powderfreak

Dew points were low to mid 40s today it looked like. Very shallow cool air on the PWS map… several 41s locally in like the 750ft elevation area but then it’s 45-46F even by like 1,000-1,200ft. Summits around here upper 30s to low 40s. We’ll probably rot 39-42F the rest of the way tonight. Can usually radiate a bit below MMNV1’s summit temp this time of year… yielding upper 30s low locally if that forecast trick works out. I saw MVL already had 1/4sm visibility in fog… nothing like that yet here but can see suspended droplets in the lights when letting the dog out before bed.

41F crisp but starting to fog out. Some mist in the flood lights.

Frozen precip reported a half hour ago at the top of the mountain and we just had a burst of small hail or graupel at 1,500ft. I mean we are really reaching but it was frozen. The marginal cold pool aloft bringing down icy cores. I think it's more hail than graupel given max daytime heating and the radar signature.

Getting a nice mix of red and green right now. Not a lot of other colors.

Ha great image of today from BTV:

Can tell the cold season is coming.... there's some upslope precipitation into the Greens (this low level scan doesn't show that as well) but there's a Lake Champlain band that's been going south of the lake right down RT 7 in the valley. That cold north wind is enough to produce squally weather there in the flats SSE of the water.

After the past two days, I’m all set unless it’s going to snow. Let’s do sunshine and 60-75F for the next month. Hiking after work with the dog in 39-47F drizzle/mist from 5-7pm yesterday after work was less than enjoyable. Almost had to put a headlamp on too.

Beat me too it. That’s what I assume. Include winter water (that melts or leads to spring vegetation) and summer water to get a picture of how it influenced the environment? Especially out west with Mtn snows being a huge part of the following warm season water tables.

I was thinking stream flows and growing season for some reason. Like if I was monitoring for crops, I’d include cold season prior and that warm season? Restart it at the end of the growing season?

Chilly autumn evening. High terrain in the low 40s with lower spots of 1500ft and below 45-49F. Peaks upper 30s. It smells like fall outside, first woodsmoke smell of the year on the final dog walk of the night.

Hopefully Phin starting this thread brings the goods! No pressure bud, ha. Should at the very least get some rime icing above 4,500-5,000ft in the Adirondacks and Presidentials. 18z NAM came in warmer at 850mb so I doubt it’ll get low enough for the Greens. First snow shower obs of the season on MWN at 11:51am today.

Yeah I could definitely see that. I mean, without snow, life in New England in the cold season is dark, damp, and dreary. Having at least snow on the ground goes a long way to brightening things up. Especially without some weekly activity like skiing or snowmobiling to get some adrenaline and wintry views going. I can definitely see it… the 5-6 months of darkness for a few months of snow chances that could also just be a cold miserable rain. It’s not that hard to imagine why people move away for the winter in mid-latitude bands… either further north where that snow and pristine winter appeal is more of a guarantee, or down to like south of the Carolinas.

I’ve noticed the sunlight affects me more as I get older. I don’t think it’s the cold or warmth. It’s the light from 4:45am until 9:45pm vs 7am to 4pm that gets me. Weather I can go outside in anything, just give me light .

Not boring? Mount Washington's first snow shower of the season today, lol.

Winter ends March 1st too. No snowstorms after that? Just like no heat after Sept 1st? Right?

You would know more than me, but fall foliage to me doesn't really vary more than a week or so either way. It can start late but then it usually finishes within a week of normal.... or it can start early but still finishes up around the normal time. Like it really wants to find the average dates... which I tell people on the mountain is usually the end of the first week of October, and in town it's like October 10-15 time frame. Columbus Day weekend in mid-October is always busy with tourism traffic and is always too late for mountain foliage but under 1,000-1,500ft you can usually catch some straggling colors. But when folks throw out foliage as being either 2-3 weeks late or early, it is just simply hyperbole because that's like a peak in mid-September to Halloween on either end. It just doesn't happen.

lol wut? 2-3 weeks late is like a peak the 3rd week of October on the mountain and Halloween in town. Hyperbole.

42F and -RN in town. Wow this is a shock. Radiated to 37F but then clouds and no mixing has locked it into the valley. Clear cloud inversion layer around 1500ft. 42F and precipitating lightly is cold.

Quality control and only just finding that? . Gotta bust balls. The mapping gives a much better visualization though, I’m with you on that. Would be good to see a whole 6-months mapped out.

Ha I was going to say, you can tally all sorts of stuff for Cocorahs. They have water year summaries and stuff. You can find any date range you want.

I’ve actually never played the Mtn Course. But in all my years driving by it, seeing it, XC skiing it, etc I can only image how much ammo would be necessary. It’s basically if you don’t hit the fairway, you’ve lost your ball .

I love those days. Just constant rumbling.

Just the tips and only briefly.

Perfect day.

I agree, who am I kidding. It’ll be shorts and a hoodie at work in the 40s tomorrow lol.