Winter 2021-22 Complaint/Banter Thread

[beavis1729]

53 minutes ago, Toro99 said:

December 9th, and the "Winter 2021-22 Medium/Long Range Discussion" thread hasn't even been started. I wonder what the latest date for that bump is over the years. I'm a lurker so it won't be me....

Thread was started on September 13th; titled 2021-22 Winter Discussion.  Hasn't been much of a reason to post in it lately.

On a separate note, the 12z Euro has H85 temps around 18C at ORD on Wed night 12/15.  What in the fook is happening...those are warm 850mb temps even if it were mid-September.

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, Toro99 said:

December 9th, and the "Winter 2021-22 Medium/Long Range Discussion" thread hasn't even been started. I wonder what the latest date for that bump is over the years. I'm a lurker so it won't be me....

As beavis noted it was started in September, and at this point, it is mainly the "Winter short/medium range discussion" thread that is used for pattern discussions.

[Toro99]

Looking back, there was a general winter discussion started by Hoosier last September, that was more big picture overall type thread. The medium and long range discussion was used to hype GFS storms in fantasyland. That’s my drug......Wasn’t the short/medium used to catch small systems that were not thread worthy, once they got inside a few days? Most likely I am miss remembering

[RogueWaves]

4 hours ago, beavis1729 said:

Thread was started on September 13th; titled 2021-22 Winter Discussion.  Hasn't been much of a reason to post in it lately.

On a separate note, the 12z Euro has H85 temps around 18C at ORD on Wed night 12/15.  What in the fook is happening...those are warm 850mb temps even if it were mid-September.

Running around outside after dark comfortably in shorts on Dec 28th 1984. Can we repeat that before we start calling this episode crazy and unheard of?

[IWXwx]

48 minutes ago, RogueWaves said:

Running around outside after dark comfortably in shorts on Dec 28th 1984. Can we repeat that before we start calling this episode crazy and unheard of?

Are you one of those guys that run around all winter in shorts? lol I have a feeling that there are multiple posters here that do that. I know that a couple of mail carriers around here are die-hard shorts wearers until it turns brutal.

[weatherbo]

1 hour ago, IWXwx said:

Are you one of those guys that run around all winter in shorts? lol I have a feeling that there are multiple posters here that do that. I know that a couple of mail carriers around here are die-hard shorts wearers until it turns brutal.

There is beer involved here.

[madwx]

earliest sunset was a few days ago.   shortest day of the year is coming up in 10 days.   spring will be here before we know it

[WaryWarren]

Sun angle is increasing, boyos. 

[RogueWaves]

On 12/9/2021 at 9:02 PM, IWXwx said:

Are you one of those guys that run around all winter in shorts? lol I have a feeling that there are multiple posters here that do that. I know that a couple of mail carriers around here are die-hard shorts wearers until it turns brutal.

No. I hate being even a little bit cold. That wasn't a thing back then like it is these days. It was a very mild 65F in the evening right after dark. I may have been out for a jog tho.

[bowtie`]

8 hours ago, WaryWarren said:

Sun angle is increasing, boyos. 

Here at KIND the sun angle fell to the lowest (27 degrees) at meridian on December 7th. Will not increase back to 28 degrees until January 4th. So, we still have around thirty days until the angle is increasing. Your latitude will vary I suppose.  

[madwx]

14 minutes ago, bowtie` said:

Here at KIND the sun angle fell to the lowest (27 degrees) at meridian on December 7th. Will not increase back to 28 degrees until January 4th. So, we still have around thirty days until the angle is increasing. Your latitude will vary I suppose.  

Regardless of where you are sun angle won’t increase until the solstice on the 21st 

[bowtie`]

38 minutes ago, madwx said:

Regardless of where you are sun angle won’t increase until the solstice on the 21st 

You do know we live on a round planet, right?

[DaveNay]

1 minute ago, bowtie` said:

You do know we live on a round planet, right?

Nobody remembers the southern hemisphere.

[madwx]

9 minutes ago, bowtie` said:

You do know we live on a round planet, right?

get out of here with your aussie propaganda

[bowtie`]

OK, I just found tenths of degrees here at KIND. Currently at meridian the Sun angle is 27.1 degrees. It will go down to 26.8 on the 19th and will not increase to 26.9 until the 24th. So still twelve days until the sun angle increases here. As a side note we are currently 91,517,000 miles from the Sun. That will continue to decrease until Jan. 2nd when we hit 91,407,000 miles and does not increase until Jan. 6th.

[cyclone77]

When we're debating the sun angle in December we've hit a new low lol.

[HillsdaleMIWeather]

O snow, where art thou?

[Hoosier]

1 hour ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said:

O snow, where art thou?

I feel like beavis is going to blow like Mt. Vesuvius pretty soon.  A diehard winter lover can only take so much of this.

[CheeselandSkies]

15 hours ago, Hoosier said:

I feel like beavis is going to blow like Mt. Vesuvius pretty soon.  A diehard winter lover can only take so much of this.

"NO! I WON'T SETTLE DOWN! NOT THIS TIME! I FEEL LIKE...IT'S NEVER GONNA SNOW!"

[hardypalmguy]

Nothing is better than endless torch in winter.  I'll take 50s and 60s all winter and 80s and 90s all summer.

[luckyweather]

Nothing is better than endless torch in winter.  I'll take 50s and 60s all winter and 80s and 90s all summer.

ban

[OrdIowPitMsp]

2 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

Nothing is better than endless torch in winter.  I'll take 50s and 60s all winter and 80s and 90s all summer.

That sounds like absolute hell. Troll post?

[Stebo]

Of course that is a troll post, from a troll who has been banned multiple times but keeps coming back like bad penny.

[hardypalmguy]

15 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

That sounds like absolute hell. Troll post?

Sounds like absolute heaven.  Everyone has a weather preference. 

[hardypalmguy]

15 hours ago, Stebo said:

Of course that is a troll post, from a troll who has been banned multiple times but keeps coming back like bad penny.

Board is losing members since message boards are going the way of the fax machine.  Can't afford to ban people who want to discuss the weather. 

[Stebo]

9 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

Board is losing members since message boards are going the way of the fax machine.  Can't afford to ban people who want to discuss the weather. 

Yeah right, you should go the way of a fax machine.

[Indystorm]

Tom Skilling said this evening that it presently looks doubtful that Chicago area will have a white Christmas.

[KokomoWX]

So IMBY (OKK) might finish December without measurable snow.  The 10 Day ECMWF is nada and the 16 day GFS is equally as bleak with just a couple of tenths for the entire period.  My gosh this is a bad start.  The rubber band snap back better be amazing come January.    

[Up_north_MI]

1 hour ago, KokomoWX said:

So IMBY (OKK) might finish December without measurable snow.  The 10 Day ECMWF is nada and the 16 day GFS is equally as bleak with just a couple of tenths for the entire period.  My gosh this is a bad start.  The rubber band snap back better be amazing come January.    

I think the rubber band might have broke ☹️

[luckyweather]

That this is the year in play and seemingly a lock for latest measurable just sucks for a winter lover at 43n. December has been plain ugly.

Still optimistic for the switch flip into 2022. GFS hinting at -nao and strong Greenland block, hints of PV disruption last week of the year, etc.