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Looking beyond the early week storm things don't look too bad for winter weather next weekend. Many different possibilities. For those of us that missed the upslope event it sure has been a quiet January. So whatever happens a week from now looks at least interesting to watch. We are almost getting to the time that the solar insolation is strong enough to start heating the interior of your car or eating away at snowbanks even if the air temperature is well below freezing.

You need a Nest Cam so you can rewind and see what is going on! Just looked on Google. Coyote? Step in the right direction for NNE the storm early next week. I think the Maine guys have gotten the worst shaft this winter

It's now 2 hours later and I see the pair of deer in the woods. Escaped this time!

I don't want to look past the Monday/Tuesday event. Even if we get a cutter it will probably be just a reset of some sorts. CAD is so good at my place that I usually just stay in the 30's. This year I just have so little snowcover that it won't take much to melt although most is glaciated and water logged. This morning I was sitting in my sunroom looking out on the pastures and 2 deer ran by and a coyote in hot pursuit. The Nest Cam caught the chase. Don't know how it ended. Deer can run pretty quick through a few inches of snow. Here is the video. The deer and coyote come in from the left. By the way my steep south slope is chewed up because we had 32 turkeys yesterday digging for grass. This is the place that always has the least snow. https://video.nest.com/clip/079c432e07fb428d891593d6f0e25432.mp4

-1.4F was the low. Dusting of snow overnight. Snow cover is only 3 or 4" since I was shafted in the last event.

12F Temps dropping nicely. Mostly clear under a full moon but have light flurries. With arctic air it seems like it wants to snow even if there are no clouds to speak of

Impressive Euro run. energy rejuvenates low and at least east portions of NNE get in on the action but we are still days and days out and many many model runs to go.

Newfound had huge areas suitable for skating yesterday but last night snow ended that. More light snow and showers will screw it up even further for this weekend. Going to be bitter on the lakes especially Saturday

Wow, nice 12Z Euro run for next week. Good way to end a cold blast with a nice slow system.

Do I get the booby prize? Ta da! 1"

Newfound is half frozen over. The bays have ice that was great for skating but now are covered with about an inch of snow. Winnisquam is probably shallower and froze earlier. Friday and Saturday will be in the single numbers so the ice will thicken. Lake Winn has a forum with info for the lakes over there. Maybe get more info with that of a FB group? Have fun and dress warm

On a lighter note, 32 turkeys are enjoying about the only grass they will find within a mile of my house. The south facing steep part of the lawn has just a bit of grass. Otherwise it's a tough ice and snow covered landscape. Hope they can enjoy the pickins quickly as things will probably get covered up tomorrow

I was going through old files today and found the attached letter from back in the 1980's. I lived in Metro Boston at the time and was friends with some of the on air met's like Barry Burbank over at Channel 4, Mark Rosenthal over at 5 and Harvey Leonard and Todd Gross at Ch 7. Todd seemed to be the one that was always on the cutting edge of technology. Other than TV or radio there was no way to get weather information unless you worked in the field. Todd setup this hotline as outlined in this letter. Todd was the one that introduced me to the new thing called the internet. Phone lines were the only way to get online back then unless yo went to internet cafes. I remember going down to Harvard Square and using Webcrawler one of the first internet search engines. It was amazing to find dozens of links for weather information. Before the current forums there were "usenet" groups. Todd formed one called ne.weather. Then came Eastern Weather and years later American Weather. Those of you who are young just don't realize how little information there was. When I was in collage I interned at the National Weather Service at BWI. That was in 1978. Even at the National Weather Bureau as it was called back then there was no radar, no satellite and just rudimentary weather models like the LFM that came over on dyefax machines.

Alex, just a beautiful (cold) sunny day over this way. Even looking north towards Franconia Notch was mostly sunny. The is the only downside of living where you do weatherwise is that on a NW flow you seem to clear out last. Much more cloudiness, even in summer. Hum, maybe this week I can score more snow than you. Have a good week.

Ha, I have not been paying attention figuring we would stay high and dry up here. Maybe this will be a snowy week for me in Dendriteland. I had my 24" in 12 hours in December so hope whatever happens you guys in SNE get in on the goods too.

. Perhaps this is a bit of a sleeper and it will end up being a snowy period, especially for central areas that missed out of the upslope. Here is 12Z and 18Z comparison

Wait until Phin gets his first season of NNE black flies!

12F and clear. Great visibility today. Low was 5F Snow depth around 5"

Reached a high of 16.8F about an hour ago and now down to 14.7F. In the coldest airmasses that I have seen I have stayed just below zero during maximum heating. So although this is a cold airmass it is not even close to what can be experienced.

True arctic conditions on the higher summits today. Actual temperatures below zero with strong winds, blowing snow and avalanche dangers. Just brutal conditions. Are the 2 hikers still missing in addition to the death of the rescuer?

Sitting inside in our sunroom with the woodstove roaring. Cat wants to go outside. Looks inviting through glass...but... We are right at the heart of deep winter. Noon 15.5F Partly cloudy with passing flurries and blowing snow. Snow depth only 5" about 36" for the season While we stay high and dry nice pattern for the Mid Atlantic this week

32.0F Moderate snow squall. Vis 1/4 to 1/2 mile

I used the leaf blower and it took 5 minutes. Leaf blowers work great in 15F fluff

This picture has been going around the internet and I can't determine if it is photoshopped. Does anyone has any idea what would make ice form like this? I can't come up with one. Thoughts?

Thanks for your response J Spin. I think that was someone else, I never had that in my signature but I have kidded in the past that I live in Dendriteland. I do feel that my weather is much more in line with NNE. This year because we have had fewer synoptic storms I can't really join in the fun that the posters that live in the Greens or people like Alex or Phin that live in the Whites since I don't get upslope snow. In that regard, I along with the Maine guys have been left out but all in all, year after year I generally do very good. Just being able to look outside and see a solid snowpack makes me happy. There has been lots of talk in the past about where CNE starts and ends. If you were to include the entire state of Maine, heck we would all live in S or CNE. Broadly I take CNE from the Mass line north to me which includes the Lakes Region of NH. As soon as you get to the Southern Whites (which is about 10 miles north of me) you are in solid NNE climate. It gets more complicated in VT because the Green Mountain spine goes all the way south to the Mass line so Vermonters get more snow and less of a marine influence, hence a colder, snowier winter. Everyone has there own interpretation and all and all I am very happy as to where I live as far a winter weather is concerned. Today ended up being a great example. Solid snow cover, temperatures staying in the teens with snow falling at various rates all day. Speaking to that my neighbors rented out their house this week to a Washington DC area family that wanted to get out of town with all the inauguration activity. The family has 2 boys and they have been outside sledding and playing in the snow non stop the last few days. It's stuff like this we take for granted but kids don't get many opportunities down there for winter type fun.