February Banter 2026

[wxmeddler]

Most of you all missed out on when EasternWx / AmWx had conferences. Amazing memories. The confrence threads are likely still around somewhere.

[yoda]

2 hours ago, wxmeddler said:

Most of you all missed out on when EasternWx / AmWx had conferences. Amazing memories. The confrence threads are likely still around somewhere.

They are in the OT section

[Stormpc]

2 minutes ago, yoda said:

They are in the OT section

Speaking of OT, big ISLES win last night!

[yoda]

1 minute ago, Stormpc said:

Speaking of OT, big ISLES win last night!

Yes, us Penguins have a habit of losing games late we shouldn't be losing.  

[yoda]

Wat

https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2019119800098963674

https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2019119940767556049

 

[mappy]

4 hours ago, wxmeddler said:

Most of you all missed out on when EasternWx / AmWx had conferences. Amazing memories. The confrence threads are likely still around somewhere.

Ha those were fun and I only attended 2. I heard the Eastern ones were a good time 

If @H2O and I were bad friends we would def share at least one loltastic photo of @stormtracker but we’re good people and won’t do that to him  

[stormtracker]

33 minutes ago, mappy said:

Ha those were fun and I only attended 2. I heard the Eastern ones were a good time 

If @H2O and I were bad friends we would def share at least one loltastic photo of @stormtracker but we’re good people and won’t do that to him  

[wasnow215]

Interesting reading the medium/long range thread. Looks like next week and the week after could either be warm or cold, wet or dry
 

Kind of like watching the local evening news. Lol

[H2O]

38 minutes ago, mappy said:

Ha those were fun and I only attended 2. I heard the Eastern ones were a good time 

If @H2O and I were bad friends we would def share at least one loltastic photo of @stormtracker but we’re good people and won’t do that to him  

 

5 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

I have more than one.  muhahahahahahahahaha

[GreyHat]

Latest on the bay bridge ice. The channel is ice free

[pazzo83]

5 hours ago, yoda said:

Wat

https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2019119800098963674

https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2019119940767556049

 

so what do we think of this?

[LP08]

27 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

so what do we think of this?

I like it. Can’t keep waiting and hoping one of these drafts will work.  Still keep this years lottery pick. The two “firsts” they gave up are pretty useless (OKCs pick will be 29-31, and the 2030 pick is golden states (top 20 protected)). They must think the core of Sarr Tre and Kyshawn are ready-ish to make a leap with two veteran top 30 dudes.  The east is weak and you will never get a big name in free agency so why not.

[Steve25]

Tom Tasselmyer tweeted that BWI will break into the top 10 of consecutive days with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground tomorrow with 12 days. 
 

I’m curious exactly how much is currently left on the ground where they record that measurement and how long they can go. I’d imagine it’s not out of the question they can make it until next Monday with the cold air settling back in place. That would put them at 16 days. 

[Jebman]

Uh-oh storms are coming back to the Pac Northwest and north California

Austin is heating up too - Weekend will be in the mid 80s.

[Jebman]

2 hours ago, GreyHat said:

Latest on the bay bridge ice. The channel is ice free

Been a while, I think that happened last in the late 1970s when I was 14 lol

[Jebman]

On 2/1/2026 at 7:09 PM, MillvilleWx said:

Just some context for how insane this cold outbreak is in Florida, here are some nuggets for your viewing pleasure....

• Great Falls, MT was officially warmer than Key West, FL today by 4 whole degrees (62F vs 58F)
• Boca Raton, FL never got out of the 40s for a high (48F)
• Havana, Cuba just BARELY beat out Great Falls for a high today (63F vs 62F)
• 12z sounding from KEY eclipsed their low 850mb temp record for the day by reporting below 0C after never recording below 5C on this date at any point in their history of record dating back to 1954
• The 850mb temperature at KEY was -1.8C at 12z. If this is confirmed, it will be the all time coldest 850mb temperature ever recorded via RAOB at Key West, again dating back to obs from 1954. Over 40000 soundings have been launched in its period of record

This is going on my new DokuWiki and the ScienceWeather 4 MyBB forum.

[87storms]

59 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

so what do we think of this?

It’s mostly to help Sarr develop. If healthy, he’ll bring some wins, but I don’t think that’s the ultimate reason for the trade.

