Meh, called in another snow day, mostly because of the (lack of) plowing situation. I was expecting more wind than I'm getting (street alignment, nearby golf course, etc.), but every time I check the Bay Bridge conditions they keep saying they're seeing 40+ mph. My sinuses are telling me the pressure is still falling.
Power is still on (a Candlemas miracle!), so I'm making good MMO progress, which is the important thing!
Pondering science experiments to introduce some freakin' humidity into this place, but that's more of a general winter thing.
NOTE TO READERS
The Post is suspending its paywall on the Web through the weekend to provide readers unlimited access to weather coverage and important safety information.
However: "Letter carriers will attempt to resume work on Monday." Often the problem is getting the trucks out to the local POs so the carriers can deliver the contents.
As much as I might be in favor of this initiative to name natural disasters after the industry-made disasters of boy bands, the above pic inspires me to nominate the name "Blizzard Leo."
When I was in Walmart a couple days ago, they had faux shearling hoodies on clearance for $15. Understandable because it is ugly as hell, like wearing an Ugg Boot as a hoodie. But the best thing I've bought in a very long time. So warm, so soft.
Prolly shouldn't say this, but up here in the NW the birds have been doing their dark o'clock courting songs for the last week to 10 days and some of my bride's early bloomers are on their way.
28 F, wind chill of 22
95% rh
996.9 mb and falling, again.
winds are howling, steady NNW at 7 with gusts of 15. Way worse in the open. Snow's blowing everywhere.
snow sleet and ice pellets. still at 10" accumulation, but the top layer is packing down a lot.
The center of the low has stalled directly offshore and is pumping huge amounts of water into the area, where it freezes as snow or ice and falls out. Not so much accumulation here, but inland there's bands of intense snowfall, like 24" plus. Haven't heard thundersnow yet, but there's supposed to be some in PA and offshore in the center of the storm.
I cleared out some paths and part of the drive and that's it. Probably will stay in for now with the winds like this. We're about an hour past high tide and lucked out here with the wind direction – all the water's blown out into the western bay. Not so much luck for the weatern shore or the coastal people here.
Not many power outages around the area, which is the excellent news.
Here's a few snopocalypse horror cameras, for your nightmarish enjoyment:
There's a | Hurricane Warning | in effect for the Atlantic coast from Point Pleasant N.J. to O.C. Maryland.
75 mph onshore winds plus a full moon astronomical high tide is producing flooding in the coastal towns that's |worse than storm Sandy. |
29 F, wind chill of 22
94% RH
999.2 mb, rising fast.
winds have really gone wild – 6 to 15 knots, but we're getting blasts of 50+. Snow is flying everywhere, blizzard like conditions. It's hairy out there.
If it's still snowing, it is impossible to tell.
The local birds have been hitting the feeders heavy all day. There's an honest-to-god Bluebird in the Finch seed feeder.
I have a great blue heron who hangs out in the pond behind my house. He was out there yesterday, but I haven't seen him today. Should I be thawing out some tilapia for him?
I'm not sure if it would make things better or worse if I posted a picture of a sunny beach, so I won't. But I'm still sending those positive and warm thoughts to all of you…
We are getting POUNDED in RIchmond. I shoveled the walk at 2PM, now, you can't tell I did so. NWS adjusted forecast up to 5 inches of snow – up from 3, but again, I do not know where they are getting their numbers, I got 2 in the last 2 hours. Barometric at 1000 up from 998 at noon.
I find it better not to.
Ms. Anthrope was a prosecutor for 5-6 years – one thing that a judge told her was
"Never ask what the defendant was thinking – you don't want to know"
27 F, wind chill of 21
95% RH
1006.8 MB, rising
winds steady NW, 5-6, gusting from 15 – 40
I think we got about another 1/2 inch of snow but there's so much snow in the air it's hard to tell.
