A SNOW-LESS Winter in Bahstin...

If one lives in the country, the February thaw is the most dreaded event of the winter. It's okay here in the City of Brotherly Beans. All that'll happen is most (or nearly all) of the snow will melt and run off down the sewers. But ain't no sewers out on the rural roads. When I lived in Cow Hampshire what'd happen was the one- or two- or three-day thaw would melt the top layers of the accumulated snow which would then have nowhere to run off because the ground is still frozen. So first you'd have puddles. Then you'd have a skating rink in lieu of a road.

It would seem that some one can not sleep. This is up late for you.

we're fortunate were we are, the center of the county is a fair sized gravel ridge, a morain i suppose or some similar glacial remain structure, the drainage is excellent

It ain't only Big Brother who's watching.

We have a high wind warning and I'm worried. It's saying gusts up to 60 mph, that's not good. Last time we had winds like that, power was out for almost a week.

We are so getting a backup generator at this rate (seems like we have at least a couple of power outages a year).

stay safe, soz...

meanwhile, it's a gorgeous 59°F in downtown Bahstin this afternoon...

The wonders of time zones. When Big Sister typed that it was only 9:11 p.m. her time.

67 here!

Was out doing stuff, came home, and inside the house is colder than outside. Insane.

Right around 60 here. People running around in shorts and t-shirts.

Yeah, it's a weird mix out there. Saw within about a minute a woman in a black wool coat, boots, and scarf, and another woman wearing a cotton skirt and flip-flops.

we're at 54 and raining

Ran out (I had an appointment) with my Winter jacket on. Ewps. At least I didn't take the hat and scarf. Gorgeous.

march: mucho messy --

That lionesque arrival looks to be right on schedule.

what's the difference between a light wintery mix and a few snow showers?

Friday: Rain ending in the morning then cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers late in the morning and of flurries in the afternoon. Rainfall amount 5 mm. Wind south 40 km/h gusting to 60 becoming north 30 gusting to 50 early in the morning. Temperature falling to zero in the afternoon.

Saturday: Sunny. Low minus 12. High minus 3.

Sunday: Sunny. Low minus 11. High minus 2.

Monday: Sunny. Low minus 13. High minus 4.

looks like we're gonna get on the other end of march, we're definitely coming in lamb like if the forecast holds

Wintery mix is a variable mix of rain, sleet, and snow. Not something you'd want to ski on.

Had to put salt down this morning. I hate doing this, but there are a lot of elderly ladies who use my sidewalk and I'd feel terrible if they slipped and fell. I suppose I should look into a friendlier alternative, but I've always got softener salt on hand, so....


I do enjoy this cold weather stuff quite a bit.

Putting down salt on a thin sheet with salt pockets underneath, it immediately made a Rice Krispies-esque crackling noise as the chemistry worked it's magic.

Outside in my Carhartt jacket (bought 11 years ago and still much beloved; how in the hell do they make canvas and cotton padding so damn warm at single digits but still wearable in the 40s? it's a miracle, I tell you) and scrub pants I gauge the temperature to be in the mid-teens. The salt is melting the ice, so it's not below 12 or so, but the wind-blown air is bone dry, so it's not in the 20s. Checking in now, it's about 14 degrees. The internal thermometer for low temps has become very well calibrated over the past 5 years.

25 degrees feels cold in October, but warm in February. How cool is that?




Not so excited about driving in to work today after yesterday's 2 hours of torrential downpour at 35 degrees following by the overnight drizzle of ice pellets, though. The sunken part of the backyard is a 20-foot circular skating rink. The roads won't be much better, since the rain washed all the residual salt away. Three or four impatient assholes will have spun out on the beltline, and the usual 15-minute drive will be about 45.

Ah, well, the windshield is probably pretty well deiced by now...

Good Sunday afternoon to yall from the mountains of Virginia. It snowed a bit last night, paused, and now has resumed. I am sending the storm your way in WA BA NY and NE
It is hard to tell, because of the mountains, what we will or will not get. Some places can get 7-10" while just a few miles away, others will just get sleet.

By tomorrow evening the two storms are supposed to leave up to a foot of snow behind.