Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: BrianGMFS on February 25, 2008, 10:30:54 PM
Title: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: BrianGMFS on February 25, 2008, 10:30:54 PM
Please... ::banghead:: ::knockedout::
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... Winter storm to impact the north country Tuesday into Wednesday...
... Winter Storm Warning in effect from 10 am Tuesday to 7 PM EST Wednesday...
The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a Winter Storm Warning... which is in effect from 10 am Tuesday to 7 PM EST Wednesday for Vermont and northern New York.
Snowfall accumulations through Wednesday evening are expected to be 6 to 10 inches across the Saint Lawrence River valley... 8 to 14 inches across the Adirondacks of northern New York... 10 to 15 inches across much of Vermont and the Champlain Valley of New York with locally higher amounts possible in favored higher terrain.
Snow will overspread northern New York and Vermont Tuesday morning into early afternoon and persist through midday Wednesday. Snow may be heavy at times Tuesday night and may briefly mix with sleet over southern Vermont. Thereafter... wraparound snow and snow showers will continue into Wednesday evening in northern Vermont... the Adirondacks and the Champlain Valley of New York before gradually ending after midnight.
In addition... brisk northwest winds will develop and increase to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph during Wednesday. This will create blowing and drifting of the snow causing poor visibilities and hazardous driving conditions.
Persons across the north country should take the necessary actions and prepare for this upcoming winter event. Avoid any unnecessary travel. If you must travel... let someone know your timetable and the Route you will use. If you feel your roof may be vulnerable to heavy snow loads... please take precautionary action. Also... remember to check and clear outside vents to prevent the possible build-up of Carbon monoxide gases.
Please stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio... your local media... or go to www.Weather.Gov/Burlington for further updates on this weather situation.
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: PiperGirl on February 26, 2008, 01:22:28 PM
Yup.... woke up to wet heavy snow this morning... I want spring ;D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: BrianGMFS on February 26, 2008, 03:48:42 PM
Calling for 12-16 inches in my area over the next 24 hours.... goes well with the 4 feet already on the ground ::banghead::
Brian
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on February 26, 2008, 03:51:13 PM
well while everyone has stolen my snow ::complaining: i have stolen your spring gusting high winds and rain MWWWHAHAHAHAHAHA (online version of the evil laff) >:D >:D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: G-man on February 26, 2008, 03:58:36 PM
well while everyone has stolen my snow ::complaining: i have stolen your spring gusting high winds and rain MWWWHAHAHAHAHAHA (online version of the evil laff) >:D >:D
I dont know about that---we just cancelled a flight in the Mark Twain forest because of 30 kts of wind and blowing snow.. And this is fire season.. ::unbelieveable::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on February 26, 2008, 04:21:00 PM
fire season in febuary?!?!?1 ::eek:: ::unbelieveable:: are you pulling my leg?
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: airtac on February 26, 2008, 07:01:58 PM
It's some screwed up weather back East alright--I've been waiting to pick up a new Cessna 206 out of Erie PA for 2 weeks--too much icing conditions to even think about it and I've gotta be in Aridzona next week for spring training so I'll probably lose that ferry job >:( It's pretty much like spring here in NORTHERN CA---temps in the 50s, lots of sunshine, trees blooming (eat yer hearts out snowbunnies) :'(
Thats the good news------Bad news was a vet bill for 645 dollars for spring checkup for my dogs today but that's how ya keep em healthy------RIGHT? Don Yan
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: G-man on February 26, 2008, 07:12:45 PM
fire season in febuary?!?!?1 ::eek:: ::unbelieveable:: are you pulling my leg?
Not everywhere in the world is as cold as Perth: I quote:
"What is "Fire season"? FIRE SEASON is the time of year when weather and vegetation conditions combine to make wildland fires more likely within a given area.
Statistics show that, on Mark Twain National Forest, danger of wildland fires increases from February 1 through May 15, and October 10 through December 10."
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/marktwain/fire/
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: 4X-NTY on February 26, 2008, 07:22:38 PM
Spring? it annoys me,one day it's hot,that i ran around shirt-less at school,and carrying 20 kilo of clothes that supposed to keep me warm,and i actually can jump,and the other day i freeze to death,can't the weather decide already?!
