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Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 02:30 AM Apr 2017

Snow coming down hard. Low front moving over Colorado.

It's been snowing in my area since about 10 pm and my bones & joints are sore I can hardly move. We are supposed to get up to a foot although I doubt it. What's it like where you live?

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Snow coming down hard. Low front moving over Colorado. (Original Post) Laffy Kat Apr 2017 OP
Cold and damp here in Madison WI, we got a bit of snow AJT Apr 2017 #1
My son is in Ripon. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #6
Hey there fellow Madisonian! HuskyOffset Apr 2017 #15
Been raining all day off and on, mostly on, here in NM Warpy Apr 2017 #2
It's 75 degrees Fahrenheit and 78 % Humidity with a hight of 89 saturday . stonecutter357 Apr 2017 #3
Sure, rub it in. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #13
I live in New Mexico... chillfactor Apr 2017 #4
Try a heating pad on your feet. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #5
thank you for the kind hints... chillfactor Apr 2017 #28
I'm in Santa Fe, NM, and we had snow this morning for several hours. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #7
I don't know either. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #8
Ground temperature is very important. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #10
It's been raining off and on all week here in NE NY, though we had one nice day Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #9
Cool but beautiful spring weather! colorado_ufo Apr 2017 #11
So true. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #12
The one thing about San Francisco....The Fog Monster... yuiyoshida Apr 2017 #14
But you have to admit it's incredibly cool-looking. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #16
I remember that! I remember wearing a long winter coat in the middle of July. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #20
In winter its either nice or rainy yuiyoshida Apr 2017 #30
57 degrees, windy, and rainy in Oklahoma City. KatyaR Apr 2017 #17
Hope you need the moisture. We sure do. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #18
My sister is visiting in Orlando and mentioned that it beveeheart Apr 2017 #19
It was almost 80 degrees here yesterday in Boston. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #21
It's going to be high 70s in north New Jersey. Kahuna7 Apr 2017 #22
Woke up to a light dusting down here in the Four Corners. bluedigger Apr 2017 #23
Yup... was one day away from the usual end season drill of washing/re-treating all my winter goretex hlthe2b Apr 2017 #24
Well, it's still coming down but there's no way we're going to get a foot. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #25
8" of snow and still snowing... Satch59 Apr 2017 #26
I live about 15 minutes east of Albuquerque... chillfactor Apr 2017 #27
It's supposed to be a record high of 87 in Atlanta today! RamblingRose Apr 2017 #29

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)
6. My son is in Ripon.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 03:28 AM
Apr 2017

He comes home for the summer on the 10th. I was up there a couple of weeks ago and the weather had a little bit of everything. I enjoy visiting WI.

HuskyOffset

(891 posts)
15. Hey there fellow Madisonian!
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 05:55 AM
Apr 2017

I can second the cold dampness here yesterday. I have a medical situation which mandates a fair amount of bedrest and on some days I would rather be outdoors, but then there are days like yesterday.

Warpy

(111,367 posts)
2. Been raining all day off and on, mostly on, here in NM
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 02:41 AM
Apr 2017

Temperature in the 40s. Just foggy now, no snow, but I imagine the high peaks to the east will have white whiskers tomorrow.

People downstream need to look out. Any storm with enough energy to drop rain in the desert tends to turn nasty as it moves east.

chillfactor

(7,584 posts)
4. I live in New Mexico...
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 03:04 AM
Apr 2017

we were supposed to get the snow you are getting...but so far nothing...we had a 40 degree drop in temperature..below freezing here now and colder than the dickens. I also have old bones and a drop in temperature like this is killing me.....I can't get warm.

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)
5. Try a heating pad on your feet.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 03:26 AM
Apr 2017

That's what I am doing and it's helping. As soon as I got home from work, 10:30 p.m., I took two Tramodol and those are kicking in now, Hot baths help too. Good luck. Low pressure kills me and it doesn't matter the season.

chillfactor

(7,584 posts)
28. thank you for the kind hints...
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 10:05 AM
Apr 2017

I finally started to warm up but it doesn't help these old bones move any faster.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,908 posts)
7. I'm in Santa Fe, NM, and we had snow this morning for several hours.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 03:58 AM
Apr 2017

Large, wet flakes. The ground wasn't cold enough to keep the snow, so it's pretty much all gone.

I don't know if my snow would have been the same system you're experiencing.

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)
8. I don't know either.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 04:04 AM
Apr 2017

Our ground has been pretty warm lately as well. It is currently 27 F here presently and it's sure sticking now.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,908 posts)
10. Ground temperature is very important.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 04:19 AM
Apr 2017

If its below freezing, snow will stick. If above, the snow won't last. At the same time, tree branches or leaves will tend to be the same as the air temperature, so snow will stick to those, at least for a while.

