Jester January

[Heisy]

congratulations winter 2024-2025!
While below-normal temperatures are forecast across much of the central and eastern U.S. in
the near-term, the strengthening MJO across the Indian Ocean historically favors a warm
extratropical response over the U.S., and a pattern reversal toward warmer temperatures could
begin toward the end of the month or in early February.

Terrific


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[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

6 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

congratulations winter 2024-2025!

While below-normal temperatures are forecast across much of the central and eastern U.S. in
the near-term, the strengthening MJO across the Indian Ocean historically favors a warm
extratropical response over the U.S., and a pattern reversal toward warmer temperatures could
begin toward the end of the month or in early February.

Yes. Feb looks warm. May be able to start growing season early. 

[EastonSN+]

8 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

congratulations winter 2024-2025!

While below-normal temperatures are forecast across much of the central and eastern U.S. in
the near-term, the strengthening MJO across the Indian Ocean historically favors a warm
extratropical response over the U.S., and a pattern reversal toward warmer temperatures could
begin toward the end of the month or in early February.

[Layman]

5 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Yes. Feb looks warm. May be able to start growing season early. 

Hopefully warm enough for one of these

[SJonesWX]

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

why not go on demand gas boiler?

because I don’t have gas. Well, I frequently have gas, but there is no gas service to my area. And no thanks on propane.

[Lava Rock]

Yes. Feb looks warm. May be able to start growing season early. 

What a kick in the nuts, especially if we go to warm cutters

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[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

you moving up here?

Yes, building a house in Cape Neddick, going up Friday to pick out the finishing touches on the house so they can start it as soon as Spring comes. Hope to be in it by the Summer.

[DavisStraight]

54 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Most all labs are great dogs. Rare to get a bad one.

I had two, miss those dogs terribly, when in Maine I'll probably get another one.

[weatherwiz]

This wind today is brutal 

[Lava Rock]

Yes, building a house in Cape Neddick, going up Friday to pick out the finishing touches on the house so they can start it as soon as Spring comes. Hope to be in it by the Summer.

Nice area. On the water?

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[MJO812]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

congratulations winter 2024-2025!

While below-normal temperatures are forecast across much of the central and eastern U.S. in
the near-term, the strengthening MJO across the Indian Ocean historically favors a warm
extratropical response over the U.S., and a pattern reversal toward warmer temperatures could
begin toward the end of the month or in early February.

Good 

Change the pattern so we will have a chance 

[Kitz Craver]

15 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

I had two, miss those dogs terribly, when in Maine I'll probably get another one.

My yellow is legit my best friend

[ma blizzard]

32 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

This wind today is brutal 

not a great day to be out there running .. took the first mile to be able to feel my hands again  

[Torch Tiger]

35 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Good 

Change the pattern so we will have a chance 

 

[tamarack]

3 hours ago, Layman said:

I remember it.  No power, everything quietish outside except for the sound of ice dropping off trees and the consistent shotgun pops of tree tops, large branches and full trees coming down.  That was another 5-7 day outage for us on the Seacoast of NH.  

The 1998 ice storm may have caused serious damage over the greatest area of any such event, as it turned off the lights from Montreal to Downeast Maine.  It also featured a south-to-north temp and wx sequence of the most different conditions I've noted:

NYC and environs:  RA and 50s-60s
SNE:  Cold RA, upper 30s and 40s
Southern Maine:  Near 32 with RA and moderate ice.
Central Maine and Downeast (>10 miles inland):  Catastrophe, ice 1.5-3" thick, temps 30 or a bit lower
Maine foothills:  Serious ice but much of the 2-3" precip was IP.  Mid-upper 20s.  
Far north:  18-25" of 8-to-1 sand, temps from singles (Allagash) to low 20s (CAR).

Two examples of nearby but different conditions: 
Our 0.8-acre house lot in Gardiner (C.Maine) had more tree damage than on the entire 63 forested acres on our New Sharon (foothills) woodlot - moved there 4 months after the ice.
MWN recorded their highest January temp ever (since tied) while Gorham had cold RA.  In between, mainly at 1500-2500' asl, massive destruction.

[Prismshine Productions]

Completely frigid winter day with temps in the upper teens and flakes flying across the spine in Manchester, that wind is brutal

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[Allsnow]

10 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

 

At thunderstorms? 

[Lava Rock]

In other news looks like another Malibu, CA fire broke out. 50-100mph winds. Supposedly went from 10 acres to over 200 in 45min

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[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 hour ago, Torch Tiger said:

 

 

I mean, no pack to absorb it, so might as well run 2"-3" of liquid off bare frozen ground into ice choked rivers.  Got another week to build the ice. 

[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, Kitz Craver said:

My yellow is legit my best friend

Had to take 3 days off from work when I lost her, tough time but a good 11 years with her.

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, Torch Tiger said:

 

Solid cutter at the climo coldest date. Best winter ever rolls on.

[DavisStraight]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Solid cutter at the climo coldest date. Best winter ever rolls on.

Still time for that one to get in a better position or maybe even disappear.

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

Nice area. On the water?

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2 miles from the water, several beaches' minutes away and I'll be closer to the mountains.

[Kitz Craver]

9 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Had to take 3 days off from work when I lost her, tough time but a good 11 years with her.

Mine is 6 now and I’m already trying to mentally prepare myself for the fact that he won’t always be there with me. I can’t imagine, but soon enough I’ll be faced with that.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

10 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Still time for that one to get in a better position or maybe even disappear.

SWFE

[dendrite]

14 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Still time for that one to get in a better position

Like a warmer cutter?

[dendrite]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

This wind today is brutal 

It feels like Feb 23 out there except 40F warmer

[DavisStraight]

12 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Mine is 6 now and I’m already trying to mentally prepare myself for the fact that he won’t always be there with me. I can’t imagine, but soon enough I’ll be faced with that.

You have a lot of time left, don't even let that enter your thoughts now and enjoy your time with him. 

[wokeupthisam]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

It feels like Feb 23 out there except 40F warmer

Yeah this isn't as acute as that 2/3/23 icebox by a lot.  The duration of this one though is tough on the heating bills as you said.

[powderfreak]

Some truly gnarly conditions out on the hill today.  50-60mph gusts even in the base area.  White out conditions and single digit temps in the parking lots.  Upper mountain was just crushed by wind, no idea on actual snow accumulations because everywhere is wind affected.

Wind shredding the Lift Closed banner.