powderfreak Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Love the BTV discussions...these folks seem to know most of us are "outdoors" type of people up here and always throw little nuggets in there that the general population in most places could care less about. .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 400 AM EDT SATURDAY...FCST CHALLENGE WL BE TIMING OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG DISSIPATING...FOLLOWED BY VERY WARM TEMPS. SFC ANALYSIS PLACES 1028MB HIGH PRES ACRS THE OTTAWA VALLEY...WHICH WL SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO OUR CWA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH A LOWERING SUBSIDENCE INVERISON PER SOUNDINGS WL RESULT IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES DEVELOPING ACRS THE FA. SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY SHALLOW SFC THRU 925MB RH THRU 15Z TODAY...THEN A VERY DEEP DRY LAYER...WHICH WL PROVIDE CWA WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. GIVEN SHALLOW NATURE OF MOISTURE...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SUMMITS ARE ABOVE THE CLOUDS THIS MORNING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 34F with mostly clear skies early this morning. Thankfully we can start off sunny right away without having to evaporate low clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Borderwx--yes, I've seen & heard some geese recently too. I've heard the honkers up in the sky and I've seen a few paddling about in the CT River. Not many yet, but a few. Speaking of sightings, has anyone seen or heard of bear activity yet? I haven't and I'm surprised. I'm on the Upper Valley birding list-serve and usually it lights up with bear reports when things thaw and I haven't seen anything yet. My feeders are still out--one of them has bear tooth puncture marks through the plastic from a few years back. 34F with mostly clear skies early this morning. Thankfully we can start off sunny right away without having to evaporate low clouds. Murky as hell here this morning. Looking forward to things burning off--we've been socked in for a few days now. Had a high of 37 yesterday, low of 34, currently 36. How's that for consistency, lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Murky as hell here this morning. Looking forward to things burning off--we've been socked in for a few days now.Had a high of 37 yesterday, low of 34, currently 36. How's that for consistency, lol? we were 39/34 yesterday. As I like to say...days of low range causes derange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 ^ LOL, indeed. It does wear thin after a while. Looks to break today though. Time for a Guiness yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Love the BTV discussions...these folks seem to know most of us are "outdoors" type of people up here and always throw little nuggets in there that the general population in most places could care less about. .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 400 AM EDT SATURDAY...FCST CHALLENGE WL BE TIMING OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG DISSIPATING...FOLLOWED BY VERY WARM TEMPS. SFC ANALYSIS PLACES 1028MB HIGH PRES ACRS THE OTTAWA VALLEY...WHICH WL SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO OUR CWA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH A LOWERING SUBSIDENCE INVERISON PER SOUNDINGS WL RESULT IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES DEVELOPING ACRS THE FA. SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY SHALLOW SFC THRU 925MB RH THRU 15Z TODAY...THEN A VERY DEEP DRY LAYER...WHICH WL PROVIDE CWA WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. GIVEN SHALLOW NATURE OF MOISTURE...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SUMMITS ARE ABOVE THE CLOUDS THIS MORNING. BTV nailed it... absolutely stunning morning up high with full sunshine and the summits gleaming out of the clouds. Looks murky down in the valleys from Stowe to Waterbury and then the Winooski Valley out towards Montpelier and back towards the Champlain Valley. Champlain Valley looks pretty socked in. Looking north there's less fog and cloud cover. I love undercast being up in the sunshine when you know its murky, dark, and damp down below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 35 and overcast is no way to start a torch. the ice on lily pond will be gone by tomorrow, and lake winnipesaukee usually follows within 7-10 days. this inferno torch should speed that up. I have a feeling this will be one of those years where the ice breaks up and then all gets blown into one bay, delaying the call of ice out even though 95% of the lake will be clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Well its 10am and cloudy. Low clouds are fairly thick. 40F. Unless things change quickly its going to be hard to hit 60f today. Started clear and then things went downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Awesome morning above the inversion... And looking into the Champlain Valley with low level fog, then another layer of clouds, then finally the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I guess Caribou, ME is over their normal season snowfall... 