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Snow fog is here! Everybody run!
I can't see my garage from my back door, and its only 20 ft away!
 
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Snow day to day! Second full closure of the winter. Tomorrow will prolly be a delay.
 
No more of this snow snow snow business lately! Today it was about +2! It was glorious...I had some errands to run around the city so I drove all over with my windows down, and was wearing a tank top with just a light spring jacket! If only it would stay this way, but the way things are up here it could be back to 40 below in a day or to haha. The only crappy part of this nice weather is how gross the roads get...all slushy and dirty...my nice clean jeep didn't remain that way long.
 
scorpa said:
Today it was about +2! It was glorious...I had some errands to run around the city so I drove all over with my windows down, and was wearing a tank top with just a light spring jacket!

Gotta love you crazy Canucks...I talked to my dad today in Anchorage. A Chinook blew in last night, melted half their snow. Spring's just around the corner!
 
On Saturday, we almost got snow. It was beautiful and white on the mountains only a couple of thousand feet above us. Lovely. It warmed up today though (mid 70s) and all the snow is gone except on the very tip top of the mountains 6000 feet above our house.
 
wildman said:
On Saturday, we almost got snow.

Almost getting snow is one hell of a lot better than actually getting it.
 
scorpa said:
No more of this snow snow snow business lately! Today it was about +2! It was glorious...I had some errands to run around the city so I drove all over with my windows down, and was wearing a tank top with just a light spring jacket! If only it would stay this way, but the way things are up here it could be back to 40 below in a day or to haha. The only crappy part of this nice weather is how gross the roads get...all slushy and dirty...my nice clean jeep didn't remain that way long.

Hee! I had all of the windows open in my place to let some fresh air in. They've mostly been frozen shut for a few months now. But, yeah. We were laughing about that at work on Friday. Make it a couple of degrees above zero C, and Canadians are out in their t-shirts. We're depraved. :biggrin:
 
We had rain and fog and temps in the 40's (F) yesterday, and it's sunny and in the low 40s already today, although the incoming front has kicked up winds that gust to at least 50 mph. Not much of a respite, likely. Our snowiest part of the year is usually late Feb - early March, and we're just heading into it.
 
GeorginaS said:
Hee! I had all of the windows open in my place to let some fresh air in. They've mostly been frozen shut for a few months now. But, yeah. We were laughing about that at work on Friday. Make it a couple of degrees above zero C, and Canadians are out in their t-shirts. We're depraved. :biggrin:

I opened up all my windows to...it is so nice to finally get some fresh air into the apartment! Makes it smell so clean and fresh, I love it! I am so excited about this weather, all I want to do is be outside!
 
GeorginaS said:
Make it a couple of degrees above zero C, and Canadians are out in their t-shirts. We're depraved. :biggrin:

It was +10 here yesterday, and +8 today! That's downright balmy. I just had to go outside and play (well, stroll around) a few minutes ago. I couldn't stay, though, because I can't hear the phone from out there. :frown:

My boss and I were jawing about it today. She said that a few years ago she and her husband and some friends spent a short vacation in Florida. They figured that they had the beach all to themselves because of it being the middle of the work week, and were just having the time of their lives swimming and sunbathing. Then some middle aged couple strolled up wearing toques, scarves and winter coats and said "You're Canadians, aren't you?" They asked what gave them away... turned out to be the area's coldest day on record and nobody wanted to brave the outdoors. :rolleyes:
 
Oh, yeah! I'd fly into Florida to do some consulting work and I'd be getting my rental car loading luggage, etc in a short-sleeved shirt and sweating at that, and people would be coming to pick up their friends and relatives wearing sweatshirts with down vests over them. My niece is moving back to Maine from Florida next summer to continue her studies, and her husband has never had to contend with real winter weather. It ought to be interesting to see if I can get him over here to help me split and stack wood when the temp is in the 30's (I usually wear a t-shirt for that). I figure if he gets cold, he'll have to work harder to keep from freezing and I'll be able to get some real work out of him.

