HIPPYVALLEY

A moderate -NAO certainly can help produce a coastal crawler.

I just got back to Greenfield and streets are dicey at best. Sanders are out now so hopefully that takes care often

Black ice patches causing some major back ups on Rt 9 in Hadley.

Already a coating on the back roads in Amherst.

Snowing right now in Northampton.

I am out with 2 dogs several times a day in mixed terrain and have seen 2 ticks total since June after a horrific spring with multiple ticks per week. My entomologist friend at Umass feels like the dry start to summer followed by prolific moisture disrupted them somehow. The prolonged cold with bare, dry ground should also create some dents in the tick population.

Ran into Lurker tonight, encouraged him to cautiously get that knee out the on the slopes this season. He had the gleam in his eye. : )

Well, at least it's not a furnace.

Yeah, just need to figure out how to hack the other models on board but GFS was congrats NW MA. Ready for the snow now, finished stacking my back up cord from the fairy wood wookie. Already gone through a bit of wood with these temps.

There are people all over the ponds already.

Ice skating should be ideal this weekend!

4" black ice was the rule I grew up with.

Same. Loving the dry weather though.

Have not seen this kind of dry in a long, long time. Hate to say it but I'm all good with a period of no precipitation. It's been 6 months seen I've seen a forecast that was this dry. Overnight Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Calm wind. Thursday Increasing clouds, with a high near 37. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night Isolated snow showers between 10pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 24. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday Sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 8. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Saturday Sunny, with a high near 27. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 12. Light west wind. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 33. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Light west wind. Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Light north wind. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Light north wind. Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Light northwest wind. Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Light west wind. Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Light northwest wind.

We ingest these types of potential outcomes as part of our climo. in NE. This relatively calm period is a deviation from the action that is coming later.