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"hahahahah what kinda STUPID local weatherman is gonna make that kinda prediction for this area? does he plan on swimming in the fountain with Greg Fishel?"

AHAHHAHAHHAHA this made me lolz.

yes i would like an update. would be nice to know if i need to stock up on wine and steak for this weekend.

1/28/2010 8:28:15 AM

The one day of the year I actually have something planned and it affects my plans for the next week and this shit decides to happen. Looks like I will continue to pay for an empty new apartment as I highly doubt time warner or furniture delivery will take place on saturday as planned.

1/28/2010 8:43:28 AM

^^When should you not stock up on wine and steak?

1/28/2010 8:44:16 AM

*****ALERT*****

From our guy this morning. Looks like...we might actually...get some accumulation? /

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"Here is our latest forecast for this weekend. Raleigh could see about a ¼’’ of ice and 10-14’’ of snow Friday night into early Sunday morning. I’ll send out a more detailed forecast for the office later today."

That being said, I'm actually going to buy extra beer today! And, uh....milk and bread?

1/28/2010 8:52:55 AM

I'm still holding out hope it'll shift a bit North so we get more up in WV. It's looking like 4-8" up there total, but I'm sure that'll be locally higher on the mountain.

I'd say it's pretty certain Greensboro gets nailed and Raleigh gets at least ice covered by a fair amount of snow...

^ I think that is VERY overly optimistic, but we'll see.

1/28/2010 8:55:22 AM

Yeah, from what I have seen it looks like the northern part of Guilford County could see 8+ inches. I am down in the southeastern part of the county, and it looks like I could get 5-8". I can deal with the snow, I just hope the ice stays south. They are saying Asheboro could get an inch of ice, and that will no doubt kill the electricity down there for a couple days.

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 8:59 AM. Reason : a]

1/28/2010 8:58:52 AM

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"If you let your refrigerated items go bad in a snowstorm then you deserve all of the bad things in life."

Exactly.


And what's this talk about buying beer. It's the weekend...aren't you gonna buy beer anyway?

1/28/2010 9:01:34 AM

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"^^When should you not stock up on wine and steak?"

normally i do my grocery shopping on either saturday or sunday. i'm just wondering if i should go ahead and do it today so i dont have to worry about the yo-yo's on the road.

1/28/2010 9:05:52 AM

I havent looked around much but as of now what time are they thinking the wintry stuff will start tomorrow? Just trying to look into getting this shit taken care of before saturday now

1/28/2010 9:07:16 AM

^the evening commute is what i'm hearing (5p-6p)

1/28/2010 9:08:54 AM

The issues here are that model trends are continuing to get colder and colder. The freezing and ice situation has shifted much further south, with mainly a significant threat of sleet and snow in the Triangle area. The thermal profile is ridiculously out of norm...you never see one this conducive to a large amount (1-2") of sleet. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. The 2000 event began as a sleet event as well...and you saw how that evolved. But then again, this is a little different from that setup.

1/28/2010 9:10:25 AM

I love weather prediction. Wral says 6-10", abc 13 says 1-3" with ice. G105 weather says light rain for tomorrow night. I need to go become a meteorologist. That has to be the only job where you can basically tell everyone "I don't know what the hell is going to happen" and not be looking for a new job the next day.

1/28/2010 9:10:51 AM

Ah, the glorious 2000 event. My senior year of HS, out of school for 2 weeks in January -- but didn't have to make up any days at the end of the year cuz Graduation was already booked.

1/28/2010 9:11:20 AM

Snow:



Ice:

1/28/2010 9:17:40 AM

^^^If you're limiting yourself to TV mets, you'd be correct, sorta. Thankfully, they don't make up the majority.

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 9:22 AM. Reason : ]

1/28/2010 9:17:42 AM

I really don't see how WTVD and the local NBC-17 are both calling for wintry mix and maybe 1-3" based on ALL the models calling for roughly a foot.

1/28/2010 9:24:57 AM

Here is my latest accumulation forecast:



[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 10:26 AM. Reason : .]

1/28/2010 10:26:03 AM

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"Ah, the glorious 2000 event. My senior year of HS, out of school for 2 weeks in January -- but didn't have to make up any days at the end of the year cuz Graduation was already booked. "

same here! thank you wake county

1/28/2010 10:45:39 AM

1/28/2010 10:54:32 AM

Guess they finally started breaking out the big numbers

1/28/2010 10:56:21 AM

10" of snow on WRAL means we're going to end up getting 1" of freezing rain.

1/28/2010 11:05:16 AM

just once, when someone tells me i'm gonna get 10 inches, i'd really like to get 10 inches!!!!1

1/28/2010 11:05:49 AM

That weather lady looks like a mutant Liv Tyler

1/28/2010 11:08:03 AM

^^That's what she said


If this is the big storm in Raleigh this year I'm going to be pissed I missed it!

The blizzard of 2000 was so great. No classes + drunk + shenanigans on Frat Court = ftw.

