Pics. Todays Travels S.Central Adirondacks

Well it was a some what bright sunny day here in CNY with brisk wind and temps in the freezing range. (above in the sun, well below in the shadey side of the mountain vallies. The snow on the ground is like concrete, and loaded with frozen water. The lakes in the Pics. West Caroga, and The Great Sacandaga are still iced over. The large streams, like the West Stoney Creek and The Sacandaga River, North of the GSL are partially open, so the chanch of flooding is minimal unless we get a bunch of warm rain, however the weather watchers are saying that we have the chance of another significant winter weather event moving in Friday. Time will tell! To appease the site purist's I included a pic of a 1960 Case 811B which I discovered that my customer owns. (only fitting as it is in the Adirondacks and I am the Case guy) His PV system is is rated at 4515W, and he aproaches (Net Zero, to Net-plus) anually, here in the NE. He and I are designing a Solar Thermo system, so he can leave his home for a period in the winter and not have to worry about keeping wood fires in his outside wood boiler going or burning large amounts of oil.. I bet I will be able to post a pic. of snow the frist of June this year. Stay tuned.

Those pics right there are one of the reasons I love NY, forget the clowns in Albany. LOL. J

Do you normally have that much snow in the last of March? Here in NW Iowa we could have deeper snow if an unusual late march blizzard hits, but normally it's gone like it is now. Jim

I was just cussing the rain here in Western Oregon. Thank you for waking me up. Those are great pics and beautiful country but, I prefer rain to snow this late in the year.

Snowfall was a bit slow in coming in large events to this area this year, however there was snow on the ground by Thanksgiving, and aculmulated daily, and packed very densely and still, continues to accumulate, (see fresh snow on scraper banks), each week. The few thaws we have had just consolidate the snow into a near ice condition. Today when Frank and I walked out to look at the Case, we barely left footprints. The roads are horable there now. Frost heaves 4-8" deep. The snow banks hold the frost under the sholders, and the blacktop draws heat during the day droping the driving lanes as the frost melts, and culverts thaw, causing major dives across the roads. (don't wear a base ball cap with a button on the top, or you will have a wound on the top of your head when it hits the top of your truck cab when you hit one of these too fast). Other words, just a typical spring in the Southern Adirondacks.

very nice pictures!,,,but too cold for me! lol

Looks about the same here (just south of plattsburg NY). Lake champlain is still iced over but no good for fishing. I was just thinking today about taking the snowblower off the porch and putting it in the shed, then I heard about weather coming friday. May just leave it on the porch and try and jinx this coming weather.

Looks like Maine does now, glad someone has a lot of snow also.