Bob Chill Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 22 hours ago, tamarack said: I've heard that Red's Eats adds nothing to the lobster but some butter - no dilution with veggies or mayo, and just enough roll to (almost) hold all that meat. However, while I have a Maine bias for most things, crab is not one of them. IMO, your Chesapeake blues beat any of the related critters I've tasted, from Maine to Fisherman's Wharf in SF. As for parks, I'm not up on municipal parks, but for beaches there's Reid and Popham (as you may already know), the former also featuring nature trails. If you don't mind going north of Rockland, Moose Point will be less crowded than the two noted above, and it's not much farther from Cobbosee - just take Rt 3 out of Augusta instead of 17 or 27. Great Hikes at Camden Hills, too, though no beaches. For a lovely walk thru the woods plus a small beach on the (saltwater) Damariscotta River, there's Dodge Point, on River Road in Newcastle. It's free, though the parking lot is small - on busy days folks park along the paved road. Appreciate the park recs. Taking notes on those too. We both love to hike around and enjoy peace with everything. Appreciate it. Red's no filler style is exactly what I'm looking for. All the MD touristy seafood places ruin what a good crabcake is supposed to be (limited filler and lump crabmeat). The 2 most consistent places on the western shore of the bay that I know of are G&M just south of baltimore and Stoney's in Southern MD. Not cheap but you gotta pay to play just like with all good seafood. I grew up crabbing the bay. It was easy in the 70's and 80's. We only kept monsters back then. Nowadays we suffer from the same overfishing as any area along the coast. Last couple years have been real good but we had a ton of duds before that. So much so that I didn't even bother crabbing most of the time. It sucks sweating your eyeballs out in the summer heat to come home with a half bushel of barely legals. Screw that. Crab and lobster are very different so I love them both for different reasons. Of course I'm partial to crabs because if I wasn't MD would evict me. LOL. But a hard shell lobster done right is off the chain too. You guys have killer clams too. We only have the basic farmed cherrystones around here. Bay oysters aren't my favorite even though the're plentiful. I prefer the brine of ocean water raised oysters. The chesapeake is brackish so the oysters don't have that salty bite or firmer texture like the ones from up north. GD now I'm getting hungry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Those NF photos are nuts but I still think the California videos earlier this season were more impressive. 33.9F and just had some snow as a quick batch of heavier precip came through. Past now and back to light rain. Can I add a "trace" to today even if the light coating only lasts an hour or two? It's very exciting to see a few grass patches that appeared yesterday. Many more to follow in the coming days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Wish we lived in Gander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: ha...that's our eddie from wwbb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: Those NF photos are nuts but I still think the California videos earlier this season were more impressive. 33.9F and just had some moderate snow as a quick batch of heavier precip came through. Past now and back to light rain. Can I add a "trace" to today even if the light coating only lasts an hour or two? It's very exciting to see a few grass patches that appeared yesterday. Many more to follow in the coming days.... A trace is for any snow that falls. It doesn't even have to accumulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Wish we lived in were visiting Gander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Wish we lived in Gander. fux that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 You can really see the effects of terrain on the flow/clouds on GOES-R. You can almost see the westerly flow aloft getting pushed over the spine of the Greens. Then you have the downslope clear spots north of the whites. You can even see a hint of the terrain in the Monadnocks affecting the flow. Really cool. http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/?parms=newengland-02-24-1 Click the image to animate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, dendrite said: A trace is for any snow that falls. It doesn't even have to accumulate. So Brian, all the countless winter days when I have flurries in the air that never stick, no less accumulate are counted as "T" days? I thought you had to at least record something on the ground? I probably have a couple extra dozen "T" days throughout the winter. 33.9F moderate drizzle/rain but not a snowflake to be seen now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Just now, wxeyeNH said: So Brian, all the countless winter days when I have flurries in the air that never stick, no less accumulate are counted as "T" days? I thought you had to at least record something on the ground? I probably have a couple extra dozen "T" days throughout the winter. 33.9F moderate drizzle/rain but not a snowflake to be seen now... Yup. Any flakes are a trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 That GOES 16 shot is amazing. Can't wait for convection. You will be able to make out almost every Cu. How come the new GOES images are not in color? Maybe that would distract from clouds. Would be nice to follow green up as it moves up the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 11 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: So Brian, all the countless winter days when I have flurries in the air that never stick, no less accumulate are counted as "T" days? I thought you had to at least record something on the ground? I probably have a couple extra dozen "T" days throughout the winter. 