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January General Banter Thread II


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Disagree, everyone north, south, east, west of us have killed it the past 2 winters where we are at average. Even eyewall.

But if you think about it several members of the SE crew didn't get anything during the Christmas storm and we got close to 8"...I know we did better during last years January storm than others. I know our avg snowfall is higher than others in the SE forum but my point was this is just our turn to miss out.

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RDU = official new snow hole...Everyone NSEW in our own state got more snow. Ok - I am done with the self pity :-)

AFTER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL NC HAD BEEN LASHED WITH SNOW MUCH

OF THE DAY INCLUDING TOTALS NEAR 10 INCHES IN ROCKINGHAM AND AS MUCH

AS 5-6 IN SOUTHERN PINES... AND 4 TO 5 IN CLINTON... THE LATEST

OBSERVED SOUNDINGS AND UPPER AIR DATA SUGGEST GOOD WARM ADVECTION

PATTERN CONTINUING TO OVERSPREAD THE REST OF OUR REGION FROM THE SSW

AS OF MID EVENING.

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I'm having a Wildre moment. I was pretty positive up until about 3pm or so and then the writing was on the wall. The first batch barely reached me and gave me half an inch then it melted to nothing and flurries the rest of the day yet the models kept saying 4 or 5 inches of snow up till 18z.

Also, the ruc kept showing great omegas overhead for this evening to bring lots of precip my way. I was shown getting over half inch of liqued on nearly every model and I may have reached a tenth. Tried to keep my expectations in check but even cutting models in half should have given me 3 inches. Meanwhile places in my on county received over 2 inches and 5 inches were within 40 miles or so to my south.

Guess what has happened. The 2nd batch came through quickly with snow about 5 to 6 pm then set up to my North for hours and expanded on the rest of the triad leaving me in a hole again.

Result: half inch if I'm lucky and freezing drizzle is all thats left. Very disappointing storm.

Kids are disappointed and wonder if they will even be able to sled tomorrow which I doubt right now.

We know somebody has to lose but boy was this awful.

Sorry for the rant.

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RDU = official new snow hole...Everyone NSEW in our own state got more snow. Ok - I am done with the self pity :-)

AFTER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL NC HAD BEEN LASHED WITH SNOW MUCH

OF THE DAY INCLUDING TOTALS NEAR 10 INCHES IN ROCKINGHAM AND AS MUCH

AS 5-6 IN SOUTHERN PINES... AND 4 TO 5 IN CLINTON... THE LATEST

OBSERVED SOUNDINGS AND UPPER AIR DATA SUGGEST GOOD WARM ADVECTION

PATTERN CONTINUING TO OVERSPREAD THE REST OF OUR REGION FROM THE SSW

AS OF MID EVENING.

But we got HEAVY SLEEEEEEEEEET!!! thumbsupsmileyanim.gif

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No need to apologize. I understand completely. This "storm" has been a disappointment to most folks (though not all) in the Triad and Triangle. I had my own Brick/WidreMann moment around 2:00 PM today when I had yet at the time seen a single flake all the while having to read obs from folks in Lesser Carolina ;) who were digging themselves out of twenty-foot drifts. I do, however, feel lucky to get what very little has fallen since mid-afternoon and don't at all begrudge others from getting their fair share.

My kids were out of school today for our phantom event. (They're out tomorrow, too, but that's understandable since roads might be messy in the morning.) Unfortunately, today and tomorrow must be made up during spring break. The kids aren't happy taking a snow day today without snow yet having to sit in class while it's 70 degrees in April.

I'm having a Wildre moment. I was pretty positive up until about 3pm or so and then the writing was on the wall. The first batch barely reached me and gave me half an inch then it melted to nothing and flurries the rest of the day yet the models kept saying 4 or 5 inches of snow up till 18z.

Also, the ruc kept showing great omegas overhead for this evening to bring lots of precip my way. I was shown getting over half inch of liqued on nearly every model and I may have reached a tenth. Tried to keep my expectations in check but even cutting models in half should have given me 3 inches. Meanwhile places in my on county received over 2 inches and 5 inches were within 40 miles or so to my south.

Guess what has happened. The 2nd batch came through quickly with snow about 5 to 6 pm then set up to my North for hours and expanded on the rest of the triad leaving me in a hole again.

Result: half inch if I'm lucky and freezing drizzle is all thats left. Very disappointing storm.

Kids are disappointed and wonder if they will even be able to sled tomorrow which I doubt right now.

