Winter Storm

[Patriot]

14 minutes ago, Steph and Dud B said:

About 14” from the weekend storm. At least the Oliver is safe indoors. Looks like next weekend might bring more snow. Haven't seen a winter like this in CT for many years.

Gotta love that garage, well done! Are those 8 or 9 panel doors? 

Edited January 27 by Patriot

[topgun2]

1 hour ago, Patriot said:

Looks like next weekend might bring more snow.

Just watched the evening forecast for western NC and it is possible that we might get snow (instead of ice) just in time for this coming weekend.  Then it looks like the storm will try to travel up the east coast.  In any case, frigid temp will continue for almost all of us living in the eastern part of the US.

Be careful out there everyone!

Bill

[Steve Morris]

Home in northern Ohio. That mailbox is about 30” off the ground, and you can’t even see the road  our daughter says 12-14” reported.

 

Here on Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida’s panhandle. 

Lunch

[Patriot]

Round #2…..coming up this weekend.

Stay safe, stay warm, stay prepped.

 

 

[topgun2]

13 hours ago, Steve Morris said:

Lunch

Are you kidding me!

First Patriot does the food thing and now you send a pic of one of my favorites.  Not fair!

Not a lot of difference between that first pic of snow and the second of sand other than (I assume) the temps and work that it takes to clear the snow off.  What a contrast.

Stay warm!

Bill

[Steph and Dud B]

19 hours ago, Patriot said:

Are those 8 or 9 panel doors? 

They're 6 panel doors, 10' wide, 14' high.

[rideandfly]

Seeing forecast of snow, not ice in Carolina's this weekend 1/31. 

Enjoy seeing some of the delicious looking posts in this thread. 

Also like shots from around the nation from snowed-in to beautiful sunsets shots!

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/lincolnton/28092/winter-we

 

[Boudicca908]

Here in the subtropics, even the Alligators think it's cold... a juvenile out of the water, sunning. 

[topgun2]

2 hours ago, rideandfly said:

Seeing forecast of snow, not ice in Carolina's this weekend 1/31. 

Current forecast for here in western North Carolina is for the mountain peaks (i.e. elevations above 3500 feet) to get 12 + inches.  For the rest of us 4 to 8 inches.  And, THIS is the south!

Those who live on the coast all the way up through New England will also get hit.

Two weekends in a row - we are on a real "roll".

Bill

[Steph and Dud B]

Looks like this second storm will mostly miss us here in CT. Good luck to those still in the path. 

[topgun2]

At 10:00 am Saturday morning we have about 4.5 inches of snow.  Temps are falling - 27 degrees at 7:00am and 24 degrees at 10:00 am.

Before you start to laugh - please remember that this is the "sunny" South, home of "Rebels" and Moonshine.😃

Bill

[rideandfly]

1 hour ago, topgun2 said:

At 10:00 am Saturday morning we have about 4.5 inches of snow.  Temps are falling - 27 degrees at 7:00am and 24 degrees at 10:00 am.

Before you start to laugh - please remember that this is the "sunny" South, home of "Rebels" and Moonshine.😃

Bill

We have 4 1/2" so far, 11:30AM, just north of Charlotte NC!  Photo taken at 11:30AM.

[Chris Scarff]

I just started snowing in Augusta, GA now. I would think we will not get much.  Hopefully to stick to hide all the filth.

[topgun2]

1 hour ago, Chris Scarff said:

just started snowing in Augusta, GA now

I'm not a golfer - but - isn't it time to go over to the course and hit a few balls?

I just got in from using the snow blower on the driveway.  Its just about stopped snowing with about 5 - 6 inches on the ground.  Current temp is down to 22 degrees.  Note that the "normal" high for this date is 54.

Time to get out the saucer and take a couple of runs down the hill!🥶

Bill

[rideandfly]

When we lived in  Ohio, we used to use jet snow blowers on the railroad equipped with old military jet engines to clear switches. 

We have 6 1/2" so far, 25F, getting windy, too. It's a dry fluffy snow. 

 

[topgun2]

1 hour ago, rideandfly said:

we used to use jet snow blowers on the railroad equipped with old military jet engines to clear switches. 

