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Jim Cantore's reaction to the thundersnow in Massachusetts is pretty much the best thing ever. This is how I picture Snow Wizard when it snows.

They are calling it "The Alps of MIT" Think it might be there a while? http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_1920w/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/img_0000-8311.jpg http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_960w/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2015_02_SnowMIT-web.jpg

The flowers in the eastern gorge are a couple weeks ahead of schedule. http://weathercrazy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catherine-Creek-21315 http://weathercrazy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catherine-Creek-21315/i-JrD3DQK/0/M/39.%20G%20Grass%20Widow%20Close-M.jpg http://weathercrazy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Catherine-Creek-21315/i-CbVMc9f/0/M/171.%20G%20Grass%20Widow%20Close-M.jpg My plum tree is in bloom. Last year it wasn't until mid March.

Short but pretty hike today! http://weathercrazy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Latourell-Falls-21615 http://weathercrazy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Latourell-Falls-21615/i-bjqVt7s/0/M/11.%20G%20Latourell%20Falls%20Close-M.jpg http://weathercrazy.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Latourell-Falls-21615/i-HtgPts3/0/M/20.%20G%20Latourell%20Falls%20V-M.jpg

Wouldn't shoving it up her a** be the defining characteristic of a back door event?

I sure hope not *yawn*.. Time for spring weather to continue or mountain snow. Mother Nature can take her dusty, dry, back-door event and shove it up her a**. Completely meaningless at this point and only makes things worse.

Heading to Mount Rainier today. Free passes to the national parks for President's Day! Should be crystal clear up there with excellent visibility.

When I lived in the PNW, June was probably the last month I wanted historic troughing.

Ah, that's too bad, Red Mountain might have been another one to try, they still have reasonably good snow conditions even in the nearest town, Rossland. Nice view down to Trail and the Columbia River from up there. I can imagine bookings at places like Silverstar are way up with the terrible snow conditions in all the coastal resorts. http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p286/jemeric/granitecam700_zps2bfc9f41.jpg

Beautiful day in eugene all day finally. Felt like an early spring day touching 32 early in the morning and up to 63 this afternoon. Love waking up to sunlight in my room which rarely happens with an east facing window during the winter in Eugene.

Pretty impressive cold happening in eastern Canada. This from Environment Canada............. The record of -34.1 c set at the Waterloo Airport represents the coldest temperature ever recorded at this site since records were kept beginning in 1970. This temperature also beats out an older record from the adjacent Kitchener city of -33.9 set back on February 9, 1934. Records at Kitchener city have been kept since 1915. The Niagara region has also seen its coldest February temperature on record of -31.9 at Welland. The old February record of -31.1 was Set at Welland on February 9, 1934. Records there go back to 1873.

Today's CPC 6-10 and 8-14 day outlooks has normal temps for both periods.

Snakes on a Plane? More like Geeks on a Hill!

Some of the 00z Euro Ensembles looked amazing from the Plains to the Lakes. What bothers me is the sky high AO that doesn't support a phasing system and more in line what the GFS/GGEM are showing. Let's see if the Euro holds.

Gfs slams almost all of Nebraska with next weekends storm. Hits Missouri too but fizzles out in Iowa. Gem similar. Let's see what the euro does.

00z Euro...

Euro seems to be experimenting with the idea of trying a little rear entry next weekend?

0.5" total for today. If nothing transpires in the next 10 days, then I'm ready for spring too. Few pics from IL Beach State Park.