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33 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

With warm fronts up near Baffin Island for f sake.

Go bold

33-30 when I left the house this morning.  A very tiny bit of scattered ice. Thankfully not more!

Far from ice here, still 35 in Westfield. You can have the ice!

36 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Future radar is showing the icing sitting just west of Worcester and staying for a while.

Accuweather future gaydar is useless as tits on a bull

12 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

I installed a natural gas fireplace insert about 10 years ago.  At the time, I was looking to install a wood burning insert (or pellet insert).  Looking at the cost of the various fuel sources at that time on a BTU output into the building basis, what I learned was that pellets AND purchased cordwood are just as expensive as natural gas as a fuel source for a fireplace insert.  The only fuel source less costly is free (or nearly free) cordwood that comes from you property or that you can scrounge.  

Most definitely. The pellet stove was installed by them prior owners of our house about 6 months before we bought it, otherwise I never would have installed one personally. At some point I would love to switch over to a gas insert. I hate having to dick around with the pellets, and constantly clean the thing out

Just now, Spanks45 said:

I usually keep a tank of oil and just use my wood stove for the winter, but just used up my stack of wood today....I have a local guy delivering a half cord, hopefully to get me through the rest of March, assuming his claim that it has been seasoned for at least a year is correct. Otherwise I will be tapping into my oil reserves, lol

We have a pellet stove. The first two Winters we tried to use it season long to supplement the gas heat. We found it saves absolutely no money, and actually cost more. What it is good for is marginal days when we can shut off the gas and just keep the first floor living room area warm. It saves a lot in the in between seasons. I just picked up another half ton a couple days ago

Just now, Spanks45 said:

Would be nice to agree, but oil prices are spiking to near $80 per barrel as we speak, short term might be 6 months at this rate. I don't see how they don't keep rising

I understand. I just don't see how they sustain the situation that's causing this. Not trying to be political, and somewhat parroting a couple neighbors who are very "in the know" Lets hope! They're thinking a month or two +/-

17 minutes ago, Spanks45 said:

gas prices are next.....so essentially every single thing we need to function is skyrocketing in price, cool...

They already started, but are already starting to stabilize. I doubt this lasts very long...IMO Glad I have Natural Gas, and Westfield Gas and Electric... screw eversource

32 minutes ago, dendrite said:

47.1° and partly sunny

Was not expecting a day almost on par with yesterday 

35 and puke worthy in Simsbury at the moment. Fenway park in April... and May

1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Besides, it's always a small area that approaches 40", anyway....point was I got totally shafted due to a late slide southward.

You ain't the only one B**** Never saw so much sand

1 hour ago, amarshall said:

Most solid march pack in my lifetime . Still 24”




.

Nice! I believe my largest March pack was 1996... or maybe 1978. I do NOT have Will's memory, so... about 8 to 10 inches left in Westfield as of yesterday evening

11 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

Lot of dripping in the sun today but kind of shocked at how pathetic it was in the shade (as evidenced by the ice not melting on my walkway in my picture)…I assumed at least my walkway would get cleared regardless of sun exposure. 

Is that your North side? We've been in our house for 10 years now and never come close to an ice dam... until now.I have some repairs to do i  the spring.  Maybe i can blame it on Mr. Shitfaced who rolled his truck into our house last month 

6 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

Really hoping the heaviest precip trends north a bit

Please,  take it. I'm done with ice. Took one step outta my van yesterday and fell on my ass... and I never fall. Well, shoulder actually and it still hurts this A.M. Been repaired before also...

7 hours ago, weathafella said:

Gotta replace my shovel dammit.  Just hoping ice stays away or doesn’t otherwise impact life.  NAM was a crazy run!

Yeah, my "lifetime" back saver lasted two storms.  Unfortunately for them, I save EVERY receipt 

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I tend to avoid using the Kuchie maps, especially in mixed bag events.  

I agree, but we ended up with 2 inches before the changeover in Westfield yesterday. Maybe I didn't pay attention, but i don't recall models showing that either

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Man I am gonna miss this 1' plus since January 

For sure. Now we have snow eating fog in the valley this A.M. Pack will dissipate very quickly today between the fog and 50s

Up to 36 in Simsbury, tons of ice to melt. We just had a massive fog bank roll in, not even quarter mile visibility right now

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

24.9° -SN

4.6”

Flakes are a bit rimed…maybe even a little refrozen. CC mix line is near CON, but that 1.3° tilt is showing a little lower CC overhead.

At least you still have snow falling, we're stuck with Kevin's saggy boob pine trees down here

Been stuck at 27 here in Westfield the last several hours.  Lots of freezing drizzle 

10 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

BOX just posted this I love how they say grassy surfaces  also more than  a coating on roads already and some places over 2.. they near useless 

 

FYP

Coming down very nicely now. Just over a half an inch in the last 40 minutes

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Snow staring. 8-10” Enroute.

I didn't know you moved to Tolland CT

1 minute ago, ineedsnow said:

ya I'm home  

Coming down nicely in Westfield right now. Roads are pretty much a sloppy gelatinous mess thanks to the ridiculous type of ice melter they use these days

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Congrats on going to school until July for wet roads I guess.

I totally get what you're saying, but the roads are super slick here right now. I Blame A lot of it on them insisting on using this damn Clear Lane ice melter on the highways! All it does is make things extra slick during light to moderate snowfalls. The nice thing in my area is a few towns have started using sand again During certain storms after many years of never seeing it laid out on the roads

40 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Enough with the cancellation BS. John(FXWX) explained things perfectly a while back.  All It takes is one little mishap, and a kid gets hurt, and say good bye to your job as as superintendent. And a massive law suit for the town/city.
 

If I was in that job I’d cancel too…not going down from sue happy folks. Lots of districts, including mine, had a half day already planned, and the onset of frozen precip here inland was going to coincide with dismissal and travel during that window.   If we had a full day here…I think we wouldn’t have had a cancellation.  But we were slated to get out early and that’s what prompted the cancellation. 
 

If folks weren’t so lawsuit happy, maybe it would be different..but it isn’t. So that’s why it is the way it is.

Our superintendent made a bad call his first year in, and he had us going in in the morning during a freezing drizzle event in early January, that came out of nowhere, and it was a total disaster of a morning.  The parents and teachers wanted to hang the guy. He said never again…and I don’t blame the poor guy.  It ain’t worth the hassle, and potential loss of your job. 

Tort reform is desperately needed, but never comes