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Big big winter incoming!

Within 5 seconds of me reading this post just now, I heard thunder in the distance.

The 0Z Canadian was quite robust.

Frfiday? When is Frfiday?

You didn't want it to draw a phallus over NE CT and Mass. They were given the shaft all winter so it seems appropriate somehow.

12Z GFS decides to not jackpot Northern Virginia and says hello to Tolland and Mass

So lets summarize where things are after the 06Z runs: GFS hits northern Virginia, NAM and Euro are SNE while the Canadian and Ukie are along the Canadian border. Is this right? Beautiful to see such model consensus 3 days out.

This winter has turned A Different Corner

18 Z Nam is looking interesting (usual NAM at 84 hour disclaimers apply)

Many states (including Connecticut) consider them to be an invasive species: https://cipwg.uconn.edu/norway-maple/ It is especially a concern in sugaring country. https://vtinvasives.org/invasive/norway-maple

No skiers stealing your snow!

Well Epic may be overstating it a bit but Tolland would definitely lose power!

Ha ha

The overnight Euro clown map: vs the GFS

"Warm weather! Right there! Who looks ridiculous now!"

Sure , just look to see where the hair is gone on the older guys.

Sounds about right. I was in Peacham from 09 to 16 but I was not keeping any sort of log back then. I always amazed by people remembering specific storms and dates. I believe that winter we got a 15 inch storm in May but that could have been in 2011.My ability to do that has lessened as an adult. I don't put a ton of my info on the web so I am not surprised you best remember my obs. I am excited you are no longer calling me KLM. Edit: I went back through some old photos. I couldn't find any from the 28th but found a few from the 26th and 27th. The file info for this one says early am on the 27th:

Funny but I was thinking about that everytime I hit a rock yesterday. Yup this is why they all moved to Ohio.

Some shows not mentioned that are really good: Available to stream: Foyle's War (English police drama set during WW2 ) Shetland: (Scottish dark police drama) Hinterland (Welsh very dark police drama set on west coast) Chuck - some of the best supporting characters anywhere A Good Place- name another show built around moral philosphy lessons in each episode. Hard to find (Facebook I think) Buffy , Angel. Also, is next weekend looking dry or just warmer?

I came in just shy of Ostego County above, missing their total by just 13.5 inches. There is 1/2 inch of slop on most of the ground. Oh well. It is still snowing and 34f so maybe I will catch up to them in the next half hour or so.

And down to 37 f now

I spent the weekend building stone steps up the embankment of the backyard. Our property has a large number of rocks everywhere and whenever I have done any digging, I inevitably hit a large stone somewhere. When I was digging the raised beds I ended up lining the outsides with stones from the beds instead of wood. I frequently had to resort to using a prybar to get the biggest ones out of the earth. So yesterday and today I took about 25 of the biggest flat stones and built a staircase. Hardest parts were when I would hit stones where I was trying to dig out to put the steps in. The other aggravating factor is that the lower part is very wet this time of year so the area I would dig would fill with water and muck. It was pretty fun yesterday with the COC day haowever. In terms of mulch, our town has a shed outside the transfer station. In the winter there is salted grit any resident can go and get. The other 4 months there is free mulch- mostly pine. I just go with about twenty containers and fill away. I did that a week or so ago on a day the dump was closed so it was quiet. It is a nice perk the town does.

Down to 39 here.

41 and light rain here.