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My daughter said the Butternut was 'firm' yesterday. 

Jason yeah I sure did have some epic days. I'm so glad I got to do all of that while I was in my 20's. 

Thanks NZ and Rob. Everyone keeps saying they're impressed with how quickly I'm moving forward but, strangely, I feel like it's been a long slow process. I'm not very patient when it comes to things like recovering and I'm so used to just doing things that the restrictions feel very confining. The diet change has also been frustrating. If I sound less than grateful for the good things I'm not, I just don't express that as well. 

I dunno, now that I'm cleared to get out and do outdoor things again I really want to go for a bike ride so snow isn't what I'm hoping for. I went for a short hike in the woods yesterday and now my brain is screamin' for the type of therapy that only a mt bike ride in the woods can provide. C'mon spring  

51 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Yes, we are open for public play.  We are located just south of Norwich University and just over the mountain from Sugarbush 

http://www.northfieldcountryclub.com/

Looks like a great course and the price is surely right. I guess I need to bring my clubs and schedule 4-5 hours out of a work day some time this year.

6 minutes ago, Hitman said:

Good luck fellas.  I’m out in bc for the week so this storm should crank.

Good timing  

On 2/8/2019 at 8:43 AM, mreaves said:

Nice. I wish I had the motivation to practice more.  Truthfully though, since I became president of my small, non-profit, member owned course, my golf desire has been slowly squeezed out my soul 

Is this course open for public play? I love playing small, out of the way courses and I'm up that way 2 or 3 times a season.

6 hours ago, mreaves said:

Just tuned in to watch Pebble Beach. Graupel storms moved through earlier. Greens covered and the sunny 15 minutes later. They just called them off the course again. 

I never understood why they hold that tournament at this time of year. It can be rotten in the middle of the summer right on the water there but in February?

What's up guys. I've been playing since I was 7 so, 45 years. I still hit a mean drive, unfortunately it doesn't go where I think it's going to go often enough. Every now and then like about 5 years ago on sun baked hardpan I put one out at 335 and it rolled to within 6 feet of the pin. One putt and it's the only eagle I've ever had. Well, the only one that counted. I had one on frozen ground back in high school and the ball just kept rolling like it was on a highway and rolled onto the green ~ 500 yards out. It was February so there was no hole or pin so we just chose a spot and when I putted the ball rolled over it. We also used to keep a ball in an inside pocket so for every shot, we'd pull it out and swap with the cold ball so we weren't always hitting frozen balls  which was nicer on our hands.

On 2/7/2019 at 1:48 AM, Jason215 said:

You have a valid point! If I wasn’t so snow starved this year plus being traumatized by the rain we got at Whistler up to the 6,000ft level, (temp then dropped and 3/4 of mountain was ice) I would not be as paranoid about rain. I know some of those places in interior BC got rain at the their at the same time.. I think Fernie was one of them and for sure Revelstoke. Usually Whistler does not rain above 4500 ft.

Funny thing is, I have never ever heard of any rain at like a Vail, Telluride or Big Sky during the winter months. I wonder if they ever get rain. 

I know Lake Tahoe resorts can get rain up to 8,000ft via the “Pineapple Express” 

I lived in Steamboat for 6 years back in the late 80's and early 90's. It rained there more often than you'd imagine. I remember one day in particular where it was heavy rain and 45* at the base and freezing mist and rain and near 0 up top. The whole mountain turned into a block of ice, some of the trees came through in great shape but the trails were terrible until they got groomed a few times. I spent a winter at Targhee/Jackson and it got wet a few times too. I know it rains in the winter at Big Mt Montana and all of the ski areas in Idaho but I haven't had the pleasure.

Tahoe? I lived there for a while too, forget about it, when it rains there it doesn't fool around. After rolling through a 6 week blitz of over 30 feet it rained 3 or 4 times followed by raging winds and a 40+ degree temp drop. Those mountains would freeze solid 6" thick (on top of a 250-300" base) and it would be unbearable for days until it warmed up and then it would be the most glorious corn ever.

Oh yeah, much. I was just showing how readily they'll shut stuff down up here. Reality though is that 4" is the same amount everywhere and the impact is a bit greater in a place as hilly as around here.

Just now, Brian5671 said:

looks warm after the storm-mid 40's Wed and Thurs so back to bare ground for most of us....

