Severe Weather Thread

Discussion in 'The Thunderdome' started by countvolcula, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    We went from zero to holy shit on the snow here in Nashville about 30 minutes ago.
     
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  2. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    Dude it is coming down
     
  3. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    They closed schools, and there isn't a drop of snow, sleet or wintery anything anywhere. Not in trees. Not on roads. Not on houses.

    What was supposed to start at 3 am has now been moved to now. We'll see what happens.
     
  4. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    If you're on the radar for what we're getting, it'll just suddenly pop and come strong. We've got about an inch in 30+ minutes.
     
  5. emainvol

    emainvol Administrator

    Just measured my deck, first hour and 15 minutes there’s 1.5 inches
     
  6. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    Rub on it
     
  7. The Dooz

    The Dooz Super Moderator

    Good thing you didn’t misspell deck.
     
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  8. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    So, bout normal then?
     
  9. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    TWSS
     
  10. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    I fear what is coming, then. The 9 inches from earlier this week is not gone yet, and the upper limit of what they are saying is 8 inches tonight. Floor is a dusting, so we are going to get something. Hopefully just a couple inches. That is not what she ever said.
     
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  11. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Snowing like crazy here in Norris. Hard to believe this time last week I has my windows open and wearing shorts.
     
  12. emainvol

    emainvol Administrator

    I made the joke last night that I was only expecting a couple inches so it means we’ll get 7, which was coincidentally the exact opposite experience that my wife had
     
  13. lylsmorr

    lylsmorr Super Moderator

    The amount of snow we're getting is pretty wild
     
  14. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    It's snowing a lot
     
  15. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Yeah, once it started it was game over
     
  16. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    Still going heavy here in Nashville, too. I think it's up to 4+ inches.
     
  17. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    One of the weird things about climate and weather is that with warmer air, you have higher capacity for water vapor. So when a cold front comes through and pushes all that warmer air aloft, you end up with more intense precipitation, including snow when the cold air mass is cold enough. It is the sort of thing that was mocked 20 years, about "how could global warming cause droughts and floods? Warmer weather AND more snowfall?" And it is because it is all relative. Had it not been so warm before, there would not be such high specific humidity and we wouldn't be getting these big snow dumps this week. Not saying this particular event is due to climate change, just pointing out the relationship/influence of such a trend on these individual events.
     
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  18. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    It also snows in the winter
     
  19. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    It's not stopping for awhile
     
  20. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    And I am pointing out that it having recently been unseasonably warm factors in to more intense snowfall, not less.
     

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