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re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 10:19 pm to RazorBroncs
Where are ya relative to LR? Thats useful info.
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re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 10:18 pm to GreenRockTiger
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if it was all math, then meteorologists would be correct all the time
I mean, would it be the case?
Meteorology is all physics, which is explained in the language of math.
But ya know, we gotta simplify shite for the computers to get this done in a reasonable amount of time.
The issue isnt so much that we dont have a good idea whats missing, its the power to calculate it in a time that is useful for predictions
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 10:14 pm to TexasTiger33
Tell me about it.
My commute is like 20 minutes on I70 from near Keystone to Copper Mountain. I used to pull a much longer commute from Twin Lakes to Copper (~40 minutes in good weather).
I miss the longer commute. It was mostly miners going to Climax and resort worker traffic. Much much better drivers. Plus just two lanes.
On 70, fricking Texas plates and red plates want to just drive down the middle of the road, brake erratically, and go 20mph too slow.
My commute is like 20 minutes on I70 from near Keystone to Copper Mountain. I used to pull a much longer commute from Twin Lakes to Copper (~40 minutes in good weather).
I miss the longer commute. It was mostly miners going to Climax and resort worker traffic. Much much better drivers. Plus just two lanes.
On 70, fricking Texas plates and red plates want to just drive down the middle of the road, brake erratically, and go 20mph too slow.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 10:10 pm to NawlinsTiger9
Fernet con Coca is the national drink of Argentina for a reason.
Correct on the ice. Need studded tires to have a prayer
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the ole bartender’s handshake
you nasty
Just exceptional at hospitality, as well as intellectual pursuits.
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Low CoG, heavy AF thanks to the battery, AWD, long gas range
Wish I had more mass in my rig.
Yeah bruh, just go slowish and give the cars in front like 4x the gap you are used to. The enemy in winter driving is accelerations. Avoid that at all cost.
My other piece of advice, if you do fins yourself sliding... dont fricking panic. Fear is the mind killer. Turn slightly into the slide, dont hit the brakes or gas (like a panicked pussy would). Let the traction come back and correct.
Jesus take the wheel works fairly well in an icy slide, fwiw.
Give me a Subaru Forester in most winter driving scenarios.
re: Hottest and coldest place you’ve been to
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 9:54 pm to Zappas Stache
Ok, my low temps are typically single digits or negative in the winter.
25 and dry feels exponentially better than 40 and humid.
ETA: 108 in Texas. -22 @ Copper Mountain, CO last MLK day
25 and dry feels exponentially better than 40 and humid.
ETA: 108 in Texas. -22 @ Copper Mountain, CO last MLK day
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Dr Josh is just a tool. Dude trying to flex by telling people at home how to calculate the evaporation rate at home
Agreed.
Look, I took a bunch of math to be fairly good at this.
You dont need to understand much of it to be pretty good at weather as a lay person.
"Oh har har, look at me solve the frick out of this second order PDE."
Great bruh, you flexed your smart while enlightening nothing.
Now if Dr. Josh was using this to explain why BR wont get a bunch of ice.. good on him. But i find that equation pretty fricking complex to educate the masses. You know, bc it looks a lot like a linear best fit vs actual theory.
Ive got 1.5" of snow down at my condo in Dillon. Looks to be falling at about half an inch an hour.
Eisenhower Tunnel is still open per the engine breaking I hear if I go outside.
Eisenhower Tunnel is still open per the engine breaking I hear if I go outside.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 9:28 pm to GreenRockTiger
I dont need yall wetlegging me.
Neat. Until Bed.
re: Stores with self checkout that don’t have all the machines open
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 9:18 pm to LSUFanHouston
They got to have somebody watching. Loss prevention bruh.
Subies with that boxer engine (low center of gravity) and awd will dominate most winter scenarios.
Sure, its for lesbians, but those rug munchers get to the slopes with ease.
Sure, its for lesbians, but those rug munchers get to the slopes with ease.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 9:13 pm to TexasTiger33
And let me say, precip type and southern winter storms are far from what Im good at. Need to know mountain weather in Summit, Pitkin, Eagle, Park, Lake, or Clear Creek, County in Colorado... I got you.
Need a dude who's good at hurricanes, again, I got you. Though rds puts me to shame.
This shite, I got a decent feel on theory but frankly I lack experience to be good good at it.
Need a dude who's good at hurricanes, again, I got you. Though rds puts me to shame.
This shite, I got a decent feel on theory but frankly I lack experience to be good good at it.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 9:08 pm to TexasTiger33
frick driving on ice.
AWD or not. Tires are what matters for this and unless u got studs or some burly snow tires, good luck.
And bruh, feel free to look at my post history in this thread for physical reasoning for whats happening. Unless youve never been on a message board before, it should be obvious when Im providing actual info and when Im cutting up.
AWD or not. Tires are what matters for this and unless u got studs or some burly snow tires, good luck.
And bruh, feel free to look at my post history in this thread for physical reasoning for whats happening. Unless youve never been on a message board before, it should be obvious when Im providing actual info and when Im cutting up.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 8:59 pm to TexasTiger33
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Seems unprofessional to get faded and troll folks looking for real time info on a potentially dangerous ice storm...
Bruh, I think I gave yall a pretty strong explanation of what we're looking for, in terms of actual observations.
Plus, Im much more concerned with snowfall and avalanche mitigation in a very specific part of Colorado in my normal gig.
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It’s a dry cold where you’re at. 30 in the Deep South with the higher humidity feels colder than 10 degrees in Colorado mountains
It certainly does. I know this, Im trolling the southerners.
Id rather 25 here than 45 in NOLA.
So those in the ice zone... we're going to start watching the soundings from Memphis, DFW, Little Rock, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Slidell, Jackson, Birmingham, Mobile, and Huntsville with great interest tomorrow AM.
What are we looking for?
How shallow is the cold? Is it getting deeper south earlier than forecast (colder near the surface might yield sleet vs ice...but tought to tell from a model sounding)? What does the melting layer look like? Deeper or warmer, you dont want to see.
The beauty of a winter storm is an assload of in situ vs just models. Makes it easier to see failure modes. Im rooting for much more sleet vs rain tomorrow and Sunday.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 6:33 pm to madamsquirrel
Its dropping all weekend. 15 tomorrow. 8 for a high on Sat
Where are yall (approx)?
Where are yall (approx)?
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by Duke on 1/23/26 at 6:14 pm to ob1pimpbobi
I live at 10,000'. Come at me.
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