I haven't used a snow shovel or snow blower yet (I let the 11/15 event melt) and the others too minimal to bother-the rain washed the 1/20 event away in mere hours...
Depends on the year...I wouldn't mind an April snowstorm (like last year) if that was our only event for the year...other years I am rooting against it- 93-94-95-96, 13-14, 14-15-those years I had enough-lol
2/6 marks the end of the coldest (climo) part of winter... daily temp averages begin to increase and sunlight really begins to increase and the lighter evenings become more and more noticeable....
Not really. There's been 2 cold arctic shots and that's about it and even those were in and out with the lack of Atlantic blocking. The calls for sustained cold/snowy have not worked out to date. Maybe it changes, but the last month definitely did not go as planned.
One advisory level will take us to 11-12 type dud-that's why people are talking about it in the past tense. LOL. In all seriousness-the ship has sailed on any long lasting snow cover or big wintry period. Looks mainly snowless next 7-10 days as well... Hoping we can get a MECS or HECS to salvage it....
let's all move to the Tug hill plateau
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WHAT...Blizzard conditions. Heavy lake effect snow and
dangerously cold wind chills expected. Winds gusting as high as
40 mph. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 4 feet expected in the
most persistent lake snows. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
Wind chills as low as 30 below zero expected.
No one will believe LR forecasts for next year that's for sure....surprising to go from expected 100-150% of normal snowfall to perhaps 10-25% depending on whether we get anything (and the next 7-10 days does not look good)