40/70 Benchmark Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I already announced that mine was Hurricane Andrew in the tropical thread. I know just about all of us sick enough to have done it, so which event popped your nocturnal cherry? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I have had some snow events where I was almost up all night prior to Katrina, but as far as watching an event unfold...it was Katrina for me. We know it weakened, but I think the flooding aspect was what I wanted to see. It sounds like a sick notion to have....but as a weather fan....you get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just now, CoastalWx said: I have had some snow events where I was almost up all night prior to Katrina, but as far as watching an event unfold...it was Katrina for me. We know it weakened, but I think the flooding aspect was what I wanted to see. It sounds like a sick notion to have....but as a weather fan....you get it. I can't believe that you slept through Andrew....did you live in Tolland in the early 90s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: I can't believe that you slept through Andrew....did you live in Tolland in the early 90s? Yeah not sure why. I think it was more to the fact that we knew it was going to be bad, but no idea a CAT 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: Yeah not sure why. I think it was more to the fact that we knew it was going to be bad, but no idea a CAT 5. We had originally thought that it peaked at 150mph in the western Bahamas (we're else?), before fluxuating back to 140mph just before hitting FL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: We had originally thought that it peaked at 150mph in the western Bahamas (we're else?), before fluxuating back to 140mph just before hitting FL. Thing was RI right to landfall. Buzzsaw right through gatorland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Jul 95 because I had no AC and just sweat my ass off all night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I've never done it, only way I would do it is if a big cane hit me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Can't say I've pulled an all-nighter for weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George001 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 There was an event in 2013 where the European model insisted on there being potential for a massive blizzard a week out. I pulled multiple all nighters tracking that due to how much snow the euro was projecting, I had never seen anything like it (was fairly new to tracking and we came off a really mild winter). The gfs disagreed, but the Euro didn’t back down. The euro had multiple runs in a row bringing a monster blizzard with feet of snow to the area. Eventually the other models realized that that slow moving Miller B low wasn’t going out to sea, but it was going to undergo rapid cyclogenesis and come up the coast. The Euro nailed what ended up becoming the historic Feb 2013 blizzard (Nemo) a week out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 34 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Can't say I've pulled an all-nighter for weather. Not even January 2005 where in Taunton? I wonder what @ORH_wxman's response is to this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Not even January 2005 where in Taunton? I wonder what @ORH_wxman's response is to this... I didn't stay up all night for that one either haha. Probably only a few hours sleep though. The last true one for me, was Feb 2013. Will and I weenied out in that one. That Oct storm in 2021 was close for me, but slept a couple of hours. That was more due to power out and the sound of the wind. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: I didn't stay up all night for that one either haha. Probably only a few hours sleep though. The last true one for me, was Feb 2013. Will and I weenied out in that one. That Oct storm in 2021 was close for me, but slept a couple of hours. That was more due to power out and the sound of the wind. I actually stayed up all night in the lead up to the January blizzard last year, but I realized early in the AM that it would suck for me and was fast asleep by noon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, George001 said: There was an event in 2013 where the European model insisted on there being potential for a massive blizzard a week out. I pulled multiple all nighters tracking that due to how much snow the euro was projecting, I had never seen anything like it (was fairly new to tracking and we came off a really mild winter). The gfs disagreed, but the Euro didn’t back down. The euro had multiple runs in a row bringing a monster blizzard with feet of snow to the area. Eventually the other models realized that that slow moving Miller B low wasn’t going out to sea, but it was going to undergo rapid cyclogenesis and come up the coast. The Euro nailed what ended up becoming the historic Feb 2013 blizzard (Nemo) a week out. I was up most of the night for that one, maybe dozed off for a couple hours in my chair, closest I've come. If we get another hurricane I may do an all nighter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I think my first was Floyd in 99. Was a kid for that. Most memorable was GB ‘13. Basically outside at 2am taking it all in. Honorable mention is Laura in ‘20. Insanity in the RFQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Valentines Day 2007 in BTV. First flakes hit around 1:30am at like -3F and that was the end of any notion of sleep. Models printing out sustained 2-3” QPF over the next 24 hours as cold snow. Blizzard Warning. That was the first true all-nighter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 First true weather-related all-nighter was March 2001 storm.....I had come close in Dec 1996 and Apr 1997, but didn't make it. Prob went to sleep around 3am for both. Don't think I've pulled an all nighter since the Feb 2013 blizzard though. I've done plenty of alarms at 2-3am since then though (most notable was setting the alarm for 3/4/19....and was rewarded with seeing 4-5" per hour stuff). 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Not even January 2005 where in Taunton? I wonder what @ORH_wxman's response is to this... No, I recall going to bed around 10pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I've come close during some snow events but I think 3am was my peak, getting back up before 7am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Wow...this is a great question. Not even sure. The one that distinctly comes to mind is the December 2008 ice storm. Was assisting BOX HAM Radio/skywarn team with damage reports and I'll never forget it being like 9:00-10:00 AM and then all of a sudden it was like 5:00 AM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: Wow...this is a great question. Not even sure. The one that distinctly comes to mind is the December 2008 ice storm. Was assisting BOX HAM Radio/skywarn team with damage reports and I'll never forget it being like 9:00-10:00 AM and then all of a sudden it was like 5:00 AM. When it’s gettin good during an event it’s impossible to sleep. The adrenaline just kicks into overdrive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: When it’s gettin good during an event it’s impossible to sleep. The adrenaline just kicks into overdrive. Yup lol. I remember listening to the police scanners in and around Worcester and it was just non-stop reports of damage coming in. Couldn't keep up with it. There were certainly some winter storms too I stayed up all night for (The 2013 one for sure). Not sure if this counts but prior to December 1, 2006 I remember staying up for two days straight because the SPC outlined us in a risk for severe weather like 3-4 days out and I was pumped so I didn't go to bed for two days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Didn't you guys all-nighter for the Noel storm out in Chatham or somehting? I've never all-nightered for weather. Closest was probably Jan 2005, but got 3-4 hours sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Jan ‘11 blizzard for me. I think I lost about a week of sleep prior to Sandy though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 For me the question is which one haven’t I pulled all nighters for. Even 1-3” events 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 hours ago, weatherwiz said: Wow...this is a great question. Not even sure. The one that distinctly comes to mind is the December 2008 ice storm. Was assisting BOX HAM Radio/skywarn team with damage reports and I'll never forget it being like 9:00-10:00 AM and then all of a sudden it was like 5:00 AM. I remember when you developed that HAM fetish lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Don’t you have to be up past 8:00 pm for it to be considered an all nighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: For me the question is which one haven’t I pulled all nighters for. Even 1-3” events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 The answer should have been 4/1/97 (in Lexington) but I dozed off briefly and missed 30". Still regret it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 5 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: When it’s gettin good during an event it’s impossible to sleep. The adrenaline just kicks into overdrive. It's funny because even if we don't pull an all nighter we get little sleep, then the night after a storm the forum is dead by 7pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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