gravitylover

HPN and Bridgeport probably got nothing today either.

Flakes! Well at least I got to see a micro dusting on frozen puddles I'm pretty sure this is the first February of my life I haven't had snow on the ground. Even on the worst years I went somewhere and went skiing, didn't even do that this year.

^^ You will soon. I missed the showers that came through at the beginning of the month so this will be the only snow I see this month, really hoping this line holds together.

We still had countless branches falling and power lines down all over. Plows couldn't get through a lot of areas because of the lines down, my street didn't get plowed for 4 days so we were walking and driving over them because it's a dead end. It was super sketchy. Ha! I was thinking that. Is it cheating or just sliding in under the wire?

The October storm was an all out disaster here. We were just recovering from Irene and wham! A foot and a half of glue took down a few thousand more trees and they cancelled Halloween.

Everyone keeps saying this winter didn't count, that one was worse. This year we had early December with some frozen substances, that didn't happen in 11/12. We had one blip in the sequence in January where things were white for a few hours but that was about it. 65 degrees on Christmas Eve and riding in t-shirts and shorts in February with flowers popping in early March.

Equal to 67/68 days before the solstice so ~October 15th.

Haha I even went back in the house to grab a better jacket

Especially hillside/hilltop and ridgeline homes where they were more likely to have a breeze. We would have to live in our basement a few weeks every year if we didn't have central ac, it stays at or below 70 down there almost all the time especially if I block the only south facing window.

It's done man, kaput. A little bit of cold and glop now would just be frustrating. Time to call it...

I just looked and Old Forge/McCauley Mt only looks to have gotten about a foot from this storm but with the wind up there it's hard to tell. The ski area is closed and not reporting. I think I got to 0 in that Dec cold snap but otherwise yeah, it's been one of the warmer winters I can remember here. We've definitely used a lot less heating oil this winter than usual.

It's funny though, with so little precip for the last two months and the ground never really droze just how wet the surface is. We barely got any rain and if you step off the pavement water comes up around your shoe like squeezing it out of a sponge. It's amazing how much moisture the soil has retained after 2 wet years. I think that in a regionwide drought scenario where dry begets dry that would be the case but it has been so wet for so long locally and regionally and with temps generally being a few degrees higher there's moisture and heat energy that has to get "squeezed out" eventually. When that will be is anyone's guess at this point.

Yeah I just spent t the days Sunday and Monday in the woods and it's amazing how dry it is. This moisture yesterday and today isn't going to put a dent in the dryness. I fully expect a serious fire season if things don't change.

It was easily 65 in the woods in Danbury this afternoon, the parking lot in the shade at the bottom of the hill was 64 so on the hill in the sun it was probably closer to 70. Beautiful day for a mt bike ride

You need an excuse to procrastinate? You're still young, it gets easier Over I like 65 degree mt bike rides in February.

^^ He melts

Yeah I've gotten more than my share just scrolling through the threads. It's opened up all sorts of time so I can waste it on Fb or other forums.

Such a stupid game

Yup. Yeah names get away from me, you could be right.

No it's he who was known as nycweathernow aka Tony. He's been floating around for years under a variety of names, he gets banned and comes back over and over like it's a game.

Anecdotally I can say that I agree that the spring and early summers after low/no snow winters have dramatically lower numbers of ticks and fewer of those are as aggressive as they are after big winters with long duration snowpacks. Last year was one of the lowest infestations in a long time, spring 2012 was even better and I think that was because it was drier.

I'd love to get a look at that report and research. Is that something you can post here? With all the time I spend in the woods it's important and I try to read up on it as often as I can.

I looked at cams and by noon it looked like the rain line was just about to Saratoga, maybe 1 exit south of town. The road was completely covered from there up right down to the Thruway. I had solid mist all afternoon. I hate this stuff, it doesn't measure up to squat but it thoroughly soaks everything and keeps it wet and makes mud, lots of mud. The coming dry and cool ought to do wonders to dry out the surface, boy I hope so.

I was in Ridgefield from about 1pm and it started misting as I got there. From there to home it hasn't stopped and has been soaking wet since, it's just north of you.

Lol. It appears she sings though. I use I70 to delineates SE from Mid Atlantic and it's works most of the time. Sorta. Up here it's like there's a zone between I78 and 84 that could be either MA or NE. Unfortunately that puts the bulk of the population in a tough spot. If you're not a snow person head for Philly (sorry folks ) and if you want to be within sight distance of real winter head for Kingston or Pittsfield.