Fear and loathing April, 2020 discussion, obs, and the occasional derailment

[tamarack]

12 hours ago, Angus said:

Yeah, my relatives in Poland did not have power yesterday. The amount of out of state utility trucks on turnpike was crazy.

According to the news, CMP had 260k customers out at one point, and still 58k this morning (not us, fortunately - lights came on 3:30 yesterday afternoon.)  There were/are 100 CMP line crews plus 439 contracted from out of state and 122 tree service crews on the job.  Fortunately the outages were Maine-centered, not all of the Northeast like Jan 1998.

Edit, for PF:  Looks like that snow is stuck to the N/NW side of the trees, hiding from the spring sun. 

[kdxken]

21 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

24F here

Amazing how you radiate. 32 here

[dendrite]

CON 23°

1st Lake 7°

2nd Lake 8°

[kdxken]

10 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

We greening in Weymouth. This effing site won’t let me load anything, but Norway maples are getting green buds, so leaf out maybe 2 weeks from now. 

The good news is if we get those winds it will blow all the flowers off. Less raking of helicopters later in the year.

[alex]

15.1 for a low. Frozen Easter bunny

[dendrite]

19 minutes ago, kdxken said:

The good news is if we get those winds it will blow all the flowers off. Less raking of helicopters later in the year.

Something here has been dropping a powdery white pollen for over a week. The only trees I see any activity from are the aspen and pussy willows, but I’m not sure where it’s coming from. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

26 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Amazing how you radiate. 32 here

Swampy pit.  Ideal conditions

[CoastalWx]

We no radiate. 32 for the low.

[Baroclinic Zone]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

We no radiate. 32 for the low.

Not bad for the hill close to ocean

[kdxken]

36 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Something here has been dropping a powdery white pollen for over a week. The only trees I see any activity from are the aspen and pussy willows, but I’m not sure where it’s coming from. 

Sure it's not snow ️ ☺️

[HoarfrostHubb]

23.8F for my low.      

[Ginx snewx]

Happy Easter 25.9 low

[Ginx snewx]

52 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Something here has been dropping a powdery white pollen for over a week. The only trees I see any activity from are the aspen and pussy willows, but I’m not sure where it’s coming from. 

Meth lab down the street?

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

According to the news, CMP had 260k customers out at one point, and still 58k this morning (not us, fortunately - lights came on 3:30 yesterday afternoon.)  There were/are 100 CMP line crews plus 439 contracted from out of state and 122 tree service crews on the job.  Fortunately the outages were Maine-centered, not all of the Northeast like Jan 1998.

Edit, for PF:  Looks like that snow is stuck to the N/NW side of the trees, hiding from the spring sun. 

That sucks for power out with all that is going on and Easter. 

[Damage In Tolland]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Something here has been dropping a powdery white pollen for over a week. The only trees I see any activity from are the aspen and pussy willows, but I’m not sure where it’s coming from. 

Dander?

[NorEastermass128]

7 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Purple Haze

Haha nope. I guess it may have been Elon Musk’s recently launched satellites. 

[MJO812]

The storm is still there on the models for next weekend.

[jbenedet]

Shallow inversion popped and already into the 40’s here. Going to be a great day. Thinking I have a shot at 65.

[Ginx snewx]

We Easter, delivered by my daughter.  Soupy frittata, fried dough , strawberry shortcake.  Manicotti for dinner. Huge caveat this year I have to cook

[MJO812]

[weathafella]

I’m looking that Steve’s sauce jar...Michaels of Brooklyn.  Tell me more...

[Modfan2]

Not sure how much SNE has dried out since Friday, but is there a brush fire threat that accompanies the high winds/downed power lines?

[Chrisrotary12]

Low level jet looks nice for tomorrow. But have to imagine the relatively stable atmosphere reduces the frequency of wind gusts mixing to the surface. In the heavy downpours...sure.  But just seems like these modeled southerly wind events don't often play out. We have better luck with strong CAA events than these southern ones.

[Ginx snewx]

4 hours ago, weathafella said:

I’m looking that Steve’s sauce jar...Michaels of Brooklyn.  Tell me more...

Not Brooklyn Ct.lol  Was alright,  not my favorite.  I prefer to make my own. Frittatta was fantastic by the way

[Ginx snewx]

4 hours ago, Modfan2 said:

Not sure how much SNE has dried out since Friday, but is there a brush fire threat that accompanies the high winds/downed power lines?

Leaves are drenched underneath and its gonna pour

[Torch Tiger]

Happy Easter

 AM cooking today,  non-traditional. ( half Italian) fried eggplant, penne, homemade sauce w/ spicy Italian sausage, seared steak, baked chicken, asparagus.

This quarantine has me cooking up a storm

[Typhoon Tip]

If this sets up ... then ding dong the wicked witch is dead -

 

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

If this sets up ... then ding dong the wicked witch is dead -

 

We should see warmer temps by the 22nd

[ineedsnow]

We Euro!!!

[Ginx snewx]

2 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

We Euro!!!

Interesting and not another reference here. People are overwhelmed from all sides today.