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  1. gravitylover
    The big storm I had 2 sleet periods. I had to dig a path across part of my front yard today and there are two layers in there.
  2. gravitylover
    In a way I won't mind if we get a (very) little bit of sleet. Adding ice layers to this snowpack will help it last longer. Big picture, I'd rather not because it sux to shovel and with 5' driveway banks it's even worse.
  3. gravitylover
    I woke up to check and to my surprise it's snowing. I had reserved myself to being happy with flurries but this is/was the real deal. There looks to be at least a half inch of fluff. 21/18/ENE3/SN-
  4. gravitylover
    In a deep valley along the river bank high in the Rockies of NW CO. They meet at -40
  5. gravitylover
    Really? The lowest air temp I've seen is -57°F. It's not much different from -20
  6. gravitylover
    What about us up here in the northern hinterlands? I'm thinking I should prepare for an inch or less.
  7. gravitylover
    Yes but it has to be, or have been, sunny enough to cause evaporation and really still air too so that the crystals can form and precipitate out.
  8. gravitylover
    You'll be fine. I'm hearing that it's in great shape there right now.
  9. gravitylover
    Final lazy flakes are floating down now. Final is 3.5-4 so spot on what Upton had me at. I'm still a few inches shy of average for the season but I don't keep formal records or do the most accurate and proper measuring so, yeah. I stuck a yardstick in the ground in a bunch of spots and got between 12-15" so not too bad considering how windy the big storm was and how thin things were right after it and with head high driveway banks it really looks like deep winter. I just checked the P&C and it looks like Thursday is off the table and the weekend is just low chance. What do we think about that?
  10. gravitylover
    Nope, today was spot on. Upton had me at 2-4 and got 3.5. This was also forecasted to be a much shorter duration, it has been snowing for 11.5 hours now and never went above 28*. Sunday was a good bust and the big storm was the best bust in years.
  11. gravitylover
    Yup that's where I'm going to finish at too, 3.5. It's still snowing and accumulating but the back edge appears to be just minutes away on the radar. I was asleep when it started but I know it was snowing at 5am so it's 11 hours now. 27/25/N3/SN-
  12. gravitylover
    Yeah Best way I know of to ruin a nice fluff storm.
  13. gravitylover
    I had just under 3" from the main burst this morning. I've been literally on the fringe since with occasional flurries with slightly heavier bursts for a minute or three at a time, nothing that accumulated though but, for the last 30 minutes or so it's been mystery precip. It's frozen but really wet and now everything I cleaned is a sheet of ice and it's flipping back to all light snow as I'm typing. It ought to be fun when this sticks to the layer of ice that's forming on everything 28/26/NE2/SN-
  14. gravitylover
    Not looking so good now. Snow is ending and it looks like the stream of precip is lifting north. Bummer.
  15. gravitylover
    Bummer, snow is ending It looks like the southern edge is lifting northward. Is that it for today?
  16. gravitylover
    Fairy Dust or Diamond Dust. I love that stuff. I've seen it accumulate an inch or two in the mountains when it's really cold, ultimate fluff. It's the residual moisture freezing out of the air and it tends to happen after a warm(ish) sunny day with really low RH. As the snow surface melts a bit the humidity in the lowest levels shoots way up and then the sun goes down and it's a rapid drop the dust starts to freeze out around 10-15*.
  17. gravitylover
    Oops, put this in the discussion thread not the obs thread - 20/18/E1/SN but the intensity is wavering between light and moderate, flake size is tiny and visibility is decent at the moment. Looks to be approaching 3" as the sat antenna on my truck is 2.6" high and is covered.
  18. gravitylover
    3-4 more inches and avg will be reached. ~3" on the ground so far this morning and it's looking good for a few more. Bring it!
  19. gravitylover
    20/18/E1/SN but the intensity is wavering between light and moderate, flake size is tiny and visibility is decent at the moment. Looks to be approaching 3" as the sat antenna on my truck is 2.6" high and is covered.
  20. gravitylover
    Take a ride 20 minutes north. It's dumping.
  21. gravitylover
    Good morning! Snowing hard, upper end of moderate. As mentioned above densely packed small flakes so it's a nice thick coating accumulating fairly quickly. Not like the last two storms because the flakes are smaller but over 1" already with visibility around 1200 feet. It's cold and fluffy. 19/17/E1/SN
  22. gravitylover
    I think I'm around 42" so approaching the 21st century average now, probably will hit it tomorrow. It's all gravy after that.
  23. gravitylover
    I'm over 30 for the month. After yesterday the driveway banks are shoulder to over the head high and cleaning the driveway is a heckuva project but at this point I say bring it on. If it's gonna be a pita it might as well be a big one.
  24. gravitylover
    I've got 8°. Yup it's cold.
  25. gravitylover
    Damn it's chilly out there right now. 8° feels extra cold.
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