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Richard · 03-02-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc

During the night we got a surprise snowfall measuring 14 inches at the airport. It's a wierd one cuz just north of my house & west of here got nothing! The wind shifted & blew southwest heading strait for MKE & little south of MKE. They call it "lake effect". S.E. Wisc & close to lake really got it. Next few days it should melt some.

hammer · 03-02-2009, 02:50 PM

got nine inches here saterday and its almost gone

john_ny · 03-02-2009, 03:59 PM

About 10 to 12 inches this AM.

saltydad · 03-02-2009, 04:37 PM

About 8" here

Patty in Wisc · 03-02-2009, 05:06 PM

Yeah, I heard on news today the east coast really got hit w/ snow. Isn't this fun?

saltydad · 03-02-2009, 05:51 PM

I moved back to the DC area from NY about 6 years ago. I've been reveling in the lack of appreciable snow here. As far as I'm concerned, I'll be a happy man if I never see another snowflake. Unfortunately, my family (except for my son) lives here, so Florida or California remains a dream.

Bob · 03-02-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc

Yeah, I heard on news today the east coast really got hit w/ snow. Isn't this fun?

Yeah...............aint life grand? This was our biggest snowfall to date accumulation wise and we're supposed to get down to single digits in the next few days. Ridiculous for March but on par for this winter...................what makes it worse is that it was about 60 on Friday,

Richard · 03-29-2009, 09:21 AM

Check out this dramatic low pressure system moving across the northwest.

Patty in Wisc · 03-29-2009, 10:02 AM

We are s'posed to get good weather from west soon. We just had a snow storm since last eve...lots of power out just south of me. Only about 4 inches of snow but it's very wet & heavy - & slippery. Lots of accidents last night.
I don't know how much longer I can take this cold, dark gloom! Let me know when my weatherbanner shows sun & temps upper 60's! Going to hibernate now...AGAIN.

lorax · 03-29-2009, 10:32 AM

30 degrees C and some really amazing volcanic-induced thunderstorms, here. It's been raining so hard that people in the province north of me are worrying that their crater lake is going to crest out and flood the provincial capital. This will be the first time in recorded history it's happened, if it occurs.

Caloosamusa · 03-29-2009, 12:45 PM

Here in South Florida it is the dry season, but today was awesome!!! We woke up this morning to a very light rain. It stayed slow and steady, with thunder in the distance. It began to rain harder, but gently, then slow, and rain harder again. This is an excellent blessing at our dry time of year from the one that sends the rain, and all good things!!

Patty in Wisc · 03-29-2009, 01:19 PM

A few years ago I was in FL in March & it rained every day around noon & cleared up by 3. Maybe that was unusual.

lorax · 03-29-2009, 01:53 PM

Okay, I need to revise my weather. I'm still at 30 C and magnificent thunderstorms with really fat rain, but having read the Sunday Flooding Special of the paper, I find that the house I used to live in, down in the south of the country, just got washed down its hill, as did the houses of several of my friends. It's even flooding here in Quito, which is at 12,000 feet above sea level! I can only imagine how bad it is on the coast; they've been cut off from the rest of the country for a couple of weeks now. Can I send some rain to any of you?

island cassie · 03-29-2009, 06:34 PM

Sheesh Lorax! No more rain for us please - the garden has been a bog for the last 3 months and the visitors are asking where the hot sun is! But the last 3 days have been beautiful.

Sorry to hear about your flooding - it is very hard to deal with as we know here to our cost!!

Everyone else - hey! spring MUST be just around the corner - it is nearly April after all.

Caloosamusa · 03-29-2009, 07:58 PM

Patty, a lot of it depends upon where the Bermuda high is sitting or moving, and intensity. On the east coast that pattern sometimes sets up early in the season.

Richard · 03-29-2009, 08:31 PM

Lorax, I'm very concerned for all of you. When a crater lake breaches, it can happen on a less-durable wall. The resulting erosion allows a tremendous amount of water to drain from these deep lakes.

lorax · 03-29-2009, 09:40 PM

I'm not in that city, thankfully (I'm in Quito, Puyo, and Manabi, usually). If Lago Yaguarcocha goes, though, the city of Ibarra is toast, and probably also the towns of El Chota and Los Valles. Thankfully Otavalo is one valley over so it wont be lost. However, there's almost no chance of it breaching a weak wall - it's an indented blast crater that created its own valley (one of the larger explosive dasitic explosions of Volcan Imbabura created it several million years ago.) It would be a really amazing feat to break a crater wall, as they're all uniformly several thousand feet thick of hard basalt.

I'd be more concerned if there was a warning out for Lago Cuicocha or Lago Quilotoa, which are elevated crater lakes.

Richard · 03-29-2009, 10:47 PM

There are craters in the western US and elsewhere with one side composed of pumice grains, etc. glued together with volcanic "varnish". Over time this becomes the lower wall, with the remaining sides composed of iron and copper igneous slag. When the crater becomes full and breaches, the flow on the weak side is enough to tear out the already degraded varnish and a good portion of the lake drains.

Chironex · 03-30-2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by lorax

Can I send some rain to any of you?

Yes, please send it to Las Vegas. About 3 inches per week will do nicely thank you. Of course, Vegas will flood like crazy, but it needs to be flushed anyhow.

Bob · 03-30-2009, 08:26 AM

The ground in northern Jersey hasn't dried from the winter yet!

