March Madness

[Ginx snewx]

1 minute ago, dryslot said:

Yes it does.

 

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It’s been all locked up in the pack for months too…so deeper soil has been drying out and is ready to quickly absorb what we have back in. Once everything starts greening up it’s going to get sucked up quickly 

Your wet season is coming up. 

[dryslot]

1 minute ago, DavisStraight said:

We're starting a bigger garden this spring up here, we have a good spot that gets plenty of sun, not sure if I'll use totes like you nor not yet.

If i could, I would probably do the same as to what your considering, That area sits SW so it has sun on it all day, I have a lot of clay, And that area where i have the garden holds a lot of water so it would be impossible for ground plants, But i can control growth and pest much easier making soil amendments every year

[jbenedet]

I don’t know what people’s expectations are but this weather is pleasant for the calendar. 
 

Full sun and light winds the real feel is fine for the long morning walk with the dog.

[DavisStraight]

1 minute ago, dryslot said:

If i could, I would probably do the same as to what your considering, That area sits SW so it has sun on it all day, I have a lot of clay, And that area where i have the garden holds a lot of water so it would be impossible for ground plants, But i can control growth and pest much easier making soil amendments every year

I might have problem with the ground soil, not sure but I like the tote system, you seem to have it mastered. I already have the totes from my move last summer so may be the way to go.

[Typhoon Tip]

10 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

I don’t know what people’s expectations are but this weather is pleasant for the calendar. 
 

Full sun and light winds the real feel is fine for the long morning walk with the dog.

So long as the wind stays below skin tactility ... the sun will do a ton to offset the annoyance of cold air.

It's not warm out?  just to be clear.   I realize there's some subjectivity to preference but 35 F will still cause hypothermia to anyone naked out there.  That is my criteria - can a naked human being survive totally nude.  If so, it's not cold.

LOL.   It probably still still pokes 43 or so.  seriously tho, it's all about the sun and no wind at this time of year to reclaim some "nape value".  If sitting on a park bench in that sun, and the wind is nary more than a zephyr's waft,  creates this wonderful dichotomy to the senses.  It's like you can tell it's cold, but at the same time, the protective invisible cocoon of warmth belies that reality - the sun is such liar, huh. 

[MJO812]

NAO going negative just in time for Spring

[FXWX]

28 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

That'll happen everywhere in the continent except for this specific region right here

Sadly, you are probably right!

[Typhoon Tip]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

I will say there’s a lot of fruit growers well SW of here that have flowers in bloom that are going to lose most of their crops…especially peaches. I suppose that’s one benefit up here of tempering all of the warm airmasses until May. The long pack and mud season keeps the soils cooler and trees dormant too. 

Hasn't that been a problem more frequently in this part of the country over the last 10 .. 15 years?   The demon has been claiming early flowers.  Dead flowers = no peaches.   The balmy heat bursts we've lustfully, almost 'immorally' wallowed in some four or five February's just since 2010 ( some extraordinarily nearing 80!), ..to mention the ones in Marches... they seem to inexorably be followed by brick earth cold. 

It's an under-the-radar cost of CC ( that doesn't exist; thank god we're losing crops for no reason, huh - ) related whiplash extremes.  You can't flip the seasonal switch that dramatically, intra-seasonally, without consequences to actual life. 

Risking a digression but I'll just say... humans really do have superior adaptability.  But that in away makes them the best agency nature can create to destroy nature - because the shit they stank is tolerated by them, but starts slowly sterilizing all else.   But, ...at some point when the seas no longer provide, and the soil loses too much arability to sustain ... it will be impossible to adapt to 0 food.  

[CoastalWx]

Just now, Typhoon Tip said:

Hasn't that been a problem more frequently in this part of the country.   The demon has been claiming early flowers.  Dead flowers = no peaches.   The balmy heat bursts we've had in some 4 or 5 February's just since 2010 ( some extraordinarily nearing 80!), ..to mention the ones in Marches... they seem to inexorably be followed by brick earth cold. 

It's an under-the-radar cost of CC ( that is doesn't exist, so thank god we're losing crops for now reason, huh - ) related whiplash extremes.  You can't flip the seasonal switch that dramatically, intra-seasonally, without consequences to actual life. 

Risking a digression but I'll just say... humans really do have superior adaptability.  But that in away makes them the best agency nature can create to destroy nature - because the shit they stank is tolerated by them, but starts slowly sterilizing all else.   But, ...at some point when the seas no longer provide, and the soil loses too much arability to sustain ... it will be impossible to adapt to 0 food.  

2023 ruined a lot of apple crops here with a horrible May freeze. However, not sure if the issue was early season blooming vs a really anomalous cold snap. Maybe a little of both.

