Sneaux next week [Historic snowstorm in southeast Louisiana on January 21, 2025] (16 Viewers)

[bclemms]

That’s because he tells them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.

Ron Burgandy be damned

 

[bclemms]

Unless @bclemms says we need to evacuate, I'm staying my arse at home. Oh wait. That's in June...

Please proceed with your normal activities.

Some of the models say pack up and move. Saw a model print a huge area of 12-18” of snow along the I20 corridor from Dallas to Atlanta while putting 1-3” of ice across La, southern AL and Ga. That eould pretty much eliminate electricity for a month or more in the ice.

Same model has pretty much shoen every thinkable solution since. Euro has been pretty consistent with a lesser extreme version but still pushing record snow.

Still a little too far out but signal is very strong, particularly from central MS to Houston metro. Farther east, less certainty on impacts.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Max Velocity

 

[The Nomad]

I need to make sure my snow blower is working.

 

[brandon8283]

So, this is looking like a thing.

 

[efil4stnias]

So, this is looking like a thing.

yeah, saw some models this am that had snow/winter mix all the way down toward Houma/Grand Isle area.

Pretty crazy. Temps not higher than 34-36 degrees means whatever accumulated, will stick around for a bit.

My daughters BF supposed to fly out NO Wed morning to DC- might get lucky since its an 11 am flight and direct- because i can only imagine what hubs like Dallas and Atlanta will look like.

 

[Bill]

yeah, saw some models this am that had snow/winter mix all the way down toward Houma/Grand Isle area.

Pretty crazy. Temps not higher than 34-36 degrees means whatever accumulated, will stick around for a bit.

My daughters BF supposed to fly out NO Wed morning to DC- might get lucky since its an 11 am flight and direct- because i can only imagine what hubs like Dallas and Atlanta will look like.

What I've learned about road travel in south Louisiana when these events occur is that if you MUST leave your home to drive somewhere, do not try to reach any destination that requires you to use any elevated roadway. Any below-freezing temperatures where there has been moisture remaining on the bridge will be shut down. I once had to cross over the Mississippi River from the west bank to the east bank after an ice storm and the only bridge that was sanded and was allowing traffic to proceed was the Hale Boggs (I-310) bridge. And I had to drive 40 miles out of my way to find a route that had no elevated bridges just to get to the I-310 interchange. South Louisiana is not the place to travel whenever there is frozen precipitation in the area.

 

[efil4stnias]

What I've learned about road travel in south Louisiana when these events occur is that if you MUST leave your home to drive somewhere, do not try to reach any destination that requires you to use any elevated roadway. Any below-freezing temperatures where there has been moisture remaining on the bridge will be shut down. I once had to cross over the Mississippi River from the west bank to the east bank after an ice storm and the only bridge that was sanded and was allowing traffic to proceed was the Hale Boggs (I-310) bridge. And I had to drive 40 miles out of my way to find a route that had no elevated bridges just to get to the I-310 interchange. South Louisiana is not the place to travel whenever there is frozen precipitation in the area.

I had mentioned they may want to get a room at/near Airport Tuesday and just post up there til flight. Because if you have to be at Airport by 9am, leaving NS at 730 am, temps still below 30, could be an issue since you only have 55 or Causeway ( have Twin spans, but that adds another 60 min to drive - and multiple bridges/overpasses to travel )

Thats if the flight will even happen. I dont know if MSY has the "de-icing" equipment needed.

 

[faceman]

So, this is looking like a thing.

Yes, the latest forecast is an inch of snow for the Ms. coast on Tuesday.

 

[zeetes]

fork. just found out i'll be working monday and tuesday, possibly activated for wednesday. just trying to play some marvel rivals. at least i receive 2x hours for k time (oh joy).

no disrespect, but i don't care about your utilities as long as i have mine. no one needs know if you have electricity or not, because if you don't, will you know wtf i'm "reporting"? my coworker knocks that sheet out.

i'm bitter.

