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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Weekly Weather Word Contest, winner for week of December 15-19, 2008

Posted by Matt Noyes December 22, 2008 at 9:46 am

The Weekly Weather Word Contest featured a wonderful surprise for the winner this week. Announced a day delayed from the normal Friday winning announcement (due to the big storm last week), a fifth grade student at the Merrymount School in Quincy, MA, took home the top spot in the votes by our panel of judges. What a surprise his family was in for when they found out they’ll be able to dine off the fruits of their son’s labor! BOKX 109 American Prime Steakhouse in Newton, MA, generously volunteered a $100 gift certificate to this week’s winner of the contest!

Located in Hotel Indigo, BOKX 109 is Newton’s newest gem - open seven days a week and located just off the Grove Street exit of Route 128. See their website for more on the restaurant, a big thank you for their generosity, and a huge congrats to our winner! Please note that the Weather Word contest will take a brief break for the holiday, with a new word returning at 6:51 AM on January 5, 2009! Happy New Year, everyone!

Weekly Weather Word Contest, winner for week of December 8-12, 2008 and new word for week of December 15

Posted by Matt Noyes December 15, 2008 at 9:44 am

Last week’s announcement of a winner was delayed due to the Great Ice Storm of 2008, but the Weekly Weather Word Contest was back on track this morning, making up for lost time. The winner for the word “sprightly” was announced - and was a fifth grader, at that! How about the new word? Watch the video to find out and submit your own entry to this week’s contest!

Weekly Weather Word Contest - New word of the week, week of December 8, 2008

Posted by Matt Noyes December 8, 2008 at 10:47 am

It’s time for another challenge in the Weekly Weather Word contest, and this one seems appropriate for the Holiday Season! So, get your dictionary out if you need a refresher on the definition, but your challenge is the same as it’s always been - to craft your own, creative, weather-related sentence and submit it to the contest. Entries should include your name, address and phone number (so we can ship your prize package to you, should you be the week’s winner) and can be sent to weatherword@necn.com.

Weekly Weather Word Contest winner, Week of December 1-5, 2008

Posted by Matt Noyes December 5, 2008 at 10:05 am

This week’s word was “hypaethral” and it was a tough battle for the top spot! Our multi-person panel of judges always takes a pure democratic vote to determine the winner, and this week was a battle! In the end, our winner hails from the island of Martha’s Vineyard, squeezing out one more vote than the nearest competitor!

Weekly Weather Word Contest - Winner for the week of November 24-28, 2008, and new word for week of December 1, 2008!

Posted by Matt Noyes December 1, 2008 at 9:46 am

It was a much-anticipated announcement of the winning sentence for the Weekly Weather Word Contest - you’ll remember that Todd English’s Bonfire Steakhouse at Park Plaza in Boston generously donated a dinner for two! Adjacent to the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, the South American inspired restaurant has an open-view kitched where food is prepared over an open flame, and the kitchen is a fusion of an American steak house with a Latin flavor. So who’ll be enjoying excellence in dining? View the video to find out - and get the new word of the week. Make sure to enter this week’s contest and show New England what you’re made of - the winner will be announced on Friday morning at 6:51 AM on NECN!

Weak Front- Heavy Precipitaion- Blame Cyclogenesis

Posted by Tim Kelley November 28, 2008 at 9:10 pm

Caution, wet roads are turning icy.. again.. tonight. Rapid cooling is resulting in Black Ice. This will be the case through Saturday Sunrise.

Where were you when the front went by Wednesday? From Eastern Massachusetts to much of Maine, this was more than a weak cold front. This statement from..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME..
THE CITIES OF…ELLSWORTH…BAR HARBOR…BLUE HILL…
EASTPORT…MACHIAS…CHERRYFIELD
705 PM EST FRI NOV 28 2008
…ISOLATED RUMBLES OF THUNDER CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF
COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE UNTIL 9 PM EST…
DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE COASTAL WATERS. IN ADDITION TO THE
THUNDER…BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY STORM.
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Weekly Weather Word Contest - New word, week of November 24, 2008

Posted by Matt Noyes November 24, 2008 at 2:33 pm

‘Tis the season for giving, and Todd English’s Bonfire Steakhouse has jumped right on-board! This South American inspired restaurant has an open-view kitched where food is prepared over an open flame, and the kitchen is a fusion of an American steak house with a Latin flavor. Now, you have the opportunity to walk away with a gift certificate for a dinner for two!

The lucky winner of this week’s Weekly Weather Word Contest will take home the prize. The challenge? The same as it’s always been! Write your own creative, weather-related sentence, using the word of the week! Enter via email by sending the sentence, along with your name, address and phone number, to weatherword@necn.com! What is the new word of the week? View the video to see! Though our winner is usually announced on Friday morning, this week you have a full week to enter (due to Thanksgiving) and tune into NECN at 6:51 AM on Monday to see if you won!

Weekly Weather Word Contest winner - Week of November 17-21, 2008

Posted by Matt Noyes November 21, 2008 at 11:27 am

You’ll remember that a terrific prize package was on the line this week…

Twig Flowers, with two locations in Boston - on Dartmouth Street and Tremont Street - has donated a generous 100 dollar gift certificate for the winner to enjoy. Twig delivers to most locations in Massachusetts, and can be found on the web at www.twigboston.com. Orders can be placed online!

So who won? Check it out! AND…wait until you see next week’s prize package with another very generous prize, donated by another local, big-name business! Think, Todd English…and tune in Monday morning at 6:51 AM on NECN for all the details!

Weekly Weather Word contest - New word - Week of November 17, 2008

Posted by Matt Noyes November 17, 2008 at 10:48 am

WOW! We’ve been very fortunate to receive some terrific donations lately to the prize package for the Weekly Weather Word contest. The contest has been going over 5 years now, and continues to bring a fun challenge for kids and adults to come up with your best, most creative, weather-related sentence using the word of the week, and enter the weekly contest! Our multi-person panel of judges picks the favorite sentence (by democratic vote, of course!), and this week the pressure is on - for authors and judges, alike, because the prize package is terrific!

Twig Flowers, with two locations in Boston - on Dartmouth Street and Tremont Street - has donated a generous 100 dollar gift certificate for the winner to enjoy. Twig delivers to most locations in Massachusetts, and can be found on the web at www.twigboston.com. Orders can be placed online!

Thanks to Twig Flowers…and good luck to our contest participants!

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