BrianW

Looks like its going to be a fun commute for those up North.

28 with a beautiful sunrise here on the CT shoreline.

At least they got their record in.

http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/ASOS/current.phtml?sortcol=ts&network=CT_ASOS&metar=no&sorder=asc&format=html

GON 71

67 here in Branford. I think 70 might happen at HVN, BDR, and GON.

This thread...

My solar panels produced more this week then the entire month of Jan...

You really have to look at the shoreline stations like BDR, GON and HVN. Its been an absolute furnace down here. HVN has hit 50 or above 17 days since Jan 1st. With 2 highs of 62 in Jan/Feb Incredible. I volunteer for our local land trust and red maples and weeping willow trees will be leafed out in another week..

They can steer the balloons using altitude and upper level air currents. Google has a bunch of their Loon balloons that can be tracked on any ADS flight tracking software. I think the last balloon was at 60k in altitude. Loon deployed its high-altitude balloon network into the stratosphere, between altitudes of 18 km and 25 km. The company stated that the particular altitude and layer of the stratosphere is advantageous for the balloons because of its low wind speeds, which are usually recorded between 5 mph and 20 mph (10 km/h to 30 km/h). The layer is also an area of minimal turbulence. The company said it was able to model the seasonal, longitudinal and latitudinal wind speed variations, allowing them to adjust the placements of their balloons.[38] Loon claimed it could control the latitudinal and longitudinal position of its high-altitude balloons by changing their altitude. They did this by adjusting the volume and density of internal gas (which is composed of either helium, hydrogen or another lighter-than-air substance), which allowed the balloon's variable buoyancy system to control the altitude. Additionally, Google had indicated that the balloons were possibly constructed from materials like metalized Mylar, BoPET, or a highly flexible latex or rubber material, like chloroprene.[38]

I honestly don't know the person who makes them but everyone who has received one as a gift loved it. Someone originally gave me one and thats how I found about them. The ones of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire are really good. Read up on the website about them. The vintage ones of New England are cool as they are based on early 19th century USGS surveys. You really have to get the bigger 24 x 36 to get the full effect. It's only $65 shipped. They also have some local ones like this one of Lake Winnipesaukee from 1906. https://eastofnowhere.co/products/lake-winnipesaukee-nh-vintage-relief-map-1909

I bought a couple of these vintage shaded relief maps and they are pretty awesome. They are just flat paper 2d printed but look 3d when framed. Only $65 for a 24 x 36 and they have other states and maps available. https://eastofnowhere.co/

Already up to 57 here and places on LI and around NYC are already pretty much at 60. Uptons high of 60 is busting here hard. Maybe we can pull a 70.

Thanks. This site has the the correct lows and it appears to update around :51 or :53 as you talked about. http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/ASOS/current.phtml?sortcol=ts&network=CT_ASOS&metar=no&sorder=asc&format=html

I was going off this mesowest site. They have the low at -1.9. I just saw BDR snuck in that-4 at 630. They were pretty locked in at -2.2 with HVN for a long time. https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=Khvn&unit=0&timetype=LOCAL

Looks like HVN and BDR both bottomed out at exactly -2.2. Record February low for both is -6 in 2016.

Some impressive cold for the CT shoreline.

HVN's mean average January temperature was 41.4. Dulles in DC 42.3. Not that surprising though where a good portion of Southern CT is technically in climate zone 4 now based off the last 15 year temperature trends. DC is in zone 4.

It's going to be interesting to see how the power grid handles this cold shot. That one in December caused all kinds of issues. I think I remember reading something like 40 million gallons of fuel oil had to be used during that cold snap in New England. With diesel over $5 the costs are astronomical.

When I looked last week every CT station had record low heating degrees days for January. Here is BDL.

Locked for HVN as well with a+11 departure. 12 days above 50 and the coldest temp for the month was 27.

Look at these 2 inch soil temperatures. Just unbelievable warmth for January.

And drier....I guess we could dry out a bit. Hopefully the plants/trees can handle it. I swear some of my fruit trees are budding like it's late March. My strawberry plants have nice green leaves. Probably have to blanket everything, just to be safe. This winter.... 45 years living on the CT shoreline and have never seen such an early spring. Forysthiaa are already blooming here...

What a special winter for lawns. Just deep green grass all winter...