Banter Thread

[NorthHillsWx]

I’m retiring from this hobby, there’s too much pain. Between this winter and the Clemson football season it’s been pretty tough on the soul 

[burgertime]

Happy new year from Germany (here on holiday) where it's currenttly snowing. Should get around six inches today in total and have had some heavy rates of around 1 inch an hour. This was before things got heavy

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[kvegas-wx]

4 hours ago, burgertime said:

Happy new year from Germany (here on holiday) where it's currenttly snowing. Should get around six inches today in total and have had some heavy rates of around 1 inch an hour. This was before things got heavy
 

 

 

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Burger just committed a mass stabbing (in the back) event for the SE Forum posters.  Good to hear from ya, but c'mon man?!?  Are you that tone deaf?  Tractor Supply has a shortage of pitchforks and kerosene around here and we're just waiting on DT to approve the riot!    Come on back and suffer with us friend!

[NGTim]

Something weird has happened to me somewhere between turning 50 and 60 plus which I am now.  I no longer am just downright sad and in the dumps when the forecasted winter temp is at or above normal.  When I was younger I had it really bad, as I'm sure many can identify with.  If it was going to be 60 degrees on Christmas or New Years (or heck, not stuck in the 30's all day), I almost couldn't enjoy it.  My older, I guess thinner blooded self says, you know, it was really nice being in the 70s on Christmas.  If its not going to snow, heck, I almost prefer it being warm.  Its real, but doesn't feel right, but, I am embracing it even though I feel dirty.

THAT being said, I do still love me some snow, and it got me thinking, is there a correlation between cold and snow (hear me out...).  I'm talking climatologically here, over the course of a winter.  Seems to me around here its all about timing, rather than if it was wall to wall cold.  So my question, and I don't want to just say hey @GaWx jump on this, but..., if you took a random city like Atlanta, or maybe Asheville, since its more likely to get snow there, is there a 100% correlation between a "cold winter" and snowfall amounts, or are you just as likely to get a big snow due to timing, in an otherwise "warm" or neutral winter.

[buckeyefan1]

4 hours ago, burgertime said:

Happy new year from Germany (here on holiday) where it's currenttly snowing. Should get around six inches today in total and have had some heavy rates of around 1 inch an hour. This was before things got heavy
 

 

 

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Happy New Year to you guys!! That, my friend, is beautiful and hopefully we will cash in at some point

16 minutes ago, NGTim said:

Something weird has happened to me somewhere between turning 50 and 60 plus which I am now.  I no longer am just downright sad and in the dumps when the forecasted winter temp is at or above normal.  When I was younger I had it really bad, as I'm sure many can identify with.  If it was going to be 60 degrees on Christmas or New Years (or heck, not stuck in the 30's all day), I almost couldn't enjoy it.  My older, I guess thinner blooded self says, you know, it was really nice being in the 70s on Christmas.  If its not going to snow, heck, I almost prefer it being warm.  Its real, but doesn't feel right, but, I am embracing it even though I feel dirty.

THAT being said, I do still love me some snow, and it got me thinking, is there a correlation between cold and snow (hear me out...).  I'm talking climatologically here, over the course of a winter.  Seems to me around here its all about timing, rather than if it was wall to wall cold.  So my question, and I don't want to just say hey @GaWx jump on this, but..., if you took a random city like Atlanta, or maybe Asheville, since its more likely to get snow there, is there a 100% correlation between a "cold winter" and snowfall amounts, or are you just as likely to get a big snow due to timing, in an otherwise "warm" or neutral winter.

I'm not Larry, but will chime in to say IMO it doesn't matter as much here in the south. We've scored during warm and cold winters. IMO the only thing that really matters is blocking. Don't get me wrong, having a cold winter sure does help if you are in the upper se or the mts, but without blocking you are putting your chips all in on passing clippers, sliders and the hope that the cold air will be established. 

PS....I deleted your thread as requested, but fyi there is not a limit on how many threads are made  

[GaWx]

3 hours ago, NGTim said:

Something weird has happened to me somewhere between turning 50 and 60 plus which I am now.  I no longer am just downright sad and in the dumps when the forecasted winter temp is at or above normal.  When I was younger I had it really bad, as I'm sure many can identify with.  If it was going to be 60 degrees on Christmas or New Years (or heck, not stuck in the 30's all day), I almost couldn't enjoy it.  My older, I guess thinner blooded self says, you know, it was really nice being in the 70s on Christmas.  If its not going to snow, heck, I almost prefer it being warm.  Its real, but doesn't feel right, but, I am embracing it even though I feel dirty.

THAT being said, I do still love me some snow, and it got me thinking, is there a correlation between cold and snow (hear me out...).  I'm talking climatologically here, over the course of a winter.  Seems to me around here its all about timing, rather than if it was wall to wall cold.  So my question, and I don't want to just say hey @GaWx jump on this, but..., if you took a random city like Atlanta, or maybe Asheville, since its more likely to get snow there, is there a 100% correlation between a "cold winter" and snowfall amounts, or are you just as likely to get a big snow due to timing, in an otherwise "warm" or neutral winter.

ATL 15 coldest winters since 1950-1/SN

1957-8 2.7” incl IP

1960-1 0.1”

1962-3 T + major ZR

1963-4 3.6”

1965-6 0.7”

1967-8 4.2” + major ZR

1968-9 2.2”

1969-70 0.6”

1976-7 1.0” + ZR

1977-8 0.3”

1978-9 4.6” IP + major ZR

1981-2 7.7” incl. IP + ZR

1983-4 1.3”

2009-10 5.3”

2010-1 7.1”

Avg 2.8” SN/IP + ~avg ZR

2.8”/1.9” = 1.5 times avg

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 Mild winters with 2”+: only 5 (~20% of them)

1951-2 3.9”

1990-1 2.1”

1991-2 5.0”

2001-2 4.6”

2017-8 4.7”

NN to cold winters with 2”+: 26 (~50% of them)

NN and BN similar chance for 2”+