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Thundersnow!

#1 Post by tanstaafl2 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:54 am

Where is Jim Cantore when you need him? Probably still hiding out in Kiki's basement...

This morning I awoke to a temperature of 42 degrees despite reports of imminent snow. By noon it was 35 and heading south with snow flakes the size of cotton balls falling.

Then we either had a supersonic aircraft pass overhead or a wee bit of Jim's favorite weather phenomenon. It has been an interesting winter to say the least and it doesn't appear to be done yet.

The view from the front porch just a few moments ago...
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#2 Post by tanstaafl2 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:59 am

kayrharris wrote:
Jim Cantore wrote:I'll bet I can get there from Auburn in time for the......


THUNDERSNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so funny!! As I was snapping this photo in my backyard in Auburn, it was thundering!!
I kid you not! I looked around to see if Jim was behind me!!!


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I see in another thread that Kay has already all but confessed to holding Jim captive down in Auburn and not letting him come up the road to (not)Hotlanta...
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Re: Thundersnow!

#3 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:11 pm

Screw the snow - that ain't nothing.

I love your neighborhood.

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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:24 pm

tanstaafl2 wrote:The view from the front porch just a few moments ago...
My reaction's about the same as pea's.

Nice neighborhood, but nothing at all remarkable about that little bit of snow flurries. :mrgreen:

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#5 Post by tanstaafl2 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:56 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
tanstaafl2 wrote:The view from the front porch just a few moments ago...
My reaction's about the same as pea's.

Nice neighborhood, but nothing at all remarkable about that little bit of snow flurries. :mrgreen:
Well, I accept that it isn't much compared to folks up on the frozen tundra!

But for Atlanta it will be a complete frakkin' disaster! People here head for the ditches when it rains so it will be a free for all on the roads today which is why I plan to stay home.

The "hood"
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My little piece of the "hood".
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The bad part is that it may be enough to discourage me from my usual routine of cooking out on the grill!
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Gotta be 2 inches or more so far and still coming down pretty hard. But it is only about 35-36 outside so it is a pretty wet snow. But, as Kay noted, with temps expected to drop into the 20's overnight by tomorrow it will turn into an invisible glaze of ice. Guess I am taking the day off tomorrow...
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#6 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:59 pm

The love the lines of your house - and the flat roof dormers are really interesting.

Sting and I have pretty much decided not to do the second story on our house (given the Florida house). Your lines are what we were going to be doing here.

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#7 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:06 pm

When I saw the header, I thought there was a new X-Man. Or maybe it was one of the Watchmen.
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#8 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:11 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:When I saw the header, I thought there was a new X-Man. Or maybe it was one of the Watchmen.
Jim Cantore's arch-nemesis in either movie. :twisted:

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#9 Post by tanstaafl2 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:21 pm

peacock2121 wrote:The love the lines of your house - and the flat roof dormers are really interesting.

Sting and I have pretty much decided not to do the second story on our house (given the Florida house). Your lines are what we were going to be doing here.
The builder did a decent job with the neighborhood in general if not in some of the "fine details". The neighborhood was built about 4-5 years ago at the height of the pseudo "arts and craft" style. Each house is a different color (there are only 15 homes on the cul-de-sac) and even though some of the plans are identical the exterior treatments, along with the different color schemes, are sufficiently varied to make it hard to tell it is the same house. In fact the house next to ours is the identical basic floor plan and exterior but it is difficult to tell that they are the same at first glance. The different treatment of the center dormer is a big part of that.

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#10 Post by kayrharris » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:03 pm

Still coming down here, although I'm gonna say two inches is going to be the maximum accumulation
we'll see here. You can tell the streets and sidewalks were warm since no snow is on them at all.

This is from my front porch about 30 minutes ago:




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#11 Post by christie1111 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:15 pm

They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?
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#12 Post by sunflower » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:36 pm

christie1111 wrote:They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?
Seriously, I know.

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#13 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:01 pm

tanstaafl2 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:The love the lines of your house - and the flat roof dormers are really interesting.

Sting and I have pretty much decided not to do the second story on our house (given the Florida house). Your lines are what we were going to be doing here.
The builder did a decent job with the neighborhood in general if not in some of the "fine details". The neighborhood was built about 4-5 years ago at the height of the pseudo "arts and craft" style. Each house is a different color (there are only 15 homes on the cul-de-sac) and even though some of the plans are identical the exterior treatments, along with the different color schemes, are sufficiently varied to make it hard to tell it is the same house. In fact the house next to ours is the identical basic floor plan and exterior but it is difficult to tell that they are the same at first glance. The different treatment of the center dormer is a big part of that.

