Long lasting intense Cold for New England

[ORH_wxman]

26 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Holy sh*t.  I had no idea the bays froze like that, especially with the wave action.  That had to be cold.

Boston harbor looked like that in 2015. 

[DavisStraight]

I think it was back in 2005, I had some work on the cape and the bay was frozen as far as I could see. I'd be leery of walking on frozen salt water with underneath wave action.

[Ginx snewx]

-21 at 1000pm Cupsuptic Maine, damn

http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=RA006&unit=0&timetype=LOCAL

[dendrite]

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Dec 1918 Gloucester bay

That has to be Dec 1917 or Jan 1918.

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Holy sh*t.  I had no idea the bays froze like that, especially with the wave action.  That had to be cold.

LI sound has frozen from CT to LI, there was a 15 mile bridge to ACK  from Mass in 1918

[dendrite]

It feels weird outside right now. I can't recall the last time it felt this raw with a temp below 0F. It was spitting clear sky flurries most of the evening with relative humidities much higher than you typically see around here with these temps. If we could get another 15F colder I think we'd be primed for some IC in the valleys.

[Ginx snewx]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

That has to be Dec 1917 or Jan 1918.

Yea duh Jan 1918 my bad

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, dendrite said:

It feels weird outside right now. I can't recall the last time it felt this raw with a temp below 0F. It was spitting clear sky flurries most of the evening with relative humidities much higher than you typically see around here with these temps. If we could get another 15F colder I think we'd be primed for some IC in the valleys.

Those soundings I printed out for next week were saturated from the surface to 600 mb with temps -25 and below and mean RH of 98% 

[eekuasepinniW]

LCI is -3 with a southwest wind and I'm perfectly calm and 1.1

I don't know how to do radiational cooling very well at all.

[tunafish]

Parts of Casco Bay already frozen.  Another 7-10 days of this and the ferry routes will start to close. 

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Yea duh Jan 1918 my bad

That was some man cold.

CON
12/26  19   1
12/27  10 -13
12/28  31  -6
12/29  -5 -14
12/30  -2 -17
12/31   5 -15
01/01   5 -10
01/02  11 -10
01/03   7 -14
01/04   9  -1

BOS
12/26  26   9
12/27  18   3
12/28  37   5
12/29   5 -11
12/30   2 -14
12/31  10  -8
01/01  10  -3
01/02  12  -2
01/03  13   5
01/04  18   3

BDL
12/26  23  11
12/27  15   0
12/28  34   5
12/29   5 -10
12/30  -1 -18
12/31   4 -15
01/01   7  -8
01/02   8  -8
01/03   9   0
01/04  12  -2

PVD
12/26  27  10
12/27  19   4
12/28  38   8
12/29   8  -8
12/30   2 -12
12/31   9  -7
01/01  12  -3
01/02  11  -4
01/03  10   5
01/04  17   0

MQE
12/26  28  10
12/27  14   0
12/28  33  11
12/29  15 -10
12/30  -3 -17
12/31   5 -12
01/01   6  -6
01/02   7  -7
01/03   9   1
01/04  15  -2

 

[dendrite]

BML making a run for -30s tonight...-24F currently.

[40/70 Benchmark]

5 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

What a cold snap. Most impressive and longest lasting of my life . This will crush 81

Weren't you going for a mild winter?

[ice1972]

Was reading how Hartford’s record low is -26 in January 1961.....I mean how would this ever be broken?  Seems more likely that the record high would be broken before that record low.....103 July 2011.....when were we ever even within 20 degrees of that low? Man....

[40/70 Benchmark]

-1.3/-5

4th consecutive night below zero.

[Damage In Tolland]

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Weren't you going for a mild winter?

Weren’t you?

[adk]

We use gas to heat the house in BTV.  Every year in june we agree on a set per month charge for the next year.  We won the bet this year.  Using gas like it's water!

The lake still has a lot of warmth in it so it will be interesting to see how it holds up over the next week.  The last time the lake froze over was in 2015 but that took till early february to freeze and it stayed that way till April 15. 

[w1pf]

what a difference a bit of wind makes..

Quote

SPRINGFIELD    PTCLDY   -10 -15  76 CALM      30.07R
WESTFIELD      CLEAR     11   3  70 NW14G23   30.07R WCI  -5

-11 here

[powderfreak]

8 hours ago, dendrite said:

That was some man cold.

CON
12/26  19   1
12/27  10 -13
12/28  31  -6
12/29  -5 -14
12/30  -2 -17
12/31   5 -15
01/01   5 -10
01/02  11 -10
01/03   7 -14
01/04   9  -1

BOS
12/26  26   9
12/27  18   3
12/28  37   5
12/29   5 -11
12/30   2 -14
12/31  10  -8
01/01  10  -3
01/02  12  -2
01/03  13   5
01/04  18   3

BDL
12/26  23  11
12/27  15   0
12/28  34   5
12/29   5 -10
12/30  -1 -18
12/31   4 -15
01/01   7  -8
01/02   8  -8
01/03   9   0
01/04  12  -2

PVD
12/26  27  10
12/27  19   4
12/28  38   8
12/29   8  -8
12/30   2 -12
12/31   9  -7
01/01  12  -3
01/02  11  -4
01/03  10   5
01/04  17   0

MQE
12/26  28  10
12/27  14   0
12/28  33  11
12/29  15 -10
12/30  -3 -17
12/31   5 -12
01/01   6  -6
01/02   7  -7
01/03   9   1
01/04  15  -2

 

How does this stretch compare?

I haven't been paying close attention to temps down in SNE but looks similar there with highs in the teens and lows below zero.

 

[powderfreak]

It is frigid this morning.

Windy and -10F on my car leaving my house. 

[#NoPoles]

19 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

It is frigid this morning.

Windy and -10F on my car leaving my house. 

Dang, you have to be at work early!

[Baroclinic Zone]

-1F.  Last sub zero reading was January 9th when it hit -9F.

[tamarack]

16 hours ago, Hazey said:

Lol. The spitting idea is great. Probably have to be -40 or more for that to happen. I think for the boiling water trick, it has to be at least -30c (-22f) to have a shot. It will never happen in my hood.

According to Jack London ("To Build a Fire") the threshold is -50 for spit freezing/crackling before it hits the ground.

Had -14 in calm air at 9 last night.  About -7 with a strong breeze at present, making it feel way colder.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

- 8°   Coldest morning so far. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

33 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

-1F.  Last sub zero reading was January 9th when it hit -9F.

Looks like we snuck a -2F between hourlies.

[OceanStWx]

9 hours ago, tunafish said:

Parts of Casco Bay already frozen.  Another 7-10 days of this and the ferry routes will start to close. 

Back in 2015 the Chebeague ferry had to run non-stop to keep the ice broken up. 

I would like to do siggy pack ice this year though, because with the new GOES-East in place we will have better resolution to see it.

[moneypitmike]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

It is frigid this morning.

Windy and -10F on my car leaving my house. 

 

16 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

- 8°   Coldest morning so far. 

 

Funny--I was thinking this was a balmy morning as we stayed on the positive side.

1.2* with a progged high of 3*.

 

Pit2 managed -7.  The river must be pretty iced.

[OceanStWx]

Managed -19 on my drive into work this morning. Hills were warmer than past mornings, but the hollows were still pretty chilly.

[dendrite]

There was a lot of mixing out a few hours before sunrise. Only the most sheltered spots around the state stayed decoupled. BML went from -29F to -6F in 1 hour.

[Ginx snewx]

Congrats @powderfreak PF  lol snow up to the knickers with cold that hath frozen the Bulls balz