Northern weather

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Our temperature is supposed to be @ 33 tonight. No snow or rain.
We are 10" below rainfall average so far this year.

Still raining here now but will probably freeze over tonight.

Rush hour tomorrow morning will be a delight - glad I'm a pensioner!

[robert.]

Pouring rain here. we have 6 inches of snow with a temp climbing to 38 overnight. first snowplow of the day went by 2 8:15 pm. all he did was push a large lake down the street. Penn dot ignored this storm. they must of felt it would rain earlier and wash it all way before an evening rush hour. It took me 3 hours to go 38 miles. I saw cars 200 feet of the road in fields and stuck places you would not believe. people must have been driving 70 mph to get stuck where i saw them. there is always some dim bulb in a Mustang stuck in the middle the road T. What makes somebody drive that car in the snow?
Now i going to sit down with a hot tea with rye and honey. Taste horrible. Good thing it is warming.

[E7]

I saw cars 200 feet of the road in fields and stuck places you would not believe. people must have been driving 70 mph to get stuck where i saw them.

Happens every year! Seems like they can't comprehend the weather has changed! Had I not put the truck in 4 wheel drive, I would have gone nowhere. Once I got to a more traveled road, it really wasn't so bad if one drove a sensible speed, which amazingly. most seemed to be doing. I hope we get a temp. rise to help get rid of some of this stuff, or it's going to be a really looooooooooooooog winter!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I made up my mind, several years ago, especially once I was retired (though I had the vow for the last couple years, while still employed, I must confess) that I would not drive anywhere when it has or is expected to snow. When my wife and I might be considering an excursion, I check the weather all the way west to the Dakotas, and if anything serious, or even lightly serious, is headed our way, I do not go on the trip. Period. I don't even make local trips in the snow.

For example, today, I kept an appointment at our church to meet with our priest, at his request, for 2pm. The weather was grey and cold but clear. So, I kept that appointment, which I had said would be conditional on the weather. By 2:30pm we had concluded our conversation, and the snow had begun. By the time I exited thru the front door, the porch and steps were slippery enough with approx. an inch of snow, that I had to hold onto the railing on the way down the stairs. I drove immediately and comfortably homeward, while the snow quickly fell. I parked the car in the garage, leaving it there for the duration of this storm. Nothing will get me to drive out in this snow. Period.

daMurph

[rogruth]

Smart man, Murph.

[up148]

We've had unusually cold weather early this year. Been down to upper teens for a few nights. They were up and growing 10 days ago and now on the ground and dead. Hopefully I haven't waited too long to lift.

Forgot about the mice Robert. Good idea.

This is only my 2nd year for EE's and I didn't lift last years bulbs, some survived and some didn't. The biggest looked like it rotted in the ground and was unusable.

No basements here, only one heated and one unheated garage to choose from. They might not survive if I lift them anyway.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We've had unusually cold weather early this year. Been down to upper teens for a few nights. They were up and growing 10 days ago and now on the ground and dead. Hopefully I haven't waited too long to lift.

Forgot about the mice Robert. Good idea.

This is only my 2nd year for EE's and I didn't lift last years bulbs, some survived and some didn't. The biggest looked like it rotted in the ground and was unusable.

No basements here, only one heated and one unheated garage to choose from. They might not survive if I lift them anyway.

Pull them and put them in a card board box in the heated garage in a dark corner to dry out.

[robert.]

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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Interesting. Colder there than out in Franklin Co...

[healey36]

Nearly an inch of rain in the gauge so far today. Nearly tied with the all-time record for precip in Maryland, and still a month to go.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Nearly an inch of rain in the gauge so far today. Nearly tied with the all-time record for precip in Maryland, and still a month to go.

Yeah.......we were out raking the backyard just as the rain was coming in and now it's a lake out there.

[robert.]

Wouldn't seem right without rain on Saturday.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wouldn't seem right without rain on Saturday.

You're not getting snow?

[robert.]

Wouldn't seem right without rain on Saturday.

You're not getting snow?

I would enjoy snow more. Nothing wrong with a Saturday snow storm. 37 degrees raining and windy sux.

[robert.]

Year to date totals. Bottom number is amount on inches above the norm.
https://www.weather.gov/marfc/NorthPrecipitationYTD