Cold Miser

Woke up at 5:30 to 2"+, and still snowing pretty good. The ride to work was not great.  50 minute ride took about 90 minutes.  Up and down routes 101 and 44 from Killingly...Pomfret...Eastford...Ashford...Mansfield...Coventry...Bolton...into Manchester the snow ranged from 2"-4"+.  Here at work in Manchester seems to have the least, but it is snowing good.

 Big...Wet.Azz.Flakes.

Temp on the Davis is showing 36F

Currently, high 30s and Mid Atlantic type cold rain.

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

The irony is, You’ve been doing the most ripping. Talking about frozen crab grass cuz a poster said they like how deep the trough was.  Don’t give me your crap Luke. You’re a stir the pot Nellie..period! 

I vote we keep crab grass frozen all season long!

The annual Jerry-Fest @weathafella on the Monday before Christmas at Clarke's (or alternative in that area due to the place closing at 8pm last year) works better for me due to my continued weekend situation with my mother, but if the date works for me on a Saturday in Worcester or where ever I will be there. 

9 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Gee… I can remember a couple of December snow storms of late. 12/3/19, 12/17/20  were  pretty nice ones here. 

Hopefully, There's snow on the ground for Snodeo weekend in Old Forge
 

Snowblower still getting fixed and tuned up.  Probably won't need it again this year, but, just in case I get a rogue high output snowstorm (High output for my area is 8"-10") it will be ready. 

15 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

Jinxy

Nah.  I can't do much worse than the last 2 seasons. (15" total this past season, and maybe 12" total the season before).  My jinx is not anyone else's.

22 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

80 Helloween 

This will allow a return southwest flow of much milder air back
into the region Wed and especially by Thu. The EPS/GEFS anomalous
upper level ridging setting up across the mid-Atlantic coast.
Southwest flow should allow highs to probably reach back into the
70s by Wed and perhaps taking a run at 80 by Thu. Still quite a ways
out...but certainly may challenge a few record highs given strong
support from the EPS/GEFS guidance.

...My snow thrower, White Out turns 26 years old this season, and is coming out of hibernation. She's seen some epic snow storms and great winters, but as of late some epic duds.  

She's is heading out for a tune up and some repairs. Hopefully winter feeds her well this year.

55 here at work. When I left this am (around 530) it was in the 40s.

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Wow. That’s the worst one yet. I was going to head down to take pics but I’ll adhere to the FFE.

I spoke to my mom. She is high enough to not be affected, but I will be checking her basement.

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Super close strike. Lit  it up and just ripped the house with thunder 

Very ominous here in Manchester, but mainly N/W of my work.  A few lighting strikes in the distance.

2 minutes ago, Dan76 said:

No Bad Seed?

Not for another 5 or 6 years. 

That was the set list for Foxboro Stadium in 1992.

My mom just texted me to say a black bear just walked on her patio by her back door which was open.  This was in Southbury.

1 hour ago, butterfish55 said:

2 hours ago, Cold Miser said:

...Was going to the Metallica show tonight at Gillette, but now, not so sure I want to endure banging my head with 60k people dressed in black (mostly dudes) in the late afternoon during satanically hot, and hellish heat.  But, if I wait until the Sunday show I will surely be riding the lightning while the storms pass right over the stadium.  Either way it's a loss. 
 

I'm going tonight with my son and a few friends. Can't wait!

You will have a good time.  I've seen them 6 times, but all between 1986 and 1992.  The last time was the Metallica/ Guns & Roses / Faith No More tour at the old Foxboro stadium. 

That stadium tour was the show of the year back then...tough ticket to get.  I think of the entire stadium tour, only 4 or so cities did not completely sell out...probably in the mid-west.  All kinds of drama during it as well, a pyro incident and Hetfield's arm, Axl Rose doing tool-ish Axl Rose sh.it (puking on stage and causing trouble), and I think Faith No More getting fired from the tour shortly after the Foxboro show.  The singer pissed on some stage equipment or something like that. 

Quick, dumb story about it...I was in college at the time, and when I got back to campus my friends were all laughing, telling me I was on the news.  ...Apparently, there was a reporter in the parking lot, interviewing people before the show.  I was in the background, leaning up against a tree, smoking a joint, and holding a can of Bud.  They saw it on the 11pm news.

You will probably never see a set list as awesome as this again (even with the meh tunes)...
Creeping Death
Harvester of Sorrow
Sanitarium
Sad But True (meh)
Wherever I may Roam
Of Wolf and Man
For Whom The Bell tolls
Unforgiven
Shortest Straw
Fade To Black
Master of Puppets
Seek & Destroy
Whiplash
Nothing Else Matters (meh)
Am I Evil
Last Caress
One
Sandman (meh)
Some instrumental solos in there somewhere
 

16 minutes ago, NotSureWeather said:

I'm honestly curious what the draw is for hot and humid weather? Better chances for severe weather? I just sweat and am miserable lol

Same. It's awful.

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I agree with Brian that wherever that front hangs around, copious amounts of rain possible. Might be no more bridges left in VT by Labor Day.

...Throw the Cat 5 'cane in there and the state is no more.

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

The concern is growing. 
 

 

Serious question...When ever he expresses concern, has it ever been justified?  Meaning, have drought conditions adversely affected our region as a whole in a manner where the end result has been dire, and legit doom to plant life?  Has their been suffering and pain due to a New England drought during the lifetime of Stein?

I'm not talking about backyard herb garden drought and famine.

...Was going to the Metallica show tonight at Gillette, but now, not so sure I want to endure banging my head with 60k people dressed in black (mostly dudes) in the late afternoon during satanically hot, and hellish heat.  But, if I wait until the Sunday show I will surely be riding the lightning while the storms pass right over the stadium.  Either way it's a loss. 
 

29 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Euros too hot 

It was a good couple of months while it lasted...Now on to TP sticking to butt cracks, and rivers of sweat rolling off of the dome.

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

Is this a true story? 

Yes, although I wasn't literally kicked to the street.  I would have been too young to fend for myself. 
If I was not adopted, and somehow survived in that dead-end city, By age 19, my body would have been found floating down the Hudson...bloated, and full of track marks.  Possibly missing a limb, or at least a finger or 2.

On 6/4/2024 at 9:05 AM, FPizz said:

Can you buy a 28000 btu a/c and install into the wall to cool the whole house if it is a single floor?  Can probably do that all with the unit for $1500.

Yes, we are looking at that option. May not be that much power, but, yeah. that is an option.

8 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Thinking of going to Troy, NY (or just east). Been there before...very open and a direct route into southern VT. Tough call where to go but certainly somewhere in eastern NY. North may be better just due to proximity to better forcing/dynamics but south may be more unstable. 

I was born in, and eventually kicked to the street for adoption in Troy, NY.  

15 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

I don't think CT has much for putting in AC.  The solar people however are ruthless with their door to door thing--I think there's a rebate for that however.

We met with a mini-split dealer/ installer last night.  There was a rebate of around $700 but only if we did the heat/ac heat pump combo.  This was for a single, 1 ton condenser, and single head, so I don't know if the rebate increases proportionately somehow with an increase in unit size.   The cost to purchase  and install this single unit was silly.  He wanted 8.5 k for the a.c. only unit, and 10.5 for the ac/ heat unit.   12k/1 ton for a single floor of a very small house.