Stormfly

March 29, 1984. Of course the "snow mixed in with rain before ending" in the official forecast turned into 7" of the wettest snow I remember. I broke two hickory handle shovels digging out the bottom of the lane where the plow pushed up a crazy wall of slush and snow.

It's 4th and L-O-N-G, definitely going to punt...

Checks and balances...

Friday, January 25, 1985.

I remember that well. Was a busy day for me. The snow accumulation was underwhelming but the roaring winds and subzero wind chills definitely were not! Flizzard 2015!

Done with this "winter"... Send in the 70s, southerly breezes already. We live in the wrong place for snow. Hoping for torches in March!

Saw a fly on one of the security cameras. The grass is getting green in spots. Spring onion bundles everywhere. Without any serious arctic freeze in sight, I can imagine how bad of a bug season this is going to be! Disgusting!

Snow kidding!

Not a good wig day I can tell you that! Can see the change in direction when that line moved through.

Lighting is my calling. I've been zapped by side flashes from really close hits and still watch on the porch! The most recent one was in 2017 (August 17) when a bolt hit a farm gate and followed the fence over to a light pole. That pole was about 20' from where I was standing on our porch which is slate. I was in stocking feet and felt a nice shock through both my feet that made my legs numb. Wind is easier BUT it sucks you in (pun not really intended!) like watching a car wreck in slow motion. By the time you see debris flying about (and that truly is your cue to haul ass!), it often is too late to seek shelter unless you're right next to the stairs. I'm talking about a real game changer aka EF3+ making a bee line straight for you! Clarence Schulz comes to mind and anyone not familiar with the story can watch the video here.

Yes it happens all the time. Of course summer severe events, even the so-called "widespread" ones, are quite hit or miss too. But when you're right under one it can get quite nasty, even scary. That is for those of us that do possess sanity.

Feb 26, 2016 comes to mind...

Did not hear thunder but have a few confirmed strikes from detection network to our S and SW. Nice heavy line moved through. Overwhelmed the gutters big time! Quite gusty too, sadly better than a lot of so called severe events we get in late spring. Just noticed 973mb / 28.73" on the barometer! That's really low here. The record (for us) was 966mb / 28.53" set way back in 1993. Yes that one! Too bad this wasn't snow, I know 10 years ago we dug out from round one with round two coming. Probably have to live 500 years to see another round like that.

That's just it, most of our memorable (legit severe) events are not anticipated nor forecast!

Southerly winds really picking up over the past hour. Avg is 21, gusting to 34, peak 44. Fog obliterated! EDIT: Just had a peak of 49.4. If it gets much stronger (out of the south), the weatherstripping under my front door will start "Kazoo-ing", a term my wife came up with. We rarely have wind gusts over 55-60 mph out of the south. Last time we heard it was in 2010 and before that Isabel! I need to replace the door and maybe this time if it toots that may be my cue to do just that!

Or Whale Cove! https://www.wunderground.com/weather/ca/whale-cove/62.17,-92.58

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Yes it was.

90s in March then! Anyone remember March 01, 1980? Nice six inch snowstorm... Then exactly a week later we were in the upper 70s, only snow remaining was the usual (snow) mountains in the shopping center lots. Some areas had severe, we got marble sized hail and a brief 50mph gust before it was all over.

I just want to see legit thundersnow! Only witnessed it once in my lifetime. Sure there have been boomers, sky lighting up and rumbles while snowing. But when you experience true zero vis from snow and lightning with near instantaneous thunder, it's quite the shocker. Only thing better would be a lightning wrapped snownado!

The reality of the matter is, it will be triple digit heat at midnight and all that will just dissipate into a few gusty thundershowers by the time it reaches 95. 2012 was a fluke for sure. If you really want to see BIG storms and not move, the best best is move the mountains. Imagine if the Appalachians weren't there at all and it was flat from the coast all the way to the Rockies. Now I think we'd see some weather, right? Thing is with severe, even with decent lines, it's never a perfect line where everyone gets nailed. The 2012 Derecho was like that here. Lots of lightning but the real activity was to our south. And not far away either. Our best (lightning) seems from cells that just happen to score a hit right overhead. Otherwise it seems to just fizzle out before reaching us. Maybe it's that Columbia Gas pipeline!

Thief River Falls sounds like a good place to move to!

And all of that comes in March!

Right and considering we're at solar minimum things aren't looking so good.

Plenty of threats if you're afraid of melting in the rain unfortunately. There's a serious powder drought amongst us!