yotaman Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 No A/C here yet. I am trying to hold out but with highs near 80 and high dew points for the next 3 days I may have to break down. My wife wanted it on last night but it was only 75 in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnweathernut Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Merry Christmas to my weather friends on the other side of the big hill! I hope Santa was good to each and every one of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Some great, informative posts from snowlover, Jon, and NCRain (among others) in the pattern thread this morning. Exciting times ahead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SN_Lover Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Beautiful Christmas. Sun is out, mid 70's, and birds are chirping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpiemaniac Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Merry Christmas, everyone! Oh, and this weather sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Not to beat a dead horse but snowlover is Webber right? Sent from my LG-H811 No, Snowlover is from Eastern NC. I remember him from years ago. Anyways, Merry Christmas all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Get ready, if the models are right, all our winter catchphrases , will be used within the next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Get ready, if the models are right, all our winter catchphrases , will be used within the next week! I'm going to be in AZ/NV from January 1st-10th, so save the fireworks until I get back, please! The Deep South and Eastern Carolinas can get theirs now, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Is it just me or is snow a heck of a lot easier to come by in TX than it is in GA ? Last winter, TX got slammed with snow and Atlanta got nothing. Now it looks like TX will get slammed with snow again and we get nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Is it just me or is snow a heck of a lot easier to come by in TX than it is in GA ? Last winter, TX got slammed with snow and Atlanta got nothing. Now it looks like TX will get slammed with snow again and we get nothing. The Texas panhandle averages nearly an order of magnitude of snowfall more than Atlanta per winter, so yes. Amarillo averages over 18", for example. However, Dallas averages about the same as Atlanta. Texas is a huge state. Snow is very hard to come by in Brownsville, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 The Texas panhandle averages nearly an order of magnitude of snowfall more than Atlanta per winter, so yes. Amarillo averages over 18", for example. However, Dallas averages about the same as Atlanta. Texas is a huge state. Snow is very hard to come by in Brownsville, for example. I know Western TX gets more snow than Atlanta, but Dallas ? Dallas had a ton of snow last winter and it looks like they will get more snow in the next few days while Atlanta gets nothing. I don't understand. I know averages say Dallas and Atlanta get about the same but it sure seems like Dallas gets more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 I know Western TX gets more snow than Atlanta, but Dallas ? Dallas had a ton of snow last winter and it looks like they will get more snow in the next few days while Atlanta gets nothing. I don't understand.You never will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I know Western TX gets more snow than Atlanta, but Dallas ? Dallas had a ton of snow last winter and it looks like they will get more snow in the next few days while Atlanta gets nothing. I don't understand. I know averages say Dallas and Atlanta get about the same but it sure seems like Dallas gets more. I don't think Dallas is likely to see any accumulating snowfall at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I don't think Dallas is likely to see any accumulating snowfall at this point. No, but at least they will have snow falling out of the sky. Something that hasn't happened here in 2 years. The last few years, with the exception of 2013-14, it's been a struggle just to get a single flake to fall. Back in the old days, a dusting of snow was guaranteed every winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 No, but at least they will have snow falling out of the sky. Something that hasn't happened here in 2 years. The last few years, with the exception of 2013-14, it's been a struggle just to get a single flake to fall. Back in the old days, a dusting of snow was guaranteed every winter. You didn't get any snow last winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 You didn't get any snow last winter? heck no. I got a couple of flakes and if I hadn't been outside at just the right time I would have missed them. I did see about 10 inches of snow but that was when I was in Kentucky. I actually had more snow in the God awful 2011-12 winter than last winter. 3 out of the last 4 winters I've been shutout. 5 out of the last 10 winters. That's why I laugh when I hear these people talking about Feb turning much colder with a better chance of snow. Been there done that LAST YEAR. Sorry but I don't want a repeat of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Wow. Go to Weather.com and look at Amarillo, TX FCST!