[Typhoon Tip]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

2023 ruined a lot of apple crops here with a horrible May freeze. However, not sure if the issue was early season blooming vs a really anomalous cold snap. Maybe a little of both.

I thought 2020 had flurries in May... in fact, I know it did. I recall standing out on my friend's deck as a blown out virga CU came over and stray dendies floated by for a couple minutes.  I'm like really -

I don't know. Maybe it has to actually be 32 to damage orchard crops... and that was say 33 to 44 with very low freezing heights.  

[40/70 Benchmark]

36 minutes ago, dendrite said:

8”ish

Same in my yard...

[Damage In Tolland]

Let’s get some solid damage Monday/Monday night with the screamer 

[Typhoon Tip]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Same in my yard...

Hold out huh

No snow here on flat expanses.  gone.   We do have the piles though.   It's a weird look.  Almost like happening upon the collapsed ruins of an ancient era.

[40/70 Benchmark]

4 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Hold out huh

No snow here on flat expanses.  gone.   We do have the piles though.   It's a weird look.  Almost like happening upon the collapsed ruins of an ancient era.

I'm starting to get heavy recession billowing out from beneath trees...but the lion's share of the flat expanse is covered.

[CoastalWx]

14 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I thought 2020 had flurries in May... in fact, I know it did. I recall standing out on my friend's deck as a blown out virga CU came over and stray dendies floated by for a couple minutes.  I'm like really -

I don't know. Maybe it has to actually be 32 to damage orchard crops... and that was say 33 to 44 with very low freezing heights.  

Yep we had snow then

[40/70 Benchmark]

Two main factors allowed me to retain some snow

1 I have done a bit better than most of SNE in these garbage events, which is usually where I "shine" relative to the region...you guys will rain, and I'll get Dendrite and Jeff's sloppy second-crumbs. I had 1.5" of pack-preserving sleet last Friday while it rained a few miles south.

2 My warm stretch yesterday was fleeting bc I didn't mix out until the front was approaching.

Not to mention I radiate pretty well...

[MJO812]

[Brian5671]

Too little too late on the AO/NAO

[dryslot]

36 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Two main factors allowed me to retain some snow

1 I have done a bit better than most of SNE in these garbage events, which is usually where I "shine" relative to the region...you guys will rain, and I'll get Dendrite and Jeff's sloppy second-crumbs. I had 1.5" of pack-preserving sleet last Friday while it rained a few miles south.

2 My warm stretch yesterday was fleeting bc I didn't mix out until the front was approaching.

Not to mention I radiate pretty well...

Looking at your totals for the season, I'm just a bit ahead of you at 78.73" but we missed out on a few that you guys had down there.

[weathafella]

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I'm not a summer-seasonal guy, but I've heard it probably won't be that hot...

Big ninos often are preceded by cooler summers.  1997, 2009 are good examples.  

[HIPPYVALLEY]

39 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Two main factors allowed me to retain some snow

1 I have done a bit better than most of SNE in these garbage events, which is usually where I "shine" relative to the region...you guys will rain, and I'll get Dendrite and Jeff's sloppy second-crumbs. I had 1.5" of pack-preserving sleet last Friday while it rained a few miles south.

2 My warm stretch yesterday was fleeting bc I didn't mix out until the front was approaching.

Not to mention I radiate pretty well...

Yeah, Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning was what killed my pack. The 60° days actually did less damage.
Backyard is pretty decimated. Front yard still has 5 to 8 inches of snow.

[SouthCoastMA]

the 6z GFS OP is painful to look at..useless cold and no warmth in sight aside from the cutter on Monday

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I thought 2020 had flurries in May... in fact, I know it did. I recall standing out on my friend's deck as a blown out virga CU came over and stray dendies floated by for a couple minutes.  I'm like really -

I don't know. Maybe it has to actually be 32 to damage orchard crops... and that was say 33 to 44 with very low freezing heights.  

Sure. 2023 sucked. Anytime you’re wiping out entire apple crops that’s a brutal late freeze. But I don’t recall many issues in previous years. The problem with peaches is a lot of the varieties you get in stores aren’t late blooming or cold hardy enough. So either the buds get fried from -15F in winter or they bloom too early and the flowers die in the spring. 3 of my 4 peach trees are on the late end of bloom timing and the other is more mid…Contender, Intrepid, Challenger, and Redhaven.

Stone fruit in general are a PITA to grow. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

29 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Looking at your totals for the season, I'm just a bit ahead of you at 78.73" but we missed out on a few that you guys had down there.

Yea, my seasonal totals are usually considerable, but scrapped together by the left overs from NNE and SNE...don't usually end up ground zero for large events. Blizzard was a perfect example....royally bent over, but got 10" that NNE didn't get.