Downhill Lowdown- Featuring Deep Powder at Sugarbush Vermont
Posted by Tim Kelley February 27, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Bob Hennessey shot this video Saturday February 21, ‘09- Halfway through the 63″ of Snow in 5 Days!
That is Nancy Hennessey in the first frame, showing us how to make Powder Turns. Winn Smith’s Dog Rumble is in the last shot, He’s a Bernese Mountain Dog, named after one of the Great Powder Trails at Sugarbush Vermont.
My School Forecast, Friday, February 27, 2009 – Colin Jaena
Posted by Danielle Niles February 27, 2009 at 8:47 am
Colin Jaena from the Woodville Elementary School in Wakefield, MA gets a taste of spring today as temperatures climb into the 50s! The winds will pick up out of the south this afternoon too…gusting to near 50 mph at times. Matt gives a special shoutout to Colin’s hockey team as well – the MITE 2 Wakefield Warriors who played in The 3 Minutes of Fame last night at the Boston Garden. Congrats!!
Weekly Weather Word Contest winner for the week of February 23-27, 2009
Posted by Danielle Niles February 27, 2009 at 8:37 am
After five and a half years, Matt’s Weekly Weather Word Contest continues to “gain traction” – especially this week, with the donation of a $100 gift certificate by Sullivan Tire! The past several weeks have brought a generous outpouring of donations from local businesses to the Weather Word prize package, and with winter taking a beating on vehicles across New England, this is a timely donation, for sure! Check out the video below to see who our winner was…
A taste of spring tomorrow but winter is not over yet…
Posted by Danielle Niles February 26, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Some pockets of snow moved through northern and western New England this morning, reducing visibility and dropping a slippery coating across the Berkshires to an inch or two in the Green and White Mountains. This activity has diminished as a weak shortwave disturbance moves eastward. Read more
My School Forecast, Thursday, February 26, 2009 – Dalton Chaffee
Posted by Danielle Niles February 26, 2009 at 8:56 am
Today we head to the Locke Middle School in Billerica, MA, where Dalton Chaffee has requested a forecast. Although there will be more clouds than sun today, it will feel about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday…and even milder on Friday!
Sky Scenes! Thursday, February 26, 2009
Posted by Danielle Niles February 26, 2009 at 8:41 am
Today’s Sky Scenes take us to Australia to start, followed by a trip back to New England for some great photos!
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To peruse the video archive of our on-air segments, click the “Sky Scenes” tab at the top of our Weather Blog, here at WeatherNewEngland.com.
February 1969 Record Snow Still Stands- For Now
Posted by Tim Kelley February 25, 2009 at 8:56 pm
A few weeks back we referred to analogs from 1969 showing up on the 2009 weather maps in the Northern Hemisphere. Now we are 40 years, to the week, past the 100 Hour Storm that buried New England under several feet of snow. From February 24 to 28, 1969- 77″ of snow fell at Pinkham Notch, the base of Mount Washington. This year we have measured 40 inches of snow from last Thursday to Monday.
The atmosphere is showing similarities to February 1969, but for now the 40 year old records still stand in New England. On the other side of the Ocean, Bad Aussie in Styria Austria had a record 2.07 METERS! of snow in 15 days. On our side of the Ocean, though had no 100 hour storm, we have very impressive snow fall amounts since last Thursday. In California we saw seven feet of snow last week. Jay Peak Resort in Northern Vermont reports 70″ of snow in 144 hours, Thursday to Monday. Brian Keet sent us this photo from Jay Peak.
The sun has been out Tuesday and Wednesday, offering the best ski days in a winter full of great ski days. There have been many avalanches around around Tuckerman Ravine in Mount Washington, this photo from the National Forest Service shows a Fracture Line below the Headwall, see more Ravine Photos at Tuckerman.org.
So what’s next? A brief thaw Thursday and Friday, then more wintry weather..
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An active pattern awaits, following our near-term warmup
Posted by Matt Noyes February 25, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Rather than a complete Forecast Discussion (quiet weather in the short term and a heavily packed appearance schedule this week), I wanted to expand somewhat upon today’s broadcast, and outline a pattern with plenty of potential in the next couple of weeks. Though a warmup moves to New England for the next few days, cold air is sitting just across the Canadian border and through the Northern Tier of the Lower 48. This, coupled with what will be building warmth across the Central and Southern Plains in the next two weeks, will create a temperature difference ripe for storm development. Coupled with an active jet stream carrying a number of Pacific disturbances, this raises the potential for repetitive, large, moist storm growth with tricky rain/snow lines for each one as warmth surges north, and cold makes a stand. It seems likely that many New Englanders – with the best chance north, but still a possibility south – will add substantially to snowpack in the next 8 days. I tried to convey that thinking in my broadcasts today…
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