One day I had some time to kill in Mobile AL, so I grabbed a sandwich and a couple of beers and went to Mobile Beach. It was a warm sunny day (70's) and the Gulf water was WAY warmer than any ocean water around Maine. I had a great afternoon, and never saw another person all the time I was there.
 
We're having another major snow storm. This is freaking unbelieveable, this has been the coldest, snowiest, iciest winter I can remember. Everywhere you go it's all you hear. Usually you have a cold snap, then it warms up, then another cold snap. Instead it's day after day after day of freezing weather. :frown:
 
Well, we had a major La Niña the last few months and the sun is very quiet. It may or may not mean something.
 
Evo said:
We're having another major snow storm. This is freaking unbelieveable, this has been the coldest, snowiest, iciest winter I can remember. Everywhere you go it's all you hear. Usually you have a cold snap, then it warms up, then another cold snap. Instead it's day after day after day of freezing weather. :frown:
We're supposed to have another winter storm as well, and I have to have to do a round trip of about 300 mi this afternoon/evening.

I'll send some warm thoughts your way, Evo.


Incidentally, Tajikistan (Dushanbe) is having its coldest winter in 25 years. Energy costs are up, and demand for power apparently exceeds supply.
 
Michigan has been hit hard this past week too. News now says 5 to 12 Inches of the white stuff by tomorrow. I am so ready for spring...sighs
 
I spent much of yesterday clearing the heavy, wet snow that fell Wednesday, and today, I spent the afternoon with a friend clearing 3 feet of snow off the roof of his summer place because we are supposed to get some heavy rain this weekend. The snow pack is still porous enough to hold a bit more water, but it is heavy, so it's approaching saturation. I want spring!
 
Evo said:
We're having another major snow storm. This is freaking unbelieveable, this has been the coldest, snowiest, iciest winter I can remember. Everywhere you go it's all you hear. Usually you have a cold snap, then it warms up, then another cold snap. Instead it's day after day after day of freezing weather. :frown:
We might get half an inch of snow tomorrow morning! Woo Hoo! I know you all are tired of snow but I miss it. I miss the smell of the air when it snows and how quiet it gets when it is really coming down. It melts by ten a.m. if we get enough to stick to anything.
 
larkspur said:
We might get half an inch of snow tomorrow morning! Woo Hoo! I know you all are tired of snow but I miss it. I miss the smell of the air when it snows and how quiet it gets when it is really coming down. It melts by ten a.m. if we get enough to stick to anything.

I can agree with that sentiment. Then again, I appreciate not having to shovel the snow, but really do wish we'd get one good snowstorm that sticks...especially if it would show up over a weekend when I could just sit and look out the window and enjoy it. :approve:
 
The last time I saw snow deeper than an inch or two was in the late 80's *sigh*. It doesn't help that there's a large range of hills that extends nearly all the way to London, which tends to get any snow that has a chance dumped on it.

I love snow, the feeling under your feet is just divine.

As a kid I used to live in Kent, an area of the country that seems to be predisposed to snow more often, despite being on the South coast, I made a fortune from clearing driveways back then.
 
We are having a snow storm right now! One flake a minute!
 
I wish it will snow here in the Philippines...
 
Spend a month in Cleveland and you'll never want to hear the word snow again.
 
Its a sideways snowstorm, hitting me square in the face at 30 mph!
 
undrcvrbro said:
Spend a month in Cleveland and you'll never want to hear the word snow again.

:rolleyes: one day is ok...
 
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We had a total of 0.000001 inches. It didn't last long though...no chance to go sledding or make snow balls.:wink:
 
VashtiMaiden said:
:rolleyes: one day is ok...

Haha. Yeah, just try living there.
 
We had rain today - sometimes torrential, and may have picked up 2-3" of it. I may have to do a drive-about tomorrow to see what it does to the streams and rivers. Luckily, we're in for some colder weather in the short term so that the ripe snow-pack doesn't melt precipitously and destroy dams, bridges, etc. Long-term, we have a serious threat though.