Harry Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said: This most definitely isn't a bowling ball situation. Some seem to have forgotten what exactly one of those looks like, but that's not surprising given it's been quite a while since we've seen one. Truthfully? I know what they are but I cannot recall one since moving here in 2004. Probably have forgotten something but it sure seems like a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Closest I can think of was 09-10 and I think it was Feb 10? It delivered a foot here and turned into over two feet from DC to Philly aka one of the apocalypse storms they had that winter? It was well closed off and slowed down once it reached the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Wow.. This winter really has scorned some. Never dreamed the day I would ever seeing a thread so dead with a storm less then a couple of days out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, Harry said: Wow.. This winter really has scorned some. Never dreamed the day I would ever seeing a thread so dead with a storm less then a couple of days out. I’m usually a lurker anyway but keep refreshing for y’all to give me your expertise and it’s crickets lol. I’ll take a good grass covering but I think most of us are just ready to throw in the towel and welcome spring thunderstorms. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 25 minutes ago, TheNiño said: I’m usually a lurker anyway but keep refreshing for y’all to give me your expertise and it’s crickets lol. I’ll take a good grass covering but I think most of us are just ready to throw in the towel and welcome spring thunderstorms. Some just live In the wrong climo. Actual spring weather in early March and it holding in this region? Good luck with that. I admit this climo is very hard to handle at times for me. If it's not cold/snowy I want warmer vs what considered warmer around here. May come as a shock to some but I could easily see myself retiring in a place like San Diego. 60s/70s most of the year with little humidity is starting to look better as I get older. I don't like high heat and or humidity and I don't like bitter cold either and worse is like we had this winter in these so called warm winters with days on end of clouds and or drizzle and temps stuck between 38-44 day and night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiño Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Harry said: Some just live In the wrong climo. Actual spring weather in early March and it holding in this region? Good luck with that. I admit this climo is very hard to handle at times for me. If it's not cold/snowy I want warmer vs what considered warmer around here. May come as a shock to some but I could easily see myself retiring in a place like San Diego. 60s/70s most of the year with little humidity is starting to look better as I get older. I don't like high heat and or humidity and I don't like bitter cold either and worse is like we had this winter in these so called warm winters with days on end of clouds and or drizzle and temps stuck between 38-44 day and night. That’s funny, I lived in San Diego for 7 years. And I’m not complaining I was very fortunate to do so. But damn the lack of interesting weather about killed me as a weather enthusiast. I do enjoy the season changes and bouts of extreme weather, even if it doesn’t happen often. We have good and bad seasons here in SE Wisconsin. What got to me this season was getting my hopes up and getting increasingly excited as things trended to our favor… until less than 48hrs out as it totally fell apart. I can handle seasons that are boring. It was the build up only to be let down even after watches/warnings/advisories were already posted for moderate to significant snowfall. The Christmas storm being the biggest soul crusher as it was early this in the season. As a snow lover I’d like to eventually live on the other side of the lake in a LE prone area. Maybe someday. You’re not wrong at all I’m not arguing against your reply at all. It’s easy to see why so many on this sub forum are just fatigued though. It’s been an exceptionally rough winter. Maybe not even statistically, but emotionally it has been especially relentless. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 51 minutes ago, TheNiño said: That’s funny, I lived in San Diego for 7 years. And I’m not complaining I was very fortunate to do so. But damn the lack of interesting weather about killed me as a weather enthusiast. I do enjoy the season changes and bouts of extreme weather, even if it doesn’t happen often. We have good and bad seasons here in SE Wisconsin. What got to me this season was getting my hopes up and getting increasingly excited as things trended to our favor… until less than 48hrs out as it totally fell apart. I can handle seasons that are boring. It was the build up only to be let down even after watches/warnings/advisories were already posted for moderate to significant snowfall. The Christmas storm being the biggest soul crusher as it was early this in the season. As a snow lover I’d like to eventually live on the other side of the lake in a LE prone area. Maybe someday. You’re not wrong at all I’m not arguing against your reply at all. It’s easy to see why so many on this sub forum are just fatigued though. It’s been an exceptionally rough winter. Maybe not even statistically, but emotionally it has been especially relentless. Thing is I have probably seen it all. 2+footer snowstorms, severe winds and or hurricane, etc. Winter 13-14 will be hard to top for winter where as summer/fall 85 will be hard to top from a hurricane etc prospective. Snow cover and depth records. Goons be near impossible to impress me here on any winter event aka snowstorm. I have seen Jan 67 ( here ) elsewhere but I am near certain it won't happen here again till I am long gone at least. Yes I have accepted the climo of this region and it has been a fun ride. I snuck in 2 18+ events and the 21+ les just this past November. Can't ask for much more here. 13-14 will never top total seasonal snowfall and snow cover while 95-96 will ever top big snowstorm back east where I was. More then enough severe wx stuff between hail, wind, and tornado. