dryslot Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 yep pit wood I have a pretty good collection for the fire pot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Its March, right? No, January, deep deep winter, Embrace it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Depends where you live. I have not had snowpack since a week after the March snowstorm. All snow that has fallen since has melted within 24h of it falling. Ice has been non-existent on ponds in SE MA for a few weeks now as well. I got a sunburn a week ago at a soccer tournament in Epping, NH. Neighborhood kids have been out playing football/ basketball/ soccer/ riding bikes for a couple weeks now. Feels like Spring to me. Yeah...I mean its below normal, but its not like were supposed to have 60s this time of year. 40s and sun is typical early spring/ mid-late March wx in SNE. Nothing out of the ordinary (obviously the amount of snow was). Just a below normal month but besides elevated/wooded areas having some snow left it feels like March 26th for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Depends where you live. I have not had snowpack since a week after the March snowstorm. All snow that has fallen since has melted within 24h of it falling. Ice has been non-existent on ponds in SE MA for a few weeks now as well. I got a sunburn a week ago at a soccer tournament in Epping, NH. Neighborhood kids have been out playing football/ basketball/ soccer/ riding bikes for a couple weeks now. Feels like Spring to me. Well a sunburn can happen if temps are 20F this time of year. Sun angle is definitely higher...but these temps have been pathetic even when full sun does happen for 3/26. Highs in the 40s this time of year is usually accompanied by onshore flow and precip. So even a 45F day under full sun doesn't feel like spring to me this time of year, it feels more like late February. I expect close to 60F with full sun when its almost April out...not 40s...that's February or first week of March stuff. But I understand the snow pack point for people who haven't had it. Even Boston still has patches though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 It's chilly snowed two days in a row. I got sunburned skiing, it's not warm. Last year was warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Heavy melting today. Down to 2-10" snowpack, much less in the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Just have to say this thread brings me entertainment daily. Anyway, 35º and sunny here in Lafayette, IN at 1:00pm. Still holding onto 6" of snow pack. March 2013 running -7.3º at LAF through yesterday. Our average high temperature this month is currently running 6.8º below the average low temperature of March 2012. Amazing. We aim to please. I check in on wx for Decatur, IL, as I have family there. They peaked at 9" OG yest, and given the long duration of wet snow, that's consistent with the official totals, which appear to be about 12". Lots less now, probably due more to 4 kids playing in it than from settling/melting. :) They're -6 for March so far, while last year they finished the month at +14, for the warmest March on record, data back thru 1901. However, this month's avg high (to date) of 42 is "only" 3.5F lower than last March's avg low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 It's chilly snowed two days in a row. I got sunburned skiing, it's not warm. Last year was warm. These next few days won't be all that cold, but they won't be mild for this time of year either. The cold has definitely modified a little bit since last week. Though I suspect people won't be thinking of spring if guidance is anywhere near correct about next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 These next few days won't be all that cold, but they won't be mild for this time of year either. The cold has definitely modified a little bit since last week. Though I suspect people won't be thinking of spring if guidance is anywhere near correct about next week.If we get another 1-2 feet next week I suspect some of these delusional it's spring posters are going to either leave the board or be banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Logan reporting 50F now. I guess the local pools will open during the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Sping has spung across the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Logan reporting 50F now. I guess the local pools will open during the next week.Bikini bars and coeds on the commons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looks like its been above normal at Dryslots house...makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Bikini bars and coeds on the commons. We've actually had more sun than anyone here today so not shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Bikini bars and coeds on the commons. Cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Burly men and Dodge pickup trucks and elbows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 ORH up to 42F...the baseball diamonds should be packed later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Wonder if the 2 nd or 3 rd game at the Stadium next week with Sox is snowed out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Temp arguments of 48F vs. 50F...its definitely spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Mmmm its nice out right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 ORH up to 42F...the baseball diamonds should be packed later tonight.Lol. Little leagues in full effect. My daughters softball team will just pitch snowballs instead of softballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I turned over the beds and stacked the 6 trees we lost and had cut up, one