Winter 2018-2019

[stefan]

Northern Utah County is being hit hard. Half of our office staff not able to get in. My wife works in Alpine and we live by the AF Hospital. It took her 25 minutes to get to her office. She said it was the worst commute she's had in the 15 years she's been there. Alpine School District still open. On social media, parents are furious. If this isn't justification for a snow day I don't know what is. I guess ASD isn't really about "safety first".

if it were truly alpine, they'd be used to copious amounts of snow

[accadacca]

I cleared 12” this morning. Now just finished clearing another 6” so my wife could get out. Now round 3 is falling!

[rockgremlin]

I had a feeling this storm was gonna be a doozy. Left my house at 4:10 this morning and pulled into Alta just before 5:30. LCC was full white knuckled driving. The mood in the GMD went from excitement when they announced the road closed for the day to extreme worry as the time ticked by and it was looking like they may not open. But once the lifties brought out the gates life got better. Interlodge lifted just after 11 and full country club powder was on. Deepest snow I ever remember skiing and top 3 day all time. Probably the best actually.

Now I pray the road opens for me to get home.

[ahem] I'll remind you that this is all your fault because you prayed in earnest to that Snow God. It appears he has delivered.

[accadacca]

[accadacca]

Is this next storm going to actually hit or be a dud?

[uintafly]

Is this next storm going to actually hit or be a dud?

A foot or so last night in the cottonwoods. The wind was absolutely nuking up there today, but when I left at about 3, not much new snow yet.

[accadacca]

There are whiteout conditions in Logan. Everything is getting covered.

[rockgremlin]

Is this next storm going to actually hit or be a dud?

It was a dud at my place (as usual). We got a maximum of 0.5"

[uintafly]

I'm starting to think rockgremlin lives is some strange microclimate that blocks all incoming moisture from his driveway.

[Sombeech]

We are building a new house right now, our current house has a North facing driveway and I hate when it snows. Ours is always the last to melt off because it's in the shade. We were going to settle on a South facing house but figured we wanted shade in the back yard in the evening, so we went for a West facing house.

Even when it snows an inch, when you think you can just leave it and it will melt in an hour, nope, it stays for days.

[Iceaxe]

If Rockgremlin is feeling cheated about not getting any snow he is welcome to come over to my house and I'll hand him a shovel. Draper has been getting pounded like a cheap porn star.

[rockgremlin]

If Rockgremlin is feeling cheated about not getting any snow he is welcome to come over to my house and I'll hand him a shovel. Draper has been getting pounded like a cheap porn star.

What I find interesting is that there is this notion that the weather becomes more severe the further north you go. Weber County typically gets more precip than Washington County. But this winter is proving that theory to be false.

Even the distance between Weber County and Salt Lake County can be pretty drastic -- a good example of that was the "huge" storm just recently that dropped 12" - 18" in South Jordan and Draper, but my driveway was bone dry that same day.

These anomalies and disparities that occur so close together I find interesting.

[Iceaxe]

The local anomalies have to do with the lake effect and the direction the storm rolls over the Great Salt Lake. It's not uncommon for Sandy to get 12" and Draper only a trace and vice-versa because of the lake effect.

[accadacca]

Anybody getting snow? I hear it’s going crazy down south.

I’m In Nashville and they’ve had buckets and buckets of rain here all week. 90-100% nonstop rain since I’ve been here. Two more inches and it will be a new record.

[rockgremlin]

Anybody getting snow? I hear it’s going crazy down south.

I’m In Nashville and they’ve had buckets and buckets of rain here all week. 90-100% nonstop rain since I’ve been here. Two more inches and it will be a new record.

Global warming...

[twotimer]

Global warming...

Today on NPR they said not to be fooled by this cold, wet winter. The rest of the planet is cooking like an oven...like the Southern Hemisphere where it’s uhhh...summer.

They also declared that we’re less than 100 years away from a weather related Global Mass Extinction.

Here in Hawaii it’s as green as I’ve ever seen it. Plenty of rain this winter but the locals say it’s not “unusual”.

[jman]

Global warming...

Well, we are in an established El Niño pattern currently (what they call the Pineapple Express) and February has been warmer than average...so yea, the planet is warmer.


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[accadacca]

35 FEET at Tahoe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59YB...ature=youtu.be

[stefan]

Today on NPR they said not to be fooled by this cold, wet winter. The rest of the planet is cooking like an oven...like the Southern Hemisphere where it’s uhhh...summer.

... and uhhh ... the hottest summer on record for australia


http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/...mn-likely-too/

[oldno7]

whooaaaa-data since 1910

And to my very un scientific eye, it would appear a larger percentage of that "data" is somewhat chilly...