What Happened to the Bombogenesis?

Posted by Tim Kelley November 6, 2009 at 8:50 pm

The forecast from Tuesday looked promising for snow in parts of New England, with storm force wind over the Ocean. We got some snow, and some wind, but not to the extent I was forecasting back on Tuesday. The storm ‘Bombed Out’ south of Nova Scotia instead of east of Nantucket. Low pressure south of New England Thursday November 5, 2009 was about 1018 millibars (30.1″) is tonight 986 millibars (29.1″) east of Halifax Nova Scotia. That rapid pressure drop over the ocean is what we call ‘Bombogenesis’.
The wind is Halifax Nova Scotia gustied to 70 kilometers per hour (43 mph) today with rain and snow.
We did end up with 5″ of snow in Wellington Maine.

Here at Sunday River Maine, a place I thought was going to get enough snow to open new terrain, got only 1″ of new snow. November continues to be less snowy than October.

But we have the cold. Snow is being made at Ski areas across the region.

This is the view on Mt.Mansfield Vermont Friday, Stowe is planning to open November 21st. Areas open this weekend are Sunday River, Killington, and Bretton Woods.
The ski web site I get my info from, is SnoCountry.com.
Warmer air arrives Sunday, so we may have some fine ‘Spring’ skiing. The next storm arrives as rain here Tuesday Night. Stakes are high for this storm, keep an eye on the (no name) Extra Tropical Storm in the western Gulf of Mexico. That wet system may ride up a cold front to New England mid week, this could mean snow for ski areas by Thursday Morning. We also watch the evolution of Ida, restrengthening in the Northeastern Caribbean this weekend. That too may become entrained in an East Coast storm next week.