CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 HRRR says 15 here for a morning low. 3km NAM says 23 lol. Based on the history of this winter, I predict 20, which keeps the streak of no temps in the teens here alive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I cant remember the last time my snowpack held on like this in a full blazing sun. No damage at all. The pack isnt even melting off of my car in the driveway that I dont drive. Amazing actually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, clskinsfan said: I cant remember the last time my snowpack held on like this in a full blazing sun. No damage at all. The pack isnt even melting off of my car in the driveway that I dont drive. Amazing actually. Yea my pack here is an impenetrable fortress right now. It’s got about 3” of solid concrete on the bottom and 2” on the top with like 5” of powder in the middle. If I can tack on a few inches of wet snow Monday and have it freeze up solid Monday night might even get my glacier through the warm days next week to whatever happens in that multiple wave period next weekend and beyond and make a run at a month+ of snowcover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Well damn, not something you see everyday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Holy crap this site is dead right now. There are 3 people in this thread, 6 in the long range thread and maybe 10 in the Monday event. People must be ready for spring. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, clskinsfan said: I cant remember the last time my snowpack held on like this in a full blazing sun. No damage at all. The pack isnt even melting off of my car in the driveway that I dont drive. Amazing actually. 30 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: Yea my pack here is an impenetrable fortress right now. It’s got about 3” of solid concrete on the bottom and 2” on the top with like 5” of powder in the middle. If I can tack on a few inches of wet snow Monday and have it freeze up solid Monday night might even get my glacier through the warm days next week to whatever happens in that multiple wave period next weekend and beyond and make a run at a month+ of snowcover. It won't be long, my friends. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Ouch, lucky nobody got hurt and it returned to Denver safely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, CAPE said: It won't be long, my friends. PSU still holds onto low 50's while I bake at 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, Amped said: Ouch, lucky nobody got hurt and it returned to Denver safely. Can you imagine being a passenger on the starboard side of that airplane? Complete and utter terror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 If winter ends after tomorrow I wont miss it. Not that it has been satisfying at all really, but it has seemed long and really quite unproductive given the HL pattern. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, clskinsfan said: PSU still holds onto low 50's while I bake at 60. That late Feb sun doe, and temps in the 50s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, clskinsfan said: Can you imagine being a passenger on the starboard side of that airplane? Complete and utter terror. Not sure this is real but yikes, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, clskinsfan said: Can you imagine being a passenger on the starboard side of that airplane? Complete and utter terror. Holy fuuck. NO. Unless the booze cart happened to be within arms length at the time. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Amped said: Not sure this is real but yikes, Holy shit. I might have died from a heart attack. That is almost unbelievable. Props to the pilots. Imagine flying many thousands of hours and never having anything happen. And then all of the sudden you get his. Incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, clskinsfan said: Holy shit. I might have died from a heart attack. That is almost unbelievable. Props to the pilots. Imagine flying many thousands of hours and never having anything happen. And then all of the sudden you get his. Incredible. I've been on a severe turbulence flight where bags went flying everywhere and plenty of people were freaking out. I managed to stay calm, but an explosion and flames definitely would have made it a lot scarier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, Amped said: I've been on a severe turbulence flight where bags went flying everywhere and plenty of people were freaking out. I managed to stay calm, but an explosion and flames definitely would have made it a lot scarier. But you get to see how a gas turbine engine works with the outer skin removed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Does anyone remember a mid-March 2019 event? I measured 6.5”. I can’t find anything on it. It’s what prompted me to get a spotter ID, because it was one of the few times in my life Aberdeen/Havre de Grace jacked, and I couldn’t report it lol. Edit: Not the March 3 one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, clskinsfan said: Holy shit. I might have died from a heart attack. That is almost unbelievable. Props to the pilots. Imagine flying many thousands of hours and never having anything happen. And then all of the sudden you get his. Incredible. Holy schnitzkes, indeed. Even after decades of flying, I'm still a white-knuckle flier (honestly, an irrational fear in this day and age), so this is nightmare fuel to me. My first thought seeing the pic of the dropped engine cowling in the front yard that @CAPE put up a couple posts back was, "Thank God it didn't hit the house OR the RV in that front yard!" Upon seeing some of these additional pics/videos, I'm more soberly thinking THANK GOD this rig landed safely at Denver. Dear God.