Banter Thread

[Daniel Boone]

2 hours ago, strongwxnc said:

I plan on upgrading my home weather station (current is Ambient 2902-A and moving to a Ambient 5000) and I was wondering if I can keep my same CWOP info that I have used for the last few years. Or If i will have to create a new one. 

Anyone got experience with this?

 

https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=G1106

 

You can keep same.

[strongwxnc]

You can keep same.

Thanks! I’ll figure it out when the time comes.


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[Daniel Boone]

4 hours ago, strongwxnc said:

Thanks! I’ll figure it out when the time comes.


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Nice Unit ! I hope everything goes smoothly. 

[calculus1]

Lots of fun watching this KSU v ISU game tonight on FOX. It’s just been dumping snow. Hope we get to experience something like that this year. It’s been a while.


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[BooneWX]

Someone wake me up when the PNA goes positive. 

[BooneWX]

On 11/25/2023 at 9:31 PM, calculus1 said:

Lots of fun watching this KSU v ISU game tonight on FOX. It’s just been dumping snow. Hope we get to experience something like that this year. It’s been a while.


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Been a season ticket holder at App State for a while and I really thought this would be the year we have another snow game but alas, we come up empty handed. 2014 vs Georgia State it dumped all game and we had about 6 inches on the ground. 

[BooneWX]

Me looking at the 3k NAM with 100% belief in it snowing after never scoring in my life on an anafrontal system 

[KChuck]

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[KChuck]

On 12/9/2023 at 5:47 PM, BooneWX said:

Me looking at the 3k NAM with 100% belief in it snowing after never scoring in my life on an anafrontal system 

[UnionCountyNCWX]

Today's 12z GFS has more snow at the beach than a majority of the foothills at the end of the run lol. That was fun to see.

[TARHEELPROGRAMMER88]

You know it is going to be a bad winter for us snow lovers when even the mountains are struggling to get enough cold air in place for a good snowstorm. Moved up here in Raleigh in 2019 and so far it has been underwhelming. Grew up in Fayetteville, so I am used to blanking some years, but no good storms since returning back to central NC.

[BooneWX]

[WeatherHawk]

Anyway to collapse that big ol' picture from the moderator....every time I read those replies, I gotta look at that picture of some country road in Savannah or Charleston...can I put a big ol' picture of my business as my 'signature' and get some free advertising?  But seriously, can I collapse that...it's annoying 

[buckeyefan1]

26 minutes ago, WeatherHawk said:

Anyway to collapse that big ol' picture from the moderator....every time I read those replies, I gotta look at that picture of some country road in Savannah or Charleston...can I put a big ol' picture of my business as my 'signature' and get some free advertising?  But seriously, can I collapse that...it's annoying 

Would you rather see a kitty? 

 

[buckeyefan1]

@WeatherHawk You can disable all signatures in your settings  

[WeatherHawk]

Nice kitty!  Thx  

[The Alchemist]

I was over at a friends house picking up some rough sawn hardwood and he had this over in a corner.... is this where Buger got his handle from??  It was one of those "Where have I seen that before" moments...

 

 

[Jonathang80]

Everyone stay warm this morning.  If you or any family had one of these in a room grown up. It would keep you warm.  

[UnionCountyNCWX]

9'er gang, let's go!!!!!!

[UnionCountyNCWX]

Petty themed car with Creed as an associate sponsor for the 500? Sign me up for this guy to make it back into the winner circle.

[Shack]

My daughter lives in St. Louis.

Yesterday's high was 86deg and they set a record.

Then, this morning , STL  reported an overnight low of 26deg and "Light Snow" from 3:55a.m. until 4:55a.m.

That's the definition of "weather-whiplash."

[calm_days]

this would definitely not fit in other threads, but, HRRR is showing, a structure more similar to PTC 8 for the current situation.  a lot of interaction with the trough to the north is visible.  i feel like that itself is likely to happen but i'm not sure if the actual cyclonic structure will change.  Debby and PTC 8 were really different structurally though.  If it does merge with the trough and low system early it may become more of a southeaster as was PTC 8. 

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updated 9/24 ,  for banter's interest's sake.  it is again indicating a structural transition.

[calm_days]

 

HRRR showing surprising trough interaction; whether it is just the computation or it will actually happen it seems good to post in here.

[BullCityWx]

Same people cancelling winter that always cancel winter.

