Is there snow on the ground near you?

[MacNut]

It seems that most of the country got snow this week with more on the way so its a good time to ask how much snow is on the ground near you. We are expecting another storm in the northeast tomorrow.

[Mr. Anderson]

We have about 1.5" of icy snow. We didn't get hit that hard from the storm a couple days ago. And next week its supposed to get in the 50s again.

I'm hoping we get a big freeze after that so the lake behind my house freezes over again and we can get some more skating in this winter...

D

[MacDawg]

Nope... temp is in the 70's in the deep south!
Another dawg day afternoon!

Woof, Woof - Dawg

[MacNut]

Watching the news this evening they showed snow flurries in Las Vegas with 2 feet in Reno.

[rogerw]

none ere

[emw]

I've got 10 inches of snow at my house. The dogs love it.

[MacDawg]

I've got 10 inches of snow at my house. The dogs love it.

How 'bout some pics?

Woof, Woof - Dawg

[CorvusCamenarum]

{Humor}

I live in Alabama. Could someone please explain what this "snow" thing is I keep hearing about in faraway foreign places like New England?

{End Humor}

[emw]

How 'bout some pics?

Woof, Woof - Dawg

I thought about the other night as I snow-blowed (blew?) the driveway. I'll try and get some tonight.

[jeremy.king]

I've got 10 inches of snow at my house. The dogs love it.

Got hit by the same storm. Closer to a foot at my house.

[jeremy.king]

I thought about the other night as I snow-blowed (blew?) the driveway. I'll try and get some tonight.

And I had to shovel :mad:

The CFO doesn't see why we need a snowblower yet. Shes not the one having a coronary while shoveling. Although to her credit, she did help me yesterday. :)

[TDM21]

I live in Kentucky, haven't seen snow in almost 3 weeks. With temps in the 50s and 60s I'm about to go crazy! !:mad: :mad: :mad: I like cold weather and snow. Today temps were in the 30s so I was a little happy, but the temperature is going back up. Hopefully the meteorologists are right when they say the temp is supposed to drop back to normal next week :) :) :)

[Doctor Q]

Snow in Los Angeles City? Never. Well, rarely. I think I read that it snowed in the middle of L.A. once in the 1930s.

But it did hail in some parts of the county this week. We've had rain almost every day for a week, pausing just long enough for the Rose Parade to show the world how nice Southern California is, and then it went back to rain, and we have another week of it ahead of us.

It's only an hour's drive to mountain ski resorts, and I'm going skiing at the end of the month! :)

[jsw]

I live in Kentucky, haven't seen snow in almost 3 weeks. With temps in the 50s and 60s I'm about to go crazy! !:mad: :mad: :mad: I like cold weather and snow. Today temps were in the 30s so I was a little happy, but the temperature is going back up. Hopefully the meteorologists are right when they say the temp is supposed to drop back to normal next week :) :) :)
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Issued at: 6:03 PM EST 1/7/05, expires at: 12:10 AM EST 1/8/05

Winter storm warning in effect from 6 am Saturday to 6 pm est saturday,
The winter storm watch has been converted to a winter storm warning for much of interior southern new england including the immediate boston metropolitan area.
A fast developing but rapidly moving low pressure system will bring a period of heavy snow to a large portion of southern new england saturday.
Widespread 4 to 8 inch amounts are forecast.
Temperatures will be at or below freezing during the snow and an hour or two of visibilities near one quarter mile will accompany nearly one inch per hour snowfall.
The most likely target for heavy snow appears to lie along and about 30 miles north of interstate 84 from hartford to sturbridge then eastward to along the mass turnpike to boston and northward to the merrimack valley. High terrain will probably have widespread 6 to 8 inch amounts and 6 to 8 inch snowfall is even highly probable for the city of worcester and near boston.
Springfield, fitchburg, leominster, and beverly in massachusetts as well as hartford and putnam in northern connecticut, and woonsocket in northern rhode island are also within the target zone for 4 to 8 inch amounts. A little sleet and freezing rain may occur for a short time in northern connecticut and northern rhode island.
Those traveling into southern new hampshire can expect several inches of snow there and an advisory has been posted.
Heavy snow will accumulate on roadways and significantly hamper travel. Those that have to be out on the roads will need to use extreme caution and allow plenty of extra time.

