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11 hours ago, RVAman said:

The clocks have moved forward. Nearly 80 on Friday. I'll get everyone a shot at the local Applebees if it snows.

Are you talking about sitting down, enjoying a gourmet meal.... at a place that's REAL special?? 

A chilly start at 27.6 degrees here, least the wind is only blowing at 2 mph from WSW. Had a 37 mph gust around noon yesterday, then slowly they died back during afternoon to a more reasonable 10-25 range. I don't keep wind 'records', (I only report/record when winds go above 25 mph, I feel that is a threshold that most people start feeling uncomfortable with), but I have to question "the least windiest winter" thing. 

Just now, North Balti Zen said:

I literally did not put out my recycling this AM just because of this issue. It can wait a week to be put out.

 

Also, wind is dumb. 

But we do it so EXTRA, EXTRA well. 

Winds still roaring here this morning. Just had a 35 mph gust about 5 minutes ago from NW. Highest wind recorded was 47 mph around 11 pm last night. Lots of 40+ mph gusts yesterday late afternoon thru midnight. 

On and off flurries here most of afternoon. Gusty and blustery are the words to describe today. 

1 minute ago, Jrlg1181 said:

Just under 0.20 here ... mainly just heavy drizzle here all morning... As expected another underperforming event.. Been a consistent radar gap  most of the morning Waynesboro up toward Harrisonburg .. 

Just glanced at gauge, looks like .37 or .38 from this far away since 7 am. 

Well, two really long rumbles of thunder in last couple minutes at 42 degrees....gotta love March.

1 hour ago, WVclimo said:

Over 0.50” already with moderate rain falling.  38°.

Yep, rain and 42.5 here, colder than 7am CoCoRaHS reporting time. 

On 3/4/2024 at 12:25 AM, Jrlg1181 said:

Driving across the country, or making a circle around the country is a amazing experience.... 3 years ago we did a circle - I did all the driving , rental car receipt said 5495 miles in 10 days ......

Got home last night about 8 pm. Put 5500 miles on the car in 11 days (an oil change is planned for later today + a good scrubbing). Saw temps range from 70's to single digits, sun/wind/rain and snow. Overall a great trip, but boy do several states need to work on their roads!! (I'm looking at you IN and IL! Arizona gets a consolation prize for 3rd place.)

So got to spend the last 36+ hours with my son AND enjoy a good bit of snowfall. Only 10 inches has fallen where he lives, but up on the mountain they reported 18-20 inches. LOTS of drifting with the 30-50 mph winds. He has a weather station on a 5 foot pole in the side yard that you could see the top 8-10 inches of the pole, now gone lol. 

5 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I’m a compassionate person, but it’s hard to feel too sorry for the cars stuck I 80. They had to have their head in the sand or be in complete denial if they didn’t know how dangerous that trip would be.

true

Got into Park City around 7 pm. This hopefully helps cure my 'snow drought' from last couple of years.

Neighbor has been keeping up with weather numbers while I am gone (and feeding kitty), texted this morning and updated today for end of month for CoCoRaHS, so here goes.....

Averaged high temp for month was 52.9 degrees vs a normal of 46.0 degrees, a +6.9 degrees above average. The warmest day was the 27th with a 65.7 degree reading. Averaged low was 28.7 degrees vs a normal of 24.0 degrees, a +4.7 degrees above average. The coldest reading was 18.8 degrees on the 18th. Overall averaged temp was 40.8 degrees vs a normal of 35.0 degrees, a +5.8 degrees above average. Total precip for the month was 2.25 inches vs a normal of 2.67, a -0.42 below average. The wettest day was the 13th with 0.72 inches falling. There were 10 days with measurable, 4 days with a 'T' and 15 dry days. Total snowfall for the month was a terrible 'T' vs a normal of 5.9 inches, -5.9 inches below average with 4 days that occurring, 1st, 13th, 16th and 17th. Rest of month was snowless. This ties for 2nd least snowiest Feb with 1990/91/99 and 2017 and just behind 1988's completely snowless month. The highest wind recorded for month was 39 mph on the 14th. Two new records, both new 'warm minimum's, set on 11th and 12th. Overall, a very warm and semi-dry month, with hardly any snow. 

Still in CA (today is wife's last official 'working day', retirement together commences tomorrow), headed to Park City tomorrow (least I will get my snow fix in) to see son a couple of days, then driving back home starting Monday. 

Posting for March, just in case I can't 'computer' in a couple days lol

IF I can, may update before cutoff. Thanks

DCA:  +0.8

NYC:  +1.4

BOS:  +1.7

ORD:  +0.9

ATL: -0.4

IAH: -0.5

DEN:  -0.3

PHX: -0.8

SEA: +1.6

Some sprinkles and right at the freezing mark this morning. 

