tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post1841763515974054100..comments2024-01-30T00:06:35.458-05:00Comments on Weather Guy: Want snow? Wear pajamas inside outUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-25153045053874988502011-02-06T03:33:59.663-05:002011-02-06T03:33:59.663-05:00Well there was a Thunderstorm in Huntersville,NC a...Well there was a Thunderstorm in Huntersville,NC at 5:30am on 5/5/2011 So snow is in the forcast for Wed-Thurs. So now can you tell me how much where going to get since the models are pointing to all snow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-92176430321339632912011-01-20T16:20:58.102-05:002011-01-20T16:20:58.102-05:00am i the only former northerner who remembers bein...am i the only former northerner who remembers being able to smell snow in the air before it actually snowed? i couldn't describe the smell anymore, but we all knew it when i was growing up in buffalo, and i have encountered it 2 or 3 times as an adult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-4918812216013867232011-01-18T20:55:17.594-05:002011-01-18T20:55:17.594-05:00I think I will stick with the computer models as w...I think I will stick with the computer models as well. Right now the 00UTC GFS shows a cold front coming through on the 25th, followed by Northwest flow and a weak clipper system around the 28th, which would be day 10.<br /><br /> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/gfs/00/index_pcp_s_loop.shtml<br /><br /> 10 day forecasts are tricky by I think they tend to be more accurate than the folk legends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-36382650404783452122011-01-18T19:18:59.837-05:002011-01-18T19:18:59.837-05:00Hey, what about those wooly worms? What did they ...Hey, what about those wooly worms? What did they have to say about winter weather for this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-53681545770492204742011-01-18T18:37:56.601-05:002011-01-18T18:37:56.601-05:00I always heard that a lot of granddaddy longleg sp...I always heard that a lot of granddaddy longleg spiders in the summer and fall means a bad winter. That must be true; there was a surplus of them this summer here in Gaston County. And my maw-maw always said: "If the snow lays around for three days, it is waiting on more."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-75617649416636275072011-01-18T18:00:05.604-05:002011-01-18T18:00:05.604-05:00Andrea, they don't actually have "make-up...Andrea, they don't actually have "make-up" days but they do have to go to school so many days a year. They just plan for at least so many snow days and if they don't use them all...they get out earlier in the summer. If they use more than the allotted....they tag it onto the end of the school year. I'm from Maine and they usually plan for 7-10 days depending on the district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-51406983066117715692011-01-18T17:45:51.858-05:002011-01-18T17:45:51.858-05:00If the ground doesn't get dry enough there won...If the ground doesn't get dry enough there won't be any spring planting.Tractor is mired up in the mud now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-64938784489852386592011-01-18T16:45:09.418-05:002011-01-18T16:45:09.418-05:00Oh, yeah, my high school students used to walk by ...Oh, yeah, my high school students used to walk by my room at the end of the school day if we thought we might have a snow day the next day and say "Don't forget, Ms. D. -- jammies inside out tonight!" I still do it in solidarity of my NY teacher friends occasionally---and they don't have to make up their snow days!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08032875538748536013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-53528975103368175362011-01-18T16:24:50.366-05:002011-01-18T16:24:50.366-05:00Not sure about thunder in February relating to fro...Not sure about thunder in February relating to frost in April, but don't we usually have one final frost in April?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-51092206427122381482011-01-18T15:49:36.059-05:002011-01-18T15:49:36.059-05:00You had to mention Groundhog Day and bring flashba...You had to mention Groundhog Day and bring flashbacks of all those classic lines. <br /><br />"But what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-71019372178266211432011-01-18T15:43:30.405-05:002011-01-18T15:43:30.405-05:00Don't forget about flushing ice cubes in the t...Don't forget about flushing ice cubes in the toilet, which I had never heard of until I moved to Charlotte. I shudder to think why kind of snow THAT would create.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189799581710265314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086349103307829625.post-74837902909975229532011-01-18T15:00:29.649-05:002011-01-18T15:00:29.649-05:00If it snows in ten days I dance naked in it.If it snows in ten days I dance naked in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com