[Chip NoVaMac]

with the temps being 40 degrees or better in the DC area, I am wondering if we see any snow this season. :(

[tech4all]

No snow in here in Northern California, except for the highest peaks at times. But there was/is snow near L.A. in the Grapevine with was closed earlier this week by the CHP. I actually just got back from Anaheim and saw plenty of snow on the moutain peaks in Southern California and in the Grapevine - a welcomed site :)

[Mr. Anderson]

with the temps being 40 degrees or better in the DC area, I am wondering if we see any snow this season. :(

DC is weird with snow...some years nothing, then *WHAM*, two feet in a day and the whole city shuts down.

Then it rains two days later and its all gone.....

Here's a pic of the lake in the back yard after the snow a while back....its not frozen right now after 40s and 50s and rain....

D

[Chip NoVaMac]

DC is weird with snow...some years nothing, then *WHAM*, two feet in a day and the whole city shuts down.

Then it rains two days later and its all gone.....

Here's a pic of the lake in the back yard after the snow a while back....its not frozen right now after 40s and 50s and rain....

D

Amen! That is why I am thinking that we might just see 3 to 4 feet of snow when the "big one" hits.

[hcuar]

We've got 13 inches of snow here in Iowa. We got hit hard by a storm on Wednesday and Thursday... I'll take some pictures and post them tomorrow... Pretty cool. I've got some pretty high drifts in my backyard against a retaining wall.

[sjpetry]

8 inches and my dog eats the snow. :D

[MacDawg]

8 inches and my dog eats the snow. :D

Attaboy! Good dawg!!
Just stay away from the yellow snow!

Woof, Woof - Dawg

[sjpetry]

i hope :p

[MattG]

Florida...nope :(

[EJBasile]

about 5", 4"-7" more on the way tomarrow.

[nosen]

about 5", 4"-7" more on the way tomarrow.
Let's hope, this winter has been LAME! :mad:

[Thomas Veil]

Very little snow here in northeast Ohio. We got just a trace on the ground...and then the ice storm hit. Now it's all trapped under a layer of ice (though it's starting to melt a bit).

[rhpenguin]

have about 5cm of snow... and a lot of ice...

had freezing rain all morning yesterday and then it snowed for a few hours... but right now its colder than a witches teet...

[Mr. Anderson]

Amen! That is why I am thinking that we might just see 3 to 4 feet of snow when the "big one" hits.

And it will probably come in April! :D

I had that happen to me in '93. Flew in for an interview with the company that hired me and that weekend it dumped 2', closed down National Airport and everything else....

Crazy sometimes. The best was in '96-'97 when we had two snows of 18" in one week. The same year the mayor, Marion Barry, had decided to outsource all the plowing for the city. When it came time for the streets to be plowed, all the companies that had been signed up for DC were off plowing other places for more money. There were some places in the city that weren't cleared for over a week.

I remember riding down Conn. Ave one afternoon and I was the only car on the road...it was all pedestrian traffic and skiers (I had an 4x4 SUV, so snow wasn't that much of an issue). A very surreal experience, especially if you've ever driven in the city. :D

D

[CaptainCaveMann]

Snow, haha, snow in L.A.? hahaha :eek:

[pivo6]

Missed out on the last storm that hit the midwest because I live too far north. We still have about 3-4 inches of snow on the ground. What sucks is the cold. Today was the first time that it got above +10ºF all week.

[spikeovsky]

About a quarter of an inch in Beijing. We had about half a foot for Christmas, though!

And, from what I've been told, we're lucky that it's white. Some friends of mine here tell me they've seen snow falling GREY from the sky. Pollution here is gross. :mad:

[sarae]

We've got a reported 9" in southern Wisconsin.. the first real snowstorm of the year, and already I'm sick of it!

