February 2025 Disco/Obs Thread

[40/70 Benchmark]

11 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

I think that's about what I need to get to 40, I have to check, but not a storm over 5" all season, what I'd give for a big dog and straight to warm... preaching to the choir I know

I had MBY pegged for 41-51" and I sit at 31.5".

[weatherwiz]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

Yeah…no real noteworthy cold, but just completely devoid of significant warmth since the very beginning of the year. 

I violently disagree with this assessment. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

I violently disagree with this assessment. 

We haven't seen anything extreme....like days with highs in the single digits. You are biased because you weigh 123lbs.

[weatherwiz]

9 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

We haven't seen anything extreme....like days with highs in the single digits. You are biased because you weigh 123lbs.

Teens/lower 20's and wind is still pretty awful though and even if some of the mornings were the product of radiational cooling, it doesn't change the fact that its bitterly cold. -5F from the product of the airmass is no different than a -5 from radiational cooling (Edit: But I do like the reference of radiational cooling as fake cold). But the duration of this cold has been awful...I mean thankfully we've gotten some semblance of wintry weather these last few weeks but for how cold it has been consistently...I would have loved to do a helluva lot better

 

[kdxken]

48 minutes ago, Prismshine Productions said:

...bruh

You're just mad because he beat you to it.

[tavwtby]

12 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I had MBY pegged for 41-51" and I sit at 31.5".

that's pretty much what I'm at too...31.6, so I'll take 8.5 to get to about half of climo at this point.

[CoastalWx]

Actually some flurries now. Probably won't accumulate though. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

16 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Teens/lower 20's and wind is still pretty awful though and even if some of the mornings were the product of radiational cooling, it doesn't change the fact that its bitterly cold. -5F from the product of the airmass is no different than a -5 from radiational cooling (Edit: But I do like the reference of radiational cooling as fake cold). But the duration of this cold has been awful...I mean thankfully we've gotten some semblance of wintry weather these last few weeks but for how cold it has been consistently...I would have loved to do a helluva lot better

 

Yes...it sucks, but that isn't extreme.

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Yes...it sucks, but that isn't extreme.

I don't know how people who live in climates where that stuff is daily during the winter. 

Despite the cold though I am pleased with how quickly the ice in the driveway and at the bottom of the driveway has melted. Contrary, virtually no melting of anything in the backyard which is kind of stunning because it gets direct Sunlight. But I am fine with this...the landscape is beautiful. I wish though the patio would melt for the dog. I've tried to use the ice chopper but no use.

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

Yeah I don’t know how anyone could say we’re done looking at ensembles. Def doesn’t look like an end to winter. 
 

We might even get something next Friday. But even if that fails and ends up warmer, early March looks pretty primed for chances. 

The difference in your posts and Scott’s this winter have been astounding.  You can see/sense his broken spirit in his posting.  No offense intended here…just the difference is stark this winter.  

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

I violently disagree with this assessment. 

lol has anyone come close to breaking a daily cold record?

[CoastalWx]

Yeah just solid cold, but nothing really close to record breaking. 

[Layman]

1 hour ago, Prismshine Productions said:

...bruh

 

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

You're just mad because he beat you to it.

I was catching up this morning and totally thought you had posted that map until I saw your reply 

I'm a fan of the pretty maps though, and enjoy seeing them posted regardless of how inaccurate they are.  Keep em coming!

[ORH_wxman]

26 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah just solid cold, but nothing really close to record breaking. 

It’s just been the lack of usual long torchy stretches that have defined many of the past 6-7 winters. This winter almost reminds me of 2000-01 without the monster snowstorms. That winter wasn’t particularly cold at all, but it was almost totally devoid of torches so the snow just slowly piled up over the interior and didn’t melt all winter. March was pretty cold but that was more a function of so much storminess rather than arctic outbreaks ala 2014 or 2015. 

[Typhoon Tip]

32 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah just solid cold, but nothing really close to record breaking. 

Looks like that through about the 7th...10th of March, yeah. 

But, I also caution ( you know this... )   if the tapestry of thicknesses relax at all, you know how folks get kind of disconnected.  After all this time, people may forget that our rest state will bounce - not going to address the why-elephant.  I'll just keep it to the notion that we're after solar min, so a 537 dm afternoon with light west wind and sun will highly likely propel the temperatures over most machine guidance, and/or probably the cold addled forecaster's expecations. LOL.  The old nape season bust factor...  We may need some time to get reintroduced to the real world when this -EPO dominating thing relaxes.   