All and all I'm lucky here. the Atlantic coast from the VA peninsula on up is getting – and it's probably not too strong a word – devastated. | Storm Jonas | is sitting just offshore of O.C. MD, spinning off lows that travel east out to sea but reforming the strong low in exactly the same area ( the | Fujiwhara Effect, |something usually seen in tropical storms). The high onshore winds have essentially set the entire surface of the ocean in motion, headed right at the coastal towns:
* Due to extreme flooding, Delmarva Power |cut off electric service | to the entire southern end of Ocean City, Maryland
*Severe beach erosion, dune breaches, highway flooding and cut off beach communities | in Delaware| as the storm continues to come ashore.
Finally, here's the | Union of Concerned Scientists | information bulletin on the storm (from yesterday – see for yourself how their predictions held up).
I heard some records set in Sandy fell in this storm, which is absolutely insane for a non-tropical low. Even more crazy considering the low pressure areas are moving generally eastward.
1007 on barometer here – My dinner party guests safely navigated across the street after homemade caesar salad, pizza, biscotti, lemon gelato – and some nice nebbolio grappa. Wind blowing a little, but not too bad. seems to be over here. No power loss, (though we've never lost it in 12 years of living here), won't be able to get out of neighborhood until Tuesday, earliest.
It was bad, I think that 1996 was worse for us in Richmond, anyway. I hope I can get to work Monday.
I got about another 1/2" of snow last night, for a total of 11" (12" in places). The sky was gin clear this morning, everything bright with the setting full moon. Not one cloud in the sky now and way less wind but still bitterly cold.
Going to be digging out, slowly, all day. Somebody actually plowed my road but there's no way I'm going out any time soon.
Cool. The more I look into it , the crazier it sounds. On the other hand, I can't find where anyone has ever tried it here either. It may be a while before any evidence shows up.
Also ver cool article on Namib beetle , surfaces, dew[ey], frost………..
There's a related beetle in these here parts, that will also do headstands, but usually to squirt stinky stuff , not collect water. I hope there's some evo-bio person looking into the origins of that behavior.
I'm estimating 10 1/2 – 12" max. Probably 2-3' drifts in areas and some scouring where the wind has a clear path to roar down the street . The transition to ice pellets for a bit compacted the snowfall, and we got into several dry slots where nothing fell for several hours each. All the heavy snow action is inland and north , looks like.
Yeah, it's a lot like '93, we had another one like that down here in '96 too. It looks like the big heavy snow bands happen when the saturated Atlantic air from the storm hits the terrain inland, experiences adiabatic cooling and precipitates out all at once. There's places in Virgina that got 40", apparently. Too flat here for that sort of thing.
It was powder until about sundown. Then it somehow warmed up enough that it's getting progressively heavier and wetter without reducing in size by any visible degree.
Thought maybe we should start a new thread in case that other one gets unstable and hard to click through to the end.
I just put the updated link from yesterday's thread, if anyone wants a different link please advise.
<img src="http://schmoesknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/white_christmas_poster_detail.jpg" width="345" height="259" />
"I'm dreaming of a white Groundhog's Day" doesn't have the same ring to it.
"Candlemas?" "Purification of the Virgin?"
Guppy, aren't you in the storm zone? How are you holding up?
Meh, called in another snow day, mostly because of the (lack of) plowing situation. I was expecting more wind than I'm getting (street alignment, nearby golf course, etc.), but every time I check the Bay Bridge conditions they keep saying they're seeing 40+ mph. My sinuses are telling me the pressure is still falling.
Power is still on (a Candlemas miracle!), so I'm making good MMO progress, which is the important thing!
Pondering science experiments to introduce some freakin' humidity into this place, but that's more of a general winter thing.
SEND DEW AND PONIES!
Good to hear. Also too storm is prob Nirvana for MMO-ers everywhere.
Relevant info from WaPo:
NOTE TO READERS
The Post is suspending its paywall on the Web through the weekend to provide readers unlimited access to weather coverage and important safety information.
I noticed that. yay. and that cam on their FP is pretty cool.
/ faints
Travel ban in NYC. Yikes, this is getting even more serious.
