gravitylover

Anyone else getting passing moderate sleet showers?

No no no, it doesn't need to be warm and sunny but it needs to not be cold and stormy. 50's and 60's and mostly cloudy are fine, 40's and wet is terrible. It was a rotten winter for doing outdoor things (off the pavement) even though it was "warm and dry" because things never dried out from the wet two years previous. It's time for a nice(ish) stretch so we can get back outside.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Looks like it's a mile or 2 north of me

I got down to 4°

Just gross out there now. 33° with mixed regular and white rain with dense fog.

I was going to do the right thing and measure before the rain but... sleep. My last eyeball measurement was about a half inch but it was snowing pretty hard at that point. Now, after ~8 hours of rain and fog there's still a nice coating on natural and elevated surfaces, pavement never got covered. It's still 32° so maybe it'll hold on for a bit longer.

I have light to moderate white rain, temp is on the way down and is hovering at 32 at the moment but with a mostly south wind I'm questioning whether it goes any lower. While it's always nice to see flakes it kinda sux when you know it's futile. I think I'm over this winter.

More sun = more growth = more allergens waiting to ruin your day A couple of years ago we had a very wet and gloomy spring that didn't really end until around Memorial Day. This left the local forests with nearly no understory until late June and it never fully recovered from the slow start. Unfortunately the mold was pretty terrible...

And holy sht what a storm that was. 17" of tree snapping glue! It fell in just a few hours with insane winds and the temp dropped 30 degrees while it was happening. That was one of the most memorable and damaging storms of the last 25 years where I live.

I had a great looking dusting.

Solid winter going on apparently. It's similar around the Daks and Green Mtn spine up north from pics and reports. Well, I got home just in time. It fizzled for 5 minutes as the temp dropped from 34 to 32 within the last 3 miles of home. 3,489 miles with nothing more than some light rain in the Lower Keys and finishing with heavy flakeage as I pulled above 500 feet coming up the hill. It's snowing nicely here at home and I have a cold beer helping me to wind down after starting the day 700 miles away and having lunch on the beach in Virginia.