New England Met Spring 2023 Banter

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. We will be heading to the top of loon on the gondola one day, and hiking around. We are going to go to lower falls on the Kanc one day, and probably hit up some local swimming holes and short hikes as well.

[tunafish]

11 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Thanks for the suggestions guys. We will be heading to the top of loon on the gondola one day, and hiking around. We are going to go to lower falls on the Kanc one day, and probably hit up some local swimming holes and short hikes as well.

There's a big race at Loon that weekend - might want to avoid that day, since they're encouraging carpooling.

https://www.loonmtn.com/events/loon-mtn-race

[SJonesWX]

11 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Thanks for the suggestions guys. We will be heading to the top of loon on the gondola one day, and hiking around. We are going to go to lower falls on the Kanc one day, and probably hit up some local swimming holes and short hikes as well.

Lower falls is awesome, but it gets crowded on hot days.

[tamarack]

20 hours ago, Cold Miser said:

With such a jagged, freeform state outline, and rough topography, I didn't realize so many town borders are orthogonal looking. 

Most of those square/rectangular townships were surveyed before many/any people lived there.  Of interest (to me, as I worked there 10 years) are the WELS towns (west of the easterly line of the state) which, unlike more southerly towns, were laid out at true north rather than magnetic.  Many have no names beyond the township/range numbers.  My favorite trout town, Deboullie (25 miles SW from Fort Kent), is also labeled T15R9.

[Cold Miser]

18 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Most of those square/rectangular townships were surveyed before many/any people lived there.  Of interest (to me, as I worked there 10 years) are the WELS towns (west of the easterly line of the state) which, unlike more southerly towns, were laid out at true north rather than magnetic.  Many have no names beyond the township/range numbers.  My favorite trout town, Deboullie (25 miles SW from Fort Kent), is also labeled T15R9.

Bigfoot lives there.

[DavisStraight]

For some reason every time I see a snake in my yard is a red ringneck, had a baby one in the garage so I'm sure there's more somewhere. He's just lying in my hot driveway now, but his siblings and mother must be around somewhere.

Ring-necked snake - Wikipedia

 

[alex]

The island of Lipari (off of Sicily). Beautiful night last night with the moon shining over the small harbor 

[WxWatcher007]

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

Chaser Report: 7/4/23

Yesterday was fantastic. It started with storms in Sioux Falls and it was a lot of driving from Sioux Falls to Kearney, NE. I was between going to CO or heading to KS, but decided to head to the high plains. In NE CO, everything was collapsing and that eventually led me south in eastern Colorado and then west when the target was acquired. 

 

It was a nice supercell initially but kept cycling. There was a report of a funnel cloud, and if you look closely maybe you can see one, but in real time it didn’t stand out as such.

 

Very quickly after this storm departed, a big dog line rapidly formed to the west near Denver. As we were traveling toward Denver you could see the massive complex come together with frequent lightning and a clear hail core.

We stopped in Bennett and it was a good call. The storm was hellacious. Here’s a new video of what it looked like. Areas just west reported winds between 60-67mph.

Yesterday was long but a great early birthday present. Hoping for more action today in CO or NM.

 

[Chrisrotary12]

1 hour ago, SouthCoastMA said:

I have tickets to go up to Story Land on Monday.  I bought them a month ago, along with a non-refundable hotel room - so naturally the weather looks like puke up there. 

What's the proper age for a youngin' to visit Storyland for the 1st time?

[mreaves]

44 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

What's the proper age for a youngin' to visit Storyland for the 1st time?

23 while doing shrooms.

[Torch Tiger]

On 6/29/2023 at 7:31 PM, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Thanks for the suggestions guys. We will be heading to the top of loon on the gondola one day, and hiking around. We are going to go to lower falls on the Kanc one day, and probably hit up some local swimming holes and short hikes as well.

better than Loon gondola jmo, ofc not far from Lincoln/Woodstock at all

https://www.cannonmt.com/things-to-do/attractions/tram

[mreaves]

56 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

better than Loon gondola jmo, ofc not far from Lincoln/Woodstock at all

https://www.cannonmt.com/things-to-do/attractions/tram

Too late. He didn’t want to risk rain. 

[Torch Tiger]

6 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Too late. He didn’t want to risk rain. 

Yeah, but it's worth checking out in the future!  Nothing against Loon, love it there too and would explore as well.  

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

Too late. He didn’t want to risk rain. 

I mean, if we were talking some bit and miss stuff, no problem. This looks like more towards covered bridges floating down rivers rain.

[mreaves]

44 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I mean, if we were talking some bit and miss stuff, no problem. This looks like more towards covered bridges floating down rivers rain.

Even more reason to go, so you can witness some 

[SouthCoastMA]

5 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

What's the proper age for a youngin' to visit Storyland for the 1st time?

apparently I had the wrong place. actually going to Santa's village, but either would be a first for me. bringing the 5 year old

[mreaves]

50 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

apparently I had the wrong place. actually going to Santa's village, but either would be a first for me. bringing the 5 year old

5 is good for either. I always liked Santa’s Village better than Storyland. Not sure why, maybe because it’s 30-45 minutes closer to me?

[tunafish]

15 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

What's the proper age for a youngin' to visit Storyland for the 1st time?

We went with my 1 & 3 year old nephews last summer.  The 1/3 did fine, but keep your expectations in check for how long you'll actually make it into the day.  I think my kids were probably 2 and 4 the first time we went.  

