Lava Rock Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Looks like a nasty line moving north of our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 .38" from last nights rain. Perfect for the new hydroseed! Glad I missed todays heavier storms that formed in that line just north. Just a beautiful day today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 A few brief showers and thunderstorms around the area today...locally we've seen two rounds move through but very lackluster precip so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Nice in-cloud distant lightning show courtesy of that cell up over Twin Mountain. There are a couple of really narrow towers further to the west that are just sitting quietly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Nice in-cloud distant lightning show courtesy of that cell up over Twin Mountain. There are a couple of really narrow towers further to the west that are just sitting quietly. We can see the faint flashes too. I wasn't sure if it was lightning or fireworks at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Nice line heading through Maine right now--Dryslot & Tamarack, yo. Yup, Was at the golf course 20 min north of here and caught just the northern edge of that line, Had reports from home of dime size hail in the northern part of the city, It was a decent cell with frequent CG and CC lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Getting a solid storm right now...heavy rain and lots of lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Nice line heading through Maine right now--Dryslot & Tamarack, yo. Unfortunately, I was down in Waterboro on family business. When we got on the 'pike in Saco, the clear air allowed a great view of a cell well to the north - lots of puddles in Freeport, and a smaller follow-up cell doused us in Topsham/Bowdoinham about 6:30. Got home at 9:40 and found another 0.18" in the gauge (day's total was 0.78") and scattered leaves and small twigs on the road, so the mid afternoon storm (cocorahs about 10 miles WNW reported it at 3-3:30) packed some wind. jzinckgra - I've measured 31.05" Jan 1 thru July 31, with 22.17" May-July, so your total definitely looks low. I catch snowfall in a 5-gal pail, and check most storms (all large and/or windy ones) with cores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Well August is starting off where May/June/July left off... 1.06" so far this month. August 1st...0.51" August 2nd...0.55" Yesterday we had a decent round of thunderstorms in the evening with some very heavy downpours in Lamoille County. The Mansfield/Smugglers Notch area got lit up pretty good, with the Jeffersonville COOP on the NW entrance to the Notch picking up 1.36" yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Just had a nice downpour roll off Mansfield and track overhead here on RT 108/Mountain Road on its way to the village center. Picked up almost a quick tenth of an inch in about 5 minutes as the core passed overhead. We seem to be getting into a wet pattern again, at least for the next 48 hours with good chances for light precipitation. Cold pool and favorable orographics (BTV discussing upslope parameters in this morning's AFD) should keep allowing for precip to generate over the terrain over the next couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 What a gorgeous day. I saw some baby crickets today. Looks like they'll be right on schedule and will commence chirping in about two weeks. Also had a deer in the backyard for the first time this year... I promptly gave chase and tried to drive that miserable beast back into the pits of hell where it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 What a gorgeous day. I saw some baby crickets today. Looks like they'll be right on schedule and will commence chirping in about two weeks. Also had a deer in the backyard for the first time this year... I promptly gave chase and tried to drive that miserable beast back into the pits of hell where it came from. Scare it back to my house where they are welcomed.Had a great day here too. It's my dad's 75th and I just filled up on lobster, scallops, shrimp, and steak. I feel like death now, but it was worth it. Looks like the max will be 76F. MOS has 44F for CON Tue morning. That would be my coldest August temp since 2009 (39F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Ok this should work for all. Skip to around 1:40 to bypass the boring morning part. I keep looping the very end after the storm. So neat. Awesome video, and some really sweet pics in his thread as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 MAV has 42F for CON Tue morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Somebody may see 30's tues am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 66F then a shower moved through and dropped the temp to 61F...now back to 64F but man is it nippy with the breeze and general overcast/convective clouds for midday in early August. Showers have been brief, laying down 0.05" in a couple minutes, then moving on in the fast flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 70's/50's is my kind of summer weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 It was "Two For One" day on Mount Washington today. I had an itch to visit Huntington Ravine and had never climbed all of neighboring Tuckerman Ravine, so common sense said to do 'em both. Afternoon showers and hvy hvy foot traffic through Tucks if I waited too long meant an early start for me. Boots and headlamp on trail at 4:45am. I made it to the floor of Tuckerman Ravine around 6:00. To my dismay I could see the upper couple hundred feet of so cloaked in cloud. Alas. I snapped some pics of the headwall before visibility dropped. Atop the headwall visibility was about two hundred feet - enough to see one cairn ahead, but not two. The weather conditions were not optimal. I pulled out the Kestrel. In addition to the pea-soup fog, it was 45° with a 26mph wind, resulting in a windchill of 34°. Brrrr! I went over to Lion Head to make my descent. On the way over the clouds suddenly broke, revealing blinding sun. Once back on the ravine floor, I made my way over to Huntington Ravine. The Huntington Ravine Trail is labeled by the White Mountain Guide as the most difficult trail in the Whites. It is! Hand holds are required, along with the ability to lift yourself. On the most difficult rock scramble a rope had been installed, but without knowing its condition I gutted it out with the hand holds and prayer. Much fun going up the headwall Having lived through that, I wandered down the Alpine Garden Trail back to Tuckerman. It began to rain a bit at this point - I threw on the rain gear and forged onward. The light shower soon ended, but the fog persisted. Hvy hvy one cairn visibility fog. The fog lifted at Glen Boulder, but once I dipped below treeline it rained pretty much the whole way down - even got a couple thunderclaps thrown in for good measure. A tidy 13.9 mile adventure that I will certainly do again on a sunnier day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Man...and I thought getting up at 7am and doing my grocery shopping early was impressive. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Just had pea sized hail in Winooski (5pm). Will post a clip soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Light rain and sleet reported on MWN for the 20Z ob. It's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Dodged all the showers today. Impressive pictures Mainejayhawk. Its interesting to see Tuckerman's ravine without any snow. Those boulders are massive so it shows how much snow has to drift over to cover them. Did you see any snow or ice in any of the deeper fissures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Man you couldnt pay me to do the trail maine jay hawk did, ESPecially w a chance of showers. Awesome pics, dont do anything death defying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Somebody from MA just got rescued from Huntington Ravine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Light rain and sleet reported on MWN for the 20Z ob. It's coming. Yeah, that's sweet. Can they get some flurries around 12z tomorrow morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Mansfield was down to 45F and rain at one point this afternoon...now back up to 49F. I wonder how cold tomorrow will be working up above 3500ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Was in north conway this afternoon and figured maine jayhawk had to be hiking.lol. Looked at the MWN canm and they were reporting 40f with some winds. Brrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 … Those boulders are massive so it shows how much snow has to drift over to cover them. Did you see any snow or ice in any of the deeper fissures? No, didn't see any snow or ice. If I did, I would have tried to scoop some out and make a snowball for the camera! lol. I noticed in Huntington the deep crevasses between car and house-sized boulders and wondered about that. In King Ravine, which is on the north side of Mount Adams, there is a cave called Ice Cave which according to a hiking buddy often has ice into late July. August may be pushing things! Pretty neat that there was frozen atop MWN - I didn't even think about the possibility when I was near the summit, though where I was at 5500' was in the mid-40s with spittles of rain. Not surprising about the rescue in Huntington. That place is no joke, and if the rocks were wet there is no chance I would attempt it. Suicide, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 A cool shot of a storm seen from the BTV airfield...shot by BTV: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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