[jp03]

Originally Posted by mels

As much as I do like the 4 seasons, including winter and snow, I'm done. Snow tires are off the car, daffodils are up, my herb garden is growing (chives are coming up fast this year!)...I'm ready to move on. I hope the next month or so agrees with me.

Right ....March and April,...the 2 crappiest months in the northeast. I almost wish we could go winter, summer then a long fall season and just skip spring (or what passes for spring in the northeast)

[RunD1987]

Could be worse could be Summer, Fall, Winter, Mud Season

[mels]

As a former Vermont resident, I can whole heartedly say I do not miss ANYTHING about mud season! Spring is definitely my least favorite season, with Fall being first.

[Cambium]

Winter
Fall
Spring
Summer

Thats my order. Wish Sunmer was shorter, winter was longer

[RunD1987]

Summer
Fall
Spring
Winter
Could deal without the last 2

[WouldLoveTo]

Originally Posted by RunD1987

Summer
Fall
Spring
Winter
Could deal without the last 2

Summer
Spring
Spring
Summer

I could live in that for eternity

(if I had to do 3, it would be fall)

[jp03]

Originally Posted by WouldLoveTo

Summer
Spring
Spring
Summer

I could live in that for eternity

(if I had to do 3, it would be fall)

Fall
Winter/Summer tie







Spring

[7express]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Winter
Fall
Spring
Summer

Thats my order. Wish Sunmer was shorter, winter was longer

Right there with you Cam. I wish summer could be like 10 days and winter could be an extra 2 months.

[KEVIN_224]

Bring on the warmth! Today's day will be 12 hours 17 minutes long. Definitely better than the 4:19 PM sunset we had in mid-December!

[7 Wishes]

That Central Park weather blog I sometimes tell you about had an interesting piece today about models, hobbyists and hyping storms. Here it is, at the end I post the link (to the blog, link to the piece itself is immediately below):

Stop the Madness - Weather Hobbyists Undermining Meteorologists' Credibility?

My interest in the weather is historical in nature and the posts I publish focus on comparing today's weather conditions with those of past years. However, many of my fellow weather enthusiasts are interested in the science of meteorology and forecasting. And while their enthusiasm is heartening I fear they undermine the credibility of trained meteorologists in the public's eye because all too often they build up storms much too early, storms that, more often than not, don't live up to the early hype.

Amateur forecasters tend to lack the discipline of patience, wanting to be the first to announce a big storm when it's still in the embryonic stage. Call it a case of "premature prognostication". Time and time again, at the earliest indication that a storm is forming they make wild pronouncements about a major snowstorm or hurricane striking a week or more in the future. And nine times out of ten the storms don't live up to their billing. So what we have is many boys crying "wolf!", or, rather, "snowstorm!" Then, maddeningly, after a storm doesn't live up to its hype they're right back at it touting yet another potential blockbuster event that might happen two weeks down the road.



But it's not always the hobbyists who come up short. With more than half a dozen or more competing forecast models available (e.g., European, NAM, GFS, GFDL, NCEP, WRF, and Canadian) even experienced meteorologists risk appearing foolish when they talk publicly about all of the models and their sometime conflicting forecasts. These models create a Tower of Babel effect. Whom to believe? The public doesn't want uncertainty or need to know "how the sausage is made".


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