CapturedNature Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 February is going to wind up being my 6th warmest February along with 2nd wettest in my record since 1985. That says a lot about this month's character around here. The "wetness" of the month allowed it to sneak into 10th wettest Met winter... Hopefully March is a better month...at least it's off to an interesting start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 34 minutes ago, dendrite said: What a torch today. Full sun and already 51F at the casa. Probably over 60F at CON today. Pack gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Just now, Damage In Tolland said: Pack gone? I wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, dendrite said: I wish. 55.3F Torch. My fields around the house are now just about bare. Looking all around me in level areas not facing the SW or in the woods, deep glaciated snow. I think what also helps me is my high elevation. Several systems torched on the hilltops this season while down below the cold stagnant air kept them in the 30's. Boy the settlers that built my house in 1795 new how to site it. I could go out and rake my gardens and do spring clean up now. Took the leaf blower out and cleaned off the driveway too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: 55.3F Torch. My fields around the house are now just about bare. Looking all around me in level areas not facing the SW or in the woods, deep glaciated snow. I think what also helps me is my high elevation. Several systems torched on the hilltops this season while down below the cold stagnant air kept them in the 30's. Boy the settlers that built my house in 1795 new how to site it. I could go out and rake my gardens and do spring clean up now. Took the leaf blower out and cleaned off the driveway too. Longer growing season, no risk for floods, no extreme -20s/-30s in winter, nice breezes in the summer. Hills FTW agriculture wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 CON 61 MHT 61/19 That's mid April stuff right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I'm impressed these 2 days that I've been able to break 50, the ocean is so unforgiving. I'm going out for a walk again today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 55 minutes ago, dendrite said: Longer growing season, no risk for floods, no extreme -20s/-30s in winter, nice breezes in the summer. Hills FTW agriculture wise. Yup. All good points. When we had a historian come to the house he pointed out all you mentioned. SW exposure warmer. High elevation longer growing season both ends Quicker drying of fields for the sheep, cows etc. House also is not right on top of the hill it still rises about 200 feet to my NW so wind protection from the cold weather Also he said it made settlers less lonely when they had large views. Could see distance homesteads.. George Washington was President in 1795. Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Watching ESPN highlights.....snowing all over the soccer fields and racing tracks in Europe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I always thought Barry Burbank was one of the best Mets in the Boston market. One of the greats like the one who started it all, Don Kent. Barry celebrated 40 years with WBZ. Here is the Utube clip. Fun to watch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Bet the house on the NAM, what could go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Never went below freezing. Nice thaw the past couple of days...better than last week at least for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I hit golf balls at the park yesterday, it felt amazing. If there is no snow tomorrow then there is definitely an upside to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Well we passed our futility record but still in ratter territory. Win some loose some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Hazey said: Well we passed our futility record but still in ratter territory. Win some loose some. That average is about 5" below that of the local (Farmington) co-op, but the record is nearly 2 feet higher. Farmington's top winter of the 125 on recordwas 164" (417 cm) in 68-69 After Sunday's 2.3" underperformer, the past 3 days have reached 43, 44, 51, but have only taken away 2" of pack, which is armor plated 15". February was -3.4 after 10 days, then +8.3 from then on. Those last 18 days featured 16 AN, and 8 ranging from +13 to +22. Avg max: 33.25 +4.1, and 2nd highest of 20, trailing 2012. Mildest was 55 on 2/21, topping last Feb's 54 for monthly record. Avg. min: 9.93 +3.9 6th highest, over 7° cooler than 2010. Coldest was a sneaky fake -22 on the 9th. Max that day was 23. Avg. mean: 21.59 +4.0 3rd mildest, behind 2010, 2012. Precip: 2.71" -0.35" Most in one day was 0.95" in the 2/7 snowstorm. Snow: 19.1" -4.0" Had 8.5" on 2/7, 9.0 storm total. Depth: Averaged 18.3", just 0.6" BN, with the peak at 23" on 2/8. Jan. 4 is tops so far at 24", and barring something not evident for at least 10 days (per GFS), that ought to stand. After the no-thaw frigidity of Feb. 2015, these last 3 Febs have each finished with major thaws. Last year March turned very cold after see-sawing for a week or so. This year I've not seen a BN day forecast from GFS 16-day since (seemingly) forever. We're at peak avg snowpack (21") at present, so the current 15" is a half foot BN. Cumulative snowfall is 4.5" BN, still over 90% of avg. It's been a 3-storm winter - good storms all - but with little else of snowy note. The 9 cherrypicked weeks Nov. 7 thru Jan. 8 averaged 8.0° BN. Since then temps have been +4.7, and that looks to edge higher for the near future. I don't think I've