Funny AFD From Amarillo about Snow

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

You can only do this and get by with it on the overnight shift.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
412 AM CST THU MAR 23 2006

.DISCUSSION...
IT CAN BE STATED WITH ALL THE CERTAINTY OF A TWO MINUTE INTERNET
SEARCH THAT OGDEN NASH NEVER WROTE A POEM ABOUT SNOWFALL. BUT IF HE
HAD IT MIGHT ECHO THESE SENTIMENTS...

I RELISH SNOWFALL IN THE WAY
THAT I WELCOME TOOTH DECAY.
YET SNOW'D BE GREAT IF IT WOULD STRIVE
TO FALL WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE.
OR BETTER STILL...WE BEG IT PLEASE
TO FALL AT NINETY TWO DEGREES.
FOR THEN ITS FLAKES WE WOULD NOT FEAR...
BEFORE THEY FELL THEY'D DISAPPEAR

[cheezyWXguy]

good poem

[JenyEliza]

Good stuff!

[terstorm1012]

Hmm whoever works at Amarillo has a major sense of humor. this is not the first one i've seen. love it.

[plainsman]

Amarillo,Texas had about 24 hrs straight of snow fall i counted for march 22nd and 23rd..... anybody know how much they got.... thats the 2nd time amarillo got hit hard with snow in about a week.. anybody knows how much they got... it snows alot in amarillo in March it was pretty wild snow fell in the northern parts of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex also...

[TT-SEA]

I would NOT say they got hit "hard".

Amarillo received just under one inch of snow this week.

The total snowfall for the entire winter in Amarillo is 2.5 inches.

[WaitingForSiren]

Wow, thats some intense snowfall!

[TT-SEA]

No sure what happened to my previous post.

But I will link to the Amarillo NWS climate page again...

http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=ama



Again... factual proof that Amarillo has received LESS THAN AN INCH of snow for March and 2.5 inches for the ENTIRE winter.

I would not call that amazing snowfall.

[plainsman]

i couldnt find it i dont know? i do know last yr. amarillo had a foot of snow in march and another snow storm produced like 5 inches in march. ... itll often snow in amarillo earlier like in late october and later like late march, in the season then say minneapolis,mn.... im not saying they get a ton of snow every yr.. 20.9 inches of snow is their average snow fall......

[plainsman]

ya in 2004-05 Amarillo had 40.2 inches of snow... thats a lot of snow... 40 inches of snow... look for yourself and see... why dont you put that link up? this season 2005-06 was extremely rare for Amarillo....

[TT-SEA]

We were not talking about past years.

You made the claim that Amarillo got lots of snow last week.

They did not get much snow last week and did not get much snow this winter. Thats all I am saying. You said I was making up stuff. All you have to do is go to the Amarillo NWS web site to see that my numbers were totally accurate. Its takes 30 seconds. Yet... you decided it was easier to attack me without even checking the facts. Strange indeed.

Whats with you and your defensive comments about Amarillo?? You do not live there.

[plainsman]

ya i saw where they only got an inch this weekend and not much the whole winter.. i saw the stats.. hey i was wrong i guess.. ya know... rare for amarillo to get that little snow in a winter... but things even out ya know 40 inches one winter and like 2.5 this winter there average is 20.9 so i guess things evened out? amarillo is real nice i lived there for a few years like 5 yrs ago and im considering moving back.......... theres beautiful scenery out there......

[plainsman]

amarillo also saw a lot of freezing rain and freezing drizzle this yr. i can remember 2 good freezing rain storms, one in december and one in february and i know that doesnt count as snow..

[TT-SEA]

This my memory of Amarillo, Texas...

[TT-SEA]

FYI - just saw a story on NBC news about major wildfires and damage around Amarillo yesterday.

[plainsman]

ya its really dry and sunny there in the summer.. theres alot of open space there ya know.. thats a cool picture you have... when did you go to amarillo... the last 2 bouts of snow they had in late march helped the wildfires out alot ya the wildfires were getting very bad in the panhandle of Texas.....