January 24-26: Miracle or Mirage JV/Banter Thread!

[bncho]

What type of CWG forecast is this?

[IronTy]

1 minute ago, clskinsfan said:

You are going to flip too man. Maybe even before us. That primary is going to drive right up under you. But a beautiful place to be regardless. 

I'm gonna make sure we got to the cigar shop after we drive to the cheese/wine store in Oakland...to stock up just in case....

[clskinsfan]

RGEM has the primary into Ohio. Hope ya'll like ice. Cause we are gonna get a ton of it. 

[ErinInTheSky]

I don't think I've ever seen the GFS give me 20 inches and the NAM 4.5 inches for a storm that starts in two days.

 

What even is going on haha.

[clskinsfan]

Just now, ErinInTheSky said:

I don't think I've ever seen the GFS give me 20 inches and the NAM 4.5 inches for a storm that starts in two days.

 

What even is going on haha.

Just stop looking at the GFS man. It is literally worthless. 

[Maestrobjwa]

1 minute ago, clskinsfan said:

Just stop looking at the GFS man. It is literally worthless. 

Unless is pulls off a massive coup, it's performance with this storm has just damaged it's credibility even more. Who can trust it with anything?

[winter_warlock]

Im ready for the snow storm 
 

[clskinsfan]

[Roger Smith]

I don't know if it's just me, but I am beginning to think this rainstorm could start out with a touch of snow? 

[wxdude64]

Just now, Roger Smith said:

I don't know if it's just me, but I am beginning to think this rainstorm could start out with a touch of snow? 

I'm about to go pull up my post from Tuesday when the northern folks were cheering on the massive N trends and I was boo'd for "saying careful what you wish for, we could get 2-6 and then slop as NYC basks in 15"

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

5 minutes ago, winter_warlock said:

Im ready for the snow storm 
 

Holy crap!  That's like an alternate version of @Scraff's beer fridge!!!

[StormyClearweather]

I was so young; so naive. 

[clskinsfan]

The bright side of all of this is DT's head might literally explode. 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Just now, StormyClearweather said:

I was so young; so naive. 

The halcyon days when we were concerned about such things!!! 

[caviman2201]

The irony of how 2 days ago we mocked and laughed at the GFS for being so slow to come north... and now all we can do is pray its right not to... 

[Nomz]

4 minutes ago, StormyClearweather said:

I was so young; so naive. 

Not sure how to do the embedded post thing but mine is somehow worse:

[nj2va]

29 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I tried to brighten up the photo though I like the dark version of me better. Great meeting you both. We need a forum wide event gathering!

Great times!  Looking forward to the next one.

[wxdude64]

Well, NWS Blacksburg at least has ALL the bases covered lol

[clskinsfan]

Bro. this shit might actually move too far north for Boston. Which might just save this utter clownshow for me. Good god what a disaster.

[stormtracker]

2 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Thanks to @nw baltimore wx and @nj2va for joining me for a happy hour! Always nice to meet more folks. Cheers to all models caving to the GFS

Fucking nerds

[Nomz]

1 minute ago, clskinsfan said:

Bro. this shit might actually move too far north for Boston. Which might just save this utter clownshow for me. Good god what a disaster.

Look at my location. First winter away from Boston for college. Debating between wanting this to stay as it is so we can get some good thump, and hoping for it shoot way north so I don't have to see pictures of home covered in 24"

[LordBaltimore]

2-4 inches of sleet guy knew what's up

[stormtracker]

1 hour ago, caviman2201 said:

I've always wondered... do you all do some kind of on-duty rotations or how do you handle coverage?

Also, maybe some sort of crowdfunding/gofundme could be set up so folks could donate if they wanted to. I don't know how you all find the time and I've always found this to be a very well-moderated forum even back when I was at peak political douche phase and picking arguments with everyone in the off-topic swamp  folks let me say my piece.

We really don't do shifts.  I know they pay closer attention during big events and are generally just around.  I usually don't moderate because I'm terrible at it and I'm just as bad as anybody else.  

[Wxtrix]

On 1/21/2026 at 1:44 AM, Wxtrix said:

I still want a sleet bomb storm with thunder.

 

[WeatherGeek2025]

32 minutes ago, bncho said:

What type of CWG forecast is this?

i'm convinced the government in new york is stupid and a scam to take our money

[stormtracker]

8 minutes ago, caviman2201 said:

The irony of how 2 days ago we mocked and laughed at the GFS for being so slow to come north... and now all we can do is pray its right not to... 

It's a shit model relative to the Euro.  We all know it.  We secretly want it to hold and be right.  But we know what the deal is.

[TowsonWeather]

27 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

RGEM has the primary into Ohio. Hope ya'll like ice. Cause we are gonna get a ton of it. 

This could absolutely play out this way. 

But using the RGEM as your cliff-jumping last straw? lol...

 

[clskinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Nomz said:

Look at my location. First winter away from Boston for college. Debating between wanting this to stay as it is so we can get some good thump, and hoping for it shoot way north so I don't have to see pictures of home covered in 24"

You wanna go home to have any chance. Although I was not joking about them/you missing the big stuff up there too. If you stay you are going to see an icy hellscape. 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

2 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

It's a shit model relative to the Euro.  We all know it.  We secretly want it to hold and be right.  But we know what the deal is.

Thing is, overall the Euro doesn't look bad for us either.  It's not like the GFS of course, but we still do quite well.

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

3 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

i'm convinced the government in new york is stupid and a scam to take our money

Can we please keep political bullshit out of this?