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: leiafee on February 26, 2008, 08:42:47 PM
The daffodils are out here, and the weather is forecast sunny and I've got our little tommy-hawk tomorrow. it's spring as far as I'm concerned ;D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on February 26, 2008, 09:22:04 PM
lleiafee did we ever have a winter over here? we had a spring,summer autumn missed out winter and went straight to spring again
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: airtac on February 27, 2008, 02:12:07 AM
I flew over it last night when coming back from Houston.
AHhhhhh--Glad to see someone got to go play at the expo--the rest of us were holding down the fort--protecting the country from wildfire-protecting homes..saving women & children.. ::whistle:: ::whistle::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: leiafee on February 27, 2008, 10:03:29 PM
lleiafee did we ever have a winter over here? we had a spring,summer autumn missed out winter and went straight to spring again
Hmm, I think the three days I spent stranded with aeroplane on the Isle of Wight because I decided to employ the better part of valour and turn back from some nasty weather counted as my "winter blues" ;-)
It was drop down gorgeous up there today though. Windsock looked like it'd been nailed to the post, flat calm, high clouds just the right size and spacing for amusing myself dodging and diving and ducking between them. Got up so high that air/ground practically laughed at me when I told them where I was. Watched fast jets with cool fierce-sounding call signs way down underneath me on their way to the practice range (the reason a/g had asked after me), then went down low instead and bimbled about looking at the castles and ironage earthworks that surround our little airport. Trailed along the coast where the downland sweeps up frot he sea and frightened a paraglider about to launch himself at me. Wagged my wings at him in apology and cleared off out of his way, dawdled over the saltmarshes, peered at the progress on the ne runway at the next airfield over, did a PFL at a handy sandbank, then wandered home to sit on the wing and watch the sun go down.
Can't ask for much more from a spring afternoon really. :D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: airtac on February 28, 2008, 12:26:10 AM
HEAVY SIGH |:)\ That's so romantic ::bow::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 28, 2008, 12:57:53 AM
lleiafee did we ever have a winter over here? we had a spring,summer autumn missed out winter and went straight to spring again
Hmm, I think the three days I spent stranded with aeroplane on the Isle of Wight because I decided to employ the better part of valour and turn back from some nasty weather counted as my "winter blues" ;-)
It was drop down gorgeous up there today though. Windsock looked like it'd been nailed to the post, flat calm, high clouds just the right size and spacing for amusing myself dodging and diving and ducking between them. Got up so high that air/ground practically laughed at me when I told them where I was. Watched fast jets with cool fierce-sounding call signs way down underneath me on their way to the practice range (the reason a/g had asked after me), then went down low instead and bimbled about looking at the castles and ironage earthworks that surround our little airport. Trailed along the coast where the downland sweeps up frot he sea and frightened a paraglider about to launch himself at me. Wagged my wings at him in apology and cleared off out of his way, dawdled over the saltmarshes, peered at the progress on the ne runway at the next airfield over, did a PFL at a handy sandbank, then wandered home to sit on the wing and watch the sun go down.
Can't ask for much more from a spring afternoon really. :D
::sulk:: OK OK... you can stop rubbing it in now ::bow:: it's just snow snow snow and more snow here... It does sound like a wonderful day though |:)\
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: leiafee on February 28, 2008, 06:17:40 PM
I concour! You describe that day so one can almost feel the wind and sun (http://www.totalnfs.net/Remko/smilies/love.gif) |:)\
It must be a funny feeling to be in a Tommy-hawk with jetliners flying underneath you :D
Frank
Not airliners... These boys...
(http://www.targeta.co.uk/images/051_2961w.jpg)
We've got an air-ground bombing range next door. The airfield I learned to fly at was actually inside the danger area. They're pretty GA friendly and we co-exist very well most of the time.
(And get a cracking local airshow as a "thanks for not whinging about the noise too much"...)
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: AirScorp on February 28, 2008, 11:49:11 PM
*picks up jaw from the floor!*
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: tundra_flier on February 29, 2008, 12:25:15 AM
I think we got a bit to go here in Fairbanks: Friday Night Mostly clear. Lows 15 below to 30 below...warmest over the hills. Light winds in valleys. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph in valleys...20 to 35 mph over the hills with areas of blowing snow.
