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11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I really don't give two shits about the console. I'm always looking at the data on the PC or online...not the console. But considering how much it's outdated, it really shouldn't cost as much as it does.

As for sensor specs, a Davis VP2 with FARS will blow all of those out of the water. They are long overdue for a VP3 though. I'd like to see them go a little higher end for their non all-in-1 unit line (VP2). The technology is out there for ultrasonic wind, weighing rain gauges (Davis actually has some patents out on this), visibility, etc.

The weather flow station Hazey referenced before is interesting. Claims it has no moving parts and uses an ultrasonic wind speed sensor and haptic rain gauge. 

http://weatherflow.com/smart-home-weather-stations/

19 minutes ago, Yukon Cornelius said:

Have you experienced the false lightening strike issue?  I’m looking to get a weather station and do like this one overall, but have read negative reviews about the lightening strike detector. 

They had issues with some when they first released it. It had something to do with the aspirating fan wiring routing. They caught the issue quickly and implemented the fix. If you got the early releases they were doing the wiring update and returning them quickly if you sent them the sensor. 

For the money its a great station. Mine has been working flawlessly for a few months now. I read on a weather station forum where people put them next to Davis units and plot the data on graphs. They were pretty much dead on with each other.

5 hours ago, Hazey said:

Speaking of weather stations, anyone have any thoughts on this product? I think it's relatively new.

http://weatherflow.com/smart-home-weather-stations/

I highly recommend Acurites new Atlas weather station. I have had mine for about 2 months now and love it. Its a big update from their popular pro 5 in 1 unit it replaced. The touch color display unit is awesome and can log data on a SD card. The Acurite ap is pretty solid and its simple to hook up to weather underground with rapid fire updates. For only $256 on Amazon you get the station, color display, lighting detector, and wireless hub. Another cool feature is the wireless hub can support a ton of different sensors. You can hook up soil temp probes, temp/humidty sensors, water leak sensors, etc.

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Wood burning stove weekends and oil weekdays ftw. 

Same here. When I am home the wood stove is going.  You must have a nice wood supply with all the tree damage up that way?

My moms natural gas bill was high this month. I looked into seeing why and checked the EIA natural gas chart for CT. Natural gas prices have doubled in price this year! Meanwhile heating oil is down to $2.38 a gallon on the New Haven area. Going to be an expensive winter for those with gas.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n3010ct3m.htm

Historic day in Massachusetts. 

LEICESTER -- Forget Black Friday. Today is Toke Tuesday.

Hundreds of mainly millennial weed lovers lined up before dawn on a country hillside in western Massachusetts in driving sleet and rain, pitching the Main Street of Leicester into gridlock as legalized recreational marijuana for the masses became a reality here and in Northampton.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2018/11/legalized_marijuana_recreational_pot_sales_draw_crowd_on_first_day?amp

3 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

I have.  Of course, maybe I replaced them with crappy ones.  I'll try again.

 

Thanks.

Spend the money and use lithium batteries. They are expensive but last for a really long time and are rated to -40. Alkaline just dont work well in the cold. 

10 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Not bad for mid-November...

What do they use to heat the walkways? That most cost a fortune to basically melt snow like that outside in Vermont. Lol. 

12 minutes ago, BombsAway1288 said:

Hopefully it won’t come back to bite them. NYC is an absolute mess right now that will make national headlines in the coming hours/days. People stuck in gridlock and not moving for 3-4 hours. The GW Bridge is basically closed and people are abandoning their cars and walking home across the bridge. Boston folk should be ok though as this is hitting after rush hour. In NYC it was the worst timing possible

Disaster in CT as well. Meritt Parkway closed in 5 different spots. 

Got bad real quick around here. Roads are a disaster. 

Wierd mix of ice pellets along the shoreline in the New Haven area. 

Just posted on social media.

Central and Western Mass people let me know when this is up and running. Congrats Northhampton for the firsr recreational Marijuana store east of Colorado.

https://www.westernmassnews.com/news/recreational-marijuana-shop-scheduled-to-open-in-northampton/article_95413458-e40f-11e8-abbe-2f7d59dd54a3.html

2 hours ago, MJOatleast7 said:

From the Aomori Snow Corridor (when it opens in April):

Footage of them clearing it . The snowblower is not very impressive...

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180329/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

Nice start out west.

Anyone been to the new MGM in Springfield? Thinking of checking it out today. Have to bring my wife to BDL so I will be right in the area.

Just bought the new Acurite atlas weather station. I had the 5 in 1 unit for years with no issues. Should get it next week. Looks like it has alot more features including a uv sensor. You can also mount the wind sensor 30 ft high off the main unit. Will report back when I get it set up. 

https://www.acurite.com/atlas-weather-station.html

9 hours ago, BombsAway1288 said:

Decent thunder and lightning made it to Eastie. Very strange with how cool it is. On another note, does anybody know why I can’t get the ASOS on my  wunderground map? Is it something in my settings or do they not have those ones anymore? I emailed them but didn’t receive a response 

I heard they removed them a while ago. I also read that wunderground is coming out with a whole new redesign of the wundermap soon. Maybe they will add them back. 

More info here.

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I think I'm done with Subaru.  I love the cars but they are money pits.

You probably had a pre 2011. They had major head gasket issues and needed the expensive timing belt maintenance done. 

The head gasket issue was resolved and they went over to timing chains that never need replacement on the engines around 2011-2012. 

3 hours ago, Whineminster said:

Subaru or Mitsubishi are pretty cheap for AWD

You can get a new Subaru Impreza for about 20k with 0.9 apr financing through Subaru. My wife bought hers last Jan. A solid cheap awd car with alot of features for the money and gets 36+ highway mpg. Subarus are also rated number 1 I believe in resale value. 

Im out in Estes Park Colorado for a wedding this weekend. So looking forward to this forecast. 

I am going to be in Colorado for a wedding starting next weekend and am staying for a week and a half. Anyone know CO? Think any ski areas will be open? Looks like they are going to get quite a bit snow.

Posted by NWS Boston

[September 30th, 1992: Trace of Snow in Worcester] Remarkable cold air invaded the region on this date back in 1992.  Worcester, MA had a low of 30 with the high only reaching 46. They also received a trace of snow, the only known occurrence in September for Worcester.