snowman21

Ten day still looked above average. Only one night with a low below the mid-40s.

35 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Putting on my tin-foil hat, 98.5 The Sports Hub is going off about the whistling before Astros hits last night and Dusty Baker wearing a smart watch. 

 

That's not the only tin foil hat excuse. During the game twitter was talking about Valdez touching something above his left eye every time he got a new baseball. As if umps aren't checking for substances. They just got beat plain and simple. The offense had been on a tear the last few weeks and was bound to go cold, and facing a junkballer and their second best pitcher on successive nights is a good catalyst for that.

5 minutes ago, BrianW said:

78 for the high. Still haven't been below 51 here. Everything is still green including the palms at a nearby bar on the shore. 

 

There are also some palms at The Pavilion on Soundview Beach and the New London City Dock Restaurant. I wonder where they go when it gets cold or where they even got them from.

10th, 50th, 90th percentiles for first 32F based on 1981-2010 normals:

HUL   ME  HOULTON AP                      SEP  2    SEP 17    OCT  1
BML   NH  BERLIN MUNI AP                  SEP  3    SEP 18    OCT  1
IZG   ME  FRYEBURG E SLOPES AP            SEP  8    SEP 24    OCT  5
CAR   ME  CARIBOU WFO                     SEP 12    SEP 26    OCT  8
FVE   ME  FRENCHVILLE AROOSTOOK AP        SEP 11    SEP 27    OCT  9
MPV   VT  MONTPELIER AP                   SEP 17    SEP 29    OCT 10
MVL   VT  MORRISVILLE STOWE STATE AP      SEP 14    SEP 29    OCT  9
CON   NH  CONCORD ASOS                    SEP 16    SEP 30    OCT  9
DDH   VT  BENNINGTON MORSE ST AP          SEP 19    OCT  1    OCT 13
AFN   NH  JAFFREY                         SEP 19    OCT  2    OCT 14
VSF   VT  SPRINGFIELD HARTNESS AP         SEP 22    OCT  2    OCT 13
ORE   MA  ORANGE MUNI AP                  SEP 22    OCT  3    OCT 14
MLT   ME  MILLINOCKET FAA AP              SEP 21    OCT  3    OCT 15
1V4   VT  SAINT JOHNSBURY                 SEP 23    OCT  3    OCT 12
BGR   ME  BANGOR AP                       SEP 23    OCT  4    OCT 16
PSF   MA  PITTSFIELD WB AP                SEP 22    OCT  4    OCT 17
AQW   MA  NORTH ADAMS                     SEP 25    OCT  5    OCT 18
LEB   NH  LEBANON MUNI AP                 SEP 25    OCT  5    OCT 15
IWI   ME  WISCASSET AP                    SEP 26    OCT  5    OCT 17
DAW   NH  ROCHESTER SKYHAVEN AP           SEP 23    OCT  5    OCT 17
GNR   ME  GREENVILLE MAINE FORESTRY SVC   SEP 24    OCT  6    OCT 20
BAF   MA  WESTFIELD 2 NE AP               SEP 26    OCT  6    OCT 19
BTV   VT  BURLINGTON WSO AP               SEP 28    OCT  8    OCT 20
TAN   MA  TAUNTON MUNI AP                 SEP 28    OCT  8    OCT 28
FIT   MA  FITCHBURG MUNI AP               SEP 29    OCT 10    OCT 25
PWM   ME  PORTLAND JETPORT                SEP 30    OCT 10    OCT 21
MVY   MA  VINEYARD HAVEN AP               SEP 26    OCT 10    OCT 30
IJD   CT  WILLIMANTIC WINDHAM AP          OCT  1    OCT 11    OCT 26
PYM   MA  PLYMOUTH MUNI AP                OCT  1    OCT 12    OCT 26
BVY   MA  BEVERLY MUNI AP                 OCT  1    OCT 12    OCT 26
DXR   CT  DANBURY MUNI AP                 OCT  1    OCT 13    OCT 28
BDL   CT  HARTFORD                        OCT  1    OCT 13    OCT 30
EWB   MA  NEW BEDFORD MUNI AP             OCT  1    OCT 13    OCT 28
BED   MA  BEDFORD HANSCOM FLD             OCT  1    OCT 14    OCT 31
AUG   ME  AUGUSTA FAA AP                  OCT  2    OCT 14    OCT 28
LWM   MA  LAWRENCE MUNI AP                OCT  2    OCT 14    OCT 29
MHT   NH  MANCHESTER AP                   OCT  3    OCT 14    OCT 30
MMK   CT  MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI AP         OCT  2    OCT 14    OCT 31
GYX   ME  GRAY                            OCT  3    OCT 16    OCT 30
ORH   MA  WORCESTER                       OCT  5    OCT 19    NOV  2
WST   RI  WESTERLY STATE AP               OCT  8    OCT 21    NOV  5
EPO   ME  EASTPORT                        OCT  7    OCT 21    NOV  3
MQE   MA  BLUE HILL                       OCT  8    OCT 22    NOV  5
HYA   MA  HYANNIS BARNSTABLE MUNI AP      OCT 10    OCT 24    NOV  9
NZW   MA  SOUTH WEYMOUTH NAS              OCT 10    OCT 25    NOV  8
GON   CT  GROTON NEW LONDON AP            OCT 11    OCT 25    NOV  9
PVD   RI  PROVIDENCE                      OCT 11    OCT 25    NOV  8
UUU   RI  NEWPORT STATE AP                OCT 17    NOV  1    NOV 16
CQX   MA  CHATHAM MUNI AP                 OCT 19    NOV  2    NOV 18
BDR   CT  BRIDGEPORT SIKORSKY AP          OCT 18    NOV  3    NOV 18
BOS   MA  BOSTON                          OCT 27    NOV  8    NOV 21
ACK   MA  NANTUCKET FAA AP                OCT 23    NOV  9    NOV 24
BID   RI  BLOCK ISLAND STATE AP           OCT 26    NOV 11    NOV 28
CHH   MA  CHATHAM                         NOV  1    NOV 15    NOV 29

