eekuasepinniW Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Impressive looking cloud line out front... reminds me of the Keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Just had a coyote run by me in the driveway. Alertness rating a 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Just had a coyote run by me in the driveway. Alertness rating a 10. Animal kingdom. Mesos show today nh has a few weaker storms and not much in vt. Hope the poster near the lake finally gets something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 That's nuts. we've recorded only 12.6". We're not in the mtns, but still.Most of this area got like 15-20" in May/June alone, with like 6-12" from Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr combined. Heck this area has had 8-12" in the last 14 days...averaging 1/2"-1" per day. Picked up another 0.7" yesterday.I'm at 27.85" in Stowe for the year and most spots around here are in that 25-30" range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 When they recorded a 74 minimum in August 1988, PWM set a new standard for warmest daily low. I think that still holds 1st place; if so, yesterday was mighty close to equaling it. It was also my 1st rain-free day since 6/21. A sizable TS passed just to my south about 6 PM and a smaller one just to the north - echoes overhead but I think the SW winds helped keep my barbecue dry. Happy 4th, or not... Daily Data for a MonthMonth: Jul 1911Day MaxT MinT AvgT HDD CDD Pcpn Snow Snwg 1 88 63 75.5 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 2 88 68 78.0 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 3 92 71 81.5 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 4 103 79 91.0 0 26 0.00 0.0 0 If we want to talk about just the Jetport, and not Portland overall, 76 is the number to beat (7/22/11), and 74 has been done three times (8/2/06, 8/5/88, and 7/17/69) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Looks like today is going to ruin the string of 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Flow flattening making for a warm but thankfully mostly dry day. Lots of clouds bubbling but only a slight sprinkle earlier this morning. Almost swim time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Happy 4th, or not... Daily Data for a Month Month: Jul 1911 Day MaxT MinT AvgT HDD CDD Pcpn Snow Snwg 1 88 63 75.5 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 2 88 68 78.0 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 3 92 71 81.5 0 17 0.00 0.0 0 4 103 79 91.0 0 26 0.00 0.0 0 If we want to talk about just the Jetport, and not Portland overall, 76 is the number to beat (7/22/11), and 74 has been done three times (8/2/06, 8/5/88, and 7/17/69) What's the location for those 7/11 numbers. 103/79 in Maine is just crazy, though the jetport equaled that 103 on 8/2/75 (with a low closer to 70.) More clouds and a bit less heat today than Thurs-Fri, and it seems weird to see a clean radar picture in mid afternoon. 2013 precip at my place is 25.28", about an inch above avg for this date. Had 15.50" total for May-June, way above avg but not in the same ballpark as VT, and 0.90" so far this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 What's the location for those 7/11 numbers. 103/79 in Maine is just crazy, though the jetport equaled that 103 on 8/2/75 (with a low closer to 70.) Pretty interesting read if you have the time, all you could want to know about the weather observation history at Portland. http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/FORTS/histories/ME_Portland_Doty.pdf It would seem those 1911 observations were taken on Exchange Street in the Old Port. Observations at the Jetport didn't begin until 1934, which would have been significantly cooler at night given the city layout at that time. I'm trying to get my hands on some of that Lemuel Moody temperature and sky condition data for a review of the 1821 New England tornado outbreak. As you can imagine, data from then is hard to come by. There was an observation from Boston I have access to through NCDC, but otherwise I can't find anything else, including NYC and as far west as Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Pretty interesting read if you have the time, all you could want to know about the weather observation history at Portland. http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/FORTS/histories/ME_Portland_Doty.pdf It would seem those 1911 observations were taken on Exchange Street in the Old Port. Observations at the Jetport didn't begin until 1934, which would have been significantly cooler at night given the city layout at that time. I'm trying to get my hands on some of that Lemuel Moody temperature and sky condition data for a review of the 1821 New England tornado outbreak. As you can imagine, data from then is hard to come by. There was an observation from Boston I have access to through NCDC, but otherwise I can't find anything else, including NYC and as far west as Detroit. 