It has been raining here for three days, began with freezing rain, some sleet and snow a couple days ago, now it's 50 degrees and has been pouring all night and into today. Good day to record and learn some new songs.

Gary

Sadly, the forecasts for cold Russian air flowing in to Germany has been completely revoked, it won't get farther west than Hamburg and Berlin. This means the misery for the ski-lift owners in the medium-range mountains will go on.

Today: The first tiny bit of snow for this whole winter...

12"+ on its way here now we gonna get slammed today YIKES!!


12"+ for NENJ. expecting the rest of the state (CNJ and SNJ) to get hit hardest. Areas between the I-95 corridor and the coast have a real chance at getting crushed. 12-24 is possible should any areas of heavy banding set up over one location for a prolonged amount of time (very possible with this). There should be many 12+ measurements come Wednesday morning in those areas. I suppose extreme SENJ could have slightly less if it's too far SE of the heaviest snow axis. Maybe just 6-12 there. It's going to be a dynamic situation during live-casting so we won't know where the jackpot is until during the storm. This should give you a general guideline going into it though.

Timing: Arrives between 10AM and noon today from west to east then intensifies between 6PM and midnight. It should clear out by sunrise tomorrow morning.

Temperatures: Winds will be whipping around later tonight/overnight which will cause bitter wind chill factors as actual temps should drop to single digits and teens. Be safe everyone and stay off the roads if you can! JC

Weather forecast is for about 8 to 10 inches here, ending sometime late this evening or early tomorrow morning. That will give me just enough time to clear the driveway, which is the length of a football field and 10 feet wide with a 40 X 60-foot parking apron at the bottom, and 126 feet of sidewalk cleared so I can go back to work tomorrow. Of course, that's if the snow plows get to my neighborhood, which sometimes can take up to a week. When you live out in the sticks, you have to get used to this crap. That's why the Florida Keys are so inviting this time of year. I repeat "DAMNED I HATE WINTER!"[i][/i][u][/u]

Gary ... I don't know why you keep clearing that driveway yourself ... STOP IT !!!

Hire a plow guy and if you can't get out to a gig, you don't ... it's not worth risking your life ... besides, you've got that "act of God" clause in your contracts, no?!?

Brutal here too guys. Highs not expected to be over the 50's today. At least there's no rain.

I can almost hear you snickering, Don....over 50...it's 16 friggin' degrees here, and everyone of them degrees is cold!

We also have the wonderful expectations of another 11 inches of snow on top of the 12 inches we got yesterday.

The beauty of my new digs is that I no longer need to shovel snow...removal is done by a guy with a truck as part of the perks of living here.

At around $30 or so, it can sure add up in a string of storms like we've had this year.

The local ski resort is doing very well, nonetheless.

50 degrees? Showoff!

Ian

Nobody likes a smartass!

Tony, no neighborhood kids do this stuff anymore. I'm old, but I ain't dead yet (well, with the exception of some body parts.) The snow is falling at about an inch an hour right now, I have the space heater fired up in my office, and I'm still cold. Gonna fire up the S-950 and make some registrations I've been thinking about, once specifically for John Denver songs.

Another fun day in Paradise,

Gary