clskinsfan Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Pretty weird shoveling this stuff. Perfect cold powder that wont stick to anything covered by a thin layer of sleet. I cant remember ever shoveling anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:31 PM, clskinsfan said: Pretty weird shoveling this stuff. Perfect cold powder that wont stick to anything covered by a thin layer of sleet. I cant remember ever shoveling anything like it. Expand It's like shoveling glass and small amounts of baby powder. It's surprisingly light and not terribly heavy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:35 PM, JakkelWx said: It's like shoveling glass and small amounts of baby powder. It's surprisingly light and not terribly heavy Expand Same up here. Very fluffy stuff with pellets within. Was easy to shovel the deck for the dogs. Neighbor is doing our driveway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinInTheSky Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 For those of us with straight sleet it’s weird too. It’s like shoveling millions of extremely tiny glass beads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:37 PM, mappy said: Same up here. Very fluffy stuff with pellets within. Was easy to shovel the deck for the dogs. Neighbor is doing our driveway Expand For free or they charge?. If it’s free I’m moving to your neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 6:14 PM, BristowWx said: I noticed the WSW were dropped for many. Dodged that bullet thankfully. The WWA is like a comfortable shoe. Reliable and easy Expand And we're used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:31 PM, clskinsfan said: Pretty weird shoveling this stuff. Perfect cold powder that wont stick to anything covered by a thin layer of sleet. I cant remember ever shoveling anything like it. Expand Yup. Definitely nothing like usual. Very sandy and granular but it wasn't that heavy to push and shovel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Shoveled two driveways today (parent's and neighbors). It's not terrible if you can get the edge of the shovel underneath everything and it all just lifts up. Heavy though...great exercise. Will be interesting to see what transpires tonight. Assuming it'll be light ZR - but HRRR and RAP aren't a guarantee in that regard. They have sleet/snow it looks like - from the crude precip maps at least. Granted...I didn't look at soundings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:39 PM, ravensrule said: For free or they charge?. If it’s free I’m moving to your neighborhood. Expand Free. We share a driveway, older couple, nice folks. He's out there with a plow on the front of his John Deer clearing both driveways. He does it every storm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 HRRR shows ZR and snow blossoming over the area by like 5 or 6z tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:42 PM, mappy said: Free. We share a driveway, older couple, nice folks. He's out there with a plow on the front of his John Deer clearing both driveways. He does it every storm. Expand Wow that’s impressive. You have great neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:44 PM, ravensrule said: Wow that’s impressive. You have great neighbors. Expand Um, speaking of neighbors, I have a driveway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:44 PM, ravensrule said: Wow that’s impressive. You have great neighbors. Expand He's a good guy, contractor, has helped us out a lot. Wife is retired, watches their youngest grandchild. She runs the fence with our puppy when the weather is nice. We will have to shovel the walk and around our cars, but 90% of the driveway will be good to go. I usually make them sweet treats as thanks. We mow each others lawns when on vacation, help with other stuff, things like that. Good neighbors to have. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:45 PM, nw baltimore wx said: Um, speaking of neighbors, I have a driveway. Expand Lmfao. Depending on the size we could probably work something out in the $200 range . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:45 PM, mappy said: He's a good guy, contractor, has helped us out a lot. Wife is retired, watches their youngest grandchild. She runs the fence with our puppy when the weather is nice. We will have to shovel the walk and around our cars, but 90% of the driveway will be good to go. I usually make them sweet treats as thanks. We mow each others lawns when on vacation, help with other stuff, things like that. Good neighbors to have. Expand Neighbors like that usually don’t exist in city living. One of the advantages to living where you do, the snow being another HUGE one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 its pretty cool that we had 2 chances in this storm just like we did last week. the first chance--was sleet and 25 and the 2nd chance looks like it wont happen. I love how we maximize our potential! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:50 PM, ravensrule said: Neighbors like that usually don’t exist in city living. One of the advantages to living where you do, the snow being another HUGE one. Expand No doubt. I get a kick when my husband and the neighbor pull up along the fence on their tractors to shoot the shit. Cracks me up every time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:43 PM, Kmlwx said: HRRR shows ZR and snow blossoming over the area by like 5 or 6z tonight. Expand Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:53 PM, Maestrobjwa said: Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Expand 0z is 7 pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 We are 5 hours behind Zulu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 4 hrs during DST 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:53 PM, Maestrobjwa said: Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Expand In the winter it’s 5 hours earlier ie 7 pm, when they change the clocks it’s 4 hours earlier. It’s the same on every model 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:53 PM, Maestrobjwa said: Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Expand its not happening anyway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopper Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:53 PM, Maestrobjwa said: Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Expand https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/prod_overview/local_gmt_conversion.shtml I still need to look at this chart. My memory is not good, so it helps to look at the chart when I forget. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:57 PM, Ji said: its not happening anyway Expand Yes it is. It will be 0z. Money in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:53 PM, Maestrobjwa said: Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Expand The folks who have answered already are correct. It took me a long time to get in the habit of knowing how to do the conversion in my head. And then of course you need to re-adjust for DST when it starts back up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:53 PM, Maestrobjwa said: Alright can somebody clear up for me the whole Z system? What time (on the clock) is 0z? Or does it vary by model? Expand the concept itself can be tricky, but just think of Z as universal time that doesn't have a spring forward/fall back, so right now greenwich is 5 hrs ahead of us. it's 9pm there (aka sun rises there 5 hrs earlier). when we spring forward, we're moving 1 hour closer to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristowWx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 9:07 PM, Kmlwx said: The folks who have answered already are correct. It took me a long time to get in the habit of knowing how to do the conversion in my head. And then of course you need to re-adjust for DST when it starts back up. Expand I was in the Navy so we live by z time. And the 24 hour clock. It’s 1600 now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 9:04 PM, Deck Pic said: 24, Freezing Drizzle. It's put a decent coating on everything. Haven't measured the accretion, but 0.1"seems about right. Expand Is there a nice sheen to the fresh snow out there? Bet it's gorgeous. Currently 32/26, overcast. A bit of melting going on, but not bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 8:41 PM, HighStakes said: Yup. Definitely nothing like usual. Very sandy and granular but it wasn't that heavy to push and shovel. Expand Sandy is the perfect description. I might just break out the beach chair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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