dryslot Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I rode in Fort Kent when it was -38°F, Its cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice snow growth in these flurries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice burst here at work now, visibility less than a 1/2 mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, dryslot said: I rode in Fort Kent when it was -38°F, Its cold. Never been sledding in those temps, though I got minor frostbite on my left ear at -16; windshield on that side had a considerable "bite" taken out by an earlier crash. I have gone bushwhacking at -40 near St.-Pamphile, PQ - was -47 at the house in Ft. Kent. The 4 of us had planned 4 separate explorations on T13R16 and T14R16, but decided for safety sake to go out in pairs. My chum, who was about 50 lb lighter than me, wanted to do most/all of the trailbreaking, as he couldn't stay warm walking in my deep snowshoe tracks. More fun was fueling Folsom's Jet Ranger at -37 (plus rotor wash) outside our Ft. Kent office. The ship had been hangared or otherwise heated in Greenvile but could not be depended on to restart in the intense cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just now, tamarack said: Never been sledding in those temps, though I got minor frostbite on my left ear at -16; windshield on that side had a considerable "bite" taken out by an earlier crash. I have gone bushwhacking at -40 near St.-Pamphile, PQ - was -47 at the house in Ft. Kent. The 4 of us had planned 4 separate explorations on T13R16 and T14R16, but decided for safety sake to go out in pairs. My chum, who was about 50 lb lighter than me, wanted to do most/all of the trailbreaking, as he couldn't stay warm walking in my deep snowshoe tracks. More fun was fueling Folsom's Jet Ranger at -37 (plus rotor wash) outside our Ft. Kent office. The ship had been hangared or otherwise heated in Greenvile but could not be depended on to restart in the intense cold. Folks up that way have to have block heaters in there vehicles or they go out every couple hours or so and let them run for 5-10 mins, We were at the bar at the Caribou Inn one nght while up riding for a weekend, I kept seeing people going in and outside, I figured they were going out to smoke a butt so i asked one girl and she told me we have to go out and start our vehicles every couple hours when it gets this cold, I said, OK, And i asked the bartender for another drink and carried on................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 2" here. Looks great out there.....for now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Steady light snowfall here with a dusting on all surfaces. 27F -13 below normal. It's my dad's 84th birthday today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Festive snows all day. Ground whitened up. We enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 2 hours ago, dryslot said: Folks up that way have to have block heaters in there vehicles or they go out every couple hours or so and let them run for 5-10 mins, We were at the bar at the Caribou Inn one nght while up riding for a weekend, I kept seeing people going in and outside, I figured they were going out to smoke a butt so i asked one girl and she told me we have to go out and start our vehicles every couple hours when it gets this cold, I said, OK, And i asked the bartender for another drink and carried on................. And the Diesel fumes up there smell like a kerosene lamp thanks to all the #1 added so engines will start. In the 2009 record cold, when we touched -36 at my place, I was out at 9P, 1A, and 5A, so vehicles would start that morning. Then last winter I let my truck sit neither used nor started for 3 days over New Years. Jumper cables are real stiff at -27. (It's all fake cold, of course, but my truck's battery is unable to tell the difference.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just now, tamarack said: And the Diesel fumes up there smell like a kerosene lamp thanks to all the #1 added so engines will start. In the 2009 record cold, when we touched -36 at my place, I was out at 9P, 1A, and 5A, so vehicles would start that morning. Then last winter I let my truck sit neither used nor started for 3 days over New Years. Jumper cables are real stiff at -27. Yeah, They have to run a lot of K-1 or additives so they won't Gel up there, My extensions cord this am at -2 were pretty stiff as well to my Duramax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Steady light snowfall here with icy roads in high traffic area's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 51 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: Steady light snowfall here with icy roads in high traffic area's. I just got back to Greenfield and streets are dicey at best. Sanders are out now so hopefully that takes care often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said: I just got back to Greenfield and streets are dicey at best. Sanders are out now so hopefully that takes care often Im heading up to Mount Snow tomorrow. Hopefully there isn't any freezing drizzle overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 A bit of wintry appeal if nothing else. Take what you can get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 About 0.1” here. Actually caused some sliding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Mid-slope at 2,500ft or so. About halfway down a sweet ski run. I hope folks realize how mid-winter this looks for December 13th, after it hasn't *really* snowed in several days, if not a week.. Cold, cold and cold. -7 to -9 NNE departures, including MPV and MVL. Even BTV is -5.1 which is a torch location. For BTV to be -5.1 almost half-way through a month!? The place runs 2-3F above the rest on average lately! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Nice day today. We thaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 minute ago, CoastalWx said: Nice day today. We thaw. 45 degrees and rising! It is fantastic! Bring on the pattern relaxation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 32.5° First time above freezing in over a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 47 degrees and full sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Just gonna say... after 7 straight days of 34/12 ... being over 45 in light wind and sun is a gem over-looked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Awesome day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Awesome day today. Hope Zach's Pop is enjoying.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach’s Pop Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Hope Zach's Pop is enjoying.. 42 with drizzle. This torch sucks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said: Just gonna say... after 7 straight days of 34/12 ... being over 45 in light wind and sun is a gem over-looked Yes yes it is . https://mobile.twitter.com/TerryWBZ/status/1073590279121330182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadiumwave Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Looked at every +ENSO since 1950 for October 1 - December 13. No matter if it were weak positive ENSO, weak, moderate, strong, or super El Nino. The closest matches I found were: 1952 1957 1976 1979 2002 2014 All of these years but 1952-53 had cold Jan-Feb. Here's the January-February composite for those years: What does this mean? Maybe nothing...but interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadiumwave Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Take it another step....what did Tropical Pacific anomalies look like in those years for November-December? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadiumwave Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Here's the 500mb for December for those years: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Welp, if we can't have snow we may as well have a double sunshine! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Welp, if we can't have snow we may as well have a double sunshine! We celebrate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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