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radar looking a bit better than modeled but it be dry as a bone, so we'll see if we can squeeze an inch outta this, then focus on the mess that follows for Saturday and beyond, see if I can't get my birthday storm for the 3rd as well, it's been a while...

1 minute ago, weathafella said:

Cold tomorrow on euro.  Sub freezing region wide.

wind to boot, deep winter without the white, at least it'll set the antecedent air for Fri, how long it lasts is in question tho

talking about 76-77&77-78, in these parts, data from the closest station, we had 90 and 130" respectively, so not so bone dry and cold, and alot of 77-78 came in the span of three weeks iirc, but we just had a fairly dry winter, can't recall the temperature anomalies I'm working on those historical stats, but 18-19 and 19-20 were very low snow totals, and 94-95 was well below average and frigid iirc again, was it 93-94 or 94-95 we had that long cold blast? also remember a pretty epic sleet storm during one of them winters

6 minutes ago, eduggs said:

Most forecast soundings showed a dry layer between the surface and 850mb so the column won't necessarily saturate immediately. ZR seems most likely based on the depth of the warm layer. Surface temps will likely warm through the night. Definitely could get icy in spots.

yeah the usual suspect areas of the valley along RT 8 will have the glaze and spun cars off the highway, seen it so many times, and this year we have a larger population of NY transplants, who seem more permanent and they don't know these spots and drive like it's the van wyck...

we've dropped to 25 here, and dews are right there, so we saturate right away as frozen unless it rushes quicker than expected, not expecting white but zr definitely on the table here

14 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Go in April. Worst month of year. 

I'd have to concur here also, always hated April, working construction really makes you hate it that much more, especially on new construction sites, where there's 2 x 12s planking in and out of the house

39 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I agree that December snows are certainly more festive, but March snow events are just better...especially anywhere remotely close to the ocean. But even regionally...I feel there are more high-end March events than there are December events.

I'd have to agree here also, depends on if you're a snow pack or snow accumulation type person, plus the festive nature and all... also, I'll continue to live vicariously through the forum here as I've been a member since the eastern days, although I've never met anyone here in person, almost like I know you all as some weather family, which I mostly check in during winter, funny how that goes

Just now, mreaves said:

North Georgia has real beauty. Where are you going to be?

somewhere between lafayette and ball ground, depending on what I can find for land, but that seems to be the sweet spot for commute, community, etc. plant is in kennesaw another in acworth, so about an hour north of there is far enough, yeah some really nice area N Georgia, especially near the mountains

24 minutes ago, IowaStorm05 said:

Actually Nrn Georgia has different seasons. It’s often chilly in the winter. Sometimes even downright cold. And thunderstorms there are killer I hear!

San Diego on the other hand, that’s the same damn forecast most of the year with a sporadic winter rain shower here or there. Stay away from San Diego unless you want to Weatherdie. 
 

i haven’t lived in either place but I have lived in Los Angeles, which is only 5% less boring than San Diego, but my wx obsession over the years lends me to know a lot about climates in places I haven’t lived before.

yeah, San Diego was what I was referring to as same daily forecast, but I've been keeping my eyes on the weather in the areas I've been looking to plant flag, and it's been as low as cold as mid 30s, and that I was told is about as cold as it gets, minus the occasional freak artic blast to the gulf, but, next week will tickle 70, so I'm sure you can probably grow palm there if protected when it does get that cold... I'm looking forward to severe season for sure though there.

18 minutes ago, IowaStorm05 said:

Definitely not enough to count on it. The hills in extreme northern GA seem to get snow maybe once a year if I recall

Weird how GA has so many pine forests. I tend to think of pine as ALpine

 

in any case it’s better than moving to San Diego.

don't think I can handle the same forecast every day of the year, and from what I've looked into winter lasts about 6 hours there, one good thing is the growing season is longer, so there's that, me being the only one of my family who actually enjoys deep winter, will take some adjustments, but getting away from the northeast for other reasons outweigh the weather aspect... plus, there's other weather events there and visits are always going to happen... anyway wishes for a white christmas, seems a while since one, fresh one anyway.

