wxeyeNH Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Looks like front is through. Picked up .05". Grand total from the entire event .53". Really glad we scored on the thunderstorm 2 nights ago to at least give the surface something to drink. Could easily have gone through this whole system with next to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Was just out on the Colchester Causeway in the middle of Lake Champlain and it was wild. Gusts 45-50mph and 4 foot waves crashing into the causeway. I was fearing for my phone's life as I got drilled by breaking wave after breaking wave while running! Felt like ocean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Was just out on the Colchester Causeway in the middle of Lake Champlain and it was wild. Gusts 45-50mph and 4 foot waves crashing into the causeway. I was fearing for my phone's life as I got drilled by breaking wave after breaking wave while running! Felt like ocean! Awesome! I know when MVL is gusting 30kts in an area where gusty winds are hard to come by, it must be ripping out in the Champlain Valley and over the open Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Just checked and picked up another 0.31" this morning after 8am. Up around 1.75" for the past 48-72 hours, which is just what the vegetation needed. Haha it does feel like fall after a couple days of humidity. 30kt gusts and no more sweating for no reason. I got home yesterday to find another 0.40” in the rain gauge, which sort of had me doing a double-take, and then we got more rain overnight. There was an awesome fall-like feel last night as those winds brought in the colder, drier air, and I always find it very interesting how just a little time with humidity can set up that feeling of autumn change. Anyway, that’s two inches of rain in the past couple of days or so, and apparently that’s making up for only 0.06” in the first 10 days of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 32F at MVL last night. Nippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Upper 20s at my place with a solid frost. Coldest official I saw for New England (apart from MWN's 20) was 25 at BML. 28 at IZG lowest I sw for Maine, though with HUL at 29 I suspect the usual Aroostook cold spots were lower than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Upper 20s at my place with a solid frost. Coldest official I saw for New England (apart from MWN's 20) was 25 at BML. 28 at IZG lowest I sw for Maine, though with HUL at 29 I suspect the usual Aroostook cold spots were lower than that. Just arrived back in the country from Barbados and I can tell you this wasn't exactly what I was hoping for after a week no colder than the 25o C in my climate controlled room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 29F at the Bear Brook RAWS site this morning. Not bad for Merrimack County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Upper 20s at my place with a solid frost. Coldest official I saw for New England (apart from MWN's 20) was 25 at BML. 28 at IZG lowest I sw for Maine, though with HUL at 29 I suspect the usual Aroostook cold spots were lower than that. Not in NNE but SLK with a crisp 23F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 We planted all our annuals last week and everything came through fine. Balmy 40.4F up on temp sensor which is 25 feet above ground level. Didn't notice frost but didn't get up at 5 something to look either... Several years ago we had a very late killing frost, I remember oak leaves dropping off. Anyone remember the date of that? Lost our apple blossoms that year too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Not in NNE but SLK with a crisp 23F. Political boarders. Same latitude and climate. And the best radiator on the east coast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 We planted all our annuals last week and everything came through fine. Balmy 40.4F up on temp sensor which is 25 feet above ground level. Didn't notice frost but didn't get up at 5 something to look either... Several years ago we had a very late killing frost, I remember oak leaves dropping off. Anyone remember the date of that? Lost our apple blossoms that year too.... Probably 2010. we had near record mildness for Feb, Mar, and April, then 70s-80s each of the first 5 days of May, bringing the new growth out about two weeks ahead of avg. Then my frost pocket location recorded 22, 26, 25 for lows on May 11-13. Oak and ash (and some maple, only time I've seen it nipped by late freeze) were toast, along with my apple blossoms. That freeze roasted the Japanese knotweed all the way into downtown Augusta, but unfortunately they resprouted just fine. Back in 1999 we had a lesser but similar occurence - mild March thru ealy May, then 29, 25, 27, also on May 11-13. Roasted my freshly planted peach tree, along with most oak leaves and all the ash. I had a low of 27 yesterday, but the ash had barely broken buds, and look okay. Political borders. Same latitude and climate. And the best radiator on the east coast True enough, for regularly reporting stations, though I'd put some of the northern Aroostook locations (Big Black, Estcourt Station, Nine-Mile Bridge) as worthy challengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Probably 2010. we had near record mildness for Feb, Mar, and April, then 70s-80s each of the first 5 days of May, bringing the new growth out about two weeks ahead of avg. Then my frost pocket location recorded 22, 26, 25 for lows on May 11-13. Oak and ash (and some maple, only time I've seen it nipped by late freeze) were toast, along with my apple blossoms. That freeze roasted the Japanese knotweed all the way into downtown Augusta, but unfortunately they resprouted just fine. Back in 1999 we had a lesser but similar occurence - mild March thru ealy May, then 29, 25, 27, also on May 11-13. Roasted my freshly planted peach tree, along with most oak leaves and all the ash. I had a low of 27 yesterday, but the ash had barely broken buds, and look okay. Political borders. Same