Juliancolton Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Yeah, this is definitely one worth traveling for. Storm of the season in the northern ADKs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Just a feeling but upslope areas in the western Greens could do better than the Daks. I'd head for Smuggs or Jay area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 9 hours ago, gravitylover said: Just a feeling but upslope areas in the western Greens could do better than the Daks. I'd head for Smuggs or Jay area. Chase for flakes. I’ll be at sugarbush but like where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Its snowing pretty hard right now in Danbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 It's been snowing like a banshee for over two hours now. The surface is just so darn warm. If this were a couple weeks ago during the cool period, I'd almost certainly have several inches on the ground by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I saw some snow up on Storm King this morning but nothing down here on the flatlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Yeah no accumulation here, it started to on parked cars on the north side of buildings but melted off just as quickly when it stopped. It was nice to see and wasn't a hassle to drive in which was good. Looks like we're borderline for a northern lights show tomorrow night https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g2-moderate-watch-effect-23-march-2019-utc-day I might have to take a ride up north of I90 if the clouds break. I know my wife and kids are eager to see them, I've seen them many times but they never cease to amaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Snow is starting to mix in with the wind-driven rain here. The upslope precip seem pretty lackluster up the Taconics and Berks, with focus instead being the low-level convergence in the valley. HRRR has things drying out by 3-4 am, so if Brace Mtn up to Frissell and Alander are going to get the 3-7" predicted by Albany, they'd better do it quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Yeah that radar last night looked like it was running right down the 22 and 9 corridors for a while, hopefully the high terrain got something good out of it. I got a good coating on the ground even the street was covered earlier, it's windy and cold just like a good spring day is supposed to be... I really need it to warm up because I have a hardcore car repair to do so I can get back to work this week. Anyone have a warm garage I can borrow for 5 or 6 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, gravitylover said: Yeah that radar last night looked like it was running right down the 22 and 9 corridors for a while, hopefully the high terrain got something good out of it. I got a good coating on the ground even the street was covered earlier, it's windy and cold just like a good spring day is supposed to be... I really need it to warm up because I have a hardcore car repair to do so I can get back to work this week. Anyone have a warm garage I can borrow for 5 or 6 hours? Heated garage?! I don’t even have asphalt you can borrow.., 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have some mildly tilted asphalt that's relatively well protected from the wind and some good rocks that work well as wheel chocks. I'm gonna go for it but maybe not today, it's just too cold for me and my old hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, gravitylover said: I have some mildly tilted asphalt that's relatively well protected from the wind and some good rocks that work well as wheel chocks. I'm gonna go for it but maybe not today, it's just too cold for me and my old hands. I don’t blame you, tomorrow should feel great after today’s weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Couple kerosene salamanders would do the trick, if you don't mind the sound of being inside a jet engine nacelle. Some of them go up to almost a million BTU. Or, yeah... just wait until 50s and sunny tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Anyone have any northern lights happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Low dews, blue skies, brisk NW wind; feels like a crisp autumn day. Or maybe the opposite of autumn... that other season we used to have between winter and summer. I forget the name. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, Juliancolton said: Low dews, blue skies, brisk NW wind; feels like a crisp autumn day. Or maybe the opposite of autumn... that other season we used to have between winter and summer. I forget the name. Blue sky? Seems we got screwed down here today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, BxEngine said: Blue sky? Seems we got screwed down here today. It's starting to get a little cloudier this hour, but the sun didn't really make a huge contribution toward making it feel warm. 50/9 here now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 I had partly to mostly cloudy all day. When the sun was out it was awfully nice. I spent the day in the driveway struggling with a car repair that went way above my pay grade and has my car disabled in the driveway on jack stands. A buddy stopped by with his chainsaw and helped me cut out the trees that were only partway down in the my yard. Now it looks like a war zone but there's only one, that we can't get to, hanging precariously. Then I went back to the car and tried some more before it got too cold and dark because it's mostly cloudy now and getting dark too early, thought I'd have another hour. IOW I spent all day outside and it was a nice crisp spring day of yore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 As soon as @Juliancolton posted about the blue skies the clouds rolled back in...what a damn jinx. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPcantmeasuresnow Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 11:08 PM, gravitylover said: Anyone have any northern lights happening? I didn't hear about it until after the fact. And I was in Saratoga Saturday night too, and the skies were clear. Another opportunity missed. Was it visible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 11 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: I didn't hear about it until after the fact. And I was in Saratoga Saturday night too, and the skies were clear. Another opportunity missed. Was it visible? I had nothing down here. Some friends in VT said it was very mild but noticeable so you might have had a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Alright, time to warm it up out there and maybe knock that wind down a bit. I really need to get out there and keep working at solving my car repair problem but it's fkn cold and unpleasant and I'm a whiny old guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 6:50 PM, IrishRob17 said: As soon as @Juliancolton posted about the blue skies the clouds rolled back in...what a damn jinx. Too much sun is no good. Have to be mindful of the folks susceptible to burned scalps. 23 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said: I didn't hear about it until after the fact. And I was in Saratoga Saturday night too, and the skies were clear. Another opportunity missed. Was it visible? The shock wave was about 30 hours slower than predicted and didn't hit until the middle of the day on Sunday, and even then it was was too weak to ignite any significant geomagnetic storming. The UP of Michigan was the furthest south from which I've seen any reports of naked-eye lights Sunday night... and that's still sort of miraculous considering the solar wind only 'jumped' to about 275 km/s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 11 hours ago, Juliancolton said: Too much sun is no good. Have to be mindful of the folks susceptible to burned scalps. Sunblock...never leave home without it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Or a hat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 41 minutes ago, gravitylover said: Or a hat Yep, always have one of those too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-mammoth-snow-20190322-story.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 45 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-mammoth-snow-20190322-story.html Perfect place to send the Central Park folks foe measurement training. As always .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 Yup it gets like that in Tahoe too, I was amazed that it could even snow that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Winds switched around about 5 minutes ago and temps down 5 degrees already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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