jburns

Only 0.19” here.  Monthly total is only 0.35”.  Driest month in a long time,

On 11/21/2021 at 6:46 PM, Avdave said:

Makes it easier if you have to blow the leaves or vacuum them up since they are not intact fully anymore like you said. 

I just do one last regular mow with a mulching attachment and presto they are gone. So simple.

On 11/20/2021 at 12:43 PM, Avdave said:

Would be nice. Sitting at .07" MTD   

.16” here.  No wonder the leaves are so nice and crunchy when I walk around my yard..

26.8º at the house. The growing season is finally over.  One more mowing after all the leaves are down and that’s it.

6 hours ago, eyewall said:

Sunrise this morning in Raleigh:

Best color we have had in several years.

On 11/5/2021 at 9:18 AM, strongwxnc said:

Just like normal.


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Every year I feel stronger that the money spent on this model could be better spent elsewhere. Maybe crystals and a small pyramid.

8 hours ago, eyewall said:

First frost in Raleigh this morning. We would have dropped to the 20s if the clouds didn't hang around.

Clouds cleared just before daybreak here allowing the temp to fall below freezing for the first time this year. Barely below but I’m counting it.  31.3º

3 hours ago, Buckethead said:

I'll be heading to the top of Big Bald Thursday. Feel like joining me?

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You stay the hell off of my head!!!

3 hours ago, StormchaserChuck! said:

I am completely unable to access it, it should still be good (unable to change password). 

It is still there but I believe only an admin can do what you need done. I know I can’t.  Try to pm Wow or Stormtracker.

1 hour ago, Met1985 said:

My bride and I.

 

Congratulations.  I see you married up. So did I, it’s great!

3 hours ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

To turn the heat on tonight, or not. That is the question.

I don’t worry about that these days.  I have a fall/spring setting on my thermostat where I set both heat and air to whatever temp I want and the system switches back and forth as needed. 75/71 currently.

We have a La Niña which tends to give us a warmer and drier winter than normal. 

1 hour ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

Ethan Clark:  Yesterday, let’s just say an extreme overachiever. Parts of Raleigh saw 6-8” in a matter of a few hours. All creeks reached flood stage, numerous sections of the greenways are closed with damage. Several water rescues reported, 500 year flooding event in spots. @RaleighGov #ncwx https://t.co/k0NKKpchUZ

We will be redefining the frequency of these events in the coming years. It’s not your daddy’s climate any more.

54 minutes ago, yotaman said:

Picked up .46" today which brings me to 5.54" for the month.

I picked up 1.65” yesterday and 2.03” today. 

1 minute ago, tiger_deF said:

Almost sure this dude is doing this for clicks.

I guess he doesn’t know about the rule. No rescues until at least 24 hours after a wind speed reading of 200 or above. The air has to heal.

Just now, lilj4425 said:

Wait…you’re still here? I thought you retired. 

I died but I didn’t retire.

3 minutes ago, buckeyefan1 said:

You really need a disclaimer weenie tag 

Meteoweenist?

38 minutes ago, Prospero said:

OK who agrees?

My wish:

Ida gets her eye and RIs into a Cat 5, reaches near the LA coast to justify evacuation but not that bad and shifts east staying offshore bringing fun and excitement to the Florida Gulf coast (not too bad, but thrilling even for Tampa Bay), then moving west to the Texas coast giving everybody a taste there maintaining a perfect eye, then going east through the channel between Cuba and Florida allowing the Keys and Miami to have some fun, up the eastern coast brushing Cape Hatteras intensely (they are used to it, can handle it, and love it) then drifting up the east coast past VA and sitting for a day or so off NJ becoming a Cat 5 sub-tropical Hurricane and slamming NJ so nobody will ever mention Sandy again. 

A perfect eye the entire week long adventure.

Right?

Finally!!  Some actual authentic banter about Ida.

19 minutes ago, dseagull said:

The responses to my opinion speak volumes.  It was an OPINION.  If you wish to censor opinions, feel free to do so, but at least acknowledge that debate leads to progress.  Would it be fair to assume that you are progressive?  If you censor and ignore opposing viewpoints, how will you ever attain progress?   It is quite disturbing that you feel I am to be labeled a climate change denier.  I never denied climate change.  I simply deny that humans have any "real" effects on such.  I'll leave you guys to it.  Sorry for offering a professional perspective. 

I’ll let this post remain but it is the last one. This is a storm banter thread. This post has nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with politics.  I would hate to have to suspend anyone during this event.  For the record, any suspensions I do have to issue will end when Ida is declared a remnant low.

6 minutes ago, cptcatz said:

Having lived through it as well, it was the worst natural disaster in NYC history. Why would you expect it to not be talked about on a tropical weather forum?

It is brought up every tine there is a hurricane, anywhere. For nine years. At this point it has become the weather forum version of waterboarding.

1 minute ago, SandySurvivor said:

In terms of impact this isn’t going to be nearly of severe impact of something like Sandy.

Im expecting impacts similar to Nate in 2017 

We are talking hurricanes here not a post-tropical cyclone. 

2 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said:

Ah yes, Professor Burns has entered the chat.  Thanks for imparting that wisdom Burnsie!

 

Thanks.  If you prefer the blue collar version Mike Tyson said much the same thing in a more direct manner. “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

1 minute ago, AChilders said:

Other than the outer fortifications that have been made, the 3 flood gates on the canals through the city from Pontchartrain are the most impressive. That back flow of water from the lake back to the Mississippi River is what caused the breaches in the 17th street canal in 2005.  I walked it all in September/October of 2005.  
 

I know. Banter.

 

I went back after Isaac in 2012. The flood wall was crazy impressive. 
 

now back to storm mode…

The improvements are indeed impressive but there are still unknowns.  One of my favorite quotes comes from a 19th century German Field Marshall named Helmuth von Moltke. “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.”   I tend to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. With all the changes that seem to be happening with our climate I think that might be the best way going forward.  It seems to me as if 100 year events are happening every decade.

6 minutes ago, JC-CT said:

I mean, makes sense in theory, but...?

That storm is going to take off as soon as it clears the Island. 

11 minutes ago, NavarreDon said:

Yikes!!!…..

48H 29/1800Z 28.6N 90.6W 120 KT 140 MPH


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Rare for them to forecast that extreme so quickly from what is now a cat 1. I hope people pay attention.