Forecast Model Discussion Bingo

[Vortex3929]

Mods, I'm posting this in the model section as it sort of relates! Move post however as wasn't sure if to do it here or lounge.

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Jff and a bit of a laugh but for it to have a chance at working, I need all of you to help get this off the ground! So..

As I'm sure most of us, if not all of us - read the model discussion thread we know there are recurring phrases and words that appear every winter. Some of these we love, some we loathe. You're already thinking of both types of those words aren't you! Perfect  

These have become what has been affectionately called bingo. (I love how a forum like this can come up with terms that just stick... BFTE for example!)

With a big enough list, I'm going to see if I can create some game cards based on that list and SOMEHOW devise a way to randomise the cards + words and post them on here or into participants message inbox or somewhere for us all to have fun with.. 

I will hopefully have bingo cards done soon but because I've not quite worked this out fully just yet it will give me something to figure out while you're all (hopefully) flooding the replies with the words you want to be added.  I've a few ideas in mind on how to make this work but will be dependent on how many words we come up with.

What I am after is as MANY of these words as you can possibly remember seeing or use yourself.  And by as many as possible, I do literally mean that!  The more words the better!!!!  If we can run into triple digits, go for it!   I'm around 60 right now from this winter....

A couple of guidelines however!

The words should be from the model output discussion threads/posts, as that's where the idea originated and where we can get our cards marked off from.  

If the words are part of a "set", I'm thinking of splitting them..  Example :  beast from the east becomes beast / east, but I'll also include the full set just for a fuller set of words.

If there are letters for words, please also include the words as well as the letters. Not only will this give a more complete set of words to use for bingo, but will also help others in probably learning terms etc at the same time. See, fun and still educational

For example : NAO  North Atlantic Oscillation 

So, with that in mind! And what might be a headache for me in the near future I await those words. 

My current list is as follows:

NAO

North Atlanic Oscillation 

ESB

Eastern Sea Board 

BFTE

Beast

East

Beasterly

Potential

Toys

Prams

"WINTERS OVER"

Samaritans 

Stratospheric Polar Vortex

 SPV

TPV  

Tropospheric Polar Vortex

Greenie/Greeny

Sausage

Ramp

Rollercoaster

Off topic

"Off topic but" (including but for more difficulty)

Barlett *shudders*

COD

Shortwave

Slider

"Nick Sussex Special"

F1 (F-one)

Blowtorch 

Anomaly 

Geopotential

Wedges Make Sledges (but NOT wedge itself to be more difficult)

WAA 

Warm Air Advection 

CAA

Cold Air Advection

"get all the fun"

imby

Nimby !!

Heat pump

Zonal

Straws

West based

Downgrade

More runs needed 

Spoiler 

Coupling

Bifurcation 

BOOM

Back in the freezer

Undercut

1963

1947

Toppler

AMOC

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Amoc shutdown 

"Once cold is in, it's hard to shift"

"Get the cold in first"

Edited December 29, 2024 by Vortex3929

[Methuselah]

The GFS is always too progressive?

[swebby]

 Vortex3929 Can't have the winter lingo bingo without a "Dangler" that may or may not be pre-fixed with Pembrokeshire!

Others to add are:

Channel Runner

Polar Low

Snowfields

Baby Steps

Faux Cold (Grrrrrrrr!)

Euro Slug.

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Griceland, Sceuro, 

[snefnug]

 

 

(new in at number 1). ECMAI and Penguin16
 

SSW

Sudden

Stratospheric

Warming

Dart Board Low

snow shield

Pete Tong

gutted

Dumping (as in snow amounts)

Prozac

Towels (as in throwing in)

Greenie High

Scandi High

Atmospheric River

Edited December 30, 2024 by snefnug

[Ribble Valley Grower]

 

Posted September 15

Location: STEVENAGE, HERTS (100M ASL)

The always reliable CFS is giving us a white new year. What could possibly go wrong 

 

[John88B]

Not forgetting 'south of the M4' from which I live 7 miles north of so often on the borderline. 

[John88B]

And the 'mountain goats' that often see a lot of snow.

[Vortex3929]

Added all these to the list. Thanking you folks

 Methuselah progressive

 snefnug great suggestions there  "Sudden Stratospheric Warming" being a full term to look for probably. at prozac

3 hours ago, swebby said:

Faux Cold (Grrrrrrrr!)

^^^ brilliant! 

1 hour ago, Ribble Valley Grower said:

reliable CFS, what could possibly go wrong 

Added as full terms, and welcome to the forum Ribble

 John88B how did I forget the corridor one definitely going on the list

keep them coming please... 

Edited December 30, 2024 by Vortex3929

[WYorksWeather]

"The next (name of run) is crucial"

"The trend is our friend"

"Bust"

"Northern Hemisphere (NH) profile looks good" (on a run that is terrible for UK cold, for bonus points)

"Marginal"

"Wet snow"

"Streamers"

For years, add 2010 to the list.

 

[shuggee]

Many years ago a certain @Osbourne One-Nilinstigated a game on here similar to the BBC Radio 4 institution that is, "I'm sorry I haven't a clue", whereby a couple of letters in a phrase are swapped out... This thread is remiscent of such frolics with a few suggestions:

Greenland Nigh

More nuns needed

Iberian Sigh

Beast from the Yeast

Thames Dreamer

etc.

Nice to see some humour in these AGW times!

 

 

[lottiekent]

This is great! Though we have forgotten Streamer

or if you want to be more specific:

Channel streamer

Kent Streamer

North Sea streamer

Thames streamer

(probably missing some?)

[John88B]

 lottiekent not forgetting the Cheshire gap and of course the Pembroke dangler! Then there's the Bristol channel streamer that living here can be beneficial. 

Edited December 31, 2024 by John88B

[Methuselah]

Pembrokeshire dangler, Kent Clipper and [year of choice] redux.

[John88B]

Not forgetting 'binning'. The procedure of throwing out with the rubbish a run that is not showing what you want

Edited December 31, 2024 by John88B

[Vortex3929]

 shuggee a game to run alongside bingo perhaps?

 

[snefnug]

Think I’ve got full house just from this morning’s posts in MADMOD!

[snefnug]

Squeeky bum time

 

Locked in

[chilly milly]

Game on

Bank

Calling it now

Confined to the Scottish mountains

 

[Polar Maritime]

Energy

Better run

Big three

Missing data...

[snefnug]

Narnia

Holy Grail

[Vortex3929]

On 30/12/2024 at 22:40, WYorksWeather said:

"Northern Hemisphere (NH) profile looks good" (on a run that is terrible for UK cold, for bonus points)

Oooo... I'm liking the bonus points idea!!! 

 lottiekent WYORKSWEATHER beat you to the actual word, but defining which streamer is great!!

Thank you all for these really good suggestions.  Added these all as well! 

Also, as a side note - where on earth do we all think and come up with such terms?  I've had a good chuckle at some of these so far

[chilly milly]

Close but no cigar

[I remember Atlantic 252]

longwave Atlantic trough , if at 252 hours away too, not sure what it even means, mentioned often by bluearmy

[Methuselah]

Energy ejection SE.