Remember way back when we used to have snow? Wasn’t that a fun time?
I’d really appreciate a good, old-fashioned snow day sometime soon. One of those days when we get a foot or more of (not heavy and wet) snow and everything has to close down. Everyone gets a day off, schools close, and we hear the sound of plowing, shoveling and snow blowing.
I feel like I’m partly to blame for the lack of snow. I went ahead an invested in a snowblower earlier this year, which seems to have prevented all snow storms. (Last summer I bought a sprinkler for the lawn and we began to get steady rain.)
I enjoy the quiet comfort of a good snow cover. The garden plants would appreciate being covered up, too.
Snow would give some reason for the “winter parking ban” that’s in effect and causing renters to do daily parking dances.
C’mon, as our president would say. Winter isn’t winter without some snow. And what we have out there barely qualifies.
Anyone else want a snow day sometime soon?
Snow
Back years ago, when there were times of little or no snow it was because it was dry. But not these days. At my location 3.66″ of precipitation has fallen this December but only 4.7″ of snow. 55.51″ of precipitation for the calendar year 2021. No shortage of moisture.
I have been measuring and keeping a spreadsheet of snowfall since 1993. A few years ago, after noticing that a good part of the winter precip was now falling as rain I was looking online for how to measure rain in the winter. This led me to the Community Collaboration of Rain, hail and snow. CoCoRaHS.org. A volunteer organization across the USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico that measures rain, hail and snow, and reports results each morning. The group is always looking for more volunteers. You can find most info on their web site, or I will answer any question I can. The State Coordinator is Jay Shafer, Atmospheric Sciences, at Northern Vermont University.
Back in the 1990’s when I was an avid cross-country skier, many snowstorms would end with a little freezing rain, putting a crust on the new snow. I hated that. We have gone from that, to now with approximately one-half of our winter precip falling as just plain rain. What will it be like in another 10 to 20 years? Yes, I would like a snowstorm.
Gary King
snow again
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Gary
If Winter Comes
Having no snow and dreary gray days is getting to me. Please snow! A big fluffy snowstorm that lasts and lasts! One that hushes everything, brightens the sticks, gives me hope.
Hmmm.
If we just head down to… (checks forecast).. Alabama, we can have a bit of snow.