There's one more pulse of that  ( for now ..) next week... it may play a role in the 28th thing, we'll see on that..  6z GFS blah blah.  but after that, it looks interesting the longer range.  All sources still insist a bigger collapse will happen around that temporal boundary.   It's not being pushed back either.  Probably it will eventually can kicked at least a little.  Never seen a warm up in spring happen on time - we could go Venus on Earth, and Earth will find away to point Labrodor's giant cryo butt at us, and then deliberately overdose it with laxative.  

But hey... if an Ides   +EPO/-PNA/+(AO/NAO) can somehow soar us from this, to that... that'd be pretty cool to see. 

[WxWatcher007]

I appreciate that it hasn’t been a blowtorch, but every time a southern city verifies what would be a warning level event here—when I’ve gotten nowhere close—the season loses a letter grade. First New Orleans & Pensacola. Now Virginia Beach. It’s unacceptable.  

[ORH_wxman]

5 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I appreciate that it hasn’t been a blowtorch, but every time a southern city verifies what would be a warning level event here—when I’ve gotten nowhere close—the season loses a letter grade. First New Orleans & Pensacola. Now Virginia Beach. It’s unacceptable.  

Yeah it’s kind of funny that once you’re south of DC (and even DC itself has been decent), this winter will have all kinds of historic relevancy. It will be known for record breaking snows and some record breaking cold. 
 

But up here, it’s just going to be remembered as a big tease. It was “wintry” for long stretches this season with snow OTG and ice choking the rivers and lakes frozen, but we avoided big time arctic cold shots and avoided big snow storms with surgical precision. Maybe we’ll get thrown a bone before the season it out. But getting teased a couple more times would be more fitting of this winter. 

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

We haven't seen anything extreme....like days with highs in the single digits. You are biased because you weigh 123lbs.

Nothing wrong with that. A lot more women's mediums than men's large in the clearance rack.

[kdxken]

50 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah just solid cold, but nothing really close to record breaking. 

You and dendrite, Global cooling deniers.

[DavisStraight]

3 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

We melt rain and thaw next week. Well except for NNE where their 2015 lives on.

Didn't far northern NE have an epic snowpack about 4-5 years ago? I remember seeing pics of massive snow piles and houses half buried, just don't remember the year.

[Ginx snewx]

2 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Didn't far northern NE have an epic snowpack about 4-5 years ago? I remember seeing pics of massive snow piles and houses half buried, just don't remember the year.

2017

[ORH_wxman]

4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

2017

2018-2019 winter was huge in NNE too. 

[SouthCoastMA]

Nothing to look forward to on any model. Just continued boredom. zzzz

Couldn't even muster a graze on the Cape today..that had to shit the bed as we pushed closer. Insult to injury

[WinterWolf]

7 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

2017

And 2008 up there. 

[tamarack]

26 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

2017

94" pack at Chimney Pond, Maine's tallest recorded.  (Pales compared to Pinkham Notch - 164" in 1969.)

[8611Blizz]

Looking forward to the high heating bills lasting into Morch.

[powderfreak]

9 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

2018-2019 winter was huge in NNE too. 

Yeah 2016-17 and 2018-19 both were solid.  2018-19 started in November with heavy wet paste jobs that just set the pack for the winter.

[WinterWolf]

10 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

2018-2019 winter was huge in NNE too. 

Yes it was…N. Maine was buried that year. 

[DavisStraight]

5 minutes ago, tamarack said:

94" pack at Chimney Pond, Maine's tallest recorded.  (pales compared to Pinkham Notch - 164" in 1969).

Is it in a valley surrounded by higher terrain?

[weatherwiz]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

lol has anyone come close to breaking a daily cold record?

I think I would set myself on fire. 

I've become a big baby over the years with the cold. I put alot of blame in getting my drivers license/driving. Back before then I used to pretty much walk (for the few part time jobs I had it was usually a 45-90 minute walk depending on the job) or take the bus to hockey games. But I walked in all elements. Now I can't stand to be outside for more than 2 minutes in the cold...I've done it to myself with getting lazy.