Lost Zevon verse.
Holy crap, even the Postal Service is packing it in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog-liv…
However: "Letter carriers will attempt to resume work on Monday." Often the problem is getting the trucks out to the local POs so the carriers can deliver the contents.
As much as I might be in favor of this initiative to name natural disasters after the industry-made disasters of boy bands, the above pic inspires me to nominate the name "Blizzard Leo."
Nevermind, just found a new, moar better storm name:
https://twitter.com/MaryEmilyOHara/status/6906078…
Suddenly feeling a whole lot warmer.
I highly approve of this name.
| "Anatomy of a storm: Pressure rises and falls" |
Panda in the snow! https://twitter.com/NationalZoo/status/6909155325…
snöpanda!
Butterstick icing.
That is officially the cutest thing in the world today!
Swedish snow penis returns after refractory period!
http://www.thelocal.se/20160121/the-snow-penis-is…
Heh. ID flagged this as spam, and I almost thought it was
Sir, I'm sure I have no idea to what you are referring.
snöpenis
Sava and his colleagues created the new snow penis early on Thursday with help of professional snowblowers.
I have nothing to add to this perfect sentence.
Swedish professional snowblowers! Once you go Husqvarna…
I think this should be an Organized sport.
"Here comes the Swedish Professional Snowblowing Team!"
<img src="http://gossiponthis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/peniseiffel.jpg" width="301" height="403" />
It's a little hazy in L.A. Some people are wearing sweaters.
I almost wore a hoodie yesterday, but then I didn't.
When I was in Walmart a couple days ago, they had faux shearling hoodies on clearance for $15. Understandable because it is ugly as hell, like wearing an Ugg Boot as a hoodie. But the best thing I've bought in a very long time. So warm, so soft.
I like the look of those, too. They look toasty for cold weather.
Prolly shouldn't say this, but up here in the NW the birds have been doing their dark o'clock courting songs for the last week to 10 days and some of my bride's early bloomers are on their way.
I had to wear a long sleeved shirt on my run today. The struggle is real.
(couldn't resist)
28 F, wind chill of 22
95% rh
996.9 mb and falling, again.
winds are howling, steady NNW at 7 with gusts of 15. Way worse in the open. Snow's blowing everywhere.
snow sleet and ice pellets. still at 10" accumulation, but the top layer is packing down a lot.
The center of the low has stalled directly offshore and is pumping huge amounts of water into the area, where it freezes as snow or ice and falls out. Not so much accumulation here, but inland there's bands of intense snowfall, like 24" plus. Haven't heard thundersnow yet, but there's supposed to be some in PA and offshore in the center of the storm.
I cleared out some paths and part of the drive and that's it. Probably will stay in for now with the winds like this. We're about an hour past high tide and lucked out here with the wind direction – all the water's blown out into the western bay. Not so much luck for the weatern shore or the coastal people here.
Not many power outages around the area, which is the excellent news.
Here's a few snopocalypse horror cameras, for your nightmarish enjoyment:
| Rehoboth beach cam in Delaware |
| Gantry S-5, eastbound Bay Bridge |
| Jes' down the road a tad |
Re: Bay Bridge
Traffic radio is (finally) talking about winds upwards of 50 mph. No box trailers under 32 tons. Only small vehicles and flatbeds allowed.
The only things I've seen going over on the webcams are trucks with snowplows. I think the secondary roads are all socked in.
Wow.
This seems appropriate about now:
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/7e/2e/63/7e2e6349208664b4e7591a2ba78a34ff.jpg" width="252" height="337" />
I'm watching snow devils whirling around the neighbors lawn.
There's a | Hurricane Warning | in effect for the Atlantic coast from Point Pleasant N.J. to O.C. Maryland.
75 mph onshore winds plus a full moon astronomical high tide is producing flooding in the coastal towns that's |worse than storm Sandy. |
Fuck.
|As far as I can determine, this song asks the musical question : Can I pimp yo mamma?|
Simple. He's just requesting that Yo' Mama light 'em up.