Rhiannon12866

(206,247 posts)
9. It's been raining off and on all week here in NE NY, though we had one nice day
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 04:15 AM
Apr 2017

And it's finally gotten warmer here. It seemed like everytime Spring was here, we got hit with yet another snowstorm. So sorry that it's hitting you again now. I have family in Colorado and I know the weather is very changeable.

colorado_ufo

(5,738 posts)
11. Cool but beautiful spring weather!
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 04:42 AM
Apr 2017

A few late frosts, brilliant sunshine, an occasional April shower.

I'm in Colorado but in the Grand Valley on the Western Slope - in other words, Shangri La!

(Now, if only the economy matched the weather!)

yuiyoshida

(41,867 posts)
14. The one thing about San Francisco....The Fog Monster...
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 05:30 AM
Apr 2017


It seeps into the area, seeps into your house, seeps on to your skin and inside you and its cold and damp. Being cold is one thing, but being damp (humidity) and cold is just the worst. You can wrap blankets around you but some how it finds its way into the blanket, and again, you are just chilled to the bone. And this is all summer, where across the bay in Concord, it might be 115 degrees with no humidity.

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)
16. But you have to admit it's incredibly cool-looking.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 06:09 AM
Apr 2017

I've only been to SF one time many years ago. What a beautiful and interesting city. There was fog one morning while I was visiting, yet it burned off quickly. I have been in thick fog many times in CO and it is a lonely feeling if you're alone. The difference in the way sound resonates is eerie. Usually though, around here it's rarely humid which I like 'cause I'm so vane and it makes my hair look awful.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
20. I remember that! I remember wearing a long winter coat in the middle of July.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:05 AM
Apr 2017

It was that combination of cold and damp - you just couldn't get warm. But then I would go up to my sister's house in Sonoma and it would be dry and 90 degrees. And sometimes the fog would be so thick you could barely see past the end of your hand.

Then again, there would be sunny, dry days in February where it would be 60 to 70 degrees every day.

yuiyoshida

(41,867 posts)
30. In winter its either nice or rainy
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:19 PM
Apr 2017

in the Summer and Spring is foggy most of the time. Than again, it will be 55 degrees here while 115 across the bay.

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
17. 57 degrees, windy, and rainy in Oklahoma City.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 06:10 AM
Apr 2017

The Panhandle's getting snow. We're supposed to get several inches of rain this weekend.

beveeheart

(1,373 posts)
19. My sister is visiting in Orlando and mentioned that it
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 07:55 AM
Apr 2017

was 94 yesterday. She couldn't believe that Colorado was expecting snow.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. It was almost 80 degrees here yesterday in Boston.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:07 AM
Apr 2017

A little cooler and overcast today. I wouldn't mind it so much, but they haven't turned on the AC in my building yet and I can't sleep in a room unless it's cold. I have a fan, but it has still been a little too warm for me to sleep well.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)
23. Woke up to a light dusting down here in the Four Corners.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:41 AM
Apr 2017

Did some yardwork yesterday thinning out some trees and trimming branches in light rain and corn snow showers. Friends up in Montrose said they got two inches this morning. Lawn is knee high in places but I guess I can wait a little more to cut it.

hlthe2b

(102,413 posts)
24. Yup... was one day away from the usual end season drill of washing/re-treating all my winter goretex
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 08:43 AM
Apr 2017

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so, I'm glad I waited a bit. That washi-in treatment is rather $$$.

Frankly, though, I'd rather have spring snow than days of heavy rain... the latter makes me gloomy as the weather.

Laffy Kat

(16,388 posts)
25. Well, it's still coming down but there's no way we're going to get a foot.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 09:47 AM
Apr 2017

It's sticking on the grass although the streets are still only wet. I was so uncomfortable last night I don't think I slept at all. At least I don't have anything to do today, which never happens. I'll try to nap.

chillfactor

(7,584 posts)
27. I live about 15 minutes east of Albuquerque...
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 10:01 AM
Apr 2017

in the mountains..it started snowing here about 3am and it is a heavy, wet snow. It is not suppose to end until tomorrow morning......plus the wind is starting to blow now and looking pretty miserable outside. So thankful me and my little puppy are comfortable and warm.

RamblingRose

(1,043 posts)
29. It's supposed to be a record high of 87 in Atlanta today!
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 10:26 AM
Apr 2017

I've lost count of the number of record highs we've broken this year.

I can't imagine what July's going to be like.

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