Getcha bread'n'milk ready...

[Zcustom]

Based on what I'm looking at there is the potential for that to happen. What's more interesting is the ratio being predicted:

On average 0.1 of an inch of water will yield 1.0 inch of snow; a 10 to 1 ratio. In the setup this week, 0.1 of an inch of water could yield 2.0 to 3.0 inches of snow; a 20 or 30 to 1 ratio. <<<Accuweather

[TheSaint]

I saw two different local weather men talk yesterday about a gulf low that is drawing moisture into the system, which is why we're even talking about snow. Are they lying?

was this one of them?

He probably doent know low from a hole in his head....

there is no gulf low. look at a map.

sure the systems trys and draws moisture in from the Gulf, but its not a gulf low.

[Jase]

lulz

[TheSaint]

Based on what I'm looking at there is the potential for that to happen. What's more interesting is the ratio being predicted:

On average 0.1 of an inch of water will yield 1.0 inch of snow; a 10 to 1 ratio. In the setup this week, 0.1 of an inch of water could yield 2.0 to 3.0 inches of snow; a 20 or 30 to 1 ratio. <<<Accuweather

Yep...super powder...any wind and it will be a blizzard.

lol

[Jase]

I thought the whole "gulf low developing" theory was strange seeing as last night was the first I had heard of it...

[Jase]

Yep...super powder...any wind and it will be a blizzard.

lol

we had that stuff one other time around here...accumulated about 4 inches in a matter of a couple of hours.

Ironically it's the only other time I can remember actually getting snow from the west.

[TheSaint]

I thought the whole "gulf low developing" theory was strange seeing as last night was the first I had heard of it...

thats usually how we get our snow, but im pretty sure its not whats happening here...

[Zcustom]

Dupe

[TheSaint]

standing corrected Jase, my brother says a weak low will form off of LA coast. if that happens we get more precip....

and here it is...Friday:

[Squirrel]

I saw two different local weather men talk yesterday about a gulf low that is drawing moisture into the system, which is why we're even talking about snow. Are they lying?

Weathermen are not real Meteorologist sure they have their little certificate but they are newscasters and get all their infor from the NWS. Now the NWS will always error on the safe side so they put the 30%. Looking at the models the system in Mexico is going to be kept south by the system in the midwest. Which goes back to what I was saying about the us (piedmont) not getting and snow due to the mountains. The mountains will push the air up into the atmosphere and disturb it for awhile when the system is back together it will be over Raleigh. So I can see Raleigh getting snow but not Winston Salem and defiantly not Charlotte.

[Jase]

What qualifies as a real meteorologist? Having a degree in meteorology? Being certified by the AMS? Because each of charlotte's stations has at least one on their team that fits both.

The local guys may get their models from the NWS, but I guarantee some of those models indicate this developing low potentially providing moisture to this system.

[Squirrel]

What qualifies as a real meteorologist? Having a degree in meteorology? Being certified by the AMS? Because each of charlotte's stations has at least one on their team that fits both.

The local guys may get their models from the NWS, but I guarantee some of those models indicate this developing low potentially providing moisture to this system.

A degree but like I said they are erroring on the side of safety. If there is a slight chance they will report it. Which you cant blame them. Im just going off my experience here and the way the systems are moving we wont get anything. Also no I do not have my degree in Meteorology. But it was part of my job to factor in the weather everyday for the past 10 years.

[Jase]

No need to defend yourself, I know you've had experience. Just curious.

Nothing the local guys have said are set in stone, either. In fact they went out of their way to be overly cautious about the possibility.

[Squirrel]

No need to defend yourself, I know you've had experience. Just curious.

Nothing the local guys have said are set in stone, either. In fact they went out of their way to be overly cautious about the possibility.

Just was giving you some grief. North Carolina is one of the hardest places to predict what the weather is going to do. It is always better to be prepared and not needing stuff than it is not being prepared and having empty cabinets.