codfishsnowman

At least there's some high clouds in the sky today. Maybe a few flurries or sprinkles tonight.

17 minutes ago, beavis1729 said:

This (and the Winnipeg green Christmas) shows why this December is so much worse than a typical bad December. Very few places in NA south of 55N will have a White Christmas. This is probably unprecedented. Not just the absence of a White Christmas , but the lack of snowfall at all. There has hardly been any snow all season in the Dakotas, MT, MN, WI, MI, IA, etc. Winter is nowhere to be found, anywhere. 
 

I know it’s still early to write off the whole season, but you can’t deny how pathetic December 2023 will be when all is said and done. 

This is a great post. I too, can't believe the lack of winter in the northern plains, Canada and upper Midwest. Even in NNE they were just barely cold enough most of the time when it did snow.

33 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

If I remember correctly it was good til then end once it started.

In the interior yes it was a good second half. 

43 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It also may have been that winter. It was before my time on the boards and that timeline seems better than 06-07. Either way this just has started to give me that feeling . Not quite there yet.. but it’s out of the realm. 

There was a region wide three to six inch event in January that season and a few other minor events. It was a bad winter for sure though

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

This season reminds me of one in the early 2000’s. I don’t recall the year but the first inch of snowfall at BDL was not until like late January or even into Feb. I believe it was an El Niño year. 

06-07

I didn't think we would go down through December without any measurable snow but it looks like it's possible. Doesn't happen often but I remember winter 06-07 where we didn't get measurable til the end of January.

Dear Mother Nature

Please blanket the entire region with a few inches of snow so most folks will be happier. Please stop these SE Screamers.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely 

Codfishsnowman 

Hate the roaring. Don't want any trouble.

5 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Better chance of seeing a T-Rex roaming around your back yard than having an "old school" clipper system.... 

Maybe later this winter

20 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I think there were two events that week.

There was a messy one right after...a 

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I won’t lie though. Having December suck is painful. Maybe I’m getting old, but December is a miserable month when there is nothing to track. I don’t need a KU, but a couple of light events  are a lot better than this. Hopefully something happens after Christmas.

I kinda miss the occasional clippers, the increasing high clouds through dimming sunshine is winter's beauty at some of it's finest. The modest amount of powdery snow that follows makes it even better.

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I think there were two events that week.

There was a messy one right after...a few days later...parts of eastern CT had up to 8 inches before the scalping

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

That was a pants tent storm. I think the call was 3-6". Got over a foot of fluff.

I had two inches in Bristol CT and I was thrilled. I remember watching the weather on TV all day. I think some parts of eastern CT had over 8 inches and then emass got lit up. Pretty sure that was a clipper redevelopment. Was super fluffy

4 hours ago, snowgeek said:

For those craving damaging winds, be careful what you wish for. My house got split in half by a massive 140 year old Norway spruce on February 3 (arctic front - 64 mph gust) and we have been displaced ever since. Gave up on getting back in house anytime soon (Statefarm is so slow and contractors can’t find help) so we are closing on a new house on Friday (out in the country, more land, higher elevation and hopefully more snow). Gonna sell the old house which will be virtually brand new…. Hopefully late spring . Damaging winds can change your life for sure. With that being said, wind gonna do what wind gonna do, so wishing for or against it won’t change anything lol.


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Wow and from an Arctic front. This current storm has already ruined enough lives down in Tennessee. 

Thanks gentlemen for the great pictures up north!

some unexpected rain showers down here in between partly sunny periods 

Couple stray flurries earlier

Stormy night with windswept rain, almost like in the movies and temps in the upper 30s...kinda cool

Light rain and sleet

I think we just got more than a tenth of an inch of rain. Was torrential for a few minutes along with a little sleet.

Renegade rain shower just now! Ugh that will slicken things up by dawn.

Cold rain but some flakes are mixing in at times

On 10/29/2023 at 3:27 PM, Typhoon Tip said:

Not sure what Forky’s motivation is for that resentment… but snow making has become immoral. No sympathy from me.   It’s a particularly bad look when you consider how little of the population actually skis. Much to the possible chagrin of the people that are involved in the discussion you are a minority.  The problem is it’s a gigantic expenditure of energy and a massive carbon footprint to appease a very very small segment of the population, when it does not benefit anything but an ephemeral entertainment pleasure, yet will cost tremendous to the ecology. Here,

Phys.org: “The first-ever national study to assess the impact of developing artificial snow shows the pressure the process is putting on the climate, with the equivalent of nearly 17,000 homes' worth of annual energy needed to produce snow for yearly ski operations in just Canada alone.

Publishing their findings in the journal Current Issues in Tourism, experts from the University of Waterloo, in Canada, and the University of Innsbruck, Austria, found 130,095 tons CO2e are needed to produce the estimated 42 million cubic meters of machine-made snow in Canada in an average winter. For context, this is comparable to 155,141 acres of forest for one year sequestering the comparable amount of carbon.”

 

You know what I admire about you more than your writing and explanation of weather phenomenon? You are not afraid to speak your mind. I just thought no one would ever have the balls to bring up the other side of snow making especially with all the skiers on the site. You rock!

He was the first one to call the 80 degree wx on Wednesday. Have to give credit where it's due. He's actually been right a bunch of times when it mattered.

If it was winter.....Taunton be buried to the telephone polls

14 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Man next week is going to be a giant slap in the face compared to this week. I guess I'm fine with 50's as long as we can keep predominately sunny skies. Really dreading the days we'll be getting where its in the 40's and 50's with clouds and precip around, especially as the days shorten. 

Wow that weather that you don't like I welcome with open arms. Relief starts Sunday, it's just too warm and muggy out for this time of year.

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Me either...they're breading grounds for spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and anything else with too many legs. 

Centipedes eat the spiders, they are good.