HIPPYVALLEY

8 minutes ago, JC-CT said:

My little stream in back, which usually I can find a spot to walk across, is about 5' deep and over its banks by at least 3' on each side

Turn around, don’t drown! 

I don’t know what peak wind was because my anemometer is broken but it was enough to lift a 10 foot long piece of sheet metal off my woodpile.  That was with 2 10lb chunks of wood on it. 

57/56.  White Christmas but not a pretty one.  
should be just patches by afternoon.

Enjoy the day everyone! 

43/40 now.  -RA.   Basically no wind yet here. 

4 minutes ago, Dr. Dews said:

Merry Christmas, congrats all.

You would hate living in my neighborhood. 
 

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Yeah. Definitely getting windy. Lots of fog 

How warm are you?  Greenfield to Brattleboro corridor stuck in upper 30’s as we torch in every direction. 

15 minutes ago, crossbowftw3 said:

Perhaps so....something with the algorithm? I have seen this happen before, here’s an example from May. The areas shown weren’t reporting any form of returns. 

39/36.  -RA

1 minute ago, powderfreak said:

It was really inverted here for a while, the upper mountain was ripping south winds.  Even at 7am recorded wind gusts of 58mph and 53mph were seen by the Quad top and Gondola top stations.  Down below 2,500ft it was pretty much calm as the wind stayed up high.  This afternoon though it started breaking the inversion with a few gusts between periods of calm at 4pm down low at 1500ft.

Doubtful we can mix much destruction down to my 400’ locale.   I’m sure I will get woken up tonight by a few gusts that set the dog a barkin’. 
Congrats CT and RI on  the power outages. 

31 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You’re going to roar for a time 

Ya’ but mostly a few hundred feet above my house.  You are going to roar. 

10 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Hoping the winds are a dud 

They will be in WNE but you are in a good spot for some gusts. 

Just now, EJM said:

In Concord MA we managed to build this monstrosity (just snow, no supports). The arch inside was well over my head and I'm 6'2.

Probably not the best day to invest hours into a mega fort.

 

Awesomeness! 
 

#enjoywhenyoucan

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

34.1°

We pack

Some of us do...     Wedgies gonna’ wedge.

37/33

Down to 36° now...

We wedged. 
 

5 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Up to 48° now, light rain has started.

Well, 48° in downtown Greenfield but just got back to my house after some cheer with my work mates at the brewery and 38° at home FTW!

Up to 48° now, light rain has started.

5 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

Up to 58 here and the sun has faded behind the clouds.

Wow!  
43° in Greenfield

2 hours ago, Arnold214 said:

Wondering if the 18z HRRR has the right idea with gust speeds and general location of highest gusts. Seems reasonable for the most part.

That would be great and sort of how I thought it would go down on the MA/Vt border.  Others can have the wind love I’m fine with 25mph. 

19 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

should have gone chasing in NC tomorrow 

Quick drive on Christmas Eve I’m sure.  

2 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Lets just go all in . 

Safe bet with widespread wind events.  

Except for the highest elevations I think winds in Franklin County going to be quite manageable.  
Worst is South and East. 

15 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I'm doubting there is a way to track it, but have the last 10 years or so had more big wind events in SNE than usual?  Sure seems that way...

As far as my backyard goes I think the past few years have definitely been windier here based on number of trees and branches down. 

3 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I'm doubting there is a way to track it, but have the last 10 years or so had more big wind events in SNE than usual?  Sure seems that way...

He has been with Verizon for 18 years and said he has been much busier with overtime ever since the Springfield tornado in 2011. 
I take his opinion with the caveat that crews from pretty far away can get called in for fairly localized events so it’s difficult to speak for New England as a whole.  
He is stationed out of Haverhill and Boston which were not affected by the tornado yet he spent a week working down in that Wilbraham - Sturbridge corridor that got nailed. 

8 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

Are the smaller rivers and streams free flowing, ie no ice jam concerns. 2-4” of rain with melting pack presents hydro concerns alone

Local rivers have ice but not thick.  The issue will more or less just be the water in W NE. 
I would be concerned for places in S Vermont and E NY.