We’re making a (small) move

Posted by admin January 2, 2009 (4 days ago) at 3:20 pm

Hey folks:

This blog is moving. Please visit us at our new home - just as easy to remember - www.weathernewengland.com.

All the items from here have been packed up - and we’re already posting at our new home.

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Arctic Blast for New Year

Posted by Tim Kelley January 1, 2009 (5 days ago) at 1:19 pm

Happy New Year from Vermont’s tallest Mountain.
The 4,393 foot summit of Mount Mansfield bottomed out at -14 January 1, 2009 at sunrise.
Great day to sleep late

It could be worse.. Mount Washington got to -25 with 130 mph.. Ouch

Forecasting weather is some tricky business. When I left work on Monday, it appeared that we would have a little snow Wednesday and a lotta snow Friday Saturday. We new it would be cold, but this cold??

Now we have 10″ new snow at home (south shore MA), and only 7″ since Monday here.
The Friday storm is a bust! The Wednesday storm rearranged the flow enough to keep southern moisture separate from northern energy, thereby cancelling the Nor’Easter. It hurts as a skier to hear, it hurts even more as a meteorologist to say.. I was wrong.
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Breaking News From Ski Country

Posted by Tim Kelley December 30, 2008 at 3:43 pm

My Favorite two words- ‘Powder Alert’ at Mount Mansfield Vermont.

The alert shows up on Stowe.com when ever the heavens open up with snow.
Even if I am not there, I get excited. Today though, I am there.. here, in Vermont

The FourRunner Quad opened at 7:30, I made the 7:43 Chair. Not too bad for driving up in the snow from Midnight to 2 AM.
Snow was blowing about 45 mph at the Base, while at the Top of The Quad, it was Less Windy.
The old snow is still 30″ deep, the 6″ of new snow adhered nicely to the old snow thanks to a gradual cooling Monday Night.

I had a Top Ten Ski Morning today.

The Glades below Rimrock were soft with plenty of Knee Shots. Lord, Sunrise, Standard all Great Groomed, with Machine and Natural Hybrid Soft Snow. Lower National, Groomed and soft with Freshies all Morning. I could go on..

So it is winter again.

Not all areas were this snowy, but the trend is for at least a little snow at just about every ski area in the Northeast.
Joe, Danielle, and Mark are handling the hard part. That is forecasting exactly where, when, and how much snow, is expected at your house.

I ‘ll keep you posted from here.

Tim

Sloshwicking at Sugarbush

Posted by Tim Kelley December 30, 2008 at 2:54 pm

Due to thaw we reached back for fun stuff from Sugarbush 50th Anniversary a couple weeks back.
Sloshwicking Race for first time since 1983. Thanks to Bob Hennessey for the Video.

From Freshies to Spring Skiing- The Downhill Lowdown

Posted by Tim Kelley December 27, 2008 at 10:56 am

Celebrate New Year’s Eve Skiing and Dancing to the McMurphy’s at Pat’s Peak New Hampshire

Downhill Lowdown- New England Snow Report

Posted by Tim Kelley December 24, 2008 at 7:49 am

Gand Opening Sunday River Chondola. Snow amounts fom weeekend storms, One to Three Feet!

“When I was a Boy, The Snow was So Deep”

Posted by Tim Kelley December 22, 2008 at 8:19 pm

We hear that line a lot.. that the snow seemed much deeper when we were little. Compared to how tall we were, the snow was much deeper! :). This young man may grow up to tell tales of Christmas 2008, as the Good Old Days. Thank you Kathy Fox, of Chelmsford Massachusetts, for sharing your Snowy Sunday Scene.

We are picking right up from our record snowfalls of last winter.
Here are some snow so far numbers, for our winter 2008/2009. Average winter snowfall on right.

Caribou Maine 49″…………………..111″
Bangor Maine 22″……………………71″
Portland Maine 26″ …………………71″
Concord New Hampshire 24″……..64″
Burlington Vermont 43″…………….78″
Boston Massachusetts 19″………..42″
Worcester Massachusetts 24″…….67″
Hartford Connecticut 16″……………49″
Bridgeport Connecticut 13″…………26″
Providence Rhode Island 15″………36″

3″ Snow Baton Rouge Louisana- 3″ Rain Boston MA

Posted by Tim Kelley December 11, 2008 at 9:24 pm

Thursday December 11, 2008 Snow fell in New Orleans Louisiana for the first time since 2004. Many records were set for early and deep snow in Texas and Louisiana. It appears that 8″ in Amite LA, where two roofs of businesses collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, received the most. Check this link to The National Weather Service for specific records.

Look at the snowman in Houston Texas! Mel and Santiago and Lilyann due dec. 28th by Mel Hayden Houston Chronicle Online.
In New England we have snow rain and ice. There are two kinds of ice Storms. Ice that bounces is sleet. Ice that falls as liquid then freezes on contact is Freezing Rain (Glaze). We have both bouncy and drippy tonight. Detailed nicely by Matt and Danielle below.
Damage Reports are coming in- Southern New England, Northern New England, Vermont

Warmer With Snow- Tracking 3 Day Storm. Rain/Ice/Snow

Posted by Tim Kelley December 9, 2008 at 7:32 pm

A warm front brought huge temperature jump with a bit of snow. This image from CrownofMaine.com of Presque Isle Maine Snowing 16 degrees 5 PM Tuesday. For most of New England our temperature warmed 40 degrees from zero and below at Sunrise to 40 degrees and higher at sunset. For the next three days we have a front oscillating north and south across our six states. This makes for a dizzying array of Rain/Ice/Snow/Wind into Friday.
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-25 Degrees, 122 mph. Cold even for Mount Washington

Posted by Tim Kelley December 8, 2008 at 9:30 pm

At 5:33 AM Monday December 8, 2008 the wind on Mount Washington NH gusted to 122 mph. The temperature had just bottomed out at -25.2 degrees Fahrenheit. That reading set the record for December 8, breaking the old record of -24 set December 8, 2002. If you have to ask what the wind chill was, you don’t want to know the answer.
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