Winter -- Wow!

[ski3pin]

People are starting to worry about snow weight on roofs around here. Our friends, the Spiders have tight interior doors and new cracks in wall texturing. I bought an Avalanche Roof Snow Removal tool, a pretty clever gadget - actually I built a homemade version first to test if it would work. It did, but there were limits to its structure and strength so I bought the real thing. The Spiders came over to show Julie how to use it as I had first loaned it to them for their roof. It had a hard time with the hard lower layer of hard rained on snow. Softer snow it cut like butter. In the first video we dropped a huge pile of snow in the top driveway and blew it away with the tractor. It was Barking Spider's 70th birthday on Tuesday, so for a birthday present I taught him how to run the tractor and blower.

Why was I not working? In the middle of these big storms I had cataract surgery in both eyes with instruction to do no strenuous exercise, no heavy lifting, and no bending over. I wanted to help and every time I moved close to a shovel three people started yelling at me.

 

[JaSAn]

If I ever do another house it is going to have a steep pitched, metal roof. And I am going to be up there in September waxing the $%@^* thing.

 

[OutToLunch]

After several winters of below average snowfall, we (Flagstaff) finally got a big storm. The official snowfall yesterday was 35.9 inches. Next Friday, the high is supposed to be 51F. Yes, I shoveled off my roof of both the house and the camper. The older section of the house has 2x4 roof joists, though they are old growth Ponderosa pine.

 

[ntsqd]

If I ever do another house it is going to have a steep pitched, metal roof. And I am going to be up there in September waxing the $%@^* thing.

I'd be really, really tempted to try the circle track racer's product called "Mud-Off". See if it would last a season. Heck of a lot less work than waxing a roof.

Friday morning early, US395 somewhere north of Lee Vining, in-car thermometer said outside was -1°F; I'm not used to KA having those kinds of conditions:

 

[craig333]

Mud off? Might be a good idea for the truck and the Jeep!

 

[Lighthawk]

We laughed at "three people yelling" comment. Good luck with new, improved eyes!

Friends in Idaho used tarps to shed the snow off their Palomino, which sort of worked.
I'm more interested in snow removal from my Sprinter high roof van. I've been on a six foot ladder twice to push half a foot or more of snow off the roof during this winter series of storms.

 

[MarkBC]

WINTER STORM WARNING


ISSUED: 2:48 PM FEB. 23, 2019 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 7 to 14
inches expected.

* WHERE...Central Oregon.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM PST Wednesday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult to
impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning
or evening commute.

Yeah, I know: "..7 to 14 inches.." over 3 days is considered "Heavy snow" ?? Well...we are high desert here in central Oregon, so maybe with that in mind...
The memory of the snowmageddon winter 2016-2017 is still fresh, so I'm not complaining that we're only getting a foot of snow. Actually, I believe that all snow greater than 4 inches deep belongs in the mountains. And Bend is at 3,500 feet, but isn't in the mountains.

 

[ski3pin]

Batten down the hatches, hunker down, and enjoy the ride Mr. BC!

 

[MarkBC]

After raining/sprinkling lightly most of the night it's now snowing very lightly -- and wetly -- at 32°F.

Looks like most of the Great Basin Desert is windy, from southern OR over to western WY and all across NV -- based on all those wind waves in the clouds:

Here in Central Oregon the wind is still light...but with trees starting to move a bit.

 

[craig333]

Packing the rain gear for the next few days. Looks like Ski can put away the snowblower on this round. Some amazing amounts of snow predicted at pass level. 100 inches for Lassen?

https://www.weather.gov/sto/

 

[MarkBC]

A rare event that the snow reality is exceeding the forecast.

Forecast in the Winter Storm Warning was total of 7 - 14 inches by 4 a.m. Wednesday...well, as of 9 a.m. Monday I'v measured 15 inches (new) already on my deck, and it's still snowing hard. Temperature is in the lower 20's (F), so not bad for clearing, so far.

I'll start by clearing the front steps...


Poor little car -- barely more than a bump in the snow...


Birds appreciate free food...


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This latest "Warning" update says an additional 3 - 6 inches on top of current. Well, if that's true it's gonna have to stop real quick.

WINTER STORM WARNING

ISSUED: 10:15 AM FEB. 25, 2019 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 6
inches on top of what has already fallen.

* WHERE...Central Oregon.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM PST Wednesday.

 

[ski3pin]

There is nothing like exceeding expectations!

