Great Snow 1717

2 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

It’s not done…congrats NNE. 
 

The Good news is that the dry nonsense was oversold for after this week and the north trend isn’t going anywhere 

Please post this in the SNE forum..lol

13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It comes into CT late Monday and snows into Tuesday night of the 20th.These always come in faster as you get closer 

FYP

17 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

This thing is hauling ass to the flemish cap. It’s a 10-12 hour event. 

....are you trying to disrupt the hype machine????

16 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I like that we use only 0z and 12z model runs for this and the amounts seem to be going up, slightly....

I like a forecast of 2-3 for now.

 

in the SNE subforum they would assume you are refereeing to "feet" not inches...

12 minutes ago, NotSureWeather said:

I’m just trying to fit in and be overly dramatic about everything. My bad…

Just some friendly advice for you...Some forum members will accept you more readily if you have an epic meltdown....and per my policy, no charge for the 1st time advice...

2 hours ago, RU848789 said:

Yeah, I'm 61 and still love the cold and snow and don't imagine that ever changing.  I'm retired and am outside for several hours per day at least 5 days a week between disc golf, soccer, and doing little day trips with my wife.  Obviously, someday I'll be less mobile, but until then I love getting outdoors.  

I also do not imaging my love for cold and snow ever changing...well until SNE becomes the Hilton Head of the north..

13 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Older people seem to be much more sensitive to cold weather too.

I've maintained friendships with people who loved the cold weather when they were in their 20s, 30s and 40s, but once they hit their 60s, they can't stand cold weather anymore (with or without snow.)

 

Part of the reason is a lot of older people stay indoors a lot during the fall and winter so they never acclimate to colder weather. I still love cold weather. I am outdoors every day. Being outdoors every day makes it very easy to acclimate to colder weather .

Staying indoors leads to a lot of inactivity which leads to a lot of health problems 

Aging has both mental and physical aspects. Having a positive mental approach and physical approach to aging is important. I know many people at the gym who are in their 70's- 90's. They workout every day. I've seen them at the gym on the coldest and most snowiest of days.

4 minutes ago, White Gorilla said:

Right on cue spiking the ball when seeing this map.  

16 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

what I mean is it is getting tossed around and used too much. An OP run 12 days out showing a storm tracking well south doesn't necessarily mean or equate to suppression. 

Exactly!!!

22 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Id imagine anyone who does that knows they are at mercy of the weather any given season. Plus there are differences. In the Great Lakes we get more snowfalls but less huge storms than the east coast. Snowfall the last 10 winters at DTW (avg 45") has been- 94.9",  47.5", 35.3", 37.9", 61.0", 31.3", 43.7", 44.9", 47.1", 37.1". Simply plowing or salting is more or less steady. Milder winters hurt the ice fishing and snowcover crowds, but we still get multiple snowfalls that need plowing and even more that need salting. During that 2-week stretch this January, some guys were working 20 hour days between the plowing, salting, and redoing from drifting snow. Then the east coast is an entirely different beast. Snow plowing/salting is more feast/famine. Two record low snow years in a row are happening for you guys, but what happens when a massive noreaster hits and drops feet of snow? There has to be someone to plow all the parking lots. Its like the old joke "blame me for no snow because i bought a snowblower". Joe blow sells his plow then next winter youll get 3 monster storms.

Well that is going to be a problem..MASSDOT begins advertising for snowplow drivers in September on electronic signs along the highway. Owning a large truck with a plow is very costly. Insurance has become expensive,as have repairs.

16 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Gefs still gives us hope next week . It's a long shot though .

I read your post and Daniel Jones popped into what is left of my mind..

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Plenty of people on this forum would probably move up to Nova Scotia if they were able to for much snowier winters and more comfortable summers.

 

 

Here is the thing about moving to a snowier location. Most people fail to plan for when they can no longer do the snow removal themselves. People age out of it. Then it becomes a matter of hiring someone to do the snow removal work. That can get very expensive, very quickly.

Another thing is people get tired of always having to do the snow removal. My former neighbor has a place in Pittsburg NH. He has told me that some people move to Pittsburg for the winter activities but quickly grow tired of what can be daily snow removal.

There is a big difference in admiring a snowy location from afar than actually living in a snowier location. Same goes for people who move south. I've known numerous people who moved to Florida because they enjoyed the Florida weather during vacations BUT they hated living in Florida because of the unrelenting heat and humidity.

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

It definitely helps living in a place that gets around 110” of snow a year. 

it certainly does. 

1 hour ago, Allsnow said:

With more juice NYC might get 50 In one storm 

 

 

I prefer to look on the bright side....prevents people from buying them..

5 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Agree but maybe we can get lucky 

you don't need luck...you need

34 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

To be fair, this is probably a knee jerk reaction to a terrible winter in the Northwoods. Last winter, Minneapolis had its third snowiest winter on record with 95", now they are on pace for their least. I go to northern Michigan every winter, and there's always plenty of snow to play in. This winter is honestly a first that i've seen it like this up there midwinter, although supposedly it happened in 1987 too. In southern Michigan, we have winter festivals and ice carving events, but we don't rely on winter economically like they do in the northern part of the state. The main thing here is plowing and salting, and there's been no decrease in snowfall. 

I don't think it is a  jerk reaction at all. I have seen the same here in SNE and So NH. Many landscapers have gotten out of the snow plowing business. A guy who lives not too far from me just put hi large pickup truck with a plow up for sale.

Many businesses have been negatively impacted by a string of terrible winters.

2 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Interesting-- NE PA and SNE both had over 30" of snow in this storm, but the areas in between were between 10-20

I think in many cases the snowfall reports were on the low side because of when the main part of the storm hit....in much of SNE and So Nh that was from the evening and overnight. There was considerable blowing and drifiting of snow. At the time I lived not too far from a cemetery that open level fields. During the day a friend and I went to the cemetery to take measurements.  Most of the measurements we took were in the 32-34 inch range.

I left my car parked in a parking lot overnight. When I woke up the next morning the car was completely covered in snow. Only a small part of the antennae was visible...

The heavy snow and the strong winds made that storm one of the most difficult for accurate snowfall measurements.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

It’s real and it’s spectacular.

....enjoy, perhaps you can go outdoors and do something,,,

10 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

No thanks 

I agree..

54 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Garbage winter so far.   It will take a double digit storm to bring us up to a D+ grade here. 

Agree on this being a garbage winter....well above normal temps and below normal snowfall...

28 minutes ago, WX-PA said:

They were saying the same things in the 80s and the 90s.

but we now have evidence that the climate has warmed and it continues to warm..back in the 70's the book The Cooling was a much talked about book....reading that book now is a waste of time..

https://www.amazon.com/Cooling-Has-Next-Already-Begun/dp/013172312X#customerReviews

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Why are people taking op runs as gospel ?

..but,but you were the one who kept saying "everyone is saying the pattern change is coming".....wasn't that the "gospel" of "everyone"???

5 minutes ago, George001 said:

Agree, you can still get a somewhat respectable winter with slightly above normal temps in the means, but it’s been what +4 AN? That’s just too warm. Meanwhile Alaska has been getting hammered. 

1 minute ago, Allsnow said:

Might be time to call it? 

Winter 23-24 reminds me of Duran's "No mas"

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Well it's all relative. Winter will be more AN in temps going forward so deal with it. In your metrics every winter will be a F-. You had a hell of a snow event a month ago. Your snowfall is not that far BN as it stands now. 

..but the departure is increasing by the day... and I have long ago accepted the role the climate change has had on winter. I'm not one of the hype masters of the forum...