Juliancolton

Ticks scare me more than all the bears, bobcats, and coyotes combined that I see out in the woods every year. Freakin' abominations.

Still all sleet here. I suspect it'll flip when those heavier echoes move overhead

0.9" from round 1 here.

This is my take as well. Retailers throw out an unfathomable amount of food 99% of the year to make sure supply is there at crunch time. Most people did their big wholesale hauls two weeks ago and are getting back into a normal-ish grocery buying routine, so with pantries full and money increasingly tight for just about everyone, you probably won't see folks singlehandedly clearing out entire aisles from this point on. The food supply chain is resilient. If certain items start running low, reasonable facsimiles will quickly take their places. And while I'm obviously a big home gardening dude, I'm under no delusions that I'd be able to sustain even myself for very long just on home veggies. Potatoes are one's best bet considering yield per acre and nutritional value - you could survive for 6-8 weeks just on potatoes before mineral deficiencies caught up with you. That said, they aren't fool-proof to grow and can be rather unreliable from season to season. Plus, if we ever get to the point of all-out famine in this country, there'd be a lot of other problems that few of us would be equipped to deal with.

Cool wx stuff could be ok pretty soon, but I never plant anything tender out until May 1st with strong consensus for a warm pattern at that juncture. Not wise to bet on no freezes in April, even in the torchiest winters. Even if I were confident enough to plant annuals a month early, I'd still rather wait until the traditional mid-May with how many pests and diseases we have to deal with these days. Impatiens and tomatoes are ravaged by blight before August even with a normal planting schedule.

Bastard.

It seems like our window for climbing into the 70s is closing. Maybe a brief shot of mugginess just before the fropa.

There was nothing left OTG here by around 8. The cocorahs observer down the road logged 0.7", so I guess I'll use that for my records.

Where are you seeing this?

Looking forward to apologies from everyone who rushed to blame "careless city people"... I have no idea if there's any way to prevent a train from doing that or even recognize that it's happening in real-time. It stinks though. Some of my favorite trails will probably be closed for a good long while.

Jeez, this is bonkers (photo by Dave Rocco on facebook)

Wow, looks like it's almost in the same spot as the Sugarloaf fire last fall. Ugh...

71/28 with a nice SW12 G18 breeze. Good a time as any to burn that big old pile of brush out back, wouldn't you say?

Same here. As far as I'm aware, it was the first frozen precip here since the Feb 12th front end "thump". Agree that the mud is a major issue this year. I'm sure in 12 weeks we'll be talking about stunted lawns and low reservoir levels, but for now the world is our swamp.

People will deny and mock the seriousness of the virus situation until either 1) things get so bad that nobody bothers to hold them accountable, or 2) our counter-measures are effective at averting disaster and they can say they were right all along. Deniers of all ilks have nothing to lose.

20 SECS? Bold call, hope it verifies.

Rain is moving in way earlier than I expected/hoped. Urgh...

It's been quite blustery up here today, which took the edge off the warm and sunny angle.

Well that's the annoying thing, you just know we'll all get our April 5th 4.8", just to nudge us closer to average. If I have to suffer through a winter like this, I want the stats to back it up.

You know the worst part about winters like this? You can't just put off yardwork until the spring because it's always the spring. There's just no excuse to procrastinate.

I like variety. A significant storm, a few moderate storms, and then several pack fresheners. Maybe like 18" (which is as big a storm as one needs, although I know I'll get tarred and feathered for that), four x 6", nine x 2".

Stockpiling toasters now, just in case we make it three in a row next year.

Not even a flake. I'm starting to get the feeling this winter sucks a little.

For me, this winter sealed it up, wrapped it, and tied it with a bow: snow before December 5th is an inexorable, ineluctable curse. Avoid at all costs.

This is part of the reason why, even as a lifelong fan of science, I'll always advocate for Fahrenheit in the mid-latitudes. 0F and 100F are both nearly perfect benchmarks by which you can compare the sensible perceptions of seasons.