latitude and climate. And the best radiator on the east coast True enough, for regularly reporting stations, though I'd put some of the northern Aroostook locations (Big Black, Estcourt Station, Nine-Mile Bridge) as worthy challengers. I guess it comes down to how we judge the best radiator as well. Is it the station with the largest avg range? TAN radiates very well, but isn't always the coldest in the region. I agree with you though. Throw an ASOS up in BBR and watch it go wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I guess it comes down to how we judge the best radiator as well. Is it the station with the largest avg range? TAN radiates very well, but isn't always the coldest in the region. I agree with you though. Throw an ASOS up in BBR and watch it go wild. It is hard to beat SLK even for diurnal ranges...they've already recovered 42 degrees today. Geography is hard to touch being at 1,600ft but the lowest elevation around with 4,000-5,000ft peaks providing the compressional warming during the day and the radiation at night. I'll clarify that as hard to beat at any other ASOS station in the northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 It is hard to beat SLK even for diurnal ranges...they've already recovered 42 degrees today. Geography is hard to touch being at 1,600ft but the lowest elevation around with 4,000-5,000ft peaks providing the compressional warming during the day and the radiation at night. I'll clarify that as hard to beat at any other ASOS station in the northeast. No doubt. On a related note, 73/26 at BML so far today. Dry city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 No doubt. On a related note, 73/26 at BML so far today. Dry city. That's the winner so far. Clouds rolled in capping our heating to 71F here. Almost made 40-degree diurnal swing with 71/32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Spring is definitely in full bloom in VT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Spring is definitely in full bloom in VT: Can NWS BTV use your first image? And if yes, how do you want it credited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nittany yes you can. Credit to Jeremy Gilchrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nittany yes you can. Credit to Jeremy Gilchrist Great thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Wasn't expecting 0.43" rain last night. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 A few pics just before sunset on the Winooski river right near home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 A few pics just before sunset on the Winooski river right near home. Pictures of water like that just taunt the poor folks who live in the arid, sun bleached hills of NE CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 3rd warmest May on Record right now at BTV: 1 1911 62.5 0 2 1975 62.3 0 3 2015 62.2 14 4 1944 62.1 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 3rd warmest May on Record right now at BTV: 1 1911 62.5 0 2 1975 62.3 0 3 2015 62.2 14 4 1944 62.1 0 Talk about a flip from the winter pattern... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Talk about a flip from the winter pattern... Yeah seriously! It's doing its best to try and negate that Feb departure. We'll lose some of that later this week though with highs only in the 60s and lows in the 40s. But quite the impressive first 2/3rds of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Yeah seriously! It's doing its best to try and negate that Feb departure. We'll lose some of that later this week though with highs only in the 60s and lows in the 40s. But quite the impressive first 2/3rds of the month. You might not even finish in the Top 10 warmest Mays, though. I'd expect some nights with lows in the 30s, not just 40s...850s are around 0C Thursday morning and -6C on Saturday morning. 18z GFS came in absolutely frigid for Saturday AM. I'd expect 20s in the mountains with low 30s in the valley locations, maybe a tad warmer by Lake Champlain but still a solid frost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 You might not even finish in the Top 10 warmest Mays, though. I'd expect some nights with lows in the 30s, not just 40s...850s are around 0C Thursday morning and -6C on Saturday morning. 18z GFS came in absolutely frigid for Saturday AM. I'd expect 20s in the mountains with low 30s in the valley locations, maybe a tad warmer by Lake Champlain but still a solid frost. We'll see, normal low is still in the 40s so 30's is not THAT much of a departure. We'd have to lose 1.3F (not departure, actual degrees) to fall out of the Top 10. It will depend on what happens that final week. If we get back into the 70's/80's we'll be solid Top 10. Will be at least something to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 We'll see, normal low is still in the 40s so 30's is not THAT much of a departure. We'd have to lose 1.3F (not departure, actual degrees) to fall out of the Top 10. It will depend on what happens that final week. If we get back into the 70's/80's we'll be solid Top 10. Will be at least something to watch. Yeah I was thinking that, if the mean temperature is already at top 3, we'll need to really lower the mean temp during a period when climo normals are rising. That's much harder to do than say like October when you expect the mean temp to fall during the final two weeks due to dropping climo norms. In May, you expect the second half to be equal to or warmer than the first half in the means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 You might not even finish in the Top 10 warmest Mays, though. I'd expect some nights with lows in the 30s, not just 40s...850s are around 0C Thursday morning and -6C on Saturday morning. 18z GFS came in absolutely frigid for Saturday AM. I'd expect 20s in the mountains with low 30s in the valley locations, maybe a tad warmer by Lake Champlain but still a solid frost.12Z MEX was 19F at SLK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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