WinterSnow

On the western end of the heavier band right now. I'll take it!

No ruler here. but I estimate around 4 inches here north of Waterbury (into Litchfield county) but I could be wrong. When I woke up I saw on social media a link to NWS reports and Bristol got 6.5 inches. I wonder if that's true! That certainly wasn't projected anywhere in Hartford county.

I say central even though I'm more western right now. I'm north of Waterbury.

Snow started here about 30 minutes ago. Went from flurries to moderate snow pretty rapidly. It started sticking even on the pavement pretty quickly.

A dusting where I'm at. Didn't expect that at all.

I see. Thanks. I thought I knew my precip types, but turns out there's a lot more to learn. I previously saw this happen in the mid to upper 40s once and was just as confused back then. Interesting phenomenon.

So... Uh, it's like snowing (or sleeting? It's falling like snow, but is more solid) outside here in central-west CT and it's also apparently 44 degrees at the same time. WTF? I thought it was supposed to be sunny today. Oh well, not complaining.

Woke up at 7 to a very light dusting (at best). It's long melted now. Still, was impressed as I didn't expect any accumulations at all when it never got anywhere near below freezing. Must have been a band of heavy snow... but I missed it because I was asleep.

Yeah, there's a reason I moved to New England versus any other region of the country. Although it's fair to say that snow, ice, and cold weather can be devastating under specific circumstances (such as losing power when the temperature is well below 0F - but even that's much more likely to happen in the Northern states in the center of the country like Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc. as they get the most frigid of temperatures), I'll take my chances with the cold over constant threat of tornadoes, hurricanes, and bad earthquakes. I can see why people are fascinated with bad tornadoes and hurricanes, but all I see is the devastation - the people who lost their lives, their homes, their jobs, family members, friends. etc. A 'boring' hurricane season is a good thing. Which this one wasn't for people in the Southeast, but was for us. I know that this puts me at odds with people here who the fascination takes over so I try to post sparingly to not be arguing with people all of the time. Come winter, though, I'll be hoping for the big winter storms that everyone else is here and will maybe fit in a little more. Speaking of politics, that's another thing, much prefer the politics up here. My former state often makes national news with its embarrassing politicians and the nonsense they are up to. It's a sad place for the worst of the worst to rise up and try to gain attention.

Finally a seasonable day here in the 50s, but I wish it were cloudy. It has been sunny so much lately. Too much for me.

Seeing Michsnowfreak's post made me want to go back through the history of snowfall in Hartford. I was suspecting that maybe the mild, weak winters that you all have been experiencing in New England are actually kinda like the winters I used to have back in NE Oklahoma before the mid to late 2000s. So your weak winters would be like the better winters we had down there. LOL Nevertheless, I saw that Hartford only recorded 3 inches in the winter of 2001/2. WHATTTTTT?? That is bleak. That's like modern NE Oklahoma winter nonsense. I would cry if that happened this winter up here.

Still some pretty trees here and there, but wow saw quite a few bare trees in between Bristol and Hartford and lots and lots of brown.

81 degrees here. Ugh. There were many days in the peak of summer that were a lot nicer than this.

Some decent colors in Bristol and Southington, CT as of late, but sadly lots of brown as well. (apologies for the glare in the first shot, this was shot in a car - and no I wasn't driving!) https://imgur.com/nooLywd

80s in late October? No thanks. Take it back! If I wanted that I'd go back down south. And I don't. Guess I'll have to move up further north?? (my dad joked with me about this when I ranted about this to him earlier... but nah. I chose CT.)