I know other meteorologists have had it as hard and even harder at times, and my hat is off to 'em. Saturday's snow followed by a nice coat of sleet and freezing rain (with air temps in the low 20s) made for a long day, longest I can remember. Starting at 4a I gave 57 consecutive 'live' forecasts that were either 2 or 3 minutes long. That's a ridiculous amount of talking, so much so that after the weekend shifts were over for me, I pretty much threw in the energy towel and didn't want to say a word to anybody.
It is interesting what goes on in your head as you're talking so much, saying much of the same things but trying your best to come up with different ways of saying the exact same thing. When a serious weather situation is in progress, you really don't use a lot of pre-made maps; rather, you fly the radars all over the place and show current conditions, what I call 'now-casting'.
One neat thing News 14 Carolina has been able to do, thanks to their fiber-based cable architecture, is give the meteorologist access to all the DOT cams to show on-air at the push of a button. News 14 Triad has weather done from a Charlotte studio, so being able to see current conditions is invaluable, especially with all the treacherous thoroughfares in the Triad. 7-10" made up probably a good 75% of the snow reports that came in from that market.
Lovin' the sunshine and warming afternoon temps to fire up the melting process. The blog title today is in honor of this coming weekend's forecast. Much has to settle in with the models, but this one could be the biggest wintry hombre yet this year. Classic Carolina coastal storm with cold Canadian air feeding in from New England.
My joy cup runneth over....
;-)
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