HoarfrostHubb Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said: Definitely must have been some regional variance there... It's anecdotal but it was horrible down here. You'd pull into your driveway, park the car, and in broad daylight sometimes even with the sun shining, the mosquitoes would immediately be bouncing off the windows of the car. Closer to dusk you ran to the front door and hoped you didn't drop your keys fumbling around in haste because there'd already be several of them landing on your forearms, while the atonal chorus hummed around your ears. Ticks were everywhere, too. Interesting because a couple of dozen miles to your west, I didn't feel like the mosquitoes were that bad. Maybe I didn't go out at certain times of the day? Deer flies were also non existent here compared to the typical year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyEnjoyer Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Mosquitos weren't bad at all last summer here. I traipsed around the woods often as well, and ended up never finding a tick on me (for what it's worth). The bugs that were popping up with above average frequency (and I still find them in the house on occasion) were Western Conifer Seed Bugs. They seem(ed) to be everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 51 minutes ago, qg_omega said: That picture may as will be from October. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 4 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: That picture may as will be from October. Rare territory for February 24th despite the decently cold temperatures today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Interesting because a couple of dozen miles to your west, I didn't feel like the mosquitoes were that bad. Maybe I didn't go out at certain times of the day? Deer flies were also non existent here compared to the typical year. Last year was a great one with respect to the dearth of black flies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 hours ago, qg_omega said: That’s pretty insane for Lake George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Any boats out ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said: Mosquitos weren't bad at all last summer here. I traipsed around the woods often as well, and ended up never finding a tick on me (for what it's worth). The bugs that were popping up with above average frequency (and I still find them in the house on occasion) were Western Conifer Seed Bugs. They seem(ed) to be everywhere. I just threw one of those out this morning, I was wondering what it was. Seen quite a few already this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Interesting because a couple of dozen miles to your west, I didn't feel like the mosquitoes were that bad. Maybe I didn't go out at certain times of the day? Deer flies were also non existent here compared to the typical year. Not bad at all here either kind of weird.. and for all the hiking I did never found a tick.. lots of snakes though flooded out near streams and ponds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 4 hours ago, qg_omega said: Now that's impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Single digit temps possible tonight here. Possibly the last of the season? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 What are we looking at? It’s a few flurries or snow showers after fropa. Don’t believe those flawed clowns. SV is taking the temps supportive of snow at a certain hour and calling all QPF before that as accumulating snow. But the problem is we’re going from 55 to 35 in 6hrs. That’s why you’re getting the fictitious tiger looking snow stripes where the front is positioned every 6hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 28 minutes ago, MJO812 said: This frame/look is rain to cold, even into NW NY. It’s showing QPF ahead of the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyEnjoyer Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 16 minutes ago, dendrite said: What are we looking at? It’s a few flurries or snow showers after fropa. Don’t believe those flawed clowns. SV is taking the temps supportive of snow at a certain hour and calling all QPF before that as accumulating snow. But the problem is we’re going from 55 to 35 in 6hrs. That’s why you’re getting the fictitious tiger looking snow stripes where the front is positioned every 6hrs. Wow, do these maps really take all QPF from prior frame to current frame and assume that it's all at current frame temp profiles?. I assumed they used some variety of interpolation between frames to try to get a crude approximation of what was what. That could still explain tiger striping artifacts in quick hitting storms with wild temp swings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 7 minutes ago, AstronomyEnjoyer said: Wow, do these maps really take all QPF from prior frame to current frame and assume that it's all at current frame temp profiles?. I assumed they used some variety of interpolation between frames to try to get a crude approximation of what was what. That could still explain tiger striping artifacts in quick hitting storms with wild temp swings. I drew the 6hrly fropa positions for you. You can see the highest snow totals are closest to the front position since it’s calling that whole 6hr period as snow, but the most remaining QPF is to the east. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 18 minutes ago, dendrite said: I drew the 6hrly fropa positions for you. You can see the highest snow totals are closest to the front position since it’s calling that whole 6hr period as snow, but the most remaining QPF is to the east. Let me correct that. Those aren’t the frontal positions, but rather the position of the R/S line at the 6hrly prog times. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyEnjoyer Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 50 minutes ago, dendrite said: Let me correct that. Those aren’t the frontal positions, but rather the position of the R/S line at the 6hrly prog times. Now that you've given me a handle on what the error is, I've been sitting here for the past half hour drawing spatial and time domain graphs trying to conceptualize precisely how the error is occurring, haha. I've even drawn up a little meteorological grid model to try to visualize what would happen to each forecast point as a front washes over. Bottom line is - that artifact drives me nuts. It's egregious as hell, and it seems like there should be a relatively easy way to ensure there is better handling on the assigning of precipitation type to QPF. However, I'm not so dumb that I don't realize that if it were really so easy to fix, folks much smarter than me would have already fixed it. Thanks for helping explain it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 9 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Single digit temps possible tonight here. Possibly the last of the season? Not sure if went lower, but got down to 9 in any case here at Pit2. Moonlight on the Kennebec was pretty awesome last night. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 7.8° so far. Could be the last single digits of the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 -2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 9 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Single digit temps possible tonight here. Possibly the last of the season? 8.8F here attm. Goodbye winter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRI Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 -5 Rangeley Countdown has begun. Somewhere a large lady is humming. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyEnjoyer Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Hit a low of 7.6°. Pointless cold, go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 7.8° so far. Could be the last single digits of the season. 8.1F. Only the 4th sub 10f of the season Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Last day of winter today. It’s over thank God. 4 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Autumn 2023-24 is over! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, moneypitmike said: Not sure if went lower, but got down to 9 in any case here at Pit2. Moonlight on the Kennebec was pretty awesome last night. Any boats out? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Can we start the countdown to winter 24-25 thread now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Last morning below freezing ? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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