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4 minutes ago, hudsonvalley21 said:

Yup the ground temperature is cold. I have the same about 2/3” of an inch. I used the blower instead of a shovel and it came clean off the pavers and deck surfaces. It’s amazing how the the dewpt jumped from 7 to 19 in two hours. Currently 19/19

18/15. It just started snowing heavily again and the temp dropped a degree instantly.

I had to run over to Ridgefield CT and we took my BRZ. It's unfortunately still running the 3 season tires so that was a "challenging" drive home. My wife wasn't enjoying it nearly as much as I was  In all seriousness those first 2/3" really made a mess of the roads because it was so cold.

19/4 Radar shows I'm under a virga flizzard. Most stations in my area are now either S or SW but really light.

Hey Rob or SNY is it snowing over there yet?

Fog. Again. 

The modelologists are having a meltdown.

What do we have to do to get a night that's not foggy and misty? This is 3 in a row now that it's just miserable and thoroughly soaking everything. If I wanted to live in a rainforest I'd already be there.

That's some serious fog out there. 

It's ugly out there today, cold with light mist. I was hoping for a nicer day than this.

1 hour ago, Hitman said:

.25” in the bucket and 60f, 60dp.  Lovely day for ....I don’t know what.

Yard cleanup and garden prep.

I can't remember the last time it stayed so muggy that the streets stayed wet all day and never even tried to dry. 

32 minutes ago, Hitman said:

It was weird out.  Felt good to get a ride in though.  

It was a little muddy. Funny how I still like playing in the mud like I did 50 years ago... 

Yup I'm a fan of riding in 65* weather in January  so that's what I did.

Yup, I grilled last night and probably will again tomorrow. 

It's kinda nice out there right now and looking like it's just gonna get better. What should today's outdoor activity be? 

That's a crazy bright full moon tonight. 

It's definitely not what it's supposed to be like around here. Ah well, enjoy the low heating bills.

I think I'm still at or under 10". It almost felt like winter for a few weeks there, a few days sure did, but it really doesn't feel any different than November or March.

I got a dusting! Yay 

Well that was the shortest winter in a while. The forest is starting to wake up with new greenery and even some flowers popping.

Here's an odd observation - When the early month cold snapped last month most of the ponds and reservoirs had little to no ice other than in shallow coves but over the last 2 weeks that ice has expanded and in a lot of cases is nearly complete on the more sheltered ponds. This ice growth happened while we stayed above freezing for 8 days! I'll be curious to see how the warmth and rain today and tomorrow affects it but the last one had no effect at all, the ice kept growing.

Pretty cool vis sat loop this afternoon. That SW>NE boundary is fun to watch. 

It kinda feels like it wants to snow some more, the clouds have lowered and thickened and it just has that feel to it.

Who wants to go for a mt bike ride tomorrow?

It did. Nice to start the month/year/decade with flakes flying. 

I'm wondering if that blob of light snow moving through the Catskills is going to hold together long enough to make it here. 

One thing that really stands out to me is how few times there were more than one such storms in any particular year. It happened more in the last 18 years than the previous hundred.

I could almost see it if the bay was frozen and the ocean slushed over like last year. A sand bar that holds no heat at all would actually become a heat sink a few feet above sea level.

Check this out 

I'm just about 8 miles from where that Shrub Oak ob was taken and I got 2.6".