CapturedNature

Thanks...seems like such a long time ago.

lol...It's not an us vs them scenario.

7 here this morning.

There you go! No need to hide behind a glass window and look out. Just be glad you're alive!

Whatever outdoor activities folks have or what they would normally do.

Regression to the mean can be a bitch. Get out and enjoy it!

Yeah I don't think 6" will be widespread. It is a watch and at this lead time isn't a bad decision I think. They can always switch that to an advisory tomorrow.

Yeah, I think their reasoning in the discussion makes sense. The BOX forecast for me in northern Tolland County is 1-3" tomorrow afternoon and 3-5" tomorrow evening. That's 4-8". There's just as likely a chance for 4" as 8" and I think that's a reasonable call at this time considering there may be places over 6".

Try this link: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=8&scroll_zoom=true&center=42.08599350447723,-72.08129882812499&basemap=OpenStreetMap&boundaries=true,false,false&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=false&obs_density=1 It's centered over SNE but you can create links for any place based on the latitude/longitude and how far you want it zoomed.

That's my go-to product for temperature maps. That and the MRMS maps for radar, though I wish the latter included dual pol data. The NWS used to have a map like that with it but it went away.

LOL...you guys never would have survived the 80s and early 90s. This was basically every winter. Just enjoy what you have and you'll be fine.

I was just hopeful that before we start putting all time records in the books that there would be some kind of analysis to make sure it reflected reality. Do the guys checking the sensor also look at the siting for issues like you mentioned? My guess is that this is never going to be fixed. It's probably going to go the way of BDL in the early 90s. BDL used to radiate then better than it does now and I remember having discussions over a change that occurred and it's been that way for 25+ years.

With BOS setting a record monthly temp yesterday, does anyone know if that will finally get someone to look at the readings there?

I know it's December, but growing up I seem to recall every few years we'd have a toasty December day. I even recall in my 20s going out in Christmas shopping deliberately in my shorts with temps near 70. I think that day is still my warmest December day.

No different than a fake cold 32° and having to scrape your windshield. Seriously, congrats on the snow...it's always special to get hit like that. Happened to me once in the 90s.

http://www.nelsap.org/ct/ct.html

There's a lot more factors involved in that than just snowfall. Skiing and ski areas have just changed over the years.

It's over but it's not over? I don't understand this logic of tossing anything 300+ hours out but yet we know the details of an entire month ahead? I can tell you're in sales if you're trying to sell that logic. In terms of snowfall, I'm at 22.7" for the season. My 35 year normal to date is 14.8" so I'm already ahead 7.9". I only need 8.9" for the entire month to stay normal. I've received that in the vast majority of January's, including January 2012 so while it might not be a "normal" month (we still need to see), all is not lost for having a "normal" snow season.

That's awesome! Don't count it though. The goal posts moved so you can't count it unless it falls after the 20th.

Sleet counts as frozen by the standard.

I was visiting some of the woods I tap in the spring and drove by Bigelow Hollow - I saw several people ice fishing out there and that's just south of you.

Here in CT when the cable companies were running lines in the 80s they were forced to provide service to streets/towns in rural areas to avoid what happened in Mass. The cable companies were told that if they wanted to provide service to Town X, they had to also provide service to Town Y even if it only had a few hundred customers. The same thing happened in towns like Stafford where most people live in the center of town (Stafford Springs). If they wanted to provide service to Stafford Springs, they had to run lines down all roads in town. Now every town and road has Internet. I honestly don't know why Mass. didn't do that. It's not like these places are truly remote like in the High Plains or Rocky Mountains. In a lot of cases we're only talking about 10-20 miles.

How far is the nearest Internet? Can you create an air bridge from there? If the companies won;t run the backbone, that could be an alternative. You'd need a high spot on either end but you can go 20-30 miles between points. The best part is once you do that you can offer Internet service to everyone around the school. How abut cellular service? I think AT&T & Verizon have rural Internet service packages. It's more limited, but would give you Internet access. Even if the cellular signal is weak, you can use external antenna's to improve the signal.

I'd take this over the 75° Dp's any day. I can always add a layer and still do what I need to do when it's cold but there's nothing I can do over cooling off in that crap. 5° this morning...I love that squeaky sound snow makes when it's cold.

yeah, it was something I normally see around a frontal passage. I was just driving along and bam, dense fog and the temp dropped from 23-24 to 17. Once I was out of the fog it went back up. It's not normally like that either. Gotta live micro climates.