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 We teach a gas turbine course for ships at the school. The dude who teaches it is incredible, and I always ask him his thoughts on failures when they occur. He is from the aviation industry, but the engine is the same on a GT powered ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, CAPE said: But you get to see how a gas turbine engine works with the outer skin removed. I thought I was the only weirdo that was thinking that lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, dailylurker said: I thought I was the only weirdo that was thinking that lol We have them at the school where I work. Some are cutaways. A couple LM2500 engines and an Allison. The engineering involved is just insane. A layperson has no concept. Impressive even for an engineer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, CAPE said: We teach a gas turbine course for ships at the school. The dude who teaches it is incredible, and I always ask him his thoughts on failures when they occur. He is from the aviation industry, but the engine is the same on a GT powered ship. The redundant safety protocols they build into modern airliners is mind-blowing and, at the end of the day, a genuine comfort. Those engines are a technical marvel. I readily admit that, based on statistics alone, mine is a completely irrational fear. I know in my head that these redundant aviation safety systems exist...and yet, I still get tense enough on takeoffs and landings that I could rip the armrests out of the seats. I flew back and forth across the continent on a monthly basis, for work in my 20s and 30s...and if anything, I'm worse now than even back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, vastateofmind said: The redundant safety protocols they build into modern airliners is mind-blowing and, at the end of the day, a genuine comfort. Those engines are a technical marvel. I readily admit that, based on statistics alone, mine is a completely irrational fear. I know in my head that these redundant aviation safety systems exist...and yet, I still get tense enough on takeoffs and landings that I could rip the armrests out of the seats. I flew back and forth across the continent on a monthly basis, for work in my 20s and 30s...and if anything, I'm worse now than even back then. I teach automation, so I know way too much about all the control aspects, the sensors, the signals, calibration and testing, and the redundancy in these systems, yet I still need to be a tad boozed up or pop a benzo to fly lmao. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 30 minutes ago, T. August said: Does anyone remember a mid-March 2019 event? I measured 6.5”. I can’t find anything on it. It’s what prompted me to get a spotter ID, because it was one of the few times in my life Aberdeen/Havre de Grace jacked, and I couldn’t report it lol. Edit: Not the March 3 one Sure it wasn't 2018? What you are describing sounds exactly like the Equinox storm that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Does anyone remember a mid-March 2019 event? I measured 6.5”. I can’t find anything on it. It’s what prompted me to get a spotter ID, because it was one of the few times in my life Aberdeen/Havre de Grace jacked, and I couldn’t report it lol. Edit: Not the March 3 oneChecking my logs there was some snow in the area on the 8th and the 18th but it wasn’t much in Arlington or Charlottesville. Maybe one of those two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 So in my quest to keep gluten out of my diet and starch, have lost a decent amount by doing so. Have been looking for different dinner options. Tonight two new recipes. Sweet and Spicy BS thighs with a shaved Brussels sprouts salad. Normally I would have made potatoes or rice with this kind of meal but did the different salad. This meal was so flavorful and quick to cook. Salad took a bit of prep. Hand chopped a lb. of sprouts. But so worth it. And the dinner in the pan was so pretty took a shot of that. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, Mrs.J said: So in my quest to keep gluten out of my diet and starch, have lost a decent amount by doing so. Have been looking for different dinner options. Tonight two new recipes. Sweet and Spicy BS thighs with a shaved Brussels sprouts salad. Normally I would have made potatoes or rice with this kind of meal but did the different salad. This meal was so flavorful and quick to cook. Salad took a bit of prep. Hand chopped a lb. of sprouts. But so worth it. And the dinner in the pan was so pretty took a shot of that. Looks amazing!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, snowfan said: Looks amazing!!! It was! The Miss J’s gobbled it all up too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mrs.J said: So in my quest to keep gluten out of my diet and starch, have lost a decent amount by doing so. Have been looking for different dinner options. Tonight two new recipes. Sweet and Spicy BS thighs with a shaved Brussels sprouts salad. Normally I would have made potatoes or rice with this kind of meal but did the different salad. This meal was so flavorful and quick to cook. Salad took a bit of prep. Hand chopped a lb. of sprouts. But so worth it. And the dinner in the pan was so pretty took a shot of that. Dear sweet baby Jesus in a wicker basket. @Mrs.J, I've ogled your soups for years in this forum, but since you've gone down this gluten-free path in recent weeks/months, I have to say that the new dishes you've been trying look as amazing, if not more, than what you've posted in the past. We have shaved sprouts like that at least once weekly with fresh salmon. But we sure don't have the other awesome stuff you've posted here in the past couple of weeks! At the end of the day, I hope this change in diet makes a positive difference in your life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 hour ago, CAPE said: It won't be long, my friends. Back door cold fronts? Can’t wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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