[aldie 22]

Yesterday I drove from Winchester to Greensboro and the entire drive was snow covered it was pretty cool to see. Greensboro got about 10" from the storm but it was melting off pretty fast but still a good amount in some yards.  Cold winter 

[snowfan]

Shots fired in the LR thread.

 

[CAPE]

1 minute ago, snowfan said:

Shots fired in the LR thread.

 

[RevWarReenactor]

I mean; its the truth. The arrogance here is pathetic for a junk science hobby. If my post was banter, I'd get it. But it was great analysis. 6z GFS showed rainers, good bet its right based on climo. Its just the truth. But I get attacked by a lot of arrogant people who think they are super duper smart. 

[RevWarReenactor]

ANd Im not the least but afraid of Randy. But hilarious you think I am. "Randy might like to see it" Yeah I'd say all that right to his face in person. He is of course free to hit his trusty ban button as per usual. 

[snowfan]

Salary bragging....especially here in the DMV....is always a choice lol.

[dailylurker]

1 minute ago, RevWarReenactor said:

ANd Im not the least but afraid of Randy. But hilarious you think I am. "Randy might like to see it" Yeah I'd say all that right to his face in person. He is of course free to hit his trusty ban button as per usual. 

Ban this mental case. We don't need this bs here. 

[CAPE]

2 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Ban this mental case. We don't need this bs here. 

Just keep him out of the main threads. Panic room only access lol.

[psuhoffman]

9 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

I mean; it’s the truth. The arrogance here is pathetic for a junk science hobby. If my post was banter, I'd get it. But it was great analysis. 6z GFS showed rainers, good bet it’s right based on climo. It’s just the truth. But I get attacked by a lot of arrogant people who think they are super duper smart. 

I think maybe you’re confusing frustration with analysis. Rain is the more likely outcome in any given threat by default due to our location.  That part is true. But using the op run of the absolute worst model to “analyze” this specific storm threat isn’t good analysis. Applying your fear that our typical climo issues will prevail isn’t analysis either. That’s true of every single threat. You could say that a week out every time. But sometime it does snow. Yes we fail 90% of the time but if you simply rely on climo you will miss the rare times we win. What you did was lazy because instead of looking at this specific situation and analyzing it independently you simply applied your frustrations based on our climo limitations to justify dismissing it without analyzing it. 

[psuhoffman]

7 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

ANd Im not the least but afraid of Randy. But hilarious you think I am. "Randy might like to see it" Yeah I'd say all that right to his face in person. He is of course free to hit his trusty ban button as per usual. 

I think maybe you need to listen to some calming music and plan a snow chase somewhere or something. Or maybe find a more fulfilling hobby.  This is not said in jest. Life’s too short to be this frustrated about anything. 

[GATECH]

14 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

I mean; its the truth. The arrogance here is pathetic for a junk science hobby. If my post was banter, I'd get it. But it was great analysis. 6z GFS showed rainers, good bet its right based on climo. Its just the truth. But I get attacked by a lot of arrogant people who think they are super duper smart. 

You lost all credibility when you said “gfs…and I bet it’s right.”

[RevWarReenactor]

3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

I think maybe you’re confusing frustration with analysis. Rain is the more likely outcome in any given threat by default due to our location.  That part is true. But using the op run of the absolute worst model to “analyze” this specific storm threat isn’t good analysis. Applying your fear that our typical climo issues will prevail isn’t analysis either. That’s true of every single threat. You could say that a week out every time. But sometime it does snow. Yes we fail 90% of the time but if you simply rely on climo you will miss the rare times we win. What you did was lazy because instead of looking at this specific situation and analyzing it independently you simply applied your frustrations based on our climo limitations to justify dismissing it without analyzing it. 

But I think people do forget our climo. They do forget how these things usually end up for us. There is way too much "Oh well it shows a threat at least, so its good" and getting emotionally invested in a possible outcome that is very unlikely to happen. 

Its much better to simply look at climo and make a forecast than it is to look at models 200+ hours out and analysis them. Yet we focus way too much on the former, and then get disappointed when climo eventually shows up on the models. 

[TSSN+]

12 minutes ago, RevWarReenactor said:

ANd Im not the least but afraid of Randy. But hilarious you think I am. "Randy might like to see it" Yeah I'd say all that right to his face in person. He is of course free to hit his trusty ban button as per usual. 

It was nice knowing ya! Oh wait it wasn’t.