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17 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Ticks have been terrible so far - the mild winter really didn't help this cause. 

Maybe more the result of the prolonged excessive moisture last year.  Drought seems to curtail their ranks noticeably more so than cold.

Was in Vegas July 5-11 in 2021.  Couldn't be outside in the sun for more than a minute or two, skin felt as if it were touching a hot stove except there was no way to pull away, while in the shade it just felt like standing too close to a fire.  Temp went over 114 multiple days, highest was 117 I think.  Even the locals were complaining, just brutal.

13 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You figure that translates up here as we go into June and beyond.

Acres of lawn growing fast now - dandelions allowed as they're early food for honeybees.  We drive on this grass with vehicles including an 12,000 lb tractor all the time, and never aerate, treat, or water.  When it's dry (as in 2022) it gets brown and we let it go dormant.  Good 'old farm' soil over 12" deep and continued natural wildlife 'fertilization' keeps it happy.

4 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Paste bombs are awesome until they are not. Just beautiful though. Need more pics

Couple pasty pics...

30.4F, -SN & blowing snow, hard to tell for the drifting but est. about 8".  Everything plastered & power still out.  Nasty storm

Where was this Christmas week?  Waiting for April, that's where - just as I complained it would.  SMH

Well that was quick, power out. NHEC 100% outage for the town.  31.5F, SN and... "windy"

With any luck, the 18-24" Gray forecasts will just blow into the neighbor's yards...

31.8°/31.6°, SN, ~1.5"

35.6F/34.6F, mostly snow, gusting over 20mph from NE

9 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

Pope is going to take this and run with it. And he got this one right, but the problem with him is he doesn't know how to communicate and look at all sides of the spectrum. But I think that's what gets him in trouble. But he got this one. So kudos to him

Being right for the wrong reasons is no way to go through life, son

16 minutes ago, wx_observer said:

The model shifts are surprising on their own.  What seems even more surprising is how confident NWS was in their forecast prior to the shift.  This was not a low confidence forecast late morning today.

Great point

22 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said:

HRRR, 24 hours apart. Just an astonishing shift.

 

Incredible but I'm lookin' right at it

"...something SCARIER..."  smh

Fear is the preferred ruse of govt's demanding the governed exchange their freedoms for more gov't power over their lives.

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule it." --  H.L. Mencken

  Ensemble loaded pattern smacks of "Grease":  linear factors "time, place, motion" and non-linear factors "groove, feeling" 

"Grease is the word, is the word that you heard
It's got a groove, it's got meaning 
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Now Grease is the way we are feeling"

Man if this was an episode on a 70s hospital show...

"Start an IV of D5W, and transport immediately!"

40 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

We missed on the good pattern…just bad gugu unfortunately. Now we have a bad airmass, with a system trying to approach…shit happens man. Sucks. 

Winter channeling demotivational posters (so far...)

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

0.0

Winter '23-'24 is on double secret probation...

13 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I whine? I staying the course. If I go down with the ship next week so be it. 

hear hear!

57 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Just commenting on these runs....but if it were to work out like that for the rest of January, then I'd be about ready to say uncle.

I still don't expect that.

I hear ya.  Let's hope it works out so we're all ready to say it, but for the opposite reason (pics from Jan 27, 2015)

Just flipped to rain/snow mix here at 32F after 4" new.  Wide view of the storm is impressive, striking how the northwest side of it isn't working with appreciable cold air out in WI, MI and IL... and the back edge is motoring along, hoping it keeps that up and swings through around 3am to limit the extent of hvy rain.  Tired of the flash floods this winter...

Measure stick fail - showed 6" so I figured one cleanup.  Went out at 5:30p and stepped into at least 10" to a foot.  Powdery sideways snow / steady wind funneling where I placed the snow stick gave a false low reading.  UTV plow barely handled it despite low water content, I usually do 2 cleanups for anything over 8".  Need to find a different measuring spot.  Beautiful winter vibe once again though.

3" at the snow stake, flurries now, 17.4F / 16.7F, NNW 6 G 16, 29.40 falling

-SN (.25" coating), 29.69F, NNE 5 G17, 21.4F/20.2F 

This is how to start a nor'easter, LFG