33.9F moderate drizzle/rain but not a snowflake to be seen now... Yeah those are all traces. And why you see a lot of early season "T"s in the records at climo sites...that just means a snow shower moved through that day. Like when I or JSpin say we've gone 45 days with at least a trace or something like that...just means the globe got shook for some period of time that day. 0.1" is measurable and it almost seems like that's what you've been thinking is a Trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Everyone please notice the downsloping in Tolland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 37 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: This is the only type of blizzard we have been missing In the NE in the 2000s. Something with 70+mph winds and 3 feet plus of snow. I would think the only storm to effect our area and have a direct result like that was 1888 in western NE and eastern NY. I would love to see an event like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Everyone please notice the downsloping in Tolland. I saw that too. He will eat that up this time of year though. We need to post more of these starting next Nov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 34 minutes ago, Bob Chill said: I grew up crabbing the bay. It was easy in the 70's and 80's. We only kept monsters back then. Nowadays we suffer from the same overfishing as any area along the coast. Last couple years have been real good but we had a ton of duds before that. So much so that I didn't even bother crabbing most of the time. It sucks sweating your eyeballs out in the summer heat to come home with a half bushel of barely legals. Screw that. GD now I'm getting hungry Man you're bringing back some sweet memories. I have a farm on the Chester River and I remember setting pots when I was a boy and bringing home bushels of blues, to be steamed up with plenty of Old Bay and consumed messily on the picnic table in the back yard. Miss those days. Can't catch much down there now. Farm runoff for the loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 16 minutes ago, dendrite said: I saw that too. He will eat that up this time of year though. We need to post more of these starting next Nov. What do you mean downsloping? How does that image show downsloping lol. An 1,000 foot hill doesn't get downsloped from a 1400 foot hill.Down sloping is flow from high to low elevation that either dries, warms and compresses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 49 minutes ago, dendrite said: ha...that's our eddie from wwbb. Who is? Thought Eddie was a met in Georgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Steady as she goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Who is? Thought Eddie was a met in Georgia eddie sheerr....wwbb, went to plymouth st....i think he was in GA too. Looks like he's up there with Nick now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: What do you mean downsloping? How does that image show downsloping lol. An 1,000 foot hill doesn't get downsloped from a 1400 foot hill.Down sloping is flow from high to low elevation that either dries, warms and compresses There's a stripe there of darker grays indicating some quasistationary thinner overcast. I don't know where exactly you are in relation to it or if that is west of you. I agreed with Scoot since it's fun to pick on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, dendrite said: eddie sheerr....wwbb, went to plymouth st....i think he was in GA too. Looks like he's up there with Nick now. Yep I just tweeted to him. Damn I am getting old, all these weenie kids now being Chief Mets and Drs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, dendrite said: There's a stripe there of darker grays indicating some quasistationary thinner overcast. I don't know where exactly you are in relation to it or if that is west of you. I agreed with Scoot since it's fun to pick on you. It's been raining all day. Hasn't stopped once here. If he thinks that downsloping perhaps his expertise needs to be brought into question? If it's showing up , that's probably the valley due west in Ellington.. maybe 5 miles west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, dendrite said: There's a stripe there of darker grays indicating some quasistationary thinner overcast. I don't know where exactly you are in relation to it or if that is west of you. If we get a good clear, dry day the low level water vapor will show for sure. Terrain induced flow really shows up well there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: It's been raining all day. Hasn't stopped once here. If he thinks that downsloping perhaps his expertise needs to be brought into question? If it's showing up , that's probably the valley due west in Ellington.. maybe 5 miles west. This shows it better. Click the image to ani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Still snowing above about 1000' but accumulating above about 1500' in southern Whites. Just took a look at Waterville Valley live webcam and looks like they've gotten a few inches: http://www.waterville.com/cams/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Looking at a topo map that does look like Ellington southward toward Manchester/Vernon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, dendrite said: This shows it better. Click the image to ani. Agree with Kevin that's Ellington area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, dendrite said: Looking at a topo map that does look like Ellington southward toward Manchester/Vernon. Yup... that's the eastern side of the CTRV Not Tolland Poor Scooter Geography fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I'm so confused... was raining but is now sleeting here at home in town. I can't figure out how it got colder in the low levels to refreeze the rain drops? Its like 37F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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