(Banter) The TACT Winter Outlook Is In. Enjoy Your Snow & You Are Welcome.

[Rainshadow]

The TACT Winter Outlook will be in degraded mode due to hardware failures. But we will march on best we can. Maybe once the technicians fix the problems, an upgraded outlook will be issued in December.  Please observe the no drone restrictions.  We have to concentrate twice as hard. 

[Rainshadow]

Well let's just say on the all important snow hole, someone made a critical 15 foot putt for bogey, someone made a critical 9 foot putt for par and someone else made bogey.

The drum roll please:

Total seasonal snowfall for PHL: 28"

Temps (departures):  DEC +4F, JAN +4F, FEB +2F

White Christmas:  No for PHL, coastal plain; cutoff somewhere along the Tom-Parsley-Quakertown line and points northwest for a White Christmas.

 

[Chubbs]

Clutch putting by the Gigi's to salvage a snowy winter.

[Rainshadow]

10 minutes ago, Chubbs said:

Clutch putting by the Gigi's to salvage a snowy winter.

It pays to be indifferent and indifferent squared.

 

[Rainshadow]

BTW we used the actual snow hole (Red #9) that worked so well for us in seasons past.  Last November Jaws tripped us up forcing us to golf on the blue (and a blue ball) course instead and that didn't work out. 

[snowlurker]

TA = Tom and Andy?

[Chubbs]

Inquiring minds want to know.  Was Hurricane waiting for the TACT forecast release?

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/Hurricanes-Long-Range-Winter-Forecast_Philadelphia-565312762.html

PS - I like his forecast

[Chubbs]

9 hours ago, snowlurker said:

TA = Tom and Andy?

That information is only released on a need to know basis 😎

[Rainshadow]

6 minutes ago, Chubbs said:

Inquiring minds want to know.  Was Hurricane waiting for the TACT forecast release?

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/Hurricanes-Long-Range-Winter-Forecast_Philadelphia-565312762.html

PS - I like his forecast

I feel sorry for Glenn, that is almost exactly my mindset for this winter.  One really bad month (for me bad is about the temperatures).  28" vs 33", pretty close. 

[Rainshadow]

9 hours ago, snowlurker said:

TA = Tom and Andy?

It could be Ted and Alfred.    Our attorneys have advised us not to disclose them.  Judging from their reactions, 9 out of 10 liked the outcome of yesterday.

 

[Chubbs]

28 minutes ago, Rainshadow said:

I feel sorry for Glenn, that is almost exactly my mindset for this winter.  One really bad month (for me bad is about the temperatures).  28" vs 33", pretty close. 

Leaning to 35", since it worked well for 90F days.

[Rainshadow]

1 minute ago, Chubbs said:

Leaning to 35", since it worked well for 90F days.

LOL, that is true.  I forgot we had 28 ninety degree days outlooked for 2019.

[Chubbs]

3 minutes ago, Rainshadow said:

LOL, that is true.  I forgot we had 28 ninety degree days outlooked for 2019.

lol, I forgot also

[Rainshadow]

On 11/21/2019 at 3:41 PM, Rainshadow said:

Well let's just say on the all important snow hole, someone made a critical 15 foot putt for bogey, someone made a critical 9 foot putt for par and someone else made bogey.

The drum roll please:

Total seasonal snowfall for PHL: 28"

Temps (departures):  DEC +4F, JAN +4F, FEB +2F

White Christmas:  No for PHL, coastal plain; cutoff somewhere along the Tom-Parsley-Quakertown line and points northwest for a White Christmas.

 

I guess point Northwest meant Binghamton.   

PHL thru 12/24 was -0.7F, so December is going to verify colder. 

BTW alot of people that should have had a White Christmas didn't.

[Chubbs]

Despite relatively cool temps, have to pick-up our game to hit TAC's 28", and my 35"

[Rainshadow]

10 minutes ago, Chubbs said:

Despite relatively cool temps, have to pick-up our game to hit TAC's 28", and my 35"

Well at least this map is exaggerating the differences, must be counting sleet as snow, IDK. I've only had 0.4",  ACY 0.5", ABE 2.1", BOS 11.5"  & ALB "only" 29.8". 

Yes just like our day on the course, the atmosphere has not been making any putts for us.

[Chubbs]

42 minutes ago, Rainshadow said:

Well at least this map is exaggerating the differences, must be counting sleet as snow, IDK. I've only had 0.4",  ACY 0.5", ABE 2.1", BOS 11.5"  & ALB "only" 29.8". 

Yes just like our day on the course, the atmosphere has not been making any putts for us.

LOL,I feel a little better now, hope I don't have to use that map for my post-season verification

[Rainshadow]

1 hour ago, Chubbs said:

LOL,I feel a little better now, hope I don't have to use that map for my post-season verification

Unless it has 35" for PHL.   

[Treckasec]

6 hours ago, Rainshadow said:

Well at least this map is exaggerating the differences, must be counting sleet as snow, IDK. I've only had 0.4",  ACY 0.5", ABE 2.1", BOS 11.5"  & ALB "only" 29.8". 

Yes just like our day on the course, the atmosphere has not been making any putts for us.

I've had roughly the same amount of snow here as you have, just to confirm that the map is a bit inflated with its snow totals. Maybe it doesn't account for melting due to warm ground temperatures when snow is being recording on the radar? I'm not sure...