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You said this before the Feb storm for his area too..and he did well.

Winter is over there.

I am actually using 2 12k btu high efficiency mini splits. 1 floor console upstairs 1 wall unit downstairs. Works great for my open 1800 sqft split level that is very well insulated and air sealed. These things operate at just stunning efficiencies at low speed. They can run as low as like 100-200 watts at their minimum with the compressor on. I literally never turn them off and they just run low and slow all day. They were rated 30.5 SEER 14 HSPF which was like double any other heat pump available at the time. I have been monitoring my solar/electricty consumption including my heat pumps for almost 10 years. My average winter usage has been around 2250-2500 kwh for Oct-Mar heating usage. Its been steadily around.5-.75 kwh per HDD. So last month BDR had 1000 HDD and it was crazy cold and I used 644 kwh for heat. So .64 kwh per HDD. Often much lower in mild months. This is almost all powered from solar. Ive run short around 500-1000 kwh a few winters due to clouds. Even if I had to buy the electricity at CT's crazy high rates last month would have cost me 644 kwh x .33 it would have cost me $212 to heat my house.

Salisbury NC. A- 3 snow events 2nd event was 1-2" of snow and ice while 15 degrees during the day 3rd event was 14" of snow while 17 degrees during the day 3 degrees low on feb 2nd 17 days snow on the ground consecutively What would have made it an A would have been a cold christmas. Was 77 degrees christmas day

You know the season has changed when Metfan is back to resorting to 300hr storms on the CMC ensembles.

Seems like the only time it's 100% sunny at this time of year is after an arctic front comes through, so you have to put up with bitter winds to get the sun. So cold and raw, during my walk to the supermarket my hands were aching and burning after 20 minutes (I thought I could manage without gloves, because it makes it a lot easier to read on my phone). And it doesn't feel like the front is going to lift north any time soon. If I could afford it, I'd spend every February through June in Phoenix or Tucson. IMO April in Arizona is the perfect climate: upper 50s at sunrise so it's cool enough to walk to the grocery store without overheating. Dewpoints in the teens and twenties making the 90-degree afternoons pleasantly cool in the shade and pleasantly warm in the sun. I could leave my windows open 24-7. Not a drop of rain all month. Not a cloud in the sky all month!

Oh of course. But that timeframe has been lighting up on different models, with a wintry look on quite a few occasions…there’s a signal there. But ya..still definitely clown range.

Lol it did…but being in clown range the only takeaway was that it keeps showing up in slightly different forms, and on slightly different days(16-19). That’s all we want to see at this juncture. We’ll see how it looks after the warm up.

That storm is over 10 days out. Equal chances of out to sea or a fropa.

Word is Nnamdi Madubuike is back working out. Man if he is healthy and playing this coming season..

Lamar posted this yesterday lol

That EURO storm looks eerily similar to the blizzard albeit a bit more of a Southeast track. Yeah Wolfie nice to see something pop

Shattered. High was 78.7 degrees, new record.

New here? Lol

Davis iirc @Voyager has had issues with his new Ambient setup

Springtime in Minnesota featuring two confused rabbits.

Ya that’s more like it. I don’t know what he posted, but that was not the Michigan deal…at least not currently. Boats in the water, and leaves on trees all green..and doesn’t even look like the same area…. weird.

Woke to fog but it looks like it is clearing off quicker than the past few days.

I was listening to a Ravens podcast yesterday and there was strong indication the Ravens were going to make a big move. Apparently they are very close to getting Lamar extended. Word was it would take 2 first round picks to get Crosby, and that the Ravens would probably not be willing to pay that price. Well. I guess they were.

The 6z GFS was interesting for Thursday. Both the 0z GEM and 0z Euro are still showing 1-2 amplification events incoming around mid-month and just after. This could be a WILD swing given the temps we have seen during the past few days. Highs could be 40-45 degrees colder at TRI than what we are seeing and will see this weekend. Wind chills in the mid-upper teens would not surprise me at some point between d5-16.

Yup…let’s wipe it clean and wash it up. If we get another shot(hoping so, especially for us who couldn’t maximize the Feb big dog)..but if so, let it fall on clean ground. If not…then let’s warm up for good(pipe dream I know about the long term warmth).

Jesus Christ, Steve LOL

Melt it all. Probably lost 18” or more so far since storm.

It kind of looks like it could maybe get sunny possibly once the fog hopefully burns off.

10-11 was Incredible…but it was all January..except for Boxing Day..which was a flop here worse than two weeks ago. 14-15 was all East and just last few days of Jan and Feb. Although we did ok in March out west here after the big blitz was over for the east(with a couple small systems in March of 15). 02-03 was cold like this but as you said January was dead. 13-14 was active and cold, and of course 95-96 was incredible and still holds the record here for us. But it did have a complete melt out after the blizzard that January with a huge warm cutter. But then 95-96 wouldn’t stop lol…that’s why it still holds the record for snowfall here. If we can cash in with a major in 10-12 days…it takes this winter to next level imo. It’s already very good/excellent in the well rounded category with the consistent cold and lack of any melt outs/rain outs that other seasons always have, and spread out nature over the whole season…….but can it go closer to top tier for us. Time will tell soon enough. In the meantime let’s enjoy some warm stuff next week.