However, the good news is: February 28, 2008 Sun Rise / Set: Actual Time 8:04 AM AKST / 6:03 PM AKST Length of Day 9h 58m Tomorrow will be 6m 47s longer
Phil
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Baradium on February 29, 2008, 12:54:10 AM
I think we got a bit to go here in Fairbanks: Friday Night Mostly clear. Lows 15 below to 30 below...warmest over the hills. Light winds in valleys. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph in valleys...20 to 35 mph over the hills with areas of blowing snow.
However, the good news is: February 28, 2008 Sun Rise / Set: Actual Time 8:04 AM AKST / 6:03 PM AKST Length of Day 9h 58m Tomorrow will be 6m 47s longer
Phil
We need the :cheers: smiley.
I've started working on the '69 International, planning on having it on the road by spring. If I would just go ahead and spend the money it'd be ready to go tomorrow...
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: leiafee on March 01, 2008, 09:52:54 PM
Yep, that pretty much matches my reaction, however many times I see them at it. ;D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on March 02, 2008, 04:13:29 PM
its the same sort of thing when i head north up the A9 seeing tonka toys (tornados) flying 50ft abouve your car, or helis coming straight at you
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: PiperGirl on March 02, 2008, 05:32:56 PM
It smelled like spring here yesterday <wishful thinking smiley>... even though there was still lots of snow all over the ground, and Lake Michigan is still frozen as far as you can see. We walked out on the ice quite a ways yesterday. Pretty awesome sunset out over the ice.
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: BrianGMFS on March 20, 2008, 04:17:23 PM
It's the first official day of spring and guess what?? IT"S SNOWING!!!!! We have a winter weather advisory for 3-5 inches of snow by tomorrow ::banghead::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
It's the first official day of spring and guess what?? IT"S SNOWING!!!!! We have a winter weather advisory for 3-5 inches of snow by tomorrow ::banghead::
HAHAHA, guess what, same here!!! Tomorrow should be up to 6 inches, heavy flying snow (that phenomen when snow drifts over the roads and thus making them even more slippery) and temperatures between +3 and -5 celcius. Happy spring ::rofl::
Frank
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: G-man on March 23, 2008, 08:12:57 PM
Well..it is actually snowing here in Rolla, MO.. ::whistle:: ::whistle:: ::drinking:: ::drinking::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Mike on March 24, 2008, 03:17:39 AM
got sun-burned today, working on my boat in LA . . .
:P ;D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: BrianGMFS on March 24, 2008, 08:23:29 PM
Rub it in Mike, rub it in....... ::knockedout::
Brian
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on March 24, 2008, 08:26:15 PM
its been snowing all day here and none of it is laying its all melted
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 25, 2008, 08:43:02 PM
Well it's March 25th so officially it is spring. As my brother said just after we visited our mom today, the snow mustn't have heard that :D
The pictures were taken just a few minutes after arriving so as you can see it was one heck of a ride. The main roads were also totally covered in snow so no stripes etc. And no, Bridgestone Turanza ER30 195/60-15s aren't good snow tires, luckily, I know how to drive slow and smooth and unlike my brother who came a few minutes after me, I didn't have anyone tailgating me.
The last picture is looking towards the exit of the area we live in, standing in front of our place, the place we lived in almost 10 years (and were my dad passed away in the christmas of 98) is two doors down the road in the same rowhouse-block as we live in now.
Temperature is about +0.5C so the snow isn't quite slush, but not dry and firm either so it's about as slippery as can be.
Frank
P.S. Hmm, maybe I should've posted this in Life Thrue Your Camera instead?
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on March 25, 2008, 10:11:42 PM
now thats what i call real snow cos all we are getting here is small stuff that does not settle ::complaining:
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: airtac on March 26, 2008, 04:27:48 PM
UGH!! That snow/slush stuff does NOT look like fun--I'm planting flowers today (that ought to make ya hate me!!)
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 26, 2008, 04:50:40 PM
UGH!! That snow/slush stuff does NOT look like fun--I'm planting flowers today (that ought to make ya hate me!!)
