Old Man Winter has decided that he's not going to let go this year. I'm getting together a task force and we're going to take the old bugger out. Armored snowblowers will be provided.
The good news is, we should now be assured of a white Christmas, 2011.
Another 10-15 cm on Monday (Feb. 28) before it changes to rain in the evening. Winter's last Hurrah, I guess.
Same amount forecast here. At this point, 10-15 more won't even be noticable. But don't get complacent about winter's last hurrah just yet. March very often has some doozies lined up. Including our annual St. Paddy's Day storm.
Beware the Ides of March.........
old man winter hit us twice this week, once at the begining and once at the end adding about 8 - 9 inches to out yearly snowfall. and this recent snowfall pushed us about 8 inches over the average yearly snowfall. according to the weather page we have had about 57 inches of snow for the year.
... according to the weather page we have had about 57 inches of snow for the year.
For us this year, that's about 3 weeks' worth in February. At least the farmers here won't be crying about dry soil. Our local newspaper ran a photo of a young man snowboarding. Off his roof.
Ahhh, Sunny Southern California. I've been running 60 miles a month through Nov, Dec, Jan, and Feb. I'm not a big fan of the people out here in L.A. / O.C., but the weather clearly makes up for the demographics.
Your not a big fan of ALL of us???????
One thing to be concerned about is the effect of a rapid melt if the temperature increases too quickly. All that water has to go somewhere. New England is expecting some destructive flooding once the temps go up and the runoff from the hills and mountains adds to the water in the lowlands.Of course, this being NE, that won't be till June, and there is time for several more bad-ass blizzards.
That's the big worry here now. A succession of mild, sunny days and cool nights is the textbook method for getting rid of all this snow safely, but as you know, all too often big, juicy storms travel up the spine of the Appalachians in the springtime, bringing with them an ocean of rain. Couple that with the fact we have the equivelant of 5 inches of rain locked in place on the ground and there could be an awful lot of flooded basemets here in the next 6 weeks.
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