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BrianW

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  1. Totals from NBC CT. Here's a look at the snowfall reports so far in the state: Scotland: 6.8 inches Tolland: 6.5 inches Colebrook: 6.0 inches New Fairfield: 5.8 inches Bridgeport: 5.5 inches Enfield: 5.5 inches Ivoryton: 5 inches Portland: 5 inches Watertown: 5 inches Ansonia: 4.7 inches Warren: 4.5 inches Wethersfield: 4.5 inches
  2. I was working on a house near Uconn yesterday and there was some pretty big ice just south of him when I drove by the Bolton Lakes where 384/44 meet. There was nothing in the lower elevations by Uconn.
  3. Roads are good up that way? Heading up to the hills today to work on a house near Uconn.
  4. 28 with a beautiful sunrise here on the CT shoreline.
  5. http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/ASOS/current.phtml?sortcol=ts&network=CT_ASOS&metar=no&sorder=asc&format=html
  6. 67 here in Branford. I think 70 might happen at HVN, BDR, and GON.
  7. My solar panels produced more this week then the entire month of Jan...
  8. 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..
  9. 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]
  10. 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
  11. 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/
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Looks like HVN and BDR both bottomed out at exactly -2.2. Record February low for both is -6 in 2016.
  16. 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.
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