I used a battery powered blower to clear the rear deck off so I could get to the bird feeders.  Then, I cranked up the 50 year old snow blower to do the driveway.

Not exactly using an old jet engine but it sure beats shoveling.

Our temp is now down to 18degrees!

Bill

p.s.  Patriot used a battery powered blower to clear the snow off one of his vehicles too.

[Geronimo John]

 

I have a tough decision on this beautiful blue sky day in Hawaii:  Go paraglidng or go surf kayaking..... Another tough day for a RoF (Retired Ole Fart)!

I’ll not encourage even more flaming arrows by posting a typical blue skies and bikinis picture, but will share my favorite Hawaii weather forecast.  Here is Trumpet the Weather Dog talking about our weather in Hawaii:

GJ

 

Edited Saturday at 09:24 PM by Geronimo John

[dewdev]

These southern storms are not good. At least the snow in the south melts fast (hopefully).

The northeaster of this past Monday dumped 14" to 20" of snow depending of where you were in Maine, on top of an existing 6". The weater since then has been below zero at night and if we are lucky will get up to 20 degrees in the day. This morning it was - 3 degrees. Looks like this snow will be on the ground until spring time.

In Maine we will miss the present northeaster hitting the southern states at this time. 

Hopefully Punxsutawney Phil tells us it will be an early spring.

Edited 23 hours ago by dewdev

[Mike and Carol]

1 hour ago, Geronimo John said:

I’ll not encourage even more flaming arrows by posting a typical blue skies and bikinis picture, but will share my favorite Hawaii weather forecast.  Here is Trumpet the Weather Dog talking about our weather in Hawaii:

 

I remember when we lived in Hawaii the weather report was normally short and boringly the same.  The exception was when Hurricane Iwa hit on Thanksgiving weekend in 1982.  Power went out for 3 days.  Carol had cooked our turkey the day before so we had neighbors over on Thanksgiving day to share our turkey.  Mike

[Patriot]

About an hour ago we measured approx 9.5”. The snow is now suppose to stop at midnight. 

[Steph and Dud B]

Got out the snowshoes and went around the house with the roof rake today. Was starting to get ice dams up there. At least we're through January!

[Patriot]

Woke up to a gorgeous Western NC winter wonderland sunrise this morning. (Photo off our back deck). A chilly 14d! I think we received well over 10” of snow as it continued to snow here on Blueberry HIll until midnight. 

[topgun2]

It was 8 degrees about an hour and a half's drive west of Patriot (assuming dry roads and probably a 1,000 feet in altitude).  However, there is not a cloud in the sky.  That means - let the melting begin even though it is not forecast to be above freezing today.  By Wednesday the forecast is for highs around 50 degrees - still a bit below normal but virtually all of the snow will be gone (I hope).

Bill

p.s.  hopefully the folks in eastern TN did OK with this storm.  They were hit very hard a week ago with the ice which basically shut Oliver production down for the week.

[jd1923]

13 hours ago, Steph and Dud B said:

Got out the snowshoes and went around the house with the roof rake today. Was starting to get ice dams up there. At least we're through January!

Got to take care of your wonderful Oliver garage! 😎

[Patriot]

On 2/1/2026 at 8:56 AM, topgun2 said:

It was 8 degrees about an hour and a half's drive west of Patriot (assuming dry roads and probably a 1,000 feet in altitude).  However, there is not a cloud in the sky.  That means - let the melting begin even though it is not forecast to be above freezing today.  By Wednesday the forecast is for highs around 50 degrees - still a bit below normal but virtually all of the snow will be gone (I hope).

Bill

p.s.  hopefully the folks in eastern TN did OK with this storm.  They were hit very hard a week ago with the ice which basically shut Oliver production down for the week.

Bill, 

With no frost in the ground the big melt on is On in beautiful Western NC!!😄 It was beautiful winter scenery while it lasted and now all this snow melts away into our water table. Just an FYI Matt and Rodney were with out power for several days. Their area got hit pretty hard. 👍🏻

Onward

David

 

 

Edited Monday at 05:35 PM by Patriot