Looking at the January temps BTV finished -6.9° with and average temp of 14°. MPV was -2.6° but also averaged 14°. MVL finished -6.1° with an average of 9.6°. January was cold. Unlike Tamarack and Gene, I hit 41° on 01/01.
There were reports that he was due a $15 million payout if he was still active on Feb. 4. I guess it was a deferred part of his signing bonus. I wonder if he negotiated a lower payout?
Doesn't seem like they are. Sometimes they mention the weighting they give various models in the forecaster's discussion but it's not in there this morning
This is a pretty much a dedicated down hill thread but there is a good story in the paper today on Bill Koch, Vermont native and the first American to win an Olympic medal for cross country skiing.
https://vtdigger.org/2022/01/31/olympian-bill-koch-is-an-american-revolutionary-hed-rather-not-talk-about-it/
Breaking point was that January a couple of years ago (2015?) when we had below normal temps, above normal precip and below normal snow. Every event that month seemed perfectly timed to screw us.
Hard pressed to think of a better NFL postseason, especially from a neutral’s standpoint. So many close, exciting games. I hope it holds through the SB, though history suggests it won’t.
Not only that but from a pure business perspective, a snowstorm in the population centers is just about as good as one up here. Would we have liked to have shared in the fun, of course but we currently have enough for winter outdoor activities so it’s not the end of the world.
I’ve actually got a BTV NWS employee living not too far away. I usually check their total in the PNS to make sure I’m not too far out of whack. I’m usually within half an inch or so.
There were a couple of runs but nothing serious. BTV was thinking 1”-3” and even bumped it up to 2”-5” for eastern VT after that really zonked run but you’re right, this one was never really for us.