1821 was quite a weather year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 1821 was quite a weather year! The accounts of the NH tornado are pretty incredible, especially given how sparsely populated it was. Probably something akin to the Springfield tornado displaced a state north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 2013 precip at my place is 25.28", about an inch above avg for this date. Had 15.50" total for May-June, way above avg but not in the same ballpark as VT, and 0.90" so far this month.That's about what a lot of VT had for May/June...I had 15" locally, I think JSpin had 16-17". BTV jackpotted with over 18" and some other spots just east of BTV on the west slope of Mansfield had up to 22". We have picked right back up though in July....in Stowe we've had 4.13-4.49" (depending on the station) so far in the first 6 days of the month. Some places like again the eastern BTV bedroom communities like Huntington and Richmond have already had 5-6.5" of rain in July. July is already above normal precip in several towns up this way...regardless of what happens the rest of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Dews down to low 60s ... feels great with a bit of a breeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 At our new low for the day...69.6F. Feels nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Pretty interesting read if you have the time, all you could want to know about the weather observation history at Portland. http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/FORTS/histories/ME_Portland_Doty.pdf It would seem those 1911 observations were taken on Exchange Street in the Old Port. Observations at the Jetport didn't begin until 1934, which would have been significantly cooler at night given the city layout at that time. I'm trying to get my hands on some of that Lemuel Moody temperature and sky condition data for a review of the 1821 New England tornado outbreak. As you can imagine, data from then is hard to come by. There was an observation from Boston I have access to through NCDC, but otherwise I can't find anything else, including NYC and as far west as Detroit. Thanks for the link. That early July stretch in 1911 is still NNE's greatest heat wave, setting all time highs in ME/NH/VT. Most stations were dropping into the 60s at night from triple-digit highs (though not downtown LEW), so I wonder if the dews weren't all that high - maybe with WNW downsloping winds to stoke the furnace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 And it's raining. Well yesterday was a nice break from the wet weather, though some local stations picked up a couple hundredths yesterday. Today was nice though with a high of 80F. Felt not nearly as hot as recent days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 And it's raining. Well yesterday was a nice break from the wet weather, though some local stations picked up a couple hundredths yesterday. Today was nice though with a high of 80F. Felt not nearly as hot as recent days. Haven't seen any rain yet. The drought is back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 If it's 90F in the lowlands, I either go to Splashtown with the kids or I head to a suitable elevation to escape the heat. Today 5000+' asl seemed to be a good idea. The Northern Presidentials were socked in with fog, but the Southern Presidentials were in the clear. I laid out a plan to ascend Mt Eisenhower, then head north over Mt Franklin and Mt Monroe, stop at the Lakes of the Clouds Hut to see if hiking partner Sara had enough energy to continue and, if so, hike over to the head of Tuckerman Ravine before turning back. 12.2 miles round trip. The reported conditions atop MWN at 6am had fog and winds sustained over 50mph. I was guessing/hoping that the wind 1000' lower would be considerably less, but regardless I didn't let Sara know lest she pull the plug (this, incidentally, would be her first climb over 4000'). We hit the trail at 7:15 with temperature at 68F. Warm, but the dew was reasonable. And it was dead calm. About an hour and a half later we hit treeline with winds ripping at over 20mph, which is rather strong when hiking over irregularly-shaped rocks, but not too bad - the wind at MWN at that time was still zipping along at over 50mph - a deal-killer. We could see MWN and the Northern Presis still fogged in. It was overcast for us, but the ceiling was above the deck. We moved along, past Franklin and on towards Monroe, which was more often than not capped with clouds. Around Monroe to the hut for a break. MWN shook off its clouds for a bit. Sara asked about the climb to the summit. I told her it was a bit of a slog up the piles of schist. At any rate, the clouds swiftly moved back over the summit. We decided to forge ahead to Tuckerman's. I measured the temperature at 5,012' ... 61F As we made our way across Bigelow Lawn, the clouds were flying by at our fingertips. 0.8 miles later we arrived at Tuckerman Ravine headwall. We had a pretty nice view with the clouds hurtling by just overhead. I wanted to go over to Lion's Head at the north wall of the ravine for a sweet look at the headwall, but Sara's body was breaking down. We headed back. As we neared Mt Eisenhower, I checked the temperature ... 66F. When we were at the trailhead, I again measured the temp ... 