BrianW

Ripping in Narragansett. https://www.georgesofgalilee.com/sky-cam/

Warm night at BDR. Spent most of the night at 28.

New Haven Harbor has a ton of ice. I think 2012/2013 was the last time it happened. There are stories that in the winter of 1934 they drove cars and trucks across the ice was so thick.

Yeah. I remember the thermometer in my car reading-25 one morning.

I think you were up in BTV back in the early 2000's? I spent a few years up there when my wife was finishing up school at UVM. I remember this January cold shot of yore..

You can really see it increasing on my small 1.2 kw solar array facing due south in full sun all day....

BDR'S reports come up as Official NWS Obs. I assume that means they have an observer on site? Seems they have a good observer as I work in the area all the time and they seem spot on.

Nice 27 degree rise here in Branford.

Mid to upper 20's here around HVN.

Cold has been pretty tame here on the shoreline. BDR has 2 single digits lows this month. Looks like they hit 9 this morning for a low.

Lots of people caught with their pants down with empty oil tanks and a surge in heating oil spot prices around here. Jumped like a dollar or more in the last week around New Haven. Hearing there is huge waits for deliveries.

13 inches Branford.

BDR reported 13 at 4.

Always interesting to look at the ISO New England electricity grid data during these cold shots. Looks like New England will be burning millions of gallons of oil for power generation for the next week or so. Natural gas gets priority for heating and we fire up all the peak oil power stations due to pipeline constraints. Electricity is almost $1000 mwh right now. It usually around $25-50. https://www.iso-ne.com/