April Nor'easter

Ok who wants some snow?? That Nor'easter hit us pretty good last night into this morning dumping heavy wet snow over our area. We got around a foot of snow so far with more expected throughout the day. It snowed a little yesterday then mixed with rain, once the sun went down and it got cooler it switched to all snow. Heavy wet snow.There are scattered power outages and many fallen trees also around us. I took some pics about 6:30 this morning before taking my wife to work. Kids had a snow day, which they really didn't need seeing as they just had 10 days off for Spring Break. We hadn't had this much snow in one day since 1983, when I was a junior in high school, and the storm hit on the last day of April. We also had no school that day as the highway depts. had taken off all their plows and weren't ready.
This picture is looking out over my back deck:
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Back yard:
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Another part of back yard:
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Snowing a little heavier:
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I liked how th snow clung to everything:
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Now some of the trees are starting to bend under the weight of the snow:
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It isn't supposed to get warmer until next weekend. They are expecting more snow and rain throughout this week.

Edit: With this latest storm, our winter snowfall total is ever so close to 144" ( that's 12 feet.)

Gotta love that snow, ehh? We are just now getting rid of the snow that we got last weekend, and its been pretty warm latley.

Saw snow on the vids of VT. Craziness

We got a couple inches of snow yesterday, then 5 inches of rain last night and today. Gotta love it.

Looks awesome, I wish it were snowing here :(

I hate snow.
Haha.

I miss snow :(

and wtf is Nor'easter!? I thought you invented the word til I heard the guy on sportscenter say it just now

and wtf is Nor'easter!? I thought you invented the word til I heard the guy on sportscenter say it just nowQuote from wiki, " A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a macro-scale storm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm) whose winds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind) come from the northeast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_direction), especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States) and Atlantic Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada). More specifically, it describes a low pressure area (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_pressure_area) whose center of rotation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation) is just off the coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast. The precipitation pattern is similar to other extratropical storms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone). They also can cause coastal flooding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding), coastal erosion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_erosion) and gale force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_force) winds."

gotten here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter

So its another term for weather sucks

Actually it's like a "hurricane in the winter". If you get the chance , check out the satellite footage of this past storm and see how it resembles a hurricane, (albeit a small one). The barometric pressure got pretty low during this most recent storm, just like before a hurricane comes ashore. A nor'easter shares a lot of similarities with a hurricane, such as strengthening over the ocean, which this one did Sunday off the Jersey coast where a secondary low pressure system developed and the "exploded" sending waves of moisture- rain in NYC-snow in Syracuse westward. It was like one wave after another coming our way as the system churned away towards the northeastern corner of the country.

So its another term for weather sucks

Basically...

And talking about Sportscenter...
If anyone is a NBA fan, we got the playoffs just around the corner.

Any predictions?

The Bulls, are getting past the 1st round this time around... The Nets can't stop them the way they're playing right now.
:icon16:
(Yes, I'm a Bulls fan)

Finals Prediction:
Mavericks vs. Pistons
-Mavericks win series 3-1

and wtf is Nor'easter!? I thought you invented the word til I heard the guy on sportscenter say it just now

I take it you've never read any Stephen King books? Haha...

That kind of weather has kept me living in the South...

Only S. King book I read was Cujo back in 6th grade... so the dog didn't have rabies, he was just pissed at the weather??? It all makes sense now

Pretty much... It just seems like every SK book I've read has had at least one description of a winter storm in it... nor'easter...

I reckon folks is gots a linger er'wheres in dis cun-tree...

i hate snow right now, we just got ANOTHER dump of snow two nights ago. this wouldn't be bad if the weather hadn't been so sporatic this year. we've had the most retarded year for snow, first we don't get snow until january (we usually get it anywhere between late october and early december) then the snow went away some time in march, came back, went away, came back, went away, and finally came back two nights ago. normally all the snow it gone by the end of march and we're in full spring by april but we're half way through and still getting snow. WTF i want to go rowing, biking, and swimming but can't because of this damn snow.

Basically...

And talking about Sportscenter...
If anyone is a NBA fan, we got the playoffs just around the corner.

Any predictions?

The Bulls, are getting past the 1st round this time around... The Nets can't stop them the way they're playing right now.
:icon16:
(Yes, I'm a Bulls fan)

Finals Prediction:
Mavericks vs. Pistons
-Mavericks win series 3-1


Im also a Bulls fan. They have probably the best chance to reach the playoffs other than the Pistons. Its going to go down between the Bulls or the Pistons.

For the western conference title... Golden State Warriors or the Spurs. Yup I said it...WARRIORS! They demolish the top western conference teams! So lets see how well they hold up when they're in the playoffs.


Anyways, coming from Chicago, I have only seen snow twice in April and thats only the first week of April. Just got a call like from friends back home that it snowed just a week ago. Pretty odd but it didn't snow as much over where 97ventureowners at. Thats just crazy! You'd see that much snow around Dec./ Jan.

Im also a Bulls fan. They have probably the best chance to reach the playoffs other than the Pistons. Its going to go down between the Bulls or the Pistons.

For the western conference title... Golden State Warriors or the Spurs. Yup I said it...WARRIORS! They demolish the top western conference teams! So lets see how well they hold up when they're in the playoffs.

I have to disagree that the Warriors OR the Spurs will take the Western Conf.
There is no way the Spurs can beat the Suns, and there is no way the Warriors can beat the Mavs, or the Suns. Not the way those teams are playing this year.

But cheers to another Bulls fan! :cheers:

What's this global warming gore is talking about?

What people need to understand is that these weather patterns we've experienced within the last several months are not part of global warming but by El Nino. But that is not to say that global warming isn't a concern, it still is.