RDM

That was a brief but intense gullywasher a while ago. Received .69" in about 10 mins. A bit of wind too.

Currently 3 tornado warnings in nrn Ohio and NW PA. Not good.

1. Blizzard of 78 in Ohio and the wind and flash freeze. Will never forget the unrelenting wind. Only got about 14" of snow, but the wind closed everything around us for days until the snow blowers from Wright Patterson AFB and Dayton Airport got out into the remote areas to clear a path through the drifts. Almost became a desperate situation when the grocery stores ran out of food. Was an awaking to how precarious our supply chain dependencies are. 2. 2016 and having 33" in our backyard. 3. 18/19 Dec 2009 - Best birthday present ever and awesome welcome home gift from 3 years in Thailand and no snow. 4. 1990 in Sas Fee Switzerland - 3 meters in 3 days - thunder snow followed by howitzer shots to reduce the avalanche risk. Roads were closed for days - and the Swiss were like "no big deal".

76F/71dp at 0740am - argh...

Ended up with a pretty quick .65" out of this line... Were shut out by the earlier round late afternoon.

Pouring here atm - picked up .5+ in 15 mins. Nice display outside too.

Yup was in Baghdad a lot in 2003/04. Had several events where the visibility was 1-200 yds at best - could taste it and it didn't taste good. Was like talcum powder - got into everything. Was hell on anything mechanical, like the diesel generators. Couldn't keep the filters clean.

We have one (or more) pileated woodpeckers that hang out around our home. Saw one down at ground level attacking the soft spot at the base of a white pine tree in our front yard. Got within 20 feet of him as he was digging at something. Amazing how big they are up close. And those eyes - wow. Can often hear him pounding away on a calm evening from the entire neighborhood. When he gets going on a hollow tree the reverberation echos like a drum. Have some smaller woodpeckers also in our area. They love attacking the cedar trim on our home. They've done a lot of damage over the years. Small buggers only about 5 or 6 inches tall, but very effective at what they do.

Congratulations to your niece. Rode a century on my 1886 Columbia High-Wheel a long time ago in Germany. That was a lot of "fun" - haha. One of those things I'll likely never do again. Never rode a century on a normal bike. Hats off to your niece. Nice average speed too.

Good to know - thanks. Was looking at the compactor in the background for a comparison, but that can be deceiving too. Appreciate the update on the depth.

Good to know - thanks for the insight. Know all too well what you mean about cable and phone. Sliced through our twisted pair before with a round point shovel some years ago. Verizon would not fix it because we already had fiber. Then a few years after that sliced through the fiber because it was only a few inches below grade. They installed a temp fiber cable above ground until they could bury a new permanent line. Kept the temp cable for the next time.

H2O, Always hoped that FF Water was working with VDOT on scheduling repairs around paying schedules for the reason you raised (not sure if you worked for FF Water or another org). Seen a lot of examples that implied that coordination was a bit askew. A question.... That's a really nice looking trench MN Transplant posted. Looks to be about 2 feet deep - or so. What is the standard depth for water mains around here? Someone told me it is 2 feet, but that seems shallow. Nat Gas is 2' min depth according to Wash Gas rep. Back home in Ohio H2O and Nat Gas depth is 4'. (much colder there). Had major issues back in 78 when we didn't get above freezing for over a month. The frost line got down to below 5 feet, which burst a lot of mains. Trying to fix a broken main when the ambient temps are below 0F must be one of the most miserable jobs ever.

Full sun here for the last 30 mins. According to the NWS, the line in eastern Ohio is moving east at 90mph. Wow. Don't see that very often.

The reference to Heathkit weather stations brings back memories. Built my first weather station in 75, which measured 70+mph gusts during the blizzard of 78. Hard to tell exactly how fast the wind was blowing because the anemometer was analog with a manual gust needle that measured "peek" readings.

Yes it is - especially when you get into laplace transforms, hebert functions and higher level diffy Q. Wish I could forget those agonizing elements of higher education.

It's snowing!!! UB - legit sn- and borderline sn, with some fatties mixed in. 38F Third sign of snow TV this entire year here in Vienna.

Down to 38 here NW of Vienna with a dp of 30. Not going to fall much more. Even a few flakes in the am would be a plus.

57 Members logged on now and growing... Haven't seen that many on at once for a while... Hope remains!

Yes - and the SST's off the OBX are still very warm. Would not take much of a flow from he SE or SSE to scour the CAD that's being referenced. We've done that dance too many times.

All hail king Randy... His new thread has shone the light to the promised land! Thank you Randy. Not only are you the kind of pbp but this solidifies the fact you own new threads. Figuratively, administratively and in model actuality.

The reference to blizzard of 78 caught my attention. Lived through it at 16 years old. One of the deepest pressures ever recorded in the N. America. Was a cataclysmic event for the mid-west.

Thanks for doing the needy Randy...

Yup - 27F/20dp here now, but nearly cloudless sky. Need some overcast soon. Also surprised it's so clear out. From the looks of the current radar composite, the inbound precip does not look promising...

Whatever happened to the guy down by Richmond? Think his ID was MidlothianSnowmaker? He used to setup his own snowmaking machine in the his backyard whenever it would get cold enough and let it run constantly. Would build a pile and then see how late into the Summer it would last. He routinely had snow in late May, and perhaps later. Haven't seen him posting for a few years. He knew ALL about homemade snowmaking equipment.

CWG is forecasting 76 for next Thursday... if that holds buds will be sprouting all over the MA.