Favorite Winter Weather Phrases

[wintersyndrome]

the chain rule is in effect

superstorm

retrograding low

orographic lift

this is going to come on like gangbusters

 

[Harvey]

(Another vote for)....Bombogenisis.

 

[Paul]

Local to Connecticut from the late 70s until the early 90s

Gullywhomper

 

[drjeff]

Local to Connecticut from the late 70s until the early 90s

Gullywhomper

Dr. Mel or Hilton Kaderli(sp??) I keep morphing their unique TV weather delivery styles together and can't remember exactly whose saying it was(My gut tells me it was Hilton - although it might just be the buffalo chicken wrap I just had for lunch talking!)

 

[drjeff]

The storm will result in Quagmire like conditions - heard that in reference to a few colllege football games

 

[Paul]

Dr. Mel or Hilton Kaderli(sp??) I keep morphing their unique TV weather delivery styles together and can't remember exactly whose saying it was(My gut tells me it was Hilton - although it might just be the buffalo chicken wrap I just had for lunch talking!)

You win the prize!!

 

[drjeff]

You win the prize!!

Gotta love those old school weather "graphics"

 

[hammer]

Bombogenesis

Been seeing this one recently...

 

[Mapnut]

Least favorite (is that a hijack?): Snowpocalypse. Just because it's been used for events that are nowhere near that.

 

[4aprice]

I was pretty impressed this past weekend with this "Norlund Trough". Not sure I understand it but we got a nice coating of light dry snow (about 5" on the Pocono plateau) that didn't seem to want to quit and virtually no wind till Sunday.

Mapnut the NY media has been frenzy because the City was so imcompetent during the last storm. Gives them something to yap about.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[WinnChill]

Huh--never saw this thread.

A creative remark from a recent NWS area forecast discussion, "snow bombs bursting in air".

 

[Grassi21]

Huh--never saw this thread.

A creative remark from a recent NWS area forecast discussion, "snow bombs bursting in air".

This isn't a weather term, but your post reminds me of one of my favorites terms used on the hill...

Powder explosions

and to a lesser degree...

Slush explosions

 

[hammer]

Least favorite (is that a hijack?): Snowpocalypse. Just because it's been used for events that are nowhere near that.

Makes me think of "Snowmaggedon"...

 

[HD333]

anything with the word dump in it...

for example Massive Dump:grin:

 

[Grassi21]

How a about puking snow? Love that one.

 

[ZYDECORICH]

heard on a clip from the weather channel of a guy down south saying... the snowlords are upon us.