Allenson Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Topped out at 77 again yesterday and despite the cool front sagging south overnight, it's a few degrees warmer here this morning than the past two. Had back to back 39s, this morning it's 42. Cooler temps will definitely feel good. I've been out doing my normally late winter fruit tree pruning for my clients and it's been brutal the past couple days. I can only do about five or six hours before I've just had enough and wilt in the heat. It's tough early in the spring like this when it gets hot because unless one is a polar bear, there's no swimming to be had. I did stick my feet in the brook yesterday though--icey! The last patch of natural snow melted off in the back yard yesterday but I still have a few plow piles and roof-slide piles left. The frost depth gauge I have in the yard is still showing some frozen ground. It's thawing from the top of course--at last look, the gauge is showing frost between 6" and 13" below the ground's surface. I also found some snow still hiding the cool coniferous woods below the house and a little bit of shelf-ice left along the shore of the brook. All-in-all though, this has to be the fastest thaw I've ever seen. One benefit is that the mud season here has been short and relatively painless compared to what I've seen in past years. I actually saw some frost yesterday morning as I was driving through some of the cold hollows here in town.... As for critters, I've seen quite a few turkey the past few days, had a bluebird at the feeder and heard a woodcock peenting last night in the fields. LOL at the 30% chance of snow on Monday--wouldn't that be something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 PWM was 69F at midnight, which sets another record high (old high was 66F). That's five of the last six days, with the other one saved from a record only by a feeble sea breeze. 82F yesterday is the earliest 80° reading in the billions of years data has been taken at the jetport. Amazing stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I posted about the 2010 storm on the original absurd warmth thread a few days back. Great pic's in the old Eastern WX thread. Only two years ago in 2010, we had a hot Easter weekend and we got to 82 all the way up here in Peacham on Saturday the 3rd.. We actually had a wading pool out to play in during the afternoon. On the 17th we had a couple of inches of snow and then on the 27th/28th we had 14 inches of snow and much of northern Vermont got over a foot. I think the April 27, 28 storm is still the biggest snowfall i have gotten in our three winters in this house. Here is the old Eastern WX thread which covers the heat as well as the storm. I believe the storm photos and totals are at page 19, 20. My last post on it said 10 inches but we were not done with the snow yet and my memory is we topped out at 14 inches. http://www.easternus...d/page__st__340 Here is the storm report http://www.erh.noaa....ports/index.php VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... SOUTH LINCOLN 12.0 623 PM 4/28 SPOTTER CORNWALL 4.0 816 AM 4/28 SPOTTER SALISBURY 2 N 4.0 400 PM 4/28 COOP ...CALEDONIA COUNTY... WALDEN 20.0 300 PM 4/28 SPOTTER WATERFORD 18.0 1033 AM 4/28 SPOTTER HARDWICK 0.1 ENE 16.0 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS STANNARD 14.3 1059 AM 4/28 SPOTTER WALDEN 13.6 700 AM 4/28 COOP WATERFORD 13.0 1130 AM 4/28 PUBLIC LYNDONVILLE 11.5 930 AM 4/28 SPOTTER SUTTON 11.1 705 AM 4/28 COOP SHEFFIELD 2.8 NNW 11.0 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS SAINT JOHNSBURY 10.2 400 PM 4/28 COOP PEACHAM 10.0 635 AM 4/28 SPOTTER LYNDONVILLE 1.1 W 8.5 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS GROTON 4.4 WSW 4.5 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... NASHVILLE 1 E 23.5 200 PM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE NORTH UNDERHILL 23.5 317 PM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE JERICHO 17.0 805 AM 4/28 SPOTTER HUNTINGTON 1.1 E 14.8 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS WESTFORD 14.7 626 AM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE HANKSVILLE 10.3 700 AM 4/28 COOP WILLISTON VILLAGE 10.0 726 AM 4/28 SPOTTER WILLISTON 8.5 821 AM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE ESSEX JUNCTION 1 N 7.5 800 PM 4/28 COOP ESSEX CENTER 7.0 940 AM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE ESSEX CENTER 6.8 720 AM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE SOUTH BURLINGTON 5.5 150 PM 4/28 NWS OFFICE CHARLOTTE 2.9 NNE 2.7 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS ...ESSEX COUNTY... ISLAND POND 4.0 850 AM 4/28 COOP ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... SHELDON SPRINGS 16.5 730 AM 4/28 AMATEUR RADIO RICHFORD 14.5 730 AM 4/28 SPOTTER SAINT ALBANS 13.0 541 AM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE ENOSBURG FALLS 2 12.0 700 AM 4/28 COOP HIGHGATE 10.0 650 AM 4/28 SPOTTER SWANTON 6.1 700 AM 4/28 SPOTTER ...GRAND ISLE COUNTY... ISLE LA MOTTE 3.5 625 PM 4/28 SPOTTER SOUTH HERO 2.0 624 PM 4/28 SPOTTER ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... JEFFERSONVILLE 24.3 148 PM 4/28 SPOTTER EDEN 2 S 21.0 1240 PM 4/28 COOP MOUNT MANSFIELD 21.0 400 PM 4/28 COOP PLEASANT VALLEY 20.0 1135 AM 4/28 SPOTTER JEFFERSONVILLE 19.0 832 AM 4/28 COOP STOWE 0.2 SW 7.4 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS STOWE 6.5 830 AM 4/28 SPOTTER ...ORANGE COUNTY... CHELSEA 2 NW 3.0 700 AM 4/28 COOP CORINTH 1.3 700 AM 4/28 COOP STRAFFORD 1.0 830 AM 4/28 SPOTTER ...ORLEANS COUNTY... GREENSBORO BEND 15.2 632 PM 4/28 SPOTTER BROWNINGTON 12.0 1212 PM 4/28 SPOTTER BARTON 11.5 800 AM 4/28 SPOTTER BARTON 3.0 ENE 10.5 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS DERBY CENTER 1.8 NW 10.0 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS WESTFIELD 0.7 WNW 8.5 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS NEWPORT 7.5 700 AM 4/28 COOP MORGAN 6.7 SE 7.1 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS MORGAN 7.0 625 AM 4/28 SPOTTER ...RUTLAND COUNTY... RUTLAND 1.4 700 AM 4/28 COOP ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... CALAIS 19.0 1045 AM 4/28 SPOTTER CABOT 3.9 ENE 18.5 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS NORTH CALAIS 16.0 945 AM 4/28 SPOTTER MARSHFIELD 4.5 SW 11.5 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS WATERBURY CENTER 10.5 845 AM 4/28 SPOTTER WATERBURY CENTER 9.0 730 AM 4/28 AMATEUR RADIO NORTHFIELD 3 W 8.2 1110 AM 4/28 NWS EMPLOYEE WATERBURY 4.6 NNE 8.1 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS PLAINFIELD 8.0 730 AM 4/28 COOP WATERBURY 3.0 NW 6.1 700 AM 4/28 COCORAHS WAITSFIELD 2 W 3.0 700 AM 4/28 COOP NORTHFIELD 1.0 710 AM 4/28 COOP THis was an awesome storm: http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/tr-stowe-april-28th-2010-20-to-30-in/ 30 inches in places on mansfield....west side was buried because of how it rolled in....I'll take that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Made it to 80 yesterday, 80/34, so the 5-day run was 74,68,77,79,80. My previous March high was 70 in 2006, so this streak is now 1st thru 4th, and 6th. This morning's 35 was the mildest minimum so far, as the clear skies/calm winds allowed diurnal ranges of 45,38,48,46,46 for those days. Today's obs high will be the 64 at 9 PM obs time last night, as I'm fairly confident we won't climb back up there this afternoon. Noisy geese flying around both yesterday afternoon (as I opened the barbecue season.) The ice on Long Pond is very dark, may break up some if the forecast winds kick up today, and turkeys flying across the road this morning as I drove through the fully built-up Sand Hill neighborhood in AUG. They're everywhere! They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 What a difference a day makes, Cool and windy, 57F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ice out declared on Lake Winnipeesaukee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Kite day at PWM ... 40 mph gusts. Also 65F. Might break the daily record twice in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 59F with northerly winds gusting to 26kts. Watch out for the FIYAHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ice out declared on Lake Winnipeesaukee. Ice out on March 23 would make this the earliest ice out in recorded history, I think 120 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ice out on March 23 would make this the earliest ice out in recorded history, I think 120 years! yeah but it feels like we're cheating because of the leap day. would have been days ago had there been any wind at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Red Flag warnings are up here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 From NWS ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT CONCORD NH FOR THE 5TH DAY IN A ROW... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES WAS SET AT CONCORD NH ON THURSDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 1946. THIS IS THE 5TH DAY IN A ROW THAT CONCORD HAS SEEN A HIGH OF 80 OR WARMER AND ALSO THE 5TH DAY IN A ROW THAT CONCORD HAS SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE. BEFORE THIS STRETCH OF WARM WEATHER THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 80 OR WARMER IN CONCORD IS JUST TWO. CONCORD REACHED 80 OR WARMER ON MARCH 28TH AND 29TH IN 1945 AND ON MARCH 30TH AND 31ST IN 1998. CONCORD HAS ONLY REACHED 80 OR WARMER 13 TIMES IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AND FIVE OF THOSE HAVE OCCURRED THIS YEAR. THE 84 DEGREE HIGH ON THURSDAY IS THE 5TH WARMEST EVER IN MARCH. