY going very far back, it was apparently the 2nd warmest winter since 1950 and the 11th warmest since records began in the Raleigh area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonSalemArlington Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 B- in Winston-Salem. Record warmth in December really keeps it from being a strong B. January and February were below normal in temperature, but there was no real Vodka or sustained cold this season. Snowfall was only slightly below normal, so the Triad should be rather satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxwxunc Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Solid D. Would be D-/F if it were not for the 1.5" of pure snow on 2/14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtg947h Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Dec: A- (nice and warm but all the rain over our entire Christmas break in Atlanta was depressing) Jan: C+ (the cold kicked in and it rained) Feb: A (the rain held off and it seemed warm most of the month) Overall: B+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 B+ The Warm weather was awesome. Christmas with lights, pretty fall foliage and spring flowers blooming. Christmas week flooding events were interesting Just enough snow/sleet/ice to remind myself that I dislike shoveling sleet and driving on ice Already had a tornadic/ severe storm pass over the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdaddyman Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Yeah, I'll go D- too. Just a horrendous winter. Can't wait for all the cold, snowy winter forecasts next year. I'm going warm and snowless, and I don't care what evidence there is to the contrary, come Fall. I've got to go with an F. I had .1 of an inch of snow all winter which is pathetic. What happened to the 150% of normal snowfall? My .5 inch of Freezing Rain and power outages doesn't count because that was just a big pain in the rear. I also agree with your statement there. I'm done with expecting any snow at all from now on. I don't know why Meteorologists even bother with long range forecasts. They usually get them wrong about 75% of the time. I hope they forecast a warm and dry winter for next year because it will probably be the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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