Weather WTF

[garbon]

Oh wait. They are now saying the 30 inches could be here...

edit: though it looks like as per usual, each weather outlet says something different.

[Liep]

So how's the NYC Blizzapalooza 2015 coming along? Even here the media is going crazy over it.

[garbon]

To be honest, I only know what the news says. I haven't been outside since 1:30 and it is too dark to see anything out the window.  I see the news says that Central Park has already got 4 inches / the city effectively has a curfew in effect starting at 11.

[garbon]

So once again the National Weather Service has the populace wondering what exactly they get paid for.

[Liep]

Some years back the weather service completely missed a huge storm and was wildly criticised, now they warn for everything with most turning out to just be a bit of wind.

[KRonn]

I'm looking at nasty sideways blowing snow, must be drifts of at probably three feet. Funny though due to the blowing snow my car has almost no snow on it. Expecting it to snow all day and into tonight, not sure when it's ending.  I may go out soon and do some cleanup since this is going to keep snowing for a long time. The snow at the end of the driveway pushed up by the plows clearing the street must be four feet high.

New York city didn't get the brunt of the storm; that's happening here in New England, especially eastern NE. I'm southwest of Boston which is part of the prime snowfall area. I get to try out my new snow blower for the first time today.

Work office building is closed today, working from home. I did a bunch of stuff this morning and probably won't log back in except to check if any problems.

[crazy canuck]

It was a nice spring like day yesterday.  After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon. 

[garbon]

It was a nice spring like day yesterday.  After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon. 

Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!

[CountDeMoney]

Bah, we were only going to get a glancing blow at most, and even that didn't happen.

I wish I were on Nantucket right now.  Riding out this blizzard in the middle of the ocean with nothing more than some blankets, candles and a fifth of Yukon Jack has got to be a blast.  VISIBILITY: DRUNK AND SUICIDAL

[crazy canuck]

It was a nice spring like day yesterday.  After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon. 

Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!

You are looking at today's temperature.  I would guess it is about 9 C right now.  Yesterday we got up to 14 C.  That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January 

[KRonn]

Bah, we were only going to get a glancing blow at most, and even that didn't happen.

I wish I were on Nantucket right now.  Riding out this blizzard in the middle of the ocean with nothing more than some blankets, candles and a fifth of Yukon Jack has got to be a blast.  VISIBILITY: DRUNK AND SUICIDAL

Yep, you're missing out on some amazing storm scenery! Nantucket is being clobbered, hurricane force winds, storm tides, along with the snow. Though not likely near as much snow as just a few miles inland is getting.

[Eddie Teach]

You are looking at today's temperature.  I would guess it is about 9 C right now.  Yesterday we got up to 14 C.  That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January 

It's 14 C right now. Brrrrrrrrr.

[garbon]

It was a nice spring like day yesterday.  After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon. 

Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!

You are looking at today's temperature.  I would guess it is about 9 C right now.  Yesterday we got up to 14 C.  That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January 

I was looking at the predictions for the week. I wouldn't consider 14C to be warm weather in Spring.

[CountDeMoney]

Yep, you're missing out on some amazing storm scenery! Nantucket is being clobbered, hurricane force winds, storm tides, along with the snow.

No kidding I'm missing out; power's out and there's no webcams operating on the island at the moment. 

Nantucket could be in for a lengthy power outage today after a substation froze over and killed power across the island amid a powerful storm that has dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of eastern Massachusetts.

Virtually all of National Grid's 12,800 customers on Nantucket – including the island's hospital and storm shelters – are now without power, utility officials said today.

Utility workers are trying to start back-up generation sources to get electricity to the hospital and other key facilities on the island.

But Marcy Reed, president of National Grid in Massachusetts, couldn't give a timeline on when power to the hospital and shelters will be restored. She also warned that it will likely "take a long time" before power in general is restored on Nantucket.

"It will be lengthy," she said of the outages, without giving specific time estimates.

Nantucket appears to be among the hardest hit communities in Massachusetts, in terms of power outages, as the current blizzard continues to pound the area and drop record amounts of snow on communities.

As of about 9:50 a.m., National Grid and NStar, the state's two largest electric utilities, reported that a total of 30,638 customers were without power in the region. That number has been steadily creeping up since early this morning, but it's still small compared to the two utilities' combined customer base of 2.4 million customers.

"Our system has held up," said Reed during a conference call with members of the media this morning.

NStar is reporting that the South Shore and Cape communities are suffering the most within its coverage area. About 2,300 customers in Provincetown have lost power, while 2,065 customers have lost electricity in Wareham.

On Nantucket, ocean "salt sprays" iced over key equipment at a substation near the island's harbor, Reed said.

National Grid must first de-ice the substation, but even then it has to wait until all lines on the island are inspected and verified that they're OK for use, before power is switched back on, Reed said. "If we energize it [with line and circuit problems], we could have a hazardous situation," she said.

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth could be offline for days after a storm-related outage shut down two of the major lines carrying electricity from the generating facility.

Officials said the problem is similar to one that hit during a 2013 blizzard, and poses no safety threat. The lines failed about 4 a.m., at a time when Pilgrim's output had already been reduced to 20 percent because of storm-related conditions on the electrical grid.

"All safety systems worked as designed and plant conditions are currently stable," said plant spokeswoman Lauren Burm. "There's no threat to the safety of plant workers or the public."

She said it could be days before Pilgrim resumes normal operations, but that the plant would be able to stay offline for much longer than that without safety concerns.

Lacey Girard, a spokeswoman for ISO New England, which manages the region's power grid, said the overall power supply is functioning normally. "Load is running under forecast today, most likely because many business and schools across New England are closed, which reduces demand on the system," she said.

[crazy canuck]

It was a nice spring like day yesterday.  After some morning showers it should be the same this afternoon. 

Ack. Spring in Vancouver looks pretty chilly!

You are looking at today's temperature.  I would guess it is about 9 C right now.  Yesterday we got up to 14 C.  That is a very nice spring time temp, especially for January 

I was looking at the predictions for the week. I wouldn't consider 14C to be warm weather in Spring.

I didn't say it was warm weather in spring.  I said it was nice spring weather.  At the risk of being insulting, if you hadn't noticed, it is not yet Spring.

If I was living where you are I suppose I would want to lash out at anyone not also suffering.