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We just had a heavy rain shower with either small hail or graupel.  No thunder or wind.  Would today's "ice pellets" be considered as hail?  It's 48F but has been snowing today above 3750 in the Whites

Moderate to heavy rain 43F  

48f Moderate shower with lots of graupel 

2.20" here.  Lots of flooded roads around.  Greenup is just starting in earnest.  First dandelions today too.

44F  Light rain.  As of 4pm it is snowing above 3500 in the Whites.  

Looking at the Waterville NH webcam at 3500 feet it is snowing pretty good right now.

Snowy morning in the Whites above about 3000 feet.  Below is a shot from the Waterville Valley cam.  It is at 3500 feet

45F  Moderate rain showers with drizzle in between.  Yet these are low clouds and I can see blue patches between the stratus with the sun coming out while it is raining.  The sun is so strong I'm getting ground fog like in winter over snow in a humid airmass.  Kind of unusual.

About .35" since last evening and 2.45" for the whole event

Going back to the Aurora,  the big event in 2003?  I was up here.  Digital photography just begining.  With the naked eye it was awe inspiring.  Extremely noticeable.  Everyone was taking about it.  So, yes it can be that bright.  Last night was so exasperating for me as I like Astronomy.  Even the best Aurora can't compare to a full total eclipse.

56 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

was that witnessed by unaided eye, though?

... with camera tech the way it is, and pervasive these days, ... these auroras are photoed by way of timed exposures, that are then rendered to Twitter and other social media platforms under the auspices of, 'look what I saw last night' - leaving the part out that they could not have "seen" anything without these devices.

I rarely see a disclaimer or any comment at all really that says, 'I am not actually worthy of the center of attention I'm seeking, because I could not have seen this without high tech assistance' 

lol.  No but these long exposures can "see" auroras that glancing at the nocturnal firmament alone more commonly cannot detect.

You are spot on.  It seems these days everyone uses either time exposures or some post processing.  It is very hard to know what you would see just looking up at the sky.  In general photography is blurring into art a bit.  The picture from Cromwell had to be one of these.  That bright patch could never be that white.

From what I understand there is an amazing geomagnetic storm hitting the Earth right now. Aurora's can be seen way south. Of course it's cloudy. Kp index 7.7

38.7F  Moderate rain  About 1.5"

Trivia...   Who was famous for saying we are in the Wheel of Misfortune?

38.8F  Moderate rain.  A little over 1"

GFS very bullish.  I need a few more inches to hit 100".  Still 100% bare trees up here

23 hours ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

You mean its still a thing?

My sister in law and her 2 children have Covid right now.  Kids are fine but sister in law is really sick.  I thought it had gone away

37.8F  Light snow shower.  First forsythia's in bloom in my hood, snow pile down to 2 feet next to north facing part of the house.  

80.5F  Ice out in my pond today.  Big snow melt in the woods too.  

Just now, weathafella said:

BOS had 96% but ACK was total.  I remember it got darker but seeing the total In 2017 made me realize there’s no comparison.   That one was hyped but 2024 has a wider totality and longer duration at the peak location.

I went to Aruba in the 90s.  Todd Gross and family flew down too.  Jerry, you are so right.  You HAVE to be in the path of totality.  Even if you are at 99% there is still too much light.  The 2024 eclipse has a wider path, thus darker at the centerline and longer.  The West coast of Mexico has the best chance of clear skies but in the US Texas is the place to go.  I will just watch the weather leading up to it and will drive anyplace in the Northeast that looks good. 

40 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Last half dozen years have included 4 or 5 total lunar eclipses, none of which were visible here, thanks to clouds.  Also, my Sundays are spoken for. 

It falls on a Monday.  Trust me,  if it looks like a chance to be clear drive to get into totality

3 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

You going to the primo spot to see it? I'm considering going, going to try and talk the wife into a few days up north.

I went to Aruba back in the 90's to see one.  It is something you absolutely will never forget.  We were on the beach with hundreds of others.  The shadow comes across the sky and it goes dark and the stars come out.  Even people that are not into this kind of thing were blown away.  

5 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

An April eclipse in New England. What could go wrong?

"You flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia to see a total eclipse of the sun".  I believe March 1970. 

Mark your calendar and put in for a vacation day now.  The astronomical event of a lifetime is coming to New England a year from today. (April 8 2024) A total eclipse of the sun. The path of totality passes through NNE.  I saw one in Aruba many years ago and it is something you will always remember.  Fingers crossed the weather is as good as today.

If only we can have this weather one year from today!  Astronomical event of a lifetime coming.  Mark the date and put in for a vacation day now.  A total eclipse of the sun is something you will never forget.  Trust me.

B   Started with 19" in one storm in December.  Then the warm January.  Winter came back and ended up with 98" of snow.   I estimate my average is 85"

On 4/5/2023 at 6:40 PM, Whineminster said:

How did you pan out? 

Just very light icing. Although it was cold we didn't have much QPF. 

1pm and only up to 41F.  Coating of ice last night.