powderfreak

Well I was wrong. No fog and we are frosted hard. Grass frozen, roof tops white, cars frozen. Went out with the dog and that grass sure is crunchy! MVL 33/31 and the PWS a quarter mile from me is sitting 32F. Looks like it’s 39F up at 1500ft.

Ha yup, into the 30s at BML and HIE near you, too. Looks like Alex is 37F too. We are at 39F and the drop has really slowed down. I’m thinking 36-37F locally. We may mist/fog soon. SLK in the Adirondacks down to 32/28 already at 11pm. That’s crazy. Like frozen bird bath in the morning cold there.

The low lying areas along the river and swampy spots are starting to turn fast. I’ve actually noticed it seems like some of the highest elevations appear the slowest at this time, but that should change after these cold shots.

The local temp differences are wild on these nights. Dropping into the upper 30s and calm in the lowest elevations while literally a few hundred feet up is still mid-40s. You can actually see MVL runway in this upper left on RT 100, the ASOS usually runs pretty close to that nearest PWS.

41/39 and dead calm. It is straight cold out here taking the dog for her night walk. 49F with a breeze up at 1500ft. There‘a the difference between mixed mid-slope and calm valley bottom. Radiators mount up.

Still low color, seems normal for mid-September. Two more weeks should have this view jamming. There's always that one tree that gets the party started well before everyone else.

Interesting. Even really high cirrus seems to effect that outgoing radiation.

I saw a video a guy shot from his house after a fire in Oregon... somehow his house was completely untouched and his neighbors on both sides were leveled to the ground. His shed even got torched but by some matter of luck his house was completely fine. No thanks on forest fires, I’m good with 60mph winds being about the extent of damaging natural disasters around here.

Ha, on Boston craigslist with the VT unemployment numbers but struggling to hire. My wife manages the spa and tennis centers there. Nice property. 57/40 at MVL. Clear skies. I like a low of 36-37F with dense fog here. Fog will save us a frost but just above the fog layer will frost, maybe 900-1000ft.

It is borderline cold outside for September 14th at 3pm in the middle of the afternoon. Really don't want to turn the heat on later. We were just talking about wearing shorts with temps in the 50s? I went with shorts today and not sure it was the right choice. Up at 1,500ft we are holding at 51-52F and looks like down in town is mid/upper 50s.

Yeah I was thinking the 1st one might have been minor stroke or even a seizure that repeated itself later. “Serious medical episode” is usually something other than a broken bone. I’ve been alone on a chairlift with someone who started having a massive seizure and I had to pin them in the chair with all my weight...you never know when a “serious episode” will happen. They were unconscious and unresponsive the second half of the ride, 4-5 minutes of that feels like an eternity, I can’t imagine waiting for an hour or two for help.

Looks like they have friendly bears in Greenfield, Mass too... this video is absolutely crazy. Dude falls asleep by his pool and is woken up by a bear tapping his foot. https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/09/14/greenfield-bear-sleeping-matt-bete-video

59/51 at 7am this morning. 58/41 at noon with gusty NW flow. CAA at its finest. Seems to be off-setting any insolation so far and dews are plummeting. Midnight high temp of 65F.

Oh the difference is likely at least that much on most clear calm nights. At my house I can be up to 10 degrees lower than the base of the ski area at 1,500ft sometimes where it's almost always mixed at least a little with mid-slope climo. The inversion level is often right around 1,000-1,200ft. I'll leave in the morning and it could be 32F only to find it's 40F up there with a breeze. Then it'll be 60F there in the afternoon and 65F at my place. You can actually see it in the MVL/MPV normals around here... MVL is 700ft and MPV is almost 1,200ft but because the overnights on clear nights can be colder, the daily mean temperatures are pretty even. One site gets a degree or two lower for the mins and the other gets a degree or two lower on the maxes. Alex is still at just over 1,500ft so even his daytime temps stay pretty cool... he really found a cold spot there. Pretty crazy little microclimate.

Pretty strong ensemble support. That's a "shot across the bow" if we haven't seen one yet, ha.

Man, 6z GFS is real cold. 00z EURO also with a strong sub 0C 850mb shot too.

Either way, you can see how confused it is in Northeast and New England... supporting the idea that other factors matter more than ENSO, or at least that the signal is fairly muted and could go either way.

