12/8 Southern Slider

[SnowenOutThere]

As @WxUSAF pointed out this is now a legitimate enough event for the southern folks to start a thread specifically for it! Let's try to will this thing a little bit further north to get it to everyone. 

[SnowenOutThere]

This is also a great test case on if starting a thread ruins an event as if this manages to completely fall apart within 12 hours of the start time the curse may be real. 

[WxUSAF]

Good luck ya jerks 

[Rhino16]

I’m trying to keep an eye on the RRFS’ performance with this one, I haven’t been watching it lately but this time I’m taking note.

[eyewall]

See you in South Hill! 

[Rvateach]

Things always seem to slide North leaving us with the leftovers and somehow we could go 2/2 and still early December is wild.

Fingers crossed for the snow day tomorrow!


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[Maestrobjwa]

5 minutes ago, Rvateach said:

Things always seem to slide North leaving us with the leftovers and somehow we could go 2/2 and still early December is wild.

Fingers crossed for the snow day tomorrow!


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Really? Y'all have gotten more main courses of sliders than some of us northerners have had in 8 years!

[Bob Chill]

Most interesting part of this storm is the surface temps dropping from near freezing at onset to mid 20s during the meat. I didn't get good ratios last storm due to warmish start and temps just below freezing when it mattered. Could be a lot fluffier this go around. I like my yard for this one. 

[nw baltimore wx]

2 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Really? Y'all have gotten more main courses of sliders than some of us northerners have had in 8 years!

True or not, let’s not do this here. Good luck to all and post pics please!

[Rvateach]

Really? Y'all have gotten more main courses of sliders than some of us northerners have had in 8 years!

Just how it always seems to feel but things have evened out over the past few seasons I feel like.

Def in the “sweet spot” for the time being.


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[Buddy1987]

4 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

Most interesting part of this storm is the surface temps dropping from near freezing at onset to mid 20s during the meat. I didn't get good ratios last storm due to warmish start and temps just below freezing when it mattered. Could be a lot fluffier this go around. I like my yard for this one. 

TELL ME MORE!!

[Huffwx]

Loaded up and ready to go in Bedford county. 

[Jrlg1181]

5 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

Most interesting part of this storm is the surface temps dropping from near freezing at onset to mid 20s during the meat. I didn't get good ratios last storm due to warmish start and temps just below freezing when it mattered. Could be a lot fluffier this go around. I like my yard for this one. 

Agree, its definitely colder... In Charlottesville at the moment - already down to 33 according to the car...

[NorthArlington101]

If you all don’t send pics we’ll banish you to another subforum for real! Good luck

[NorthArlington101]

Also, for the record, I’d still gamble DC sees a T out of this.

[Bob Chill]

3 minutes ago, Buddy1987 said:

TELL ME MORE!!

Soundings on the nam look pretty good. The only level anywhere near or above freezing is right at the surface and that's at the beginning. Mid level winds are out of the east and not south like usual when it gets going and surface winds are out of the north the whole time. Mid level winds veer NE towards the end. We'll see how it goes but my personal algorithm says the snow will be dry and fluffy. Could get some decent ratio stuff where the best lift runs overhead and both our yards have some periods of that. Not too shabby for early Dec

[Buddy1987]

Should get some good radiational cooling taking please earlier on this evening. Still a decent amount of clear skies before the sun set here. Temp down to 39 from a high of 46. 

[bncho]

what in abomination is this lol

[wawarriors4]

Hard to figure out what to expect around Fredericksburg. Feel like an inch at where I work in Spotsy County could be doable but more like 0.5” at home in Stafford. Good times! Good luck everyone!

[aldie 22]

33 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Good luck ya jerks 

We need Tomer Berg to show us why this will come north

[SnowenOutThere]

29 minutes ago, eyewall said:

See you in South Hill! 

I haven't even considered doing that tomorrow. Its an hour and 15 drive and I have class at 1pm so maybe mid morning would work. That said, its finals week so I may just stay local to conserve my energy. Will you be going back there though? 

[Benjamn3]

Eagle Rock, VA here, about 30 mi NW of Roanoke. We shall see what happens, animals were deff moving this evening when I was hunting. I’m off work tomorrow and hoping we do well. 

[wxdude64]

10 minutes ago, Benjamn3 said:

Eagle Rock, VA here, about 30 mi NW of Roanoke. We shall see what happens, animals were deff moving this evening when I was hunting. I’m off work tomorrow and hoping we do well. 

And I'm about 20 miles NNW of you. Roll the dice and see what happens! Sitting at 33.0/29.1 at 6 pm after a 47 high. Only patchy snow on north facing areas left from Friday's 5.3".

[Bob Chill]

11 minutes ago, Benjamn3 said:

Eagle Rock, VA here, about 30 mi NW of Roanoke. We shall see what happens, animals were deff moving this evening when I was hunting. I’m off work tomorrow and hoping we do well. 

I've spent some time hunting our land and have yet to tag one. Ran into a 10 point buck last Sunday while working and forgot my rifle. Now I always have my rifle and no buck to be seen lol. Isn't that how it always goes?  

I'll try again Tuesday and do some snow tracking. Either sex season in my county thru Jan 3rd so I'd take a medium sized doe and be happy as F with that but I kinda got buck fever right now lol

[Benjamn3]

7 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

And I'm about 20 miles NNW of you. Roll the dice and see what happens! Sitting at 33.0/29.1 at 6 pm after a 47 high. Only patchy snow on north facing areas left from Friday's 5.3".

37 and 31 here good buddy. I still have snow in my woods and on the north faces like you. I think we topped out at 44 today. Hope we can get some good crystallization rates tomorrow once the temp starts going down. 

[SnowenOutThere]

18z Euro really moistened the storm up for the southern crew

[ldub23]

i am hoping for  more than a cartopper.

[chris624wx]

9 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

18z Euro really moistened the storm up for the southern crew

I'll take that for early December down here on the Southside!

[Benjamn3]

3 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

I've spent some time hunting our land and have yet to tag one. Ran into a 10 point buck last Sunday while working and forgot my rifle. Now I always have my rifle and no buck to be seen lol. Isn't that how it always goes?  

I'll try again Tuesday and do some snow tracking. Either sex season in my county thru Jan 3rd so I'd take a medium sized doe and be happy as F with that but I kinda got buck fever right now lol

Buddy my mama is in Craig county where I grew up. So I’ve never seen a decent buck, they don’t exist cause they don’t live long enough or go nocturnal in my moms neck of the woods. I jumped the biggest nicest buck I ever seen while slip hunting my new property. For the first time in my life I have buck fever haha I haven’t pulled the trigger on shit this year. Me and my wife are in a rental while our house is being restored and I don’t have a decent freezer so it’s for the best I reckon. 

[BristowWx]

37 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

18z Euro really moistened the storm up for the southern crew

Happy for you…but man this is gonna be painful north of EZF.  Oof.  Wake me when it’s over.  Get me my sedative!