Building Lake Corona

jk96 · Jul 16, 2020

ovrszd said:
Then I think about our weather patterns, especially Southern Missouri near jk96.

I'm actually NW Missouri. Buchanan County.

ovrszd · Jul 16, 2020

jk96 said:
I'm actually NW Missouri. Buchanan County.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were South of me quite a ways. I'm in Harrison County.

two_bit_score · Jul 16, 2020

ovrszd said:
Mark, your large variance is what I expected in your area.

Eddie, your large number really surprises me initially. Then I think about our weather patterns, especially Southern Missouri near jk96, the rains generally come from your area. I'm at the North end of the State so I get most of mine from the NW.

Twice last year we got very large rains, first was 9" in April, second was 11" in September. Destroys our hilly roads. Last Winter we got tracking snow 26 times. Total accumulation was 29". Largest single snow was 5".

Wish we could get a little more snow in Texas but not stay on the ground more than a day or two.

ovrszd · Jul 16, 2020

two_bit_score said:
Wish we could get a little more snow in Texas but not stay on the ground more than a day or two.

We had snow on the ground most of the Winter in small amounts. That was only because it snowed so many times.

An old Almanac Tale is that whatever calendar date you get your first tracking snow on is how many you'll get for the entire Winter. We got our first snow on 28 October. Ended with 26 snows. Pretty close.

two_bit_score · Jul 16, 2020

We actually had snow on the beach in Corpus Christi (Gulf of Mexico) a couple times I can recall. 2004 and 2017 a little.

Snowfall delivers a rare sight in Corpus Christi

Inches of snow dump on Texas Gulf Coast, Padre Island beaches, palm trees - San Antonio Express-News

That was really something for us down in South Texas.

ovrszd · Jul 16, 2020

two_bit_score said:
We actually had snow on the beach in Corpus Christi (Gulf of Mexico) a couple times I can recall. 2004 and 2017 a little.

Snowfall delivers a rare sight in Corpus Christi

Inches of snow dump on Texas Gulf Coast, Padre Island beaches, palm trees - San Antonio Express-News

That was really something for us down in South Texas.

I'll bet it was!!!!

lilranch2001 · Jul 16, 2020

I sure do not miss the snowfall we used to get as a child, and young adult.

With my 1000 foot driveway, I would be snowed in half the winter if we still got them

ovrszd · Jul 16, 2020

lilranch2001 said:
I sure do not miss the snowfall we used to get as a child, and young adult.

With my 1000 foot driveway, I would be snowed in half the winter if we still got them

I hear ya. We'd miss school week at a time.

jk96 · Jul 19, 2020

Finally back to this project today but only for a couple of hours. I did manage to get three of the largest trees on the ground. Calling for storms the next three days.

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