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Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Four successive days of above-freezing weather from dawn to dusk. Roofs are all clear of snow, the ground still has about 12" to 15" everywhere.

The once six-foot tall pile of snow at the bottom of the driveway is now about 4 feet tall.

The local public works people are pretty happy so far that we are seeing slow steady melting, they are praying for no rain until the snow levels are much lower.


Meanwhile, it is quite obvious that the skunks are emerging from hibernation. :eek: it's my understanding that their mating season is just about now, so that we will be well aware of their presence for the next two or three weeks, before they subside back to their inoffensive nocturnal habits.
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

There's barely any snow left on the ground here in MN. It might not be rare in the strictest sense of th word, but it's not common for us to have next to no snow remaining on the ground this early in the year.

But it'seems been cold, right? Where is the frost line?
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Four successive days of above-freezing weather from dawn to dusk. Roofs are all clear of snow, the ground still has about 12" to 15" everywhere.

The once six-foot tall pile of snow at the bottom of the driveway is now about 4 feet tall.

The local public works people are pretty happy so far that we are seeing slow steady melting, they are praying for no rain until the snow levels are much lower.


Meanwhile, it is quite obvious that the skunks are emerging from hibernation. :eek: it's my understanding that their mating season is just about now, so that we will be well aware of their presence for the next two or three weeks, before they subside back to their inoffensive nocturnal habits.

Almost all of our snow is gone as well. Only a few spots left from where it really drifted up, was piled up, or that are in a shady spot. At least the risk of our barn flooding is pretty much over with at the moment. Just need the frost to start getting out of the ground now.

Have been noticing the skunks here as well lately.
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Almost all of our snow is gone as well. Only a few spots left from where it really drifted up, was piled up, or that are in a shady spot. At least the risk of our barn flooding is pretty much over with at the moment. Just need the frost to start getting out of the ground now.

Have been noticing the skunks here as well lately.

Skunks have been out and about in our neighborhood as of late... Seems to be moreso than years past... Basically smelling one every morning :mad:
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Winter Storm Warning tonight and tomorrow, 6 to 10 inches of wet slop.
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Until the freezing weather came back Tuesday night, we'd had about ten consecutive days in which it was above freezing from around dawn to dusk. The yard (and neighbors') is still completely snow covered, except for one small patch on the southwest side of the shed, which seems to be clear because of reflected sunlight.

That being said, it looks quite a bit different. We have two Adirondack chairs out back. At one time, you could only see the top 6 inches of the back, the arms were completely covered. Now, you can see the seat, only the bottoms of the legs are covered.

We have several inches of snow in the forecast for tomorrow.





The difference between where we live and Manhattan is striking. About halfway in between, the ground is almost completely bare of snow, a combination of less snowfall, more rain, and warmer weather. Central Park has been snow-free since last week.
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

The yard (and neighbors') is still completely snow covered, except for one small patch on the southwest side of the shed, which seems to be clear because of reflected sunlight.

Snow is pretty much black in infrared. As objects absorb solar energy and warm, they re-radiate in IR range so snow south of a tree or shed absorbs the IR and melts.
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

I just read this title quickly as the snow or blow job :eek: stopped me up short :o
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

Woke up this morning to 5" of the wettest, most back-breaking snow I've seen in years.

My wife has had it with winter. If it snows after the equinox I'm putting her on suicide watch.
 
Woke up this morning to 5" of the wettest, most back-breaking snow I've seen in years.

My wife has had it with winter. If it snows after the equinox I'm putting her on suicide watch.

1" here. Nothing that stuck on the driveway.
 
Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

1" here. Nothing that stuck on the driveway.

Where's here?

We had less than an inch at work, and all my coworkers were looking at me like I was nuts. I heard it didn't even snow at all in the city. Where I live is really weird -- it seems like we often get snowfalls that are the opposite of the city and Fairfax Cty. When they get creamed we get nothing, and vice-versa. I do notice that on the NOAA forecasts we are always on the border between bands. We do have some interesting terrain -- the Potomac valley and the Catoctin range -- but the valley is narrow and the "mountains" are gentle foothills, nothing that I would think would have any real effect. We are near the end of a long "shoot" that comes out of central Ohio (they built the B&O like that for a reason), so maybe we are actually getting an entirely separate weather system from what is happening south of the river.
 
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Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

With apologies to Annie Lennox and David Stewart....

Here comes the snow again
Falling on the ground like a memory
Falling on my head like another burden
I want to walk in the sun again
I want to talk like summer's here
I want to dive into the ocean
Is it snowing by you?

Toss for me
Like shovels do
Plow for me
Like shovels do
 
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Re: Winter 2015 - boom or snow job?

about an inch here of the slickest snow ever. Usually I can go up the driveway without a problem. Tonight it was a skill challenge, weaving back and forth. I can keep Kep's wife company.
 
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