KokomoWX Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Fun! Or Fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Most of the snow guys are zombies, sick and tired of the never ending work. Some of the seasonal contract companies are nearing closing the doors for good. Only a small few are doing morning site checks any more.... If this weather could only continue for a few more weeks, have a nice little diesel Trawler I'm eyeing up. Your market will likely change after this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 just hit the snooze button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 just hit the snooze button I see modest potential around the 3rd to the 7th of March, it isn't big dog potential but it is a lot better than the ZzZzZs we will see until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I see modest potential around the 3rd to the 7th of March, it isn't big dog potential but it is a lot better than the ZzZzZs we will see until then. sure but cold and minor/modest snow hits are lame at this point, big dog or torch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 sure but cold and minor/modest snow hits are lame at this point, big dog or torch Trust me I am in the same boat as you, but the modest hits here inch DTW closer to the record, so it is an okay consolation prize. Surely beats cold and dry which we look to have for a while until this modest potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Most of the snow guys are zombies, sick and tired of the never ending work. Some of the seasonal contract companies are nearing closing the doors for good. Only a small few are doing morning site checks any more.... If this weather could only continue for a few more weeks, have a nice little diesel Trawler I'm eyeing up. At the home and garden show this week and been talking to a lot of the local landscapers. No one seems happy with this winter, even the usual guys who do snow removal and complain that we don't get enough snow. 50" would normally be a banner year, but I think the persistent, unrelenting cold since November is taking it's toll. Like you said the seasonal contract guys are ready to slit their wrists, while the other guys are just spent....low morale, etc. I don't do landscaping but I do outdoor work that requires the ground not to be frozen, so it's starting to get a bit rough for me as well. I think I've had one workable outdoor week since before xmas. The last couple of years the ground only froze for a small amount of time, and not too deep. One of the contractors was showing me a picture of where they had excavated for deck construction and you could see the frost line was 2 ' deep. I have several incomplete jobs that have been sitting for over a month and when the rubberband does finally break, everyone will be expecting THEIR job to be the first one finished, not to mention all the new work that will come in from everybody breaking out of hibernation. I may need to take up drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 At the home and garden show this week and been talking to a lot of the local landscapers. No one seems happy with this winter, even the usual guys who do snow removal and complain that we don't get enough snow. 50" would normally be a banner year, but I think the persistent, unrelenting cold since November is taking it's toll. Like you said the seasonal contract guys are ready to slit their wrists, while the other guys are just spent....low morale, etc. I don't do landscaping but I do outdoor work that requires the ground not to be frozen, so it's starting to get a bit rough for me as well. I think I've had one workable outdoor week since before xmas. The last couple of years the ground only froze for a small amount of time, and not too deep. One of the contractors was showing me a picture of where they had excavated for deck construction and you could see the frost line was 2 ' deep. I have several incomplete jobs that have been sitting for over a month and when the rubberband does finally break, everyone will be expecting THEIR job to be the first one finished, not to mention all the new work that will come in from everybody breaking out of hibernation. I may need to take up drinking. I'm in the same boat but this is all non-sense and tell those dudes to wipe off the puppy dog look off their faces and maybe do some schooling in this dead season...take advantage! Construction workers complain/or show "low moral" when they are not working to much, working to much, not enough hours, not getting paid enough, blah blah blah. Smart construction workers usually prepare for work to be shut down in the winter months. The work is their just going to have to work more hours weekly this warm season. On the flip side 2011/12 was the opposite. Come August people ran out of work. I bet they showed "low moral". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 lol, regurgitation lol, oh boo hoo. Add something or stop posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I think you better stick with JB this year. It's going to break at some point, and he will be cold when it goes warm but he's stood stout and been right nearly always this year. Granted, when all you do is ride the cold train your going to have a good seasonal forecast when it's cold. Although , he does have some pretty skilled people surrounding him. Y I'm not even sure how you guys read (or hear) Bastardi's info. His twitter feed is cluttered with anti global warming mumbo jumbo. So you must be reading something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Angrysummons will continue to bust due to this persistent wintry regime. All suppression in the next 10 days I believe. Persistence is a useful forecasting tool at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm not even sure how you guys read (or hear) Bastardi's info. His twitter feed is cluttered with anti global warming mumbo jumbo. So you must be reading something else. Pretty clear cut here: "Just got a look at ECWMF weeklies. Cold next 21 days, moderation week 4,BUT now shows MJO running into phases 1,2,3..Gold for cold in march" Will avoid the global warming topic so to keep the thread on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Angrysummons will continue to bust due to this persistent wintry regime. All suppression in the next 10 days I believe. Persistence is a useful forecasting tool at this point. Lol we can revisit this call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Lol we can revisit this call All of anything for 10 days in March is a very very bad call, as March is about as changeable of a month as you can get. Going to be an easy troll bump embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Joe Bastardi finally starting to whistle a different tune. https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi He's talking of an active April, suggesting that perhaps pattern will snap in March, noticing MJO gaining amplitude, overall suggesting change may be afoot. I take that back, he's not suggesting, he's just finally starting to talk of something different than never ending cold and snow. Of course it will be, it's March, but still, hearing anything but persistent cold from him this year feels different. Probably acknowledging the under cutting of the Pacific ridge that LOT pointed out yesterday. Looks to go into phase 7 deeply. Which usually translates to this in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Found today's "12z" some of the worst of the season. Sloppy, clueless and judging by confidence intervals, very very wrong in handling the northern stream. Just really bad. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 angrysummons rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 angrysummons rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 zzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Only 3 more weeks of winter, then this thread will die along with Alek's zzzzzzzs. Congrats. You have zzz'd your way to a record setting memorable winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Angry, where is that persistent SE ridge you've been harping on every week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Angry = Jxdama aka rainstorm of the MW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Angry = Jxdama aka rainstorm of the MW. Haha blast from the past! Differece is jx at least had some basic rudimentary met knowledge. Btw, whatever happened to him....er....her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Haha blast from the past! Differece is jx at least had some basic rudimentary met knowledge. Btw, whatever happened to him....er....her? him..er.. her shows up on my forum once in a while. Never made it here to my knowledge? They are similar in that you cannot get either one to break stride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 you mean whats showing up on all models? I mean for the models to represent what you think is going to happen, we wouldn't have had endless visits from the PV this winter, it would be all steep western troughing and cutters galore instead of flatter, slightly suppressed waves locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 zzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 zzzzzzz For the first time all winter, I believe you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 There's still the day 6-7 system. But another that that, yeah...just put an end to the misery now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 zzzzzzz 2x ... I know things will change. I am thankful I was able to spend most of this week up and Boyne and enjoyed some great LES up there!! Otherwise this week would have been brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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