Waiting on snow

I've given up on next weekend at this point. It's still a threat I guess but I'm tired of wasting energy to end up failing. The cold air looks to be on afterburners out of here next weekend so the threat has decreased significantly imo. I'm ready for spring now. I'm very disappointed in this winter, but hell that's normal 9 of 10 winters anyway.

The NAO is the cause for epic shit patterns lately. Sure it can snow without it. Hell it's had to for a decade now. 09-10 and the front half of 10-11 had great blocking. Looking back it's obvious you need the NAO to score big snow and sustained cold here. The late 70s is another example. Sure a NAO can cause a storm to amplify and pull north. 09-10 had many near misses to the north. A good Pac is more important to get the cold yes, but the NAO is cherry on top and helps it not be such a thread the needle event. I find it hard to believe Greenland is melting when theres always a massive ****ing blue ball of low heights parked over it all damn winter every year!

It's been a very rough stretch from Atlanta up to Charlotte. And even worse for Athens to Columbia. Hell this whole decade has been shit for the most part except for 10-11 and 13-14 for those areas. I've come to expect it in this day and age. Sad times for snow lovers.

This will go down as memorable winter alright. It'll be the one with hype and expectations that literally found every way possible to fail us.

I hate winter! I hate summer! I hate cold! I hate heat! But me likey snow!

Hello! You rang?

Oh boy!! Another Arctic airmass next week that that will surely flush snow chances down the shitter again. What a pattern!!

Don't worry. At the 11 news when the 0z models roll it'll be back to the sanitarium.

It's already an epic meltdown. Me included! It stems from all the hype this winter brought. Not blaming anyone, everyone though it would be great. And when the December storm came it looked like the hype would verify. Now here we sit about to hit Feb and the end is closely approaching, and we've had nothing since and are chasing 288 hrs GFS unicorns! All while half the board is completely snowless and even some areas hit in December are still below average and nothing promising going forward. What an epic winter! Only epic winter we will ever see is some fluke in a strong La Nina year that absolutely nobody sees coming.

If these epic patterns didn't always turn into a suck fest and we actually could get a legit threat it may not be that way. Just saying...

Even with all the energy diving down bouncing around and threats showing up, I think I'll hang in here where I belong.

Are you really surprised by that? Even if the epic pattern did materialize we wouldn't have any better chance than we do now.

Why do you think I hate winter? I'm always waiting on snow that I never get!! Lol it's always so elusive and just barely out of reach!

I absolutely hate winter!!!!!!!!

I'll take the heat ridge over rainstorms between Arctic fronts anyday.

Well, someone just posted clippers in the discussion thread. If that's what we have to rely on to save this pattern change, well....I don't need to say more. Lol

It may be wise to buy stock in Fresh Step. I'll be using my fair share in the next month!

Can't wait for this awesome pattern where we get to rain, freeze to death, warm up and rain, freeze to death again and repeat over and over again. What a shit fest!

I lucked out for the Dec storm 3 miles n of 85. But couldn't really enjoy the lead up because being on the edge you just knew you were getting screwed. And 20 miles south of me did. Feel bad for Simpsonville, Anderson and especially the ATL to CAE corridor. Sometimes I wonder if it'll ever snow down there again. Can't wait for the storm where the snow line is past CAE and all we have to figure out is how much we'll get. If that storm ever comes.

The south of 85 crew will definitely be posting here though.

As always. Pattern flip will come mid March.

I'm turning the lights on in here. Would say turn the heat on but it probably won't be needed anytime soon. I remember saying even before our December snow that we better hope the AK trough doesn't become established as it was being modeled. Well it has and its ruining the heart of winter now. Amazing how all the long range awful patterns come to fruition and the eye candy patterns always evaporate. Smfh

If it wasn't measurable snow does it really count? I don't count it. Reality is CAE has only had 3 winters of the past 15 produce an inch or more total for the whole winter. Absolutely pitiful even for CAE. I stand by my statement that is the biggest screwzone in the state. At least further south you pretty much know you're not getting anything. The upstate is guaranteed something every year, even the western upstate. CAE is always close enough to the action to keep Hope's alive but fails miserably in the end.

That area definitely appears to have it's own micro climate. I still would rather live there than CAE. Going 5+ years without measurable snow, relentless heat and humidity, 95-100 every single day from June through September. Even lines of thunderstorms break up before reaching CAE. Not the place to be unless heat and humidity is your thing.

No CAE has the honor of being the epic screwzone. They haven't had snow at all in 5 years.