Cold Miser

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

That clipper Monday could be a nice little fluff bomb

 

 

Wiz holding out hope for one more dusting.

...Plus all kinds of owl talk.

Winter is over in SNE.  Spin will still get another 24-30 before the end of April.

Is there still a chance for something wintry next week or did that thing disappear like most 10+ day snowy solutions now that we are about 7 days out?

54 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

I guess we've totally lost it....March disco no longer about the pattern, but about DST vs. AST.  Even the mods are too tired to do anything about it.  Not that I have anything intelligent to add about the weather.

Lol.  

54 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

She coming 

She always says she's gonna come 7-10 days out, until she gets shy and changes her mind.

Between .5'-.75" of snow. Sleeting now.

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Jesus pounding dendrites now.

Jesus pounds dendrites in celebration of Lent.

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

I wish I had gone.  I've been a fan forever as well.  I remember when I was young I had his "Let's get small" album and with a book or two he had written.

Yup. Same here.  That and "A Wild and Crazy Guy" have some of the best routines...I think one of those has the King Tut song on there too. 

2 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

Late to the party....but shocked this didn't make an appearance.

 

Mon Dieu!!

Lol. Funny.  Forgot about that scene.  

Steve Martin is awesome. Been a fan since I was really young.  My girlfriend bought me tickets to see him and Martin Short a few weeks ago at Foxwoods.   I laughed the whole time.  Was awesome.

1 hour ago, NorEastermass128 said:

Nothing survives next week.  

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Depends on sun and dews . TBD 

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Plenty of sun next week with that sprawling high.

Plus the clocks jump ahead adding an extra hour of sun.

Just now, CoastalWx said:

Big time floods on all NNE rivers. I remember it. We had flooding here too, but all there rivers were close to, or made records. 

Ark business ramping up in preparation. 

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Its Friday and 50s but Sunday and 70 sells better 

Shamrocks and Shenanigans and drinking Guinness while wearing sparkling, green speedos and "Kiss Me I'm A Weenie" wife beaters on St. Paddy's Day?

19 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Hoping for 1987 type stuff.

Refresh my memory about 1987?

49 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Well nothing changed . Snow starts after midnight and flips to ice ends as drizzle . 2-4” for most of interior SNE , 1-3” towards coast 

38 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

That’s what the local outlets have . 1-3”

1-3 is the new 2-4.

7 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Grab 2-3", then nape tanner for a couple days at the end of next week, then lets rip out a KU post-St Pattys Day and call it a winter. 

This 

...and a half inch here or there at the beginning of April during those useless days of cold would at least give me accumulating snow for 6 months in a row. (barely in Dec. with .5")

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

Harwich?

lol.

No. Same town, but an apartment.

Lol. To be clear White Out is just going to a new home and not being put out to pasture.   

I will be living in a place where I wont be able to use him any more.

11 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

Actually Joe D rows a dinghy out into the harbor with a portable snow board and 8" gauge during every snow storm now. 

I really wouldn't waste too much time worrying about whether you're in the PNS or not, especially the final PNS. We use those to generate our observed snowfall maps. And outliers make the map look like shit, even if you're an outlier because of elevation. We remove reports all the time to smooth the map out. It's not an indictment of your measuring technique (except when it is *cough* Lunenburg *cough*). 

If this is true, it is the funniest, and most weenie-ish thing I've ever read.

It saddens me to say that my snow thrower, White Out will made his final cut last night.  It was fitting that in a season where he went un-used up until last night that his final run was for a good ole fashioned, days of yore, 15" storm. 

White Out was purchased 20 years ago this year at a now non-existent small engine shop in Canton, Mass.  He has helped me through some of the toughest winters in both the Boston area as well as here in Connecticut, including the unforgettable winter of 2014/15 where he carved his way through 100" of pure joy.  He has also been there for the down times...always waiting, and wanting to sink his teeth into a new coating of white gold...Including the infamous winter of 2011/2012...A bleak moment in SNE winter history, but also stark reminder that Mother Nature holds all of the cards.  And if she says snow ain't comin' then it ain't comin' and there's nothing you can do about it.

Sometimes we didn't always get along, like the numerous occasions where I pushed him hard to clear many inches of plow driven man snow away from the base of the driveway. There were also those days where I waited too long after a storm and found myself forcing him to cut into a frozen pack.  But we were good together, and good for each other.  Through the good and the bad White Out was always reliable...always there for me...always eager to serve.  Even though he was never excited about the gravel driveway, I knew that he was just a new sheer pin away from happiness.    

Now, as I move on it is time for White Out and me to go our separate ways.  I will be giving him to a friend who needs him.  This new situation will be perfect as WO is beginning to show his age.  He will be given an easy, double wide, flat asphalt driveway to clear.  No more stones caught in the auger...No more pot holes and rugged terrain...No more doubling back, multiple times to clear huge swaths of driveway, and no more tough, bumpy, uphill climbs...No more parked in an exposed lean-to, covered with a tarp, with the wind whipping at your chute. 

Here's to you my friend.  I hope you continue to satisfy your need to feed, while living a long and fruitful life at your new home.  
Take care

Pics of last nights final cut...

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

Rain of yore. 

https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-E5E8A0BA-E4DF-48BF-A2CB-F4E23281027C.pdf

Wow.  Every day the depletion goes and goes and goes until it is gone.

2 hours ago, ChasingFlakes said:

The whites stand a chance.

Kind of a racist thing to say.

24 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

17.25”  JACKPOT  In 11 hours.  45” Season.  

 

It snowed 2.5 hours after my final 17”.  

3.5” or better Rates lasted slightly Longer than February 7, 2003, but not 2 straight hours of 4” per hour.  But more Snow (14” vs. 17.25”).  

 

2 years in a row with March Quick Bombs.  I want to Thank ORH Will for predicting when I was at 12, that I would hit 16-18.  

Crazy.

15 here.  I wish I was awake to see the heavy hotties falling in the middle of the night.  

We shall dub this one, The Scooter Melt Storm.  At the end of last week Scott was just about fed up and ready to jump off the Tobin ...again.  This one was truly redeeming indeed. 

3 on Saturday, and 15+today.  Unreal.

6 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

muthafukka still sleeping.

No texting while people are sleeping please.

This will be dubbed the Scooter Meltdown storm of 2019.

Any updates on start time?

Jerry mentioned around Dawn tomorrow. Is this still a good time frame to keep in mind?

43 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Some will win. Some will lose. Some were born to sing the blues.

Ahhhh.  Even the good ole' 8 bit graphics make it clear that this sh*tty rain-fest keeps going. Just an amazingly disappointing winter even when looked at through the eyes of Pitfall Harry (Vague Atari 2600 reference for all of the youngsters out there)