Re: Wx Banter Thread 1.0

by emokid51783 Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:09 pm

Waxino is pretty confident about this storm.

by **docstox12** Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:36 pm

essexcountypete wrote:The Knights who say N_M!!!!!

HEAD KNIGHT OF N_M: N_M!
KNIGHTS OF N_M: N_M!! N_M!! N_M!! N_M!! N_M!!
ARTHUR: Who are you?
HEAD KNIGHT: We are the Knights Who Say... 'N_M'!
RANDOM: 'N_M!
ARTHUR: No! Not the Knights Who Say 'N_M'!
HEAD KNIGHT: The same!
BEDEVERE: Who are they?
HEAD KNIGHT: We are the keepers of the sacred words: N_M, Suppressed, and Out-To-Sea!
RANDOM: Out-To-Sea! Out-To-Sea!
ARTHUR: Those who see them seldom live to give an accurate forecast!
HEAD KNIGHT: The Knights Who Say 'N_M' demand a sacrifice!
ARTHUR: Knights of N_M, we are but simple forecasters who seek the storm that lives within this model.
HEAD KNIGHT: N_M!
KNIGHTS OF N_M: N_M! N_M! N_M! N_M! N_M!...
ARTHUR: Ow! Ow! Ow! Agh!
HEAD KNIGHT: We shall say 'N_M' again to you if you do not appease us.
ARTHUR: Well, what is it you want?
HEAD KNIGHT: We want... an accurate forecasting model! [dramatic chord]
ARTHUR: A what?
KNIGHTS OF N_M: N_M! N_M! N_M! N_M!
ARTHUR and PARTY: Ow! Oh!
ARTHUR: Please, please! No more! We will find you a new model.
HEAD KNIGHT: You must return here with the new model or else you will never pass through this season alive!
ARTHUR: O Knights of N_M, you are just and fair, and we will return with a new model.
HEAD KNIGHT: One that actually works.
ARTHUR: Of course.
HEAD KNIGHT: And not too expensive.
ARTHUR: Yes.
HEAD KNIGHT: Now... go!

CLASSIC

by **docstox12** Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:37 pm

sroc4 wrote:"I fart in your general direction" I use that line weekly much to my wife's dismay

HILARIOUS

by **sroc4** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:02 pm

emokid51783 wrote:Waxino is pretty confident about this storm.

Who is waxino?

by **oldtimer** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:13 pm

Sroc He is from the old Channel 7 site Bill Evans You were on there

by **sroc4** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:14 pm

oldtimer wrote:Sroc He is from the old Channel 7 site Bill Evans You were on there

I thought so. Where is he these days

by **oldtimer** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:16 pm

I think he works off Facebook I real Buster He was ok Just a know-it-all

by **Dunnzoo** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:18 pm

emokid51783 wrote:Waxino is pretty confident about this storm.

haha He's always confident!

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:25 pm

Dunnzoo wrote:
emokid51783 wrote:Waxino is pretty confident about this storm.

haha He's always confident!

I woNDeR wHAt LauLER ThiNKs AboUt tHE stORm?

by emokid51783 Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:36 pm

18Z NAM AT hOUR 192 SHOWS DAY AFTRE TOMORROW!!

by **essexcountypete** Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:42 pm

syosnow94 wrote: NAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAMNAM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLKAq_hOuk8

by **Taffy** Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:14 pm

Pete, This is one of my fav Muppets. You're on a roll.

by **oldtimer** Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:15 am

Frank and RB put on a clinic tonight So interesting and confusing at the same time I just wish I knew a little more. So much stuff to digest with runs all over the place What knowledge!! If this storm goes down I just hope it don't include ice I would take rain if that's the case

by **skinsfan1177** Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:17 am

Yeah I was confused too but the analysis and discussion was great.

by **jmanley32** Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:42 am

pete omg, you had me rolling its the NAM getting between the Euro and GFS, messing this up, this pertains more to our last storm, still awesome where do you guys find these things?

by **jmanley32** Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:29 am

I can't post this in thread about storm but it really pisses me off when mets or reporters produce such low snow totals, 3-6? maybe less, I highly doubt it. Am not bashing anyone in met field as they know what they are doing but in this occasion I think what might be happening is they are affraid to say more due to the last bust, BUT this is going to leave Monday morning a possible nightmare if no precautions or preparations are taken, I hope by tonight or latest tomorrow morning the totals are upped if models hold steady, they looked good from last night, especially GEM which had me around 12-18,

Al I am stoked what about you?!

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:07 am

jmanley32 wrote:I can't post this in thread about storm but it really pisses me off when mets or reporters produce such low snow totals, 3-6? maybe less, I highly doubt it. Am not bashing anyone in met field as they know what they are doing but in this occasion I think what might be happening is they are affraid to say more due to the last bust, BUT this is going to leave Monday morning a possible nightmare if no precautions or preparations are taken, I hope by tonight or latest tomorrow morning the totals are upped if models hold steady, they looked good from last night, especially GEM which had me around 12-18,

Al I am stoked what about you?!

