December 2024 - Best look to an early December pattern in many a year!

[WinterWolf]

13 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

yeah but brown grass IMBY. guess you can't win them all. I'll take the cold at least

Baby steps 

[CoastalWx]

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

To the hundreds of posts all year saying Grinch 60s and rain Christmas Eve we say FU. White Christmas 

Some will be brown. 

[dryslot]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Some will be brown. 

Flush it down.

[dryslot]

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

yeah but brown grass IMBY. guess you can't win them all. I'll take the cold at least

Was on the phone with Ed a while ago, There riding up there, But its rough, He was asking me if there's anything in the pipeline, Told him some snow today and some lt snow 12/24 and plenty of cold next 7 days.

[CoastalWx]

25 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Flush it down.

Winter is getting close to being flushed down as my favorite season. 3 years of constant defeat. It's so draining.

[dryslot]

Just now, CoastalWx said:

Winter is getting close to being flushed down as my favorite season. 3 years of constant defeat. It's so draining.

Its a short season to start with and when it doesn't produce when its favorable, Its very frustrating, What saves me, Is i can always head NW to find my fix, Its been several winters since i've been able to ride locally, So yes, Having some snow here on the ground especially for the holidays is nice, But i'd rather it be in Western or Northern Maine.

[TheMainer]

9 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Its a short season to start with and when it doesn't produce when its favorable, Its very frustrating, What saves me, Is i can always head NW to find my fix, Its been several winters since i've been able to ride locally, So yes, Having some snow here on the ground especially for the holidays is nice, But i'd rather it be in Western or Northern Maine.

Heading to Mont Valin the 2nd through the 5th assuming we don't get snow down here enough for me to groom between now and then, bought an annual pass already for my other trips so might as well use it. 

[dryslot]

Just now, TheMainer said:

Heading to Mont Valin the 2nd through the 5th assuming we don't get snow down here enough for me to groom between now and then, bought an annual pass already for my other trips so might as well use it. 

Valin usually doesn't disappoint, I need to get up that way at some point, Been several years since i've been to Canada.

[SouthCoastMA]

Euro still has some flakes on 24th, and that inverted trough signal for 25th in EMA, but close on temps. 

[TheMainer]

15 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Valin usually doesn't disappoint, I need to get up that way at some point, Been several years since i've been to Canada.

Exchange rate is $0.69 right now so good winter to go if you get a chance. I love it up there, trying to get it in now before we start popping out kids. 

[NorEastermass128]

43 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Winter is getting close to being flushed down as my favorite season. 3 years of constant defeat. It's so draining.

100%. I’m feeling like this will be ratter number three in a row here. 

[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, TheMainer said:

Exchange rate is $0.69 right now so good winter to go if you get a chance. I love it up there, trying to get it in now before we start popping out kids. 

So right now you get a dollar for 69 cents?

[Hoth]

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Winter is getting close to being flushed down as my favorite season. 3 years of constant defeat. It's so draining.

I’ve ceased investing in this at all. Starting to like summer more. 

[ice1972]

1 hour ago, DavisStraight said:

So right now you get a dollar for 69 cents?

Yes - I just made final payment on sons hockey tournament in Montreal in January…it’s was $1104 CAD which hit my card for $761 USD…..then the 3% international transaction fee….which was separate 

[Lava Rock]

Quick coating. 19F

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[ineedsnow]

3 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

So right now you get a dollar for 69 cents?

sounds about right.. I'm sure other places do this but I use to shop in coaticook Quebec when visiting my grandparents.. its close enough to the border and most places you could pay in American or Canadian and did the exchange rate right on the register..

[WinterWolf]

Been to Canada many times sledding…New Brunswick and Quebec, and they used to tell us to just use a credit card, and the card company will automatically discount the rate as Ice72 did. That way no issues or counting involved.  
 

Or sometimes we’d go to a local store, and cash in some American money, and get the increased difference in Canadian cash, and use that. They’d always be willing to take the US dollar.  But you didn’t want to cash in too much at a time.  
 

I also bought a brand new Sled in Canada in 2000, and used my credit card to purchase it. At the time it was a $10,000 dollar snowmobile..one of, if not the most expensive production snowmobiles of that time.  I ended up paying $7300 dollars for it after the exchange rate difference back then.  So It was worth the ride to go get it.   So it can pay off. 

[mreaves]

15 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

just use a credit card, and the card company will automatically discount the rate

I have a specific card that I use because they guarantee the best exchange rate. 

[WinterWolf]

3 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

So right now you get a dollar for 69 cents?

Or another way to look at, you get $1.31 Canadian for every US dollar you cash in. 

[greenmtnwx]

11 hours ago, ice1972 said:

Yes - I just made final payment on sons hockey tournament in Montreal in January…it’s was $1104 CAD which hit my card for $761 USD…..then the 3% international transaction fee….which was separate 

CanAm?

[kdxken]

Big difference between this December and last December. I already have had 5 days in the teens. Last year there were four total for the month. If The forecast is correct going to have five more starting today.

[Patrick-02540]

This event will put me at just over 11" for December so far.  Not bad.  The problem starts  if this pattern continues into January and February when we need bigger amounts to keep the seasonal average (at least!) going.  Cutters and clippers won't do it.  

[dendrite]

Kinda funny seeing cold weather advisories being issued. I think I like the wind chill term wording better.

[WinterWolf]

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

Big difference between this December and last December. I already have had 5 days in the teens. Last year there were four total for the month. If The forecast is correct going to have five more starting today.

Ya, this is a whole different animal this year. It’s been wintry like and December like most of the time. Not too bad of a start for most(not all).  

[dendrite]

This month is like a 7-10 season versus a 3-14. 

[Torch Tiger]

2" through 12/21 is horrible. 2-15 

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, Torch Tiger said:

2" through 12/21 is horrible. 2-15 

Nice. You get the #1 pick next year. 

[Torch Tiger]

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Nice. You get the #1 pick next year. 

mayo groan

[Snowcrazed71]

17 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

2" through 12/21 is horrible. 2-15 

Man, that sucks for you. Between yesterday afternoon and then late last night into this morning we received another couple inches. So we're probably up around 6ish inches at this point.

[Torch Tiger]

4 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

Man, that sucks for you. Between yesterday afternoon and then late last night into this morning we received another couple inches. So we're probably up around 6ish inches at this point.

I'm perfectly happy because snow blows, but most people here like snow so I see the defeat