21 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Somewhere is an alternative universe where water freezes at 50 degrees 

Wait, even that has gone up? Two weeks ago it was 45.

14 hours ago, DarkSharkWX said:

djf conus temp map will end up looking like a super nino

Very, very NINOish. 

Low was 22.3 here, currently 37.7/27.4 under sunny skies at 10:30 am. Last few days have been awesome for getting outside stuff done.

Another chilly start down around 20 degrees, already up to 36 at 10:30 am under full sun.

13 hours ago, Ji said:

I’m just going to buy this call it a winter

https://www.homes.com/property/11-chipmunk-ln-davis-wv/kp5pm339t2s0e/

12 hours ago, snowfan said:

Just about 2 hrs from Leesburg, 119” on the season, and a depth of 1” or more for 59 of the last 85 days. They got more snow in November than most of us have for the season. lol. 

12 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

That looks pretty awesome. Close to Timberline and backwater falls.  Can get a beer at Jon Jons. I’d jump on that if I had the resources which I currently do not. 

Well, the first thing I generally check made that a fail, the HOA block was checked. Granted, I didn't read to see if it was low and only to cover road maintenance/plowing (which I COULD live with, begrudgingly) but other than that, automatic out. Once an HOA gets started the only way they go is up, usually at 2x inflation as a minimum. 

Another semi-chilly start to the day, currently 24.1/15.3 under clear skies. 

4 hours ago, Bob Chill said:

Wife and I went up and down for years about where to settle. We thought thru just about everywhere. We kept getting hung up on tradeoffs without really understanding what the top 3-5 things both us really wanted were. Once we figured that out it got much easier. My top 5 were affordability/low taxes, minimal property restrictions, mountain view+close to big lake, private road access, and no sounds of industry or traffic. With snow I decided as long as we live in the northeaster zone I'll experience some biggies while still happily making my living and living my life outdoors.

We're both snow weenies but my affliction is more more serious and hers much more playful lol. But at the end of day, moving somewhere (anywhere) that averages 50"+ of snow a year came with way too many tradeoffs for us. Terrible spring weather and ground conditions being my biggest reason. We both decided that if we were going to move for snow it has to be go big or go home because in between is a net negative for our lifestyle. 

I'm sure plenty of people kinda wondered why we went south lol. It wasn't for warmer weather as it's actually cooler there with summer temps which is amazing. We never have to run the AC in our RV after 10pm. Always in the 60s at night in the forest. We ended up south because of affordability, super lax zoning (building permits only required for liveable space), and being smack dab next to a mountain and a lake. We never looked near sm mtn lake until we did the top 5 lists. Looking back we couldn't have found a better spot for us and our goals in life.

We're different people so my way is just that. But consider doing the top 5 lists and using that to objectively guide the search. It took us 2 years to find the spot and half of that time was spent looking when neither of us really knew what we wanted beyond pretty pictures of country land lol 

Same here. I pulled the string back in September, she will retire end of this month. We both love snow and have considered several locations including Flagstaff AZ, eastern UT to western WY, northern MO to southern IA, and a bit closer at either Thomas/Davis or Alpine Lake/Terra Alta areas of WV. BUT, do we want to do a massive move for snow? She just moved east (CA girl) 3 years ago after all lol. Plus we both like to garden so a few of those locations set a limit on that. The bummer is most areas are losing snow across the USA.... So for now we are staying put for at least the next year.

1 hour ago, uncletim said:

Do Wintergreen/Massanutten get appreciably more snow than the lowlands? Yes, higher altitude, colder, but also seems drier, especially up on top of the Blue Ridge.  On the other hand plenty of artificial for skiing if that will do the trick!

To a point, yes. It isn't a MASSIVE increase, but in marginal situations it can snow 2,3 4 inches up there and rain or white rain down in the valleys. In a bigger event it can be a 10-20% increase in totals from lowland areas. The biggest difference I've seen (and I'm close to the airport at Hot Springs (3700-4200 elevation) is when we get ice storms, or close calls for one. Then I've seen the parkway and the airport be in 1/2 inch of ice and hardly anything low. As far as moisture, usually the peaks of the BR and Allegheny's wring out anything either east or west depending on storm track, 90% of the time they are wetter than lower areas that get down sloped. 

Bottomed out at 18.8 degrees here for the low, currently 19.7/11.2 with a WSW wind at 6 mph, WC of 12 degrees. 

I've had more snow fall SINCE 7a this morning than the rest of the storm lol.