J Paul Gordon

We usually do. Just far enough north, west, (and often east as well). But not this time, east side of the hills was not good.

We were in an absolute snow hole. My sister in law in Sturbridge got 8." We got maybe an inch here. Snowed all night into the morning, but lighter than light. There are still pitiful little patches here and there because it's been cold. Drove down to Sutton on the RI line and they had complete cover (though thin). It was pretty though. Glad you got a decent amount. Look's post card pretty out there.

34/19 here.

I'll pass on it, too. The 2012 event was good enough for me. I was a block away from places that had no power for days (Burncoat part of Worcester). We we kept awake all night by branches snapping around our house. It sounded like incessant rifle fire. I was afraid half of the maple tree outside the house would come down on it. Not a fun event. You can have it.

Oh well, there's alway another day, month, year, decade....

Can't figure my area out from maps. 1-3? Clinton is in a weird location re Fitchburg (higher amounts) and Marlborough (lower). I guess this is asking more than maps and voodoo wishcasting can provide. LOL

495 is a weird animal. I live 5 miles to the west. Temperatures here are always a good 3 or 4 degrees cooler (not talking about rain/snow line stuff because that has more to do with 850's etc.). On the highway itself the difference can be 5 or 6 degrees depending on season and sun. I wonder if the magic snow / rain lines (495, 128, etc.) have something to do with the highways affect on actual weather and atmospheric conditions. Any studies related to this?

High 43, low 30 current: 36 DWPT 29 Looking forward to the chance of whitness on the 5th. Supposed to have a few flakes passing through later this evening. Would be nice to see the grass covered, however tenously.

Gonna be chilly next week. Now all we need is a bit of snow. I'm happy we aren't talking about 60's for highs.

High 59 low 42 DPT 34

It's amazing that there haven't been more fires. I'm watering our two year old rhododendrons because the leaves are shriveling from the drought. The watering helps. Going to mulch them so the water is retained better. The soil under the leaves in the narrow belt of woods between our place and the road is like dust. I hope that the rain coming our way is enough to put at least a dent in the drought.

1.5-2.0+ for my location overall. Not devastating by any stretch. Snowfall for Worcester is virtually the same here (-10" to normal) is better than the past few years. So, probably more than our share of cutters, but some real chances for benchmarks, too. I can live with this. I'll make my final 23-25 prediction on April 1st. High 53 here today, current temperature, 39 is the low. DP 21. Unbelievable stretch of extremely dry weather.

Nice to see something other than the Eeyore whining. May not be true, but at least its nice to imagine.

We are six days into the last month of climatological autumn. If November continues toasty, maybe December will start out that way, too. There is no way to predict with any certainty what will happen from Dec 15 on, especially not as we move into deep winter. All that said. Predicting 10" snow totals is doubly ridiculous. It might be the warmest winter ever, but all we need is a confluence of cold and precipitation and we could triple that amount in one big bang. We've done so in the recent past. So, maybe wait until mid January to light one's hair on fire?

Hi 77, low 61 (thus far), DPT 56. Hope this is the last 70+ day until next April. Looks like it will continue to be a very warm November.

High 50, Low 26 Dpt (now) 33 Couple of abnormally warm, almost hot days considering the time of year. Then back to N-AN to unusually warm on the 11th. Average high in my area is in the low 50's. It doesn't go below 50 until the 17th. So, we'll probably end up 4-5 degrees above normal for the month. I think Tip predicted 4+ monthly for the cold season ahead. He'll probably be right for the last month of autumn, and November is a reasonably good predicter for the winter (with numerous exceptions). Long and short of it, another mild winter but not necessarily a bust. If we push the of 4 AN into January we go from a high around 34 to a high around 38. We turn into Boston, not DC. As with all things, we'll just have to wait and see. That's what makes weather here in New England fun as opposed to weather in LA or Orlando.

High 48, Low 28 DPT 27.5

Absolutely. But when people in the US think of this year's slow hurricane season, they'll be massively influenced by the impact of Helene and Milton. A lot of folks will think of it as the hurricane season from hell. As they say, location, location, location, and it's all about the sensible weather. Thank goodness we measure the "success" of a winter by big snowstorms. We can enjoy watching them from the comfort of our homes, or rage about them as we take two hours to travel five miles on the highway, but most of us will never have the experience of having our homes wiped away and our livelihoods destroyed. Enjoy the weather Wolf, its the only weather we have. And its a lot more fun than politics!

Not calling for just one storm. We will have cold spells, of course, maybe some extended periods ( a week or more) and if they coincide with a good winter storm, that will make it seem like a decent winter. I mean the overall winter looks like it will be warm. If the pattern really sucks and cold spells are of the one or two day order and storms don't coincide, then a lot of people will be (figuratively) jumping off bridges. I won't be one of them. I won't be astonished if everything turns around and we have a slam bang fantastic winter either. It is New England, after all. But the signs are for a warm winter, "warm" being relative to climotology. If we were in Oklahoma City, where my Mom's side of the family hails from, our warm winter would be considered almost apocalyptically snowy and cold.

Another shot at mid 70's next week, with 3 or 4 days above 70. If this pattern keeps up we'll easily surpass 2022 and probably 2011. Not good for winter lovers as both 2011-12 and 2022-23 were remarkably warm throughout. The lack of interest in the winter thread seems to confirm this. No matter, a well placed coldish spell and a good storm is more than possible over the span of the next three or four months.

High 75, Low 62. DP 50 Perfect June day.

Hi 72 Low 55 here. Feels about right, but a few degrees cooler than surrounding stations. May be because my thermometer is only about 6 feet off the ground. I'll have to compare it to local readings tomorrow and see if it continues. My car thermometer generally reads 2 or 3 degrees cooler here than locations in town with fewer trees and more concrete. We're on an east facing slope. My thermometer is in the backyard (west side) and there are a lot of trees shading the area.

Wow. Back when the winter board was rocking this time of year. Now the last response on it was this past Monday! That and Mount Tolland's embrace of frostless Octobers and harvesting pumpkin sized tomatoes (his final surrender to the reality of irreversable climate change and the fact that old time New England winters are a thing of the past), is the most convincing evidence I've seen so far that the world is truly heating up.

We'll have cold spells this coming 4++ winter, too. Maybe a couple extending a week or more. If the snow coincides with them we'll remember it as a not so bad winter. Memory plays a huge role in how we see the warming. An above average winter with a few frigid snowy spells can seem better than an average or below average one without snow. There's not a damn thing we can do about it, but putting on sackcloth and ashes this far ahead is kind of sad. And who knows, that 3.3% chance of mighty cold and blizzards galore might just come through. Best to put on the mourning robes a bit further along. JMHO. And, oh, by the way, the oaks in my area (Clinton MA) and on the way up to close our place in Maine were exceptionally bright. It might help some to put on their polaroids (rose color doesn't work) and make believe things are not just plalin sh***y and are only gonna get worse.

Looks like you've got this winter's snow hole already. That and Tip's 4++ every month and the guys who spent a ton of money going south are going to be ticked off that they could have just stayed home and had snowless warmth for free!