Yay more mud  

My kids go to Western CT State U in Danbury and a few of their professors have already decide they won't have school on Tuesday so they emailed out or posted assignments already. Granted there are 6k students and a ton of staff that commute so they, and most of the colleges around here, have very low standards for when they close.

1 hour ago, tomcatct said:

Yep..probably will be closed...if it's anything like here in trumbull, they close the schools when there are dark clouds it seems...way different than years ago for sure

"...dark clouds..." Haha yeah just the idea that it might snow or sleet later in the day is enough for them to cancel school here. The bus dept. says 'No we're not taking that risk' and the schools have to close. It does get pretty sketchy on some of the hills around the town so it's probably the right call but... geez

Nice post  @RU848789

Just now, Juliancolton said:

Yeah, it was unrelenting. Made worse by the fact that the average homeowner in the tri-state area spent 73% of the summer patching roofs and carting off fallen trees.

I got lucky with the trees last year, it's this winter that it became a problem.

58 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

i started teaching in 1987 and did not have my first snow day until March 93. And had no snow days as a kid from 79-81. Snow days were rare things.

There were at least a couple of small storms through my growing up on LI years that we got snow days from school at least once a year most years. If it wasn't for snow it was for ice.

26 minutes ago, 495weatherguy said:

Sorry to hear--the last few summers haven't been too bad if I remember correctly--humidity hasn't been too harsh

Nah last summer was brutally humid and uncomfortable a lot of the time.

50 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

No surprise there-LR is ugly too with a SE ridge and the core of the cold over the interior west.    Same ol pattern

That's alright they really need the water. The deep snowpack they've got out there this winter means we will be able to afford to eat fresh fruits and veggies this year.

18 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

In general with SWFE type events it’s safe to avoid going too happy with sleet.  There are instances like the February or January 2014 event where we saw sleet for a long period but typically the sleet period is brief.  The tendency for coastal areas here is for it to be primarily snow and rain

Boy did I hate those storms. Inches and inches of sleet. That was some of the most annoying stuff ever to have to move with a shovel. It was like ball bearings rolling around and off the shovel. Too many inches  Then to make it worse the first storm of the next year was all sleet too. 

14 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Don’t worry, big winter is just 10 days away 

Again?

Yay more rain! 

On the upside, it's pretty painless to shovel rain out of the driveway. 

3 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Today, the temperature hit 65° in Central Park. That was New York City's warmest temperature since November 3, 2018. Newark's temperature topped out at 68°, making today that city's warmest day since November 2, 2018.

.......

There remains a possibility that a predominantly colder than normal regime could then lock in for at least a 2-3 week period, especially as the EPO is expected to go negative and Atlantic blocking (AO region) could redevelop.

Finally, the pattern could become stormy after the 10th. Details for potential storms will need to be resolved as the possible events draw closer, especially as the guidance has not fared very well in the medium- and extended-range.

Approximately the same amount of time away from the solstice since the last similar temperature. I'm not sure what the significance of that is, if any, but it occurred to me so I pointed it out.

Hey, I tell ya what. This warm weather stuff is kind of nice so if you could just hold off on the cold talk some of us would appreciate it  

I was wondering about that possibility. 

When I lived in Colorado those padding the stats snows were what kept the ski conditions awesome. Under a strong high, which is the majority of the winter, it would snow 2-4" a night 4 or 5 times a week. The streets wouldn't melt off between mid December and late March except for the main highway/main street and even those would stay snowpacked for 6-8 weeks and the surface on the ski areas would be soft all the time. Sure we'd get a couple of big synoptic storms and those would ensure the totals would get over 250" but it was the pocket change snows that would keep it fresh and white.

60* feels pretty good

That's all December was, pennies though not nickels. I had a total of 1" for the month and it snowed 4 or 5 times. At least I can call January 5"  That puts me at 13" for the season so far, not sure where that puts me in relation to last year. Yup I was looking at how much the ice surfaces melted on the lakes and reservoirs today and thinking it will be gone in just a few days. It really does feel like winters back is broken. I didn't have that feeling last year when we struggled through 6 weeks of non winter in the middle of the season though.

I didn't check for the low but it was 11* at 1am when we got home from a show. 

33* this afternoon feels like springtime

Much warmer this morning than yesterday,  it's 7*.