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I heard Boston has spent $24 out of $40 million budgeted for snow removal.

FOR WHAT?

One of the ex-union guys at my office said when he worked for the school department the motto was "use it or lose it'. So they made sure to eat up their budgets every year no matter what.

Now March-April will be epic and they'll go over budget...assuming you mean 24 million.

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I heard Boston has spent $24 out of $40 million budgeted for snow removal.

FOR WHAT?

One of the ex-union guys at my office said when he worked for the school department the motto was "use it or lose it'. So they made sure to eat up their budgets every year no matter what.

Our school district gave back $900k this past year. We did not use it. I still have no books or supplies and all of our copiers are broken.Arg!41F at home 47F here at work

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52 degrees partly cloudy. It will have to snow pretty damn hard to overcome the warm ground especially in areas like mine where we don't look to get more than .15-.25 of qpf at the very most.

Have to admit it feels nice out there today but I prefer to enjoy days like today in the month of April not February

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52 degrees partly cloudy. It will have to snow pretty damn hard to overcome the warm ground especially in areas like mine where we don't look to get more than .15-.25 of qpf at the very most.

Have to admit it feels nice out there today but I prefer to enjoy days like today in the month of April not February

Only 44 here in Westchester...

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Now March-April will be epic and they'll go over budget...assuming you mean 24 million.

got to clear the storage barns of this years inventory, otherwise there is no place to store nexts years purchases, if you can't store it you can't purchase it

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Ok...I'm holding out hope until Mar 1st. If we are tracking a legitimate threat by 3/1, I will follow that threat(s) until 3/10.

Post 3/10, I am all in for warmer weather. That gives this winter about 1 more month to get its act together.

Funny thing is that this is probably one of the worst winters ever and we are living through it. Now when we are thumbing through analog years when making a winter forecast in Oct/Nov, we'll shudder at the mention of the infamous winter of '11-12.

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[*]The RUC will trend at least 250 miles in a coastal storm.

[*]Whatever the NAM is showing for QPF, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total QPF.

[*]Whatever CTBlizz is forecasting for amounts, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total snow accumulation.

[*]If CoastalWx types 1-word posts during a model suite, the model suite has trended negatively.

[*]Messenger will extrapolate hour 6 of a model suite to show why that run will trend negatively.

[*]CTRain will troll CTBlizz at least once a day.

[*]If Stowe gets more than 1" of snow, Powderfreak will post pictures of him skiing.

[*]CTRain cares more about snow in ski resorts than snow in his hometown

[*]If members are posting the images of the JMA, no other model is showing a snowstorm.

[*]LitchfieldLibations posts will always either contain the following:

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  2. The word “Torch”
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[*]If Ackwaves is posting pictures of snow, you know the storm is a whiff.

[*]The weather period sucks if MaineJayHawk is posting pictures of :

  1. Ray with a toaster
  2. All members running into a hole
  3. Kevin in the bathtub
  4. Ryan with a noose
  5. Will under a muffler

[*]If there is a polar vortex in Alaska and in Italy, Winter will suck in the Northeast.

[*]If there are 3 members viewing the NE forum at 10 pm in Janurary, Everyone has hanged themselves.

[*]According to the Day 6-8 Forecasts of the Euro, this would have been the best winter of all-time.

[*]If SkiMRG leaves for Alaska during mid-winter, you know the winter sucks.

[*]Winter of 2011-2012 Sucks.

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  1. If LitchfieldLibations posts a sunshine emoticon, then the temperature departure is above normal. If he posts 3 or more sunshine emoticons, then the temperature departure is at least +10.
  2. If the NOGAPS is SE then the storm will be a hit. If the NOGAPS is a hit then the storm will be a cutter.
  3. If the Euro Ensembles are NW of the Operational Model, the Storm is coming Northwest. The same applies to the GFS Ensembles.
  4. If CTRain mentions anything about snow then you know the storm will be a KU.
  5. If CTRain is trolling Kevin then you know the storm will either Wiff or be rain.
  6. If CTBlizz mentions words like “Light Event” or “snowiest weekend of the year”, it will not snow.
  7. If CTBlizz mentions words like “KU” or “Get out your generators”, it will be a light event.
  8. Typhoon Tip will make at least one 5 paragraph post a day for either two scenarios:

    1. Why there is a large storm coming
    2. Why we should hang ourselves

[*]If ORHwxMAN does not post during the work-day, the weather period is boring or a storm is not worth tracking.