Jman going by last nights guidance to call for 12-18 down by Yonkers area would make no sense right now. There looks to be a lot of uncertainty especially regarding the mid levels warming above freezing as far north as even the HV. NYV area now is in a battle zone and changes to sleet and freezing rain are not only possibly but according to current guidance likely for a period. If it's while precip is heaviest amounts get cut down drastically. With the current thinking it's the correct call. Why even care all hat matters is what you end up with on the ground. NWS has me for 20-30 inches last storm and I got 4. I'd rather have receive the 20-30 and had them predicting 4-8.

by **docstox12** Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:11 am

From last night CP, I can see us right on the battle zone area.They had Mahwah going over to a mix on Monday while we stayed at all snow, but it is getting close now.What you say reminds me of the March 93 storm when that 3 inches of sleet turned what could have been an epic 36 inch snowstorm into 18 inches, three of which was the sleet.

And yes, I like the BD Blizzard type of forecasts....1 to 3 a couple of days before turning into a blizzard.

by **amugs** Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:27 am

DOC - And yes, I like the BD Blizzard type of forecasts....1 to 3 a couple of days before turning into a blizzard.

This would be a royal kick in the arse after Mon/Tues storm for us - what a way for Momma N (Mother Nature) to make it up!!

by **lglickman1** Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:14 pm

This is really getting annoying. This is one of those winters where nothing seems to be going right for the tri-state area.

by **Grselig** Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:18 pm

lglickman1 wrote:This is really getting annoying. This is one of those winters where nothing seems to be going right for the tri-state area.

I know. Seems like we had our big chance last week and many of us missed out. Just by our unlucky trends, this will be another slush storm. UGH. Can't get hopes up now as latest models seem to be warmer.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:29 pm

The funny thing about it is this. In the last eight days I've received over 15 inches of snow from three different storms. Normally I'd be elated but yet I don't ever think I can remember being more frustrated as a weather watcher than this past week. Of course this monday storm is turning out to be the icing on the cake. Two days ago every outlet talked about there being no precipitation type problems with the storm it's just how far north it will go to see if the snow will affect the big cities. We've now gone from that to multiple extreme precipitation type issues and temperature issues not only on the surface but mostly in the mid levels of the atmosphere. To have a projected high right now on Monday of 16° and to be worrying about changeover issues, that's just the last insult if it happens.

by **docstox12** Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:30 pm

Hey, CP, crazy stuff like that happens.Remember that 93-94 winter with the crazy cold ice storm.I swear I left my office and it was raining as hard as a thunderstorm at 20 degrees! 1/2 inch of ice froze instantly on the walks in no time and it stayed below 10 degrees for one solid week.

Buy, yeah, a real kick in the arse if we mix up in the HV.If we do, the City, Coast and LI get bupkus out of this.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:52 pm

docstox12 wrote:Hey, CP, crazy stuff like that happens.Remember that 93-94 winter with the crazy cold ice storm.I swear I left my office and it was raining as hard as a thunderstorm at 20 degrees! 1/2 inch of ice froze instantly on the walks in no time and it stayed below 10 degrees for one solid week.

Buy, yeah, a real kick in the arse if we mix up in the HV.If we do, the City, Coast and LI get bupkus out of this.

Good reminder there Doc.

There are many things that I remember about the winter of 93 – 94.

The first was the morning that the entire area including New York City had subzero temperatures, and in some cases in the -20 to -30° range. I remember I took a picture of my thermometer that morning, and if I still have it around I should post it as my avatar. It was -23° that morning in Monroe. New York City was -2° and I remember one town in northwest New Jersey set the state record low that morning with -34°. Almost every major reporting station in the Hudson Valley reported -20° readings from Poughkeepsie to Newburgh to Kingston to Middletown. Could you imagine what the news media would do with that now? They would treat it like the end of the world. The other thing was the back-to-back snowstorms with over a foot each. When that was over and with the extreme cold it really did look like Anchorage or Nome Alaska at that point.

However I had forgotten all about that severe ice storm that you mentioned. That was one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Heavy rain, temperatures in the teens, and a thunderstorm at one point with freezing rain. Of course that winter it never warmed up so trees and everything was encased in ice for weeks. We had about 2 feet of snow on the ground and a half inch thick sheet of ice on top of it. You didn't have to worry about walking in the deep snow because you walked right on top of it. The whole landscape looked like an ice palace for weeks. It was beautiful but destructive of course. I hope we don't have anything approaching that coming up Sunday night Monday. I love winter weather but ice storms I can do without.

by **docstox12** Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:13 pm

'93-'94 kind of gets overshadowed by the epic King of them all '95-'96, but it was an incredible winter to remember.

Yep, 1 1/2 foot of concrete for weeks frozen solid.

by **Dunnzoo** Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:28 pm

Between the model mayhem and a boring Super Bowl, I see a lot of consumption of adult beverages in our future drunken

by **docstox12** Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:30 pm

In that case, we'll call it the "Stupor Bowl."

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