December 2025 regional war/obs/disco thread

[dendrite]

3 hours ago, dryslot said:

This is going to be the first time in about 15yrs, That i'm going to be smelt fishing this early, 7+" of ice on the tributaries from all this cold weather this month, Going out Saturday night to fish the incoming tide, It is fun catching these when there running, These fish are a delicacy, Better then french fries.

How do they compare with sardines? I like sardines minus the heads. The chickens get those.

[dryslot]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

How do they compare with sardines? I like sardines minus the heads. The chickens get those.

Much better actually i think, I eat both, Cut the bodies, Cut off the heads clean and rinse, Recipe is simple for these, 2 tbl spoons Salt, 1c Flour, I place them in a zip lock, Shake them up and fry them in cooking oil, It makes them crispy, Supermarkets or fish mkts up here will carry them in season too.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/236481/fried-smelts/

[klw]

4 hours ago, dryslot said:

Oh there is usually plenty of shenanigans that goes with these trips.............

good.  If you are floundering in your attempts to catch anything, just don't sit there carping about it.

[dryslot]

1 minute ago, klw said:

good.  If you are floundering in your attempts to catch anything, just don't sit there carping about it.

You either leave happy with a buzz, Or you leave pretty intoxicated............

[dryslot]

A few streamers moving thru the lakes region

[HIPPYVALLEY]

3 hours ago, dryslot said:

A few streamers moving thru the lakes region

Nice snow showers  here. The glare ice in the driveway has been beautifully coated and polished. 
It’s actually coming down pretty good so I’m anxious to see what the heavier bands in the streamer to my West do.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Wasn’t expecting this. I’m heading out to pick up my kiddo in Colrain and roads are coated up already.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Going to end up picking up at least a fresh .25” or more from the streamers. 
#dustoncrust 

[NoCORH4L]

Yeah been pixie dust for over an hour, we take 

[HoarfrostHubb]

54 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Going to end up picking up at least a fresh .25” or more from the streamers. 
#dustoncrust 

Yep.  Just got back from Sturbridge.  We got around 0.25” but the wind whipped it around.  

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Yep.  Just got back from Sturbridge.  We got around 0.25” but the wind whipped it around.  

Ya’ wind howling again. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

25 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Ya’ wind howling again. 

Almost no wind at OSV, which was nice.  We were prepared for it (as far as clothing) but it wasn’t bad

[ineedsnow]

7 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Yep.  Just got back from Sturbridge.  We got around 0.25” but the wind whipped it around.  

Yup same here had to brush off the car this morning 

[ineedsnow]

Another burst of snow coming through at home

[wx2fish]

MHT closed out Dec -6.1F/17.9" snow. CON -5.2F/12.7" snow. 

MHT seems total seems little high but they have an on-site observer last I knew. Respectable month though for SNH despite the missed opportunities.

[ORH_wxman]

9 minutes ago, wx2fish said:

MHT closed out Dec -6.1F/17.9" snow. CON -5.2F/12.7" snow. 

MHT seems total seems little high but they have an on-site observer last I knew. Respectable month though for SNH despite the missed opportunities.

ORH was -4.8. Coldest since 2017. 2nd coldest (only behind 2017) since the frigid December 2000. 
 

12.3” of snow was slightly BN. Respectable month but would’ve been better if we hit on another moderate event. Snow cover was good though. I think something like 25/31 days with cover. 

[dendrite]

17 minutes ago, wx2fish said:

MHT closed out Dec -6.1F/17.9" snow. CON -5.2F/12.7" snow. 

MHT seems total seems little high but they have an on-site observer last I knew. Respectable month though for SNH despite the missed opportunities.

2.5”/0.02” on 12/24 is a little sus. 

[dendrite]

It was pretty much consistent low/mid grade cold the entire month. The first week was higher end anomaly wise, but being on the front bookend obviously made the actual values less extreme in terms of DJF. 

The min for the month here was only -1°. Looking ahead, there’s a good chance that min holds right to the climo min around 1/20. 

[wx2fish]

32 minutes ago, dendrite said:

2.5”/0.02” on 12/24 is a little sus. 

Yeah if i recall most of the obs locally were 3-4" in that one. That 2.5" would put them over 5" for that event. 

[dendrite]

9 minutes ago, wx2fish said:

Yeah if i recall most of the obs locally were 3-4" in that one. That 2.5" would put them over 5" for that event. 

My parents are in the north end near ydc. My dad estimated 2-3” from that. I wonder if the observer had .25 instead of 2.5. That would match up better with the MHT 0.02” QPF. 

[SJonesWX]

12 minutes ago, wx2fish said:

Yeah if i recall most of the obs locally were 3-4" in that one. That 2.5" would put them over 5" for that event. 

I had 4.5” in that, ~10 miles NW of there, sitting at 16.5” on the season