more 55footer to cut up, cotton wood so it's useless, mfer to split. Any tree that comes down in my dooryard becomes firewood no matter how low its heat value, even balsam poplar, which holds so much water that an older fellow from Allagash once said, "You couldn't afford the oil it would take you to burn balm o' Gilead." (I think the conversion was about green wood value in the stove, with white ash at one end and BP at the other.) That horizontal tree looks like aspen, though from this distance I could well be mistaken. In any case aspen/cottonwood are cousins, with similarly poor firewood character (good for October, if seasoned.) Aspen splits easily, however, and I've never worked with cottonwood, which isn't found in Maine except for the occasional planted specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Highs in the 40s this time of year is usually accompanied by onshore flow and precip. So even a 45F day under full sun doesn't feel like spring to me this time of year, it feels more like late February. I expect close to 60F with full sun when its almost April out...not 40s...that's February or first week of March stuff. But I understand the snow pack point for people who haven't had it. Even Boston still has patches though. 40s and full sunshine is what spring is all about. This weekend may be a perfect example. Everyone I know is pumped for a weekend of spring skiing, and 40s is perfect. Over 50 and its too warm and you risk not freezing at night (creating crappy isothermal mush to ski through) but like 20/45 days are near ideal for outdoor snowsports this time of year. Plus the sugaring folks live it too. Heck today I got sunburnt (no relation to temps though), skied in a light jacket at temps of 35-42F, and it is almost euphoric this time of year when it's 42F and sunny. It feels warmer out there right now at 42F and sunny than a cloudy 60F day does in late August haha. I've got the sliding doors open to the deck airing the place out and it feels and smells like spring...warm evergreens giving off that Xmas tree smell. It's like when Dendrite said he's in shorts at 50 degrees this time of year....those temps feel so warm right now. Especially considering like 7-10 days ago wind chills were like -40F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Pre emergents going down friday! So exciting, forecast today was 46 reality was 50+ at bdr I believe, fri-mon will over achieve and some places will tickle 60 with brilliant blue skies. For those with brown crusty ice on your lawns, congrats get out there and roll around in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I saw the sun for about 5 mins today. FYI we are now above normal for the year precip wise, huge recovery from Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 40s and full sunshine is what spring is all about. This weekend may be a perfect example. Everyone I know is pumped for a weekend of spring skiing, and 40s is perfect. Over 50 and its too warm and you risk not freezing at night (creating crappy isothermal mush to ski through) but like 20/45 days are near ideal for outdoor snowsports this time of year. Plus the sugaring folks live it too. Heck today I got sunburnt (no relation to temps though), skied in a light jacket at temps of 35-42F, and it is almost euphoric this time of year when it's 42F and sunny. It feels warmer out there right now at 42F and sunny than a cloudy 60F day does in late August haha. I've got the sliding doors open to the deck airing the place out and it feels and smells like spring...warm evergreens giving off that Xmas tree smell. It's like when Dendrite said he's in shorts at 50 degrees this time of year....those temps feel so warm right now. Especially considering like 7-10 days ago wind chills were like -40F. Yeah on Mt. Mansfield, not the CP of MA, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 ORH up to 42F...the baseball diamonds should be packed later tonight. It really feels so warm out...I was driving around with windows down in a t-shirt, lol. Saw lots of folks out running on the roads, first road bikers of the season, all while folks are x-c skiing and snowshoeing next to the river. Great time of year for getting outside after a long, dark New England winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Any tree that comes down in my dooryard becomes firewood no matter how low its heat value, even balsam poplar, which holds so much water that an older fellow from Allagash once said, "You couldn't afford the oil it would take you to burn balm o' Gilead." (I think the conversion was about green wood value in the stove, with white ash at one end and BP at the other.) That horizontal tree looks like aspen, though from this distance I could well be mistaken. In any case aspen/cottonwood are cousins, with similarly poor firewood character (good for October, if seasoned.) Aspen splits easily, however, and I've never worked with cottonwood, which isn't found in Maine except for the occasional planted specimen. its cottonwood that nasty oily kind and it absolutely sucks to hand split, last one that fell we left for three years cut up before I split it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 If we get another 1-2 feet next week I suspect some of these delusional it's spring posters are going to either leave the board or be banned You have serious issues! I love it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I should shovel off my deck again Can't use the grill attm. We used it last Monday before the snow. I do like grilling when there is snow otg. But can't do it now Skiing in an hour Enjoy the mud in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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