seen this kind of abrupt (and with staying power) temp switch since 1989-90, and that winter kept producing warning-criteria storms, 4 of which came after the switch (plus a 6.8" near miss.) So far, the only post-switch WSW was Feb. 7-8, with nothing else getting past the halfway mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 19 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: I always thought Barry Burbank was one of the best Mets in the Boston market. One of the greats like the one who started it all, Don Kent. Barry celebrated 40 years with WBZ. Here is the Utube clip. Fun to watch.. I just watched and this brought back a flood of memories. In the 1960's my grandparents lived in Portland - overlooking Deering Oaks Park - every morning started with WBZ radio playing in the kitchen listening to Don Kent's morning forecast. My grandfather's business was impacted by weather and he had all this folksy weather forecasting rules about the color of sunsets, shape of clouds, etc. But I remember him always saying Don Kent was the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 it's ovah. bring on spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 11 hours ago, Hazey said: Well we passed our futility record but still in ratter territory. Win some loose some. Interesting as some similarities here though not as close to futility. Looking at mountain snowfall, at 3,000ft I've measured 179" this season so far. Solidly tracking below the 20-year average of 306". 2015-16 was futility with 153" while last winter measured 375", the highest since 2000-01's record. This year is quietly heading into the bottom of the bin if it doesn't pick up. January and February were both significantly below normal snowfall, despite some good events. But when you average 2" per day or so in the heart of winter, a few good events doesn't get it done. Comparing this winter to last winter is eye-opening. Last winter was the 108" in 22 days type stuff...or 52" in 60 hours. Plus 3 warning criteria events in April of 10-14". But you need that stuff to get to 375". This winter we are almost 200" short of last year's total though there are still 6 weeks of good possible accumulations. However, we need to be clipping away with at LEAST 15" per week to maintain average on the mountain. To gain on average we need to go through a month worth of 18-24"/week average. It's pretty crazy to me how much of a deficit we've built up this winter, especially compared to the epicness of last winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 It's funny how subjective ones feel of a winter can be. That graph I posted shows last winter was a top 3 all time snow season with nearly 400cms and I barely remember it. The snow came fast and furious but melted so quick it was like it didn't happen. I'm not a pack guy but I do like snow to stick around for a little while. I'd take half that total if there was only one or two melt offs. That's me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Hazey said: It's funny how subjective ones feel of a winter can be. That graph I posted shows last winter was a top 3 all time snow season with nearly 400cms and I barely remember it. The snow came fast and furious but melted so quick it was like it didn't happen. I'm not a pack guy but I do like snow to stick around for a little while. I'd take half that total if there was only one or two melt offs. That's me though. Long periods of deep snow pack are becoming rarer as the climate warms. It's much more typical now to see heavy snowstorms that melt quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Kind of a weird question, but anyone familiar with the Waltham area? Starting a new job Monday that is going to require me to train with someone using their vehicle. Guy I’m training with wants me to meet him at a staples and presumably leave my car there for the shift. Good chance I’ll be towed? Or should I be alright if it’s during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 @Damage In Tolland We Trillium today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 34 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: @Damage In Tolland We Trillium today Nice!! That’s a good day . Love that place . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Eek... If you're alive my white-throated sparrows have been very vocal the past week around sunrise and sunset. Have you had any up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 10 hours ago, dendrite said: Eek... If you're alive my white-throated sparrows have been very vocal the past week around sunrise and sunset. Have you had any up there? No, I'm kind of shocked that you have them now. I've never heard them before late April/May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 18 minutes ago, eekuasepinniW said: No, I'm kind of shocked that you have them now. I've never heard them before late April/May. Me neither. I had some goldies return too so I guess it's time to get the thistle back out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HimoorWx Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Saw my first red-winged blackbirds of the season last week. Seemed a little earlier than usual. They've probably turned around and headed back south! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 @Ginx snewx https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/03/06/video-drone-captures-large-waves-crashing-in-scituate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 This winter sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 WHOA, THERE'S A BANTER THREAD?!?!?!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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