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86.7F today. Just got a direct hit from a developing shower. .10" just enough to temporarily cleanse the everything of pollen

Sorry about that. Our 3 cats are part of the family.

Looks like my high is going to top out at 80.7F. The last time it was warmer (82F) was on 9/9/20. I installed the AC unit today since my allergies are going nuts. We need one good shower to knock down the pollen. Really no rain to speak of in 3 weeks. My apple tree blossoms seem to be at peak with the first pedals falling off.

I have the full bug outfit and just cut the lawn. Just swarms of them. I'm guessing they are peaking in Central NH. Radar looks good for lots of showers but it's just a tease. Mostly virga. Top soil is drying out quickly, wouldn't mind some rain for the lawn. Some people (like me) always have to be whining about something. Just can't be satisfied with a partly sunny 70F spring day.

Scott, Brian, thanks for the responses. That is just a bird house next to the feeder. Tree swallows or blue birds usually nest in it but it has not been in use so far this spring. The apple blossoms just came out today on my apple trees so maybe he smelled something. It did look like he tried to climb the tree. The tree was pretty much split in half but I carefully cut away the broken part and used that tree pruning black stuff to seal the exposed trunk. It doesn't look as nice now but I think the tree will make it.

72/43 My perfect temp and humidity. Big leafout day in my hood. Leaves are about 50% of total size. When that happens I call it mid spring vs early spring. Any "bear" experts out there. Frickin bears are becoming so numerous in these parts. Caught one of the suckers on my weather cam at 11pm. Evidently he went over to one of the apple saplings and destroyed it. Obviously no fruit, not even open blossoms yet. Why would he do this?

My front lawn looked great yesterday. Last year was a struggle with drought. Let's see how this year goes. Missed just about all the rain last night.

What a difference a year makes. Either it was a year ago or yesterday or today we had snow. I think we can wrap up this snow season for me. 66.25" about 15" below normal. Below is a graph of my temperatures for the past 30 days. Although climate says we should have a rise of perhaps 12F during this time period our temperatures were very warm a month ago and then have cooled off considerably. So in reality we have not seen a seasonal rise yet. A month ago I was worried the foliage would get way ahead of itself and then we would have a killing freeze. Nature has adjusted so my leaf out is now right on schedule. Changing subjects, Gray has put out a chart of the new 30 year climo temperatures. For Concord NH the average temperature has risen .8F Considering it is climate and not weather that is pretty amazing. Over the course of a human life of 90 years that would be 2.4F which I think would be noticeable. Although temperatures have increased so has snowfall.6.9" at Concord. Perhaps less arctic high pressure which would allow the storm track to come north? Below if the climate chart, my 30 day temperature chart and leaf out how it looks from my lawn today

Leaf Out is finally starting in my hood. We had the warm spell awhile back and I was worried a freeze would get my apple trees. Then everything slowed down to a crawl. I really like my Nest Cam. I can go back and look at prior dates. Here are 2 pictures taken exactly 1 week apart. 930am May 2 and 930am May 9

Earthquake in S VT? Lots of people felt it around Newfound Lake in NH around 6pm

I graduated UMBC in 1979 as a Geography Major. I didn't go the Meteorologist route because of the math and physics. Anyhow, my senior paper was the Diurnal and Seasonality of Baltimore's urban heat island. The city had big impacts of nighttime minimums and daytime maximums as well as heavier precipitation on the east side as thunderstorms seem to intensify going over the city. I bring this all up because looking at 37 years of satellite pictures it seems there is quite a bit more green space in the city as row houses by the thousands get demolished. It would be interesting to run the current data through the same algorithms I used to see if the heat island is less intense. On the other hand the suburbs have expanded.

Happy Birthday old man.

A few days ago we did a road trip to see folks in metro Baltimore. Full leaflet down there. 85/64 sure felt tropical. Heading back to clouds,rain and cool weather all in all much of this week. Taking the scenic route this pm North to Albany then east across the greens. Didn't follow elevation snow last night wonder if any of the greens will have snow?

Good question Mark. I live almost exactly 5 miles south of the airport. For me at 1100 feet I have always guessed 80" or so. Downtown Plymouth is right on the river so even the bit of elevation on the west side of town gets more than downtown. They also are in a bit of a snow hole with downsloping from the Whites. I'm rambling. Maybe 70-75"???

I noticed the first few today.

That Andover tornado video is awesome. It is nice when the video speaks for itself. So many videos of large tornadoes with people screaming large tornado like we can't see it for ourselves. Expect more good drone tornado footage in the years to come.

Cold and windy day here. Wind seems to be overachieving. Just had a gust to 38mph which is impressive for my station. Lost power an hour ago but my trusty Verizon hotspot and laptop keep me going. Alex, Nice moose picture. Speaking of wildlife we lost a Newfound Bald Eagle last week. It was just sitting by the road. Fish and game came and got it. Went to the bird rehaber. The eagle had lots of lead in him. They couldn't save the bird. On the otherhand bears are everywhere!

A friend of mine took this yesterday at Tuckerman's Ravine

I think (for my area) this winter is a wrap. I have had accumulating snow as late as Memorial Day weekend but I don't see any cold coming and snow chances greatly decrease by May 1 So my total was 66". This is below my normal 80-85". It was a strange winter. My biggest snow event in several years was 24" on Dec 17th. That crazy death band sat just to my south for several hours. Brian got more but 24" in about 12 hours. That was a very enjoyable storm. Other than this out of the mix there was no other storm the whole season that delivered more than 3.5". I doubt that has happened since I have lived up here. So this season was a C- or D+. Great day today. Best part is that the black flies have not come out. Real greenup coming next week. Love NNE!

All in all this winter season stunk for me. You got the upslope part but not the synoptic storms. I would use this season as a very low benchmark. If you enjoyed this winter coming from Maryland it will only get better in seasons to come.

The WMUR forecast just popped up on my facebook feed. I have not paid any attention to the weather past the weekend storm coming up but it looks like warmer weather is on the way. They have a 68, 77 and 81 for the end of next week. I think it's pretty stupid to post exact air temperatures many days away, especially with their viewing area being a state that lies north to south.

330pm 28.2F Moderate snow shower. Pretty impressive for April 22nd in Central NH.

Just took a ride from my house to Fairlee VT. Snow line on the ground is just NW of Plymouth NH. Beautiful ride with snow covered trees

24.5F Nice snow squall moved through 430am. Ground is pretty white, Perhaps 3/4"

Nice to see all the snow in Norther NH. Alex it looks like a winter wonderland up there. Fun end to the storm for sure. I was flipping down here just as the heavy stuff moved northeast.