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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.

16.7F Vis 1 mile light snow. Sun dimly visible but picked up 1.5" of fluff.

15.5F Light to almost moderate snow. About 1" of pure fluff.

14.6F light snow. Vis 1.5 miles Edit: Moderate snow vis 1/2 mile

I really enjoy reading your posts about your first NNE winter. Now you see that even with a cutter or two once you get a deep base it just doesn't melt until spring. This is been a very boring pattern south of the mountain so you guys up there do good even without the real storms. Enjoy.

Finally, a nice cool morning 13.2F Snow skies above. Flurries and a quick snow squall gave me about 1/3" yesterday. Newfound Lake finally freezing over

Other than about 2.5" of slushy crap here during the synoptic part of the last storm nothing has happened the last couple of days. Stray flurries here and there. The ground is white with crusty snow but it's a different world on the south side of the mountains. Glad your enjoying winter. It's funny I feel I'm not part of the NNE group with all your upslope snow but not the SNE group either. Just lost here in Central NH as we wait for the next one whenever that may be...

Have the evening news on. WMUR is talking about how warm it has been. For Concord NH January is running 9.4F above average. 29 straight days above normal. Last time we had a day below normal was on Dec 20th. For January 11 days of highs 40F+

I'm sitting at 32F which is slightly above average. Just a guess but 23F is slightly above average for you on the coldest week of the year. Just a guess. Wish there was better long term data in the Whites. Maybe someone knows?

32.9F with occ. very light snow/flurries. Brighter to the south.

Another 1/4" last night. 5" at the snowstake.. Alex....that is the2nd plastering your trees have taken this year