Layman

"Deniers" - is this a scientific term the elite intelligentia use to describe the lowly and uneducated who reside below them in the social strata?

Definitely a good start to the season. You may enjoy this ski season thread with lots of good pics from those who've been on the mountains already: Please say "Hi" to mom and dad for us. (joking!)

The difference between Exeter and Epping average snowfall looks like it may highlight what you guys have mentioned regarding the marine influence. Not sure how accurate this data is, but it's claiming the averages are: Exeter. 55.71" and Epping 61.85". http://www.usa.com/rank/new-hampshire-state--average-snow--city-rank.htm About a 10 mile NW stretch for a 6" increase on average. A warm spring/summer/fall evening on one of the decks at Seadog in Exeter can be a good time for dinner if you haven't been there. Nice little spot overlooking the Squamscott.

I like these kinds of articles and enjoyed reading this - thanks for sharing. Personally, I feel like the extent gone to trying to figure out what causes the "feelings" associated with weather is akin to manipulating financial data to get a desired result. It didn't necessarily happen in this case so that's not a direct apples to apples comparison, but that's how I was viewing it. Largely due to my belief that the reason extreme weather has an emotional impact is from the anticipation/preparation, adrenaline, unknown outcomes, etc. Kind of like an amusement park ride. I'm not sure this holds for all kinds of extreme weather. I know for me, if there's something coming with flooding rains and damaging winds the excitement is due more to fear and worry rather than looking forward to seeing my or my neighbors house/properties get wrecked in a storm. More-so in winter than in the summer, when the potential for a big storm is on the horizon, I absolutely love the anticipation, preparation, hunkering down, the milk/bread acquisition quest (I kid!), and awaiting first flakes. For some reason, it feels easier to prepare for a big winter storm than a ravaging high wind/rain summer storm. Although, some of those pics from out west last year were downright frightening! I couldn't imagine being essentially trapped under dozens of feet of snow covering your entire home. Crazy.

Is that generally good or bad? In 2015 we got dumped on over and over again like most everyone and piled up the snow. Past 2-3 winters we've been on the rain/snow line consistently. So much so that it will be raining at the house and a mile and half west toward town it's snowing and sticking. One particular storm last year had the house at 0" accumulation but there was 4-6" 3 miles away. I figured warm waters in the bay may have contributed to that but that's just a guess. Edit: @40/70 Benchmark gave a clear answer on that - thanks

Are you about 20 miles from the coast as the crow flies? I'm about 8-10 miles from the coast depending on which direction you're facing and maybe 25 miles north of your latitude. I'm assuming being closer to the coast has more of an affect than latitude in this area...?

Is there a reasonably defined or understood area that delineates the Southern New England Coastal Plain? Is it basically Boston south?

Aside from the cold pushing southward, are there any other factors that you'd like to see that would get snow falling across southern areas of New England? Or, is this likely CNE, NNE regardless? Alternatively, am I approaching this wrong and it's specifically the cold that's needed so what we'd want to see are factors that assist the cold to drop further southward...?

Went from 33.8 at 6:30pm last night to 51.8 at 5:30am this morning. The warmth hit at 7pm and by 8pm we were at 43. 0.85" of rain overnight and a gust around 30mph at 3am pushed some patio furniture around. Sitting at 42.3 with blue skies and a light breeze.

Interesting info that I'm sure most taxpayers aren't aware of. We expect things to continue to work and be there 24/7/365 but a bloated and inefficient government isn't typically known for handling these things well. Hopefully a meaningful and functional budget for you folks isn't too far down the road.

Does current climate data come from these ASOS sites?

Whether it's weather in general, or just New England, I love how quickly it can all change. No need to wait a week, a mere 48 hours is all it takes!

As someone who's simply a consumer of weather information and forecasts, I appreciate bold predictions that are backed up with sound data/reasoning and the experience of the person making the claim. From my perspective it seems that it's so easy to be wrong in this realm with the infinite number of evolving variables involved. Making a prediction, or multiple predictions that end up being wrong while announcing that everyone else sucks at the same craft is an odd approach. Having alternate perspectives on the data fosters a more robust discussion of possible outcomes but it's odd how it seems to rapidly devolve from productive to trolling. Interesting and entertaining nonetheless. Bottomed out at 20.3 here this morning. The slight breeze adds a bite to exposed skin.

Thank you! Is that data publicly available?

It was definitely in the 90's. My sister remembers moving into the apartment in 1995 and I think they moved from there in 1999 or 2000. I remember it dumping snow in the morning at Loon. It warmed up throughout the morning to around 32ish and kept snowing up there. By the time we got down to Manchester (I'm guessing 3-4pm?) there was a trace of snow still on the ground but most of it had melted. It was sunny and probably high 30's, low 40's in Manchester. Great day and memory, just can't nail down exactly when it was!

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Can anyone tell me if it was 1995 or 1996 where Northern New England got snow (6"+) on Thanksgiving day? I'm thinking 1995 but can't find any specific record of it. I spent the morning snowboarding at Loon with my brother that year and cranked down 93 that afternoon to just catch dinner at my sisters place in Manchester. My siblings can't seem to recall the year either. They're all acting like it was 30 years ago or something...

Looks like this one is going in the books as 1.71" today. Of rain. Cold November Rain.

47.5 here with 1.35" of rain so far. Never even had a chance.

We're on the opposite side of Portsmouth. If the winds are right, you can almost see the smoke from the Vatican over this way.

Low of 16.5 here this morning but the rain appears to be on it's way. I've taken the liberty to add Great Bay to this image, not to scale of course, however it shows how this area clearly gets shafted in certain setups. While it may not be a flaccid system in general, it'll be flaccid for sure near the coast.

These things are all true and relate to the entirety of New England! I highly encourage everyone to stay away and not visit....

That's crazy - not a fan of this trend. I actually placed a couple orders with those guys within the past 6 months and never had the option to tip. Must be a new thing or maybe just a mobile thing? I ordered via PC. Ironically, I had one of our cars detailed and ceramic coated yesterday, picked it up today. While paying for the expensive-but-I'll-be-damned-if-I-do-it-myself service it popped up a tip option. Took me by surprise and....I caved. They did a good job but a 20% tip on a 5 figure service?! I don't think so. $25 because you guilted me into it and it still hurts my principles

I LOL'd at this for some reason. It's like a Powerball jackpot - of course we'd take it, but...

I'm curious about this too, if there's a known reason. Especially considering there's an apparent warming they should be factoring in. Why are they seemingly biased to show snowy outputs at these ranges?

The wife and I commented on that recently here as well - specifically with regard to Cardinals. We thought it was due to us not feeding them recently. Everything seems to be back now although the Cardinals have been elusive which is really odd for our house. They're always here year round. We've had a Carolina Wren bouncing around the mulch beds the past week too which is new. Haven't seen many groups of geese but the did see an absolutely massive group heading W/SW a couple weeks ago. Probably the largest I've ever seen. Like they all got up at once and took off.