Re: March Observations and Discussions

by Guest Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:43 am

Woke up to 33 degrees. Compacted white concrete of 5.5"

storm total 9" (screw NOAA and their stupid rules)

Season total 41"

by **billg315** Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:45 am

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:
billg315 wrote:This is a good science opportunity. So with temps in 20s we know there was no melting. You lost 3” in compaction in 8 hours. That means the avg. rate of compaction is .375” per hour. I will refer back to this in the future if a situation arises where I can’t go out and measure at night and must measure several hours later. I’ll trust Mike to help me find this post.

Bill. I believe the compression rate is highest during the first several hours. I will do the same thing tonight when it's below freezing to see. My thoughts are it will be less so. Some of it also depends on the consistency of the snow. Drier snows fill in the gaps once they finish and compress because of their fluff factor, for lack of a better term, and the wet snows compress more from their weight since there are less gaps to fill.

I will post tonights results tomorrow. It might even warrant t's own thread for the four other people other than you, Mike, doc and myself that might actually find this interesting.

Yes very good points. Amount and wetness of snow could impact on the rate. I would believe the compression would be greatest in the hours immediately after as it can only compact so much. These will have to be accounted for as well.

by **billg315** Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:47 am

Mount Holly NWS totals:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=PHI

by **Vinnydula** Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:17 pm

Light snow with a light Dusting on the cars

by **docstox12** Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:20 am

Cloudy, below normal cold, and snow showery day on tap.Two feet of snow OTG.Looks like late January around here.Great month March is turning out to be.Long Range crew nailed this weeks ago seeing this pattern change for late Feb-early March.NJ Strong RULES!!!!!!!!

by **Dunnzoo** Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:36 am

brrr cold made it to Florida, 46° in Sebastion on the east coast south or Orlando....

by **weatherwatchermom** Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:25 am

what the heck..WHY WHY WHY... could we have not had 29* and real feel of 18* on Wed!

by **jmanley32** Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:31 am

I know right I'd had well over a foot. Anyways light flurries last night and this morning.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:50 am

billg315 wrote:Mount Holly NWS totals:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=PHI

Is this a joke by Mt. Holly. They post two cities?

by **amugs** Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:56 am

Light snow here - a light coating in some spots !!!!
Delayed opening was a great call by my school.

by **RJB8525** Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:02 am

In the versions of that Mt Holly totals link click 7

by **rb924119** Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:57 am

Picked up another inch overnight, which makes an additional 2" since the storm. Still snowing lightly, and our snowpack continues growing. God, I love this place!!!!

by **mikeypizano** Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:34 am

rb924119 wrote:Picked up another inch overnight, which makes an additional 2" since the storm. Still snowing lightly, and our snowpack continues growing. God, I love this place!!!!

I can't wait til mines gone... I will proably start breaking up any piles left next week.

by **rb924119** Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:50 am

mikeypizano wrote:
rb924119 wrote:Picked up another inch overnight, which makes an additional 2" since the storm. Still snowing lightly, and our snowpack continues growing. God, I love this place!!!!

I can't wait til mines gone... I will proably start breaking up any piles left next week.

Do you even have much left? My parents were in Scranton last night and they said there is bare ground there already lol

by **RJB8525** Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:51 am

on and off flurries this morning..nothing grand 34*

by **mikeypizano** Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:52 am

rb924119 wrote:
mikeypizano wrote:
rb924119 wrote:Picked up another inch overnight, which makes an additional 2" since the storm. Still snowing lightly, and our snowpack continues growing. God, I love this place!!!!

I can't wait til mines gone... I will proably start breaking up any piles left next week.

Do you even have much left? My parents were in Scranton last night and they said there is bare ground there already lol

Maybe an inch on the grass which will be gone if we get some sun. Then I grab the hoe and beat the few piles left... Laughing

by **rb924119** Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:05 am

mikeypizano wrote:
rb924119 wrote:
mikeypizano wrote:
rb924119 wrote:Picked up another inch overnight, which makes an additional 2" since the storm. Still snowing lightly, and our snowpack continues growing. God, I love this place!!!!

I can't wait til mines gone... I will proably start breaking up any piles left next week.

Do you even have much left? My parents were in Scranton last night and they said there is bare ground there already lol

Maybe an inch on the grass which will be gone if we get some sun. Then I grab the hoe and beat the few piles left...

That's insane, dude. Totally different world here aha it's amazing the changes on such a small geographic scale.

by **mikeypizano** Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:05 am

rb924119 wrote:
mikeypizano wrote:
rb924119 wrote:
mikeypizano wrote:
rb924119 wrote:Picked up another inch overnight, which makes an additional 2" since the storm. Still snowing lightly, and our snowpack continues growing. God, I love this place!!!!

I can't wait til mines gone... I will proably start breaking up any piles left next week.

Do you even have much left? My parents were in Scranton last night and they said there is bare ground there already lol

Maybe an inch on the grass which will be gone if we get some sun. Then I grab the hoe and beat the few piles left...

That's insane, dude. Totally different world here aha it's amazing the changes on such a small geographic scale.

All about the elevation.

by **docstox12** Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:00 am

Had two snow shower events the last two days totalling .5 inch.Sunny, calm, 30.12 rising.

by **SNOW MAN** Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:38 am

My temp is only 32*. Not much melting of my snow pack yet. Even m pine trees still have snow on them. The snow pack has compressed, but still looks to be about 14 inches covering the landscape.

by **docstox12** Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:43 am

Morning SNOWMAN, same here, snowpack compressed but plenty there.wind started picking up a lot the last 1/2 hour.Partly sunny.

by **SNOW MAN** Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:11 pm

Good morning Doc. I'm so glad that the snow is taking it's time melting. Now we have to hope we get clobbered with this possible storm on Monday and Tuesday. My fingers are crossed for a direct hit.

by **billg315** Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:21 pm

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:
billg315 wrote:Mount Holly NWS totals:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=PNS&issuedby=PHI

Is this a joke by Mt. Holly. They post two cities?

Lol. CP just seeing this now. Wow, don’t know what happened. When I attached the link it had dozens of reports from every county in their area. Clearly something went wrong after that. I’m thinking when they went to update it someone screwed up and wiped out the ones that were already there.

by **billg315** Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:24 pm

Either that or they were embarrassed by my criticism of the report from Hillsborough that I complained about in the storm thread and just decided to pull them all down. They may have heard about the legal action I filed against the Conservancy! Lol.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:26 pm

After a morning low of 22 I just broke 40 in the last hour for the first time in 5 days.

My kind of March so far.

Hoping the shore and LI jackpot on Tuesday. I've had a very good March so far and will not be greedy.

Expect little, give much.

by **docstox12** Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:29 am

High clouds moving in beginning to filter the sun.Leading edge of the storm.Calm, 30.24 R

by **jmanley32** Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:45 pm

Got some unexpected snow flurries.