No, that makes me want to emigrate! Ah, to not have to swap tires 5+ times a year at unknown times, to not have to stand in the frost scraping ice off the windows and having the engine running all the time to demist the windows inside, to not get fried when accidentally turning on the seatheating in summertime (every single vehicle car in DK has seatheating as std. the last many years and I dislike the feeling even when it's freezingt so it's just one more electrical thing to go wrong for me). And best of all, Cheap Fuel!! (Yes I heard the 5+ USD/gall price over CNN radio but it's still way cheaper than here!) The only problem: How to get a green card.
Frank
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Fabo on March 26, 2008, 07:14:50 PM
Maybe you could try to marry Mary? ::) ;)
Oh and btw American fuel is far less octane as our home one, so I suppose that with comparable car you would get bigger consumption. Does not make driving equally priced though.
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 26, 2008, 09:40:52 PM
Hahahahaha, very funny. On a serius note then USA and perhaps other North-American countries as well, use a different octane rating than Europe (which use the RON std.) so US regular which I think is 87 isn't as far from 93 octane RON as it looks, it's almost the same I think, of course 80% of the cars in Denmark use (read: need) 95 octane RON. Besides, even if I could get a Mondeo mk2 over stateside then I'd plan on leaving the euro-spec engine in Europe and using a complete California spec engine (just a normal 2.0L 4-cylinder Zetec-E engine, not the Duratec V6 model) anyway so the slightly lower octane rating wouldn't be a problem. A scandinavian/german engine probably wouldn't be well-tuned to the weather in California or such anyway. Plus the Mondeo in Europe comes with engines down to a 95hp 1.6 Zetec-E variant and those are quite cheap.
Frank
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: FlyboyGil on March 27, 2008, 12:17:53 AM
Oh and btw American fuel is far less octane as our home one, so I suppose that with comparable car you would get bigger consumption. Does not make driving equally priced though.
Whoa, whoa, whoa young man. Mary and I are getting married. Was it not you who was going to do a flyby with a MIG?
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 27, 2008, 03:01:27 AM
Awwwright!!!!!!!!! ;D
I was a little worried our earlier wedding plans had been forgotten.... seeing as how time has been slipping by! ::bow::
So far, I've got some bewskis, some leftover tequila, and various other spirits for the party.... this social planning stuff is pretty stressful, you know.. think I'll go have a beer... ::whistle::
::whistle::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on March 27, 2008, 07:52:30 AM
yeaaaaaa any excuse for a party!!! ::bow:: ill be over wi a few bottles o scotch
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 27, 2008, 11:40:30 PM
Here are some smart sheep who apparently went to school.....
(actually the farmer used 3 herding dogs and strategically placed feed, the message said..)...
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: G-man on April 10, 2008, 04:17:15 PM
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: PiperGirl on April 10, 2008, 06:32:56 PM
It must be spring here - I got eaten by mosquitoes last weekend... and we're getting rain now instead of snow ::)
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: TheSoccerMom on April 13, 2008, 01:03:12 AM
It's sure spring here today... 70 degrees F right now, and they forecast almost 80 for the next two days. Not bad, since it snowed a few mornings ago... ::whistle::
Pretty soon it will be too hot to take!! :D
:)
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Mike on April 13, 2008, 02:48:51 AM
almost smells like fire-weather here in LA Hot and windy, even down by the ocean . . . Can you say "Santa Anas" ???
;D
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: PiperGirl on April 13, 2008, 01:57:28 PM
It must be spring here - I got eaten by mosquitoes last weekend... and we're getting rain now instead of snow ::)
Just Kidding... Its snowing this morning >:( >:( ::loony::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Zaffex on April 13, 2008, 02:00:52 PM
It's more or less here where we're at, been sunny and warm a couple days, but right now it's raining.
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on April 13, 2008, 02:36:22 PM
well its actually stopped raining here and a strange yellow orb giving out heat is out in the sky with white fluffy clouds and some blue sky......does this mean it spring or the end of the world? ::thinking:: ::unbelieveable:: ::loony:: ::complaining: ::eek::
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Fabo on April 13, 2008, 03:53:57 PM
It probably means you have been carriedout of the UK! :o
Title: Re: Is it spring yet.....
Post by: Oddball on April 13, 2008, 04:16:24 PM
no still in the uk after i posted that comment it started to rain again.
