dryslot Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 53 minutes ago, MJO812 said: Wow gfs Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 28 minutes ago, MJO812 said: Weeklies have the whole month good They've sucked but now there awesome? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 WGW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Starting to roar out there as LLJ starts its approach. Absolutely insane night ahead 12-6:00 AM 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Starting to roar out there as LLJ starts its approach. Absolutely insane night ahead 12-6:00 AM What can we expect? Widespread or scattered darkness? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, amc said: Tons of line trucks heading southbound today out of Maine. Seems like Mass thinks they won't fare well with the winds over night They should keep heading to CT. A pole dancer at the blue lets out a little toot and half the eastern part of the state goes black. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Whineminster said: What can we expect? Widespread or scattered darkness? If all the hi res is correct with 55-70mph you’d expect a couple hundred thousand outages . SW winds tonight vs straight south makes a huge difference. Almost no inversion since it’s mainly land based 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Wind lolz. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said: Sand? No one uses sand anymore. It’s all salt yeah that’s not even remotely true up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Still had 8-9” of pack as of a couple hours ago. 52/44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Heavy depression for those valley folks along I93 in the Whites. Well into the 30s still. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 Roaring out there, let's go! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, SJonesWX said: yeah that’s not even remotely true up here. I honestly thought sand was done . I know some boondocks in Maine use it from traveling in sales up there, but it’s very rare, terrible for the environment and does nothing for roads as the plows just plowed it off as soon as it’s dropped . It’s simply a cost measure so they save money on salt consumption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Very windy here, gusts up to 11mph. I hope my garbage can doesn't fall over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78Blizzard Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, Sugarloaf1989 said: Very windy here, gusts up to 11mph. I hope my garbage can doesn't fall over. The United Kingdom's Met Office is expecting wind gusts as high as 100 mph Friday in coastal areas of western Wales and southwestern England, according to BBC.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: I honestly thought sand was done . I know some boondocks in Maine use it from traveling in sales up there, but it’s very rare, terrible for the environment and does nothing for roads as the plows just plowed it off as soon as it’s dropped . It’s simply a cost measure so they save money on salt consumption A sand blend is a staple, Wait until your DPW shortfalls hit and supply chain problems are realized, Your going back in times. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Sodium chloride is so environmentally unhealthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, dryslot said: A sand blend is a staple, Wait until your DPW shortfalls hit and supply chain problems are realized, Your going back in times. That will never ever happen in CT. Sand is so 80’s. It does nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 No wind here lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: That will never ever happen in CT. Sand is so 80’s. It does nothing Never say never, Just saying, Sand gives you traction, Of course your area never gets below 5F where salt is useless....lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolri_wx Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: No wind here lol Right now seems exposed areas have the most wind. Just went to take the dog for a walk and it was quite breezy and you could see the fog/mist blowing through. Considering our normal walk ends right next to a cemetary before we turn around it was quite spooky lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: That will never ever happen in CT. Sand is so 80’s. It does nothing Doesn't look like they use sand anymore here either, just all salt. If they have it's very little because I never see any on the roads after a storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 minute ago, dryslot said: Never say never, Just saying. I remember as a kid you’d get behind a plow and could hear the tiny sand pebbles mixed in hitting the windshield . They used red sand here growing up and it left a hideous reddish brown all over everything. My dad would go out into our culdesac and sweep the entire circle up with a push broom, shovel loads of it into wheelbarrow and dump it into our woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George001 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Welp, the snowpack was fun while it lasted. 60 to snowstorm and then a few days later 60 again, yep that’s New England weather for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: I remember as a kid you’d get behind a plow and could hear the tiny sand pebbles mixed in hitting the windshield . They used red sand here growing up and it left a hideous reddish brown all over everything. My dad would go out into our culdesac and sweep the entire circle up with a push broom, shovel loads of it into wheelbarrow and dump it into our woods Chlorides are temp sensitive, You can get away with sodium in CT, But you would have to go to a more effective and less budget friendly calcium because of colder temps here that's why salt/sand blends are still used, I sold this stuff for years, Sodium (salt) chloride is the least expensive. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 minute ago, George001 said: Welp, the snowpack was fun while it lasted. Mine was gone by 10am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 This is an interesting look. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Doesn't look like they use sand anymore here either, just all salt. If they have it's very little because I never see any on the roads after a storm. Our town stopped using sand a couple of years ago. I wouldn’t have minded some this year on our road. So much ice and they didn’t salt all the time. On the main roads they have been using that calcium chloride solution. First year for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolland Death Band Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: I remember as a kid you’d get behind a plow and could hear the tiny sand pebbles mixed in hitting the windshield . They used red sand here growing up and it left a hideous reddish brown all over everything. My dad would go out into our culdesac and sweep the entire circle up with a push broom, shovel loads of it into wheelbarrow and dump it into our woods The red sand OMG. they scooped it from Iwo Jima beaches and dumped it in Tolland. Right up through 2006 I would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Heavy, heavy sand here whereas Tilton is mostly salt. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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