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December Observation/ Weather Banter


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Hmmmm ... Mike's posting. Must be another 30" snow dump in the offing for GC.

Yeah--a total mischaracterization. It's only when that happens that I'm bitching about qpf.

Butt buddies.......... :lol:He could not have had 12 beers, The spelling was spot on....

What might this say about the habits of DT? :)

31.8/18

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Oh yeah, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!! Schweet!

Nice...the higher inversion around 750 to 800 mb may be helping the east slope to cash in on the lake effect residuals and upslope today. If the inversion is lower say lower than 850 mb or so, it seems like the upslope stuff has a harder time making it past the crest. I've seen cases when the inversion drops to near or below 900 mb, the upslope banks up the west side of the Taconics and may not even reach the Berkshire crest.

I remember a retrograding low event on 1/3/10 when this occurred. The west slope of the Taconics had over a foot, I had 8 inches, and the east slope had hardly anything. The west side of the Taconics tends to get the best of the upslope in these NW flow CAA situations, especially around Grafton, NY, but the inversion level can determine how far east the upslope machine makes it. Higher inversions allow for spillover to occur, while lower inversions prevent this by blocking the flow. This process is more pronounced in VT, but it can happen here too on a smaller scale.

Regardless, upslope machine is pretty weak today, but it's nice to see a few flakes in the air. No accumulation here, just a trace.

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Mike, I know when i have tossed a few back my spelling is atroucious... :D

Hope you guys enjoyed the laugh...

Typing is a lot easier when you're drunk with spell checker... A huge pet peeve of mine is mis-spelling (I thinks that how you spell that) and using the words "to" and "too" correctly.

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Hope you guys enjoyed the laugh...

Typing is a lot easier when you're drunk with spell checker... A huge pet peeve of mine is mis-spelling (I thinks that how you spell that) and using the words "to" and "too" correctly.

That was funny, Enjoy your trip, Try to bring a troff back east with you on the way home

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33.9/19, skied at wawa for a few hours this afternoon. Conditions weren't too bad all things considered. Feels like winter, and the P+C actually has snow in it 4 times. Alas, its either for flurries, snow showers, or brief snow to rain.

OT: Got into Lyndon and Plymouth with 5K/year from PSU and 3K/year from Lyndon State. I didn't really apply to any schools that I didn't expect to get into without a problem, but its still nice. :)

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33.9/19, skied at wawa for a few hours this afternoon. Conditions weren't too bad all things considered. Feels like winter, and the P+C actually has snow in it 4 times. Alas, its either for flurries, snow showers, or brief snow to rain.

OT: Got into Lyndon and Plymouth with 5K/year from PSU and 3K/year from Lyndon State. I didn't really apply to any schools that I didn't expect to get into without a problem, but its still nice. :)

Congrats!

Plus you skied before I did

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Suspect that GC won't be alone in picking up at least multiple traces (and hopefully measurables) this coming week.

MAZ002-180900-

WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHFIELD...CHARLEMONT...COLRAIN...

SHELBURNE

416 PM EST SAT DEC 17 2011

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY

CLOUDY. COOLER WITH LOWS AROUND 12. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...SUNNY. COLD WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS

AROUND 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING

MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLD WITH LOWS AROUND 12. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.

SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER

20S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW

SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...SNOW

SHOWERS AND SLEET. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF

PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT

CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN.

LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW

SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 20.

.SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW

SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.

You never know.....

25.8/15

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Today's departures, date of the last double digit below normal day, and number of double digit above/below normal days so far this year...

BOS +5 ... 9/17 ... 45/12

BDL +5 ...10/28 ... 46/17

PVD +5 ...10/31 ... 38/17

ORH +5 ...10/29 ... 53/17

I think today's departures are going to change...temps are already lower now than what they were this morning. Tomorrow will probably break the impressive streak since a double digit departure.

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I think today's departures are going to change...temps are already lower now than what they were this morning. Tomorrow will probably break the impressive streak since a double digit departure.

May fall just short of breaking the double digit streak tomorrow...

    NORMAL  FORECAST
ID   HI  LO  HI LO DEP
----------------------
BOS  40  27  30 23 - 7 
BDL  39  23  31 19 - 6
PVD  41  26  33 22 - 6
ORH  35  22  27 15 - 8

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Never wise to count your chickens before they hatch.....

24.2/12

Agreed...for Snowman and me. If the min temp for the day is at midnight, the exact average temp and thus the departure has yet to be determined.

May fall just short of breaking the double digit streak tomorrow...

 NORMAL  FORECAST
ID   HI  LO  HI LO DEP
----------------------
BOS  40  27  30 23 - 7
BDL  39  23  31 19 - 6
PVD  41  26  33 22 - 6
ORH  35  22  27 15 - 8

We'll see, but you're probably right. The impressive streak continues, but at least we're heading in the right direction. It feels more like December than it has. And, I have 5/14 forecast periods have snow mentioned so that's a plus!

28/19

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