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Funny as Alex mentioned Orlando as I just got back late Friday from there as well, dews and heat felt nice nice when you have easy pool access.
Back to perfect NNE spring conditions for a morning hike..
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Like the parting of the red sea down the CPV
https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-Vermont-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined
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Wondered why my bird feeder was empty. Wasn't knocked over, still standing, but not a seed left after being totally full. I guess bad time of year to leave bird feeders out over night.
https://video.nest.com/clip/15d2d9016002408c8726087e2b4c1412.mp4
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1 minute ago, moneypitmike said:
Might be wasting my money, but I'm putting some more seed down on the front lawn. There are some bad patches there that suck the big one.
Any thoughts on how to best take care of those? I had fertilized the lawn a couple weeks ago
Lastly, what are the thoughts on Lesco seed? I just picked some of their sun/shade mix. I used to use the west-county blend from Agway back in Shelburne.
Pics of the lawn? Also, pic of the lesco grass seed label?
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Mitch approved
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.....annnnnd back to reality today. 46F OVC and Windy at midday.
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As Gene said, before I moved to VT I noticed a lot of Bamboo in SE PA. Looked to be getting out of control in spots. Definitely pretty invasive down there.
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Just what the Dr.
Dewordered today.71/41..perfect.
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55 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:
After:
I'm more of a mulch guy, but that does look pretty good.
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2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:
Yeah, NYS banned phosphorous in lawn fertilizer a few years ago now so if you buy Lesco in NYS is doesn't include it. Edit: NYS banned it starting in 2012.
Yea, didn't realize some states banned it. I mean it makes sense, there is no need to apply it unless you soil is deficient or your starting a new lawn from scratch. And if you have a soil test that proves your low in P, then you can use it, even in the banned states.
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47 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:
I didn't think they could anymore, I guess so?
You may be right and as Julian said in NY he was having trouble. Seems some states have the ban. Most Starter Fertilizers have a pretty high phosphorus count as its important in establishing a new lawn. They are normally like 18-24-12 or something in that range. The middle number(phosphorous) is normally 24 or 25 or so.
I havent used phosphorous since 2009 when I redid my while lawn from scratch so I haven't really had the need for phosphorus in fert, so guess things have gotten strict since then. I do mostly organic now if I can, but will do some synthetic Nitrogen drops in the fall.
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1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:
Lesco does not have Phosphorous.
Lesco makes ferts with phosphorous. They also make them without too.
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2.02" last night caused some issues down here in the valley. Snowpack i noticed was pretty meager actually on my drive up to Stratton on Saturday, so could have been worse I guess. I wasnt expecting 2-3 inches of rain either that fell here up through RUT area.
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1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:
Looking out east from my backyard, hell is trying its hardest to ooze over the spine of the Greens.
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1 hour ago, beavis1729 said:
Is Diamond Pond an actual town...or just a pond?
I tried looking for info, but couldn't find much.
2200ft-Diamond Pond COOP---as the others stated- somewhat limited data set.
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42 minutes ago, beavis1729 said:
I imagine that, for 2018-19, Caribou is near their all-time record for SDD days.
158.5" on the season so far, with another 4"+ on the way tonight. Snow depth is currently 23" - not bad for April 8th. They have had 6"+ depth since 11/14/2018, although the thaw in the last half of December dented the sizable snowpack quite a bit. The snowpack recovered nicely at the new year.
NWS CAR tweeted out a graphic---looks like they are in 9th place for 1" or greater, but only need 8 days to get to the #1 spot. So it seems like a lock.
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31 minutes ago, wxmanmitch said:
Heavy snow. 27.5° F. 2.3" down.
Closing in on 2" here. Mix line looks close.
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Anybody know where the spine is? ha
Might be mowing here before Mitch melts out.
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1 hour ago, J.Spin said:
Yeah, I hear it around as well; it just seems like it’s the same old bitching and moaning that happens every year (sort of like the requisite bitching and moaning that has to be done about April weather in SNE).
I can’t say I like this time of year as much as fall, but there are so many things about it that I really enjoy. I love the ridiculously deep snowpack in the local mountains, the elevation snowstorms that deliver those great late-season powder days, the soft spring skiing days, the deserted ski resorts and rock-bottom prices on lodging and other amenities, the long-lasting light for ski touring, the fact that I don’t have to spend time mowing my lawn until around Memorial Day because it’s dormant, etc., etc.
