Geos Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 41° and full clouds here. Was trying to pick up what debris I could off the yard, but it is so muddy and covered with ice patches still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Do u have any snow OTG? Yeah, but it's very patchy now. Thought we would make it to this week with a nice base layer for the new snow...but after this stupid thaw, we definitely have more grass than snow now. Before this weekend, there was a higher amount of snow to grass ratio. That has now switched the other direction. So, with a thawed out ground, I can easily see this being an early spring where our snowpack doesn't remain until April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Another top shelf late winter day here. Mild temps and sun. Spring isn't far off and you can start feeling it. I liken this to the final scene of "Glory", when they were rolling through the fort and thought victory was in hand.. Just had to get over that hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I liken this to the final scene of "Glory", when they were rolling through the fort and thought victory was in hand.. Just had to get over that hill. A 3-4 day cold snap sandwiched between positive departures isnt rare. It's still Feb. But you can tell winter is dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Uh yeah every Feb you can tell winter is "dying" slowly. Though thankfully doesn't mean the warm trolls will be exposing their white chubby wintery legs to us anytime soon yet. So pumped for nearly four more months of chilly rain on the west side of lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 A 3-4 day cold snap sandwiched between positive departures isnt rare. It's still Feb. But you can tell winter is dying. Winter is dying because the average temp is going up. The coldest weather of the entire winter is moving in and being reinforced. Only people who don't follow models or weather would say winter is dying based on one week of upper 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Winter is dying because the average temp is going up. The coldest weather of the entire winter is moving in and being reinforced. Only people who don't follow models or weather would say winter is dying based on one week of upper 40s. I'm starting to think it may be a cold start to spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I'm starting to think it may be a cold start to spring. It could be a torch, who knows.... I'd like to see winter stay normal till around March 15th... it can do whatever from that point. I'd love a super warm April and May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 It could be a torch, who knows.... I'd like to see winter stay normal till around March 15th... it can do whatever from that point. I'd love a super warm April and May. I agree. I hate working in cold weather in April and May. All that weather does is stack up hoodies in my work truck from peeling off layer after layer. #clutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Was nice to see a few mood flakes flying around today. Our dusting has largely melted/sublimated away, but there are a few patches of snow left here and there. EDIT: Yeah I did say melted. I was surprised that any snow would melt as cold as it is, let alone how much melted. Must be some residual warmth left in the top soil as I don't think the sun is strong enough at this point on a cloudy day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I had 6F taking kids to school. Had some snow last night that blew around this morning making roads very slick in spots. Sat looks pretty ugly with high of 7F. Still haven't seen "real" cold air yet. No -20Fs or anything... might get through winter pretty easy if this holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Coldest morning of the month so far, at 14°. Was sunny, but now clouds are building with a few tiny snowflakes starting up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Only 18 for a high today, but we still lost about half of our 0.4" that fell overnight. Guess the sun is getting strong enough to melt during the day after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Cold one out there today/tonight. High of 15°. Down to 6° currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 NWS DLH: AS HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SETTLES NEARLY OVERHEAD FRINIGHT/SAT..CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS/LONG NIGHT AND DEEP SNOW PACKCOMBINED WITH HOW COLD IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS SHOULDRESULT IN MANY AREAS WELL INTO THE -30S ACROSS INTERIOR NRNMINNESOTA SAT MORNING. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WINDS CAN DIMINISH..AFEW OF THE TRADITIONAL COLD SPOTS /EMBARRASS, COTTON, CRANE LAKE,TOWER, BRIMSON, ETC/ COULD MAKE A RUN AT -40F. IT SEEMS LIKELYTHAT ANOTHER WIND CHILL ADVISORY OR WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY FRINIGHT/SAT MORNING FOR MANY AREAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 NAM and GFS both dropping the 850 temps at YYZ below -30c for a while on Saturday. I don't think I've ever seen it that cold aloft locally. Sfc cold is not quite as impressive though because of lack of snowcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I know it's only 2nd week of February and we go through this every year, BUT with full sun today that 23 degrees this afternoon felt warmer than it was, sigh the sun is getting stronger. I'm ready for spring. A nice warm spring, with a few severe events. 2010 was a perfect spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 24 today. The 0.6" that fell over a 2-day period a few days back has completely disappeared except in shaded areas. Back to looking like November. Think we've only had an inch or more of snow on the ground less than a week this entire cold season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 24 today. The 0.6" that fell over a 2-day period a few days back has completely disappeared except in shaded areas. Back to looking like November. Think we've only had an inch or more of snow on the ground less than a week this entire cold season. Yup. Not much better over here bud. It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Cold. Snowless. Worthless. Still have some glaciers from that sleet storm though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Still have enough snow to consider it snow cover. All the way down to +3° this morning with a high of 20°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 After the usual days and days of overcast, sun broke through later this afternoon and made for a nice sunset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Interesting potential tomorrow. Squall line along the arctic front and then post frontal heavy squalls possible with rapidly falling temps into the teens and single digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 The picture would look even better if you could get rid of all the traffic in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 After the usual days and days of overcast, sun broke through later this afternoon and made for a nice sunset I like it when there is a few cumulus clouds in the sunset. They light up nicely. Looks like a solid snow cover. ---- @ Blackrock - Yeah when I take pics I try to avoid man made objects overall. Power lines are the worst, imo. I'll go out of my way to avoid them in a shot. But when you have just minutes to get a good sunset picture, you take it when you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 The picture would look even better if you could get rid of all the traffic in it.It would. Such is life in the suburbs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like it when there is a few cumulus clouds in the sunset. They light up nicely. Looks like a solid snow cover. ---- @ Blackrock - Yeah when I take pics I try to avoid man made objects overall. Power lines are the worst, imo. I'll go out of my way to avoid them in a shot. But when you have just minutes to get a good sunset picture, you take it when you can. Yes it's a solid snowcover. Not deep but solid. We have only had solid cover this winter Nov 21-25, Jan 10-17, Feb 9-present. By solid I mean no patches of grass (pretty much the rest of Jan after the 17th we had patchy cover, along with a few scattered days in Dec). It's an adjustment coming after 2 consecutive winters of winter-long deep snowcover (which set records), but it's not in the least unexpected. In fact, the "law of averages" plus a strong nino winter, & one of the things I was most confident in for this winter was below normal snowcover. Doesn't make me happy but doesn't surprise me.I agree and bout man-made objects but in this case I was driving and struck by the pretty sunset. That's the beauty of smart phones. Something pops up and you can snap a pic. Just a few short years ago if you didn't have your camera, you missed photo ops all the time (or settled for a grainy, archaic cell phone pic lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 A view from the road as I was stuck in a traffic jam downtown in a white out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Wow Stebo, looks like the beginning of a snowstorm there. --- Yeah on the topic of pictures. Before digital cameras became popular and cell phones came with good cameras, I would miss all kinds of photo opportunities and if you had a film camera on you, you had to use your film conservatively. That seems like it was ages ago, but really only about 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Wow Stebo, looks like the beginning of a snowstorm there. --- Yeah on the topic of pictures. Before digital cameras became popular and cell phones came with good cameras, I would miss all kinds of photo opportunities and if you had a film camera on you, you had to use your film conservatively. That seems like it was ages ago, but really only about 10 years ago. It was legit that is for sure, I'd say with that band most places caught around an inch in the matter of about 20 minutes so you know it meant business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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