27 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Not New England where we live . Who cares about The Dakotas 

For the purpose of watches and warnings, the season is over once you hit a certain date regardless of if it's really over.

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

No frost freezes north south into Nov. Insanity 

The growing season is over in much of the northern half of the country.

You guys know the state has hundreds of cameras set up all over where you can go and look live at the trees if you really want some ground truth. Here's a link to check them out for yourselves: https://cttravelsmart.org/cctv?start=0&length=10&order[i]=0&order[dir]=asc

2 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

My thing is I don’t think that is the biggest issue 

He pitched 5 innings many starts this year and was good when he came back . He had 7-8 K’s in Baltimore and was killing it ...then he slipped on mound and hasn’t had ability to locate since then And hasn’t pitched well to say the least .

I was hoping he'd come back a little stronger. Then you trade him in the off-season when he has value.

The upcoming cooler air mass is pretty average. A true cold blast this time of year would produce a morning with lows in the 20s all the way to the coast, and I'm not sure we'll even see widespread 30s to the coast in the next 7-10 days let alone a freeze.

32 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I didn’t see it . Was at the girls HS game vs Lewis Mills. What did he have? 
 

Monday night seems more like a valley deal .  Like Maple Hollow, IJD etc

Next Sat-Sun-Mon he has 44/56, 39/56, and 37/57. 37 at BDL will be a freeze in the better radiating spots NW/NE, and a frost across a lot of the interior.

8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Is it ever going to frost/ freeze this year? I mean nothing north to south thru Helloween even on Ginx charts 

Ryan's 10 day looks like next weekend will be the first legit shot at it. Wouldn't be surprised if some of the hill towns had frost Monday night though.

I wish it were in the 10s/20s right now. With +SN of course.

CT DMV is pretty nice now. Another good thing Gov. Lamont has quietly done after previous administrations fumbled time and time again. Can do most common stuff online, otherwise you make an appointment to go in person. I've heard mixed reviews about the appointments where some people say you're in and out at your designated time slot, and others have said they still had to wait 45 minutes to be seen. Have to admit being able to go online and in 3 minutes renew my license was pretty slick. $72 and 4 days later I had a brand new license good for the next 6 years in my mailbox.

