mattie g

Thermal mass of snow is really low. When you’ve got 6 gallons or so of boiling liquid to cool, the snow doesn’t stand a chance.

@nw baltimore wx Supposed to brew today - first time in ages. Only thing stopping me is figuring out if I’m going to use the hose-to-coil chiller to cool the wort. That’s the only thing g that sucks about this storm.

Haven’t measured since a little after 7 am, but I had 5.75” as of then and have definitely gotten up to 6” total since. I’m in Burke, by the way.

Snowing lightly in Burke with similarly light returns. Looking juicy to our south and southwest.

Glad it’s meeting your expectations.

5.75” of fluff in Burke

First flakes in Burke.

Seriously man...lighten up.

I know...and you confirmed that the thread is dumb.

That’s why this thread is dumb.

Beautiful garden, psu. I’m definitely jealous that you have so much sun-drenched land to lay out a really useful space. I’ll be laying out my space much differently than it is now, and I’ll likely be putting up a cage structure to help keep the pests out. This year has been worse than ever with squirrels and chipmunks doing a number on plenty of my plants. I’ve got a ton of trees around, which will make it a little difficult to clean up in the fall, but I’ll make it work.

It's a little surprising that it's been that dry in the last month, but in no way do I think we should be thinking too hard about any long-term effects. If we're still parched come July or so, then I think we can start talking about issues. I need to get the dethatching rake out to pick up the holly leaves that came down this winter. The dryness and cold did a number on the holly in my front yard - it lost at least 1/3 of the leaves by the time the windstorm finished. Those leaves choke the life out of a lawn since they don't break down easily. Once I get those up, I'll probably get to mowing for the first time this year.

Doesn’t matter. Just normal variation.

Stormy should run that lap backwards now.

Oh noes! Severe drought!

DROUGHT!!1!!!1

I'd imagine that precip is the limiting factor for heat in most summer months: More rain/less heat v. less rain/more heat.

Isn't there already a thread that covers the topic in the above slew of posts? Just sayin'...

Feel for you guys - tough livin' in winter down there. If it makes things any easier, our snow may mostly be gone this week!

December wasn't hot. It was warm.

http://w2.weather.gov/climate/local_data.php?wfo=lwx

Ice storms suck because they're a wasted combination of QPF and cold surface temps.

Yeah...we had one good band in mid-morning, but otherwise it was mostly intermittent light/moderate snow.

26-28" wins hands-down. 'Eff the rest. The second February 2010 storm was interesting, but I had about 8" total, so I'm not that taken by it. Thing is, I feel like we're far less likely to get a storm like that again - a raging Miller B - than we are a February 5-6, 2010 storm - a quality Miller A.