DavisStraight

7th, 14th and the 21st all good for me.

51 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Well those are the ones…I have the pictures in my phone, and they have those dates. Actually the 2019 one I have the NWS amounts on their page saying ending 12/3.  But those are the ones. 

In Dec 2007 we had three good storms in a short time and had a nice pack heading into Christmas, that was the year it poured cats and dogs Christman Eve and wiped the pack out by Christmas morning.

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Burning and drying 

You on well Kevin?

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

For the non-weather educated public out there, these nights can be tough to figure out how to communicate it too.  They just always assume the mountain is colder.  That's where the "fake cold" thing comes from too on here, when it goes against common perception.  It's definitely not fake, but a normal occurrence here at night throughout the year when skies are clear.

Posted this in the main thread, but it might get buried.

"Just textbook conditions for a cold night and woodfire smoke in the valley bottoms.

700-800ft frozen again tonight (frost made it through the day in the shade) with skim ice on ponds.

These would be snowmaking conditions, except the cold is in the wrong place.

 

Meanwhile up Mountain Road at the base of the ski area its 40F.  No snowmaking on the hill, while everyone in town thinks its a great cold night to make snow.  Sometimes the inversions definitely create perception issues around here.  "Why isn't the mountain making snow!?"

It's hard to communicate but last night it did it as well... no snowmaking on a large part of the mountain, while down in town where people live, it was plenty cold enough.

I was up in Maine today and this morning the small ponds had a skim of ice.

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Off topic but does anyone know anything about Coyote behavior? All summer I've seen single coyotes or maybe a pair. Lately I've seen packs. Is this something they do in the winter?

 

 

Where is that Ken?

13 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

So, since you're so confident that this won't happen. What are your thoughts? Are we not going to see rain at all for the rest of the winter? Is it going to stay warm for the majority of the winter? Enquiring minds want to know

It may never rain again, ever!!

I'm at 26 now.

2 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

What kind do you have?

There's a plastic covering with holes to let the rain in but also a thin screen that keeps everything but water out. They look like this.

Atlas Gutter Guard Stainless Steel (5.5-in x 4-ft) Gutter Guard Screen 8-Pack in the Gutter Parts & Accessories department at Lowes.com

6 hours ago, mreaves said:

You know, I haven’t thought about that. I don’t have many pines around my house. It might not work. 

The ones I have keep pine needles out, there's a screen that nothing can pass through on the one's I have.

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

We’ll need it soon though because 40 and rain for 6 months will drive everyone off the Tobin. 
 

But Wolfie said but winter coming so we are all good!

Wolfs have a sixth sense.

7 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

I would pay big money for the end of that run to be a couple 100 miles west

Give me 50k and I'll see what I can do.

38 minutes ago, Snowedin said:

Funny you mention that. I happened to stumble across a skinny snake as I was trekking the woods earlier and that little dude was staring right up at me. Tried to remember how the late, great Steve Irwin would handle that situation and slowly backed away. It was probably just typical garden snake basking in a sunny opening but it’s def not something you expect to run into this time of year. 

I don't like to run into one any time of the year, I get some living in my woodpile probably looking for mice that makes nests in there.

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yea. We can keep all the outdoor furniture in place while the snow equipment is locked in the shed. 

I left the top of my gazebo on one year because were getting nothing and the future looked bleak, then we had a one snow changing to freezing rain event and the weight collapsed my gazebo.

21 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Almost turned on the A/C in November, lol.

I had it on in my car yesterday to cool it down quickly.

29 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I love grilling in the winter. 

I keep mine in the same spot year-round, it's under cover so don't have to worry about it getting buried.

13 minutes ago, bwt3650 said:

There's a difference between a met saying it doesn't look favorable going into December and things like "this year will be a repeat of last year" "I wonder if we don't get a frost til Xmas" "this is the new normal" "30 degrees isn't a freeze" "NNE used to always be white in early October" etc.  Just like there has to be pushback against the wish casting for snow, I give Wolfie credit for pushing back against some of the dumb shit, funny as it may be sometimes.  

Yeah, I thought we weren't going to get a freeze until after Thanksgiving, swear I read that. Been down to mid 20s two nights in a row and I don't radiate.

Wolfie have his hackles up this morning.

I'm 34 so should go into the 20s again tonight.

4 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

Just finished mowing.  despit nights in the 20’s, based on how green everything is, I might be mowing again before needing to blow snow.

might need to ditch thanksgiving turkey for Thanksgiving grilling.

 

 

Outdoor turkey fry

29 here, that should knock the leaves from my bushes off, they're always the last to fall.

25 minutes ago, FlashFreeze said:

39° here, possibly light frost?

I am too, possible light frost tonight.

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

I’m not a huge fan and I have too many other things growing or that I want to grow. They don’t really have a prayer here in colder years. Like that -18° with strong winds in Feb 23 would wipe even the hardiest one out. One thing I thought about doing is growing an RdB fig in the field with horizontal branches near the ground. Then prune it back in the fall and cover those branches over the winter with dirt or mulch. I could get a strong rootzone going that way and it would explode with growth every spring. Zone pushing can be a lot of extra work.

If there was one thing I’d push and try to protect it’d be cold hardy pomegranates. I’d probably be tempted with lows in the -0s, but our frequent -10s scare me off.

I'll be closer to the coast (2 miles away) so not sure how cold it gets there, next year will be my first year there.

53 minutes ago, 512high said:

Just got back from walking the dogs, leaves galore! I'm hoping that Sunday winds are light, have a workout ahead of me. Currently 63 highest gust at home 24mph.

My front yard was loaded with leaves, after today they're all in the woods, the rest of my yard is buried.

On 10/22/2024 at 4:37 PM, dendrite said:

I always found it interesting that tulip poplars are native in S VT and MA, but not NH. It’s like they were just never able to make it over the higher terrain. 

Have you ever thought of a pistachio tree? I'm thinking of giving it a try next year.

38 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

12:30am Car hit telephone pole going 40 last night in front of my house. DD, totaled car around 30 ft from my office/den. The impact moved the house.  they walked away, most likely for a blood test and then jail.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine, he and his wife were in bed and thought it was an earthquake, turns out is was a drunk that hit their house.