Record Snowfall Delights Locals - 4" Since 4AM!

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The discussion centers around recent snowfall experiences, with one participant excited about receiving about 4 inches of snow, a rare occurrence for their area. They express a mix of joy and concern, noting the beauty of the snow while lamenting the lack of cat food. Others share their own weather experiences, contrasting the heavy snow with rain in Portland and discussing the challenges of driving in snowy conditions. The conversation shifts to the difficulties of managing pets in winter, particularly for older cats that require special diets. Participants also reflect on the harsh cold temperatures, with some areas experiencing extreme conditions that disrupt daily life and school schedules. The dialogue highlights the unpredictability of winter weather, the camaraderie in sharing experiences, and the humorous challenges of navigating life during heavy snowfall.
  • #151
We had snow today but it didn't settle as the ground was wet. :frown:
 
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  • #152
We had snow again yesterday, but it didn't last long.
 
  • #153
Is it perpetual winter for all the members of PF (except me) or something?
 
  • #154
dst said:
Is it perpetual winter for all the members of PF (except me) or something?
In Maine, winter can be long and hard on people and wildlife alike. Winter this year is very similar to the winters of the 1950's and 1960's. Lots of snow and enough consistently cold weather to keep it from melting off. We've had a couple of brief thaws and a couple of rainy/drizzly days, but they didn't cause much run-off. Instead they compacted the snow so we don't have 10 feet of fluffy stuff on the ground. In the last several years we have had warm dry winters with little or no snow-cover. This year, our snow-cover is in the top 25% (and climbing) since records have been kept, and its water content is high. As much as I wish for spring to come, I want it to arrive gradually. A sudden warm wet spell could make the disastrous floods of 1987 look like a kiddie pool.
 
  • #155
We are definitely into spring here in Oregon. The grass is growing quickly, the trees are blooming, temps are in the mid thirties by night and the high forties by day, we are getting plenty of rain, and the creek is running at a gentle rumble. We have a huge snow pack in the mountains above us so there was a threat of flooding should it get too warm too quickly, but in fact we are still having occasional hail storms at low elevations, so it looks to be an beautiful spring.

It is my favorite time of year in Oregon. Our place takes on a special sweetness when everything comes to life and the creek is still rumbling in the backround. And I'm sitting right in the middle of it in my office - one of the top perks of self-employment and working at home. Of course, on the down side there are days when I only see the light of day on my walk down to the office around 8AM and I don't quit until after midnight. :biggrin:
 
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  • #156
Ivan Seeking said:
Of course, on the down side there are days when I only see the light of day on my walk down to the office around 8AM and I don't quit until after midnight. :biggrin:
I spent a few years self-employed, and I can assure you that I was about the most demanding boss I've ever had. When I was programming, I'd get on a roll writing code, lose track of time, and only quit when my wife would get up and remind me that I had to be at a client's place in about 6-7 hours.
 
  • #157
Snow showers today. :rolleyes:
 
  • #158
dst said:
Is it perpetual winter for all the members of PF (except me) or something?

And me closest we got was some hail stones last week. Way too warm here. Bit of snow up North though, but nothing serious.
 
  • #159
Getting snow again today. Luckily, we seem to be on the northern fringe of the storm and won't get more than a few inches.
 
  • #160
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Finally had some decent snow the other day! Came nearly up to eye level. If you happened to bring your eyes to near ground level for the sake of a photo anyway...
Seriously though, the deepest I saw was 6 inches and that's quite enough for me. Shame it all vanished the day it fell though.
 
  • #161
matthyaouw said:
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Finally had some decent snow the other day! Came nearly up to eye level. If you happened to bring your eyes to near ground level for the sake of a photo anyway...
Seriously though, the deepest I saw was 6 inches and that's quite enough for me. Shame it all vanished the day it fell though.

Nice shot! Look out for the truck coming up behind you!
 
  • #162
turbo-1 said:
I spent a few years self-employed, and I can assure you that I was about the most demanding boss I've ever had. When I was programming, I'd get on a roll writing code, lose track of time, and only quit when my wife would get up and remind me that I had to be at a client's place in about 6-7 hours.

That sounds just like our house! Although half the time I don't know if Ivan has a meeting or not because I couldn't stay up long enough (and I get off work at midnight and go to bed around 3 or 4 a.m.!) to see him when he finally came up to the house. If the car is gone in the morning when I get up, I know he had a meeting with someone, somewhere. The man is a workaholic.
 
  • #163
Tsu said:
That sounds just like our house! Although half the time I don't know if Ivan has a meeting or not because I couldn't stay up long enough (and I get off work at midnight and go to bed around 3 or 4 a.m.!) to see him when he finally came up to the house. If the car is gone in the morning when I get up, I know he had a meeting with someone, somewhere. The man is a workaholic.
My wife tried to keep me from self-destructing, but after over 10 years of industrial shift-work she was willing to let me beat myself up a lot more than she'd tolerate today.
 
