tunafish

2 minutes ago, dryslot said:

To funny.

which part?  How Sherbrooke CAN gets less than coastal SC, or the part about how we'll need PT from all the show we'll never shovel?

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

Is there a pattern thread someplace buried in here?

I remember there used to be a Pattern thread and a separate Model thread for each month in winter.  That helped keep all the noise that comes with every model run out of the insightful Pattern thread.  More "work" for the mods but was nice for the reader.

13 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

If I wanted MD weather I would just stay there.

Dead and brown with soaked ground and temps in the 40s is far more dreary to me than thick snow cover and cold temps this time of year. To each his own though.

I'm with you there.

Unfortunately I've got dead and brown with frozen ground, patches and piles, and 34F .  10 miles away is another world.

22 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Thankfully our house is very energy efficient and while we have two heat pumps we only use them in summer. We have on demand baxi propane boiler for the radiant heat plus woodstove and South facing house. Our heating costs have avg ~600/yr last 10yrs

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Yes.  Same here - super efficient house.  We looked into heat pumps for the cooling, not heating.  Decided against it since it didn't make sense for the price.  But my summer climo is very different than yours.  I've got that ocean breeze, for better or worse.  Window unit AC's only 3-5 nights a summer, if that.  All this talk is making me want Kev to fire up the Lawn thread.

1 hour ago, BrianW said:

You guys must be getting crushed up North with $3+ oil and propane.

Efficiency Maine has an awesome heating fuel cost calculator. The prices on the website are actual average fuel prices that Maine gathers. The current data is from Jan 3rd.

Anyone using propane could have saved $3k+ this winter using a heat pump or wood/pellets. 

Current average winter heating cost per fuel.

Wood $1,169

Pellets $1,712

Heat pump $1,795

Oil $3,027

Propane $4,728

 

https://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-home/heating-cost-comparison/

Locked in my propane price in the summer, like I do every year, for <$2.50 a gallon.  I pay $1400 in heating/hot water costs.

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

Electric rates were just jacked so heat pumps not as good analternative as they were

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Don't let Queef Carson hear you say that.  He'll start a twitter thread mansplaining why you're wrong.

4 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Wind roaring, grass emerging.

Got some yard ponding going on, "pack" is begging for mercy, nowhere to be seen.

Looks like 10 will do it here.

As in 10 snowflakes I saw mix in with the driving rain.

3 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

It is pissing me off that I need to get up early to snowblow before it gets really waterlogged.  Sorta wanted to sleep in. 

At least you'll have enough to Snowblow?  Gotta look for the silver linings, sad as they may be.

The kick in the pants for this event is that I'll have to get up at 4AM to measure the 0.2" that falls as snow before it washes away. 

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This is now the therapy thread for deprived weenies. 

3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

.5" shy of my season to date.

Hurts so bad.  You're locale being in single digits halfway through Jan is criminal

Walnut, MS checking in with 9".  That's bigger than any event I've had this season and is more than half my season-to-date total.

Fahk an A

1 hour ago, tunafish said:

So far so good!  This morning they were hesitant to come down into the run, though.  Understandably as it was -5°F.  Yesterday morning as rough too with the wind.  Gave them some warm Oatmeal as a treat, they were stoked.  I do want to inspect their combs for any frostbite today, just to be sure.

I did get snow blowing through the ridge vent during last Friday's storm, right into their coop. Cleaned out the snos after and they were fine.  If we get another windy event I'll make sure modification to keep the snow out during the storm at least.

On 1/15/2022 at 10:16 AM, dendrite said:

How are the birds handling the cold? I left mine in the coop this morning where there’s no drafts and it’s a little warmer. I just went in there and it’s 10° whereas the run is 0° and it’s still -3° outside. Maybe around noon I’ll let them into the run when the sun is beating on it more. The spruce trees on the south sude if my yard have gotten tall enough that they block the sun this time of year. 

So far so good!  This morning they were hesitant to come down into the run, though.  Understandably as it was -5°F.  Yesterday morning as rough too with the wind.  Gave them some warm Oatmeal as a treat, they were stoked.  I do want to inspect their combs for any frostbite today, just to be sure.

I did get snow blowing through the ridge vent during last Friday's storm, right into their coop. Cleaned out the snos after and they were fine.  If we get another windy event I'll make sure modification to keep the snow out during the storm at least.

7 hours ago, George001 said:

I see a 983 mb low over Nantucket

Fire up a thread!

1 minute ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

Southwood Acres.

ah, ok, looked similar to hazardville, have some family over there.

Is it that High by St. John's that's pushing this thing up the Hudson?

What changes would we want to see to that High position for more easterly solutions?

Decks poppin, down to 0.0

1 minute ago, EastonSN+ said:

Ugly.

1 minute ago, dryslot said:

Looks great.

3 minutes ago, dryslot said:

SW facing but still full coverage of a glacial 4-6".

that bottom inch or two leftover from december is literally bulletproof. 

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

-2.2F

1.6F.  Clearly not some radiating fake cold.

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

That works
 

Run straight out of my basement.

9 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

It has been mostly "normal" for most kids this year.  If someone is positive they miss a week or so.  Most materials, etc are available online so they can do some of the catchup work at home if motivated.    That goodness we are staying in person

Being in-person seems to be the most meaningful difference from last year.  And yes, the whole pandemic experience is disruptive to kids, but they're also more resilient than people give them credit for, and at times more resilient than adults.  If they positive, resilient adults in their life, they'll definitely make it out of this experience OK.  And if they don't, they'll probably still be OK.  

25/0F

5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Pretty much as forecast.  Watch the MWRA poop numbers... that is the best way to view how widespread it is in those communities.  Not everyone tests... everyone poops

timing would coincide with when numbers started to drop last year at the same time.  post-holiday surge peaked on Jan 11 last year.

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Keep a very close eye on Friday . Very close 

58 minutes ago, dryslot said:

0.30" 3.5", 11.6:1, It was more on the granular side.

 

0.53" LE for 5.4" here...

7AM - 0.9" new, 0.13 LE
1PM - 4.4" new, 0.38 LE
7PM - 0.1" new, 0.02 LE