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*nerd voice* EXTRAPOLATING. EXTRAPOLATING

lol no just squalls and flurries off and on

When we lost Wilbur (my profile pic) we waited almost 2 years before we got another dog. We wanted and enjoyed the freedom that came along with not having to be home by a certain time to let one out and being able to go somewhere at the drop of a hat. But then we got Bella the beagle and I don't miss that freedom at all. She has been a great addition to the household and we are so happy to have her.

It was a great winter here as well. It was like the pre party to a fantastic 2005-2015. It was cold and dry west of the lakes though.

Overcast since 11 a.m.

Despite what JB is thinking (cold mid to late April), the EWs still don’t show anything of the sort.

that's how we've picked all of our cats

Male aspens are already spreading pollen up here, and a couple of 60s days will pop the flowers on red & silver maples. Looks like the pack (10" this morning) will survive into April, thanks to the cold weekend. Only 9 of our 27 winters have failed to reach April, 10 if I count 2024 as we were down to a trace just pre-equinox. I don't count it as we had 40.9" after the equinox, most spring snow of my 53 winters in Maine.

The convection-allowing models show some huge storms with high shear in IL/IN/OH. There seems to be a window of a few hours tomorrow before the cold air catches up with the whole thing. The model soundings have some indicators of higher CAPE with elevated convection going later into the night.

I apologize if it's already been mentioned. Looks like many of us around the area could be racking up those rain totals tomorrow night.

I think you are right

I wouldn't be surprised if we don't make it until the end of summer lol. The plan is my girlfriend is going to go to the shelter and pick out a dog. I can't go and do it because I told her if we encountered pups that were a part of a family there is absolutely zero way I could just take the one, I would have to take the whole family. What I should say though is, the dog will pick her. That is how she ended up with the dog. She went to the animal shelter when she was living in Florida and went into a cage...all of the dogs ran and hid into the corner and only one went up to her and she figured that was the one. The dog had just been dropped off at the shelter a day or two before. Talk about fait.

Hi Jns, Attached is a link to my website with the site descriptions. They are a combination of NWS COOP / CRN / AWOS / DEOS stations. No Cocorahs are included - but I may in the future. Let me know if any other questions. Thanks! Paul https://chescowx.com/detailed-station-data/

We lost our black Lab of 13 years on Oct 29, 2016, and with us past normal retirement age led to pondering whether to get another dog. We decided to wait until spring before making a decision. "Spring" came on Feb 4 a yellow Lab mix thru Maine Lab Rescue. Scrawny 32-lb 17-month-old fixed female from TX. (She's now in the 50s and not fat.) Might've never seen snow, and her first 2 weeks here included 5 storms totaling 45", then the Pi-day blizzard really spooked her. Now 10 yr old, turns 11 in July, still spry but achy when I do a reasonably long bushwhack on our woodlot, as she has to sniff everything - if I walk a mile, she does 3 or 4.

Why are you buckin' for that to be the case, Scott. LOL I dunno... I've seen this before in spring when the season's on the death bed. Like the "lucid interval" when out of nowhere the patient bounces back, talkative and smiling sending nurses and relatives scrambling but it ends up fake and they're dead in a couple hours anyway. Heh..just wanted to make a disturbing metaphor. No but I have seen this in spring where there's a regression, and it tends also happen during a warmer outlook, too. But the warm up comes anyway. interesting. We'll see which way this one goes

I remember your pics of her out in the snow.

What severe weather at least last year when there was the shitty drought i saw good early season severe

Stoked for you!

Nothing ahead but 9 months of patience.

Drought going to worsen to “Extreme” category for much of NC given recent trends and where we already are. Truly could be a historic summertime drought unless El Niño effects hurry up. Scary going into summer with drought status where it is

So pumped I get to chase with him starting in a little over a week.

For fall numbers I have the following firsts: NWS defined frost (36-32) Visible Frost (not exactly a scientific category) Freeze (32 and below) Hard Freeze (28 and below)

Science uses tree rings, ice core samples, sedimentary rock, etc. to determine temperatures from past years...

at my old location, 1.2 miles NW of my current location, the average last freeze from 2017 to 2025 was 4/14...earliest was 4/2 in 2019 and latest was 4/26 in 2024

53 and sun. Another winner of a day.