Winter Storrm Grayson

[stumpstalker]

Grayson; Bomb Cyclone; El Nino; Polar Vortex; rip currents -- all either concocted or adopted for show business. Action; horror or disaster movie-name stuff.

Current (11:06 a.m.) objective facts from the weather observatory a-top Mount Washington, New Hampshire:

Wind speed: 77mph
temp.: -34
wind chill: -86

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[Kurt Sauers]

Originally Posted by William Davis

We had strong wind in Virginia Beach, recorded gust to 50 mph. Few of the offshore buoys recorded 70 knots. Hard to say how much snow, some spots my house 12 inch drifts others 2 inches . Good thing it went through fast, we get tidal flooding from long periods high winds storm passed during low tide. Did not see any real damage.

I expect it could have been worse in New England, storm seemed to move further offshore. Weather Bouy on George’s Bank recorded very high wind and sea. 45 feet on the 5th.

I will say over 50 years experience on the waterfront including a weather forecasting correspondence course while in the CG I never heard of a “ Bomb Cyclone” Do they make these names up for TV ratings ?

William

One word. Politics

[Dean Romig]

Yes they do!! They smugly invent new names for things that have always been, giving them 'ownership' of those things. How about "thunder snow"? As far as I've always known, it is simply a low-level atmospheric electrical disturbance that can occur during rainstorms, snowstorms, or even in excessively dry windy conditions, that is known as lightning - not "thunder snow".
How about all of the new names for every single full moon in the last couple of decades?
Before that we only had the twelve full moon names the Native Americans knew them as.






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[Autumn Daze]

We got 18” here in Southern CT. I haven’t shot in about 3 weeks everything I own is reloaded!!! But it is what it is......I would love to see a 30 degree day. I can’t remember the last one

[bob weeman]

Cold and deep snow here in Denmark. Ten below this morning so not quite as cold as it has been. Cold but absolutely beautiful in the woods. I will be going out today on the back country skis or snowshoes to read the stories in the snow. Chores first though...roofs to shovel and snow to move....neighbor fell and broke a rib and dislocated his shoulder so I need to do some snow removal down there too....good neighbor who owns 300 acres around me of good hunting grounds.....will need to get the diesel tractor going.....warming up fuel to put in as well as putting a hair dryer in the fuel filter usually does it....

[Dean Romig]

Bob, you should get to know my good friend Lenny who lives down on Moose Pond Rd.

He's a helpful neighbor.





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[George "Scott" Davis]

We would really appreciate a little of you cool air (not cold) and lots of your moisture here in Arizona. Arizona is enduring a usually warm winter and receiving almost no winter moisture. We face a potential major wildfire season this spring and summer without some winter moisture.
PS: It's not easy hunting quail in mid-seventy's over hard dry ground.

[Bruce Day]

I saw on TV NY Mayor DiBlasio saying the storm was unprecedented, the worst ever and evidence of recent weather changes brought by global warming. On the weather channel the weather woman was saying this was not as bad as the 1978 storm that hit NY.

This is all very confusing to me out here on the plains.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

This is all very confusing to me out here on the plains.

why??- it shouldn't be

Prince Andrew of NY said the same thing

its the agenda not the facts

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

On the weather channel the weather woman was saying this was not as bad as the 1978 storm that hit NY.

The entire Northeast actually.

I can certainly agree that I haven't seen a worse snow storm than the '78 blizzard. It started on Feb. 6 of '78 and I couldn't get home for three days and nights and Kathy was home with two little girls worrying about me while I was worrying about them.
Then on Feb. 6th of '79 I crashed into a tree when I was forced off the road... and I didn't get home for almost eight weeks.





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