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[Typhoon Tip]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I have low standards this time of year

yeah it'll actually be quite balmy tomorrow with light winds and mid 50s under mostly sunny.  That'd be the new warmest day so far

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I completely understand this in the age of lawsuits. I guess looking at everything today given the time of year, I didn’t see the reason for a “emergency dismissal”.

Ok I get that…but as the top administrator for a school district…it’s you that’s gonna take the heat for the call you make.  If folks weren’t so sue happy…then absolutely I agree with you. But that’s not the case…so what else can one do when presented with a possible situation like his…?  You play it safe..and save your job. And then nobody gets hurt and you’re a hero. 

[The 4 Seasons]

light snow

[WinterWolf]

30 minutes ago, Spanks45 said:

oh they had plenty of time for that too....they are also on track to be done with school by May 15th, earlier if they want to by doing some extra work each day. They also get mandatory hiking days in the spring when the weather is nice

Oh ok..good to hear. 

[metagraphica]

Light snow. 33 degrees.

[Ginx snewx]

Lt snow.  Inch by inch crawling to 80

[WxWatcher007]

-SN at 28.2°

Give me some ZR please

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Lt snow.  Inch by inch crawling to 80

And more to come perhaps…. 

[WinterWolf]

Light Snow…crawling to 60” lol.  If the blizzard didn’t bone me, I’d be crawling to 80” too. 

[metagraphica]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

And more to come perhaps…. 

No thank you.

[Ginx snewx]

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

And more to come perhaps…. 

I reached my ave 58 and 21 more. Let's hope we make a run at 100

[WxWatcher007]

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

And more to come perhaps…. 

Yeah, we’re not done after this. 

[Brian5671]

11 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Ok I get that…but as the top administrator for a school district…it’s you that’s gonna take the heat for the call you make.  If folks weren’t so sue happy…then absolutely I agree with you. But that’s not the case…so what else can one do when presented with a possible situation like his…?  You play it safe..and save your job. And then nobody gets hurt and you’re a hero. 

Not so sure of that-the places that canceled along the shoreline are taking a beating for over-correcting the other way after last Wednesday's non call.   it's 33 with light rain and wet roads and places are closed.   

[Torch Tiger]

19 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

You guys are pansies.

It's a nanny state through and through. Gutless

[Typhoon Tip]

This whole event is quite warm frontal like.  I was thinking it was more symbolic of that yesterday but now it looks like it is an actual WAA/overrunning venting out ahead of a diffused warm transition.    

Noooormally I'd go above machine guidance when looking at those synoptic params for tomorrow ... Not so sure over a foot of corn snow pack.  It'll be an interesting ob.  Either way, with unnoticeable light zephyrs but noticeably warmer March sun it's going to sensibly appeal pretty fantastic for spring enthusiasts circa 2:15 in the afternoon.

[WinterWolf]

4 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Not so sure of that-the places that canceled along the shoreline are taking a beating for over-correcting the other way after last Wednesday's non call.   it's 33 with light rain and wet roads and places are closed.   

That’s on them for f’ing up last Wednesday.  Our guy here had a delay, and then went to canceling last Wednesday …he made the right call. You’re guy not so much. 

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Yeah, we’re not done after this. 

I agree…whether we like that, or not. 

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

That’s on them for f’ing up last Wednesday.  Our guy here had a delay, and then went to canceling last Wednesday …he made the right call. You’re guy not so much. 

yeah and that's what led to today-an overcorrection the wrong way.  (except in Fairfield we have a normal full day which was the right call) to the dismay of my sons lol

[WinterWolf]

7 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Not so sure of that-the places that canceled along the shoreline are taking a beating for over-correcting the other way after last Wednesday's non call.   it's 33 with light rain and wet roads and places are closed.   

And it’s colder here..29 with close to moderate snow now. 

[ineedsnow]

Ripping massive flakes 

[QuietCorner]

Light snow here - it's almost coming down in slow motion

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Ended up being the right call here, sidewalks already slick for pickup with the radar lit up to our west with snow and sleet.. The sleet makes it worse as it doesn't melt as quickly as the snow does with the March sun 

[Brian5671]

rain sleet mix here 33

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

40 minutes ago, UnitedWx said:

Regarding schools closing I can tell you that some of it is simply that some systems don't have the maintenance staff that they did a decade or two ago. I've seen it myself in a couple systems where I do electrical maintenance. They can't keep up with stairs and sidewalks let alone parking lots. And then of course there's always our litigious society 

Yea we don’t mind the closures personally but other parents don’t have as much luxury/flexibility. I get it though, it is never as easy as just looking at the weather forecast for a decision…

[UnitedWx]

40 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Enough with the cancellation BS. John(FXWX) explained things perfectly a while back.  All It takes is one little mishap, and a kid gets hurt, and say good bye to your job as as superintendent. And a massive law suit for the town/city.
 

If I was in that job I’d cancel too…not going down from sue happy folks. Lots of districts, including mine, had a half day already planned, and the onset of frozen precip here inland was going to coincide with dismissal and travel during that window.   If we had a full day here…I think we wouldn’t have had a cancellation.  But we were slated to get out early and that’s what prompted the cancellation. 
 

If folks weren’t so lawsuit happy, maybe it would be different..but it isn’t. So that’s why it is the way it is.

Our superintendent made a bad call his first year in, and he had us going in in the morning during a freezing drizzle event in early January, that came out of nowhere, and it was a total disaster of a morning.  The parents and teachers wanted to hang the guy. He said never again…and I don’t blame the poor guy.  It ain’t worth the hassle, and potential loss of your job. 

Tort reform is desperately needed, but never comes

[Brian5671]

4 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yea we don’t mind the closures personally but other parents don’t have as much luxury/flexibility. I get it though, it is never as easy as just looking at the weather forecast for a decision…

got to be one of the worst parts of the job-making inclement weather calls...outside of the easy ones (like the blizzard) it's tough.

[powderfreak]

30 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I have low standards this time of year

37F now off a -8F min, lol.

Low standards or not, this sun and temp feels intoxicating after the obnoxious Arctic shot.

Wandering around town nude, ha.

They did not cancel school up here.

[met_fan]

This storm is so exciting people are talking about tort reform

[CoastalWx]

Snow staring. 8-10” Enroute.

[WinterWolf]

Heavy snow..28 degrees-great snow growth too. Accumulating on everything. As Seymour said…was the right call for inland areas FOR SURE. Elementary kids would be getting out here in 45 min-to an hour today…wouldn’t have been good.