weatherpruf

i don't even pay attention to him.

that would be ok imho. my experience is the pinging starts too soon, it's rare to get a lot before it happens; but we do see it at times.

bingo. it was too early for that. but local jersey forecast this morning was, on media, 2-4 of snow sleet and even rain....no idea how good that is, and they change a lot.

so why did the powers that be start with all the watches two days in advance? to sell shovels? this storm is getting away from us. will keep an eye out, no idea if that model is any good, but even early this morning i sensed a hummina hummina from mt holly.....no idea what will happen, but seems to be the usual suspects here on one side or the other. will wait for consensus....which will come down to, wait for it....nowcasting! everyone enjoy the holiday.

this is funny lol. however, forky is not a troll; if he says its gonna snow, it usually does. if he thinks there's a lot of sleet, there probably will be. i'm no met or even close, but whenever i hear waa....i hold my expectations; seen an all out 2 foot blizzard forecast turn into all sleet before. and when i saw all this 4-8 talk on tuesday, i was like damn, guys, this is way too early to bank on that....let's hope for 3-4 with some sleet and be happy in the metro; it's probably not our storm, but do we need 10-12 to be happy these days? i think not....

went over to rain here, but had a nice thump. was all gone the next day.

elizabeth nj had recorded 36 inches....they thought they took the prize until that brick report.

and growing up in the 70s i can tell you, i can remember only two storms in that whole era that even came close....feb 78 and feb 83. and they were not on the same level, although removal efforts were even worse back then....special mention of the bizarre april 82 storm is always obligatory as well....

take photos with the decorations up, if you celebrate; no one will ever know and you will be surprised at how many people who don't follow weather will remember if it snowed on christmas or not, by next year....

like comparing a chihuaha to a bernese mountain dog.....

87-93 was nearly as bad, i think two events in march 92 and the bust in 89 were about it, and i'm not sure 92 was more than an advisory.

is that freakin freehold?

i've got poodles...and they love snow. it sticks to their curls like velcro and forms snowballs all over them....it's kinda funny actually.

so it could be north, or it could be south, or it could be central....what if i go outside and swing a cat over my head 9 times, will that help?

i got neighbors like that; call animal control because the dog is outside too long; yet they throw food around for the birds and that makes the dogs bark. i'm about to call on them but i'm not sure which idiot is making the calls.

well, there is this strange habit among a number of young men these days to wear shorts all year round; drives teachers crazy.

was it on a weekend? i don't remember it; i vaguely remember the guy at the boatyard complaining there was snow on the boat so he couldn't work on it; my hull had delaminated. he was located in brick....i got the company, stratos, to spring for a new boat, as the hull was under warranty....

i seem to remember one around thanksgiving that year; thought it would be a blockbuster winter, which we had not had in 5 years by then.....

well someone got the word....shovels were flying off the shelves in costco this afternoon.... ' half a pallet left ' the worker told me....

it was supposed to be a rather meh winter, but just on what i've seen so far, it's looking ok...la nina, pacific jet, whatever, but better than 4 inches in new brunswick in mid dec is usually a good signal, albeit a small sample over time.....

there was no snow in central jersey for that one iirc......it was mainly south. or was that feb? in any case, there was no significant snow as it was my second year teaching and the only snow day we had was for the snowless wonder that winter where not a single flake fell.....i did not get my first actual snow day until the super storm of 93, but that's partly because the board in elisabeth were a bunch idiots. in 89 actually i was in jackson, where everyone was bussed so they called school ' on the 7th snowflake ' or as i noted, merely the threat of snow.....biggest bust until march 2001....

typical metro weather; 6-7 inches of snow and arctic conditions, didn't last a week. all gone here, like butter melting in a skillet.....but we got some nice holiday photos.

i had tomato seedlings sprouting in the garden. it was so hot i wanted to put the ac on with a house full of guests. heck with that. at least we had some winter this year. hope spring eternal.

i remember that storm. was teaching 7th grade in elizabeth. lights went out 2nd period, and most of the schools in the region closed early. but not us. sat in the dark with the same kids the whole day, accomplishing nothing. they did send us up some tuna sandwiches. institutional tuna, in other words the worst. that was the year i decided to leave teaching.....

was picking my daughter up on way to hoboken and heard wnyc report ridiculously low amounts, with saying suburbs got 2-4....shit there looked to be more than that in hoboken even; we had over 6 in middlesex co....going with RU's meticulous measurement in metuchen of over 6....