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I'm SSW of the Whites 645pm 31/19 so snow will start accumulationg immediately.

Boy, the 18Z Euro really jacks me. 1.42" liquid and almost all is snow. Even at 18Z on Wednesday the 925mb temp is 0C and 850 is -1C. I do best with SWFE type systems since the Whites shadow me in strong nor'easters. Wish temps were just a bit colder. Of course this is just one run but more fun to watch this than smoking cirrus while SNE gets a big storm Of course the NAM is totally different!

Hum... taking a look at the upcoming weather over the next week and I could be building up an early season pack up here. Just taking the 18Z GFS run, snow begins Tuesday evening and when it flips or even if it flips is a big question. Even so a plowable amount either way IMO. Then a brief warmup on Wednesday before the pack freezes solid at night. A low sun angle and temperatures in the 30s for many days. Add a possible significant snow event later in the weekend we have a pack that has staying power for awhile. This is why I moved up to NH from Boston many years ago....

Looks like I could be in for a sneaky snow event on Tuesday night. Over 1" liquid but the question is how fast or even will it switch over to rain.

I was just like you. I like Astronomy and I had a few cheap telescopes in my life but you really need a setup that tracks the objects. I don't have the patience for all that. I have really wanted to see a galaxies and nebulas. Then after Covid I heard about these new smart telescopes. They don't have an eye piece but connect to an app. I have the Vaonis Vespera. The scope finds and slings and tracks it. Does all the work. You just select what you want to see and it finds it and starts sending images to your laptop or phone. I can set it up and sit inside and just watch from my easy chair. It is pricy (about $1400) but wow. I have seen so much. Last night was clear and moonless so I set it up to capture the Andromena Galaxy. It stacks the images to provide a bright high quality picture. Even a dummy like me can use it. Here is last nights picture resized down for the forum. (The original is much more detailed)

Alex, I'm a volcano/earthquake nerd too. I have been watching Iceland non stop. As of today, Monday that whole area is closed and evacuated. The good news is that the tremors are slowing down so the magma may not make it to the surface, hence no eruption. Enjoy the Aurora's. My sister in law just got back and Iceland was so much better than she had imagined.

Thanks. I just emailed him to see if he could do up a new season.

Ha, at least I'm honest and going with 2", not 2.5" or stretching to 3"

30.9F Just had a quick IP shower. Snow stake shows near 3" but it is just the grass making it seem that much. I am going with 2"

Yeah, I need to add. I sent him a PM but didn't hear back.

28.3f. Light snow.

Is Kevin still doing the snow chart?

33.8F Moderate snow squall. We had a bit of sleet last Saturday morning but 2 snow showers today. One earlier in the afternoon and this one now

I realized I have not posted a link to my weather station and cam in quite awhile if anyone is interested in what is going on up here. I am 17 miles NNW of Dendrite (Brian) and guessing about 500 feet higher https://www.bridgewaternhweather.com/

41F IP first frozen of the year but still have not hit 32.0F

Nice Alex! I never saw this cam. With the view of the roof too you can get an idea of accumulations, at least in wet snow events. Definately a bookmarker

41.5F Ice pellets.

Rain of leaves today. Central NH rapidly becoming stick country

Midnight and it is 68f in Montpelier and Burlington. Impressive.

So much damage. From the helicopter video I grabbed this shot of a highrise. Windows blown out with so much structural damage you can see right through some units. Wonder how their highrise building codes along resorts compare to Florida? Andrew was a near miss for dense buildings but would Florida's highrises look like this if a true Cat 5 came ashore in Miami-Dade?

33.1F up on my hill.

I would say that the foliage peaked today here in the NW Lakes Region of NH. I took the drone up for a quick look around before the rain. My Aspens and birch were vibrant but I think the HDR settings made it a bit more saturated than what I saw with the naked eye

Looks like our foliage peak will be tomorrow or Friday here in the NW Lakes Region of NH. Wind and rain this weekend will bring most of the leaves down except the oaks which always follow. I would give this season a 4 out of 10 so far but colors are rapidly changing. My guess would have been the peak this weekend if the storm and wind had held off.

September was the warmest ever. Not surprising since this happens often now. What is surprising is it was the most anomalous warm month in the data set going back to 1940. Scary stuff https://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-2023-hottest-ever-eu-copernicus-climate-change-service/

Luckily there is not an intense hurricane right now southwest of Phillippe's position. The strong trough approaching would yank something northbound quick if placements were just right. This is why New England usually gets it's strongest hurricanes later in the season when fall troughs arrive