Is we back? February discussion thread

[mreaves]

40.8°/30.7° here. 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

Grass?

 

[DavisStraight]

On 2/26/2026 at 5:28 PM, HoarfrostHubb said:

A bit low here

Down to 40 here, sign of things to come, at least had a nice morning.

[VivaManchVegas]

Suns OUT!  Just hit 50.   I am seasoning my new webber frying insert for my grill.   Doing smash burgers in a bit...

[kdxken]

Skys have cleared again. Nice little warm pocket around me. 

 

[Sey-Mour Snow]

28 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

You are the pack leader in CT for sure. My pack is down to 4-8” .. 54 degrees here. The shore up to 84 will be wiped out this coming week. 

[ScituateMA]

We had a good run. I have full sun in my yard so its going to melt fast.

 

So grateful we did not have a repeat of the last couple winters. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

13 hours ago, bch2014 said:

Interesting to see this chart. I am in the agriculture business and we have farms in FL (in the Lakeland area). Per my coworkers (I just joined in late 2025), we've deployed more anti-freeze measures this winter (i.e. running water at night-14 nights so far) than any year since we've owned these assets (late 90's).

Yea, been a very cold winter.

[Ginx snewx]

The snow crystals crushed reflect nicely 

[Ginx snewx]

The snow on my roof was a foot above that vent on Monday 

[bristolri_wx]

Spring is in the air.  The yard stick was at 36" after the storm, and we are down to 14".  Lots of sun and melting last few days...

[Chinook]

my loops for January 25, 2026 storm and the most recent blizzard

https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Jan_23_2026_GFS_surface_loop.html

https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Feb_21_2026_GFS_500mb_loop.html

https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Feb_21_2026_GFS_surface_loop.html

https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Feb_22_2026_surface_loop.html

[Kitz Craver]

It’s going quick, grass halos under every south facing tree. What a run though, was pretty awesome. Zero complaints 

[Damage In Tolland]

Today would have been near or over 70 if we hadn’t had snowpack like this 

[powderfreak]

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Today would have been near or over 70 if we hadn’t had snowpack like this 

Your high there was what?  50ish?

No way that snowpack lopped off 20 degrees.

[JACKASS]

7 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Your high there was what?  50ish?

No way that snowpack lopped off 20 degrees.

Well, stand in the middle of a cleared walmart parking lot vs a snow covered open field.

Maybe not 20 degrees.

[SJonesWX]

So much beer.

today was great being outside with temp at 50 in the sun. -15 up north Monday morning is going to be a slap in my wiener when we get ready for snowmobiling.

[bristolri_wx]

25 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Today would have been near or over 70 if we hadn’t had snowpack like this 

925 mb temps are about 40-45 degrees, so doubtful.

[powderfreak]

17 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

Well, stand in the middle of a cleared walmart parking lot vs a snow covered open field.

Maybe not 20 degrees.

I’m not saying it wouldn’t be warmer, but there’s a reason we don’t take readings in Wal-Mart parking lots too.

Put a sensor in an open field with snow, vs an open field without snow… maybe 5F more?

[Damage In Tolland]

24 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Your high there was what?  50ish?

No way that snowpack lopped off 20 degrees.

51. Would have easily hit 70 in torch slots like BDL, TAN etc 

[CoastalWx]

6 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

51. Would have easily hit 70 in torch slots like BDL, TAN etc 

51 oh baby. Melt it.

[powderfreak]

10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

51. Would have easily hit 70 in torch slots like BDL, TAN etc 

BDL hit 48-49F?

I guess we’ll agree to disagree based on 925mb and 850mb temps.

Maybe low-60s with fully mixed boundary layer at max heating for BDL, I’ll give you that.

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

51 oh baby. Melt it.

Didn’t lose that much . Get back a couple tomorrow and few Tuesday 

[JACKASS]

19 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I’m not saying it wouldn’t be warmer, but there’s a reason we don’t take readings in Wal-Mart parking lots too.

Put a sensor in an open field with snow, vs an open field without snow… maybe 5F more?

Yeah, I don't know. Remind me next fall, and I'll get another weather station and park it out in the middle of one of my open fields just to compare it to the one I have near our outbuildings and where we clear.

Be an interesting experiment!

[powderfreak]

12 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

Yeah, I don't know. Remind me next fall, and I'll get another weather station and park it out in the middle of one of my open fields just to compare it to the one I have near our outbuildings and where we clear.

Be an interesting experiment!

Yeah I’m always curious on this stuff, I’m not trying to be combative lol.  Just trying to walk my mind through it… which I did amend to I could see like low-60s with full mixing up through 850mb.  Like Tolland at 1kft at 54-55F, and BDL 60-62F.

I balked at the 70+ but the point is yes, it would be warmer without the snowpack… no argument there.

[dendrite]

850s +3C…south flow…2/28 sun

I’ll give him 58° and BDL 62°

[JACKASS]

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah I’m always curious on this stuff, I’m not trying to be combative lol.  Just trying to walk my mind through it… which I did amend to I could see like low-60s with full mixing up through 850mb.  Like Tolland at 1kft at 54-55F, and BDL 60-62F.

I balked at the 70+ but the point is yes, it would be warmer without the snowpack… no argument there.

OTOH, a wide open field melts out faster than a plot with either trees or buildings.

I think that's due to air flow, but on a longer timeline.

Just an observation on my part.

[JACKASS]

Another ob, the last place to melt out here, stonewalls....every year.

[powderfreak]

5 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

OTOH, a wide open field melts out faster than a plot with either trees or buildings.

I think that's due to air flow, but on a longer timeline.

Just an observation on my part.

Yeah and those fields will be warmest too in summer… vs a neighborhood with dense vegetation and evapotranspiration.  Trades dew points for temperature essentially under the foliage canopy.