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

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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.

First Night New England Plenty Cold for Ice Sculptures

Posted by Tim Kelley December 29, 2008 at 8:47 pm

Donald Chapelle / Brilliant Ice Sculpture
The Ice Sculpture Artists like this weather, no melting from here to 2009!
If you are out and about, dress in layers. The sky should be clear. We will a few inches of fresh snow on the ground, with temperatures in the teens and single numbers on New Year’s Eve. The wind will be from the northwest 15-25 mph.

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

Record Warm Sunday, That means more Strong Wind.

Posted by Tim Kelley December 26, 2008 at 8:50 pm

Records to Beat Sunday, I believe many of our High Temperatures will be close to these.
Boston 63 1982
Worcester 61 1982
Caribou 47 1961
Bangor 52 1982
Portland 57 1949
Concord 62 1982
Mt.Washington 35 2003
Burlington VT 57 1982
Hartford 60 1949
Bridgeport 58 1949
Providence 60 1982
As the warm air arrives, wind may gust over 45 mph from the southwest Sunday, then shift and gust over 45 mph from the northwest Sunday Night.

“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″

Flash Freeze South- Blizzard North

Posted by Tim Kelley December 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm

Great cam selection at CrownOfMaine.com to look for Blizzard into Monday.
This image from Caribou, where we started at a Record Cold -25 degrees Fahrenheit. At 8 PM the redeveloping storm is deepening rapidly, the term ‘Bombogenisis’ describes how a meteorologist perceives the strengthening rate and power of today’s Nor’Easter. Another extreme event in the extraordinary start to winter 2008/2009 in North America.
What amazed me most today is how fast my front steps went from drippy to solid slick Ice. We are unable to open our back door. At 6 PM we were 42 degrees with moderate rain. At 7 PM we were 23 degrees with blowing snow. I thought I had prepared perfectly by shoveling away all the slush as the rain poured down during the afternoon. But we got a burst of sleet right at the end of the rain. This was just as the calm between east and west wind, blew away, with westerly gusts to 40 mph. That wind and rapidly dropping dew point as well, solidified all the H2O on the floor out the door. Rock salt (Ice Melt) is the only way to fix the steps. Or wait until the Wednesday warm up. As for the door handle? The sun may loosen that tomorrow, even though we have a frigid Monday.
Oh yeah, the streets are pure ice here in southeastern New England. Walking and driving should be done only using extra care.

Pretty Lights Somerset, Flickering Lights Cape Cod

Posted by Tim Kelley December 19, 2008 at 8:08 pm

Mikayla Smith says 8″ by 7 PM in Somerset Massachusetts. Thanks for Pretty Holiday Scene in Snow.
Just to the south and east, near the ocean, the weight of snow has caused tree damage with power outages. Here are links to snow amounts and damage reports from the National Weather Service. Western New England and Eastern New York. Southern New England. New Hampshire and Maine. NECN Newton MA 11 PM New Snow 9.8″, with 6″ at the S.Shore, the wind and snow has caused more damage than I anticipated. This is a rather extreme event with an Arctic Front (from Hudson Bay) Merging with the wave racing south of Nantucket (from Las Vegas), AND also a Lake Enhanced Snow Band (from Lake Ontario).. sending the temperature from 28 to 12 in Boston, as wind went from northeast to north around Midnight Friday. Wow!

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