We know somebody has to lose but boy was this awful.

Sorry for the rant.

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Isn't there a chance for another storm in a week or so? I guess if there is I should probably just accept the fact that we won't get crap again. It blows my mind how pretty much the entire state got snow and the Triangle didn't. I'm happy for everyone who got snow but come on, is getting just one inch when places in the freaking sandhills got 10 inches so much to ask?

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We finally did get some snow in Durham, but it changed over to sleet very quickly, with a pretty good burst of it about 7:00 and again about 9:00. There's about a half-inch of white on the ground and the streets are a mess.

What I find funny is that the schools around here, who closed early today for a phantom flizzard, are still talking about one (Durham) or two (Wake) hours late tomorrow. That'll change, I'm fairly sure, if we continue to get freezing rain tonight. The sneet stuck instantly on the residential street I'm on, and isn't going anywhere. Glaze that over with some freezing rain and a forecast low of 25, and tomorrow morning will be ugly.

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My kids were out of school today for our phantom event. (They're out tomorrow, too, but that's understandable since roads might be messy in the morning.) Unfortunately, today and tomorrow must be made up during spring break. The kids aren't happy taking a snow day today without snow yet having to sit in class while it's 70 degrees in April.

They will be out Wed too. No way will all the county roads be clear with tomorrow being cloudy with a high around 32.

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Leave Brick Tamland alone. :cry: He's a human. He hasn't performed on stage in years. His song is caused "Gimme More" for a reason because all you people want is more, more, more. Leave him alone. :baby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=related

:tomato: At the same time this guy wants to warn you about rapists while hidin ya kids hidin ya wife:

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Glad to see you all have lost your freakin' minds here in the banter thread. But listen, I need some quick assistance from my SE peeps that have experience up in NY/CT. I'm flying out of GSO thursday afternoon headed for Hartford. Based on what I can gather from a cross-thread search, those guys are looking at 12-18" with blizzard conditions thru Wednesday night. Assuming I can even get there, any of you educated folks want to tell me what to expect? Can those road crews move that much snow in 24 hours?

Otherwise, I need to cancel this trip fast.

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Glad to see you all have lost your freakin' minds here in the banter thread. But listen, I need some quick assistance from my SE peeps that have experience up in NY/CT. I'm flying out of GSO thursday afternoon headed for Hartford. Based on what I can gather from a cross-thread search, those guys are looking at 12-18" with blizzard conditions thru Wednesday night. Assuming I can even get there, any of you educated folks want to tell me what to expect? Can those road crews move that much snow in 24 hours?

Otherwise, I need to cancel this trip fast.

Expect for your flight to be canceled or delayed until Friday.

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My children have been out of school for three days now and I think I'm ready for them to return. axesmiley.png I took them to a movie this afternoon to reduce the cabin fever.

Still no word from Guilford County Schools regarding whether they'll be out on Thursday. I'd imagine that many of the outlying county roads are still in bad shape.

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My children have been out of school for three days now and I think I'm ready for them to return. axesmiley.png I took them to a movie this afternoon to reduce the cabin fever.

Still no word from Guilford County Schools regarding whether they'll be out on Thursday. I'd imagine that many of the outlying county roads are still in bad shape.

They've canceled here in Davidson County..again. Im getting tired of being at home.

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My children have been out of school for three days now and I think I'm ready for them to return. axesmiley.png I took them to a movie this afternoon to reduce the cabin fever.

Still no word from Guilford County Schools regarding whether they'll be out on Thursday. I'd imagine that many of the outlying county roads are still in bad shape.

Randolph is out and probably will be out again Friday. Theyve missed the entire week so far.

My wife took the kids to the movie theatre in Asheboro today and it was closed due to weather.

29 outside right now!

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Leave Brick Tamland alone. :cry: He's a human. He hasn't performed on stage in years. His song is caused "Gimme More" for a reason because all you people want is more, more, more. Leave him alone. :baby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=related

:tomato: At the same time this guy wants to warn you about rapists while hidin ya kids hidin ya wife:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Leave Britney the **** alone!!! HAHAHAHAHHA. I love the Huntsville Rapist video. I could watch that over and over. LMAO.

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After missing out 4th consecutive day in a row, the local school system here in McDowell County has made the decision to have school not only this Saturday, but also Monday, MLK Day...I don't ever remember our school system going on Saturday's, they never did when I was young. I'm sure that will spark some debate in the community.

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