Well, seems like a good day to throw out a stupid winter stats update. December was pretty snowing, in fact we more than doubled the amount of average shovelling hours from 2021-2024. Which makes sense, #nlwx hasn't really given us a winter since I started recording these... Good start this year!

Storm update: snowin again, strong winds. Awaiting the house shaker winds to come later this afternoon. #nlwx

I will shovel 30 cm of snow 1000 times in a pure blizzard before I even remotely enjoy shovelling 5 to 10 cm of wet slush infused snow. #nlwx

It's the #nlwx calm before the storm, and since I missed getting out before my night shifts I wasn't gonna miss getting out afterwards. Good to get the blood flowing, we're prolly gonna be stuck inside for a couple of days. 4 down, 2 to go to pay off the ski pass!

Day skiing ahead of the incoming freezing rain. It's nice that the snow was more like snow and less like ice this time around, but it made the uphills a lot more work. 35 ish mins moving time which isn't too terrible this early in the season. #nlwx #airportnordic

Huh, I guess I could share it this way. *Skate skiing. Watch doesn't have an activity for it for some reason.

May as well a bit of skiing in before the storm. #nlwx and work finally obliged to allow me to go. Not gonna lie, pretty crunchy, but at least it's dangerously fast.

First #TeaByTheSea: Gander Lake edition boilup of the season. Nice to be out there, even if it was a bit chilly. Let's see if #nlwx can give us a bit more fluff since all our snow is now as hard as a rock.

Kinda feels like someone is dying and just trying to tick boxes off their dictator bucket list...

La Scie is now reporting 50.1 mm of precipitation since the snow began after midnight last night. Although there's probably a big of wetness to it this evening, the actual accumulation is probably pretty close to 50 cm, which a bunch more to come tonight. #nlwx

I'm not sure I like this new version of winter. 1 storm a day with very little break in between makes it really hard to actually get out and enjoy it, especially if it gets all stupid and mild afterwards. #nlwx

The final ~25 seconds of footage from the V3 webcam at #Kilauea #volcano, during Episode 38 of lava fountain activity. Courtesy of USGS. USGS feed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...

It appears winter is not messing around this year. Hasn't looked this wintry in early Dec in quite a while. #nlwx

What an absolutely perfect day for a walk through the fluffy snowy woods to have #TeaByTheSeaInTheTrees: Airport Nordic \ Gander Disc Golf edition. It was so silent out there it was loud. Not a breath of wind. Well done #nlwx, we didn't get any of this last year.

Based on what I can tell, this circled area might have ended up a bit further northwest than expected. So heads up to the SW, you may get more snow than expected this afternoon. #nlwx

Little #TeaByTheSeaInTheTrees: Thomas Howe Forest edition after and afternoon of trail maintenance. Great #nlwx for it, cold enough to keep the sweating to a minimum

Sunday tea watching the snow melt vibes. Not fully sure what this sheen is on really hot tea, but it reminds me of weather patterns, so I like it. Fluid dynamics baby. #nlwx

Tis a bit chilly, but at least #nlwx is obliging to let us see the encore acte of this solar storm

Possible big solar storm? ya'd better believe #nlwx will say... NAY NAY!.

Fences can totally make wind observations. #nlwx

Cold but not freezing, everything is some kind of shade of brown or grey, leaves flying by on the full horizontal due to the strong winds. If you could bottle this up, you would call it November. We do see some blue sky at least, typical for post-storm in this part of the world. #nlwx

Some data here subject to review, but list of currently available numbers shows numerous stations with peak gusts associated with the #NLwx weather bomb reaching well above hurricane force.

I mean, I hope this is obvious to anyone in Corner Brook... but this is a wind sensor glitch. #nlwx

Well if anyone in Gander is wondering why it's snowing... That's a good question. Zero guidance had accumulating snow here, only 1 had a bit of snow mixing in with the rain. Classic first winter storm shenanigans... may as well go for an opening round KO. #nlwx

After assessing and forecasting parts of this incoming storm, I am comfortable saying that I don't much care for it. I'd even be as bold to say that it's a jerk. There, I said it. Someone had to. #nlwx

Just to be clear. I'm not saying this is going to be another Hurricane Igor. It doesn't even come close to having the amount of precipitation. However, it's gonna be windy, but likely not the windiest we've ever seen. Coastal waters are gonna be high, but also likely not the worst we've seen. #nlwx

Looking through our historic storm tracks, (our records start in 2010) we have not seen a low this deep cross the Island before, since 2010. The closest was indeed Hurricane Igor, which was in the 950's, not 940's. Igor also didn't cross the Island, it remained just offshore to the east. #nlwx

still venting, sorry.

I can be bitter and nerdy if you'd like. That game was like Star Wars, except this time the Empire Wins.

Baseball teaches us a lot of nice lessons. If you work hard, keep your integrity, and spend the GDP of a small nation on getting all the best players, you can really achieve anything.

Alright. I can definitely hate the dodgers now.

Current feelings.

Ya'll are getting caught up under the wall just like the ball. It was only going to score 1 run. So yeah, maybe the game ends differently, but it also could have gone the exact same way. Move on, new game tomorrow, not against Yamamoto.

Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating) The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

...this game.

Ahhh... La vie, quelle misere... Rainy day vibes. (No complaints, we really need this rain). #nlwx

Rainy #nlwx for this #TeaByTheSeaInTheTrees: Gander Disc Golf edition. Found a nice quiet grove to sip my tea (and also found the disc I lost yesterday lol). Not a breath of wind.

"...I might be able to leave you..."

Heck of a day #nlwx, heck of a day. #TeaByTheSeaInTheTrees: Thomas Howe edition

Fine day for helping to build Gander's first disc golf course. Really excited to play this tomorrow! Always need a good supervisor...

A bit wet for #TeaByTheSeaInTheTrees: Gander Ski club \ disc golf edition. The birds are singing though, which makes this scene extra excellent. #nlwx

that might be the wildest play I've ever seen.

Round two of #TeaByTheSeaInTheTrees: Corduroy Brook edition. Bit more colour today, good #nlwx albeit a bit cold on the hands at first.

Might be a good time to remind folks that snow this time of year isn't that crazy. in 2019 there was measurable snowfall in the first 5 days of Oct (in Gander), and in 2018 there was mesureable snow around the 18th of Sep. July and August are the only snow-free months in Gander's record. #nlwx

Holy smokes I'm making a lot of typos today...

On the longer scale, only 7 of the last 48 months have been measured above the normal precipitation line. All the rest are below to varying degrees. It's not surprise that water levels in streams, lakes, etc are down. #nlwx

With the 15 to 20 mm we got yesterday / this morning, that would push us just a bit closer to 200 mm, but we're still well below the average for the last 90 days. #nlwx

Do be fair, it was very brief and is pretty much barely solid rain. #nlwx

First snowflakes of the year in Gander at the moment. Suppose twas only a matter of time. #nlwx

Cup number two. One could describe today as looking like equinox, feeling like solstice. #nlwx