Oh-No, Snow!

[John Holotko]

And while in the northeast we were still talking about the record cold temps and the snow that fell last Thursday and Friday, yesterday in Kansas things got pretty wild.

http://www.violentplains.com/

What's amazing is that over the Thanksgiving weekend we had near record cold in the Northeast and now only a few days later we're near record warm. Winters are pretty strange these days. Thunderstorms in december and january, record cold and snow one day and record tropical warmth the next. maybe there is something to this global warming thing. The weather seems extremely unpredictable.

[K1JJ]

No snow here.

T

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

Clear here.

Nice necro.

[John Holotko]

Wow, this thread came back from the dead...

[KB2WIG]

                      "Wow, this thread came back from the dead..."

What do you expect, its hoLolene.......    klc

[W1ATR]

Not me guys, I love the snow. Riding around at night in a blizzard doing some no-heat service calls, makin' money, maybe do a little plowing, bs'ing on the radio (2m CB), then go and bang down a nice breakfast at 4am with the guys, then go home and rattle the yl's chain.

[WB3JOK]

Well I HATE, LOATHE and DESPISE snow with a BURNING PASSION !! The very sight of snow makes me sick to my stomach.

Better not come to Aroostook County (Maine) any time soon, then 

Oddly enough, there hasn't been a flake of snow here in Presque Isle yet! But the other shoe is soon to drop. Once it starts coming, the ground will be white until mid-April at least.
Anything I save on not running a/c in the summer is wiped out by heating on the -20F mornings in Feb.

-Charles

[Bill, KD0HG]

Look out, Easties...One big storm is winding up here in the Rockies.

------------------------------

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
437 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006

...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW INTO COLORADO...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE COLORADO
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...PALMER
DIVIDE AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE HEAVY OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
MOUNTAINS...IN AND NEAR THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVER THE
PALMER DIVIDE.

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO WIDESPREAD SNOW
BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATIONS OF 3
TO 13 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER AND NEAR
HIGHER TERRAIN. NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO OCCUR.  THIS MEANS THAT THE FOLLOWING WEATHER MAY
DEVELOP AND LAST FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE HOURS...SUSTAINED
WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER...
CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW FREQUENTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.

$$
GARD...WFO BOULDER

[John Holotko]

Along with a blizzard watch comes a buzzard watch, or more commonly known as "old buzzard watch". A phenomenon in which some radio operators migrate indoors during cold and snowy weather and tend to talk on the radio for hours or possible for the entire duration of the storm.

[Jim KF2SY]

As I've traveled a bit around this country I've come to appreciate the
Northeast more and more.  The hills, mountains, lakes and natural beauty
with the change of seasons is hard to beat. IMO.  The weather is always changing
and is that X factor that adds a little spice to life.  Mild climate areas and their flat terrain is
boring.
 

[w1guh]

One solution to hating winter is to take up skiing or snowboarding...that's an instant attitude-changer.

Besides, as mentioned previously, the worse the wx is when you put up that antenna, the longer it'll last and the better it'll work.  I've proved that a few times.

And Tom, when does Spring happen in New England?  Oh, it's those two or three days between winter and summer, I guess.     It's so short that, as soon's the skin comes out, it's sweltering (from the wx, not the skin...well, maybe the skin).

Guess that's the real bummer about winter, the skin gets covered up. 

[John Holotko]

Well I HATE, LOATHE and DESPISE snow with a BURNING PASSION !! The very sight of snow makes me sick to my stomach.

Better not come to Aroostook County (Maine) any time soon, then 

Oddly enough, there hasn't been a flake of snow here in Presque Isle yet! But the other shoe is soon to drop. Once it starts coming, the ground will be white until mid-April at least.
Anything I save on not running a/c in the summer is wiped out by heating on the -20F mornings in Feb.

-Charles

Hah, actually I was probably being a bit sarcastic when i wrote that last year. After a long hot humid summer  I don't mind some cooler or  cold  weather for a while. Even a bit of snow is ok with me. And it's a pleasure not to have to run fans and air conditioning constantly like I did all summer. I will agree, it is a tradeoff however, what you don't spend running the ac you wind up spending in heating. It's a no win situation as far as that goes,

[Pete, WA2CWA]

[WA1GFZ]

must be antenna season again

[W1RKW]

No snow here.

T

Tom,
I've recorded a couple of 27 and 28 degree nights here recently.  What have you seen up your way recently being out in the sticks where you are?
BW

[K1JJ]

Error, Error, Wil Robinson!

What happened to that old "delete" post button, anyway?

(BTW, I do like the removal of the edit counter very much!)

[K1JJ]

Tom,
I've recorded a couple of 27 and 28 degree nights here recently.  What have you seen up your way recently being out in the sticks where you are?
BW

I haven't really paid attention to the lows at night, Bob, but generally it's 5-10 degrees cooler here than at sea level in Hartford. Wow, I didn't realize it was below freezing yet.

I still have a few more climbs scheduled before packing it in for the year. It's gotta be 50 or above or my hands stiffen up too much on the rails. I don't wanna be testing out that fall arrest system.  

T

[WA1GFZ]

I used the window scraper this morning for about the fouth time.

[W1RKW]

I woke up  to frost over the whole yard last week which was a surprise. Liz wasn't to pleased because I usually watch the temps and protect her plants. Suffice it to say they didn't survive the first freeze. 

With the cool temps I haven't seen any of the asian lady bugs this year.  Hopefully there won't be any.  They seem to find any small opening in the house and get in and they manage to get into the craziest places.  I've found in my rigs and tv.  They drive me nuts.