Went to our lake cabin today. The lake was frozen. whoda thunk?
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Murphy Sidingwhoda thunk?
Thunk is the noise that occurs if you tried to jump in.
good morning
Rain predicted for tomorrow.Time to put those decorations away today.If Matt is over his cold could get some driving time in today too.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Matt stayed up - he's probably sleeping in....
Here's hoping for a great 2017 for everyone!
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Morning
Last day of vacation.Matt didn't do bad yesterday.Going to drive over to the church and help take down decorations there.Matt starts classroom work for Drivers Ed tonight.Back to work and school tomorrow.Guessers say could be foggy too.
Joe
It ain't over yet.
Rain here in Nw Ohio.Ns had some cars for uptown.Need to eat and run for Matt's drivers ed class.
Looking like wind and snow in northern New York. Wheeee!
If the winds trend westerly or northwesterly, I won't see much snow, but "persistant" squall areas may see two feet...
Weather scare mongers say possible snow in Ga Saturday. Yeah lots of luck.
blue streak 1 Weather scare mongers say possible snow in Ga Saturday. Yeah lots of luck.
One of our regular participants on a local ham radio net winters in Florida. He reported temps in the low 30's last night...
Just heard on news that CA Sierras expecting 20 feet of snow. I hope it has some water in it - definitely would help!
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Mookie Just heard on news that CA Sierras expecting 20 feet of snow. I hope it has some water in it - definitely would help!
CAZ072-NVZ002-041400- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170105T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, TRUCKEE, STATELINE, AND INCLINE VILLAGE 634 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 30 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET. * WINDS: WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND GUSTS OF 80 TO 100 MPH ACROSS SIERRA RIDGETOPS.
MookieJust heard on news that CA Sierras expecting 20 feet of snow. I hope it has some water in it - definitely would help!
The "rule of thumb" is 1 inch of water content per 10 inches of snow, which can vary, of course. And that's as it falls, not after it packs in.
The proper way to measure snow is every six hours, on a surface used for that purpose (a "snow board"). It's cleaned off after each measurement. I've heard of snow reports being disregarded because more than four measurements were taken.
But that's still 24" of water content...
Tree - knowing your background, I will defer to you on this one. AND - I will let you go measure this one, too. I hate snow and ice with a passion, so I will go investigate San Diego and see if I can find measurable snow there.
Mookie Tree - knowing your background, I will defer to you on this one. AND - I will let you go measure this one, too. I hate snow and ice with a passion, so I will go investigate San Diego and see if I can find measurable snow there.
According to the DEA, we have lots of measurable snow here, but that's another story.
In my 50+ years in town, I have seen snow actually accumulate exactly one time, maybe 15-16 years ago, overnight in one small location on my then commute. I have perhaps seen snow falling three or four other times, not enough to stick. Folks have to drive up into the mountains to get their snow experiences, which they do for the amusement of the local TV news shows every year. (The TV stations send crews out for rain as well; I guess unusual events are news?)
Chuck - I have so many good memories of SD! The only snow I saw while there was up in Alpine - that was really cool snow, not like the mess we get here!
Chuck,
A shop I worked at in the nineties hired a gal from Socal. We were wondering if she would make it to work after a rather heavy snow. She showed up while a lot of natives stayed home.
Norm
Have daughter west of Tahoe area. Unable to contact now but Telephone lines are above ground with no cell service in National forest.
The lake effect is starting to set up on Tug Hill...
That camera is located in Lorraine, NY.
evening
when it gets cold in Florida,brother calls and says"shut the door".Ns was clear when I left work.Need to work on chores.
Just heard a fire dispatch for a tractor trailer on it's side, and white out conditions in the area. Given the wind, neither is surprising.
Norm48327 Chuck, A shop I worked at in the nineties hired a gal from Socal. We were wondering if she would make it to work after a rather heavy snow. She showed up while a lot of natives stayed home.
My son-in-law is from San Diego (native English-speaking San Diegans are relatively uncommon). While Linda was finishing college, he came to live and work up here, arriving on a very cold December night. He stuck it out for over a year, but when she graduated (the first time) and they got married, they went back to California. Now we can pry them away for a week or two every winter (or late fall, as in Thanksgiving), but that's it.It's so cold here now that I have to be irradiated every weekday.
Carl
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Mookie Chuck - I have so many good memories of SD! The only snow I saw while there was up in Alpine - that was really cool snow, not like the mess we get here!
Yeah, even in the mountains to the east, the snow is generally pretty polite, four to six inches is usually the definition of a "heavy snowfall" up there.
In the Imperial Valley where I did my early growing up (my wife says I haven't finished that process yet) the last and only known snowfall was in 1932, before my time a bit. Maybe that's one of the reasons the Blue Angels do their pre-tour training down there (story in the IV Press website today about the return of the Angels).
Had an airman from CA in my first USAF tech school class at Chanute AFB. Before we started the class, we were placed in "casual" jobs - mine was repairing window blinds.
As we walked to our detail one November morning, central Illinois weather had turned cold, freezing the puddles. The fellow from CA found that most curious...
Ns was clear when I left work.Lake Michigan is sending us more snow squalls.We have snow to brush other areas have none.Tomorrow is Friday.Chores to do.
afternoon
snow flurries here in Nw Ohio.Going to go into town when Matt gets home.One of his projects is to observe traffic.(what people do or don't and if the car is in good shape etc etc) Just happen to have a cozy palce where we can get supper and watch the action inside where it's warm.Will do other projects later.
Had a college roomate from the Bahamas who had never been in USA even though had dual citizenship. 1st ice and snow storm took him out to local grocery parking lot for snow driving insructions. 1st fifteen minutes had him white knuckled. He learned all the tricks and later has lived in the rockies area rest of his life. Also a great snow skier.
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