Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Amounts increased to 4"-7" and will start coming down hours earlier than originally predicted.  Have a good one, Long Islander's

I'm ready !!   - Kris

Hope this ends to Utica you lucky blower

There callin for 5"-8" now. We'll see.  Got my three beasts ready to go !! - Kris

It just started in Nassau County about 9:15.  Within 20 minutes the ground was fully coated.  I'm sure it'll keep up requiring the snowblower in the morning  

Looks like you all can thank MissSnowshoveler. That was pretty quick after she took over.

Marshall wrote: Yes, silly me   Thank you Sherri for giving us Long Islander's some of the white stuff.  Keep up the good work  BTW...I did pay a few of the old Manhasset Indians a few dollars on the side to give you a helping hand.  I think they may have mixed in a bit of a rain dance, because it's supposed to drizzle by mid-morning

Looks like we have about the same forecast here  in MA 4-9".   -Bob

We have green grass coming up. It was 76 degrees today and sunny.

We expect 15 cm in Plattsburg weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

We are not getting 6" as expected.  It will be more a mixture than anything.  I don't like it.  We usually have a good 1 by now, with this time of year being the time we get the most snow.  I'll still keep waiting. 

You're welcome.  It's supposed to snow here as well.  Nothing big by the looks of the forecast, but at least it will be some snow!!!!!

Sherri

Getting another 4"-6" late tomorrow baby

Well it did snow here.  Some nice powdery stuff it was until the sun come out.  Not much though.  Got the leaf blower out and cleaned up a little around the yard.

Sherri

YES - FINALLY SOME MUCH NEEDED SNOW!!!!  HAVEN'T HAD A WARNING IN FOREVER!!!!!!

Blizzard warning for
Lunenburg county issued

15 to 25 centimetres of snow accompanied by strong northerly winds
gusting up to 80 km/h are expected to develop Friday morning.

This is a warning that blizzard conditions are forecast for these
Regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.


A low pressure system is forecast to intensify rapidly tonight as it moves of the american east coast to pass just south of Nova Scotia during the day Friday. So far indications are that near 15 centimetres of snow will fall over northern regions with up to 25 centimetres expected along the atlantic coast. Winds gusting up to 80 km/h will develop by midday resulting in blizzard conditions.

Sherri

Hi there Sherri,

You know something, I think that was the most professionally written weather report ever to have been posted in this forum.  Thanks again for making it snow here, I wasn't even aware we were getting snow until late last night.  Have to go prep the Toro. 

Richie wrote:

I copied and posted from Environment Canada.  It's still down around Florida so I guess it's moving pretty quick to make it by tomorrow.

I'm loving the snow!!!!!!!!!

Sherri

Personally, I prefer to measure snowfalls horizontally.  We get a lot more that way.

LL

A true optimist at work! 

Looks like we only got about 4".  I still used the snowblower because this was the coldest it has been since I made the modifications to my carburetor.  I really wanted to see how it ran in 24 degrees.  Engine ran flawless and started on the first pull.

That the same amount we got, about 4 inches on the roads but 6 on the grassy surfaces.  Didn't use the blower though. 

The blizzard I so hoped for decided on an coastal cruise instead of touring the inland.  Oh it did snow - but not nearly enough.  Can't wait until the next one!

Sherri

MissSnowshoveler wrote:
See if you can order us more snow than rain on Monday/Tuesdays storm. 

We got 7" but that makes over a foot in the last week.  Not too shabby!   Snowblower is earning its keep this winter.   Monday/Tuesday does not look like much of an event in our forecast so far.    -Bob

Just brought  the two beasts in the garage. I'm ready and waiting. There already is a winter storm warning in effect. Let's see what actually comes.... - Kris

Sounds like a good one for Coastal Connecticut  on Monday according  National Weather Service.  
I did a Auger/IImpeller belt adjustment this afternoon, so I'm ready .

MONDAY
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW IN THE 
AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 
TO 5 INCHES. BLUSTERY WITH HIGHS AROUND 30. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 
MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE 
AFTERNOON. 

MONDAY NIGHT
SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE EVENING. 
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH TOTAL 
ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. WINDY WITH LOWS IN THE MID 20S. 
NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. 

TUESDAY
SNOW LIKELY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 
POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 
MPH...DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 
PERCENT. 

6-12" here.

Wow, this snow is coming down in buckets on Long Island.  Temperature suddenly dropped from 42 degrees to 27 degrees in just a few hours.  I was going to service and store my snowblower this weekend, guess not

I work in northwest NJ and we got 2" of snow on the ground in 2 hours. It's gosh darn cold and windy to boot. It's the heaviest I've seen snow come down all winter. And the weather people ALL said no accumulations today, it was supposed to be rain turning to snow flurries tonight. Must be nice to have a job that pays pretty good and allows you to be wrong half the time.

Yeah, this wind is what I expected that last storm they ranted about being a classic Nor' easter to be.  This little storm caught me off guard too, I didn't expect the temperature to drop below 32 degees.  The sun has just finished melting all the snow on all the lawns around here, now all you see is white   Looks like I'll be using my snowblower for the first time at night, glad I have a decent halogen headlite.  Be safe everyone on those icey roads.

Richie:

This is not fair...I have only had one good snow fall since changing carbs....how do you rate to get more snow.  The weatherman said that we might get 1 or 2 inches Wednesday or Thursday.  Minnesota winters are not what they used to be

bbwb

Hey Robert,

It did snow here pretty hard all day, but we ended up with only about 3"  After it stopped snowing, the wind kicked up really bad and easily was gustying to 50 MPH.  All that was left outside this morning was mostly a 1/2" of ice over everything and some minor 6" drifts here and there.  So I won't be using the snowblower this time around.  However, since the temperature here is 14 degrees, I'm going to run it since that was the temperature this Tecumseh engine originally experienced the surging, which is why I changed carburetors.   Not to mention I do want to use up the oxygenated fuel in it and store it after running non-oxygenated fuel through it.  I'm pretty sure they stop using oxygenated fuels starting around March 1st. 

We had at least 10 inches. Can’t tell for sure because the wind was gusting to over 40MPH most of the night moving a lot of the snow around. I waited until this AM to get out the blower and used the drift cutters for the first time. The Ariens performed flawlessly as usual, starting with one pull and running at full throttle for 1.3 hours.

After 1:00am the snow moved in on us again.  Woke up to about nearly 3" so far and it just started picking up at about 7:00 am this morning.  At 30 degrees here, it's sticking very well.  Very strange weather pattern we are in which is the same pattern for the last month of snow falls.  No question about a late winter in the north east.  I'm going to consider purchasing a snowmobile in October 2005

We have about the same here. Still snowing. We are concerned about a late Spring as we have a market garden and usually start planting peas in late March and getting early crops in the ground (we start plants inside under lights) in April for the first market on May 7. There is at least a foot of snow on the ground in most areas; more where it has drifted. I'm going to try to till the ground in our unheated greenhouse if it isn't frozen. On sunny days the temps in there get over 80 F.

gardening eh...well there are some folks around here that will shovel the snow off there garden just so they can plant peas before anyone else...crazy in my opinion. but i plan on doing some gardening a little later on.

later chris