I don’t even plan to pull out the bike or other warm weather stuff until around Memorial Day/June 1st, and by then, the weather is appropriate. That’s just about the time most practical skiing is finishing up, but until that point though, the skiing is typically great. Mother Nature actually has things synchronized pretty well as far as I’m concerned, but just like in the fall, folks are often chomping at the bit to move on to whatever is supposed to be next.
Yes, I meant to mention that I could see people enjoying the Spring skiing, empty crowds, etc--that is a perk. I'm not a die hard and someone who only got out about 8-10 times this year and mostly because my kids started their junior program in school. Non spring skiing related, the day to day weather is pretty crappy for the most part.
Speaking of kids skiing--was thinking of asking you, or @mreaves, @borderwx (I think VT natives?) or anyone else really, is it normal for most schools in VT to give half days during the winter months 1 day a week to go skiing? Its cool that they do that around here for grades K-12, nice for kids to be able to get out there and enjoy what the local geography has to offer. I was curious how many school districts offered that around VT-guessing mainly ones within a somewhat close proximity to a local hill--no idea.
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Growing up in the Mid-Atl, April is probably the only month I would swap vs here in VT. Maybe early May I guess too sometimes. The rest I would take VT over there, and its not really that close honestly comparing month to month for me.
Definitely heard some complaining about the wind/cold/snow this morning dropping the kids off. Non Weenies are for sure over it--and we don't even have any snow left on the ground here and had only like half an inch this morning! ha
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3 hours ago, dendrite said:
An average. So bare spots plus a legit measuring spot of say 6" (not an old drift or snow bank) would be a depth of 3".
Meh--I'm submitting this as a 6" depth tomorrow on my cocorahs report. Slant-depth.
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1 hour ago, OceanStWx said:
CoCoRaHS and coops are reporting new snowfall. And a fluff bomb that compacts as it falls, to Brian's point, isn't that just part of what happens to snow. We're not measuring every flake as it stacks up, we're measuring what people have to deal with.
You guys asked what officially is new snowfall, and I gave the answer. It seems that some don't like the answer because it may take away a few inches at the end of the year. You're fine to clear the board every 6 hours, it won't be any different than a LCD site, but any more than that and you're not giving us a number comparable to the rest of our reports.
CoCoRaHS seems to be Ok with either method. You can do new snow at the end of the event or do 6 hour clears. I'm not sure how many are actually doing 6 hours vs "new snowfall"--I would think most are doing new snowfall and not clearing.
Below is from their site:
One of the difficulties with accurate and consistent snowfall measurement is related to the melting, settling, or evaporation of snow before you have a chance to measure it (especially in the Fall and Spring). Please try to do a measurement as close in time to when the storm ends as possible. Don't wait until 7AM if the snow ended the previous day. During long-duration snowfalls, you may choose to measure and clear the snowboard every six hours. The total snowfall would then be the summation of the different measurements.
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ALY always uses Mitch's reported totals in their PNS, I guess they would toss them if they knew he was doing clears that frequent.
I think I mentioned this once before, but ALY had a cocorahs event in the fall and the METS encouraged 6 hour clears to the cocorahs observers-not saying its right or wrong, but it is what they said that day.
I also do 6 hours--sometimes. Like Jspin mentioned, can be a number of factors in not doing it that often. I only did one clear for this last event and it probably lasted 24 hours.
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Absolute valley screw job below 1000ft. Maybe .5-1" max at 1k or lower. Thought some upslope would kick in over night even for valley floor, thinks temps were like 33-34F when best returns were overhead below 1k, also flow was little too blocked I guess and also best returns looked down in taconics in WMA/ENY and Rensselear Plateau in ENY. Every model had at least 4-6" at even the lowest elevations.
5.7" final here at my place. Never seen such a dramatic difference in just 100-200ft of elevation, at least here in the valley.
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900-950ft
NNE Warm Season Thread
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Man, 85/65 at a local VP2 PWS in town.. dusted off the sprinkler and put out in the yard for the kids..torchy.