 

[MarkBC]

The home page (partial) of the Bend Bulletin paper this morning:

 

[PackRat]

Another storm is starting to hit the Bat Area and the SF & Peninsula should get maybe 3" plus of rain, but North Bay between 4" and EIGHT INCHES of rain.

This month when it snowed in the Sierras they measured each storm in FEET!

 

[MarkBC]

Gitter dun!





OK...now all that's left is 120 feet of driveway to shovel....

I wouldn't be whining -- I've lived here 40 years after all -- except that normal for Bend is maybe 6 inches of snow per storm or less.

I've been thinking of moving south... I was considering eastern CA, western NV -- somewhere south of Reno...but maybe I should consider Brownsville, TX

 

[ski3pin]

Good job Mr. BC!

 

[Foy]

And back on Grandfather Mountain, NC, an all-time record gust was recorded at around midnight Sunday/Monday the 24th-25th: A three second gust of 124 mph was recorded, besting the record of 121.7 mph recorded less than 2 weeks ago.

Foy

 

[smlobx]

A question from an Easterner to those of you getting slammed with all this snow...

Will all this snow do anything to help the water levels in the reservoirs on the West coast or is that an issue further South and not affected by your snowfalls?

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Eddie, as long as there isn’t an atmospheric river, aka Pineapple Express, that prematurely melts the snowpack, things should be much better. A friend from Southern Oregon told me they are at 105% of snowpack at the moment.

 

[ski3pin]

Here is an ongoing incident report from the east side Sierra Nevada at the bottom of Conway Summit on 395. Start at the bottom and read up................

[SIZE=12pt]Us395 / Sr167[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Area: Bridgeport
Updated: 1:59 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019
Type: 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj
Detail:
8:49 AM PST - Tue, Feb 26 2019 : [37] LATE ENTRY // LINE 31 - RED TRACTOR TRAILER - PTYS CONTRACTED 1185 OO LOS ANGELES TO TURN THE TRAILER AROUND // WILL CALL AN HOUR BEFORE ARRIVING AT LOCATION TO REQ 1184
6:07 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [34] LINE 31-33 : ALL 1124 VEHS ON RHS UNTIL FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE
6:07 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [33] #3 PK TK PULLING TRAILER - TRAILER BLOWN OVER - 59167F2 - NB JNO 167
6:06 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [32] #2 WHI TRACTOR TRAILER - WP32539 - NB JNO 167 - SOLO VEH BLOWN OVER
6:05 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [31] PER 71-11 - THREE SOLO VEH 1182 // #1: RED TRACTOR TRAILER - XP33162 - NB JSO RED HILL
5:21 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [30] B71-011 ADVS CT 97 W/ LOADER ATTEMPT TO PUSH OVERTURN TK/TRL OFF RDWY
4:08 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [29] B71-011 ADVS DRIVERS OF 3 VEHS - TRANSPORTED TO LEE VINING TO A SAFE LOCATION - ADVS WILL CHECK TO 167 FOR ADDITIONAL VEHS
3:25 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [28] 1039 SILVER STATE
3:10 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [25] 1039 CT - ADVS SHORT HANDED - WILL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO
3:08 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [24] B71-011 ORIGINAL CT WORKER MANNING CLOSURE HAD TO LEAVE LOCATION - NOT LETTING TRAFFIC THOUGH 167 - REQ TO CHECK W/ CT IF THEY HAVE PERSONNEL
2:49 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [23] 1039 SILVER STATE
2:47 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [22] B71-011 REQ 1185 HD
2:33 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [19] B71-011 CHECKED ON BIG RIG JSO LOCATION // 1181
2:27 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [18] B71-011 ADDT'L 1183 BEHIND HIM DOT NB - ADVS ANOTHER BIG RIG /REQ TO ADVS SOUTH END TO STOP ONCOMING TRUCK TRAFFIC
2:20 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [10] 2ND BIG RIG BLOWN OVER NEAR CONWAY RANCH RD PARTIALLY BLOCKING #2 LN
2:19 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [14] [Appended, 14:23:13] [2] WHI BIR RIG // BLKING SB LANES[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]2:19 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [14] [Appended, 14:23:13] [2] WHI BIR RIG // BLKING SB LANES
2:16 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [9] B71-011 BIG RIG COMPLETELY BLOCKING NB LNAE
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [6] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [5] DRIVER OUT OF BIG RIG NO INJURIES
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [4] PARTIALLY BLOCKING #2 LN
2:00 PM PST - Mon, Feb 25 2019 : [2] BIG RIG BLEW OVER[/SIZE]