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It does look like a different house. Big attaboy/girl to the builder people.
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#14 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:09 pm

christie1111 wrote:They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?

The Blizzard of '93 was the second weekend of March, as I recall....

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#15 Post by sunflower » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:13 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
christie1111 wrote:They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?

The Blizzard of '93 was the second weekend of March, as I recall....

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#16 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:14 pm

sunflower wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
christie1111 wrote:They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?

The Blizzard of '93 was the second weekend of March, as I recall....

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#17 Post by sunflower » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:10 pm

On topic! From one of our local news stations:

"At the height of the storm a rumble of thunder isn't out of the question (thundersnow)."

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#18 Post by Snaxx » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:26 pm

Philly local Fox station mentioned the word as well.

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#19 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:01 am

christie1111 wrote:They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?


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#20 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:13 am

OK, this thread has me curious, because ever since I created the Cantore MM, I've seen a few other post from BB's being unfamiliar with the term thundersnow. I always assumed this was, while not common, at least a relatively well know meteorological term. Granted, it doesn't help that thundersnow is a rather rare event (The only true thundersnow we ever had around here in my lifetime was during the infamous Blizzard of '82), but is thundersnow really that unknown to the general public?

Inquiring minds want to know....

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#21 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:34 am

littlebeast13 wrote:OK, this thread has me curious, because ever since I created the Cantore MM, I've seen a few other post from BB's being unfamiliar with the term thundersnow. I always assumed this was, while not common, at least a relatively well know meteorological term. Granted, it doesn't help that thundersnow is a rather rare event (The only true thundersnow we ever had around here in my lifetime was during the infamous Blizzard of '82), but is thundersnow really that unknown to the general public?

Inquiring minds want to know....

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Unknown? Don't know.

I just figured it was a thunderstorm that dumps snow instead of rain.

I would never call a snow event a thunderstorm. That is just for rain.

I might say we are having a snowstorm with thunder and lightening.

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#22 Post by MarleysGh0st » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:24 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
christie1111 wrote:They are predicting 10-14 in. here by tomorrow.

Didn't anyone tell them it was March?

The Blizzard of '93 was the second weekend of March, as I recall....
AKA "The Storm of the Century".


But this one is missing us completely. Looks like the edge of the snow is running from Binghamton up towards Utica now.

We might get a little lake effect later. :mrgreen:

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#23 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:43 am

littlebeast13 wrote:OK, this thread has me curious, because ever since I created the Cantore MM, I've seen a few other post from BB's being unfamiliar with the term thundersnow. I always assumed this was, while not common, at least a relatively well know meteorological term. Granted, it doesn't help that thundersnow is a rather rare event (The only true thundersnow we ever had around here in my lifetime was during the infamous Blizzard of '82), but is thundersnow really that unknown to the general public?

Inquiring minds want to know....

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#24 Post by kayrharris » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:58 am

littlebeast13 wrote:OK, this thread has me curious, because ever since I created the Cantore MM, I've seen a few other post from BB's being unfamiliar with the term thundersnow. I always assumed this was, while not common, at least a relatively well know meteorological term. Granted, it doesn't help that thundersnow is a rather rare event (The only true thundersnow we ever had around here in my lifetime was during the infamous Blizzard of '82), but is thundersnow really that unknown to the general public?

Inquiring minds want to know....

lb13

Of course, we don't get snow very often, so I'm not a very good one to gauge by, but I hadn't really heard of
the term at all. It was really funny yesterday when it thundered at the exact moment I had my camera out to
get proof it did snow on March 1, 2009.

The weather report this morning said it might even reach 80 by Saturday.
Woo hoo! Perfect weather for Natalie's wedding!!
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#25 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:41 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:OK, this thread has me curious, because ever since I created the Cantore MM, I've seen a few other post from BB's being unfamiliar with the term thundersnow. I always assumed this was, while not common, at least a relatively well know meteorological term. Granted, it doesn't help that thundersnow is a rather rare event (The only true thundersnow we ever had around here in my lifetime was during the infamous Blizzard of '82), but is thundersnow really that unknown to the general public?

Inquiring minds want to know....

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