80F. By the time we made it to North Conway, the car thermo was tickling 90F. Wish I could've stayed at 5000'! LOL. Anyway, beautiful day as always to be on the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Cell splittage as I split the uprights again. Congrats Franklin and Canterbury again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Couple of really nasty CGs on the back end of this cell. Picked up a quick 0.58" in 15 mins with most of that in a 5-7 minute span. Peaks on the Davis of 5.94"/hr and 0.11" in a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Couple of really nasty CGs on the back end of this cell. Picked up a quick 0.58" in 15 mins with most of that in a 5-7 minute span. Peaks on the Davis of 5.94"/hr and 0.11" in a minute. Congrats. Your page says you hit 6.40"/hr? I slipped through a 3/4 mile wide gap and scored 0.01, and I think half of that was probably leftover morning dew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Congrats. Your page says you hit 6.40"/hr? I slipped through a 3/4 mile wide gap and scored 0.01, and I think half of that was probably leftover morning dew. Yup...looks like WxLink missed it while data was uploading and being sent to the site. There's some nice IR deluge pics in the archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Yup...looks like WxLink missed it while data was uploading and being sent to the site. There's some nice IR deluge pics in the archive. That's a healthy thundershower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 BTV WRF gives a 24-hour jackpot of over 12" of rainfall near Lebanon NH today. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 The poor golf course has gotten hammered...been closed due to too much standing water and haven't allowed carts in like two weeks. image.jpg image.jpg And there are rivers now where there shouldn't be. image.jpg Lol, That looks similar to ours, The finally let carts out over the weekend, And i played on Saturday and can tell you they probably should not have, They have received over 8" in the last 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Boo....................... FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME951 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGHTONIGHT....AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE...A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ANDAPPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZEDFLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS MAY TRAIN ALONG THEFRONT AND PRODUCE HIGH RAIN RATES. IN ADDITION...QUICK RISES ONSTREAMS AND RIVERS ARE EXPECTED.MEZ018>020-NHZ010-013-082000-/O.EXA.KGYX.FF.A.0005.130708T1500Z-130709T0400Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER951 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS EXPANDED THE* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE... ANDROSCOGGIN...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND AND INTERIOR YORK. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD.* THROUGH THIS EVENING* AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE...A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS MAY TRAIN ALONG THE FRONT AND PRODUCE HIGH RAIN RATES. IN ADDITION... QUICK RISES ON STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ANTICIPATED.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think a flash flood warning has been issued daily by BTV over like the last 16 days, lol. No surprise a watch was issued...probably going to be some red FFW boxes going up today. It seems that 1" is the magic number around here. So saturated that at 1" of rain it starts flooding again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 After 3 straight days of zero precip (and only 0.02" Thursday - dodged nearby svr TS Thurs-Fri-Sat), had 0.82" in the gauge at 7 AM, most falling 5:30-6:30 AM from a narrow E-W band of 30-40 dbz. The Temple cocorahs observer was about the only other one in that same band, and reported 0.92". That GYX update and flood watch appears to have focused on points south of my place. Fine with me - the logging operation was chipping and hauling beginning at 5 this morning, and the road in beyond me is mucked up more than enough already. Edit: Saw that Madison also reported 0.82", and would've been in that band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Another lovely day watching the fog/mist and rain showers move amongst the high terrain. Visibility gets up to maybe a mile at times then the door slams shut and before you know it you can't see more than 100 yards haha. It's just amazing how fast it moves in and out. Heavy mist going on though...instantly damp when you walk outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Boo....................... FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME951 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGHTONIGHT....AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE...A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ANDAPPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZEDFLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS MAY TRAIN ALONG THEFRONT AND PRODUCE HIGH RAIN RATES. IN ADDITION...QUICK RISES ONSTREAMS AND RIVERS ARE EXPECTED.MEZ018>020-NHZ010-013-082000-/O.EXA.KGYX.FF.A.0005.130708T1500Z-130709T0400Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER951 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS EXPANDED THE* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE... ANDROSCOGGIN...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND AND INTERIOR YORK. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD.* THROUGH THIS EVENING* AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE...A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS MAY TRAIN ALONG THE FRONT AND PRODUCE HIGH RAIN RATES. IN ADDITION... QUICK RISES ON STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ANTICIPATED.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. Great, the painters are never going to be able finish painting the trim on our house and I'm never going to be able to finish varnishing the boat, much less put it in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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