Joker January

[WxWatcher007]

Low of -4.3°. I absolutely love it.

[HoarfrostHubb]

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Solid 3” pack and frigid temps…at least it’s legit January conditions and deep winter. More snow would be great. But I’ll take this over mild and damp/rainy anytime.  

I was at Ski Club last night and was talking with my co-worker who runs the other middle school ski club in town.  We were talking about how at least this year the kids haven't had to deal with warm temps/drizzle.  The skiing has been great

[dendrite]

Does Lake George have a trace of ice yet or are people still water tubing?

[ORH_wxman]

The bottom layer of snow here is not fluff, its like this pasty stuff that froze...top 4" or so is powder. Not worried about losing snow cover outside of some sun torched spot next to a busy street with a south facing slope.

The boredom is the bigger worry. Hopefully some of that energy ejects from southwest ala GGEM (06z GFS does it too except a day or two later) and we can maybe score something at the end of the month.

[Modfan2]

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

I was at Ski Club last night and was talking with my co-worker who runs the other middle school ski club in town.  We were talking about how at least this year the kids haven't had to deal with warm temps/drizzle.  The skiing has been great

One of the bright spots is that Ski Areas have been able to maintain conditions despite our lack of snow so far this season.

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

The bottom layer of snow here is not fluff, its like this pasty stuff that froze...top 4" or so is powder. Not worried about losing snow cover outside of some sun torched spot next to a busy street with a south facing slope.

The boredom is the bigger worry. Hopefully some of that energy ejects from southwest ala GGEM (06z GFS does it too except a day or two later) and we can maybe score something at the end of the month.

Maybe we can get a surprise little critter... but the pattern doesn't really favor it right now

[wx2fish]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I actually have a temp probe that I could hook up to the Davis and do that with. Rest it right on the snowpack sfc. Pawpaw Hollow. 

I thought about doing that too. My davis is mid slope on my property. Dumps another 20-30ft immediately below it to street level. I'm sure there would've been a decent difference this morning. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, Modfan2 said:

One of the bright spots is that Ski Areas have been able to maintain conditions despite our lack of snow so far this season.

Wachusett has been able to keep open every trail but 1 (Roper's Road) thanks to the temps.  The 1 closed one requires around a foot of natural... ain't happening Francis

[WxWatcher007]

 

[dendrite]

Deep pack ftw. Wish we could’ve gotten FL more negatives. 

[cleetussnow]

8 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Does Lake George have a trace of ice yet or are people still water tubing?

qq omega reports no ice except bays. Too windy.

[weatherwiz]

Man what was going on in 1899? 

looks like a super strong EL Nino. so I guess super strong EL Nino's back then weren't country blow torches.

[Typhoon Tip]

I wonder if relative to latitude X proximity to sea-level ( 300 ft ave elevations E of the Berks/Whites or so - ) if this is among the coldest air masses on the planet.  

-10 F here...  Judging by the layout of resulting temps and given to the calm wind/decoupling, the -10 is likely topographic/'drainage' assisted. 

It may seem tongue-in-cheek, but if we're going to be running the warmest 'oh my god' state of climate this that and the other, we can't really be -10 over a large area.  This has to be pretty uniquely our circumstance ?

[OceanStWx]

12 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Sure. ASH is a pit too. 

It's sneaky. Routinely 4ish degrees colder than Manch-vegas. 

[bwt3650]

THIS IS BRUTAL...THIS IS AWFUL...NOT FUN. FAKE, REAL, WHO CARES. THIS NEEDS TO END

Head over to lake George and visit qq…only meh there with a historic warmth projected sometime in the next 384.


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[WxWatcher007]

Out this morning in a t-shirt clearing potential ice dams around the house. Feels wonderful out lol. Currently at 4.7° here in EH. Thank God we had snow otg at least.

[bwt3650]

Head over to lake George and visit qq…only meh there with a historic warmth projected sometime in the next 384.


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Actually, he’s in New Orleans right now reporting that 1899 was way better.


