Winter '23-'24 Piss and Moan/Banter Thread

[A-L-E-K]

remember events?

[hardypalmguy]

Started on The Weather Network (I believe that was the name of it) ran by StormChaserChuck and another guy named Kevin from Fond du Lac.

[buckeye]

On 12/3/2023 at 12:45 PM, michsnowfreak said:

It's crazy how far removed we are from the "hey day" of weather boards. I think the declining popularity of internet forums in general plays a big role (many seem to gravitate to personal chats on messenger or other platforms), as does the increasing amount of trolls and/or people who arent even on a weather board to discuss weather.

My favorite days of wx board was back in the early 2000s with Wrightwx and Euswx.   That was the wild west with no borders or sheriffs to be found.   Being able to troll DT, HM, and LC was priceless. 

btw IWX, I like this thread title, it's good to know there's finally a place to piss here!

[RogueWaves]

10 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

Skipped accuweather completely. I started with wright-weather bulletin board then Eastern and Harry’s now defunct board and now this is pretty much all that there is. 

I can remember lurking at USWxforum circa early 2007 and later at Accu. Not sure if Eastern was still going then. If so, I never joined until this platform replaced it.

[Cary67]

1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said:

remember events?

Figure our chance for a big winter slid by just to the NW last year. From ORD (20.2"),RFD(35.1"),MSN(71.8") to MSP(90"). Steep gradient with storm track favorable to Great Lakes during the windows of opportunity. This year think when wintry windows appear(Jan-Feb)it will come with a -NAO favoring a track from lower OV to mid Atlantic and up the coast. Will keep tabs on the dusters to see how they stack up. 

[IWXwx]

12 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

Skipped accuweather completely. I started with wright-weather bulletin board then Eastern and Harry’s now defunct board and now this is pretty much all that there is. 

Same here: Wright Weather, Eastern, American

[mississaugasnow]

3 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

Started on The Weather Network (I believe that was the name of it) ran by StormChaserChuck and another guy named Kevin from Fond du Lac.

I wonder what ever happened to stormchasercanuk. I think hes checked in a few times over the last few years but dont know if he did last year. 

[hardypalmguy]

I wonder what ever happened to stormchasercanuk. I think hes checked in a few times over the last few years but dont know if he did last year. 

Not him. This guy was called StormChaserChuck.

[iBrian]

4 hours ago, Lightning said:

Briefly at accuweather; on from basically the beginning of Eastern; a bit on Harry’s; briefly on another place (I think I was the only one from MI); took a long break; now here. 

Ok, I'll give my backstory, too! I used to be a member of tennesseewx.com then I moved to IL making that no longer relevant - had always heard references to "the morons at americanwx" so I became one

[Brian D]

I guess the Dec 9-10 stm thread should be moved in here. 

[CheeselandSkies]

Welp, we're already 1:1 on potential events:rug pulls on the season. Why does the GFS even go out to 384 hours if it's that bad at 120 hours?

[WestMichigan]

Not just the GFS, Euro did something similar.

[Chinook]

You know, this is just past the 49-year anniversary of the slow-moving storm that brought Detroit its snowiest snowstorm (Dec 1-2 1974). Key factor: pulling in moisture from the Atlantic.

 

[Powerball]

3 hours ago, Chinook said:

You know, this is just past the 49-year anniversary of the slow-moving storm that brought Detroit its snowiest snowstorm (Dec 1-2 1974). Key factor: pulling in moisture from the Atlantic.

 

2nd biggest snowstom for Detroit (~19") ..

Biggest was back in the 1880s (in April at that) with ~23" ~2 feet

 

[RogueWaves]

2 minutes ago, Powerball said:

2nd biggest snowstom for Detroit (~19") ..

Biggest was back in the 1880s (in April at that) with ~23"..

 

24.5" per NWS write-up with 12 foot drifts in the city proper. #wildstuff

[Malacka11]

7 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

Not just the GFS, Euro did something similar.

I feel like the Euro was almost worse this time around no? Wasn't it the only OP to have a proper big dog? Only to trend to turd FROPA in less than a day too?

[Baum]

This event never really  got off the ground enough to even generate meaningful excitement. 

[Lightning]

7 hours ago, Malacka11 said:

I feel like the Euro was almost worse this time around no? Wasn't it the only OP to have a proper big dog? Only to trend to turd FROPA in less than a day too?

I think they were all guilty but yes Euro OP had the biggest of dogs out of the OP models ... 

[Lightning]

2 hours ago, Baum said:

This event never really  got off the ground enough to even generate meaningful excitement. 

Anyone getting excitement on a day 4 or greater model run 

[hardypalmguy]

25 minutes ago, Lightning said:

Anyone getting excitement on a day 4 or great model run 

Might as well enjoy the warmth.  This is what our new normal is.

[Lightning]

1 hour ago, hardypalmguy said:

Might as well enjoy the warmth.  This is what our new normal is.

My post had nothing to do with warmth or cold.  

[Stebo]

42 minutes ago, Lightning said:

My post had nothing to do with warmth or cold.  

Ignore him or better yet block him, you aren't going to get anything meaningful from him.

[michsnowfreak]

57 minutes ago, Stebo said:

Ignore him or better yet block him, you aren't going to get anything meaningful from him.

That's what I did. Just sucks when his posts are quoted by others and still show lol.

[hardypalmguy]

2 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

That's what I did. Just sucks when his posts are quoted by others and still show lol.

hey man i hope you're taking advantage of the 50s to near 60 next three days over there. 

[buckeye]

36 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

That's what I did. Just sucks when his posts are quoted by others and still show lol.

 

33 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said:

hey man i hope you're taking advantage of the 50s to near 60 next three days over there. 

Trolling in favor of warmth is sacrilege around these parts...  Change your name to frozenpalmguy and post like Jebman and you'll be the Belle of the Ball!

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

50 minutes ago, buckeye said:

 

Trolling in favor of warmth is sacrilege around these parts...  Change your name to frozenpalmguy and post like Jebman and you'll be the Belle of the Ball!

 

 

Nah he is far beyond trolling. And actually I wouldn't say its sacrilege. Board is still full of cold lovers, but there's a little group of warm trolls. I think they all live in a commune somewhere together with palm trees and they hold fire next to thermometers to see how warm it'll go.

[Chinook]

The models kind of suck. Look back at the 18z GFS from Monday, hour 126-132, high snow rates near Chicago.. then.. now. Even the ECMWF from 00z Tuesday (almost the same data) had snow for Chicago at 132hr.

[CheeselandSkies]

6 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Nah he is far beyond trolling. And actually I wouldn't say its sacrilege. Board is still full of cold lovers, but there's a little group of warm trolls. I think they all live in a commune somewhere together with palm trees and they hold fire next to thermometers to see how warm it'll go.

Hey, I prefer warmth (although that's in relative terms by Wisconsin winter standards), but I try not to troll.

[michsnowfreak]

3 hours ago, CheeselandSkies said:

Hey, I prefer warmth (although that's in relative terms by Wisconsin winter standards), but I try not to troll.

Nothing wrong with that! We all have our preferences. You absolutely are not a troll.

[cyclone77]

Sure miss big December storms like this one 14 years ago today in 2009.  8-12" for the QC, about a foot for much of central and eastern Iowa.  At least we have events like this to look back on and reminisce lol.