# It's fucking SNOWING. AGAIN. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482 "2015-03-20T13:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/21 "2015-03-20T17:54:15Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Driest most horrible winter ( and spring ) on record here in the Wasatch mountains, I’ve hung up the skis and broken out the mountain bike. In MARCH damnit. March is supposed to be the 1-2 foot blue bird skiing powder paradise time. > It’s all wrong, send us back our snow, it is not wanted or appreciated over there. > > link to snow pack map for the western US. (pdf) . No California data as they do their own thing. This is % of normal snowpack. So 100% is average, not great. > > [http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/1stmonth/west/basinswe/west\_swepctnormal\_update\_Mar.pdf](http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/1stmonth/west/basinswe/west_swepctnormal_update_Mar.pdf) > > _goes to pour large glass of fuckitall_ > _throws glass away , drinks heavily from the bottle_ > _offers bottle around to other skiers_ > _but not the east coast ones, lucky bastards_ Hey, pass me that bottle! Worst snow season - Northern CA suffering, too. Ski resorts around Tahoe already shuttered - conditions have been poor all winter. I feel for you folks back east dealing with nuisance snow; can you please pass the Jet Stream westward? You’ve had enough now - time to share!! ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/22 "2015-03-20T17:58:02Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Yeah, but you’re in Canada. Your igloos would melt if you had decent weather, and then where would you live? 😉 > > I grew up in the DC area. I remember late March snow being a very unusual thing. The longer winters are something I do not like about Pittsburgh. It always feels like winter starts too soon in the fall, and takes too long to go away in the spring. ☹ Now I’m stuck inside with a toddler when the weather is bad, so that’s a little dollop of extra suck. If it helps any, my house in the MD Suburbs of DC got at least 3 inches of snow this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/23 "2015-03-20T18:09:42Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Hey, pass me that bottle! Worst snow season - Northern CA suffering, too. Ski resorts around Tahoe already shuttered - conditions have been poor all winter. > > I feel for you folks back east dealing with nuisance snow; can you please pass the Jet Stream westward? You’ve had enough now - time to share!! Here you go, you guys have had it really bad, \<25% normal snow pack , the PNW people are totally screwed as well. Our resorts are open, Snowbird/Alta are ok if groomers are your thing, on the Park City side it is slush and ugliness. The lack of snow is one thing, the temperature means there has been no snow making and a lot of melt, which in turn sucks for filling the reservoirs as it will all sink into the ground rather than run off to the reservoirs. Time to actually turn the patch of lawn into a dryscape. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/24 "2015-03-20T18:32:35Z")
Lucky Bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/25 "2015-03-20T18:33:38Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Yeah, but you’re in Canada. Your igloos would melt if you had decent weather, and then where would you live? 😉 My summer home, with the rest of the Trailer Park Boys. 😉 > [@](#): > > I grew up in the DC area. I remember late March snow being a very unusual thing. The longer winters are something I do not like about Pittsburgh. It always feels like winter starts too soon in the fall, and takes too long to go away in the spring. ☹ Now I’m stuck inside with a toddler when the weather is bad, so that’s a little dollop of extra suck. I grew up a couple of hundred miles south of here, near the southern tip of Ontario. March was almost exclusively a spring month when I was growing up. It took me a long time to adjust to March being mostly a winter month here in Ottawa. It’s plus 2 C (36 F) here today. It was -20 (-4 F) yesterday morning. We’re supposed to get 4" to 8" of snow this weekend. Still winter. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/26 "2015-03-20T19:24:42Z")
Only about 1" forecast here, but I’m still fucking freezing. Seriously, enough! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/27 "2015-03-20T19:35:06Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > If it helps any, my house in the MD Suburbs of DC got at least 3 inches of snow this morning. And nothing up here. ☹ The front yard snow is actually noticeably lower but nowhere near gone. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/28 "2015-03-20T19:38:50Z")
I don’t see anything that looks like snow around here. It’s 75 and sunny. There’s a slight breeze from the west causing the wind chimes to softly sing. I’ve noticed the two bird nests in the bushes next to the house are again occupied. I’m enclosing some nice SoCal weather for you **Anne** , hope it arrives in time. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/29 "2015-03-20T20:07:25Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Greetings from the sunny Southern Hemisphere. > > _wave_ Oi, you! [Shut up!](https://www.google.ca/search?q=capetown+fire&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eX0MVZvPN6O0sATZoYDgBA&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=631)😉 I’ll happily take snow over that. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/30 "2015-03-20T20:23:10Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > Oi, you! [Shut up!](https://www.google.ca/search?q=capetown+fire&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eX0MVZvPN6O0sATZoYDgBA&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=631)😉 > > I’ll happily take snow over that. It’s a fair cop. Actually, it’s autumn here, so the weekend we’ll actually have rain. I shall start a Pit thread… Seriously, though, my uncle-in-law was out here last week from Boston - he says they’ve had something like 2m of snow up to then. And he’s in the city centre. You guys all have my sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/31 "2015-03-20T20:39:10Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Driest most horrible winter ( and spring ) on record here in the Wasatch mountains, I’ve hung up the skis and broken out the mountain bike. In MARCH damnit. March is supposed to be the 1-2 foot blue bird skiing powder paradise time. > It’s all wrong, send us back our snow, it is not wanted or appreciated over there. > > link to snow pack map for the western US. (pdf) . No California data as they do their own thing. This is % of normal snowpack. So 100% is average, not great. > > [http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/1stmonth/west/basinswe/west\_swepctnormal\_update\_Mar.pdf](http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/1stmonth/west/basinswe/west_swepctnormal_update_Mar.pdf) > > _goes to pour large glass of fuckitall_ > _throws glass away , drinks heavily from the bottle_ > _offers bottle around to other skiers_ > _but not the east coast ones, lucky bastards_ California is running between 10 and 15 percent from what I hear. Truly awful out there. One of my coworkers had a two week trip planned doing back country stuff up near Whistler. He came back after 3 days because there was no snow up there. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/32 "2015-03-20T20:57:17Z")
The flurries are just starting here. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/33 "2015-03-20T21:12:41Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > It’s a fair cop. > > Actually, it’s autumn here, so the weekend we’ll actually have rain. I shall start a Pit thread… > > Seriously, though, my uncle-in-law was out here last week from Boston - he says they’ve had something like 2m of snow up to then. And he’s in the city centre. You guys all have my sympathy. Ya, Boston set its all time record for seasonal snow last weekend. We have more of it up here in canukistan. We’re turning into tunnel rats [in the Maritimes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voaGDRpc6o4) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/34 "2015-03-20T21:33:04Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Yeah, but you’re in Canada. Your igloos would melt if you had decent weather, and then where would you live? 😉 > > I grew up in the DC area. I remember late March snow being a very unusual thing. The longer winters are something I do not like about Pittsburgh. It always feels like winter starts too soon in the fall, and takes too long to go away in the spring. ☹ Now I’m stuck inside with a toddler when the weather is bad, so that’s a little dollop of extra suck. I once read somewhere that if you want to experience all four seasons in one week, you should come to Pittsburgh. THAT’S what I hate. When it’s like, really warm one day, then really freaking cold the next. It plays havoc with my sinuses, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/35 "2015-03-20T22:15:20Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I grant you that PA has gotten more than its share of snow this year, but so has Boston. But snow in March and April are pretty standard all over the northeast, no? I remember a few snowstorms from May in the past, even in Boston. Two of the worst snowstorms Atlanta has seen happened in early April. So it’s not unprecedented even in “1/4” of snow = GO BUY MILK AND BREAD NOW!" belt. Still, I feel your pain, **Annie**. But the Bradford pears blooming in the mild 70 degree air eases my distress. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/36 "2015-03-20T22:51:38Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’m enclosing some nice SoCal weather for you **Anne** , hope it arrives in time. Thanks. You can have some of our snow, I’ve heard you might want some. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/37 "2015-03-20T23:00:18Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Take your spring snow and go back to Norway. Noooo! We don’t want any more of it! At least I don’t, I’m not a ski enthusiast. Those people can still find all the snow they want in the mountains, where they can ski and get buried in avalanches all day long. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/38 "2015-03-21T01:01:38Z")
They were calling for 4" - 6" here in Johnstown (PA) but we only got about an inch. It’s the heavy, wet snow that doesn’t stick around long. It’s supposed to be in the upper 40’s tomorrow so the snow _should_ all be gone by Sunday. As for Punxy Phil…I’ll hold him down, you kick him! ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/39 "2015-03-21T05:30:43Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I once read somewhere that if you want to experience all four seasons in one week, you should come to Pittsburgh. We say that about Maine, too. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482/40 "2015-03-21T10:29:56Z")
East Coast? Because it doesn’t rain or snow here all that much anymore. We got a little this winter. I guess you’re getting our precipitation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482.md?page=3)