Great Snow 1717

Just now, CoastalWx said:

I thought maybe a month or two ago? I'd have to ask the forecaster. 

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

I thought maybe a month or two ago? I'd have to ask the forecaster. 

If my memory is serving me well I think that site was knocked offline during one of the storms that occurred in March. Since then I've noticed the temp has run even warmer. It's been  a "hot" site for years but I'm wondering if the site occurred some damage during the series of storms in March. And I also think the site was knocked offline during the storm at the end of October.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

We reported it to BOX and they claim nothing is wrong. Good response. 

How long ago did you report it to Box? My area radiates very well  I live on a circle in Methuen but there is a lot of open land that surrounds my neighborhood. There are open fields and farmland to my W/NW/N

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

LWM runs too warm. I don't think that is debatable. They are on a bit of a hill, but the temps also stick out during the day. At one point this winter, they were warmer than BOS in a CAD situation, which was completely ridiculous. 

I agree. I've seen the temp there be in the upper 30's in CAD situations but at my home it will be in the upper 20's or around freezing. And there will be snow/sleet/freezing rain falling in those situations. I have  reported the issue to the NWS on a number of occasions. A few years ago someone at NWS told me they do not have much confidence in the data from LWM.

16 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

Looks like they had 3 lows below 0 (though one of them was a cheap midnight low)....but I agree it looks kind of suspicious given that BVY on the water had 4 and BED to the southwest had 6...and the other two had mins lower than LWM. BVY shouldn't be going lower....maybe BED if they radiated better, but even on the non-rad nights, they were getting a lot lower.

Your suspicion is well justified. The temps there have been off for many years. Today the morning low was 57 with a dew point low of 44. Compare that reading to other reports across EMA. 

19 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Change KLWM to KCNN?

If my memory is serving me well there was only one "official" below zero reading at LWM during the severe cold outbreak during late December into January. The temps there have been off for years.

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Lawrence laughs at Methuen.

Yeah and I'm laughing at those temps. I actually do not live all that far from the airport. The temps at the airport  have run on the high side for years especially so during the summer and winter months.  As does  the precip report during storms. I can't even begin to tell you how many times the report reads rain when it has actually been snowing. I wouldn't trust that site for reports. Someone long ago should have taken a look at what is causing the false readings out of that site.

9 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Would be nice instesd of your "opinion" you back up your original statement that this was the worst combination of HHH in SNE history. 2013 was worse based on quantitative analysis. Good luck on next week being worse than last for HHH for a week, until then enjoy the COC weekend 

I agree with you. This heatwave was not a widespread historic heatwave. In Methuen there were 2 days that held in the 80's.

13 minutes ago, sbos_wx said:

Is it winter yet? 

My exact sentiments. 

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

A list of some records with this latest heat wave.

Another one I didn't know was that BTV's 6 straight days of 90F or greater tied their 2nd longest streak since 1883.

Mount Mansfield hit the record max of 84F twice.

A more global story

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/red-hot-planet-all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-the-world-during-the-past-week/ar-AAzxdnO?ocid=spartanntp

17 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

 The 5 minutes of rain today was a little disappointing.

I agree. The ground has gone from beyond being saturated to bone dry. Some cities and towns have already implemented watering restrictions. 

5 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I think moderate el nino is the ceiling....strong was never on the radar imo....warm neutral floor.

Ray,

 I do think there is a good chance of a moderate El Nino. Hopefully it doesn't evolve into a strong one.

3 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Those UL heights in NNE and SE Canada are already pretty impressive, and have started to trend back towards building positive UL height anomalies into most of NNE through tomorrow.

So at this point in time where do you think the storm could potentially track? Do you have any thoughts on the Atlantic hurricane season?

Just now, jbenedet said:

We'll see what a June sun along the east coast and GOM moisture via latent heat release can do to build that UL downstream ridge. I'd want hedge closer to the coast with the track based on these two conditions. Still very interesting for the Cape and downeast ME.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if you are correct.

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Thank you. She's gone off the deep end I think 

Once again you resort to some form of name calling by using "she" in reference to me. It goes hand in hand with you referring to other  people on the forum as being sick or freaks when they do not agree with your warped views regarding the weather.  It's pretty typical for someone who is in jr high but not typical for an adult.

Now please provide any links to any mets who have compared 2017 to 1816. If such links even existed you would have long ago provided them.

26 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

you can't 'win' this discussion

He has an insatiable desire to be right 100 percent of the time.

Just now, ineedsnow said:

6z gfs trending back west.. Huge shift from 0z hoping it continues at 12z

Can't be!!.....I don't believe it. The GOD of all weather has proclaimed it as a miss to the right.  Perhaps it's a Tanaka storm??.....similar to missing in the strike zone and allowing 3 HR's????

Just now, ineedsnow said:

6z gfs trending back west.. Huge shift from 0z hoping it continues at 12z

Can't be!!.....I don't believe it. The GOD of all weather has proclaimed it as a miss to the right.  Perhaps it's a Tanaka storm??.....similar to missing in the strike zone and allowing 3 HR's????

10 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

The mets that have been talking about that on Twitter FTL. 1717 in tears

You have had a week or so to provide links to any met who is seriously mentioning 2017 as a legitimate comparison to 1816. In other words you have had more than ample time to provide a link..a twitter handle...a FB page. a website..anything at all, but yet you have failed to provide anything to substantiate your claim. And by the way "mets" is plural so please provide 2 or more "mets" who have mentioned 1816 in regards to 2017.

What has occurred this spring has happened before in SNE What happened in 1816 was an extreme event and not just for SNE. Plain and simple there is no comparison to 1816 nor will there be. And everyone here but you realizes it.

Once again, please provide the links to the mets who are comparing 2017 to the summer of 1816. Thank you

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I wonder how Kevin would've posted during 1816. Do you cheer on flurries in June and frost in July or stick with summer all the way? Tough call. 

A more important question to ask is "would he have installed" ????

4 minutes ago, tamarack said:

For next year - Tambora erupted in 1815.

The dust from Tambora is just now settling over Tolland........it's why the 4th of July soccer tourney is being renamed to  The Tambora Invitational at Mt Tolland. The pre tourney favorites are the "High Dews"....naturally they are from Mt Tolland. They winners will split a check for $1816.00.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

But it's continuing thru June too. We're seeing mets mentioning 1816 now

Provide the links to any so called "mets" who are mentioning 1816.....and Wally in the 8th grade earth science class at Tolland JR High doesn't count.

Plain and simple there isn't any comparison to 1816.