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- Birthday 03/10/1946
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November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Had 23° at 11 last evening with bright stars, figured 1st teens were a cinch, but that was the bottom - must've had clouds moving in shortly after. Pure sun at the moment, a rare phenomenon in November. -
November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Models are squabbling and marginal temps. Unless the Euro and GFS get some resemblance, we might still be seeing absurd ranges this time tomorrow. -
It's shrunk down to about 1/3 the thickness of OFA and is free (except for the advertisers). Also, Dublin is a pretty town and a snow-catcher due to its elevation. I'll let you comment on your town.
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November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Just for fun I looked at my 27 winters of snow vis-a-vis ENSO, using the categories I've seen on here. Current average is 88.5". EL NINO Very strong (1): 48.2" 2015-16, my lowest winter Strong (none): n/a Moderate (3): 77.2" 1 AN 99.0"/64.8" Weak (4): 96.0" 3 AN 109.2"/85.1" LA NADA (7): 86.3" 4 AN 112.8"/52.8" LA NINA Weak (4): 109.0" 3 AN 137.1"/68.0" Moderate (8): 85.7" 3 AN 142.3"/52.5" Includes top winter and 2nd worst. Strong (none): n/a Very strong: None noted, 1950-51 on. Probably means little or nothing. -
If you can get the NH version of North Woods Law (much more numerous than the Maine ones), every 2-3 episodes you would probably see a warden/rehab contact. Almost all have a happy ending, though one cannot know which contacts get onto the show. The NH Warden Service could likely point you to rehabber locations. A Trace is just snow falling and either melting on contact or less than anything measurable. So yes, you had that, but nothing measurable yet. I've had up to 0.3" of wispy snow that melted out to less than 0.005", thus a trace. Not common and it looks odd, but I've not found a better way to report. Edit: Moved the snowblower out of the shed and set out the snow stake. Hope that doesn't scare off Sunday's event.
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Some mood flakes yesterday afternoon, plus about 2 minutes of S+ that whitened the ground (0.1"). Saw 1.0-1.5" in the Augusta and Brunswick regions, also in southern Somerset County to our east.
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November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Only mood flakes here, though nothing at the moment. Overcast is featureless, suggesting that there's flakes between there and here. Very November-y. -
November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
I feel your pain - 2025 so far exceeds any other year of memory for meh. --Only one snow event over 4" (8.0" in mid-Feb) --January had only 5.6" with the month's 'biggest' of 2.1". --No 1"+ precip days until Sept 25 --Only 5 days with thunder; previous low was 8 in 2010. --Met summer brought only 2 such days - avg is 10.5 and another record few (5 in 2010). --No significant wind events. Only 2 wx phenomena of note: --The drought, which is about as exciting as watching paint dry (and with my knee replacement in late June, I couldn't do much to help the garden cope). --Only our 3rd heatwave in the 28 summers here, and 4 total days of 90+ - only 2002 (7) had more. (Note: I don't like droughts and I don't like big heat. Things can only get better. ) -
November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Our 13kw Generac fully furnishes our needs; it ran for 101 straight hours from the Dec 2023 storm with no issues. (26kw = big house, at least compared with our 960 sq.ft. plus the loft.) The actual unit was about $3k but the total was north of $10k. The electrical work was almost as expensive as the genny itself, and the purchase/installation/filling of two 100-gallon propane tanks came to over $4k. We also tossed ~$750 for a screening fence around the tanks. -
November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
My brother and extended family have lived in Leland, just west from Wilmington, for almost 15 years and they love it. (Except when Florence barged in. They "vacationed" in Charlotte for that event. He said their house was engineered to withstand 130 mph, though heavy objects at half that speed might be damaging.) -
November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Only reached 34 here. Had light/very light flakes 7 AM thru 1 PM, with a spate of moderate features shortly after noon that whitened the ground here at 400' (0.1"/0.03" LE). Gone soon after but the ground was still white at 4 PM - maybe 1/4" - on the 750' hills on the way to evening church meeting. -
November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
3 little events resulted in 6 consecutive days with measurable rain, for a total of 0.59". Tomorrow night and Monday don't look all that different. -
We were in SNJ for the T-Day storm, had cold rain there. Neighbor said, "about 8 inches" but the co-op 3 miles south and 90' higher reported 11". He usually reports less than I do, in part to one-a-day measuring, so I may have underestimated. Ratio was 5.6-to-1, a real branch breaker. The Dec clipper grew up faster than expected - forecast was 3-6 and we had 9.3" from less than half the SWE of T-Day, 0.71" vs, 1.44".
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November 2025 general discussions and probable topic derailings ...
tamarack replied to Typhoon Tip's topic in New England
Lots of SNE colder than here this morning. Clouds held the temp at 27.
