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 3 minutes ago, 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. 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 Just now, JakkelWx said: It's like shoveling glass and small amounts of baby powder. It's surprisingly light and not terribly heavy 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 1 minute ago, 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 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 2 hours ago, BristowWx said: I noticed the WSW were dropped for many. Dodged that bullet thankfully. The WWA is like a comfortable shoe. Reliable and easy 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 9 minutes ago, 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. 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 1 minute ago, ravensrule said: For free or they charge?. If it’s free I’m moving to your neighborhood. 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 Just now, 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. 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 Just now, ravensrule said: Wow that’s impressive. You have great neighbors. 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 Just now, ravensrule said: Wow that’s impressive. You have great neighbors. 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 2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Um, speaking of neighbors, I have a driveway. 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 3 minutes ago, 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. 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 Just now, 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. 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 5 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: HRRR shows ZR and snow blossoming over the area by like 5 or 6z tonight. 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 Just now, 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? 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 1 minute ago, 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? 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 2 minutes ago, 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? 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 3 minutes ago, 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? 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 Just now, Ji said: its not happening anyway Yes it is. It will be 0z. Money in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 24, Freezing Drizzle. It's put a decent coating on everything. Haven't measured the accretion, but 0.1"seems about right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, 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? 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 9 minutes ago, 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? 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 Just now, 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. 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 3 minutes ago, 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. 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...
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