tunafish

16 hours ago, Spanks45 said:

So I found the jinx on this season....my kid saved a snowball from last year's, last snowfall. He was supposed to throw it outside during this season's first snowfall. I found it in the back of the freezer this morning. Needless to say, it melted with the rest of the snow this morning...let's see if this bring s us some luck the rest of the season....Lol

my kid does the same shit - stashes a snowball at the end of winter every year. weenies.

13 hours ago, rimetree said:

January ending with an even 7.00" in the tipper...sump pump has been working overtime this month. Mean temp is currently .2 degrees above December's mean so we could actually end up warmer than December overall. Going into Feb with 15.5" of snow. No idea what average is to date but we're 11" behind last winter. Hoping for a respectable ending.

Yes, overall wettest month here since Jul '21 with 8.22" of total liquid (24.0" snow).  Looks like all eastern areas were pretty wet.  At least Maine had some snow come out of it.

49 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I always start second guessing when we get -10s or in a situation like this when we have a threat for temps they haven’t experienced before. But people keep chickens in far NNE, the upper plains, and AK just fine with -30s and -40s as long as they’re dry and sheltered. Trust me, they won’t enjoy this, but they adapt. In that long stretch of extreme cold in late Dec 17 into Jan 18 they got to a point where they were doing stuff in the run like normal even with single digit highs. This is a little more abrupt, but they can easily handle it. IIRC you have all cold hardy breeds. The bigger problem is heating the coop and then losing power and they quickly drop from 50° to below 0°.

Very true.  I have buff and lavender orpingtons, def cold hardy...but I haven't even touched single digits this year so they're in for a shock at first.  I think I'd put them in my garage before a heating lamp, too risky for fires.

50 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Nah…they’re fine. Be careful with vasoline on the combs because it can trap moisture and make them even more prone to frostbite.

It should be a mixed/dry airmass for us so I think they’ll handle the cold fine. I’ve had birds with large combs that took a little bit of frostbite the first couple years, but they were fine. It made their combs stay smaller for future cold shots. 

As long as they’re dry and protected from the wind they’ll be okay.

Didn't know that it can harm.  Thanks.  Ridge vent is open for ventilation, otherwise they're protected.  Shouldnt be too breezy there.

@dendrite are you putting stuff on the chooks combs Friday?  First time mine will experience this kind of cold, even in the coop (which I doubt they leave for other than food on Friday).

5 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Who has an inch in SNE? I’m not counting this dusting . Hopefully no one else is

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS

Lots of T's but lots of measurable, too.

Idk why anyone in SNE is reporting snow totals today.  Winter was finished two days ago.  Seriously, stop. It's embarrassing. 

i was staying in a yurt for a few nights in feb '21 in brownfield, ME.  I brought my indoor/outdoor thermo

I did my AM ritual in the outhouse at -10.  A feat I will tell my grandkids about for sure.

at least the tick population in areas w/o snow cover could suffer a blow.

feels like something Stein would tweet about.  someone send him a link to this thread pls.

It's going to be a humanitarian crisis here in PWM Friday night/Saturday.  A lot of people are going to die in their sleep.

There are a number of compounding factors that have led to hundreds of unhoused spending nights outside this winter - new shelter opening delayed until March; covid & migrant funding for hotels to put these people up just ended in December.  Simply not enough bed space and so you have hundreds of people living in makeshift camps - woefully unprepared to endure a night like this.

5 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

is there any actual liquid in there?

At least the ratio of liquid:frozen mirrors that of this winter's. 

Goose, the band, is actually pretty terrible, no matter what people tell you.

43°/19° today - nice early March diurnal. 

9 minutes ago, dendrite said:

41.2° and full sun with deep pack.

Glorious

39.6° and 8" depth holding strong.

33 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

+4, not sure why the personal attack?

Honest question.  Not sure why you feel attacked.

9 hours ago, qg_omega said:

What's your prediction for February, queefcake?

Last 7 days at my station has perfectly rounded precip totals.

18.0" snow

5.00" total liquid.

Neat.

43 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

No lol that was their report yesterday (25’th)  that totaled the last storm and it’s two day totals . They have not updated since 5am Wednesday prior To the current storm . My guess is 7-10” for them but we’ll see. As of 9am ..they still haven’t given a report in over 24 hours ..I’m sure they don’t mind the confusion  

They tweeted out 14" this morning saying 1/26 (I see it's now been deleted) but the report on the PNS from Pinkham Notch right next door says 7" lol

12 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

2” crotched , 5” Sunapee 8” attitash (no wildcat yet ) conditions are heavy and soft and variable 

Where aren't you seeing Wildcat?  Someone just texted me 14" which sounds anomalous 

34 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Now back to mid-30s with wind shift, but will likely head back toward 40 as the day goes on. Pack is solid and saturated.

Pack is at 10" still, impressive. 

2.46" rain lol

36 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Well that was fun. Already light rain at 34. So much for the front-end thump and late-night changeover. Got maybe half an inch of snow.

My official observation will be 0.9" before the flip

44 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

32.2F -ra/pl  

Total of 1.5” today. 
Couldn’t even hit the low end of the forecast snow totals.

The absolute worst part is I have an inch of snow on my driveway, that might not completely wash away.  I guess either go out and clear it now or risk letting it freeze tomorrow night…

 Same boat here.  Gonna clear it now rather than let it refreeze.  Not convinced the rain will take care of it for me

5 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Getting some coastal front enhancement here off saco bay.

27.9° and 0.6" with the 7PM obs.

Lol JK.  31.5° with that push and now catpaws and rain.  Fun while it lasted.

Getting some coastal front enhancement here off saco bay.

27.9° and 0.6" with the 7PM obs.

32 minutes ago, dryslot said:

I'm at 21°F here.

27.5 here, not sure what we were modeled for but hoping we can hang onto the surface cold a little longer

28 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Will be interesting to see our our school district handles this one, especially on the heels of snow days Friday and Monday. We're right on the line between a nuisance couple inches which - would be quickly washed away - and something more disruptive. And the timing is extremely tricky since the changeover's supposed to occur overnight (though that seems to keep getting a little earlier every time I look). 

I'm curious as well, especially since we don't do 2 hour delays in SoPo.  All or nothing. 

2 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

can you post the link for that, thanks.

https://www.weather.gov/gyx/winter

go to probabilistic snowfall amounts and click Point instead of Range

1 minute ago, Lava Rock said:

Ouch, didn't know we were in for that much or is that total qpf?

That's total QPF