  • #164
It's snowing in chunks here. Yay! Looks like it might even be quite deep. First time in about 20 years. Bloody global warming. :smile:
 
  • #165
Friday - beautiful day, snow is all gone and melted, the temperature is plus 7, people are out riding their motorcycles, jogging, and just enjoying the day.

Saturday - Wake up. Look outside to find it snowed a few inches and looks like a winter wonderland again. At least it was warm.
 
  • #166
Easy come easy go it was all gone by midday, now it's a beautiful sunny day. All in all a win/win day. :smile:
 
  • #167
We had heavy, wet slushy snow on Friday, a little sun yesterday and heavy overcast today. the AccuWeather forecast calls for lots of 50 deg weather for the next week with below-freezing nights. If we can stay in a weather pattern like that for the next several weeks, the snow-pack might decrease enough to lessen the danger of flooding.

According to the calendar, spring is here, but here is what my house looks like today from the road. Yes, there is still a wreath on the door - what can I say? :redface:

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  • #168
It's FREEZING

It is freezing outside and we are supposed to have snow tonight, tomorrow AND the day after. This is UNREAL.

The stores have already received their spring shipments of plants and they're trying to stack them inside in any space they can find instead of outside in the garden center. No one's buying any plants because IT'S SNOWING. :bugeye:
 
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  • #169
Evo said:
It is freezing outside and we are supposed to have snow tonight, tomorrow AND the day after. This is UNREAL.

The stores have already received their spring shipments of plants and they're trying to stack them inside in any space they can find instead of outside in the garden center. No one's buying any plants because IT'S SNOWING. :bugeye:
Is that typical or is this a late winter? I'm aware that the mid-section of the US has been getting some nasty weather.

We traditionally do not plant until Mother's Day - 2nd Sunday in May because we could conceivably have a frost by May 15.
 
  • #170


Oddly enough, balancing the cold in the west is an unusual hot North East Asia for the time of the year.
 
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  • #171
We are supposed to hit 70 degrees F this weekend! Yippie!
 
  • #172
Ivan Seeking said:
We are supposed to hit 70 degrees F this weekend! Yippie!
We are supposed to get mixed rain and snow all weekend. yay...
 
  • #173
Astronuc said:
Is that typical or is this a late winter?
Definitely not typical, our highs should be near 70F and our lows near 45-50F, instead, our highs have been in the mid forties. We are in planting zone 3 for outdoor planting of annuals in April.
 
  • #174
Evo said:
Definitely not typical, our highs should be near 70F and our lows near 45-50F, instead, our highs have been in the mid forties. We are in planting zone 3 for outdoor planting of annuals in April.
I am just now getting glimpses of soil in my vegetable garden and a few spots of lawn on areas that are favorably elevated toward the mid-day sun. The snow on the front lawn is still 2' deep or more. This is atypical of the last decade or so, but not to different from the winters of the '50s and '60s.
 
  • #175
Our high today was about 58°F (14°), although by the river and outside the city, it was a few degrees cooler. Up around Saratoga Springs, it was low 30's °F.

We are supposed to have some rain, possibly heavy, this weekend, then by Monday, below freezing temperatures overnight.
 
  • #176
It is snowing in areas around Portland now, and the forecast for this weekend: Snow showers.

Freeze warnings have been issued for much of the State and the fruit growers are holding their breath. Entire crops could turn to vaporware by morning.
 
  • #177
It was 85 F today! :biggrin: Yay! Spring is here! Though, we usually get one more frost before May is done. It's going to be a beautiful weekend though. I went out earlier and got my pots and potting soil and am ready to spend the weekend transplanting my seedlings. Not ready to put them outside just yet, but it's time to get them out of the starter packs and into small pots to transplant into the larger pots next month. :biggrin:
 
  • #178
Last weekend it was nearly +20 everyone was out in shorts and tanktops, this weekend it is supposed to be around -10 or so windy and snowy. Oh well makes it a lot easier to study for finals when it is crappy out.
 
  • #179
It was 41F today and wet. Spring has yet to arrive here. All of the nurseries have sent their spring annuals to the stores, but it's too cold to plant. There were a few brave souls huddled up in coats looking through the flowers, but no one was buying. It should be in the 70's right now.

Yesterday we had a bad hailstorm, maybe what is left of the plants will go for cheap. I've never seen anything like this in the 15 years that I've lived here.
 
  • #180
Evo said:
It was 41F today and wet. Spring has yet to arrive here. All of the nurseries have sent their spring annuals to the stores, but it's too cold to plant. There were a few brave souls huddled up in coats looking through the flowers, but no one was buying. It should be in the 70's right now.

Yesterday we had a bad hailstorm, maybe what is left of the plants will go for cheap. I've never seen anything like this in the 15 years that I've lived here.

I can relate, Evo. Here in Washington, we're getting snow. SNOW! Here...in mid-April! I have a fire in the fireplace and I'm wearing long sleeves.
 
