Possible measurable snow forecast for Saturday in Ky/S Ind

The weather channel ^ | 4/6/2022 | The weather channel

[Phoenix8]

Just a forecast

[who knows what evil?]

LOL...I just planted peas and spinach seed this past Monday. Cauliflower and broccoli starts will go in the 16th. I’m just over the border from you. 27 Sunday night, rising to 71 later on Monday.

[Phoenix8]

Ya I’m ready for some lasting warmth.

Chilly weather keeps up and it might put a big hold on the morels for this year as well. 🙀

[Texas resident]

The Texas panhandle is on the same longitude as Oklahoma and Northern New Mexico. They get dust storms, tornados and snow storms every year. I grew up and now live near the Gulf. Whole different world. When we get snow here everyone freaks out. I say home.

[poconopundit]

The worst snow storms of the year can come in the month of April.  Plenty of moisture in the air, and a good solid Yukon Clipper blast comes out of Canada, and FOOP, down it comes with wind behind, leaving snowdrifts that are impassible.

* * * Ah yes, alloysteel, I lived it.

I remember such a April surprise in the Boston outskirts of Newton.  Snow and sleet came down so fast I was forced to sleep in the office 30 minutes from home.  When I drove home in the morning, the driveway was 18 inches deep with the heaviest slush I ever had to shovel out.

But it turned into a valuable learning experience.  I showed my neighbor, a corporate consultant, how I'd discovered a new technique.  Rather than break my back lifting the slush, I pushed the shovel under a pile, dragged a shovelful out, and pulled it a few yards to a place on the side of the road where I merely jerked back the handle to separate the shovel from its load.

My consultant friend loved the idea: "Ha! Process improvement!"

* * *

Sure enough, the Japanese have long used snow scoops to clear heavy snow off roofs in their mountain towns.

[poconopundit]

What a coincidence, ProtectOurFreedom. Later on in this thread I commented on my own hellish experience on this very date in the Boston area. Thank you for clarifying the date. April 1st, 1997.

Check it out:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4052745/posts?page=24#24

Small world... A few years later we moved to the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania. Thankfully, we were living at a high enough elevation that snow was almost always of the powdery sort that was almost a pleasure to clear off the driveway.

[GOPJ]

I remember such a April surprise in the Boston outskirts of Newton. Snow and sleet came down so fast I was forced to sleep in the office 30 minutes from home. When I drove home in the morning, the driveway was 18 inches deep with the heaviest slush I ever had to shovel out.

You write well - ever thought of doing a 'great American' novel?