tramadoc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Had that in the March 2, 1980 snowstorm. Heavy snow and a temp of 9 degrees. Yep. I was 10 years old in Camden County, NC. I have yet to see that happen since.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNC Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, CAD_Wedge_NC said: Had that in the March 2, 1980 snowstorm. Heavy snow and a temp of 9 degrees. PD1 Feb 18, 1979 as well in western piedmont. Watched it from my dorm room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, CentralNC said: PD1 Feb 18, 1979 as well in western piedmont. Watched it from my dorm room. One of my favorite snowstorms. Hard to believe we are approaching the fortieth anniversary of that storm. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 How’d these 2 amazing storms do for Gastonia?? I was there at the time, but 4-5 years old! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 50 minutes ago, Eric said: One of my favorite snowstorms. Hard to believe we are approaching the fortieth anniversary of that storm. 46th anniversary for 73 is coming up too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclean02 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 44 minutes ago, mackerel_sky said: How’d these 2 amazing storms do for Gastonia?? I was there at the time, but 4-5 years old! https://climate.ncsu.edu/climate/winter/event_details?e=96 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tramadoc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 https://climate.ncsu.edu/climate/winter/event_details?e=96March 1980Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tramadoc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 March 1980Sent from my iPad using TapatalkSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I highly doubt we will ever see a March storm like that ever again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimen Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, mclean02 said: Whew not sure if that has happened in Greensboro before 10 degrees and snowing ! lol Keep in mind that the "precip" on the map is the accumulated precip during the previous 6 hours. That sounding is so dry that the only flakes flying will be the dandruff from my head. Probably whatever precip fell from the sky did so many hours before this sounding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Poimen said: Keep in mind that the "precip" on the map is the accumulated precip during the previous 6 hours. That sounding is so dry that the only flakes flying will be the dandruff from my head. Probably whatever precip fell from the sky did so many hours before this sounding. Yep, but it is still interesting seeing the DGZ all the way to the surface. That's some cold air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop50 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, yotaman said: I highly doubt we will ever see a March storm like that ever again. I imagine the folks back in 1927 said the same thing about their March storm. 24" here in Fayetteville. These epic storms do happen here, just decades apart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnotherRDUGuy Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, ragtop50 said: I imagine the folks back in 1927 said the same thing about their March storm. 24" here in Fayetteville. These epic storms do happen here, just decades apart If this happened today, someone here in N Wake would be in the Sanitorium complaining about only getting 14''. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 24th continues to look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Our GFS snowstorm on the 26th disappeared again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDawg Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, CaryWx said: Our GFS snowstorm on the 26th disappeared again Honestly because of the vast run to run differences on how its handling individual pieces of energy we probably shouldn't even be looking past 4-5 days much less nearly 10. Too much energy flying around right now to have any idea at all for that time frame when such subtle changes can make huge differences in surface weather. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, CaryWx said: Our GFS snowstorm on the 26th disappeared again But picked up a quickie on the 24th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, SnowDawg said: Honestly because of the vast run to run differences on how its handling individual pieces of energy we probably shouldn't even be looking past 4-5 days much less nearly 10. Too much energy flying around right now to have any idea at all for that time frame when such subtle changes can make huge differences in surface weather. ^this is it chief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Orangeburgwx said: But picked up a quickie on the 24th Yep. Saw that and only 7 days out. Guessing until we get past Sunday the models will have trouble zeroing in on storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDawg Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Again another late bloomer, this time near the end of the run. Despite losing the storm on the 26th, I actually liked that look better for that time frame. It was very close to getting stream separation and leaving the southern piece behind to potentially slide in under the trough. Regardless though, with our best time frame being beyond the 24th/25th ensembles are the best tool. But I feel better about the end of the month than I did a few days ago. The trough axis slides east more after the 25th with plenty of energy flying around to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Things.,Potential looking up for late next week 0z models. Lot of energy and cold pressing down. Check it out in morning. Should be tracking solid threat or threats by end of weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, SnowDawg said: Again another late bloomer, this time near the end of the run. Despite losing the storm on the 26th, I actually liked that look better for that time frame. It was very close to getting stream separation and leaving the southern piece behind to potentially slide in under the trough. Regardless though, with our best time frame being beyond the 24th/25th ensembles are the best tool. But I feel better about the end of the month than I did a few days ago. The trough axis slides east more after the 25th with plenty of energy flying around to work with. Watch canadian. Looked better with that energy but tired of waiting on run to finish. Wasnt holding bsck like gfs it appeared, more consolidated to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Just did a sounding for my house (exact GPS location) and it gave an all snow sounding in the DGZ, but a massive 8C warm nose at 925mb gives me the shaft before dropping back to 32° at the surface... Sleet or Zr? What's the call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDawg Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, Orangeburgwx said: Just did a sounding for my house (exact GPS location) and it gave an all snow sounding in the DGZ, but a massive 8C warm nose at 925mb gives me the shaft before dropping back to 32° at the surface... Sleet or Zr? What's the call? I would probably lean towards zr. Looked closer at that late blooming storm on the 28th/29th and that looks like one massive virga storm after the very beginning. Just astonishing looking at these soundings. This is the beginning of the storm. And this is the very next panel, just 12 hrs later.... Just ridiculous cold, but also ridiculous drying of the upper levels.... I would love at some point in my lifetime just to see it snow in the teens here much less what that is trying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Euro came in colder and more suppressed for the 21st storm again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBlade Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 If there’s going to be a storm before the end of the month I wouldn’t be surprised if some models start consistently hinting at one in the next 3-5 days. The storm out west is just coming on shore and will be a big player in the changes to come. Let that tear things up for a few days and then see where we stand. Not surprising the models are all over the place with that going on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, GunBlade said: If there’s going to be a storm before the end of the month I wouldn’t be surprised if some models start consistently hinting at one in the next 3-5 days. The storm out west is just coming on shore and will be a big player in the changes to come. Let that tear things up for a few days and then see where we stand. Not surprising the models are all over the place with that going on. Especially with a storm that big and amped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackGrad05 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 This is the type of pattern where a storm pops up and we only have 3-5 days to really track it. I prefer those because then I don't get hooked into it for 7-10 days. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, PackGrad05 said: This is the type of pattern where a storm pops up and we only have 3-5 days to really track it. I prefer those because then I don't get hooked into it for 7-10 days. Agreed. I can only remember once following with high confidence a storm beyond 5 days. That was the Groundhog Day blizzard while I was in SE Wisconsin. Tom Skilling mentioned it, I looked into it by stumbling across this site. So began my dark decent into these weather boards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Dates we have had to punt: 12/14 12/18 12/24-26 Whole week between Christmas and New Years 1/9 1/15 1/20 (although it is on the table for the mts) 1/24-28 (looks lost for now) 6z GFS storm is now on 1/31 Edit: 6z FV3 is garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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