1/28/2010 11:10:31 AM

The blizzard of 2000 was so great. No classes + drunk + shenanigans on Frat Court Brent Road = ftw.

1/28/2010 11:11:57 AM

ain't no sorority houses on brent road...though now that I think about it, it was the Sigma Kappas that destroyed our functional 10' snow penis

1/28/2010 11:23:49 AM

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"just once, when someone tells me i'm gonna get 10 inches, i'd really like to get 10 inches!!!!1 "

Way back in the day when I worked in the computer labs, a girl came in with a shirt that's awesome: snow is like sex: you never know how much you'll get, or how long it will last.

1/28/2010 11:44:00 AM

pat...please tell me how the 10' snow penis was functional. were sorostitutes using it as a dildo?

1/28/2010 11:44:06 AM

dude on wtvd said 1 inch in raleigh, and there's even a force field of no snow just around apex

what

speakin of which: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/gallery?section=news&id=7242005&photo=1

lamest photo feature ever

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM. Reason : Ø]

1/28/2010 12:29:43 PM

I'm going to stop with the updates for sake of not getting people overly excited (even though I'm just reading and re-posting)... but it appears to be shifting slightly northward, which would mean less cold air in the Triangle. Take that for it's worth.

The 9:00-10:00pm model updates should tell the whole story later today. I'll probably post again when those come out for the lazy who don't want to look at them.

1/28/2010 12:34:57 PM

it's fucking 60 degrees outside right now

i'm calling bullshit on the whole god damned storm

1/28/2010 12:35:49 PM

i agree thumper. it's getting to be pretty warm outside.

1/28/2010 12:37:06 PM

I'm gonna leave work early so I can lay out and work on my tan.

1/28/2010 12:41:37 PM

yeah, weather doesn't change quickly. ever.

go outside tomorrow in shorts and a t-shirt at 6 PM and let me know how you feel.

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 12:43 PM. Reason : ]

1/28/2010 12:42:05 PM

i'm saying with temps this high, the ground will warm up. and the warmer the ground is, the less likely the snow will be to stick.

1/28/2010 12:43:15 PM

oh, you wait. you get this much snow in this time period, it's going to "stick."

actually, would make it more difficult to travel with the refreezing of melting initial snow. going to be good times.

Also, your soil temperatures are in the mid 30s. Not quite as warm as some would think.

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 12:47 PM. Reason : ]

1/28/2010 12:43:59 PM

oh, i'll wait.

1/28/2010 12:44:09 PM

ground temps are still only 36-39. six hours of air temps in the 60s arent going to change it that dramatically. still going to be plenty of chilling time before this gets here.

1/28/2010 12:48:21 PM

ya'll got a good bike to back pedal on this weekend?

1/28/2010 12:50:56 PM

haha...won't need it, unfortunately.

1/28/2010 12:51:41 PM

the sky is falling

1/28/2010 12:51:47 PM

^^care to make a friendly wager?

1/28/2010 12:52:56 PM

so where do you go to see the latest models?

1/28/2010 1:02:43 PM

what are the terms of said wager?

1/28/2010 1:03:03 PM

i dunno, 10 dollar bucks to the person who's right

if we get a dusting of snow and negligible ice -- I WIN
if we get a few inches of snow and/or significant ice -- YOU WIN

1/28/2010 1:07:09 PM

easy money, it would seem, huh?

1/28/2010 1:09:30 PM

totally easy money, cuz we ain't gettin shit

1/28/2010 1:10:47 PM

what's your weatherman say? i think it looks too good to NOT happen.

1/28/2010 1:11:34 PM

he hasn't sent out his update yet, but he leaves soon so it's forthcoming. i'll post it here when he sends it!

1/28/2010 1:12:34 PM

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"Much of North Carolina is now under a Winter Storm Watch from Friday night until Saturday night. After a nice, sunny day of 60 degrees today a cold front will move through central NC early tomorrow morning. This will bring in much colder air tomorrow, just in time for a low pressure system to bring the chance for precipitation to the area Friday night. Precipitation is expected to move over the Triangle around 7 or 8pm tomorrow, so the commute home tomorrow afternoon should be okay. The main forecasting issues with this system will be the type of precipitation that will fall, whether it will be all snow, an ice/snow mix, or mainly all ice. Our area looks to be right on the border between all snow and a mix of ice and snow. A lot of the models have trended towards some ice, but mostly snow for Raleigh, mainly all snow west and north of the area, and the best chance for freezing rain or sleet should be south and east of Raleigh. As of now, it looks possible for us to see a quarter of an inch of ice before changing over to all snow for Saturday. With plenty of moisture expected to fall, snowfall totals could be high and right now it looks reasonable for us to see 10-14’’. Any deviations in the track of the low could greatly factor into that snow total. If the ice line were to shift northward we would see more ice and less snow. WRAL was showing around 10’’ of snow on their forecast earlier today and the National Weather Service is showing around 7’’ of snow. Keep posted on future updates to this forecast. "

1/28/2010 1:34:03 PM