[zulgand04]

about 1 inch left after we had 5 then the rain and sleet washed most of it away, maybe a lil more tomarrow, but mostly likely rain :(

-Neal

[MacNut]

about 1 inch left after we had 5 then the rain and sleet washed most of it away, maybe a lil more tomarrow, but mostly likely rain :(

-NealIt looks like you guys will get rain as everyone north of Hartford could see 6 inches.

[OutThere]

About 10 inches...but the skiing hasn't really caught yet. :)

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says...we don't get snow here every winter but once every few years we get a small blast...and it was today...about 10" so far where I am and the city has ground to a complete halt...kinda nice and peaceful....doesn't bother me too much as I grew up in eastern Canada (Toronto) so I remember what snow is like...but a lot of people here have no idea how to cope with it and for some insane reason think they can continue to drive as if the snow was not there at all. In all likelihood it will all be melted in the next week or so and we will be back into the normal winter weather pattern of mostly scattered rain showers....oh yeah!

[PlaceofDis]

about 9 inches out here, got hit by the same storm as emw, the piles of snow from the plows are fun and make great forts for snow ball fights, not that i would know......im not hoping for anymore snow, i want this stuff to melt asap, especially after my lil car accident earlier this week (slid on black ice, hit the curb, causing me to need new struts, and wheels = expensive)

[solvs]

Lotsa black ice and rain. They keep threatening snow, but I don't see it where I am. I have been late for work a couple of times the last 2 weeks. The other day, there were a ton of accidents on the 5 Freeway, so I'm just glad I made it at all. Glad I didn't get stuck at work (in Seattle) either. The news keeps making it seem like it's a blizzard or something.

I have family in Vegas and CA. Weather has been weird lately for them too. Can't believe there was snow in Texas even. Texas!

[iLikeMyiMac]

Since last Sunday we have gotten about 6 inches of rain. If only it had been 15 °F colder it would all be snow. But in the last 3 hours we just got about half and inch of snow on the ground so I want to see what happens.

[Mr. Anderson]

Totally surprised to get up tonight to get a glass of water and look out side and wonder why it was foggy.....

From all the snow that was falling - and this was not forecast at all....its at 5 inches already and its only 3 AM. And we have to drive to Chicago today....bleh.

D

[IDANNY]

Watching the news this evening they showed snow flurries in Las Vegas with 2 feet in Reno.

I am in vegas it started to snow in school. It started at about 9 or so I think. It was so cool

[SiliconAddict]

We haven't gotten jack squat this year. Or the previous. Or the previous. I think the previous was attributed to El Nino or something. Minnesota has this rep for getting buried in snow when in reality New York and pretty much the rest of the country has been getting more then us the last couple years. :(

Heck no more then 2-3 weeks ago it was 50* here. Which for MN is insanely warm. We haven't had a REAL snow storm in something like 10-15 years. All I know is the winters here are NOT the same as the ones I knew growing up.
The next person who tells me the climate isn't shifting or that global warming isn't doing something is going to eat my sandal. (since there isn't enough snow to warrant a boot.)


On the other hand we kicked the snot out of Siberia at one point last year for temperature. I think it was some lonely little town up north. Something like -43 or something insane. Other then the Antarctic there was only one other colder place then us. Those bastard Swedes (Or was it Norwegians?) had to steal our fun. ;) Just kidding.

[After G]

There's no snow where I am - just a lot of rain.

There was hail for about 5-10 seconds though...

[Nermal]

No snow here, it's the middle of summer :cool:

[urban1985_]

The Greater Vancouver Area has snow :) Quite a bit. Makes driving a b*tch.

[Chip NoVaMac]

And it will probably come in April! :D

I had that happen to me in '93. Flew in for an interview with the company that hired me and that weekend it dumped 2', closed down National Airport and everything else....

Crazy sometimes. The best was in '96-'97 when we had two snows of 18" in one week. The same year the mayor, Marion Barry, had decided to outsource all the plowing for the city. When it came time for the streets to be plowed, all the companies that had been signed up for DC were off plowing other places for more money. There were some places in the city that weren't cleared for over a week.

