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  1. CoolHandMike
    Nearly got caught working outside when that squall line came through. Looked at the sky and thought "Oh, that can't be good" and then checked the radar. Sure enough, we were gonna get bombed. Hastily secured the worksite and beat feet indoors right as the rain started. Made for an exciting afternoon, for sure! In other news, drove through some falling sleet near Morgantown about an hour ago.
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    I find it a little funny that we get included in the Delaware Bay warnings way up here in Reading. I mean, I guess I won't be taking my kayak out on the Skook today, thanks for the warning!
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    Wowza! Highest recorded wind gust at my house since I started logging just over two years ago: Today was wild--sampling soil down in SNJ. Thankfully I had a shipping container to hide behind for most of the day at least. My drillers weren't so lucky, but I made sure they were able to take plenty of breaks from the wind. I'm so done with being outside for the next few days though.
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    About the only thing I have to contribute to this is, erm, this: https://www.amazon.com/OxGord-Windshield-Removal-Protector-Scraping/dp/B01AOHYT50 You might feel like a doofus putting it on in the evening, but you'll thank past you the next morning when you can just pull it off, toss in the back seat, and go. We got two inches of sloppy, wet snow last Wednesday that melted pretty fast, though that didn't stop all of my retired neighbors firing up their massive snowblowers. I was away on travel, but my wife finally got to try our new electric one (just for fun) and she said it worked great.
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    Same: 39F/dp31
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    Some nifty looking undulatus out there at the moment. I'm just happy it's properly cold and blustery for a change.
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    It's my fault, guys--I did a stupid thing and bought a fancy-pants, new snow blower last fall. I'm so, so sorry.
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    Spoke too soon. Back up to 37.
  9. CoolHandMike
    My forecast low for tonight is 34°F. We're there now, and it looks to be going lower still.
  10. CoolHandMike
    Well, crap. My PWS is offline. Question is, how much do I want to break out the ladder and swap the batteries in this weather? Hmm...
  11. CoolHandMike
    Hit 3.5°F right around 7am. Now 6.2 and blowing 10-15mph, so still quite chilly outside!
  12. CoolHandMike
    Took the puppy for her evening constitutional in the back yard a little while ago. That was the quickest she's gone out to pee and come back ever! lol Properly cold and still gusty. I have a cheesy, xmas-themed, black sweatshirt with the GoT quote "Winter is coming" on it; I'm thinking of wearing it out tomorrow on my last-minute errands with some blue tape over the "coming" part with "here" written on it with sharpie. Hope I get some laughs.
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    About 10 years ago we lived in an old apartment with high-pile, wall-to-wall carpet. I was tired of basically defibrillating myself every time I touched something metal, and specifically, the (at the time) metal scroll wheel in my mouse. I came up with the idea of running a bare copper wire in and around my slippers. I recall that it worked pretty great, so long as my socks weren't too thick.
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    Brr! It's ok though, got a pot of tomato sauce reheating on the stove for our annual Xmas eve lasagna. I made the sauce back in September but I recall not reducing it enough and then making an incredibly much better batch a month later that is already gone. So I'm going to reheat and reduce 6 qts down to 4 and tweak it a little bit to try to match that later batch. Wind is howling but the house is warm and smells amazing. I am considering leaving a faucet trickling overnight though--I'm not concerned about the indoor plumbing as our basement never gets much below 60, but I have no idea how well the plumbing outside will fare since we're on a bit of a hill with significant backfilling all around. I figure better safe than sorry.
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    Super grateful to be able to work from home today! Winds really kicking up with light snow now. We had a short burst of heavy snow and there's a dusting on the grass, no way I'm getting an inch out of this one. We did drop almost 8°F in an hour though, so that's neat. Temp graph should look pretty wild at the end of the day.
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    I love how W 22 G 32 MPH is just "breezy"!
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    Shoveled and salted roughly 3/4 inch of sleet/ice off my driveway and sidewalk for any deliveries we might get today. I was pretty sure the rain would have washed it all out by now, but it's still just below freezing and turning into an ice rink out there.
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    Moderate sleet still falling. All hard surfaces are white, and is starting to show up in the barer patches of lawn. My neighborhood roads remain untreated, but the garbage guys made it through no problem at least.
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    Noped out of my Reading-->Southern NJ commute this morning when I hit heavy sleet and ice on the roads near Morgantown. Told my boss I'd head in when it changed over to rain. My neighborhood is also completely untreated but hopefully all the frozen stuff should melt/wash away here in thh next few hours.
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    What a difference ~60 miles makes. We bottomed out at 25.5°F this morning.
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    We just threw down for a new Ego snow blower since my wife really likes using their lawnmower, and since my Craftsman snow blower is close to 30 years old and held together with literal zip ties and baling twine. (She wants to be able to use it in case I'm traveling, plus we already have the Ego mower and leaf blower so we're already invested in the battery ecosystem. But I digress.) Based on absolutely nothing at all, here's what I'm thinking: So... Freak snow end of Nov, 3" that melts before we have a chance to use the new machine. December... cold rain. January... Freakishly cold, mere dustings of snow throughout. February... Big 2009/2010 energy, two 12"+ storms, maybe even back to back. March... Solid 8-incher right around the 8th. April... A dusting at the beginning of the month, then 70's, then cold towards the end.
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    My admittedly rather poorly sited anemometer recorded a gust of 25 mph with average of 18 mph winds earlier today (actually yesterday as of typing this). It's currently 22.6°F, feels like our customary February deep freeze, and I'm here for it. My high today (yesterday) was 33.9. Although I hate to tell you guys, winter is cancelled because I just ordered a new Ego snowblower. Sorry.
  23. CoolHandMike
    Snowed heavily the last 5 minutes of my drive home from work just now. When I got home, I saw my wife's car had a coating, as did the mailbox. First snow of the year!
  24. CoolHandMike
    My parents reported thunder and small hail in Oxford, PA around 4:10 pm. They're up to almost an inch! We only got .03" here in Reading but it blew up pretty quick. Unexpected for today--glad I worked from home.
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    .45" in the backyard gauge. Mini-rant: if you can't handle driving in weather on the turnpike, at least GTFO of the fast lane you ignorant, lights-off-in-a-grey-car-in-heavy-road-spray ignoramus. Seriously, just pull TF over and do the rest of us a favor. /rant
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