Busy day of rescues in the White Mountains yesterday... From NH Fish and Game: Two National Guard Helicopters Assist Fish & Game with Simultaneous Hiker Emergencies in the White Mountains Franconia - At 12:49 p.m. Saturday afternoon NH Fish and Game Conservation Officers were alerted to a hiker suffering from a medical emergency at the summit of Mount Lafayette in Franconia. Two phone calls had been placed to 911, one call went to Vermont 911 while the other ended up going to Maine 911. Both calls were eventually transferred to NH 911 when it was learned that the calling party was in New Hampshire. The calls were eventually dropped but it was learned that a nurse who was on scene had advised of a male who was suffering a serious medical episode. Calls to the reporting party went unanswered. It was decided that the caretaker at the AMC Greenleaf Hut would hike up to the summit to determine what was going on. As the caretaker was preparing to head to the summit the stricken man arrived at the Greenleaf Hut after being assisted by other hikers. Upon arrival at the hut the man suffered another medical episode. It was determined by other hikers who had medical training that it would not be safe for the man to continue down the trail without assistance. Greenleaf Hut is located about three miles from the trailhead and would have taken 7 or 8 hours for rescuers to respond and carry the hiker down. A call was placed to the NH Army National Guard to determine the possibility of a flight to Mount Lafayette, as their crews were already preparing to handle another medical emergency atop Mount Jefferson. By 3:00 p.m. two flight crews had been assembled and two separate Blackhawk helicopters were taking off from Concord responding to both emergencies in the White Mountains. At 3:30 PM the first Blackhawk arrived at Greenleaf Hut and lowered a medic by hoist. At 3:45 p.m. the hiker and medic were hoisted back into the helicopter. The hiker was flown to Concord Hospital for evaluation. The hiker, identified as 50-year-old Patrik Svenson of Needham, MA had departed earlier that day in an effort to complete the Falling Waters/Bridle Path Loop. He completed 4.9 miles of the 9 mile hike he had planned when the medical episode occurred while he was on the summit of 5,260 foot Mount Lafayette. Thompson & Meserve’s Purchase – A Massachusetts man died after suffering an unknown medical condition while summiting Mt. Jefferson on Saturday afternoon. Officials say that a 60-year-old hiker from Mashpee, MA was hiking in a small group when he suddenly collapsed just before 2:00 p.m. Several Good Samaritan hikers, many who were in the medical profession who witnessed the event immediately started CPR and called 911. Fish & Game Conservation Officers were alerted to the emergency and started the rescue response. Due to the nature of the medical emergency, air support was requested from the National Guard unit from Concord. They responded by scrambling a crew as quickly as possible, getting a Blackhawk helicopter in the air and flying north from Concord. At the same time they were requested for another emergency hiker call on the summit of Mt. Lafayette. Fair weather conditions and the seriousness of the hikers’ conditions played a major role in the use of air support during these rescues. The National Guard helicopter crew arrived on scene and was able to extract the hiker from the summit of Mt. Jefferson by hoisting him up into the aircraft using a winch; a manuever which did not require a landing. Unfortunately, despite all the exhaustive efforts by fellow hikers providing constant resuscitation for nearly 2 hours and the arrival of the National Guard helicopter, he did not survive. The hiker, whose name is being withheld pending notification to family members, was experienced and in good health prior to his collapse.

0.22” last 24 hours... still solidly less than a half an inch total this entire month. Almost unheard of here but September is a good time for San Diego weather.

Speaking of mowing, hats off to the guys who weed-wack the ski trails up here that are too steep to mow with a tractor. Just start at the top and walk down cutting everything to the same length.

Maybe some frost/freeze Monday night? “High pres directly overhead on Monday night and light winds/clear skies, expect areas of frost to develop, especially away from Lake Champlain. Frost/freeze headlines are likely for portions of the area with temps ranging from mid/upper 20s NEK/SLK to l/m 40s near Lake Champlain by Tues morning.”

Sounds like the lawn might be more important than drinking though... can always buy bottled water, ha.

Looks like we’ll pick up about two whole tenths of an inch of rain. Put that in the win column.

Hey it’s actually raining! It’s been a long time up here for this climate, feels like it’s been weeks.

Our country has been pretty disrespectful to many groups of people but yet demand they respect it...it’s a give and take, respect gets respect... but yes, to each their own. Clouding over, rain into BTV and a few sprinkles starting on the hill.