I'd say the ages we enjoyed it the most was when the kids were between 5 and 8, as they could ride all rides (plus no nap/stroller)

[WxWatcher007]

Final chase report. What a trip. Just wish yesterday popped a little earlier. 

15 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Chaser Report: 7/6/23

It was a classic hurry up and wait day, as a complex forecast evolved over eastern Colorado. I decided to hold in Denver, as the CAMs remained confident in the cap breaking and we had clearing that allowed for substantial destabilization. 

It was late afternoon when we had convective initiation, with two transient supercells just east of Denver. Both dropped funnels, and there were reports of a tornado and landspout. 

 

Once we reached Limon, things quickly picked up. New storms popped to my north

 

and south

 

 

It became apparent very quickly that the southern storms, which were explosively developing before my eyes in an environment of 3,000 SBCAPE, 2,500 MLCAPE and 50-70kts effective shear were the ones to track. The chase…was on…

What were distinct cells ended up congealing into a monster long track supercell with a hail core at at least one initial tornado report. 

 

 

The sun was setting so it was hard to see how close it was to producing a tornado but I did see a wall cloud behind the frequent lightning. 

 

 

 

 

Rather than try to cut behind the storm and beat the other supercells that were developing to get to Lamar, I called it after these photos. It was an excellent call, as the supercell became tornado warned, dropped more baseball hail, and caused flash flooding along what would have been my route. 

The only downside is that yesterday became a nocturnal threat as the cap broke late. I pushed it to the limit and it paid off. It was an epic chase overall. This is my third time out here and each time I’m getting better at forecasting and tracking. 

 

[STILL N OF PIKE]

Old story

I was just reading how Nathan Eovaldi wanted to resign with the Sox this winter . He is 10-3 with a 2.80 Era . The Sox are brain dead.  He had been a very solid starter with ERA in upper 3’s for them. They decided to go with a hodge Podge or has been’s and never Will B’s (and a crippled that are stuck With)

https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/prospects/red-sox-reportedly-pulled-offer-for-nathan-eovaldi-after-spending-elsewhere-scott7

[HoarfrostHubb]

On 7/6/2023 at 11:03 PM, mreaves said:

5 is good for either. I always liked Santa’s Village better than Storyland. Not sure why, maybe because it’s 30-45 minutes closer to me?

When Storyland was owned by the Morell family it was a great value.  After they sold it it became much more expensive.   We still preferred Santa’s Village.   I do miss having kids young enough that we would go to those.  Last time was 2018. 
Storyland does have a newish coaster that is great for its small size

[HoarfrostHubb]

Just found out something new weather-wise that happened in this area quite a while back.

Until 2000, there was a small amusement park located in Lunenburg called Whalom Park.  I never visited it but had driven past it many times prior to it closing. There are condos on the site now.

From 1940 until it was demolished in 2006 there was a wooden roller coaster called the Comet.  Prior to that coaster, there was another coaster called the Flying Star.  

 

That coaster was heavily damaged in a storm in 1938.  I had always assumed it was from the 1938 hurricane.

 

Turns out that in August of 1938 the area was hit by a tornado that did decent damage, including to Whalom Park.  There had been another tornado in the area in 1924 that killed at least 1 person

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

2 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Old story

I was just reading how Nathan Eovaldi wanted to resign with the Sox this winter . He is 10-3 with a 2.80 Era . The Sox are brain dead.  He had been a very solid starter with ERA in upper 3’s for them. They decided to go with a hodge Podge or has been’s and never Will B’s (and a crippled that are stuck With)

https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/prospects/red-sox-reportedly-pulled-offer-for-nathan-eovaldi-after-spending-elsewhere-scott7

Just a badly mismanaged team top to bottom.

I was stunned when they didn’t keep him or Wacha (who’s also having a great season).

[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Just found out something new weather-wise that happened in this area quite a while back.

Until 2000, there was a small amusement park located in Lunenburg called Whalom Park.  I never visited it but had driven past it many times prior to it closing. There are condos on the site now.

From 1940 until it was demolished in 2006 there was a wooden roller coaster called the Comet.  Prior to that coaster, there was another coaster called the Flying Star.  

 

That coaster was heavily damaged in a storm in 1938.  I had always assumed it was from the 1938 hurricane.

 

Turns out that in August of 1938 the area was hit by a tornado that did decent damage, including to Whalom Park.  There had been another tornado in the area in 1924 that killed at least 1 person

We used to go there all the time as kids, when I got older, I heard it closed. I was up that way for work once, so I took a ride by and saw the condos you mentioned, it was a nice little park in its day for the area. Didn't know about that tornado though, that's interesting.

[dryslot]

Only the second one this year that’s how bad the weather has been, Usually have one every weekend from Memorial Day on.

[Chrisrotary12]

On 7/8/2023 at 7:16 PM, dryslot said:

Only the second one this year that’s how bad the weather has been, Usually have one every weekend from Memorial Day on.

I haven't had a fire yet this year. Have tipped the rain water out of the pit a bunch though.

[dryslot]

6 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

I haven't had a fire yet this year. Have tipped the rain water out of the pit a bunch though.

You can drill some holes in the bottom so it drains, That's a new one, 30", The last one was a 36" but man it used a lot of wood, I don't leave mine outside, My last one lasted 7 yrs, The rainwater rust the bottoms out.

[dendrite]

Just had a large rat in the yard

[radarman]

Seems like a friendly guy

[powderfreak]

Bears seem to be thriving. See more of them than deer these days it seems.