I remember riding down Conn. Ave one afternoon and I was the only car on the road...it was all pedestrian traffic and skiers (I had an 4x4 SUV, so snow wasn't that much of an issue). A very surreal experience, especially if you've ever driven in the city. :D

D

Got to love the weather in this area. I remember the back-to-back storms. The first one paralyzed the region for 3 to 5 days. The next one came, and no one batted an eye.

[hcuar]

We've got 13 inches of snow here in Iowa. We got hit hard by a storm on Wednesday and Thursday... I'll take some pictures and post them tomorrow... Pretty cool. I've got some pretty high drifts in my backyard against a retaining wall.

Here's the pics:

[yippy]

We just got an inch or 2 last night, before that we had a bit of an ice storm that left about a half inch of ice covering everything. Very pretty.

[jeremy.king]

Biggest snowfall since I have lived here (Jan 2001).

[OutThere]

Biggest snowfall since I have lived here (Jan 2001).

That's quite a bit of snow you had there! How much was that? I remember a few years ago when we got about 2.5 feet in maybe 20 hours. That was snow! :D

[jeremy.king]

That's quite a bit of snow you had there! How much was that? I remember a few years ago when we got about 2.5 feet in maybe 20 hours. That was snow! :D

Officially only about 13 inches.

Haven't seen that much since 1991 in MN (grew up in Lakeville). It was halloween and we got almost 30 inches - Duluth was even harder hit. I also remember another 18 or so near thanksgiving. That month 11/1991 almost 4 feet of snow fell. Those were the days. Living in SE WI, I figured it would be similar - but in reality the last 3-4 years haven't produced much for snow. To little, in fact, that I sold my snowmobiles this past fall.

[MacNut]

Lots of black ice tonight, rain all day, just over the border lots of snow in MA.

[joepunk]

B'ham got about 4 to 6 inches of snow Thursday/Friday and about an inch by Saturday morning. Went sledding down our university apartments driveway. We built a jump and a few people kept making the jump higher. On my second run I used one of those garbage can lid like sleds and went backwards off the jump really high, landed totally wrong, and injured my lower back :eek: :D

All in all it was great fun.

[imac9556]

We got an Ice storm in Leawood, KS on 1/4-1/5
2 days off from School because of Snow Day.
Heres a picture that I took, which KCTV5 also accepted on the Winter Weather 2005 web page photos :)

[emw]

How 'bout some pics?

Woof, Woof - Dawg

Finally...

[wdlove]

Great pictures emw and imac9556, thank your for sharing.

We got a couple of inches of show on the ground. Then it turned to sleet. so we still have several inches on the ground and ice/snow mixture. It makes for a beautiful wintry landscape.

[thecow]

<snip>Crazy sometimes. The best was in '96-'97 when we had two snows of 18" in one week. The same year the mayor, Marion Barry, had decided to outsource all the plowing for the city. When it came time for the streets to be plowed, all the companies that had been signed up for DC were off plowing other places for more money. There were some places in the city that weren't cleared for over a week.

I remember riding down Conn. Ave one afternoon and I was the only car on the road...it was all pedestrian traffic and skiers (I had an 4x4 SUV, so snow wasn't that much of an issue). A very surreal experience, especially if you've ever driven in the city. :D

DI remember when that happened. I was only 6 than and I remember that I could burrow under the snow and make little caves in it. So far this year I have no snow at all except for about 1/2 of an inch which doesn't really count. It only lasted for a bout a day.
My grandmother is swiss and my dad got to go there a lot when he was a kid to go skiing. I've only been there twice in the summer. He said that once before he went to bed there was no snow on the ground and the next day the cars where completely covered in snow. One of the houses in the town burned down that day because they where trying to melt the water in the pipes with a blow torch. The fire department could only throw snow on the house because they couldn't get their trucks through the snow. The house burned down anyway. My uncle who lives in Las Vegas said that they got more snow than we have gotten this year. Thats not fair. :mad:

[Littleodie914]

We don't have a whole lot now... 2-3" max. Last week though, we were in a winter storm warning for almost a day and a half, and got enough snow to cancel every school in the county! :D

[mattmack]

Rain rain and more rain. It is really hard to bring a building out of the ground when the ground is mud :p

[Chip NoVaMac]

Looks like snow is till far of for us. We are looking at 70+ on Thursday. A year ago we had highs of 21.

