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  1. Today was amazing chainsaw weather.  Just the perfect temp to be in the woods.  Slightly sweaty, but instantly cooled off once you stop working.  A little sun on the face and arms.  You simply cannot ask for a better January day in the piedmont.

  2. Well I saw winter this weekend, but I had to run to Cincinnati to find it.  Got 6" on Sunday with another 4-6" expected tonight.  Maybe, just maybe we are laying the groundwork for something in the south.  Fab Feb for the win?

  3. I know this isnt a local observation, but Denver CO just saw a 37° temp drop in 1 hour...down to 5°!!  I mean damn!  That is just nuts.

    Looks like we'll see some 20° drops on Friday across the area.  Thankfully this is short lived.  Nobody wants this for days on end.

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  4. This event failed.....bigtime, for everyone here but even those all the way to southern Ohio.  Even the model runs last night have the GFS shifting this further west.  We may be talking a 500 mile shift west from 5 days ago before this is said and done.  That's gonna leave a mark for this sub, especially as we all shiver through Christmas this weekend.  Give me 48° and an afternoon of 9 holes on the course please.  Sunny and cold sucks.

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  5. 17 minutes ago, Sandstorm94 said:

    That is the way I see it, even with no show, at least no short sleeves and t shirts on Christmas this year

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    Heck with that.  Either white snow or green fairways.  No in between on Christmas or the weather was just wasted.  You cant even have a good bonfire when it is 20° outside.

    If these trends keep up we might as well break out the vodka for Christmas.  :shiver:

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  6. 41 minutes ago, olafminesaw said:

    Any snow before Christmas is bonus snow. Let's wait until then and see how the pattern shakes out, once the Arctic air has been established. If we continue to get pushes of cold air, we're bound to score eventually (even if we have to wait until mid January)

    March 1st has entered the chat.....

    How many times have we seen this post on here!  LOL!

    The cold dome is on the move but we're going to need better blocking over the next couple of weeks to pull this off.  JB is certainly honking  

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  7. Just now, olafminesaw said:

    The overnight models seem to be indicating the highest gusts will be cut off right around the triad area. Depends, it seems, on how much the dry air to the north is able to cut off the convection as it pushes in . If heavier rain rates are still present as the center moves past Charlotte, gusts could exceed 50 mph, otherwise they may stay in the 40s

    Power outages will likely be severe today.  Generally speaking, there are so many dead trees around my area in the triad, mostly diseased pines and lightning strikes, that I expect quite a few of those will find their way to a power line.  Ian is certainly cementing his legacy.

  8. 15 minutes ago, StantonParkHoya said:

    Here in north-central NC, the wind is already whipping from the pressure gradient w/ the high to our north and Ian to the south. Akin to a nor'easter approaching. Can't recall a tropical storm with temps in the 50s before, but here we are.

    Flying into CLT in an hour.  Should be fun confirming your observation in real time.  Lol.

    Happy to see the rainfall forecast continues to decline this weekend across the piedmont and foothills of NC.  Need rain, not floods. 

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  9. I'm confused with the lack of comments in this thread.  We have a rather serious flooding threat headed our way and a potential landfalling hurricane within the Carolinas or Georgia.  Are we just monitoring the main thread or posting updates here?  Nobody wants to talk about severe flooding in western NC but we are 72 hours from that potential reality.  So what gives?

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  10. 2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

    Looking like the 2nd landfall is becoming a real possibility.

    I'll go out on a limb here and toss out the idea that Ian's legacy (other than the area of landfall in FL and the track immediately thereafter) will be the inland flooding across GA, SC and NC. We already know what happens in the sandhills of eastern NC when you dump a foot of rain in a day.  Been there, done that.  A second landfall and potential re-intensification will just add to the misery.  I expect evacuations of the Outer Banks to be announced by Thursday.  Highway 12 already had sand all over it from Fiona last weekend.  They wont take chances.

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  11. 3 minutes ago, Porsche said:

    I'm actually leaving tomorrow for Myrtle Beach, do you have any specific info or link I can get updates on?

    Thanks!

    I do not.  Just prelim discussions should the storm track up the coast.  I'm in the temporary equipment business and we get an early read on planning discussions for EMA's.  I think we will know a lot more about where all of this will net out by this time tomorrow.

  12. Coast Guard has shut down all ports on the east side of FL south of JAX. Still so much uncertainty with track and intensity after landfall.  Preparations are underway for possible evacs in Savannah, Myrtle Beach along the coastlines.  I'm getting calls from EMA's all up and down the coasts.  

    Ian is going to make one helluva impact.

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