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On 4/1/2024 at 10:47 PM, wxsniss said:

Good bet given guidance at this range Jerry... northeast looks like it actually has a chance sitting east of ridge. I'll be driving somewhere with my wife.

Any thoughts from anyone on this plan? I'm thinking Newport, VT... 3.5 hr drive during weekday rush hour, so we'll plan on a 6 hour drive up: Drive up 93N, onto 91N at St. Johnsbury. Stay on 91 and get car to southbound direction before eclipse and that way can immediately hit road after. At worst might even just pull over side of 91 southbound...

There is an actual organized event, but I imagine it'll be impossible to enter:

https://www.discovernewportvt.com/eclipse/

 

 

We honed it to northern VT for now.   Booked a place in CON Sunday night easing the drive Monday.  I’m thinking somewhere in the BTV to St Albans region.   Ironically NNE stands to be the sunniest place for this one.

Sleeting moderately here.

I was originally planning to go to TX but I decided to bank on a drive knowing I can make a last minute rebook if conditions dictate.  We are planning somewhere in the ROC-ERI corridor.  New eclipse glasses arrived today.

21 minutes ago, NoCORH4L said:

Way better retention tho

I’m not sure about that actually.  The Boston burbs often have climo averages in the 50s with decent retention.  The city-sure.

12 minutes ago, Prismshine Productions said:

Brattleboro needs 24" exactly to hit the 56.5" avg

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Pretty disturbing that Brattleboro doesn’t average much more snow vs BOS.

I have NOT deployed Roy just yet.  

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I don’t mean a rogue snowstorm. I mean a winter month 

2018 was mighty wintry.  

It’s even cool here relatively.  72 with low dews.  Coolest day since we arrived 3/5.

1 hour ago, dryslot said:

I will never live in Florida but have multiple relatives/friends and invites to visit and stay anytime, I have no reason too though.

That was exactly my thinking when I was your age.  Three years ago I came down kicking and screaming.  This year is so different for me.   I think if I rode like you do it might be different but that also gets tougher with advancing age.

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Awesome dude.  What part of the west coast? Last time I was in the Tampa Port Richey area and it's wall to wall peeps.

Far from Tampa.  Naples is our base.   Even the beaches on a warm day are not crowded.  The only traffic I’ve been in was when I drove up to RSW to pick up our daughter and bf who came down for the weekend of 3/8.  And it was minimal by Boston standards.

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

He's almost 80 and has had multiple slip and falls on ice. Don't blame him but f Florida.  It's an overcrowded hot as hades pit.

The east coast of Florida is a congested high stress area.   We’ve been on the west coast and it’s much more livable.  But yeah summer is rough.  Besides, New England summers are our crown jewel.  I no longer ski and really don’t want to be relegated to an indoor life for months at a time.  Boston is also the center of people who think they shit ice cream.  It’s tiresome.   I am surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed being down here this time.  It happens to many of us.

Speaking of Savannah, we’ll be there Friday to Monday-breaking camp from Naples Friday morning-will miss the 80s.  Should be home in New England miserable spring wx next Tuesday night.  Next winter probably 2-3 months in FL always with the option of flying home for a big snow and returning after the dopamine drip stops as in storm leaves.

Steve, those eps charts aren’t helpful.  If you have extreme outliers it affects the mean too much even with an N of 51.  Show us the spaghetti.

We are in that beloved season of temperature talk.

4 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Yup..those big AN anomalies gonna get knocked way down now.

For about 7-10 days then the escalator goes up

Roy’s warming up.  I’m giving it another couple of days but the muted cold shouldn’t surprise people.  A dry hot July awaits.

Valuing our vehicles to that extent is decidedly a first world problem…

12 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

What a torch. Enjoy it.

10 above normal ain’t hay.

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Back into the freezer shortly thereafter. Sucks but sustained spring is far away. 

Into the freezer is a bit strong on the wording.. 

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Logan had 49kts too

Which is 55 or so in mph

3 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said:

Meh, this recent system had fairly robust support on guidance 10-11 days ago and people were groaning and grumbling about posts alluding to the possibility of a storm then. 10 days later, I ended up with my biggest snowfall since Jan 10th and more snow than the entirety of Feb combined. Much of NNE cashed (and will continue to cash) in as well.

Not going to deny that this winter has been anything but a regionwide ratter, but I guess I'm not sure what evidence there is to dismiss all modeling. Are model performance metrics currently indicating poorer than normal performance this winter?

I'm genuinely asking, as I have no idea. 

You got like 5 inches in NH on 3/9 after a 10 day weenie fest and that’s a big storm?  Just because it’s bigger than other systems this season doesn’t mean it didn’t under perform.

25 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

5day avg. I thought you were better than this. 

Every one of these has failed-100% and yet some keep hitting them.  Know the personality of the season.

10 hours ago, MJO812 said:

It's too early for that crap

Interesting down here in Florida local’s are saying this is mid April wx. I suspect we’re going to roast July/August.

49 minutes ago, ma blizzard said:

You are the gold standard we all hope to reach! Btw any memories of the ratters I mentioned?  

They weren’t as bad as this year….

2 minutes ago, ma blizzard said:

yeeesh hate to lose another one ... feels like a changing of the guard. 

I held on until age 74 when I deemed it prudent to minimize my back strain.  But in fairness, during my 60 hour per week work years I hired people beginning at age 69.