more encouragement!
It is after 9 p.m. and temperatures remain closer to 50 than to 40... something we haven't done since before the ground got white.
Snow is now rapidly melting from rooftops and docks as well as from the snowbanks and objects underneath are becoming visible again.
What's more... tonight we have the return of a spring-summer phenomenon... take a look:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
917 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY...STRAFFORD COUNTY
AND MERRIMACK COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...
AT 917 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER
SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WILMOT...
WEBSTER...WARNER...SUTTON...SALISBURY...NEW LONDON...HILL...
DANBURY...CONTOOCOOK AND ANDOVER THROUGH 1000 PM EDT.
PEA SIZED HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
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HAYES
Severe thunderstorms are impacting western Massachusetts tonight... part of the same line. Expect this sort of thing to become more common as spring progresses... but more snow is also normal until "summer" finally wins the battle of the transition season.
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