The Weather Thread

[nycfan]

 

[grimes70]

They can use all the water they can get. Unfortunately not on this fashion.

 

[nycfan]

They can use all the water they can get. Unfortunately not on this fashion.

Feast or famine seems to be the new normal.

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

Feast or famine seems to be the new normal.

Just imagine how much worse it would be if climate change was real.


/s

 

[mpaer]

At what temperature does the Mosquito population "go away"

 

[nycfan]

At what temperature does the Mosquito population "go away"

Most of them hibernate when temps are below 50 degrees and will die in freezing temperatures. They seem to me to start getting sluggish and pretty rare when high temps are in the 50s, at least in NC. I think I’ve read that Alaska has some nasty ones they remain active in colder temperatures.

 

[nycfan]

 

[mpaer]

277 days since RDU hit freezing
1,000 days since measurable snow

 

[nycfan]

Snowing in London today

 

[UNCRx85]

277 days since RDU hit freezing
1,000 days since measurable snow

Gotta be the longest such stretch in my lifetime. Also, this:

Warm winter ahead: WRAL Severe Weather outlook doesn't look good for snow lovers

Information about Warm winter ahead: WRAL Severe Weather outlook doesn't look good for snow lovers

www.wral.com

Might have to head to the mtns to see any snow.... again.

 

[nycfan]

277 days since RDU hit freezing
1,000 days since measurable snow

Wow. When I was at UNC, we had no measurable snow my first three years (it did sleet overnight every now and then without meaningful accumulation— I waited overnight for drop-add one of those nights — but it had snowed the year before during the ‘86-87 academic year). We finally had an ice storm my senior year. UNC then always touted that they hadn’t canceled classes since the Civil War, so class went on and a lot of people busted their ass and wrecked their car on the ice that day.

 

[circlesky88]

Gotta be the longest such stretch in my lifetime. Also, this:

Warm winter ahead: WRAL Severe Weather outlook doesn't look good for snow lovers

Information about Warm winter ahead: WRAL Severe Weather outlook doesn't look good for snow lovers

www.wral.com

Might have to head to the mtns to see any snow.... again.

Of course last year WRAL predicted a snowy winter and look how that turned out.

 

[JCTarheel82]

277 days since RDU hit freezing
1,000 days since measurable snow

And even that measurable snow wasn't much more than a dusting IIRC. I think the last snow of any significance was in 2018 and was still only 2-3 inches. I've resigned myself to the fact that it doesn't snow in Raleigh anymore. On the flip side, walk outside during the summer and it's instant ball sweat.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Of course last year WRAL predicted a snowy winter and look how that turned out.

Yes, they forecasted above average snow last winter. I don't think the long term forecasting matters at all. Our climate is so messed up now that what happened in the past doesn't seem to apply anymore. All we need is one good one, though. But I do think it is getting harder and harder to get snow here because our climate is just different now.

 

[CarlSpackler]

WRAL just predicted a mild winter for us. I'm now stocking up on supplies.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

All the hurricanes used up all the energy for snow. We need to just drop bombs into the hurricanes to break them up so we can get snow again.

 

[mpaer]

All the hurricanes used up all the energy for snow. We need to just drop bombs into the hurricanes to break them up so we can get snow again.

I had not heard of-or maybe remembered-that ACE thing