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Harry said: I don't like high heat and or humidity and I don't like bitter cold either and worse is like we had this winter in these so called warm winters with days on end of clouds and or drizzle and temps stuck between 38-44 day and night. I don't mind *calm* bitter cold with a decent snowpack ( wind sucks tho ), but I concur with the clouds and 38-44 crap. It makes it really hard to want to get out of bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 checked on the storm thread and accidentally landed in the banter thread. I even miss Hawkeye complaining the overnight euro cut his totals in half. BTW,,,from LOT this AM: CAN'T EVEN TOTALLY RULE OUT A ROGUE LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Nice to see the Watch up. Point has 4-8 for Thursday night. Snow day Friday would be fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Harry said: Thing is I have probably seen it all. 2+footer snowstorms, severe winds and or hurricane, etc. Winter 13-14 will be hard to top for winter where as summer/fall 85 will be hard to top from a hurricane etc prospective. Snow cover and depth records. Goons be near impossible to impress me here on any winter event aka snowstorm. I have seen Jan 67 ( here ) elsewhere but I am near certain it won't happen here again till I am long gone at least. Yes I have accepted the climo of this region and it has been a fun ride. I snuck in 2 18+ events and the 21+ les just this past November. Can't ask for much more here. 13-14 will never top total seasonal snowfall and snow cover while 95-96 will ever top big snowstorm back east where I was. More then enough severe wx stuff between hail, wind, and tornado. I am kind of the opposite in that I would move to the UP / Keweenaw before moving to San Diego. If I was to move to to the SW I would choose Flagstaff AZ: lots of Sun, lots of snow, occasional monsoonal t-storms and not very hot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciascia Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Always nice to wake up to a WSW. 5-10” in the P&C; would be cool to get 6 out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 18 hours ago, A-L-E-K said: final call 3" Snow, possibly mixed with rain before midnight, then snow between midnight and 3am, then snow, possibly mixed with rain after 3am. Low around 33. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I'll be optimistic and go with 1-3" of slop for here/QC. DVN's northwest/northern portion will dominate again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 not our year friend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Dallas really is the best climo for a weather weenie, if we're being honest. Besides the long warm seasons and seeing plenty of sun, there aren't many places (at least in the US) where you can go from: *A historic deep freeze in February (2021) to... *A December of wall-to-wall Summer-like weather in the same year (2021), plus... *A historic tornado outbreak the following December (2022), not to mention... *One of the worst droughts and driest/hottest Summers ever completely busted by a freak deluge in a matter of hours (2022)... The best part is, these types of events aren't nearly as destructive as a Hurricane, Tsunami or Earthquake of decent strength would be. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 no snow, too hot and dry, no 'cane, sucks imo 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 16 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said: no snow, too hot and dry, no 'cane, sucks imo Hurricanes can be a lot more destructive, and it has snowed all 3 winters I've been here (it just hasn't accumulated in blankets and stuck around forever). I'll also take too hot over too cold (Chicago). EDIT: I also wouldn't say Dallas averaging 40" of rain per year (roughly the same amount as Chicago) is "too dry" either, lol. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 hasn't gotten cold since the vortex, those days are long gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I’m with @A-L-E-KDallas climate sounds terrible to me. Flip the number of days above 100 with days below 32 and maybe we can talk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 13 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: Flip the number of days above 100 Last year Dallas recorded 21 consecutive days over 100 and a total of 47 days over 100 for the year. That's absolute garbage. Anyways, back to the impending event. I'm setting the expectation at 3 inches... and am certainly prepared to be disappointed (again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Dallas climo is definitely not great if you're mostly just a winter weather weenie. Eskimo climos such as Chicago and Minneapolis (where you're rocking parkas and slipping/sliding on ice/snow for 3-6 months) would be more ideal for sure. But a winter weather weenie is not necessarily a weather weenie, who is someone that likes to see/track all kinds of active/extreme weather and a variety of it on a frequent basis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I may finally have to shovel more snow than I did in January. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanis Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Powerball said: who is someone that likes to see/track all kinds of active/extreme weather and a variety of it. I'd argue Chicago sees a wider variety of active/extreme weather than Dallas. Minneapolis not as much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Town Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Chinook said: I may finally have to shovel more snow than I did in January. Hey Toledo friend! Are you seeing some 12Z data that favors our area, finally?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 19 minutes ago, Frog Town said: Hey Toledo friend! Are you seeing some 12Z data that favors our area, finally?? I hope you guys get hit this time and not just DTW to the north. Definitely spread the wealth around 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I'll do any weather except hurricanes. Idk how mfers post up a kilometer from the ocean knowing it's basically a matter of time till their house gets swept away. Summer derechos do the trick for me. Edit: One day I'd love to chase a hurricane tho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 It’s looking like a lot of the winter storm watch may not end up seeing winter storm warning criteria snow. The NAM and Nest barely want to give us WWA level snow amounts this storm went to crap quickly. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 32 minutes ago, tuanis said: I'd argue Chicago sees a wider variety of active/extreme weather than Dallas. Minneapolis not as much. A good variety of weather? Sure. To the same extreme or frequency as Dallas? Aside from snowfall, I doubt it. Even the temperature swings in Dallas tend to be more extreme (gotta love the Plains!). https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2015-11-12/environment-america-unveils-severe-weather-map https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01safe.html?hp That said, who knows (with climate change and all) what the future will bring in the coming years with weather patterns & events... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaserguy Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 A good variety of weather? Sure. To the same extreme or frequency as Dallas? Aside from snowfall, I doubt it. Even the temperature swings in Dallas tend to be more extreme (gotta love the Plains!).https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2015-11-12/environment-america-unveils-severe-weather-maphttps://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01safe.html?hp That said, who knows (with climate change and all) what the future will bring in the coming years with weather patterns & events... I don’t have the actual stats in front of me but I’m willing to bet from one seasonal extreme to the other MSP has a bigger temp swing than Dallas. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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