-26F or -31C here tonight, how cold is it by you?

[pipeline]

After this cold spell next week, its forecast to get warm after that through the 2 week period with increasing chances for precip. The 3-4 week forecast just came out today, above average temperatures predicted with above average precip. Early spring.

Time to start getting ready to plant!

 

[Three Berries]

I got daffodils popping out of the ground already. Had a couple bands of heavy snow as a warm front came though today. Soon to be followed by a cold front and west winds.

 

[pipeline]

Anything goes. Yeah I have tulips and crocus in my landscape bed on the south side of my house. Starting to see a little sign of emergence in the woods, most early signs of small spring perennials moving. Still frozen up for the most part.

37F with 30 Mph Gusts

 

[armedoldhippy]

mid 40s. that aint cold unless it's June, July or August...winter? meh...

 

[Rocky Mtn Squid]

Periods of snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h. Low minus 18C. Wind chill minus 12C this evening and minus 26C overnight.




RMS

 

[Farmer John]

Partly cloudy, very much stoned. Cheesey breeze, +-0c and a turqoise hexagon sun.

 

[moose eater]

0 f.

Heat wave.

Supposed to be in the upper +20s f. tomorrow for a high.

Maybe getting into weather to do a dry rub brine on several racks of baby back pork ribs and fire up the smoker.

 

[pipeline]

Yeah thats grilling weather! You guys are awesome up there. Keep it real, don't quit living. I think we are starting in on the trend toward spring! We will probably get another slushy snow and a late frost mid-May.

Thats how things go here. I love watching it go back and forth. Always something different to look forward to! Still quite a bit of snow that has partially melted and you can see grass some spots. Looking forward to seeing bare ground again.

 

[Farmer John]

Goddamn we had a small snowstorm earlier, only a couple inches, and now it's raining, wet and slippery everywhere

 

[moose eater]

Goddamn we had a small snowstorm earlier, only a couple inches, and now it's raining, wet and slippery everywhere

That's the weather I loathe; roads are a disaster at that point, especially if there's any ice base/glaze/hard-pack under the wet. The snowblower clogs at that point, with snow turned to slush, turned to wet play-dough. Parka's too hot, and out comes the rain gear, several months too early.

My West German military surplus goretex rain parka rarely gets winter try-outs, but those conditions bring it out of the closet.

We were already +10 f. on the front porch mercury and glass this AM, at 8:00, before sun-up, away from the house's thermal envelope, so tomorrow's actually supposed to be the upper-+20 f. day. Hopefully the temps don't rise too much above that, or driving WILL become seriously hazardous, and my older son is driving for a living these days.
then

Many of the newbie Urbanians already struggle just with the glaze on the roads, let alone wet glaze, aka 'Kodiak ice.'

 

[Capt.Ahab]

38 F. 12 MPH winds out of the SW.

 

[pipeline]

Got up to 52F today with some sun. Was freezing with snow this morning and went to a nice spring day in the afternoon.

Yeah there are a few scenarios that could end up being a complete nightmare. Thankfully it was managable this time, it all melted on its own except for where the street plows left a mound at the end of the drive. Some people probably had some interesting combinations. Around here it all melts off.

Up in AK you may be in trouble if it creates different slick conditions. Hope you guys stay safe trucking. Going over frozen water anywhere?

 

[moose eater]

Got up to 52F today with some sun. Was freezing with snow this morning and went to a nice spring day in the afternoon.

Yeah there are a few scenarios that could end up being a complete nightmare. Thankfully it was managable this time, it all melted on its own except for where the street plows left a mound at the end of the drive. Some people probably had some interesting combinations. Around her it all melts off.

Up in AK you may be in trouble if it creates different slick conditions. Hope you guys stay safe trucking. Going over frozen water anywhere?

Glaze all over the place right now, with more fine particulate snow in places the traffic or plows haven't cleaned it from the tracks or road surfaces. Different roads get varying degrees of attention and traffic.

With a glaze, and warming to the point of there being H2O standing on the ice, can make it dangerous.

Ground temperatures figure in heavily.

If the pavement is seriously cold from recent hard freezing, then the water on the glaze turns to ice fairly readily. Still slick, but mostly manageable for a skilled driver.

If the surface temperature warms over the course of a few days, causing the road surface to warm to more moderate temps near freezing, or even slightly above or below freezing, but not seriousy cold, and H2O is on top in -that- condition, put ice skates on your vehicle. Or chains. Or stay home.

In those conditions, the insurance companies reach for sedatives, and the tow truck companies throw celebration parties.

 

[BOMBAYCAT]

It was -5 below 0 around Denver last night. There is a little light snow in a band coming this way. They say it will start to warm up a bit starting tomorrow. I am going to go to the plant room and think about the summer grow.

 

[moose eater]

+15 f. this morning. Several more inches of snow on the ground, vehicles, and every damned where else, too.

Glad I postponed snowblowing yesterday. And we're supposed to have a pittance of snow off and on through the next day or so, too.

With no one needing to go anywhere real soon, into town or otherwise, and the trash that needs to go being able to wait another day or 3, I'll abstain from any premature use of the snowblower for now.

Another vehicle needs to go into town on Monday for more 'service'. a word that doesn't seem to carry the meaning it once did.

 

[tobedetermined]

After a week of white crap, we have officially broken last year's snowblower use numbers with a solid 14" on the ground. Now it seems that we are faced with a threatened "short-lived 'punch in the face' cold snap" with a predicted -11c to -21c over the next few days accompanied by the dreaded north/west winds. It certainly reduces my fun quotient on my daily dog walks.

 

[pipeline]

Had a half inch to an inch snow this morning! Temperatures dropped off here today. The high was around 30 this morning and dropped off to 25 at 5 pm. Going to be down to 16F tonight and 25 F tomorrow! Warming later this week though thankfully.

 

[D. B. Doober]

They're saying 12°F for a high on Saturday here in Boston. -17F with wind-chill. I thought I saw -41 for wind-chill but let's hope not

 

[pipeline]

If the sun is out you'll be good. If its cloudy and windy, you're in trouble. Thats one heck of a wind chill forecast!

 

[igrowone]

They're saying 12°F for a high on Saturday here in Boston. -17F with wind-chill. I thought I saw -41 for wind-chill but let's hope not

truly hope not