  • #181
Moonbear said:
It was 85 F today! :biggrin: Yay! Spring is here! Though, we usually get one more frost before May is done. It's going to be a beautiful weekend though. I went out earlier and got my pots and potting soil and am ready to spend the weekend transplanting my seedlings. Not ready to put them outside just yet, but it's time to get them out of the starter packs and into small pots to transplant into the larger pots next month. :biggrin:

It hit 80° here last weekend. Tonight: snow level at 500 ft.
 
  • #182
Frosts are a distant dream here. It is expected to be in the 90's this weekend. The real heat is not far behind. However, it is beautiful with the deserts full of wildflowers.
 
  • #183
It's raining again, I am officially allowed to moan about it, it's part of our legal system if not a formal right given by constitution.

Snow? Don't even know what it is?
 
  • #184
It absolutely pouring hail out there! It is very light hail, almost snow, but heavy enough to fail like ice, and coming down as hard as I've ever seen it. It is quite a sight! Within minutes we had signicant ground coverage.
 
  • #185
Got over a foot of snow, and we are expecting another 5-10 cm today. I want to cry. Summer holidays start Thursday!
 
  • #186
It's just nuts, here. It's -10C (feels like -18C) with blowing snow and has been like this, almost non-stop, since Saturday. It's still going strong this morning. It's pretty miserable. I really, really want spring to come back. I was enjoying it.
 
  • #187
GeorginaS said:
It's just nuts, here. It's -10C (feels like -18C) with blowing snow and has been like this, almost non-stop, since Saturday. It's still going strong this morning. It's pretty miserable. I really, really want spring to come back. I was enjoying it.

I looked like a snowball by the time I got to school this morning, you couldn't even tell I was wearing a black coat. I miss that one day of spring we had to!
 
  • #188
It's currently 77 in the shade, and the frogs are having wild parties in our two back-yard ponds, croaking and chasing each other around. The pond in back of the house is probably 90% ice-covered, but the one near the garden is clear and busy. I still have snow-banks in front of the house and the garage, and my apple trees are still surrounded by snow. Temps like this can melt the stuff off eventually. I'm not hoping for rain, because we still have considerable snow-pack in the forests, and the risk of flooding is pretty significant.
 
  • #189
Mount Hood, which is just East of Portland, Oregon, has now received over 800 inches of snow this season, and it's still snowing!

Here it is, late April, and one of the popular ski areas is reporting a 213 inch base.
 
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  • #190
Weeelllll - so much for Spring. We're supposed to have frost tonight and freeze tomorrow night.
 
  • #191
I posted this before.

Oswego, NY

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  • #192
Astronuc said:
Weeelllll - so much for Spring. We're supposed to have frost tonight and freeze tomorrow night.

Good lord! We've had temps in the high 90's here. Not fun - I hate the heat since my slumlord forbids AC.
 
  • #193
Just a frost predicted tonight, but that's not too unusual. I don't usually consider it to be past the chance of frost at night until Mother's Day. It was a miserably cold, rainy day after so many nice warm days though that it feels even colder than it is. It's supposed to be Kiddie Days at the farm, but I only saw two buses...hopefully the kids have raindates for later in the week...Thursday and Friday are supposed to be warm and sunny again (but there should still be plenty of mud puddles to keep the kids happy :biggrin:).
 
  • #194
We are still experiencing the effects of our snowy winter, flooding.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/04/29/nb-flood.html
 
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  • #195
Yes, the St. John river on the Maine - New Brunswick is flooding and is expected to continue to rise, prompting evacuations.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_us/flooding;_ylt=AkQgCH3zp9k2PKtWZjYpYWSs0NUE

I took a ride around today to look at the streams and rivers. Here is the Carrabassett River - normally a low-flow series of cascades over the rocks. It is nowhere near as high as I had expected, given the torrential rains we had yesterday.
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Here is a shot of the North Channel Dam in Skowhegan. Every flood-gate on this dam and on it's companion hydro dam was wide open. Still, this is not really high flow given the recent weather - it could be much worse.
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And here is an illustration of just how fickle the weather can be, and why we dodged a bullet. Much of the precipitation that fell in the western mountains fell in the form of snow. That big ski-mountain in the background is Sugarloaf, and the eastern slopes of that mountain and surrounding mountains drain into the Carrabassett River. If all that new snow had fallen as rain, the Carrabassett would have jumped its banks for certain.
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"Snow, snow, snow" indeed! We lucked out.
 
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  • #196
  • #197
turbo said:
Here is a shot of the North Channel Dam in Skowhegan. Every flood-gate on this dam and on it's companion hydro dam was wide open. Still, this is not really high flow given the recent weather - it could be much worse.
That's still a good flow. I'll see if I can dig up the pics I took there last summer for some perspective.
 
  • #198
Right now...

THESE ARE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER... INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL... DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET...OR INTO A BASEMENT.
 
  • #199
Eeeeeek! Then why are you online?

Course I guess there's still enough light to see something coming?
 
  • #200
Evo said:
Right now...

THESE ARE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER... INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL... DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET...OR INTO A BASEMENT.
Eek! I hope you live in a nice solid place - not some shoddy, pretty, but flimsy building. My best wishes. Stay safe.
 

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