[*]The HRRR is the weeniest model on Earth.

[*]Messenger will try and argue the negative trends on a storm if a storm is guaranteed to give him rain. (Secretly he does not want anyone to get snow if he’s not getting snow)

[*]Messenger will try and argue the positive trends on a storm if he is on the borderline area of rain vs. snow.

[*]The RUC will trend at least 250 miles in a coastal storm.

[*]Whatever the NAM is showing for QPF, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total QPF.

[*]Whatever CTBlizz is forecasting for amounts, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total snow accumulation.

[*]If CoastalWx types 1-word posts during a model suite, the model suite has trended negatively.

[*]Messenger will extrapolate hour 6 of a model suite to show why that run will trend negatively.

[*]CTRain will troll CTBlizz at least once a day.

[*]If Stowe gets more than 1" of snow, Powderfreak will post pictures of him skiing.

[*]CTRain cares more about snow in ski resorts than snow in his hometown

[*]If members are posting the images of the JMA, no other model is showing a snowstorm.

[*]LitchfieldLibations posts will always either contain the following:

  1. An Emoticon
  2. The word “Torch”
  3. The symbol “+”
  4. The words “Get out and Enjoy!”

[*]If Ackwaves is posting pictures of snow, you know the storm is a whiff.

[*]The weather period sucks if MaineJayHawk is posting pictures of :

  1. Ray with a toaster
  2. All members running into a hole
  3. Kevin in the bathtub
  4. Ryan with a noose
  5. Will under a muffler

[*]If there is a polar vortex in Alaska and in Italy, Winter will suck in the Northeast.

[*]If there are 3 members viewing the NE forum at 10 pm in Janurary, Everyone has hanged themselves.

[*]According to the Day 6-8 Forecasts of the Euro, this would have been the best winter of all-time.

[*]If SkiMRG leaves for Alaska during mid-winter, you know the winter sucks.

[*]Winter of 2011-2012 Sucks.

LOL..some of those are hilarious.16,19,20 and 22 are my favorites
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  1. If LitchfieldLibations posts a sunshine emoticon, then the temperature departure is above normal. If he posts 3 or more sunshine emoticons, then the temperature departure is at least +10.
  2. If the NOGAPS is SE then the storm will be a hit. If the NOGAPS is a hit then the storm will be a cutter.
  3. If the Euro Ensembles are NW of the Operational Model, the Storm is coming Northwest. The same applies to the GFS Ensembles.
  4. If CTRain mentions anything about snow then you know the storm will be a KU.
  5. If CTRain is trolling Kevin then you know the storm will either Wiff or be rain.
  6. If CTBlizz mentions words like “Light Event” or “snowiest weekend of the year”, it will not snow.
  7. If CTBlizz mentions words like “KU” or “Get out your generators”, it will be a light event.
  8. Typhoon Tip will make at least one 5 paragraph post a day for either two scenarios:

    1. Why there is a large storm coming
    2. Why we should hang ourselves

[*]If ORHwxMAN does not post during the work-day, the weather period is boring or a storm is not worth tracking.

[*]The HRRR is the weeniest model on Earth.

[*]Messenger will try and argue the negative trends on a storm if a storm is guaranteed to give him rain. (Secretly he does not want anyone to get snow if he’s not getting snow)

[*]Messenger will try and argue the positive trends on a storm if he is on the borderline area of rain vs. snow.

[*]The RUC will trend at least 250 miles in a coastal storm.

[*]Whatever the NAM is showing for QPF, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total QPF.

[*]Whatever CTBlizz is forecasting for amounts, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total snow accumulation.

[*]If CoastalWx types 1-word posts during a model suite, the model suite has trended negatively.