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/UtuLeOXXzYQPC/giphy.gif"/>
Don't know what a way go lily is, except a song by this guy.
The waters are back to being a consistent shade of purple.
My right eye socket and the barometer concur: the pressure is rebounding.
Yep, over the past hour the Naval Academy found one of their missing mbars and a chunk of another.
That's the kind of Can-Do Spirit we need from our future Commanders.
29 F, wind chill of 22
94% RH
999.2 mb, rising fast.
winds have really gone wild – 6 to 15 knots, but we're getting blasts of 50+. Snow is flying everywhere, blizzard like conditions. It's hairy out there.
If it's still snowing, it is impossible to tell.
The local birds have been hitting the feeders heavy all day. There's an honest-to-god Bluebird in the Finch seed feeder.
I hear there's a reason for that…
| ♪ White stuff on my nose ♪ |
I have a great blue heron who hangs out in the pond behind my house. He was out there yesterday, but I haven't seen him today. Should I be thawing out some tilapia for him?
That would be an interesting bird feeder.
Two words: Fish Cannon
<img src="http://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/631156/whooshh-2.0.gif"/>
Squeeee!
You would have a friend for life if you did.
<img src="https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/12523092_1028446230532296_6382922908646113371_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=14d7dcd0115d78da6f696380afcd8e2c&oe=57413825">
| OH NO |
I'm not sure if it would make things better or worse if I posted a picture of a sunny beach, so I won't. But I'm still sending those positive and warm thoughts to all of you…
My car, an hour ago: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qo7sdvvzuf5opp2/2016-01…
ETA: It is NOT a hatchback.
Freeius.
YIKES!
Snonut:
<img src="http://wonkville.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Snonut.jpg"/>
When I googled for "snowman coffee" I didn't find a snowman drinking coffee, but I did find this:
<img src="http://spartanburgimagery.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/JOKES/snowmanjokekids.jpg" />
Oh this is excellent and perfect and I am so using it. THANKS
That is the largest Bundt cake I have ever seen.
It even iced itself.
Yay, the Trump anime thing got frontpaged!
Some of those photoshops were hilarious!
That was entertaining.
<img src="http://ernestdelgado.com/zakas/img/chrome_dialog.png" />
Heh. Opened the sub-thread and was all WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not even running Chrome………….The fucker won't even close WTF WTF WTF……
Oh.
Never mind………..
We regret the error.
Updated totals as of 3PM
Harvest, AL: 3.5
Huntsville, AL: 2.0
North Little Rock, AR: 8.0
Darien, CT: 6.5
Greenwich, CT: 6.0
Stamford, CT: 6.0
Bridgeport, CT: 5.5
Washington, DC: 23.5
Newark, DE: 12.0
Dillard, GA: 7.5
Lawson, KY: 19.4
Bowling Green, KY: 11.0
Nantucket, MA: 4.5
Redhouse, MD: 38.0
Frederick, MD: 33.5
Baltimore, MD: 20.0
Oxford, MS: 2.0
Old Fort, NC: 16.0
Asheville, NC: 8.0
Roselle, NJ: 19.6
Elizabeth, NJ: 16.5
Newark, NJ: 16.5
Hoboken, NJ: 14.0
Brick, NJ: 11.0
Trenton, NJ: 10.0
Atlantic City, NJ: 9.0
New York/JFK: 20.4
New York/LaGuardia: 20.4
New York/Central Park: 14.7
New York/Staten Island: 14.4
Ironton, OH: 9.5
Athens, OH: 7.0
Champion, PA: 23.0
Marklesburg, PA: 23.0
Philadelphia, PA: 13.0
Chesnee, SC: 7.0
Lafayette, TN: 13.5
Nashville, TN: 7.1
Clarksville, TN: 7.0
Philomont, VA: 39.0
Winchester, VA: 33.0
Fairfax, VA: 24.5
Alexandria, VA: 19.0
Roanoke, VA: 11.5
Glengary, WV: 40.0
Martinsburg, WV: 31.9
We are getting POUNDED in RIchmond. I shoveled the walk at 2PM, now, you can't tell I did so. NWS adjusted forecast up to 5 inches of snow – up from 3, but again, I do not know where they are getting their numbers, I got 2 in the last 2 hours. Barometric at 1000 up from 998 at noon.
