A Skiff of Snow

[J-BAR #18287]

Springfield is getting a light dusting of snow this morning, what my mother would call a "skiff".  It has nothing to do with a small boat.

 

Have any of you used or heard the term "skiff" for  a tiny accumulation of snow?  I'm wondering if my hillbilly ancestors invented it.

[Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life]

Of course!

I remember being young and my mom telling my brother and I that a little skiff of snow wasn’t enough to not go to school!   Then we dressed up to the hilt to trudge through 4-5 inches of snow to class!

Sigh!!!!!

All about perspective I guess. 
Regards

    

Gateway Kid

[Alpo]

I've found the term in books, but never heard anyone say it because --- WE DON'T HAVE SNOW. NEENER NEENER NEENER.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

Commonly used up here.

In fact we just got a skiff!

[Silver Creek Jack]

Skiffed on us last night and this morning,bout 3 1/2 inches of that white crap, common spring!

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

got a light dusting in the Ozarks , around 1 3/4 in , just enough to make it nasty wet 

 

  CB  

[Pat Riot]

Never heard that term for snow. 
 

My mom called it a “dusting” of snow. 
 

Regardless, either term is cool! 

[Choctaw Jack]

Heard the term since I could remember.

Common usage in these parts.

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Never heard the word. But we’re getting one right now. 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

In my neck of the woods, we call it "Onion Snow."

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Scroll down to Jim McGuire:

 

https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/a-skiff-of-snow/

 

 

[Warden Callaway]

Some in our forecast.  None on the ground or air yet.

[Warden Callaway]

Snowing pretty hard at this moment.  Got at least a skiff.  It'll accumulate.  % chance went from 0 to 70% as soon as it started . 

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

Grew up hearing it routinely, SE (Appalachian) Ohio

[sassnetguy50]

13 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Never heard that term for snow. 
 

My mom called it a “dusting” of snow. 
 

Regardless, either term is cool! 

A skiff is the next level of snow past a dusting.

[Alpo]

Curious if this qualifies as a dusting. I'm sure it's not enough for a skiff.

 

 

 

The blizzard of January 2014.

[watab kid]

yes , my mother also used that term , dont recall my father ever mentioning anything less than measurable snow , he just went to work no matter what , 

 

only time ive ever used the term was when it looked like what alpo shows in his photos , we have gotten about 3 1/2" of water in december here , mostly rain but a few skiffs of snow mixed in , so far january has produced a couple skiffs - we shall see what tonight brings as its predicted .........we shall see , 

 

 

[Rye Miles #13621]

Never heard of it here in NE Ohio and we get our share of snowfall 

[Eyesa Horg]

Flurry or dusting for me.

[Wrangler Rich SASS #42157]

I've heard it here in Northern Illinois since I was a kid.. that's been a long time.

 

 

 

 

WR

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

My dad was raised in the Ozarks all the way to western Kansas. He and Mom called anything with a residue of small volume and large area a "skiff". 

[Irish Pat]

my son Irish ☘️ Jeff in Elizabeth CO called in a light Dusting in Vidalia La we call it a. Blizzard and shut down everything 

[Alpo]

And rushed to the store for milk eggs and bread.

[Warden Callaway]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

And rushed to the store for milk eggs and bread.

Mary brought home hamburger buns from last shopping trip. I asked her if that was all they had left. No, she just wanted buns (stupid). She buys for 8. Cooks for 4. Serves me twice as much as I need then is critical if I can't eat it all.  The rest goes to neighbor's pigs.

 

 

 

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

1 hour ago, Irish Pat said:

my son Irish ☘️ Jeff in Elizabeth CO called in a light Dusting in Vidalia La we call it a. Blizzard and shut down everything 

I’ve lived in places like that.
 

When I was in high school, (St. Louis) the rule was public schools didn’t close unless there was 6” on the ground. Where I live now the threshold is much lower. They’ll even shut down under threat of bad weather. 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Got up early to get a very few groceries, some cash from the ATM, and back home....in the first skiff here since last winter.  Looks like we'll be in for more, but not much.  We're in the greatest part of Arizona: mild winters, moderate summers, and lovely springs and falls.

 

On the other hand, the thumbs on the wrong side.  No, seriously, I was raised in snow country where I've seen nearly a hundred inches in the front yard for several months more than once,  I have lived in many other places with vast snow coverage.  The only time in my life that I was ever snowed in was four years ago........right here.

 

I had never owned, nor so much as driven, a front wheel drive car and didn't realize that if you got the front wheels off the ground you went nowhere.  Not only that, but if you're really not paying attention, you get the car out just far enough to block the garage door and you can't get your super duper whiz bang pickup out of the garage, either.

 

Four days trapped because of a void in my mind........but it will never happen again!

[watab kid]

got another skiff of snow yesterday - but we shall see if tonight brings a real snowfall expecting 3" they say ,