jburns

Even down here in the southern triad NWS is forecasting a low of 26 Friday morning.

You’re right. That was impressive.

And it got here. Quite the active storm. Not very long lasting but intense. Heavy rain, pea sized hail, lightning strikes caused 3 momentary power outages, weather station registered a 43.4 mph wind gust partally confirmed by the branches lying in my yard. Also the temperature dropped from 72º to 59º in about 6 minutes. All in all one of the more entertaining storms in several years.

Evidently only if you bend over and crack one.

Now, now. You better watch your step or I might be the one with the last laugh.

Tomorrow a giant unicorn will fly over the Triad with a giant rainbow coming out of its ass. I really enjoy these things that will never happen threads.

I think the average person would classify any tornado they were caught in as violent. Sometimes the NWS and SPC shoots themselves in the foot when it comes to informing the general public. The wording of the severe thunderstorm probabilities are a case in point. MARGINAL (light green) SLIGHT (dark green) ENHANCED (Yellow) MODERATE (Red) HIGH (Magenta) Moderate is a higher level than enhanced? Everyone I know knows the difference between marginal and slight. One means just a little and the other means not much. Colors don’t help. I’ve never seen a fire engine with flashing magenta lights. Over complicated and just cries out for something simple. I know!!!! Some folks in India invented a system for doing just this almost 2000 years ago that is perfect for this kind of differentation and would not confuse anyone. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Everyone I know really does know that 4 is more than 3.

Rotation passed just north of me. I never really experienced any wind. A half inch of rain in less than 10 minutes was pretty much it. EDIT: This should not be viewed as a complaint.

If it had a blue tint check the airline schedules.

Hmm. It doesn’t exist?

Good. You will feel a lot better a week or two after your second shot. A bit of freedom is very enjoyable after a year of hunkering down.

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23.5º thisº morning at my house. Lower than I expected. I nice warm week incoming though. I can live with that.

Fly away buzzard, fly away crow, way down south where the winds don’t blow. Rub your nose and give two winks, save us from this awful jinx.

No reason to complain. Just go with the flow and enjoy the season. Maybe you could make a pollen man. Unlike those fickle snowmen he will never melt.

Yep. That was the main cause of the toilet paper shortages. Every time someone would sneeze everyone within fifty feet would sh*t their pants.

Here’s the reason why, you’re 3000 feet high.

When sea ice is melting, warm rain will be pelting.

Just remember, in any type of education discipline is important.

How the hell do you teach a kayak? And what do you teach it? I had enough trouble teaching kids.

This one gets a F from me. I don’t give points for snows that look like a heavy frost. Rain, fog and thick clouds for days on end is another negative. One night it rained for six straight hours and my weather station never moved from 32.1º. Now that is just rubbing it in. In fact that is worth a minus. So: F-

Could be some slippery spots between the hours of 6am and 8am. Putting that information into my southern winter weather calculator I get the results of 4 gallons of milk and 6 loaves of bread per each four member household.

This was my last decent snow. Dec 9, 2018. Since then.....blah. EDIT: I don’t know what the site did to my video but if you click on the mp4 it starts playing in a smaller window that you can enlarge.. At least it does for me. Let me know if it doesn’t and I will delete the post.

That’s my storm. I posted a few pictures yesterday. My house is right under the 20.