Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Isn't this the part that they're supposed to be predicting?
Isn't this the part that they're supposed to be predicting?
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Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
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Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Yes, but the models they use are all telling them different things are going to happen. I took meteorology in high school and, especially here in New England, it isn't an exact science. That was 25 years ago and even though the technology has improved it's still incredibly difficult to forecast. The first storm in this string was supposed to bury NYC and missed by about 30 miles. Yesterday's was off by less than 100 miles. That's actually very good when you consider everything that has to happen. If the air pressure is off by a few millibars and that delays a low pressure system by a few hours that makes all the difference between the 5" of snow we got and the 24" we were supposed to get.
Isn't this the part that they're supposed to be predicting?
Yes, but the models they use are all telling them different things are going to happen. I took meteorology in high school and, especially here in New England, it isn't an exact science. That was 25 years ago and even though the technology has improved it's still incredibly difficult to forecast. The first storm in this string was supposed to bury NYC and missed by about 30 miles. Yesterday's was off by less than 100 miles. That's actually very good when you consider everything that has to happen. If the air pressure is off by a few millibars and that delays a low pressure system by a few hours that makes all the difference between the 5" of snow we got and the 24" we were supposed to get.
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Its been that cold and then some over here around AA as well. Yesterday was a pain in the butt to get around with the wind blowing and drifting snow. We had a heavy dusting out this way, but it was kinda hard to tell how much with it drifting. US-12 between Saline and Clinton would get really interesting with you would have a stretch that was out of the wind and it was all bright and sunny, and then you would go past that line of trees by an open field and you would be driving into a white out.
Its been that cold and then some over here around AA as well. Yesterday was a pain in the butt to get around with the wind blowing and drifting snow. We had a heavy dusting out this way, but it was kinda hard to tell how much with it drifting. US-12 between Saline and Clinton would get really interesting with you would have a stretch that was out of the wind and it was all bright and sunny, and then you would go past that line of trees by an open field and you would be driving into a white out.
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Construction of the gas line to the school is awaiting regulatory approval.
Construction of the gas line to the school is awaiting regulatory approval.
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Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Once I was driving down a street in Illinois and it was raining on the south side of the street and it was dry on the north side of the street. A small shift in a minor variable could move that line a few miles, easily.
Once I was driving down a street in Illinois and it was raining on the south side of the street and it was dry on the north side of the street. A small shift in a minor variable could move that line a few miles, easily.
nappyvalley
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Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
That guy REALLY likes thundersnow...
Meanwhile, snowfall just means this private sector guy works from home that day... if only they made our federally employed friends do the same
That guy REALLY likes thundersnow...
Meanwhile, snowfall just means this private sector guy works from home that day... if only they made our federally employed friends do the same
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
For some jobs, yes, but I wouldn't want a Pentagon contractor working on a laptop computer from home. The level of security, while good for the type of work I do, would just not be there for a contractor that could be dealing in national security materials.
For some jobs, yes, but I wouldn't want a Pentagon contractor working on a laptop computer from home. The level of security, while good for the type of work I do, would just not be there for a contractor that could be dealing in national security materials.
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Don't blame you. The problem we've had though, is that the temps have not been Minnesota low, but they've been low enough (teens and single digits) that the snow isn't going away and the banks aren't settling much. I'm reminded of the saying I heard when my sister was in northern Maine. "The snow you see in April is the same snow that fell in November".
nappyvalley
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Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
I can agree with that. My post was half in jest, but I was also thinking more along the lines of your Capitol Hill staffers and the like
I can agree with that. My post was half in jest, but I was also thinking more along the lines of your Capitol Hill staffers and the like
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
Right now, what we need is a good melt so that the banks would get a little lower. Of course a good melt would be a disaster for some homes I've seen, because the ice dams will mean that the melting water will end up dripping through the ceiling. I drove by one house today that had four foot icicles along the whole length of the roofline, with pretty much all the snow that's fallen in the last two weeks still on the roof. That's a lot of water.
The cold is what I was talking about. The snow that fell never melted. Might get blown away as you say, but didn't melt. I'm talking about the part of Maine that's actually farther north than Quebec City.
Right now, what we need is a good melt so that the banks would get a little lower. Of course a good melt would be a disaster for some homes I've seen, because the ice dams will mean that the melting water will end up dripping through the ceiling. I drove by one house today that had four foot icicles along the whole length of the roofline, with pretty much all the snow that's fallen in the last two weeks still on the roof. That's a lot of water.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Not in my garage! Balmy -3.
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?
My patio might be colder, given that I am facing the wind.
My patio might be colder, given that I am facing the wind.