[*]Messenger will extrapolate hour 6 of a model suite to show why that run will trend negatively.

[*]CTRain will troll CTBlizz at least once a day.

[*]If Stowe gets more than 1" of snow, Powderfreak will post pictures of him skiing.

[*]CTRain cares more about snow in ski resorts than snow in his hometown

[*]If members are posting the images of the JMA, no other model is showing a snowstorm.

[*]LitchfieldLibations posts will always either contain the following:

  1. An Emoticon
  2. The word “Torch”
  3. The symbol “+”
  4. The words “Get out and Enjoy!”

[*]If Ackwaves is posting pictures of snow, you know the storm is a whiff.

[*]The weather period sucks if MaineJayHawk is posting pictures of :

  1. Ray with a toaster
  2. All members running into a hole
  3. Kevin in the bathtub
  4. Ryan with a noose
  5. Will under a muffler

[*]If there is a polar vortex in Alaska and in Italy, Winter will suck in the Northeast.

[*]If there are 3 members viewing the NE forum at 10 pm in Janurary, Everyone has hanged themselves.

[*]According to the Day 6-8 Forecasts of the Euro, this would have been the best winter of all-time.

[*]If SkiMRG leaves for Alaska during mid-winter, you know the winter sucks.

[*]Winter of 2011-2012 Sucks.

lol, Alot in here is factual..

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  1. If LitchfieldLibations posts a sunshine emoticon, then the temperature departure is above normal. If he posts 3 or more sunshine emoticons, then the temperature departure is at least +10.
  2. If the NOGAPS is SE then the storm will be a hit. If the NOGAPS is a hit then the storm will be a cutter.
  3. If the Euro Ensembles are NW of the Operational Model, the Storm is coming Northwest. The same applies to the GFS Ensembles.
  4. If CTRain mentions anything about snow then you know the storm will be a KU.
  5. If CTRain is trolling Kevin then you know the storm will either Wiff or be rain.
  6. If CTBlizz mentions words like “Light Event” or “snowiest weekend of the year”, it will not snow.
  7. If CTBlizz mentions words like “KU” or “Get out your generators”, it will be a light event.
  8. Typhoon Tip will make at least one 5 paragraph post a day for either two scenarios:

    1. Why there is a large storm coming
    2. Why we should hang ourselves

[*]If ORHwxMAN does not post during the work-day, the weather period is boring or a storm is not worth tracking.

[*]The HRRR is the weeniest model on Earth.

[*]Messenger will try and argue the negative trends on a storm if a storm is guaranteed to give him rain. (Secretly he does not want anyone to get snow if he’s not getting snow)

[*]Messenger will try and argue the positive trends on a storm if he is on the borderline area of rain vs. snow.

[*]The RUC will trend at least 250 miles in a coastal storm.

[*]Whatever the NAM is showing for QPF, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total QPF.

[*]Whatever CTBlizz is forecasting for amounts, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total snow accumulation.

[*]If CoastalWx types 1-word posts during a model suite, the model suite has trended negatively.

[*]Messenger will extrapolate hour 6 of a model suite to show why that run will trend negatively.

[*]CTRain will troll CTBlizz at least once a day.

[*]If Stowe gets more than 1" of snow, Powderfreak will post pictures of him skiing.

[*]CTRain cares more about snow in ski resorts than snow in his hometown

[*]If members are posting the images of the JMA, no other model is showing a snowstorm.

[*]LitchfieldLibations posts will always either contain the following:

  1. An Emoticon
  2. The word “Torch”
  3. The symbol “+”
  4. The words “Get out and Enjoy!”

[*]If Ackwaves is posting pictures of snow, you know the storm is a whiff.

[*]The weather period sucks if MaineJayHawk is posting pictures of :

  1. Ray with a toaster
  2. All members running into a hole
  3. Kevin in the bathtub
  4. Ryan with a noose
  5. Will under a muffler

[*]If there is a polar vortex in Alaska and in Italy, Winter will suck in the Northeast.

[*]If there are 3 members viewing the NE forum at 10 pm in Janurary, Everyone has hanged themselves.