1001.2 mb and shooting up, here. Looks like the blocking high is finally letting Jonas totter off into the Atlantic where it belongs.
Bout three miles south of me…
\ http://www.rmaonline.org/dtewebcam.html
Wow. One has to wonder what those people are doing driving in that weather.
I find it better not to.
Ms. Anthrope was a prosecutor for 5-6 years – one thing that a judge told her was
"Never ask what the defendant was thinking – you don't want to know"
The plebes damn near found 2 mbar lying about.
Looks like bits of the Chesapeake have been downgraded to "gale." I may actually have to go to work tomorrow…
The robot lady on the AM is still keeping less-than-full trucks off the bridge, though.
Just shoveled the front walk for the third time. The snow is definitely getting heavier (in weight).
Goddamn this thing just will not stop. Any word on when the snow will actually end? Also, are people still trapped on the PA turnpike?
I mean, people are trapped on the PA Turnpike even when there isn't snow. It's basically purgatory.
That appears to be the case.
Snowplow gets stuck in the snow.
27 F, wind chill of 21
95% RH
1006.8 MB, rising
winds steady NW, 5-6, gusting from 15 – 40
I think we got about another 1/2 inch of snow but there's so much snow in the air it's hard to tell.
All and all I'm lucky here. the Atlantic coast from the VA peninsula on up is getting – and it's probably not too strong a word – devastated. | Storm Jonas | is sitting just offshore of O.C. MD, spinning off lows that travel east out to sea but reforming the strong low in exactly the same area ( the | Fujiwhara Effect, |something usually seen in tropical storms). The high onshore winds have essentially set the entire surface of the ocean in motion, headed right at the coastal towns:
* Due to extreme flooding, Delmarva Power |cut off electric service | to the entire southern end of Ocean City, Maryland
*Severe beach erosion, dune breaches, highway flooding and cut off beach communities | in Delaware| as the storm continues to come ashore.
* | New Jersey's coast is getting hammered again. |
Finally, here's the | Union of Concerned Scientists | information bulletin on the storm (from yesterday – see for yourself how their predictions held up).
I heard some records set in Sandy fell in this storm, which is absolutely insane for a non-tropical low. Even more crazy considering the low pressure areas are moving generally eastward.
It's stopped.
Still howling here. No idea if it's still snowing or not.
1007 on barometer here – My dinner party guests safely navigated across the street after homemade caesar salad, pizza, biscotti, lemon gelato – and some nice nebbolio grappa. Wind blowing a little, but not too bad. seems to be over here. No power loss, (though we've never lost it in 12 years of living here), won't be able to get out of neighborhood until Tuesday, earliest.
It was bad, I think that 1996 was worse for us in Richmond, anyway. I hope I can get to work Monday.
Bay Bridge sexbot says the winds have gone down into the 40's
Air pressure has settled down into a more sedate rate of climb.