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxjunkie Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 So i move from SC and its still 65 Christmas Eve and 60 Christmas Day!...LOLL But i did have a half inch of snow the day i moved in!! Merry Christmas everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLander48 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Anyone know of good webcams in the TX panhandle? If I'm gonna be sitting at home in the mid 60's I might as well watch it snow on my computer lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRVwxfan. Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Anyone know of good webcams in the TX panhandle? If I'm gonna be sitting at home in the mid 60's I might as well watch it snow on my computer lol. http://its.txdot.gov/ITS_WEB/FrontEnd/default.html?r=AMA&p=Amarillo&t=cctv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I'd like to go back and look at the old TWC maps and watch the white blob on the daily forecast map move from the TX panhandle, right across the same latitude through the south and make that slight left turn as it pivots around VA/NC. The good ol' days. Makes you realize just how much easier it is to get snow when you have a -NAO. On another note, I'm being greedy and overly optimistic, hoping that New Year's Day threat gives someone SOMETHING. It's a GFS special. EURO says "lol wut?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceagewhereartthou Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Is it just me or is snow a heck of a lot easier to come by in TX than it is in GA ? Last winter, TX got slammed with snow and Atlanta got nothing. Now it looks like TX will get slammed with snow again and we get nothing. Yeah, it's a tough pill to swallow, and I'd say over the past 10 years or so, they have gotten way more than us, like not even close. Dallas has had several big snows over the past few years, way more than the upstate anyway. With the overall patterns over the past number of years, the trough always seem to set up to our West letting the cold air that way and keeping the SE wedge in place here. I can't tell you how many times over the past 6-8 years I have watched places like N Lousiana, Mississippi, and Alabama get snow along with Memphis, only for it to be rain here or a lakes cutter. Someone else said something about remembering systems go from Texas, march East, and come straight to us. I remember that as well, but now they are ALL lakes cutters or Apps runners. The only way us non upslope areas get snow nowadays are from Gulf systems, ULLs, or Nor' Easters. Most of the Gulf systems tend to have too much WAA and many of the Nor'Easters are too far off coast, leading to a pretty big snow drought for many. Apps always keep the coldr air to our West anyway, and that effect seems to have been magnified by the prevailing patterns over the past couple decades. Ahhh, the 80s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbjr Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Just for kicks (since everyone else around my house is knocking down the eggnog, beer, wine, and oh my God - turkey ....) Last full moon on Christmas - any southeast correlation? LOL (very) The only one before that after 1900 was 12/25/1920 and I can't figure out how to get a plot/map for that date alone. Anyone got a resource? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Just for kicks (since everyone else around my house is knocking down the eggnog, beer, wine, and oh my God - turkey ....) Last full moon on Christmas - any southeast correlation? LOL (very) comphour.N2TMLjP5C5.gif The only one before that after 1900 was 12/25/1920 and I can't figure out how to get a plot/map for that date alone. Anyone got a resource? Renalysis site for the old days http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/data/composites/plot20thc.day.v2.pl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbjr Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Renalysis site for the old days http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/data/composites/plot20thc.day.v2.pl Thanks Jon! Well - there goes any moon theory (you can't imagine the discussion)!!!! Now I can get an eggnog! Best, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I got a pair of snow shoes and a snow sweeper for the cars for Chriatmas. I am hoping to use them often this winter starting in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernskimmer Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Knew I would come in here and see a negative post from brick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Just wow at the rains. Chattahoochee has to be flooding big time. The big wet is unbeleivable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover91 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Haven't seen it show up on the Euro or GFS yet but Canadian has shown this system 2 runs in a row now and with the active STJ this wouldn't surprise me. Verbatim a little too warm for snow but very close especially NC/VA border. Something to keep an eye on, January 4-5th timeframe. Also the high res Euro is picking up on this with 4 of its ensembles showing a light to moderate event around the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Las Vegas got snow yesterday on Christmas. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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