1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Oh, I just looked at the date on the image. I thought you were talking about 94...though 95-96 had it, too

95-96 seemed to have a lot of those that broke just right it seems, what we'd give for another season like that, considering this may well be my last winter in NE, took a job in N Georgia, so, won't be seeing much snow there I'd reckon

anyone remember the year, early 2000's, where we had a similar storm as what we are currently looking at, very tight gradient of frozen to sleet then rain, I wanna say 01, but I'm sure someone on here has that analog in memory, believe there was even thunder snow in that one as well. would be nice to at least wake up to snow on Xmas morning for the kids anyway, most promising look I've seen so far, hope it doesn't get suppressed to far south

I'm just fine with dry and warm and cold and wintry, rather than warm and rain and cold and dry, unless we're going for snowpack records, in which case I'm all for prolonged cold, but prolonged cold leads to high heat bills so I'm good with that too... anyway prognosis looking more favorable for next week it seems...

so, looking like we'll be relocating to North Georgia in the near future, gonna definitely miss the winter here, but as far as boring weather goes, minus the cane and tropical season, florida has some of the most boring predictable weather I've seen outside of San Diego, one can set a watch by it.

kinda bummed I missed the first measurable... but it was 85 today so there's that...work not vacation makes it less enjoyable tho

while I'm down in WPB for work wife says 2" otg back home, nice little backend bonus, stat padder

43 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

My brother used to get over 100 until he cut a bunch of trees down. He cut that in half.

damn! still a ton with just half, the race to get them picked up and bagged before snow cover them until spring... this past spring I had a pile we never got to and it had frozen into 3" of leaf mush, again I'd rather burn or let them compost but we live to close to others so not an option

just did second round of blowing and raking, first 12 bags done, usually get around 30-35 bags to the dump, wish we had a place to just shuffle them to rot, but gotta pick em up, have one maple still hangin tough...hard this year with chicken coop and pen where I used to blow everything, they weren't a fan of the blower...

14 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Yeah, I think that one I posted is well over two grand.  out of my price range

yeah, gonna stick with the ariens 8/24... they've done us good for over 2 decades with this one and previous one lasted since before and through 78...may be able to salvage mine just haven't had time to get into it yet

50 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Wait, why didn’t you get this model?

 

good skid steer! was looking at a new ariens for this season, mine is over 20, but drive spring is broke and getting at it is a bitch, and my dad's is even older and not zero turn so it's a workout using it... not totally opposed to shoveling tho, except when it's a dumpage! the cub cadet looks nice too, ain't looking to spend over a grand tho.

,4" and some decent lightening and thunder, now watching the clouds roar by as the temp is dropping.. currently 45, down from 56 high earlier...real nice pink sprite like lightening color too... looks like maybe above 1k gets some cat paws soon...

2.16" final here, early afternoon was tropical storm like, pouring rain and pounding leaves...nice piece to watch thanksgiving week eh?

most oaks we have keep half until they start to bud and leaf out in spring, why can't they comply like the rest and just drop already..

4 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

My brother used to get over a hundred bags a year until he had some trees cut down, he's got 30 so far this year with just a little cleanup left.

damn, that's crazy... when I was in Waterbury I used to blow them to the curb and the car wind would take most away... here we have to bag and bring to dump, they don't offer service for it, kids enjoy the piles tho.

2 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

My brother used to get over a hundred bags a year until he had some trees cut down, he's got 30 so far this year with just a little cleanup left.

damn, that's crazy... when I was in Waterbury I used to blow them to the curb and the car wind would take most away... here we have to bag and bring to dump, they don't offer service for it, kids enjoy the piles tho.

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

After a few windy days 95% of them blow to the perimeter of my yard anyway. Then we just mow and mulch them into the "lawn".

I don't see the point in cleaning them every other day when I see how many he still has in the trees.

yeah I argue with my dad every year about this, why do it 5 times when you can do it once and be done...we consistently get 30-32 bags, and that's with a quarter I save mulched for the compost...