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4 hours ago, Met1985 said:

Anyone surprised...

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Right on schedule. 

8 hours ago, Met1985 said:

Yeah no kidding! All up and down the Mountain West. Man that house in Aspen is looking better and better.

2 great years in a row for them. 

7 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Not only is this our second snowless winter, it’s also looking like the second winter where the roads were never once brined. Keep in mind they’ll brine the roads here if 1 hour of freezing rain is expected, if that puts this into perspective how bad it’s been 

Same here. It's just as bad. I thought the early 90s were bad 89-93 before the blizzard hit but no this takes the cake. Early 90s I considered a dusting or watching it snow for a few hours but not stick was awful and we got several coatings and dustings then and at least a few ice storms in those years but boy was I wrong. I would give a lot just to see something frozen or just see it snow for a few minutes. It's that bad and I am at a loss of words. I don't see anything changing going forward. 

Yeah I'm going for the triple crown next year. 3 straight snowless winters. Might as well. I don't see anything changing to break this pattern the rest of this winter or next.

13 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

I for one, look forward to the reset/pattern change. This pattern is obviously not what we need for snow. 

Yeah this patten east of the mountains is making me sick. Hard to stomach watching that one today. The short lived cold coming up is just a waste in my opinion then back to warm and rain. I don't have a clue anymore what it's going to take to get snow in the foothills anymore. Seems impossible right now.

Going on 2 years here in Forest City without a flake of Snow here in a couple of days back to January 2022. I remember the first time I seen Snow falling that I could remember I was like about 3 in 85-86 and I instantly fell in love with Snow and Winter and I remember my dad saying son we live in one of the hardest places on the earth to get Snow. Everything has to be perfect around here to get Snow and it's just as true today as the day he said it almost 40 years ago. Only my second time in 41 years I have seen 2 year stretches without a flake of Snow. I don't know what else to say about it anymore more. It's like there is a wall up east of the Apps. I know the storms get broke up going over the mountains some as always to get into the foothills but this is just crazy. When we are waiting for February for Snow around here it's a pretty bad sign of the times. 

Same here. I came from the old Eastern forums in the early 2000s. Just can't remember my handle from all those years ago. Been a pleasure talking with you guys and look forward to a lot more down the road.

30 minutes ago, Met1985 said:

Just looked out and everything is covered in a blanket of snow. At least it looks like winter lol. Temp at 28. 

You guys don't know how lucky and blessed you are up there to be seeing snow. I haven't seen a flake of snow down this way in almost 2 years coming this January. I'm glad you guys are getting it. Were in a horrible stretch east of the mountains with no snow. Absolutely terrible. Hoping for better days in the near future.

Closing in on 5 inches here and still pouring. 

4 minutes ago, strongwxnc said:

Not going to cash in here but it’s dropped 7 degrees in the last 29 minutes


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Same here buddy.

Worst severe storm I've experienced in the last 20 or so years today in sw Rutherford. It was bad. Trees down everywhere. Lots of damage. 

Man we got hammered here in sw Rutherford today just south of 74 bypass right off of 221 south. Worst severe storm I've seen in the last 20 or so years. Trees uprooted everywhere. Tops of trees snapped all around the community. Trees blocking the road on all ends. Had to be 70mph winds and just under golf ball size hail for at least 10 mins straight. I had a standard size  refrigerator propped up against my building in the back yard and it ended up 50 yards away in my neighbors yard. Our neighbors trampoline ended up flying through our yard and ended up about a football field away in pieces. Just south of 74 bypass to the SC state line seemed to be the worst. North of 74 bypass just a few rain drops. Luckily no damage to the house or vehicles and the power stayed on  but not everyone was so lucky in the community. Worst storm I've seen around here in a long time. 

Pretty good thunderstorm overnight with some loud thunder a few hours ago. Picked up a quick inch of rain during the downpour. Surprised it held together this far east with as much strength as it still had. They usually don't after crossing the mountains and coming this far east. 

7 hours ago, Occluded Front said:

There have been two winters on record with ~2.0 RONI peak that were quite cold in the SE, 1957-8 and 1965-6. Also, 1972-3 and 1982-3 both had historic winter storms and they peaked way up at 2.2 to 2.5 per RONI.

I was born in March of 57 so I can't say much on that other than they were good years but I do remember the 72-73 winter pretty well in the upstate of SC as I had short sleeves to start out the day,not sure it was Dec or mid Jan but just got out of class at school and was pumping gas in my car, just 16 and not long had gotten my drivers license. Long story short an Artic cold came through town with such strong winds that traffic signals fell, trees blew over, I helped chase a mans toupee across the parking lot. In the time it took me to pump gas, pay for it get back in car and get home about 40 mins temps were below freezing and snow had began to fall. We probably talking a 40 degree temp drop in a short time.     I never will forget that day.   

Awesome story. That was a big time arctic front right there. Wish I would of been around to experience it. That's the stuff that gets me through these hot and humid summers. Love those old winter storys. Hoping to add some new ones this winter hopefully. 

8 hours ago, Brick Tamland said:

Finally feeling like summer next week. And a level 2 severe threat for Monday.

It's been great not having to feel the real summer heat and humidity until almost the first week of July this year. You don't get to say that hardly ever around these parts in the southeast. I can say 2003-2013-2023. 3 out of the last 21 years counting this summer. I'm enjoying it.

Picked up around 5.25 so far since Monday morning.

22 minutes ago, strongwxnc said:

Up to 7.51” with more to come today!


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I'm trying to catch up to you. Approaching the 4 inch mark. Wish we were all measuring snow instead of rain. 

Nickel and diming my way to the 3 inch mark. 

Just over the inch mark in sw Rutherford so far.

And so it begins. Under first huge downpour. Monsoon like. Let's see how the rain gauges stack up this week. 

6 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Going to be the wildest weather week of 2023 so far. Buckle up

That's what I was thinking. Things are probably getting ready to get crazy around here with all this rain coming. Everyone stay safe. 

Picked up just under a hair under 4 inches. 

Currently 50 with heavy rain at the moment. Just approaching the 2 inch mark. Might pick up another couple of inches this afternoon if these heavier bands keep reforming over the same areas. Will see.

2 hours ago, wncsnow said:

We should really hope for the rain because the heat looks to build next week. 

Glad it took till the first week of June for the real heat to arrive. Always a win in my book if you can hold off the heat around these parts till June.

5 hours ago, Met1985 said:

Not a lot of movement today in temps.  Only reaches 58 today with the low clouds. This is a rarity for this time of the year.

So far this pattern has reminded me of the spring and summer of 2013. A lot of cloudy gray rainy wedged in days that summer that kept it cooler that year.  We are well overdue for a below normal summer in the temperature department.