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19 minutes ago, Avdave said:

No shit I know that. This isnt Georgia though, We average 6-7" here

Yeah but I think our median is much lower.

1 hour ago, mclean02 said:

Yep with the Scientific method we were able to confirm that there is no Jinx and honestly this feels like its just been that way this winter

No, we confirmed that there was no reverse jinx.  We didn't rule out the existence of a jinx.

2 hours ago, snowfan said:

On January 16, 2004 mt Washington was -41.8 w winds in the 80s. The recorded wind chill was -102.6.  McGrath, Alaska also previously recorded a -100 wind chill.

Not wind chill, but just bone-numbing cold.

https://news.agu.org/press-release/coldest-place-on-earth-is-colder-than-scientists-thought/

3 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

I don’t chase snow anymore. I let it chase me. 

Playing hard to get?

Wow.  Spring has pretty much sprung in SE, so I haven't been checking in much.  I just peeked in the banter today and...things got...dark.

7 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Nams and Hrrr all came in colder with a bit more frozen . Lookin like a stats padder for many hopefully. 

10" for Mt PSU?

3 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

The fight for 50 is over. Now I’m seeking 60! 

What is your median again?

8 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Cool. I may go watch the titans get whipped like they always do. 

My wife went to McDowell.  Graduated in 2001.

47 minutes ago, Wow said:

March 93 redux or bust

March 1960 would be an acceptable alternative.

34 minutes ago, magpiemaniac said:

I lived in Chattanooga at the time.  Two feet of snow that created stories I still tell to my children.  I wish they could experience something like that just once.

My wife lived in Old Fort at the time.  She still has fond memories of loosing power for two weeks and having to basically camp inside part of their house.  I don;t have any memories from it in Fayetteville, so I am assuming it was just rain there.

Just now, Bob Chill said:

This time of year it doesnt matter as much. Wavelengths shorten and upper level bowling balls start rolling down the lanes. 

Yes, but I was under the impression that the shortening of wavelengths allows a tendency for -NAOs to be especially potent even without Pacific help.

53 minutes ago, Kay said:

You know you're a weirdo when you're genuinely disappointed you were unable to properly measure your sleet.

I get joy out of frost on the ground.  I am a cryophile.

20 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

The blocking is definitely waning but there are still signs of enough ridging at times that with shorter wavelengths it’s possible to get a system to track under us.  

Sad that the -NAO is running out of gas right when it could be most useful and not be so dependent on the Pacific to help.

15 minutes ago, Cobalt said:

Check out the SST anomalies off the Atlantic. Not sure how long they've been torching, but offshore temp anomalies are among the warmest on the planet atm. Would that also contribute to some of our airmasses being rather terrible, or at least less than ideal? Would make some sense given the dynamics of the banding in the Dec 16-17 storm, as well as the fact that every arctic airmass that was progged to reach us essentially danced around us. Even if they'd contribute just a tiny bit, as you've mentioned, +1C or +2C can take everything away, especially if you're already factoring in somewhat less QPF in these setups. 

The Atlantic bathtub certainly can't help, but I will be personally focusing on the Pacific next winter at least for a first evaluation.  If and only if it cooperates will I worry about what the HL/Atlantic are doing.

Actually I would like to ask you guys about this: when exactly was the last time we had a "good Pacific"?  I know the last three years it has ranged from sub-mediocre to horrible.  I remember that two week period at the end of 2017, beginning of 2018 which brought extreme cold to the east.  It doesn't seem to be too fondly remembered up here because it was just cold/dry, but it was fun for my neck of the woods so I am calling that "good".  Other than that when was the last good Pacific period?  2013 - 14?  I don't really remember it being particularly good or bad in 2014-15.  2016-17 was a very bad winter for me because I had that December torch but I didn't have the Jan 2016 event to sweeten it.  I associated the problems with that year being from the super-duper-hyper el nino though.  Not sure if that is the same kind of "bad Pacific" we usually mean.  I think the Pacific was mostly bad in 2016-17 as well.  So two weeks of "good Pacific in the last six years?  is that accurate?

45 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

Wow we had the same thought within like a half hour of each other.  Kinda weird!

I think Ji may be one if the few exceptions.  I've seen pictures if him before but in my head I still picture him as looking somewhat like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory.  Not sure why.

1 hour ago, KAOS said:

Funny because I picture you as a brown circle with a white letter C in the middle of it. Go figure.

I look more cursive in person than I do in the pic.

22 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

I love that you know who Mrs Slocombe from Are You Being Served is. I have in the past had a turquoise peacock stripe in my hair. May have to get it done again as I lurch towards 50. 

That catchy theme song with cash register effects us running through my head right now.

1 hour ago, H2O said:

I def don’t look like Hedley 

That makes me sad.

1 hour ago, mattie g said:

So weird. I knew you weren’t melanin-challenged, but it’s so funny to know that the (physical) image you had in your head of certain people wasn’t quite spot on.

In my Head i picture everyone as their profile pic.  Stormtraker let IS Beethoven.  You are Bob Dylan.  Mrs. J is Mrs. Slocombe be from Are you being served.  Maestrobjw be is a sentient treble cleff.  I get disappointed when I see peoples real pics and they look nothing like I pictured them.

Eta: Just noticed someone else Ninja-ed me.

So what us the thermodynamic mechanism where clouds cause the nighttime temp to rise?  I can understand them slowing the rate of cooling, but how are they warming? 

1 minute ago, psuhoffman said:

In this case it’s actually a cutter lol  Uh oh huge red flag!!!!!

Always hug the least see snowy model

Thunder and lightning to go along with heavy rain in Wilson.

Glad to see something trending well for once for you guys.  I now return to my endless CAD rain event here in NC.

27 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said:

I watched the history of food in America on the history channel last night. It was pretty fascinating...the candy bar wars were pretty wild from Hershey to Mars to Curtiss. I didn't know that Hershey fired some dude named Reese and he said oh yeah mother****er watch this!! I also finally learned what M&M stood for. 

You mean they actually had history on the History channel?  I thought it was 24 hours-a-day of Alaskan gold prospectors and crab fishing.

12 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

It was only like 2 people canceling winter after this week and one was Ji who should count as -1. 

So does that sum up to 0?