9PM update
Harvest, AL: 3.5
Huntsville, AL: 2.0
North Little Rock, AR: 8.0
Monroe, CT: 21.0
New Haven, CT: 12.4
Washington, DC: 28.3
Woodside, DE: 15.5
Dover, DE: 12.8
Dillard, GA: 7.5
Lawson, KY: 19.4
West Harwich, MA: 13.0
Redhouse, MD: 38.0
Baltimore, MD: 29.2
Oxford, MS: 2.0
Old Fort, NC: 16.0
Madison, NJ: 28.0
Elizabeth, NJ: 16.5
Newark, NJ: 16.5
Trenton, NJ: 16.5
Hoboken, NJ: 14.0
Brick, NJ: 11.0
New York, NY: 27.7
Ironton, OH: 9.5
Athens, OH: 7.0
Somerset, PA: 35.5
Allentown, PA: 32.0
York, PA: 31.5
Philadelphia, PA: 22.3
Altoona, PA: 19.4
Block Island, RI: 13.0
Providence, RI: 7.0
Chesnee, SC: 7.0
Lafayette, TN: 13.5
Nashville, TN: 7.1
Clarksville, TN: 7.0
Philomont, VA: 39.0
Winchester, VA: 33.0
Fairfax, VA: 24.5
Alexandria, VA: 19.0
Roanoke, VA: 11.5
Glengarry, WV: 40.0
Also some notable wind gusts in mph
(not that) Dewey Beach, DE: 75
Siasconsett, MA: 73
Nantucket, MA: 70
West Ocean City, MD: 62
Bass River, NJ: 64
Ocean City, NJ: 61
Atlantic City, NJ: 58
Langley AFB, VA: 75
Hampton, VA: 65
Best of luck to those of you who have to clean up after this monster storm. Good night, everyone!
Looks like all the blizzard warnings south of Long Island have been ended early. The Bay Bridge sexbot has gone back to fellating Gov. Hogan.
/sadtrombone
Good. I had almost forgotten that he CUT ALL OUR TOLL RATES THANKS GOV HOGAN!!!11!
Sunday,0916, Eastern time. It's Over.
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25 F, wind chill of 21
75% RH
1017.9 mb, rising
winds 2-3 knots, WNW
I got about another 1/2" of snow last night, for a total of 11" (12" in places). The sky was gin clear this morning, everything bright with the setting full moon. Not one cloud in the sky now and way less wind but still bitterly cold.
Going to be digging out, slowly, all day. Somebody actually plowed my road but there's no way I'm going out any time soon.
I was looking for storm video coverage, but I found a BBC reporter covering the story | in a typically professional manner. |
Any details about dogs frolicking in the snow? (Photo credit: front page, NYT)
<img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/01/24/nytnow/24weekendss-slide-3PFI/24weekendss-slide-3PFI-articleLarge.jpg">
Stay tuned.
Oh, | but there is this! |
| Also Too. |
I dunno how, but I managed to get through it .
It was a battle, but we also, too.
It was because it never got cold enough to freeze liquor.
I'm virtually glad you made it by proxy.
Here, have a cup of [ dark noodles ] to start the day.
PROOF
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg"/>
Moral: eat lunch before the media interview.
Morel?
I'm sending some dirt hopefully with spores to Ed.
Marvelous! Is he still going to try Beard-Based Hirsuiteaculture?
maybe shittakes.
Are those anything like spittakes?
Hmmmmmmmmmm
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Cool. The more I look into it , the crazier it sounds. On the other hand, I can't find where anyone has ever tried it here either. It may be a while before any evidence shows up.
Also ver cool article on Namib beetle , surfaces, dew[ey], frost………..
There's a related beetle in these here parts, that will also do headstands, but usually to squirt stinky stuff , not collect water. I hope there's some evo-bio person looking into the origins of that behavior.
My ex-housemate is pissed because the snow is higher than his snowblower.
I'm estimating 10 1/2 – 12" max. Probably 2-3' drifts in areas and some scouring where the wind has a clear path to roar down the street . The transition to ice pellets for a bit compacted the snowfall, and we got into several dry slots where nothing fell for several hours each. All the heavy snow action is inland and north , looks like.
Yeah, it's a lot like '93, we had another one like that down here in '96 too. It looks like the big heavy snow bands happen when the saturated Atlantic air from the storm hits the terrain inland, experiences adiabatic cooling and precipitates out all at once. There's places in Virgina that got 40", apparently. Too flat here for that sort of thing.
It was powder until about sundown. Then it somehow warmed up enough that it's getting progressively heavier and wetter without reducing in size by any visible degree.
Thanks! It was a most excellent sunrise.