klw Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 With the arctic air settling in today and the first thread over 2000 posts I figured it is time for a new thread for the heart of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Starting off the heart of winter with cold and bare ground. Let's change the bare ground part! Anyway it will be interesting to see how cold we can get Wed night/Thu morning. Winds will likely prevent ideal radiational cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 The quasi-chinook never really got to Maine - some coastal spots reached low 40s, but PWM topped out at 35, AUG at 27. My place got a bit over 30 at 5 this morning, but we still have all of the weekend event, 10" at the stake. I'm glad of that, because the 5" of frozen slush left behind by the Grinch had very little insulation value. The added 5" will help keep this week's cold from driving frost deep underground (or spoiling the carrots I overwinter beneath a leaf mulch.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Snow has been crashing out along the western slopes of Mansfield and in the Bolton area, and it's now spreading south to Camel’s Hump. I'm only seeing slight signs of it on the radar, but I'd expect you'd see signs of it on the mountain at some point if you're there PF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 It's been snowing most of the day...like flurries type stuff of small arctic flakes with high visibility. I'm not sure if it's actually shut off at any point today. But no accums aside from a half inch at 3000ft...it's just too windy and the snow is too light. Maybe we'll see a little resurgence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Graph from KMPV. Temps and dews dropping steadily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 To say the landscape is a sheet of ice is an understatement. The moderate rain showers last evening made things even worse. Briefly got up to the upper 30's with strong winds that cleaned the trees off nicely. The crust is not strong enough to hold me, the deer must be cutting their legs up pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 To say the landscape is a sheet of ice is an understatement. The moderate rain showers last evening made things even worse. Briefly got up to the upper 30's with strong winds that cleaned the trees off nicely. The crust is not strong enough to hold me, the deer must be cutting their legs up pretty bad. holy fook, break out the crampons (or ice skates). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 To say the landscape is a sheet of ice is an understatement. The moderate rain showers last evening made things even worse. Briefly got up to the upper 30's with strong winds that cleaned the trees off nicely. The crust is not strong enough to hold me, the deer must be cutting their legs up pretty bad.Looks the same here. It's beautiful to look at.17.7F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I haven't had a "fresh" pack look like this in awhile. At least the ice is out of the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Saw MWN with winds 97G113 last hour, WCI -58. Makes AUG's 16F with winds gusting near 40 seem tame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 lol guys... that looks like pond ice instead of snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Here the pack is glaciated but not glazed like that...it can pretty much support a normal adult male. Looks pretty dirty due to the winds over the last 24 hours shredding the trees. Saw quite a few limbs down around town today, even an uprooted tree. We don't usually get wind like this down in the valley here, but last night and again this afternoon we've had some real good pulses of wind. Dirty snowpack around my place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 48mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Starting off the heart of winter with cold and bare ground. Let's change the bare ground part! Anyway it will be interesting to see how cold we can get Wed night/Thu morning. Winds will likely prevent ideal radiational cooling. Definitely the drawback of BTV in the winter is bare ground...its not unusual to melt out completely several times, as I'm sure you've found out. But I still loved living there, best small city you'll ever find, though snow retention is not one of the strengths there. Even yesterday's event was a solid net gain here, as it seemed not much if any of the snowfall melted even with the rain and upper 30s yesterday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Was looking at some of the peak gusts in the area today...not too shabby. Gilford (Gunstock) 61mph Sunapee 55mph LCI 52mph Eek 48mph Moultonborough 46mph DAW 46mph Chatham 45mph Plymouth St. 44mph 1P1 44mph LEB 43mph Center Harbor 41mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Was looking at some of the peak gusts in the area today...not too shabby. Gilford (Gunstock) 61mph Sunapee 55mph LCI 52mph Eek 48mph Moultonborough 46mph DAW 46mph Chatham 45mph Plymouth St. 44mph 1P1 44mph LEB 43mph Center Harbor 41mph Nice. Just a quick look at the VT ASOS stations shows... BTV...44mph MVL...44mph MPV...41mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 12F. Wind was really cranking last night. My highest gust was 44mph on the Davis and I am shielded to the NW. Trying to renew my AMWX and having a heck of a time. I have emailed help but it will not let me renew, says I have but nothing on my CC. Seems like a more difficult interface this year or I'm getting older and dumber! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 12F. Wind was really cranking last night. My highest gust was 44mph on the Davis and I am shielded to the NW. Trying to renew my AMWX and having a heck of a time. I have emailed help but it will not let me renew, says I have but nothing on my CC. Seems like a more difficult interface this year or I'm getting older and dumber! Gene...I don't even see your failed invoice in the system...unless you are using another name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Gene...I don't even see your failed invoice in the system...unless you are using another name. Brian, I am logged in as my username wxeyeNH. I click the $25 to my cart and its says "Oops, something went wrong you are already renewed". I would be happy to send a check or private message you or whoever takes care of this and give my CC number. Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Was thinking about heading up north this weekend. Was sort of surprised to see pics of snow up there prior to the snow on Saturday...but some of that was from the squalls I think. It was pretty solid, so maybe it was leftover from previous storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Brian, I am logged in as my username wxeyeNH. I click the $25 to my cart and its says "Oops, something went wrong you are already renewed". I would be happy to send a check or private message you or whoever takes care of this and give my CC number. Gene Same message i got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Same message i got. Logged out ( I use Chrome). Went to IE and logged back in to AMWX. Clicked the $25 and it said there was an invoice pending from yesterday (that's when I first tried it using my CC). Anyhow went to that invoice and used Paypal and it worked. Hope we are not losing revenue if it happened to you too Lava Rock... Now back to weather, down to 10.3F with occ. howls of wind through the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 4.0f now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Nice. Just a quick look at the VT ASOS stations shows... BTV...44mph MVL...44mph MPV...41mph PWM had peak gust of 51, according to the 6 PM news. MWN peaked at 120, and they had 98G107 at -22 for WCI of -69 an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 9/-8 21mph...love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Gene...I don't even see your failed invoice in the system...unless you are using another name. I also tried the other day and it didn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 This looks interesting... Wednesday...Snow showers likely with possible snow squalls likely. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Highs around 9 above. Temperature falling to around 3 below in the afternoon. West winds around 10 mph...becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 70 percent. Wind chill values as low as 30 below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Powderfreak, Can you repost that super menacing storm that swept over the spine last summer... The one with the shelf cloud of doom? It looks like you deleted it to free up space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 was at my dad's house in NH last night, all I can say is wow, never seen snowpack (~3") that bulletproof. i am around 250 lbs, and had no problem walking across the top of the "snow". in fact i almost slipped and fell when my feet didn't dig in. way cool stuff, just wish there was more of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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