Next ten days in general look AN. Maybe Monday clocks in a few degrees below.

The only thing Biden has done so far is give (some of) us $1400 checks 10 months ago. Seems pretty unlikely that was the straw that broke the labor market and caused all this inflation.

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

Another Govt **** up placing 33 hours as when employers need to offer health care. Employers play that game everywhere. Obviously small businesses can't afford it but there needs to be a universal solution for working people based on income. The affordable care act isn't affordable if you make over 35k a year. It's a joke 

The ACA was dramatically watered down to get it to pass Congress. It was never going to be the end all be all, just the starting point. Most first world nations have universal health care coverage for everyone. No more making mom and pop offer insurance or play games with hours or force people into bankruptcy to cover a medical emergency or forcing people to stay in a bad job because their health care for them and their kids is chained to it. We can't even get lower drug prices on par with our peers because the people in our government have all been bought off. The best investment corporations have ever made was in our Congress.

1 minute ago, forkyfork said:

do you really think they're getting 40 hour weeks 

Only if you include the hours they drive for Door Dash and Uber. I wonder if the pizza place offers health insurance?

7 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

So it's not capitalism that is failing as Forks says it's socialism?  You obviously don't understand how capitalistic societies also can help the underprivileged members by enabling them to move upward through job training, financial assistance while times are tough. Welfare was not created to be a lifelong job it was created to assist until people could get back on their feet. What we need is more opportunities for the downtrodden. But we also need motivation to work not just handing out money, there has to be a string attached. 

Nearly every economy on earth is a mix of socialism and capitalism. We are not unique other than the fact that corruption and bribery of government officials is legal here while in most other countries it is not. Until you fix that things are going to continue to spiral downward.

All of this is sleepy Joe Byden's fault ! This administration is just two weeks into its first fiscal year and already having all this inflation from trillion dollar infrastructure packages and labor shortages because of vaccine mandates that don't yet exist.

The U.S. already has socialism. Almost every country on earth does. I guess Americans just don't work as hard as our peers in other first world countries that have a substantially better quality of life. Get back to the fields and mines you lazy Americans ! Time to bring China's 996 work week to America.

All the cold is out west for now. Blizzard and winter storm warnings to freeze warnings in effect from the Canadian border all the way down to Mexico.

19 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Looks like some solid cold in a week or so.

I'd say it's more normal rather than cold. Next week normals are MU30s/U50s in the hills to 40-45/60-65 rest of state.

9 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

Interesting about the growing season will be officially over.  I never thought of that but even if we got there I feel they should issue a frost/freeze since although the farming growing season will be over many people keep houseplants out.  I had envisioned that once we get later in the season than this when the first cold snap comes they will have to issue a warning  from the Canadian border to the South Coast of New England, basically all of New England at one time.

I don't know what the rule is, but it happens every now and again where you'll never see a frost/freeze advisory/warning even if it's the first one, and the discussion always refers to the growing season being over even if not in reality. I'm not sure what cut off they use though for when they end the growing season. I doubt it's the 50th percentile (average) date, so maybe they take the 75th or 90th percentile date and call the season over at that point meaning no need to issue any sort of advisories.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

36 counts as a frost?

I mean you have to pick a 2m temp threshold since actual frosts aren't tracked officially. I guess 36F at 2m means a few degrees colder at ground level where plants might be? I've always assumed the 36/32/28 thresholds for which they publish normals were the frost/freeze/hard freeze thresholds for climate tracking purposes and weren't just randomly selected temp thresholds.

20 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

Question....  has any "official" reporting station in New England or for that matter the Northeast reported a 32F for a low yet.  I know a few weather stations like Alex's  31.9F have had a touch of frost but anything official?

 

CAR had their first frost (36F or lower) on 9/29, and CON had theirs on 10/1, but no freezes yet. Gonna be an easy frost/freeze program this year for the New England WFOs because by the time we have first frosts and freezes the growing season will officially be over. After this week all but 4 of the 22 climo sites in CT that have published frost/freeze normals will be past their average first freeze date, so I imagine northern New England is weeks behind schedule.