[*]According to the Day 6-8 Forecasts of the Euro, this would have been the best winter of all-time.

[*]If SkiMRG leaves for Alaska during mid-winter, you know the winter sucks.

[*]Winter of 2011-2012 Sucks.

LOL this is great... I'm honored to even get mentioned. However, I'm going to post skiing pics even if we don't get 1" of snow ;)

#8 though is my favorite... the Tip "War and Peace" novel, and its always one extreme or the other.

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LOL..some of those are hilarious.16,19,20 and 22 are my favorites

If he actually knew me most of those couldn't be further from the truth.

I will be the #1 weenie staying up, not sleeping, standing in snow, and toally geeking out to snow or storms IMBY. That said, I could give 2 sh*ts about 3" of snow.

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For like 18 months you could just forecast cold and snow and it would always work out. Times have changed, back to reality.

If i hear one more person tell me the hrrr or Srefs show me getting snow I'll go mike Douglas falling down. How many times can we hear winter is coming, squirrels are eating other squirrels, the mjo just fingered the ao etc etc. NOAA should just hire don s do the long range and fire the other 75 guys that are less right.

I wanted to go negative like bill Clinton on a diet yesterday and flat out said the gfs stunk but held back. Been saying this winter sucked since before some of you ate out your turkeys.......we had the good times now it may be out turn at the bad times for a bit.

1.5" today can confirm no more it melted. Exit 2 and exit 4 looked to have an easy 2-3" less everywhere else

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For like 18 months you could just forecast cold and snow and it would always work out. Times have changed, back to reality.

If i hear one more person tell me the hrrr or Srefs show me getting snow I'll go mike Douglas falling down. How many times can we hear winter is coming, squirrels are eating other squirrels, the mjo just fingered the ao etc etc. NOAA should just hire don s do the long range and fire the other 75 guys that are less right.

I wanted to go negative like bill Clinton on a diet yesterday and flat out said the gfs stunk but held back. Been saying this winter sucked since before some of you ate out your turkeys.......we had the good times now it may be out turn at the bad times for a bit.

1.5" today can confirm no more it melted. Exit 2 and exit 4 looked to have an easy 2-3" less everywhere else

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AmericanWeather.com 2011-2012 Rules and Assumptions as brought to you by snowNH

  1. If LitchfieldLibations posts a sunshine emoticon, then the temperature departure is above normal. If he posts 3 or more sunshine emoticons, then the temperature departure is at least +10.
  2. If the NOGAPS is SE then the storm will be a hit. If the NOGAPS is a hit then the storm will be a cutter.
  3. If the Euro Ensembles are NW of the Operational Model, the Storm is coming Northwest. The same applies to the GFS Ensembles.
  4. If CTRain mentions anything about snow then you know the storm will be a KU.
  5. If CTRain is trolling Kevin then you know the storm will either Wiff or be rain.
  6. If CTBlizz mentions words like “Light Event” or “snowiest weekend of the year”, it will not snow.
  7. If CTBlizz mentions words like “KU” or “Get out your generators”, it will be a light event.
  8. Typhoon Tip will make at least one 5 paragraph post a day for either two scenarios:

    1. Why there is a large storm coming
    2. Why we should hang ourselves

[*]If ORHwxMAN does not post during the work-day, the weather period is boring or a storm is not worth tracking.

[*]The HRRR is the weeniest model on Earth.

[*]Messenger will try and argue the negative trends on a storm if a storm is guaranteed to give him rain. (Secretly he does not want anyone to get snow if he’s not getting snow)

[*]Messenger will try and argue the positive trends on a storm if he is on the borderline area of rain vs. snow.

[*]The RUC will trend at least 250 miles in a coastal storm.

[*]Whatever the NAM is showing for QPF, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total QPF.

[*]Whatever CTBlizz is forecasting for amounts, take 2/3rds of that number and that will be your total snow accumulation.

[*]If CoastalWx types 1-word posts during a model suite, the model suite has trended negatively.

[*]Messenger will extrapolate hour 6 of a model suite to show why that run will trend negatively.

