Forum: Weather
03-08-2007, 02:59 PM
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One more day of arctic cold
Going by today's temp/dewpoint/pressure/wind graphs, it appears the latest arctic front passed Black Cat around 8:00 this morning. Just a trace of snow fell from the snow squall. Prior to the...
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Forum: Weather
03-06-2007, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 169
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Drier than the Mojave
R2B - good point. This afternoon when I saw the dewpoint of -25 I checked the Mojave Desert weather stations, namely Twentynine Palms CA and Needles CA - both were reporting dewpoints of 7 and 8...
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Forum: Weather
03-06-2007, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 169
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Record Cold
Hard to believe this is March.
This morning Black Cat Island has recorded its lowest temp of the winter season to date, -7 F. This beats January 26 which had a low of -5. Today, like January...
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Forum: Weather
03-02-2007, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 169
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Hard to tell...
It's hard to tell how much snow has actually fallen. On Black Cat it's been snowing heavily since about 2:30 this morning but there's barely any on the porch or in the yard.
This is due to the...
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Forum: Weather
03-01-2007, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 169
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The second Y2- Y3 storm of the season?
R2B is in the ballpark with what the public forecasts are now saying. I haven't had time for more than a quick look at the models this morning but I did see that they were trending colder with more...
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Forum: Weather
02-28-2007, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Get the flashlight batteries ready
A foot of heavy wet snow is possible Thursday night and most of the day on Friday.
Discussion: The storm heading for us is currently sucking vast amounts of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico,...
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Forum: Weather
02-28-2007, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Winter Storm Watch
Winter Storm Watch just issued by National Weather Service-Gray ME for Thursday night through Friday night. From public and NWS forecasts/discussions it appears the all-snow/some-mix line will run...
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Forum: Weather
02-27-2007, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Model links
Rose and R2B, thanks for the great links to the model sites. I'll check those out. Now if I could find a model of the 2-footed variety... :D
In the meantime, I just feasted my eyes on this:
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Forum: Weather
02-26-2007, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Model links?
Just curious, where are you looking at the non-US models? I'd like to include a link in my model links page (and have a look at them.)
Here's tonight's discussion out of Gray:
WED NIGHT AND...
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Forum: Weather
02-26-2007, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Crazy winds and drifting snow
Ah yes, the winds on your side of the island would be great to measure! I measured a peak of 33 mph from the NW. The previous day was 31 mph, also NW. Winds from that direction have to come over a...
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Forum: Weather
02-26-2007, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Quiet, normal week until Friday
After five weeks of temps far below normal preceded by five weeks of temps far above normal, the Lakes Region is finally having normal wintertime temperatures.
The island reached a stunningly warm...
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Forum: Weather
02-19-2007, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Crowds... crowds...
That's right, thank you for reminding me it is Mass. School vacation week - not a good time to be on the slopes! Maybe I will stay home this week! That's OK, looks like each day this week will...
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Forum: Weather
02-17-2007, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Glad you all enjoy the images!
... and I did notice last night's sunset series on the WeatherCam. I saved the best one for the gallery and let the rest get auto-deleted the next day.
Here's a tip for "Winni-WeatherLand:" Use...
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Forum: Weather
02-17-2007, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Thank you
Thank you, JTA, trfour, and others for all the encouragement on the weather & webcam stuff. I'm so glad you enjoy it.
Last night I made some cosmetic changes to the weather page and the webcam...
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Forum: Weather
02-16-2007, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Good to see the Great Spirit smiling
The lake looks so much better with all that bright white snow on it. All-natural remedy for SAD if you ask me.
For those who were asking earlier (Such as Gatto Nero), the time-lapse Java animation...
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Forum: Weather
02-15-2007, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Wow!
Trfour, I'm so glad to know that Don Kent is still around, and still doing what he always loved. As a little kid I watched Don Kent on Ch. 4 Boston draw weather systems on a chalkboard map -- and...
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Forum: Weather
02-14-2007, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Storm Log...
Thank you for the compliments on the new weather data with the web cam. GWC, your cam was actually one of several that originally inspired me to this idea - it's one of my favorites.
...Storm...
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Forum: Weather
02-14-2007, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Black Cat Is. Weather
GN (and others wondering,)
The data (temp, wind, etc.) all comes from my weather station, which is wired into my computer, and that sends the info to the internet using the software I bought from...
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Forum: Weather
02-14-2007, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Blizzard Warning!
We have about 5-6 inches of snow on the ground at Black Cat... still in nightclothes, the farthest I've been outside is to lean out the door with a cupful of birdseed for those hungry chickadees et...
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Forum: Weather
02-14-2007, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
WxCam for snow viewin'
Got ya covered. I've been saving the images in a snowstorm folder on my desktop since sunrise Tuesday. At the end of the storm I'll put them all together into one long time-lapse of the storm. To see...
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Forum: Weather
02-13-2007, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Very dry!
For those wondering, all my readings are taken from Black Cat Island unless otherwise noted. This morning the dewpoint bottomed out at -20 and the temp has yet to reach 10 degrees. We are at the...
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Forum: Weather
02-13-2007, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
One Yuki, two Yuki...
...There's your solution for measuring snow over Yuki's head! Get that cat a buddy! Then you can measure the snow in Yukies, whereby a snowstorm of Y1 is 7 inches or a "typical winter storm," Y2 =...
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Forum: Weather
02-12-2007, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
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Forum: Weather
02-12-2007, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
On edge...
This thing is too complicated. The GFS even shows a third low-pressure getting into the act way offshore which would take some strength away from the main system. Others are still producing only the...
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Forum: Weather
02-12-2007, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 169
Views: 34,726
Pulses rising...
I'm so glad to see a thread with so many other weather nuts! Welcome, Rose. The last couple days I stayed busy with Fishing Derby photos out on the ice and didn't have time to check the models (a...
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