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Post by Steelernation on Jun 29, 2018 23:13:52 GMT -5
What weather event that could happen in your climate would you be most excited about?
For me, it’s hitting 100 (38 C) no contest.
70 (21 C) in a winter month is very exciting but it’s happened in 2012 and 2018 and several times before that.
A sub-0 (-18 C) high would be the only thing that could compete but I find 100 to be more exciting as it’s something that should be becoming more common as our climate warms but instead has become a thing of the past. We’ve also only had 3 years reach a 100 and none in my lifetime and while our winters are pretty good, our summers are so stable and lame such heat would be very exciting.
The next 3 days all have an outside chance of hitting 100. While 99 would be amazing I’d be really pissed as it’s so close to 100 but not quite.
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Post by Beercules on Jun 29, 2018 23:45:15 GMT -5
Severe extremely lightning-active thunderstorms, epic cloudbursts and temps in the high 40's.
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Post by knot on Jun 30, 2018 2:50:30 GMT -5
To get snowfalls like this one (2015) more often in our 21st Century; this used to be a normal snowfall for the region before the 1990's, believe it or not—with much heavier & more frequent falls from the 19th Century into the earlier 20th Century: Shooters Hill, NSW; 1,354 m AMSL; 34° S^  Blackheath, Blue Mountains, NSW; 1,067 m AMSL; 33° S^  Crookwell, Southern Tablelands, NSW; 893 m AMSL; 34° S^ |
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 30, 2018 4:20:08 GMT -5
30 cm of snow in one or two hours coming from the sea, maybe? It happened where I lived in the 90's which has a similar geography, the conditions need to be perfectly right.
Getting consecutive overnight lows above 20°C should also be possible.
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Post by Hiromant on Jun 30, 2018 5:32:55 GMT -5
At this time of year, thunderstorms, which have been severely lacking. Super boring summer in general. The most exciting and dangerous would be blizzards and cold waves in the winter, they can halt normal life in severe cases.
A snowstorm in 2010 where hundreds of people had to be evacuated:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 5:34:40 GMT -5
snowstorm or windstorm
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Post by sari on Jun 30, 2018 6:06:24 GMT -5
Repeat of March 1912 (snowiest month ever in KC, although it's a bit cheating as 25.1 of those inches came from a single storm). 41.2 inches in a single month. Mind you, KC's 4th-snowiest winter, 2009-2010, recorded 44.3 inches total for the entire season.
The only single month to ever even come close is January 1962, 30.5 inches.
Snowiest month in recent times is February 2013, 20.5 inches, but that's misrepresentative and a bit cheating as well: the month was almost entirely snowless before the 21st, when 9.2 inches fell in a single day, then a storm from the 25th to the 27th dropped 11 more inches. That said, this winter seems like it would have been cool to experience...and 2018 seems to be shaping up similarly to 2012 here...I wonder what that says about 2018-2019. We shall see.
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Post by AJ1013 on Jun 30, 2018 7:22:35 GMT -5
Category 5 Hurricane
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 8:44:08 GMT -5
Severe thunderstorms. Blizzards are a possibility in winter but I don't enjoy them as much.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 10:31:59 GMT -5
Supercell storm or 38c+ temps.
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Post by Ariete on Jun 30, 2018 10:58:14 GMT -5
A 100F high or a F3 category tornado.
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Post by urania93 on Jun 30, 2018 11:36:05 GMT -5
I would say a intense snow day with 40+cm of snow on the ground in the shortest possible amount of time. It actually nearly happened at the beginning of the last December, but I missed it because I was somewhere else for work. But my sister sent me some picture of the snowman she did the day after:  |
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Post by Crunch41 on Jun 30, 2018 17:15:56 GMT -5
Most exciting would be an F5 tornado, easily. Most exciting weather that I would want to happen is a large snowstorm. 1 meter of snow in a day with high winds and huge snow drifts, followed by some sunny cold weather and no thaw for a while.
I have seen 50cm with some wind which was exciting since school was closed and the roads were basically closed too.
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Post by alex992 on Jun 30, 2018 17:17:56 GMT -5
A category 5 hurricane, a very severe thunderstorm with a tornado, 100+ temps, sub-freezing lows, occurrence of a snow flurry, etc are the most exciting events possible here.
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Post by jgtheone on Jul 1, 2018 5:37:42 GMT -5
snow flurries, mid to high 40s temps
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Post by Moron on Jul 1, 2018 7:56:21 GMT -5
Probably 47-48C for 2 days, enough strong north-easterly winds and fairly cloudy conditions at night with no seabreeze and no light winds at night. Very very difficult and will probably never happen as winds usually ease after sunset even on the hottest of summer days.
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Post by bizzy on Jul 1, 2018 16:32:36 GMT -5
Severe thunderstorms for me, I’ve never experienced one going by the official definition, they avoid me, but I’ve experienced countless intense storms. Nothing like close cloud to ground lightning, booming thunder, high winds, and torrential rains.
Hurricanes....fun but destructive and scary at times. We’ve had Cat 3’s, and our theoretical max is a Cat 4. No thanks, but I’ll take a Tropical Storm.
Blizzards....once you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all, at least here, we don’t have the variety of the Plains. Still enjoyable nonetheless.
Macroburst....the mother of all downbursts, NYC had one of these in 2011, it was basically a high end EF2 tornado that was slightly wider than the El Reno, OK tornado (widest on record at 2.6 miles) and had a path of destruction 8 miles long. Would like to experience one of these or a microburst while indoors.
Tornadoes....exciting but highly dangerous, I really don’t see the fun in experiencing one these unless it’s an EF0, anything higher is too destructive. They’re usually rain wrapped here and NYC has no sirens, so when they occur it’s like an ambush.
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Post by srfoskey on Jul 4, 2018 1:18:04 GMT -5
Supercell storm or 38c+ temps. A 100F high or a F3 category tornado.
Y'all need to come to Oklahoma.
A violent tornado is definitely the most exciting thing that can happen here, but the most exciting, enjoyable thing that could happen is another winter like 1977-78, which had 28 days of snow cover and 26 days staying below freezing. It also had 20" (50 cm) of snow.
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Post by Wildcat on Jul 5, 2018 8:31:03 GMT -5
Most exciting would be a tornado. Most exciting and enjoyable is cloud-to-ground lightning without severe aspects.
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Post by Babu on Jul 5, 2018 9:02:54 GMT -5
80cm snow, and 30-40cm in a day is probably the most extreme weather we can have as well as temps in the -30's.
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