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[wx2fish]

7 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

It's sneaky. Routinely 4ish degrees colder than Manch-vegas. 

Don't usually think of MHT as a great radiator but pretty solid temps the last two nights. Ran closer to ash than I would've guessed

[Chrisrotary12]

14 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

It's sneaky. Routinely 4ish degrees colder than Manch-vegas. 

So it does both heat and cold well?!? 

[OceanStWx]

Just now, Chrisrotary12 said:

So it does both heat and cold well?!? 

When the radiators mount up, I'm not sure I want ASH in my posse, but I do always go lower than guidance. 

[dryslot]

-12.2°F was the low this morning here, Looks like the AWOS was -13 at 6:00am.

[dendrite]

14 minutes ago, wx2fish said:

Don't usually think of MHT as a great radiator but pretty solid temps the last two nights. Ran closer to ash than I would've guessed

Yeah I noticed that too. But I guess CON still put 8F on them which is near par. It reminded me a little of those old Grenier Field obs when MHT actually radiated well. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

19 minutes ago, dryslot said:

-12.2°F was the low this morning here, Looks like the AWOS was -13 at 6:00am.

Interesting cold air distribution when you and I are at the same temperature for a low in January. 

[Typhoon Tip]

58 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

The bottom layer of snow here is not fluff, its like this pasty stuff that froze...top 4" or so is powder. Not worried about losing snow cover outside of some sun torched spot next to a busy street with a south facing slope.

The boredom is the bigger worry. Hopefully some of that energy ejects from southwest ala GGEM (06z GFS does it too except a day or two later) and we can maybe score something at the end of the month.

Why do we have to have snow on the ground.  "worried about losing ..."  

It's a'aight.  It's a psycho-babble aspect of weather hobbyists and/or formal involvement that I've always personally grappled with trying to understand.   I just for me, I agree with the boredom aspect, but it's not a prerequisite for me that it be snow.  

I could care less if there is snow on the ground - which is odd ... because if we are getting an active pattern, the consequence of that in the winter is often going mean   putting snow on the ground.  LOL.   However, I don't need the active pattern to be snow, per se.   Kind of getting into the subjective druthers thing...

I think a long duration mix event with interesting ptypes, with dramatic temperature variance across relative small distances/boundaries... Basically, 'events' for me don't need to be snow.   I tailor my involvement in this social media to curry to the preferences in here...but truth be told, a wild raining nor-easter with coastal surf spectacles and flood, and/or wind potentials on the coast et al, is all just as thrilling to me.  

[dendrite]

Still 2°. Another rough one for the chooks. 

[Layman]

-7.1 for the low this morning.  Up to 15 now.  Side by side was not interested in starting to help with trash duties.

[snowgeek]

-14.6F here in East Schodack, NY this morning. Coldest it’s been in years. Good news is that all of the renovations we did on this 200 year old house really kept in comfortable. Heat pump, insulation, wood stove. 80F in the house right now .


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[tamarack]

Last evening the temp was 7° colder than the same time the evening before, but today's -15 is only 1° colder than yesterday.  IZG hit -21 and we're usually right about the same.  Maybe I need to surrender my rad pit badge?
I think this winter may be a correction from the Jan-Feb distribution of the 2 previous.  Feb is still our snowiest month, but the gap is less than half what it was after 2022, as Jan 23+24 had 150% of its average while Feb had only 45% of its norm.  Now we need the usual (or better?) Feb to right the ship.

[WxWatcher007]

It may be hard to achieve, but if HFD can accomplish a high of 20 or lower today it’ll be the first time the area has had consecutive 20 or lower highs since mid-February 2015. My high was 18.7 yesterday. BDL last did it in 2019. 

[dendrite]

4 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

It may be hard to achieve, but if HFD can accomplish a high of 20 or lower today it’ll be the first time the area has had consecutive 20 or lower highs since mid-February 2015. My high was 18.7 yesterday. BDL last did it in 2019. 

Dec 17?