 

[Bill]

I had mentioned they may want to get a room at/near Airport Tuesday and just post up there til flight. Because if you have to be at Airport by 9am, leaving NS at 730 am, temps still below 30, could be an issue since you only have 55 or Causeway ( have Twin spans, but that adds another 60 min to drive - and multiple bridges/overpasses to travel )

Thats if the flight will even happen. I dont know if MSY has the "de-icing" equipment needed.

The occasion I mentioned was about needing to board a flight for a ski trip. As you suggested it would be extremely advantageous to stay near the airport the night before a flight during one of these 'wintry mix' events because you should expect a lot of routes to MSY to be closed.

And just for the record, the ground crew at the airport DID de-ice our aircraft before takeoff. I actually recorded it from my window seat.

 

[efil4stnias]

The occasion I mentioned was about needing to board a flight for a ski trip. As you suggested it would be extremely advantageous to stay near the airport the night before a flight during one of these 'wintry mix' events because you should expect a lot of routes to MSY to be closed.

And just for the record, the ground crew at the airport DID de-ice our aircraft before takeoff. I actually recorded it from my window seat.

out of MSY? good to know. He was really looking forward to this trip to DC ( part of a large contingent of college student presidents from across country going to DC )


as for de-icing, first time for me was Denver many years ago and i watched to- even told wife, i think they missed a spot lolololl

 

[faceman]

The occasion I mentioned was about needing to board a flight for a ski trip. As you suggested it would be extremely advantageous to stay near the airport the night before a flight during one of these 'wintry mix' events because you should expect a lot of routes to MSY to be closed.

And just for the record, the ground crew at the airport DID de-ice our aircraft before takeoff. I actually recorded it from my window seat.

It's rarely used,but the Gpt/Blx regional airport has the equipment also. Here's a scene from 4 years ago.

 

[Bill]

out of MSY? good to know. He was really looking forward to this trip to DC ( part of a large contingent of college student presidents from across country going to DC )


as for de-icing, first time for me was Denver many years ago and i watched to- even told wife, i think they missed a spot lolololl

I actually joked with my wife about the irony because we left New Orleans needing to de-ice the plane, but when we departed from Denver on the return flight (with light snow falling) we did not need to de-ice because the temperature was cold enough that the snow just blew off of the wings without accumulation.

 

[Bill]

out of MSY? good to know. He was really looking forward to this trip to DC ( part of a large contingent of college student presidents from across country going to DC )


as for de-icing, first time for me was Denver many years ago and i watched to- even told wife, i think they missed a spot lolololl

There's really only two things that make de-icing really critical. One is if there is enough ice/frozen precipitation on the wings to change the shape of the airfoil and/or disturb the airflow over the wings thus reducing its ability to produce the required lift. And two, taking off at maximum gross weight. Airplanes already need more runway to lift off from airports that are at high density altitudes like at DIA. More weight requires even more runway. Then if the wings' ability to produce lift is reduced due to airflow restrictions, there may not be enough lift no matter how long the runway being used.

There are two kinds of ice that airplanes have to deal with, clear ice and rime ice. Of the two rime ice is much more critical to safe flight. This is because rime ice is much more crystalline and jagged making it much more likely to interrupt the smooth laminar flow of air over the wings. Clear ice is smooth and still allows for sufficient airflow unless it gets to the point that it changes the airfoil enough that the wing cannot produce the lift it was designed to produce.

There are three basic types of de-icing equipment used on airplanes. There are electrically heated boots across the leading edge. There are inflatable boots across the leading edge that can be used to literally crack off the ice that can accumulate when flying through icing conditions. And there is also some older systems that squirt a glycol mixture while in flight. This type is usually seen on propellers to keep ice from building up on the blades and losing their ability to produce thrust. A network of tubes build into the spinner hub sprays glycol onto the running propeller blades.

The best thing for any aircraft in flight is to avoid all potential icing conditions if at all possible. Ice (of any kind) changes the flight characteristics too much on any aircraft to deliberately choose to fly into known icing conditions.