HIPPYVALLEY

Heh’ not only did I not see the conjunction, I’ve been waiting over a week to just see Saturn and Jupiter at all through my neighbor’s telescope. 8th cloudy night in a row I believe. New England is not ideal for astronomy.

I have only had the one snow storm this year. Doesn’t really matter how far behind I am on the snow table, it’s all an even playing field again now. It’s like going into overtime in a basketball game. Doesn’t matter what came before.

We are talking about someone who will spend hours blowing snow from the shady parts of his yard into the sunny parts of his yard later in the season. I think I need a bunch of you to come over and we just show up as the snow mafia and give him a “talking to”.

My snow hating neighbor is out raking right now, it makes me want to tackle him.

There is a long way to go, trend wise, to get ice down into SNE. I am not a huge ice storm fan but I guess I would prefer it on bare ground than on snow cover. Makes it more interesting.

20% pops Monday is not exactly menacing precipitation.

Cool and dry this week. Boring.

and much anger.

Ski areas would probably prefer straight rain over that depiction.

But the reservoirs...

This was an all-time great Grinch. I almost always maintain a pack through these and I will be down to a couple of piles, if that.

What a f’n vacation week disaster for ski areas. You are not really fixing this with a night or two of snow making. Hopefully, if we do get a cutter next week, it’s not an absolute torch like this one. No safe pond ice between here and Caribou and probably not much ice at all.

1.60” here.

The flooding may start to become a concern. I have not been out yet but a friend of mine said the Deerfield River is absolutely raging right now.

Flood Warning Flood Warning National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1241 PM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton MA has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Massachusetts... Connecticut...Rhode Island... Connecticut River At Northampton affecting Hampden and Hampshire Counties. Connecticut River At Montague affecting Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Connecticut River At Hartford affecting Middlesex and Hartford Counties. Connecticut River At Thompsonville affecting Hampden and Hartford Counties. Farmington River At Simsbury affecting Hartford County. North Nashua River At Fitchburg affecting Worcester County. Assabet River At Maynard affecting Middlesex and Worcester Counties. Pawtuxet River At Cranston affecting Providence and Kent Counties. Wood River At Hope Valley affecting Washington County. .Heavy rainfall in combination with snowmelt has led to significant rises on main stem rivers, several of which are forecast to go into flood. .

Must be some pretty good small stream flooding now.

Flood warning for my local river. I may have to take a walk down to the overlook later.

I’ve used the recipe from the link I posted. It takes a few minutes but it came out good every time I made it.

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/homemade-eggnog/

That guy had some hall of fame posts.

Outages? Who hit 70mph, Coast?

.80” here, not much wind. Pack decimated. Just piles and big patches in yard is all that’s left. Ski areas are going to be back to base building.

@weatherwiz told us all the ways it could fail.

Same. I think @Ginx snewx once said something to the effect of “a bunch of drunken adults in clown cars chasing little white balls around a fake park.” If you enjoy, great, just not my thing. I just thought his statement was funny.

Turn around, don’t drown!