[marsman]

To all y'all that got snow yesterday:

[calculus1]

Google promising incredibly accurate AI-generated 15-day forecasts. I'll believe it when I see it...

https://www.barrons.com/news/google-says-ai-weather-model-masters-15-day-forecast-cdc5793d

[jburns]

5 hours ago, calculus1 said:

Google promising incredibly accurate AI-generated 15-day forecasts. I'll believe it when I see it...

https://www.barrons.com/news/google-says-ai-weather-model-masters-15-day-forecast-cdc5793d

[TARHEELPROGRAMMER88]

I went out and made frost angels. The closest we can come to snow here in the Raleigh area nowadays. Is snow even possible here anymore? Hey, climate change isn't real,  am I right? Smh.

[Shack]

Interesting AFD from Riverton, Wyoming this morning(isn't that where MetalWX did his internship years ago?)

A little flare in the prose to break up the monotony of talking about forecasts of 3-4 FEET of snow, I guess.

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 305 AM MST Sat Dec 28 2024

Things remain quite active as we enter the last weekend of 2024. In
addition, we also continue to have the contrast between West of the
Divide and East of the Divide. So, as common sense would dictate, we
will again divide the discussion between these regions. And I will
try not to make it as long as War and Peace, maybe as long as the
Count of Monte Cristo, or to those wanting something more modern,
The Stand by Steven King.

West of the Divide...After being largely quiet much of the evening,
the next round of snow has moved into the western mountains, but
most is fairly light as this time. To compare the rounds of snow,
we need another analogy. Yesterday, we used Italian food.
Today, we will use boxing. And, being an aging member of Gen X,
the obvious choice is the most dominant of that generation,
Mike Tyson. Yesterday`s snow was the jabs, just to set
everything up. For around the next 36 hours or so, these will be
the body blows, to wear you down. We expect one round of snow
through the day today, and while there could be some decent
accumulation, most rates should be on the moderate side. The
areas with the warnings, mainly the Tetons and Salt and Wyoming
Range have at least a 4 out of 5 chance of picking up at least 6
inches of additional snow. An interesting wrinkle is that the
heaviest snow may shift further south with a greater chance of
over a foot in the Salt and Wyoming Range rather than the
Tetons. One difference is that there will be more wind today
with the proximity of an 140 knot streak, and the area in the
right front quadrant of the jet. Many of the higher elevations
have a near certainty of wind gusts above 40 mph, and even some
of the valley locations, especially open areas like north of the
Jackson Hole airport, could have wind gusts to 30 mph to blow
and drift the snow. We will continue the warnings as is for now.

There could be another lull this evening, or when we are in between
rounds. Then the next round begins, this one with some body blows
and a couple of stronger right crosses. Snowfall rates may be higher
in this situation, possibly over an inch an hour as there will be
some left front quadrant jet energy over the area through the
period. There is another factor though. With southwest flow
increasing ahead of the cold front, temperatures will warm ahead of
it. Some guidance shows 700 millibar temperatures rising anywhere
from minus 4 to as warm as 0 Celsius. This could raise snow levels
to anywhere from 6500 to as high as 8500 feet in southwestern
Wyoming. This could lead to mixing with rain for a while in the
valleys on Sunday afternoon, keeping accumulations down somewhat
during this time period. Things worsen again on Sunday night
through, as the strongest push of snow as the main trough axis
and cold front pass through the region, mainly in northwestern
Wyoming. This is the uppercut, the punch that most of Tyson`s
opponents feared. As the front passes, colder air will move in and
drop the snow levels back to the valley floors. With the increased
forcing from the front and trough passage, along with flow switching
to a more favored northwesterly direction, snowfall rates should
become heavy again.Probabalistic guidance gives at least a
4 out 5 chance of 12 inches or more across the northern mountains
from Sunday 12Z to Monday 12Z. Winds could get rather gusty as well
with the frontal passage Sunday evening as well, bringing very
difficult travel conditions.

The heaviest of the snow should be over by sunrise Monday as the
system moves away to the east, with improving conditions through the
day. Guidance diverges after this, with some building a ridge and
some keeping zonal flow and snow showers going. Given the more
important concerns in the shorter term, we kept continuity for the
most part to focus more on this in the future.

[TARHEELPROGRAMMER88]

I will be in here the week of January 6th for a shoulder to cry on. Bookmark it!