OceanStWx Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Wheee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 38.0/37, chilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Well, well, well. 33.4F with an outside shot of 32F still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 32.4 FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 31.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Sub-freezing in my 'hood as well. 31F at nearby PWSs ... frost on the windshield and presumably pumpkins as well had I any on the doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 31.3° at my house when I left at 7:30. It looks like MPV and MVL both got down to 30°. I didn't see any lights last night but I don't really have a good view to the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 So far, the average high temp in October is less than 1 degree colder than the average high for the entire month of September... September average high: 69.3F October average high so far: 68.5F That September average high includes four 80F+ days and one 90F day, too! Similar at my place thru 10/8: Sept highs: 66.33 Oct highs 65.75 Today's frosty 27F should pull down the overall avg, though - first freeze, first sub-30, about a week or so later than avg. Median is 9/30 for first 28 or lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Can anyone explain why my area never seems to radiate that well. Only bottomed out at 42.5F. Even coastal areas were colder. I feel slighted by mother nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Can anyone explain why my area never seems to radiate that well. Only bottomed out at 42.5F. Even coastal areas were colder. I feel slighted by mother nature. Are you on a hilltop, sidehill, or valley bottom? How about fog - I had none this morning while 15 miles south it was dense, no frost, and the temp on the bank in Belgrade was 42. (It's generally too warm by 2-3F, but even allowing for that it was about 12F milder than at my bottom of the hill frost pocket.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Hvy hvy hvy frost this am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 30.7 for the low. Still only 43 at 10am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Are you on a hilltop, sidehill, or valley bottom? How about fog - I had none this morning while 15 miles south it was dense, no frost, and the temp on the bank in Belgrade was 42. (It's generally too warm by 2-3F, but even allowing for that it was about 12F milder than at my bottom of the hill frost pocket.) We are on a hill at 750'. It's quite dramatic when I leave my house in the morning and drop down to ~350' and the temp difference can be ~3-6F colder. I understand the lower level valleys will be colder, but when I come home at night, we're always colder then below, but the outcome is the opposite by the morning. I figured the drop in temp of ~3F for every 1000' gain in altitude would apply, but maybe that only happens in more mountainous areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Posted this in the Winter 13-14 thread, but figured some here in NNE would enjoy this read. FamousInternetskiers.com (written by poster adk on here) did a nice piece comparing Mansfield COOP snowfall data with ENSO state, as well as NAO. I agree with pretty much all of it and its all based on the caveat that the Mansfield Coop snowfall data is suspect (vastly under-reported most years due to collection issues)...but it is what is there and the period of record is significant. http://www.famousint...winter-outlook/ Snip of the summary... "So what does this tell us? First it seems that there isn’t a direct correlation between the ENSO state and either the total snowfall on Mt. Mansfield or the frequency of snowfall. That alone is a fairly significant conclusion (albeit one that would need more research to conclude with authority). Just about every winter-outlook you read relies on the ENSO state…what our data shows is that the ENSO state may be afforded too much credit. There does however seem to be some “sweet-spot” towards a weak La Nina. It looks like if a borderline La Nina develops, the probability of favorable snow conditions in Vermont increases. However, there doesn’t seem to be a correlation for other ENSO states. What we are likely seeing is some third variable at play. Something we haven’t figured out yet; something no one has figured out yet. Second, the NAO state doesn’t need to be very negative to produce active winters or deep winters. Many people are trained with the mindset that big negative NAO anomalies mean big winters. That may be true in Boston or New York, but it doesn’t seem to be true for Mansfield. However, our data shows that’s not true. Middle of the road NAO values are fine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Maybe just as cool as the aurora itself, VIIRS was able to capture the display on its day/night band last night just after 4 AM. By bouncing back and forth between the fog product and the day/night band we're able to tell that the bright, cloud-like features in Canada are indeed aurora and not clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Most of Canada got one helluva show last night then! Very cool shot and thanks for sharing Ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Most of Canada got one helluva show last night then! Very cool shot and thanks for sharing Ocean. I'm definitely geeking out about this new satellite suite. I think it's pretty cool that we can see city lights at night, let alone aurora. Too bad it's not overhead all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 We are on a hill at 750'. It's quite dramatic when I leave my house in the morning and drop down to ~350' and the temp difference can be ~3-6F colder. I understand the lower level valleys will be colder, but when I come home at night, we're always colder then below, but the outcome is the opposite by the morning. I figured the drop in temp of ~3F for every 1000' gain in altitude would apply, but maybe that only happens in more mountainous areas?It's a similar deal here with me and CON. I'll get nice cooling after sunset, but CON usually catches me around midnight. All of the nice surface radiational cooling that we get on the hills just drains down into the lower elevations. This is one of the times of the year where I can approach CON mins though because they will often fog up a few hours before sunrise while I keep slowly cooling above the valley fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Pretty foggy this AM. Local RWIS has been between 1/16-1/32SM. 38F so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Had a hard frost this morning at 32/30 and sunny when I got up at 7:15. First time in a while we did not fog out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 meh, 43f for a low again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Another frost here and 34.4F for a low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Low was 35 here. Up to 61 already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 We're back, but sloooow. Just had an earthquake here 15-20 mins ago. Anyone else feel it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 We're back, but sloooow. Just had an earthquake here 15-20 mins ago. Anyone else feel it? Not here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 We're back, but sloooow. Just had an earthquake here 15-20 mins ago. Anyone else feel it? Nope. Where was it centered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 We're back, but sloooow. Just had an earthquake here 15-20 mins ago. Anyone else feel it? Supposedly centered near CON? Felt nothing here almost exactly 40 miles north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 USGS now has 2.6 5km NW of Contoocook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 USGS now has 2.6 5km NW of Contoocook. Tectonics performing as tectonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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