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Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:45 pm to yellowfin
that's NWS Slidell's forecasting area, go look at a different advisories map
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:45 pm to GEAUXmedic
Does Louisiana even have any equipment to chemically treat roads and bridges before a storm hits?
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:46 pm to GEAUXmedic
oh well....looks like half the office will be crying that they can't come to work for half the week
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:47 pm to vl100butch
quote:
Does Louisiana even have any equipment to chemically treat roads and bridges before a storm hits?
they have very few salt/sand trucks.. and a shite load of cop cars to block highways
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:47 pm to yellowfin
Yeah according to that one but it's the one with the snowfall amounts I looked at ... not sure why Lafayette or Vermilion parishes aren't in the warning ... whatever.
I work Monday and am done for the month. If the kids are home that means there are no basketball games or dancing SO I get a night or 2 "off"! Terrible I know.
Good luck with your office staff!
I work Monday and am done for the month. If the kids are home that means there are no basketball games or dancing SO I get a night or 2 "off"! Terrible I know.
Good luck with your office staff!
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:47 pm to GEAUXmedic
quote:
i noticed this with the weatherbell maps.. i didn't think instant weather was as bad though thanks.
eta: see the ridiculous amounts on the weatherbell maps
Yea, so a quick look at the forecasted soundings from around hour 48 - 60 on the 18z GFS - BTR starts out below freezing at the surface with a saturated dendrite growth zone (where snowflakes form) but there is a warm nose (area above the ground but below the dendrite growth zone that is above freezing) but it isn't that big. BTR probably starts off as sleet but maybe freezing rain then transitions to sleet and ends as snow. It looks like a majority of the precipitation falls as sleet but things aren't that far off from transitioning to snow earlier. Once again, speaking verbatim based on just the 18z GFS.
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:49 pm to vl100butch
butch I doubt it ... really doubt it. But after last week's fiasco of traffic and the "warnings" that this week could be similar you think they'd have gotten "something" as far as materials ... can't they just dump it and use a dozer to push the stuff around?
Yes, I'm clueless ...
Yes, I'm clueless ...
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:53 pm to tiger91
not worth the investment to buy that kind of equipment down here to use it once every 10 years
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:54 pm to tiger91
quote:
butch I doubt it ... really doubt it. But after last week's fiasco of traffic and the "warnings" that this week could be similar you think they'd have gotten "something" as far as materials ... can't they just dump it and use a dozer to push the stuff around?
Yes, I'm clueless
what is normally done is you have dumptrucks with snowplows mounted on them, but before the storm hits, they are loaded with salt and the driver goes down the road with the bed lifted about halfway up, there is a small gate in the tailgate along the bottom where the salt comes out and hits a rotary device that spreads it across the road...
Posted on 1/26/14 at 4:56 pm to vl100butch
fin, they could use rice trucks ... lol ... the bed could lift and then open slightly and let the salt out. Just no snow plow in front ... and yes, I realize that it's so NOT worth keeping/having that here in South LA!!!
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:06 pm to tiger91
from another forum:
quote:
From State Police:
The Louisiana State Police is already monitoring the weather as another winter storm is predicted this week.
We encourage you to monitor the weather in your area.
For those of you who live out of state but may be traveling to or through Louisiana in the coming days, monitor the weather and plan accordingly.
Travel safe.
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:13 pm to GEAUXmedic
Might as well change your thread title to South Louisiana. Lake Charles and Lafayette are under advisories. I know you knew that already
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:15 pm to Prominentwon
quote:
Might as well change your thread title to South Louisiana. Lake Charles and Lafayette are under advisories. I know you knew that already
i know now.. just didn't change it. at first it was a SE LA event
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:29 pm to GEAUXmedic
for those interested the new AFD (Area Forecast Discussion) is out. LINK
Here are excerpts that don't need explanation.
Here are excerpts that don't need explanation.
quote:
CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WITH BOTH SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATION AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. OF GREATEST CONCERN AT THIS TIME IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ICE STORM THAT COULD HAVE MUCH GREATER IMPACTS THAN THE PREVIOUS WINTER SYSTEM.
quote:
GIVEN THE MODEL TRENDS THAT CARRY FORWARD FROM YESTERDAY...THERE IS AT LEAST A GOOD CHANCE OF A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND/OR SNOW EXCEEDING THEIR INDIVIDUAL WARNING CRITERIA OF 2 INCHES FOR SNOW AND ONE QUARTER INCH FOR FREEZING RAIN...OR A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THAT WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE TREACHEROUS IR NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES DURING THE TUESDAY TO TUESDAY NIGHT PERIODS. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AREA WIDE AND LINGERING NEAR THE COAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE HIGHS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO EITHER BE NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
quote:
OTHER WINTER HAZARDS THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY WILL BE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AND LONG DURATION HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PROBLEMS WITH TRAVEL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING AND AMPLE TIME PASSES TO ALLOW THE ICE TO MELT.
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:38 pm to lsugolfredman
quote:The way he downplayed Katrina was pretty good.
I respect Grimes a lot too
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:41 pm to Cincinnati Bowtie
Mag chloride. Or maybe Green Bay can sell their cheese brine that they use.
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:42 pm to Cincinnati Bowtie
Remember Nelson Robinson ? Channel 33 shite canned him after he poo poo'd projections that Gustav would hit BR hard less than 24 hours before it hit ..
This post was edited on 1/26/14 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:48 pm to GEAUXmedic
You call this winter weather? Here in Minnesota, we'd call that forecast Indian Summer.
Posted on 1/26/14 at 5:51 pm to RedMustang
quote:
You call this winter weather? Here in Minnesota, we'd call that forecast Indian Summer.
I love dumbass comments like this
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