Major snowstorm 1/15-16

[Great Snow 1717]

8 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I don't understand the idea of telling people who hate the cold to just move down South lol. Nobody likes the cold, some people may tolerate the cold better than others, but nobody likes it. For those that "like" the cold, how long are you sitting outside during the day? How many lawn games are you playing? How often are you sitting pool side? The extent of your outside activities is probably just walking to your car and then walking inside to wherever you're going, then back to your car, then back inside your house.

I love the cold. I walk 2-3 miles every day. And I enjoy working outside during the colder months. Sign me up 24/7/365 for snowshoveling when it is cold rather than mowing the lawn when it is 80+

 

 

 

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

I love the cold. I walk 2-3 miles every day. And I enjoy working outside during the colder months. Sign me up 24/7/365 for snowshoveling when it is cold rather than mowing the lawn when it is 80+

 

 

 

Even if its like 10-15F outside and with wind? That's what I am referring to with regards to cold. 

[Great Snow 1717]

Just now, weatherwiz said:

Even if its like 10-15F outside and with wind? That's what I am referring to with regards to cold. 

Yes...sign me up!

[weatherwiz]

2 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Yes...sign me up!

oof...well I salut you

[Great Snow 1717]

12 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

oof...well I salut you

There are people in my neighborhood who walk their dogs 3 times a day. The cold doesn't bother them because they are use to being outdoors when it is cold. Also mindset plays a role.

[Torch Tiger]

not bothering someone and enjoying are two different things entirely

[kdxken]

20 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yeah boyz.. all systems a go. Some called it 

How's that self-cap tipping working out for ya?

[Great Snow 1717]

15 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

not bothering someone and enjoying are two different things entirely

They enjoy the cold.....I enjoy the cold...enjoy your future retirement in Florida! 

[TheMainer]

52 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Even if its like 10-15F outside and with wind? That's what I am referring to with regards to cold. 

Came down from Chicoutimi, Quebec colder than that this morning, absolutely pristine snowmobiling!

[HoarfrostHubb]

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

As we all know I am an extreme wx junkie. I want to maximize everything. Dews, snows, wind , heat , cold , damage. It literally dictates a significant part of my psyche and my life . Weather boredom absolutely kills me 

I get it... my only issue is dews.  I know you and others like it somehow... but I just can't

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

I don't understand the idea of telling people who hate the cold to just move down South lol. Nobody likes the cold, some people may tolerate the cold better than others, but nobody likes it. For those that "like" the cold, how long are you sitting outside during the day? How many lawn games are you playing? How often are you sitting pool side? The extent of your outside activities is probably just walking to your car and then walking inside to wherever you're going, then back to your car, then back inside your house.

lol.  I try to walk our dog for an hour each day.  I enjoy skiing and sometimes hiking.   Beat the bugs and the mank

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

Even if its like 10-15F outside and with wind? That's what I am referring to with regards to cold. 

Yeah... wind does suck.  I can do things I enjoy in 10-15F, but the winds can suck

[dryslot]

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, I've done it......I've viewed the CMC and I feel dirty.

Let me know how the shoveling goes on the CMC.

2 hours ago, UnitedWx said:

I have to admit, right after he posted that so did I. It's just so wrong, I know better than that

But i guess you didn't, See above too.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

I’m outside in the cold quite a bit, but I have started to enjoy the warm season more and more.

There are also life things that play into that… winter life vs summer life.  But man, late sunsets when it’s 80 degrees and what feels like two hours of twilight from 7-9pm… that’s what I love.

Hate 84/68 at 1:30pm lol.

Anyway, looks like we’ll take the 15th event and turn it into a nice refresher up here.

Trying to fit in with the dew crowd eh? We need to slip the ULL a bit more east for here, But i'll be in Western Maine so it looks good there.

[Kitz Craver]

Heart of winter and we are pages into a debate on whether cold sucks or not, sign of the times…

[WxWatcher007]

I enjoy the cold just as I enjoy the heat. The activities may be different but that doesn’t change my enjoyment. This conditional love of wx is always baffling to me. It seems like folks just like to complain.

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I enjoy the cold just as I enjoy the heat. The activities may be different but that doesn’t change my enjoyment. This conditional love of wx is always baffling to me. It seems like folks just like to complain.

100%.  

[sankaty]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

I don't understand the idea of telling people who hate the cold to just move down South lol. Nobody likes the cold, some people may tolerate the cold better than others, but nobody likes it. For those that "like" the cold, how long are you sitting outside during the day? How many lawn games are you playing? How often are you sitting pool side? The extent of your outside activities is probably just walking to your car and then walking inside to wherever you're going, then back to your car, then back inside your house.

Agree with you that few folks like being cold, but being out in the cold (even the very cold) does not equal being cold. My friends and I who are out in the bitterest weather skiing, running, biking, and hiking surely tolerate more cold than some folks, but we're pretty comfy for the most part. There's a fair amount of truth to the adage that there is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

It's very helpful to be active when it's cold. It's not impossible to dress warmly for being sedentary outside, but it's much more challenging.

[WinterWolf]

3 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Heart of winter and we are pages into a debate on whether cold sucks or not, sign of the times…

No, Sign of this current time.
 

We were told before this year, and last, that the sustained cold, and the clippers were a thing of the past.  Obviously as we can see, they are not.  Unfortunately for us(in SNE)it wants to be dry now.   Sometimes that’s just how it goes.   NNE crushing it…but we can’t seem to line it up here for the most part so far.  Not much more to say. 

