CT Rain Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Cant wait to see what your dews are this summer now that you have a Davis! Should be fun and certainly higher than the tarmacs! I know. I have it mounted at 6 feet above grass. Should be tickling 80 a few times this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 A day like today in the hills cloudy with no wind and low 30s dews does nothing to melt an ice pack. You saw Coventrys picture. Still a solid 7-9 left in my area . More draining away of yesterdays rainwater than snowmelt today. The ice underneath this snow is 1-2" thick. Even yesterday's heavy rains and subsequent small river in my backyard could not melt the snow down to grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 More draining away of yesterdays rainwater than snowmelt today. The ice underneath this snow is 1-2" thick. Even yesterday's heavy rains and subsequent small river in my backyard could not melt the snow down to grass.Yeah hill snowpack is much different than inner city snowpack we're reading about wherr theres mud and flowers. No grass for us for a few more weeks except maybe in Full sun south facing slopes. Your yard looks like it gets a good amount if sun and still full cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You really need dews >37F or so to put a big hurtin' on the snow pack. That happened in a lot of CT yesterday and SE MA where it was raining at like 38-40F for much of the day, but the majority of the elevated interior was not warm enough for that except maybe very briefly...the rain at 34-36F is less destrcutive to the snow pack....that's why I said before the storm that Kevin's snow pack would survive despite a good shot of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You really need dews >37F or so to put a big hurtin' on the snow pack. That happened in a lot of CT yesterday and SE MA where it was raining at like 38-40F for much of the day, but the majority of the elevated interior was not warm enough for that except maybe very briefly...the rain at 34-36F is less destrcutive to the snow pack....that's why I said before the storm that Kevin's snow pack would survive despite a good shot of rain.Even Scooter thought id lose all mine yesterday lol. Silly silly Scoots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Yeah hill snowpack is much different than inner city snowpack we're reading about wherr theres mud and flowers. No grass for us for a few more weeks except maybe in Full sun south facing slopes. Your yard looks like it gets a good amount if sun and still full cover. You're gonna have a slow bleeding. It won't last a few weeks unless it gets replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Even Scooter thought id lose all mine yesterday lol. Silly silly Scoots If I didn't expect to lose all mine, why would I expect you to lose all yours? You lost a bunch with temps in the U30s and +RA...but I never said all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 If I didn't expect to lose all mine, why would I expect you to lose all yours? You lost a bunch with temps in the U30s and +RA...but I never said all.You and Phil were hitting each others weenie buzzers yesterday . Buzzing and lighting them off like it was the 4 th of July telling me I'd lose it all. Go back and check out the posts from you two yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIcoastalWX Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 2010? FLOOD warnings on the Pawcatuck Just noticed this... And according to the Airport - only .79 rain fell... My Davis recorded 1.31 and the MADIS Westerly site recorded 1.38. The Airport is in between those two locations I'm about 4 miles ESE of the Airport and the MADIS (if it's where I think it is...) is about 1.5 miles north of the Airport. I sent a note to Taunton (via an online Spotter Report form)letting them know there appears to be discrepancies (with the airport always reporting on the low (at times very low side)) of liquid precip. Got nothing back from them and the discrepancies continue. Any ideas who to/how to contact Taunton directly about this? Climate records are being affected but more importantly accurate adviories and/or warnings for flooding may be affected as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Just noticed this... And according to the Airport - only .79 rain fell... My Davis recorded 1.31 and the MADIS Westerly site recorded 1.38. The Airport is in between those two locations I'm about 4 miles ESE of the Airport and the MADIS (if it's where I think it is...) is about 1.5 miles north of the Airport. I sent a note to Taunton (via an online Spotter Report form)letting them know there appears to be discrepancies (with the airport always reporting on the low (at times very low side)) of liquid precip. Got nothing back from them and the discrepancies continue. Any ideas who to/how to contact Taunton directly about this? Climate records are being affected but more importantly accurate adviories and/or warnings for flooding may be affected as well. Their FB page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 You and Phil were hitting each others weenie buzzers yesterday . Buzzing and lighting them off like it was the 4 th of July telling me I'd lose it all. Go back and check out the posts from you two yesterday. Because it's fun doing that, but nobody with a sense of met background would think 6" of concrete would melt in 6 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 These high dews are just lethal to the pack. 45/37 here. The 24-hour FARS on the Davis is awesome! It's working great. Also the tipping bucket is good. Had 1.51" in that from the rain storm and 1.46" in my cocorahs gauge. That pretty close. 4.97" of rain here on the month. I know this is off topic but you might want to calibrate that tipping bucket - That's over a 3% error and remember that the bucket is going to miss some while it's tipping. As on of my old Professors at Lyndon (Dr. Gannon) used to say, "it's close enough for government work but not enough for me". lol I know what you're saying though. It's nice being able to see our data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 really!!! still 4 to 6+ here even in sunny spots The meltdown is impressive. Just mud everywhere. Really gross. Got the pack down to 0" this morning at the stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Their FB page? Why should someone have to go to a third party Website to contact the government? Why isn't there an easier more direct way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Why should someone have to go to a third party Website to contact the government? Why isn't there an easier more direct way? Email? go to there webpage and call them? call 411 IDK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Email? go to there webpage and call them? call 411 IDK lol, I know. It's a pet peeve. They have lousy contact info on the Website. There is a phone number but no simple form to contact them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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