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12/24/2009 1:17:41 AM

If this isn't a meteorological kick in the balls we are expecting 60F and rain for Christmas with a chance of thunderstorms

12/24/2009 1:20:48 PM

Not just that...they just got almost 10 inches in areas of northeast texas.

12/25/2009 7:55:50 AM

WINTER CANCEL

12/25/2009 5:25:59 PM

Hey Wx nerds, found this the other day, whatcha think?

Quote :

"If you grow up in England, as I did, a few items of unquestioned wisdom are passed down to you from the preceding generation. Along with stories of a plucky island race with a glorious past and the benefits of drinking unbelievable quantities of milky tea, you will be told that England is blessed with its pleasant climate courtesy of the Gulf Stream, that huge current of warm water that flows northeast across the Atlantic from its source in the Gulf of Mexico. That the Gulf Stream is responsible for Europe's mild winters is widely known and accepted, but, as I will show, it is nothing more than the earth-science equivalent of an urban legend."

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-source-of-europes-mild-climate

12/26/2009 8:18:40 AM

I heard thunder at least 3 times yesterday while in Clayton. Looks like they/you folks will be getting that snow in about 10 days.

[Edited on December 26, 2009 at 5:22 PM. Reason : .]

12/26/2009 5:20:56 PM

get that farmers almanac crap out of here

12/26/2009 6:37:57 PM

Ahahaha. And who the hell are you?

12/26/2009 10:42:18 PM

^^^That shit worked for us during the Blizzard of 96 or the Carolina Crusher..and since then I'm a believer.

12/27/2009 5:32:44 PM

blizzard of 96?

[Edited on December 27, 2009 at 10:26 PM. Reason : w]

12/27/2009 10:26:24 PM

You know, the one a few months after Hurricane Hugo.
But seriously, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1996? That'd be my guess. *shrug*

12/27/2009 10:31:02 PM

I guess he was up north during the blizzard then? Just the northern part of NC got snow.

[Edited on December 28, 2009 at 2:37 PM. Reason : w]

12/28/2009 2:36:40 PM

we got some wicked snow in this area in January of 2000. perhaps that's what he's remembering.

12/28/2009 2:37:05 PM

"wicked snow" is an understatement.

12/28/2009 3:30:47 PM

The 2000 snow was close to 20 inches in Raleigh. My family had just moved a week prior to Coral Springs Florida, so we missed it all. We got a pretty good snow in 2004 too, the day after Christmas. 6-9 inches from Raleigh and East. My Dad wrecked my 4Runner during that event.

12/28/2009 4:04:42 PM

That was my senior year in high school so since they had already rented the time at the civic center they kept our graduation on time while all of the other kiddies had to stay the extra two weeks to make up the snow days!

I also recommend skydiving after a decent snow event on an overcast day. Sure, it was cold as hell but oh wow was it beautiful!

12/29/2009 1:50:16 AM

^haha same story with me! were you in Wake County? it was so nice graduating on time while everyone else had to go to school

12/29/2009 9:00:01 AM

^^^outside of spring break that was one of the best weeks of my life while in college.

12/29/2009 9:37:34 AM

YIKES

12/29/2009 3:09:47 PM

NO SNOW IN ASHEVILLE PLEASE KTHX

12/29/2009 3:10:45 PM

that's a wind chill map...not precip?

12/29/2009 3:14:28 PM

i'm sorry, that wasn't directed at you. just at the weather gods in general.

no snow in asheville plskthx?

12/29/2009 3:15:43 PM

ohok


I WANT SNOW

K?

12/29/2009 3:40:05 PM

if you want snow then go the hell back to yankeeville ya damn yankee

12/29/2009 4:23:58 PM

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"were you in Wake County?"

Cary High represent!

Asheville is looking like a 50/50 chance of snow/rain later on in the week but that's just after a quick check on weather underground.

12/29/2009 4:36:09 PM

sweet, i was an East Wake High girl (out in Wendell)

we're in Asheville Thur-Sat for Avett Bros (among other things). it's gonna be cold enough. i don't wanna deal with rain/snow too

12/29/2009 4:37:55 PM

Yup I was a Junior in high school during the Carolina Crusher (Jan 2000). Good times! Had about 10 school days out of classes.

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 6:23 PM. Reason : jr]

12/29/2009 6:22:56 PM

just got back from the ohio/wv border near PA. saw plenty of snow on the way there and back... 3 inches fell while i was there and it was COLD COLD COLD this morning when i left at 9AM.

amazingly, all the roads up there get plowed and salted really quickly... lots different than snow down here.

12/29/2009 6:45:28 PM

Perhaps because we get snow once every never?

12/30/2009 12:25:43 AM

^^I marvel at that too.

I'm in chicago right now. The roads are clear, and almost completely dry...but there's a foot of fresh snow elsewhere. I'm like

12/30/2009 12:30:06 AM

Yeah not worth the money to buy all those plows for the chance of getting snow once the whole season. Some seasons we go without a trace.

12/30/2009 1:48:48 AM

have argentina put their plows ona cargo ship and send them here in november.

12/30/2009 1:52:20 AM

I think it helps that the locals in the North who have trucks also slap a snowplow right on the front.

12/30/2009 9:16:38 AM

lol, what's so amazing about it people? We live in the 21st century; you'd think that after putting men on the moon we'd know how to handle frozen water falling from the sky.

It's just a matter of is it cost effective to have equipment to deal with it quickly.

12/30/2009 9:35:50 AM

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"you'd think that after putting men on the moon"

Sure, but even that we haven't done in almost 40 years.

12/30/2009 9:37:40 AM

sNOw next week!

1/1/2010 10:28:54 PM

say what now?

1/2/2010 12:48:42 AM

cold

1/2/2010 12:10:08 PM

snow flurries thursday night into friday according to weather.com but wral and wunderground say no

1/4/2010 4:37:46 PM

1/4/2010 4:53:06 PM

this is a great article

http://www.wral.com/weather/blogpost/6732779/

1/4/2010 5:02:23 PM

WRAL says maybe an inch tonight

1/7/2010 8:12:56 AM

our office meteorologist says a "trace" at best because the system is coming from the mountains, and the mountains will likely take away most of the moisture and our snow chances.

whatever that means

1/7/2010 9:18:20 AM

Looks like the DOT was just looking for an excuse to burn our money and spray salt everywhere and get our cars dirty.

1/7/2010 9:56:32 AM

poor dirty red sports car

1/7/2010 9:56:54 AM

So what are the odds that I will be able to fly through Newark and DC on my way to Raleigh on Sunday without any weather delays?

1/7/2010 10:18:53 AM

no weather events forecasted for Newark, NJ for Sunday. it's just gonna be bitchin cold, in the low 20's for highs.

1/7/2010 11:44:05 AM

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"Looks like the DOT was just looking for an excuse to burn our money and spray salt everywhere and get our cars dirty"

salt isn't too great for your paint either. In CO, they use like a sand/salt mixture which is much better on the paint. Makes the cars much dirtier but its worthless worrying about it when your car get burried in snow every other day anyways :-P

1/7/2010 12:02:52 PM

I'm pretty sure everyone in this thread is aware that salt is all kinds of bad for cars, since its corrosive.

If you maintain a nice protective coating of wax on your paint salt should notbe much of a concern.

I grew up in the Northeast, I've seen my fair share of rusted out shitboxes.

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM. Reason : k]

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM. Reason : k]

1/7/2010 12:08:20 PM

^ exactly. Which is why you should never buy a used car in Michigan.

1/7/2010 1:57:26 PM