03-02-2009, 02:50 PM	#142 (permalink)
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03-02-2009, 04:37 PM	#144 (permalink)
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03-02-2009, 05:06 PM	#145 (permalink)
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03-02-2009, 05:51 PM	#146 (permalink)
saltydad saltydad's Photo Gallery Location: Silver Spring, Maryland USA Find me on the map! Zone: 7a Name: Howard Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,552 BananaBucks : 174,693 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 14,712 Times Was Thanked 4,662 Times in 1,778 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 824 Times	Re: current weather I moved back to the DC area from NY about 6 years ago. I've been reveling in the lack of appreciable snow here. As far as I'm concerned, I'll be a happy man if I never see another snowflake. Unfortunately, my family (except for my son) lives here, so Florida or California remains a dream. __________________ Men In Nursing- "A Few Good Men" "Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." - Francis Bacon "If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal." John F. Kennedy, September, 1960 http://flickr.com/photos/saltydad/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/saltydad http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/saltydad/

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03-29-2009, 09:21 AM	#148 (permalink)
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03-29-2009, 10:02 AM	#149 (permalink)
Patty in Wisc tropical nut Patty in Wisc's Photo Gallery Zone: 5 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,115 BananaBucks : 337,816 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 2,946 Times Was Thanked 2,510 Times in 1,203 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 69 Times	Re: current weather We are s'posed to get good weather from west soon. We just had a snow storm since last eve...lots of power out just south of me. Only about 4 inches of snow but it's very wet & heavy - & slippery. Lots of accidents last night. I don't know how much longer I can take this cold, dark gloom! Let me know when my weatherbanner shows sun & temps upper 60's! Going to hibernate now...AGAIN. __________________ Got a lite? Patty ____ Patty in Wisc has sadly passed away 9/05/11. We will miss you Patty.

03-29-2009, 10:32 AM	#150 (permalink)
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03-29-2009, 12:45 PM	#151 (permalink)
Caloosamusa Caloosamusa's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,578 BananaBucks : 27,886 Feedback: 1 / 67% Said "Thanks" 3,829 Times Was Thanked 1,556 Times in 675 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 334 Times	Re: current weather Here in South Florida it is the dry season, but today was awesome!!! We woke up this morning to a very light rain. It stayed slow and steady, with thunder in the distance. It began to rain harder, but gently, then slow, and rain harder again. This is an excellent blessing at our dry time of year from the one that sends the rain, and all good things!!

03-29-2009, 01:19 PM	#152 (permalink)
Patty in Wisc tropical nut Patty in Wisc's Photo Gallery Zone: 5 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,115 BananaBucks : 337,816 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 2,946 Times Was Thanked 2,510 Times in 1,203 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 69 Times	Re: current weather A few years ago I was in FL in March & it rained every day around noon & cleared up by 3. Maybe that was unusual. __________________ Got a lite? Patty ____ Patty in Wisc has sadly passed away 9/05/11. We will miss you Patty.

03-29-2009, 01:53 PM	#153 (permalink)
lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 302,036 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: current weather Okay, I need to revise my weather. I'm still at 30 C and magnificent thunderstorms with really fat rain, but having read the Sunday Flooding Special of the paper, I find that the house I used to live in, down in the south of the country, just got washed down its hill, as did the houses of several of my friends. It's even flooding here in Quito, which is at 12,000 feet above sea level! I can only imagine how bad it is on the coast; they've been cut off from the rest of the country for a couple of weeks now. Can I send some rain to any of you?

03-29-2009, 06:34 PM	#154 (permalink)
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03-29-2009, 07:58 PM	#155 (permalink)
Caloosamusa Caloosamusa's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,578 BananaBucks : 27,886 Feedback: 1 / 67% Said "Thanks" 3,829 Times Was Thanked 1,556 Times in 675 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 334 Times	Re: current weather Patty, a lot of it depends upon where the Bermuda high is sitting or moving, and intensity. On the east coast that pattern sometimes sets up early in the season.

03-29-2009, 08:31 PM	#156 (permalink)
Richard un-Retired Richard's Photo Gallery Location: Vista, CA Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 10b Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,674 BananaBucks : 509,433 Feedback: 9 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times	Re: current weather Lorax, I'm very concerned for all of you. When a crater lake breaches, it can happen on a less-durable wall. The resulting erosion allows a tremendous amount of water to drain from these deep lakes. __________________ Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com

03-29-2009, 09:40 PM	#157 (permalink)
lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 302,036 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: current weather I'm not in that city, thankfully (I'm in Quito, Puyo, and Manabi, usually). If Lago Yaguarcocha goes, though, the city of Ibarra is toast, and probably also the towns of El Chota and Los Valles. Thankfully Otavalo is one valley over so it wont be lost. However, there's almost no chance of it breaching a weak wall - it's an indented blast crater that created its own valley (one of the larger explosive dasitic explosions of Volcan Imbabura created it several million years ago.) It would be a really amazing feat to break a crater wall, as they're all uniformly several thousand feet thick of hard basalt. I'd be more concerned if there was a warning out for Lago Cuicocha or Lago Quilotoa, which are elevated crater lakes.

03-29-2009, 10:47 PM	#158 (permalink)
Richard un-Retired Richard's Photo Gallery Location: Vista, CA Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 10b Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,674 BananaBucks : 509,433 Feedback: 9 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times	Re: current weather There are craters in the western US and elsewhere with one side composed of pumice grains, etc. glued together with volcanic "varnish". Over time this becomes the lower wall, with the remaining sides composed of iron and copper igneous slag. When the crater becomes full and breaches, the flow on the weak side is enough to tear out the already degraded varnish and a good portion of the lake drains. __________________ Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com

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