95" or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Ahhh only a 20 degree difference this morning between the east side of the Spine and the west side, haha. MVL on one side of Mansfield is 34F while BTV on the other is 54F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Some shallow fog this morning but otherwise clear and ready to soar. A little frost to start though at 31F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 What do ya know? 30F here this morning. The mud is frozen! Time to shuffle the rigs around and point them out the driveway (pic from a few years back, but our driveway all the same). Knock on wood, the mud actually hasn't been all that bad this year so far. I'd say it's the easiest mud season we've had since we've lived here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I've seen geese in Belgrade, but haven't heard any yet. However, a turkey was gobbling frequently about 6:30 this morning. Had low 30s, bit of frost, and 6" hanging in at the stake, for a couple more days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 They don't make CR123 batteries like they used to. I'm lucky if I can get 3 months out of them now, even in my VP2's ISS and the anemometer transmitter which have the solar panels. With four stations, the low battery warning never seems to disappear off the console for long. When I first got my station back in 2005, the battery in the ISS lasted more than 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 They don't make CR123 batteries like they used to. I'm lucky if I can get 3 months out of them now, even in my VP2's ISS and the anemometer transmitter which have the solar panels. With four stations, the low battery warning never seems to disappear off the console for long. When I first got my station back in 2005, the battery in the ISS lasted more than 2 years. i just have a little something that tells me the pressure trend, %humidity, and indoor and outdoor temp...the battery for the outside temp sensor is a crxxx, it's about the size of a nickel...and the first battery i ever put in the sensor lasted over a year...now i think they are lasting 3months... stupid capitalism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 They don't make CR123 batteries like they used to. I'm lucky if I can get 3 months out of them now, even in my VP2's ISS and the anemometer transmitter which have the solar panels. With four stations, the low battery warning never seems to disappear off the console for long. When I first got my station back in 2005, the battery in the ISS lasted more than 2 years. YES. I've noticed the same thing. I go through them like crazy now. Ever since Energizer has gone from those blue ones to the black they've been crud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 A few from this morning. woke up to 44F here at the house. 35F at the base of Jay. Way warmer at the top. Mud still soft at the summit. Guess I lean a little to the left. Looking down range. PF's place standing tall out there. No snow to be seen on this east side valley. Nice paint brush work this morning by mother nature. Got a feeling things are gonna be greening up pretty quick. we're over 60F already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Up to 59F and rising here at LSC. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 1:30pm 72F Not bad at 1100 feet above sealevel in Central NH. Temp still rising steadily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEaster27 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Insanely warm in VT this morning, left kilington around 1030 and it was already into the 60s, hit 70 near bromley passing around 1130 this morning! Further south I drove the colder it got as by Albany the marine layer was starting to be felt and the temp droped into the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 71 here. Snow is gone. Spring mode ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 79 in Lebanon, and my kestrel read 79.2 as well at DHMC. I really don't have anything to say, but WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 The high was 78F without a cloud in the sky after the light morning fog evaporated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 To me, this is crazy. Lebanon is up to 80 degrees right now...after a low of 30. At noon, it was 53! I guess we're a desert for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Up to 59F and rising here at LSC. Good stuff. Wow, I see its pretty darn warm up there. I went there for two years between 2000-2002. My first winter the snow didn't melt till May. Second year it was gone earlier but my second to last day in mid May there was a snowfall. It must be pretty surreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 FTW ...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 2012... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 81R 253 PM 67 2011 44 37 67 MINIMUM 29 204 AM -13 1967 23 6 32 AVERAGE 55 34 21 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 A few from this morning. woke up to 44F here at the house. 35F at the base of Jay. Way warmer at the top. Mud still soft at the summit. Guess I lean a little to the left. Looking down range. PF's place standing tall out there. No snow to be seen on this east side valley. Nice paint brush work this morning by mother nature. Got a feeling things are gonna be greening up pretty quick. we're over 60F already. The 2nd photo is fantastic. Great shot! Topped out at 81F. what month is it again? I can't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Its melting... that is for sure. This morning here at 1,550ft I had a solid 10" of granular mush; tomorrow morning will be interesting. 1,550ft stake is located roughly in the red circle...bottom of the valley between Spruce Peak and Mount Mansfield. There was more snow down at the flats in the bottom of the valley though then there was on the south facing slope above it. All day it was warm... 50s and 60s. The streams are really flowing now and making skiing through the woods difficult at the stream crossings. By the time these creeks hit the base of the mountain they are flowing pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I kind of wish we had a three foot deep snowpack just to see what sort of floodpocalypse would have happened. my high temp was the same as brians, right down to the tenth of a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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