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, sankaty said:

Agree with you that few folks like being cold, but being out in the cold (even the very cold) does not equal being cold. My friends and I who are out in the bitterest weather skiing, running, biking, and hiking surely tolerate more cold than some folks, but we're pretty comfy for the most part. There's a fair amount of truth to the adage that there is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

Oh yes...I mean if you're outside being active and doing stuff that certainly helps. I mean before I started driving and I had to either take the bus everywhere or walk (used to walk 2+ miles to work and back when busses didn't operate) I would get warm...even if it was in the teens. 

But nobody is going outside when its 15F out and going, "ahhh this is such a great day". Even those saying they like the cold or don't mind it...sit outside in a lawn chair for 3-4 hours (even if dressed like an eskimo) and tell me its enjoyable or tolerable or likable 

[Great Snow 1717]

3 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

No, Sign of this current time.
 

We were told before this year, and last, that the sustained cold, and the clippers were a thing of the past.  Obviously as we can see, they are not.  Unfortunately for us(in SNE)it wants to be dry now.   Sometimes that’s just how it goes.   NNE crushing it…but we can’t seem to line it up here for the most part so far.  Not much more to say. 

All of NNE is not crushing it..

[tamarack]

14 minutes ago, sankaty said:

Agree with you that few folks like being cold, but being out in the cold (even the very cold) does not equal being cold. My friends and I who are out in the bitterest weather skiing, running, biking, and hiking surely tolerate more cold than some folks, but we're pretty comfy for the most part. There's a fair amount of truth to the adage that there is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

Or as the somewhat urbane silviculture professor at U. Maine put it (in a rich southern accent), "There's no such thing as inclement weather, just improper clothing."

I'll admit to no longer going ice fishing when it's well below freezing.  Tending my homemade topwater traps becomes a serious chore.

In the 18 days since Christmas, we've had 6 snow events that provided a grand total of 7.8", with 2.3" the biggest "storm".  Looks like the parade of midgets will continue

this week.

sit outside in a lawn chair for 3-4 hours (even if dressed like an eskimo) and tell me its enjoyable or tolerable or likable 

That's a good description of my deer hunting in late November, though I sit on a stump or log and probably move at least once during that time.  

[WinterWolf]

16 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

All of NNE is not crushing it..

A lot of it is! 

[Great Snow 1717]

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

A lot of it is! 

Google Maine Snow drought...

How far into New Hampshire would you have to drive to find a location that is "crushing " it????

[WinterWolf]

19 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Oh yes...I mean if you're outside being active and doing stuff that certainly helps. I mean before I started driving and I had to either take the bus everywhere or walk (used to walk 2+ miles to work and back when busses didn't operate) I would get warm...even if it was in the teens. 

But nobody is going outside when its 15F out and going, "ahhh this is such a great day". Even those saying they like the cold or don't mind it...sit outside in a lawn chair for 3-4 hours (even if dressed like an eskimo) and tell me its enjoyable or tolerable or likable 

Summer activities are different from winter activities.  You dress for it, with good gear, you can do whatever winter activity it is that you enjoy doing.  Obviously the very far extremes on either end of the spectrum can be challenging, but those are the extreme examples.  
 

Nobody goes and sits in a lawn chair in the winter…..period.   That is a summer activity Paul, not a winter one. So that’s apples and oranges. 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Google Maine Snow drought...

How far into New Hampshire would you have to drive to find a location that is "crushing " it????

The lower amount of Precipitation doesn’t always equate to low snowfall. Vermont is doing fabulous with snow, and so is northwest and northern Maine.  

[weatherwiz]

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Summer activities are different from winter activities.  You dress for it, with good gear, you can do whatever winter activity it is that you enjoy doing.  Obviously the very far extremes on either end of the spectrum can be challenging, but those are the extreme examples.  
 

Nobody goes and sits in a lawn chair in the winter…..period.   That is a summer activity Paul, not a winter one. So that’s apples and oranges. 

That's what I'm mostly referring to though...is the more extreme side of the cold. If you're outside and even if its into the lower 20's and your dressed for it and active, you'll be able to tolerate it for sure. I've never skied but I can presume that if its in the teens or maybe even single digits, with all the equipment plus the body working...you'll build up a sweat. 

[Great Snow 1717]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

The lower amount of Precipitation doesn’t always equate to low snowfall. Vermont is doing fabulous with snow, and so is northwest and northern Maine.  

Once again...Google Maine Snow Drought..and once again I will ask how far into NH would you have to drive to find a location that is "crushing" it???

[Great Snow 1717]

3 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

That's what I'm mostly referring to though...is the more extreme side of the cold. If you're outside and even if its into the lower 20's and your dressed for it and active, you'll be able to tolerate it for sure. I've never skied but I can presume that if its in the teens or maybe even single digits, with all the equipment plus the body working...you'll build up a sweat. 

It doesn't take all that much to build up a sweat while outside in the cold.

[WinterWolf]

5 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Once again...Google Maine Snow Drought..and once again I will ask how far into NH would you have to drive to find a location that is "crushing" it???

I’m not worried about NH’s drought. I’m talking about good snow, and snow cover.  Vermont is buried and so are those other locations that I said. I’m sure there are micro locations that may not be, but for the most part NNE is in great shape as far as winter/and snow goes.  And they look to be adding to their snow over the next week as well. 

[dendrite]

Define buried.