Crazy Weather

[rmaynard 16,895]

Yesterday it was 82 degrees here with bright sunshine. Today it's 35 and snow flurries. 

[8ntruck 8,623]

What's so crazy about that?  I grew up in Michigan, where stuff like that was normal March weather.

[Handy Don 16,013]

2 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

What's so crazy about that?  I grew up in Michigan, where stuff like that was normal March weather.

Isn’t it said of Michigan that you can experience all four seasons in one day? 

[8ntruck 8,623]

10 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Isn’t it said of Michigan that you can experience all four seasons in one day? 

Yup.

 

[Racinbob 12,812]

The problem is when the cold front moves through. Tuesday was warm and extremely humid. Then the front moved through. They said it was a super cell, 300 yards wide and it stayed on the ground all the way from the state line. We were tracking it as we huddled in the basement. It was going just to our south until it was about 5 miles west then it shifted just to the north. Fortunately there was mostly open fields and woods in it's path and the shift north was enough that it just ticked us. The neighbors to our north. 

 

[pfrederi 19,955]

Tornado alley has definitely moved in the last few years....

[stevasaurus 23,627]

I was thinking about you guys Bob.  Glad to see you are OK !!  It went well south of us and we were more woried about the large hail.  We did not get anything but the rain and wind.  We haven't even had snow since I bought a new TORO snow blower before Christmas.    

[Ed Kennell 45,031]

1 hour ago, rmaynard said:

Yesterday it was 82 degrees here with bright sunshine. Today it's 35 and snow flurries. 

Same here Bob. We had a horizontal white out for about 15 minutes.

[Racinbob 12,812]

It was close Steve but we were lucky. When it started shifting north we were the bullseye for a period I have to admit I was scared. I felt helpless. It was only about 2 miles out then. But it kept angling north. Even the neighbors felt lucky and said it was just a few scratches on the roof. They knew what it could have been.

I'm thinking you might want to get a second blower as a backup. You can't be too well prepared 😀

 

Edited Thursday at 05:12 PM by Racinbob

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,341]

We went from 70 and sunny last Tuesday to 40 and rain yesterday. A 30 degree drop in a day. Tomorrow we’re expecting around 6 inches of snow. The bipolar weather is crazy.

[squonk 45,606]

74 ish yesterday. 35 today. Weather is crazy enough but when it effects your work it's a double whammy. I walked into a hornet's nest when I went in on Tuesday for my  normal Tues/Wed. "work week" We lost control of 2 of our large air handlers on Monday. Weather was warm and with empty chillers everyone was hot. So the guys disconnected everything to get as much outside air in in the AM. Problem was it's over 70 in the afternoon. I got half of everything working but had to override programs to get things reasonable. Control service co. was supposed to come yesterday but they overbooked and didn't show. Now with the cold weather coming I had to deal with what was gonna happen when the front came through. For some reason fronts come through at night so I guessed at what to set stuff at by hand and left it for the guys to deal with today.

[Treepep 1,063]

 Yeah ditto,  87 degrees yesterday.  Projected 30 degrees overnight.  All things outside already covered in pine pollen.  Weird. Temps in the twenties forecast ed.  Worse is this is the

 

second year in a row that the oaks were fooled and are leafing out.  Latent buds for protection however early leaf/flower usually only happens to illiterate soft wood or stone fruit here.  It is

 

a crazy time on multiple fronts.  Stay safe and warm/cool out there folks???

[Beap52 2,061]

I wish you all up  north would close the door!--looking like it's gonna let cold air in.   It's suppose to be in the upper teen come Monday morning here in SW Missouri.   The Bradford Pears (dadgum no good tree) are blooming and my Redbud is beginning to show color.  So far the fruit trees are still closed up. 

 

Buddy of mine in Des Moines, Iowa text  a few days ago nightcrawlers were out on his sidewalk.  I text back: Don't let them go to waste, there's a potential catfish in every one of them. 

[953 nut 64,321]

Our forecast shows that the weather today was just a dress rehearsal for next week. March 12 to 14, 1993 western North Carolina had a "Storm of the Century, hope we don't have a repeat of that.

 

[Beap52 2,061]

39 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

Our forecast shows that the weather today was just a dress rehearsal for next week. March 12 to 14, 1993 western North Carolina had a "Storm of the Century, hope we don't have a repeat of that.

A team of students from our local university is spending their spring break and leaving Saturday for Burnsville, North Carolina to help with disaster relief from the flooding a couple of years ago.  I lead the team last year but couldn't go this year.   Beautiful country and horrible damage. 

[squonk 45,606]

9 hours ago, 953 nut said:

Our forecast shows that the weather today was just a dress rehearsal for next week. March 12 to 14, 1993 western North Carolina had a "Storm of the Century, hope we don't have a repeat of that.

 

It took me a couple of hours to dig out the side door of my garage so I could get in it. The snow drift in front of my overhead door was so high when I opened it there was no light coming in. I think they got the street opened 2 days after the snow stopped. One north/south highway was one lane for almost a week. 

[Ed Kennell 45,031]

28* F this morning.

[Horsin'round 373]

24 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

28* F this morning.

 

 

Crazy drunk weather!

[oldlineman 1,656]

Had 4 foot drifts on the state road at my house, road was not open for 3 days and coal company finally opened it not PennDOT, but my driveway was open thanks too my sears snow blower and 1979 c-101 with plow, no electricity for 2 days in 93, not a great time but we made it through. Bob 

Edited 3 hours ago by oldlineman

[c-series don 11,480]

1993, the first year I subcontracted to my local township to plow snow. I bought a 1968 6500 series GMC with a 10’ Good Roads funnel plow. No body on the back, just a 3’x4’x8’ block of solid concrete on the frame. Gavinized corrugated window well covers for rear fenders.401 V-6 gas engine and a 5+2 speed. V-bar Tire chains on 10.00x20 rubber. I’d go places the town trucks wouldn’t dare to because of those chains. 
 That winter we had plowable snow at least once a week and some pretty major storms. I think I paid for the truck in the first month! I remember one of those storms plowing 30 hours straight, can’t imagine doing that now. During that particular storm I stopped back to the highway barn after being out for I don’t know how many hours. The highway department trucks were idling with several inches of snow on them. When I poked my head in the break room they were all sleeping. For some reason I had a pack of firecrackers in my truck, not sure why but I did! Yup, I went back got them, lit them and threw them in the room where they were all sleeping 🤣 then hauled ass! When I came back at the end of the storm some guys thought it was funny and some definitely didn’t! Anyway it gave all of us something to talk about for years to come!!! Just one more of my countless snowplowing stories😂…………………