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE IN CONCORD IN MARCH IS 89 DEGREES SET ON MARCH 31, 1998. THE 81 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON MARCH 18TH, THE FIRST DAY OF THIS RECORD BREAKING FIVE DAY PERIOD, WAS THE EARLIEST DATE FOR CONCORD TO REACH THE 80 DEGREE MARK. THE OLD RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST 80 DEGREE READING WAS MARCH 23, 1938 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 80 DEGREES. CONCORD HAS NEVER SET RECORD HIGHS FOR FIVE DAYS IN A ROW FOR ANY MONTH OF THE YEAR. IT HAS SEEN RECORD HIGHS SET ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS...MOST RECENTLY FROM JULY 19TH THROUGH THE 21ST IN 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Yeah I don't know what it was like in the interior but I know west of the Spine there was at least some leaves on the trees... These are my photos from the Jonesville/Richmond/West Bolton area where I lived at the time, 20-25 minutes outside of Burlington. Early on in the storm... Later... The next couple days... Awesome pics, dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Awesome pics, dude! Could be similar scenes like that the end of next week................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 March looks like it may go out like a lion, Euro and GFS both show snow up here on Thurs, Low temps Mon and Tues night high teens, That should stunt some tree budds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXheights Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Bugs not too bad yet northern Vermont but very low humidity bone dry talking 15% crazy. Only natural snow on the mountains in the northern Greens around Jay and Mount Mansfield but slim. Otherwsie delicious blue skies and cirrus making for very pretty but odd pretty in March. Peepers and Wood frongs have been heard already and turtles sunning on logs on the pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 yeah but it feels like we're cheating because of the leap day. would have been days ago had there been any wind at all. Scott, since this is a leap year there is an extra day. So if we took this out today would really be a day earlier, March 22nd not 23rd. So we would have broken the record by 2 days. Is my reasoning right? Of course if there was wind it would have gone out earlier but wind means an increased pressure gradiant with neaby weather systems so it would have been very hard to substain clear skies and upper 70's each day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 This looks like more than a backyard BBQ coming out of Underhill... as seen from the Mount Mansfield Ski Patrol building at the top of the FourRunner Quad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Scott, since this is a leap year there is an extra day. So if we took this out today would really be a day earlier, March 22nd not 23rd. So we would have broken the record by 2 days. Is my reasoning right? Of course if there was wind it would have gone out earlier but wind means an increased pressure gradiant with neaby weather systems so it would have been very hard to substain clear skies and upper 70's each day! Nope This leap year March 23 is "Feb 52nd"; in a normal year the 52nd would be March 24. You're totally correct about the wind, however. With the strong W/SW winds usually associated with 20F+ above normal in spring, that ice would've been slush along the lee shore several days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Could be similar scenes like that the end of next week................. Good thing I go back to CT for spring break Friday 3/30 through 4/8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The RH/dews just crashed here in the past 2hrs. Down to 12% RH and a dew of 11F despite temps in the mid/upper 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The RH/dews just crashed here in the past 2hrs. Down to 12% RH and a dew of 11F despite temps in the mid/upper 60s. Ripped down here in Portland as well. 69/13 currently. Definite chill in the air with that low dew and winds gusting to near 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Feels like march out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Uh oh! Did I do something stupid? I have a house right on Newfound Lake. We spent the day down there and I lowered my crank up dock and put the heavy wood sections in the metal frame. Its quite a job. I really didn't pay attention to next weeks weather but could be quite a cold shot next week. Anyhow what is the chance that Newfound could ice back over? As you can see from the picture (taken 2 days ago) looking NNW I have a long fetch so if the lake even developed 1/4 of ice and we had a second ice out my dock could be destroyed. Monday-Wednesday highs in the 30's and g and lows in the upper teens could bring back could refreeze the lake. I think I am okay since the lake temp between now and Monday should rise a few degrees and the March sun is warm. Any thoughts? PS Look at this photo and note how clean Newfound Lake is. The foreground is all water (note the cloud reflection) the water is so clear the lake bottom is perfectly clear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I’ve been checking on the mountain point forecasts as we plan the ski schedule for the weekend, and it looks more and more winter-like each time I look. I don't think we can expect soft snow from the get go anymore: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Cool photo wxeyeNH. I saw similar conditions on Lake Morey over this-a way the other day. Where the ice was gone, the water was incredibly clear--still a little too early for any algae or other microorganisms to be blooming and