[*]CTRain will troll CTBlizz at least once a day.

[*]If Stowe gets more than 1" of snow, Powderfreak will post pictures of him skiing.

[*]CTRain cares more about snow in ski resorts than snow in his hometown

[*]If members are posting the images of the JMA, no other model is showing a snowstorm.

[*]LitchfieldLibations posts will always either contain the following:

  1. An Emoticon
  2. The word “Torch”
  3. The symbol “+”
  4. The words “Get out and Enjoy!”

[*]If Ackwaves is posting pictures of snow, you know the storm is a whiff.

[*]The weather period sucks if MaineJayHawk is posting pictures of :

  1. Ray with a toaster
  2. All members running into a hole
  3. Kevin in the bathtub
  4. Ryan with a noose
  5. Will under a muffler

[*]If there is a polar vortex in Alaska and in Italy, Winter will suck in the Northeast.

[*]If there are 3 members viewing the NE forum at 10 pm in Janurary, Everyone has hanged themselves.

[*]According to the Day 6-8 Forecasts of the Euro, this would have been the best winter of all-time.

[*]If SkiMRG leaves for Alaska during mid-winter, you know the winter sucks.

[*]Winter of 2011-2012 Sucks.

classic!

I like 8,9,11,16, 24

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^^^^^ This negative Nellie post was bad enough the first time. This is the typical mindset of a coastal plain resident. Fortunately, this affliction can be cured by moving to a snowier, higher elevation locale. Sadly, many never seek the help they need.

Sorry to say but us in the mountains are right there with the coastal plain folk again. I don't know how much snow you've had in the last 30 days, Pete, but I'm guessing it can be counted on two hands. We had a decent run from Xmas through most of January (which in fact still came out below normal in snowfall at the ski area for January, despite some on here thinking we were buried in snow). Now we haven't seen anything measurable in like 10 days and the snow is tired, old, worn-out, and dusty looking from all the dry sand getting kicked around in roads and parking lots. I mean there's still around 8" on the ground in town but south facing slopes are melting out from the mild, sunny days of late and snowbanks are black from grime. Lovely.

I cannot imagine you have been all that more snowy than the northern Greens and up here, we are falling wayyy back below normal.

November: Well below normal snowfall.

December: Well below normal snowfall.

January: Just a little below normal snowfall.

February: Heading for well below normal snowfall

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Sorry to say but us in the mountains are right there with the coastal plain folk again. I don't know how much snow you've had in the last 30 days, Pete, but I'm guessing it can be counted on two hands. We had a decent run from Xmas through most of January (which in fact still came out below normal in snowfall at the ski area for January, despite some on here thinking we were buried in snow). Now we haven't seen anything measurable in like 10 days and the snow is tired, old, worn-out, and dusty looking from all the dry sand getting kicked around in roads and parking lots. I mean there's still around 8" on the ground in town but south facing slopes are melting out from the mild, sunny days of late and snowbanks are black from grime. Lovely.

I cannot imagine you have been all that more snowy than the northern Greens and up here, we are falling wayyy back below normal.

November: Well below normal snowfall.

December: Well below normal snowfall.

January: Just a little below normal snowfall., February: Heading for well below normal snowfall

BZ to you for keeping it real. one below normal day today, 19.8/7

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I know I am going to get no sympathy (not really looking for it) but just to show everyone... this is *not* a good winter or even close to it up here. Although we've received over 60" down in the village, and 124" around 3,000ft above that on the upper elevations of Mansfield, unless something drastic happens, we are going to end up waaaay below normal.

2009-2010 was the lowest snowfall total here at the mountain in the last 15 years (since 1997) with 246". This season is on pace to be lower than that, making this potentially the worst winter here in the last 15 years.

These are the 4.5 seasons I have worked at this place doing snow measurements, broken down by month. I miss the 100-inch months or the storm cycles of 40-60" in 5 days type of stuff. This season the best we can do is 29" in 10 days in late January.

This is the snowfall totals from the past 15 years... average of 325". This season will be lowering that average, lol.

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