[Xtremehkr]

Just endless rain, which is really out of the ordinary here in SoCal. The best part is when the rain stops though, the atmosphere is always so clear and everything is green for a while. The rain clears the smog and you can see the mountains that are usually hidden. If people had more time to appreciate the view they might consider wanting it to be clear all of the time.

[Chip NoVaMac]

Just endless rain, which is really out of the ordinary here in SoCal. The best part is when the rain stops though, the atmosphere is always so clear and everything is green for a while. The rain clears the smog and you can see the mountains that are usually hidden. If people had more time to appreciate the view they might consider wanting it to be clear all of the time.

Just watched the news and it seems like Las Vegas is getting more than their fair share of rain so far. Though they need it (in small doses).

[MacNut]

The newest forecast has our weather reaching possibly 60 than a chance of snow a few days later, Welcome to New England in winter.

[emw]

The newest forecast has our weather reaching possibly 60 than a chance of snow a few days later, Welcome to New England in winter.
Yeah, it's crazy. Here in Chicago, it's freezing rain tonight and tomorrow, 50 on Wednesday, 8 on Friday. Luckily I'm headed to Tampa in a couple of weeks.

[wdlove]

Here in Boston partly to mostly cloudy tomorrow. Tuesday Night: snow likely in the evening, then snow and freezing rain after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: freezing rain with possible snow, sleet or rain in the morning, then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs around 40. East winds 10 to 15 mph.

[mattmack]

Here in Boston partly to mostly cloudy tomorrow. Tuesday Night: snow likely in the evening, then snow and freezing rain after midnight. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: freezing rain with possible snow, sleet or rain in the morning, then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs around 40. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Here in SF it will be raining for the keynote tomorrow

[cazlar]

No snow here. But then again it is summer down here and Sydney doesn't get snow at all really. In fact, before I went to Europe I had never actually seen snow (we do have ski fields in Australia, just our family never went there).

It did hail a whole lot a while back and it looked like snow! There were pictures of people snowboarding on the hail at the beach (photo here (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/05/1094322646465.html)) :D

[xsedrinam]

Snow, year 'round. 5 active volcanos around the city. See Cotopaxi (19.700') out our window when it's clear.
http://www.picsplace.to/5/0321/cotopaxi-small.jpg
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[NZDave]

I woke up Sunday morn....I mean afternoon, and there was a very light Seattle style frosting of snow on the ground. I'd been snowboarding the day before though, so the excitement was short lived. But I'm hoping for more, if they cancelled school 'twould be grand.

[michelle]

No snow here ever :( . Actually, I think we had it one time in the 70s. Plenty of rain tho.

[latergator116]

It was warmer today, but not the 60 degrees that was predicted. It probably would have felt warmer if it was sunny, but there was heavy fog. :rolleyes:I can barely see the roof of the house across my street. But if I look on the sunny side of things, the warmer weather melted a lot of the snow from yesterday.

[MacNut]

its warmer now than it was all day, it finally hit 50 at about 5:00 but rain tonight and maybe snow tomorrow with a low of 20. :eek:

[pivo6]

its warmer now than it was all day, it finally hit 50 at about 5:00 but rain tonight and maybe snow tomorrow with a low of 20. :eek:

A low of 20? I would kill for that right now. After getting about 5 inches of snow yesterday, we had a high of about 5. Of course the high came right after midnight today. Tonight, a low of -25F with windchills of -40F. :(

[mattmack]

No snow here ever :( . Actually, I think we had it one time in the 70s. Plenty of rain tho.1975 was the last real snow on the ground in SF it stayed for about three days and was a good couple of inches deep. (I was 5 when it happened), :eek:

[latergator116]

Well, it's 8 o'clock and I just went outside with my t-shirt to take out the trash and it is about 60 degrees out. Go figure.

[MacNut]

Looks like a big storm is heading for the east coast this weekend and over a foot is possible.