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Couple of satellite images from yesterday, the first from NASA's Aqua satellite and the second from ESA's Sentinel-2 showing Roanoke, VA in the snow. That was the best cloud-free target I could find within the relatively narrow swath it covers but if it looks like your town might have been visible based on the first image I'm more than happy to try and get a shot of it, or you can look for yourselves here: https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser/?lat=37.060&lng=-80.178&zoom=7

Open these in a new tab on a big screen for the full experience, especially the second one because it's 20 metres per pixel and there's all sorts of little details to spot.




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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Preliminary snowfall totals through 7AM EST.


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Umpteen
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

No I just assume Error hates me and get bitter about it.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Touch Amor
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

On my Intel i5 theres a thing called GPU boost which seems like it would be what youre after to get best performance on integrated graphics. If you have it on PS4 already though Im not sure why youd want to.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

One point One Five times Ten to the Two
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

New SPC discussion too: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1705.html


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Nice. =) Love that fresh snowfall look, it's so damn pretty. Looks neat from satellite too when there's a big snowfall, can't see most of the snow from this storm yet because of all the cloud but CONUS snow cover is already at a record high for this time of year, at least in the 50 or so years we've been monitoring it.

You can see plenty of snow up in the northern Plains states, and a stripe across the Midwest, plus that area in the TX panhandle that got up to 10" from this storm. The second image is false-colour using IR and visible combined to make the snow cover (yellow) distinct from the low cloud (light blue). You can also see the swirling hook shape of the storm more easily with the high ice clouds shown up in that peach colour. Click to open these in a new tab on a big screen for the full awesome.




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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Heres the NWS snowfall forecast for the next 24 hours - plenty still to come for southern and central VA in particular.


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Tsuyoi3 posted...

Down in Texas, it's just cold and wet...

I miss snow.

Lubbock got 10 from this so at least the panhandle can still do proper snow.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

TES_Nut posted...

That's as storm? Jeez you southerners really are weak. "Oh nos 2 inches of snow!" GTFO.

Those are just 6-hour totals to be fair - this might give a better idea of the full event, and as said parts of western NC have had 10-16 already.



Heres a graphical idea of the next few hours, and a link to the (somewhat technical but info-packed) discussion it came from: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1704.html


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Latest NWS 6-hr snowfall forecast up until 1PM EST. Raleigh/Durham have had 3-6" so far judging by storm reports, with 10-12" south of the Asheville area and 16.9" in Henderson County NC the highest I've seen so far.


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Heres the rain/snow changeover moving north toward RDU. Top panel is standard radar using surface observations to estimate where its falling as snow(blue); exactly what the second one does is a bit complicated but the short version is that the yellow and blue colours mean the precipitation its detecting is less uniform in shape than in the red areas further north, indicating a mix of snow, sleet and rain.


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Dont think youll be getting any snow in AL sorry, other than maybe a few flakes in the northernmost counties. IDK where TC is but looks like Raleigh is changing over to mixed precip now so totals there may be lower than in some forecasts. Latest 6-hr snowfall total forecast from the NWS:


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Are you looking forward to this?


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Nah its great and its getting cold here next week so we might get our own 2 panic soon if were really lucky.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Now 130kt (150mph) sustained winds with higher gusts - Cat 5 is 137kt or higher.




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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Still strengthening and not out of the question that it hits Cat 5 before landfall.


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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Solar_Crimson posted...

I never did unlock T.T., because you had to beat his ghost on every track, and back then I was like "Fuck that."

I got him, but I once picked the game up after few years of not playing and beat the whole thing from cold, including unlocking him inside 24 hours, so I got a bit too good at that game. Darkmoon Carverns was the hardest one to beat FWIW. Also Tiptup 4 lyfe.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

voldothegr8 posted...

This is so fucked up. All they wanted were safer roads and the government responds with murder and rape. Stories of dozens of girls being dragged into houses then the houses surrounded by police as they get raped for hours. Stories of people getting murdered with axes and swords and eyes being gouged out. All because they wanted safer roads. Fucking fuck India.

Bangladesh isnt India.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Im sure they will probably get it to you then if youre interested in getting out of the way of course I will have to push it down to the other end and see what you can do to help us get through.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.

Thisll probably be the last time you get to see the moon in the morning so if you want to do something for me then Ill take ya back but it would probably be better to get it back to the day before the week before the next weekend and if I wanna I was gonna be a little more rain around here and I will be home probably.
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I maintain that chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom. Confusion is next and next after that is the truth.