HIPPYVALLEY

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

Yea only 5k power outage. Hype fail

Not sure the numbers but a lot of outages around here including my neighborhood.

6 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

over to snow now

It's very short lived.

Had a nice five minute sleet fest here.  
Now just light rain with a few flakes mixed in.

My house is quite sheltered and still some impressive gusts past 15 minutes.  Absolutely roaring up high. 

6 minutes ago, Professional Lurker said:

Pretty good wind here for the past 15 minutes.

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Yeah we had some heavy rain in decent gusts but you can tell it’s not quite mixing down this low. Sounds like a freight train up above in the sky though.

3 minutes ago, ice1972 said:

Guys......I know this isn't SNE but check this Blizzard Warning out of Sacramento.......this is the shit I miss so much......a blizzy here isn't a blizzy there it would seem.....lol

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ069&warncounty=CAC017&firewxzone=CAZ269&local_place1=19 Miles E Placerville CA&product1=Blizzard+Warning&lat=38.6842&lon=-120.4389

Edit: It goes from Thursday to Sunday lol.......have you ever.....

Lol

 WHAT...Extremely dangerous to impossible travel from blizzard
  conditions Friday into Saturday morning. Total snow
  accumulations of 5 to 10 feet above 5000 feet, with 1 to 4 feet
  above 3000 feet from Thursday through Sunday morning. Minor
  accumulations down to around 2000 feet. Winds gusting as high as
  65 mph.

15 hours ago, Layman said:

I enjoy reading about the lost/abandoned ski areas of New England and found this one to be relative due to the reasonably extensive coverage of their struggles throughout the 1980's due to lack of snow.  Everything now seems to be hyped as the "most", "worst", "extreme", etc but some of us have lived through so much of all this before.  Snow lovers in the 1980's = snow lovers in the 2020's.

Mt. Tom, Holyoke, MA:  https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/Massachusetts/mttom.php 

 

This was a fun quote from the page:  "Though the 1984-85 season started on December 9, there was no more skiing until the day after Christmas. The holiday skiing too was short-lived, as temperatures soared into the 70s and melted the manmade snow. Manager Dave Moore told the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, "If Mount Tom depended on what (snow) was on the ground, it would have been out of business 25 years ago." The season likely ended after the first weekend in March."

That was a nice little ski area in the heart of the valley. Yeah, multiple bad years in a row is nothing new in SNE. 

This may be the longest thread title we've ever had?  Hopefully those who want damage get it. 

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Got the phone call about an hour ago . Phil is on his way .. and this time he means bidness..

I just thought the “we are a storm” was funny.  Should be a wild ride for some.

My house is tucked in behind a 600’ hill so hopefully wind is muted here as usual.
I’m not real into damage and have my own personal PTSD from high winds.

Lol.

8 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Its over before it began, Time to move on.

Two in a row.   It’s going to suck if a strong La Niña materializes next year for a porking trifecta. 

47 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Worst insect season we’ve ever witnessed is unfolding. Record warm winters will do that 

Not if it stays dry it won’t be.

1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

With historic rains in between. Can't make it up. 

Last summer was garbage in the valley and we followed it with a garbage winter. 
I hope it’s Taos dry this summer. 
 

7 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

The warmup looks nice. Good high pressure at times should make for some great days. 
 

Pattern looks like dogshit though once we get into the second week of March. Very cutoff-y looking. 

Imagine that, just shocking.

I bet it locks in for a good 4 to 6 weeks too.

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

I wonder how short next winter will be. Might end after December if we get Nina. 

Will it ever begin? 

Nobody in SNE is seeing 80's in March this year.  Low 70's?  Sure, especially in a down slope dandy location.

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

What a furnace on the ensembles. Hopefully the fruit trees don’t wake up.

Legit concern especially if we get a late season cold snap.

Last year as you probably know we had no peaches and very few plums or cherries on trees around here.  The apple crop was also negatively impacted.  My friend owns Headwater Cider and he could barely press last year.  
Maple syrup season is also going to suck if the temperatures are not getting below freezing at night.

51 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

That picture may as will be from October.

13 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Maybe.  Last year we had a wet May and a near-constant rainy June, and we feared the worst.  Instead, black flies and mosquito populations were less than usual, and we had the fewest deerflies since we lived in Gardiner.  BN tick attachments also.

 Oddly last summer was not bad for mosquitoes here.  The larvae probably all drowned from the constant rain.

As usual ticks were bad spring and fall but fairly scarce in the summer. Interestingly there were a lot of pet owners having flea problems last year. Our vet said it was unlike anything he’s ever seen.

If it’s going to snow again around here I’m sure it will be mid month when I’m down in Hilton Head. 

2 hours ago, qg_omega said:

I’m not, feels like November

It’s been perpetual November.

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Congrats on finally beating me this season!

I did ok with the November storm.

i’m pretty sure the 4” in November was more than my December and February combined.  

A little over an inch here.  Surprised it stayed all snow.  Brings me up to a whopping 22” on the season.

About an inch here with steady light snow.  Looks pretty at least. 

20 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said:

Light snow has commenced up here. Bad kind of storm to be on the east slope really, but it's a bad storm in general.

Light coating here earlier but temps suck and the precipitation shield looks like it went through a grater.

Flakes and a few pellets.  34F