February Banter 2026

[Jebman]

Everyone that plans to go skiing in deep fresh powder, needs to watch this vid.

 

 

[LordBaltimore]

I really, really, really need this sunday to be a MECS just so I can see the look on peoples faces when the last bit of snow finally melts only to be replaced by a fresh foot the very next day

[Amped]

The GFS shows 2 feet in Sailsbury, what could go wrong?

[dailylurker]

I see the lizard people on Facebook are plastering the gfs run all over social media. The soccer moms of Montgomery County are all headed for JI's Facebook page for a glimmer of hope that it isn't true.

[arlwx12]

In my opinion, this is another reason to NOT get involved with social media.

[Kay]

Catching up this morning feels like...everyone chipped in and bought a custom pinata labeled "GFS', and then gathered round and beat the crap out of it  (not sure what would be inside the pinata in this analogy. let's say sawdust.)

[nw baltimore wx]

33 minutes ago, Kay said:

Catching up this morning feels like...everyone chipped in and bought a custom pinata labeled "GFS', and then gathered round and beat the crap out of it  (not sure what would be inside the pinata in this analogy. let's say sawdust.)

If model bashing was an Olympic sport, we’d have some serious gold medal contenders here. 

[Kay]

2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

If model bashing was an Olympic sport, we’d have some serious gold medal contenders here. 

It's some tough competition. 

[Violentweatherfan]

6 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

If you know what to expect, it won't be.  The GFS is literally on its own.  I hope nobody here is falling for this.   It has a historic blizzard at 84 hours and it will be wrong.  That's fucking embarrasing.

I’m convinced it’s the NWS budget cuts 

[AlexD1990]

GFS be like:

 

[nw baltimore wx]

Whew. USA women’s curling almost got cheesed by the Swiss.

[Eskimo Joe]

34 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

you might be joking but.. yeah, 100%.

 

37 minutes ago, rjvanals said:

The GFS needs massive investments since it’s a national security problem being this inaccurate at such short ranges 

Putting this in banter, but it's going to be very difficult if not impossible to see sensible, sustained improvements in American NWP for the next decade or so. The current Federal climate is extremely hostile to meteorology and earth science right now. Both operational and research efforts across the country are being gleefully decimated. Meanwhile, the Euro-AI is schooling us on a weekly basis. This is the end result of years of doing lots of little things consistently well across the pond. 

[Maestrobjwa]

36 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

 

Putting this in banter, but it's going to be very difficult if not impossible to see sensible, sustained improvements in American NWP for the next decade or so. The current Federal climate is extremely hostile to meteorology and earth science right now. Both operational and research efforts across the country are being gleefully decimated. Meanwhile, the Euro-AI is schooling us on a weekly basis. This is the end result of years of doing lots of little things consistently well across the pond. 

Why do you say decade? Do you think if we get a friendlier federal climate in a couple years, that would help get things back on track sooner than that?

[nw baltimore wx]

Absolutely poured snow today at the Olympics. Fun watching the Nordic events.