active. As for ice, yeah, it looks to be cold enough early this week overnight to cause some skim to form. And I'll echo what others said about yesterday--it was one of those hot/cold days. In the sun and out of the wind, it was still pretty darn warm out there but the low humidity and very strong winds made it feel a little chilly at times. Made it down to 34 last night while it was clear but we're up into the upper 30s now with solid cloud cover. Very dry out there--need rain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I did this a couple of days ago, but my soil temp warmed more after my previous related posting. On 3/22 my 6" soil temp climbed to 48F which is way ahead of where it has been in previous years. This is the main reason for the early growth spike over the last few days. Here are the days since 2007 where it first reached 48F in the season... 2007: 4/21 2008: 4/17 2009: 4/16 2010: 4/2 2011: 4/25 2012: 3/22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Just had some ice pellets and it's 48F. I wouldn't have known it if I wasn't outside when it happend. I was walking down our road with the dog and felt 'stuff' hitting me and heard it landing on the very dry leaf duff. It sounded louder to my ears than rain drops so I held out my arm and low and behold a few pellets landed. Go figure. I did this a couple of days ago, but my soil temp warmed more after my previous related posting. On 3/22 my 6" soil temp climbed to 48F which is way ahead of where it has been in previous years. This is the main reason for the early growth spike over the last few days. Here are the days since 2007 where it first reached 48F in the season... Interesting info regarding soil temp--definitely a major player in spring in terms of plants & insects. Surprisingly there's still a touch of frost in the ground here in the yard. I just looked and it's between 9"--13", thawed on either side (reached 16" at it's max this year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 We headed up to Bolton this morning for turns, and we also were in Barton this afternoon, so I can pass along some snow observations. Not surprisingly, after this past week of warmth, the natural snowpack has risen quite high in the mountains. Although there is some manmade snow still present all the way down to the Timberline Base at ~1,500’, the first natural snow we saw was not until up around 2,000’ at the elevation of the Bolton Valley Village. It’s just patches here and there in protected spots down at that elevation, and even up above 3,000’ it remained patchy and wasn’t continuous; the strength of the warm weather from last week certainly made a unique pattern of melting that I’ve not typically seen on the mountain. Skiing was on either the main beginner (Sherman’s Pass) or expert (Spillway) runs off the top half of the mountain, which combined together below mid mountain with skiing off their main lower mountain intermediate run (Beech Seal). Areas that hadn’t seen grooming or much skier traffic were a bit firm, but we did laps off Sherman’s and Beech Seal as the boys worked on more Telemark skiing, and the surface was excellent. The corn snow was plenty soft for beautiful carving, even without direct sun. The temperature was 41 F at the base (~2,100’), and presumably a bit lower up at the Vista Summit around 3,150’. The resort made today their last day of the season, but with the cooler temperatures that have returned and potential for snowfall, they could certainly stay open if they wanted to. I just doubt it’s worth it financially though, since we only saw about 30 to 40 people skiing today, and most of them are probably folks with season’s passes like us. With the warmth we’ve had, many people have moved into spring mode, and aren’t going to be all that excited to pay much to buy tickets for limited terrain. I believe next weekend would have been their regularly scheduled closing anyway, so it’s pretty close to their typical season ending. The good news is that the base is still there, certainly on the open trails, but pretty close on others as well, so whatever powder comes our way in the coming weeks will have something upon which it can sit, and there will be plenty of options for earned turns. There’s certainly some nice snow out there though, I added a couple of shots from the mountain today below, and the full report is at our website: In the afternoon we visited my cousins sugarhouse in Barton, and the only valley snow we saw was a bit up near the Danville area, and a few patches along the high elevations of I-91 up north of St. Johnsbury. Joe’s Pond in West Danville is still mostly ice, and the iceout contest is ongoing. My cousin had to head up into the Lowell Mountains this year to get his snow for sugar on snow, but it worked out well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hopefully this stays south... not sure I want to see a pouring rainstorm right now, lol. In the winter I'd be sitting here saying god dammit come north! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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