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43 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I don't understand why folks can't grasp the fact that a mere "30% chance of showers" in the p&c will trigger the rain icon in the graphics. It's really not complicated at all.

IT'S GOING TO RAIN ALL DAY! WEEKEND RUINED!1!111!!

14 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Has the Pope's early summer call held up?  Seems a bit chilly

WEEKS AHEAD OF LAST SPRING!!

2 hours ago, amarshall said:

April oaks dropping leaves all over the lawn
 

 

 

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that is infuriating. i have more oak leaves on my lawn today than i had last fall. the trees are naked, but the stupid wind keeps blowing them out of the woods

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Euro AI like Tuesday for big warmth and that’s about it.

installs cancel?

lawn is waking up and going green. will be raking out the beds and towing the lawn sweeper around this weekend. Tractor oil change/maintenance done. ready to rock and roll!

42 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I prefer to remain non-confrontational... heh

Having said that, he did say, "March finished +4 "  

I'm not sure where he was looking -

I could see that happening though because a theme I've been playing with in my posts is that we get modestly warmer than normal monthly means out of colder looking synoptic constructs.   It's one of those obfuscating charms of CC.   

It makes sense.  If the d(T) is always positive, that means we're on a slope, so the same synoptic conditions should register at least decimals warmer than the last incarnation.  

It may be a straw man argument at this point, but I do sense that people rely a bit too much on the old adage, "CC doesn't make it warm today"   .... noooo, buuuut, it does mean one should expect it to be warmer than the last time.  It's just another subversion thing people that know better than to deny, but can't stand the truth.

no one is arguing that it wasn't warmer than normal. my post was simply to argue that this early spring so far has NOT been warmer ("better" in his words) based on the March average this year vs last.

26 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

I dunno Tip. These doors happen with such regularity because without them our spring climo in the seacoast region would be like Philly otherwise….it really is just that. 

We have a three day BN interlude and then it’s back to solidly AN.

March finished +4

If April matches—which looks doable given the persistence and latest ensemble guidance—  this early spring will much better than last, or any of recent memory…

i dunno man, this March (37.0) was much cooler than last March (38.1). will be interesting to see the temp comparison after April

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

If you looked hard enough I bet you could actually see the grass growing today.

funny you say that. I was gone most of the day today, when I got home it sure looked like the grass got a lot greener, and even the forsythia are starting to bud and flower

13 hours ago, dendrite said:

At least we may get a 2am high while we’re in REM sleep. 

my high for yesterday was at midnight. of course that will probably be the high for today as well. 

4 hours ago, dendrite said:

Clear out just in time to radiate tonight ahead of the backdoor tomorrow morning.

Yeah got up to 53 here with very little sun. nice day said no one ever

rocketing all the way up to 49, still socked in the clouds but it is brightening a tad. i am sure it will turn into a "nice day" right around sunset.

33 degrees with occasional snow/sleet/rain.

napril indeed.

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Not a drop here…riding the line.

34.2°

i thought of you when i looked at the radar loop this morning 

7 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

There were a couple of good sized chunks of "pack" left. Even through yesterday, along with a few small piles from plows/snowblowing, etc.   Gone now.

Many of my neighbors with shaded yards (from fir trees, etc) have some left.   I actually had some snow on my pool deck until... Tuesday?

my yard was clear as of Tuesday, except for the snowblower pile. The last of that will be gone today. we're on to spring!

4 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

3 weeks ahead? Wine?

definately wine.

i can only go by snow pack in my yard. last year the last trace was gone on 3/17. this year i still have some piles hanging on. 

also, last March averaged 2 degrees warmer than this March so far.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

5.78 “ rain this month to date. Water pouring out of hillsides still this morning. Hopefully that’s it until Mayorch 

meanwhile up here in ville, 

9" of snow, and 1.5" of rain MTD

13 minutes ago, dendrite said:

0.3”

That’s 0.9” from the “event” that the GFS a few days ago was trying to give me 20”+. 

lol I was at a bar Thurs night, bartender says they are getting 4" of snow Sunday and 7" Monday. 

about 1/2" here

12 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I just realized I have had at least some snow on the ground since Dec 2.    December 20 it was pretty meager but still clinging on.  Probably almost done now... just a few patches in my yard and woods.  

 

same here, but out in my way back yard there is still a foot of snow in some spots, but it is ripe. closing in on 4 months of snow on the ground (yes, it is not fully covered).

went back for a bonfire on Saturday, stupidly drove the golf cart since I had a bunch of stuff to burn. Golf cart still back there stuck in the snow. womp womp.

<0.2" of precip since yesterday. 

2 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Hoping the noisture skeedadles earlier on Saturday... limited number of weekends to ski left.

same here, i have a big brush pile i need to burn before all the snow is gone, and doing that in the rain is not fun

had a visit from 

wind blew the storm door open, door got wedged into the railing/ballister. Busted the little shock thingy. not sure how the glass didn’t break, it had to have been pretty violent to do what it did.

my grill is on 4 little wheels and the wind blew that across the deck but no damage

47 degrees and currently hunkering down staying safe from the 5 mph winds.

 Is here

On 2/2/2026 at 6:23 PM, dendrite said:

March 8 we do the clocks. That extra hour of sunshine everyday will wipe out the snow in no time.

this was actually a pretty good forecast 

i have always wondered what exactly happens on May 1 to make it worthy of a countdown. every. single. year.