Storms #1 & #2 Merge Thursday
Posted by Tim Kelley February 23, 2010 (3 weeks ago) at 9:42 pm
Vancouver 2010- New Englander’s Shine
Posted by Tim Kelley February 18, 2010 (3 weeks ago) at 8:51 pm
The United States leads the world in Medal Count in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. We have to brag about the number of Medal winning Olympians from New England. First to the podium was Hannah Kearny of Norwich Vermont, trains with Waterville Valley BBTS, got to the podium first in the Moguls on Saturday February 13. Also a Waterville Alum, Scotty Lago (Leggo), of Seabrook NH wins Bronze in snowboarding.
Bode Miller of Franconia New Hampshire won a Bronze in the Downhill Monday. He is still up for three more races, Super-G, Slalom, and Super Combined. How many medals will Bode win?
We are already psyched to race Bode when he comes home to Cannon, for the second annual Bodefest April 3, 2010.
Also on Monday February 15th, Seth Wescott came from behind to win Gold in Snowboardcross. Have you ever seen so many wipe outs in Boardercross?
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Snow to fall for all of New England on Tuesday – Ski Country to benefit, as well!
Posted by Matt Noyes February 15, 2010 (4 weeks ago) at 1:09 pm
A well-defined swirl evident on radar and satellite imagery today represents the next energetic disturbance that will affect New England weather. A piece of this system delivered snow to Kansas over the weekend, causing three separate pileups involving 90 cars in total! Of course, we expect New England drivers to handle the snow better, but some spots may see a foot of the white stuff on Tuesday. The first question that comes to many minds very well may be, “Is this one for real?”…
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2010 Winter Olympics Forecast
Posted by Tim Kelley February 12, 2010 (4 weeks ago) at 9:20 am
In my dreams.. I am at Whistler posing in sunshine with Inukshuk – Elevation 7152 feet- Just inland from the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia Canada. This photo is a year ago.
Today is the opening of 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Alpine Events are on Whistler Mountain, check the great Whistler Cams and Weather here. The freestyle events are at Cypress Mountain, a 2010 foot summit closer to the city.
The weather has been less than ideal lately. Many of the training events have been delayed, and may not be able to be completed. I am not sure weather Alpine Events scheduled for Saturday will be postponed or not.
A series of Pacific Storms are having significant impact on the region through the next 5 days.
Rain and fog at lower elevations, and Snow and fog, and wind at higher elevations will frustrate Olympic organizers and athletes into next week. Here is the current Weather and Vancouver Forecast from the Canada Weatheroffice: Temperatures are in degrees Celsius, zero degrees is freezing, negative temperatures are preferable.
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Wednesday Nor’Easter- When and How Much?
Posted by Tim Kelley February 9, 2010 (5 weeks ago) at 5:57 pm
Weds Evening Forecast Verification… SCORING GRADE D- … Storm Track & Wind Verified B+
Too Much warmth on north side of storm. Very Unusual event. The Blizzard hit all day NYC to PHLto DCA
See MA/RI/CT NWS Totals below..
will remain on www for ever. A reminder of a worst case forecast. I apologize to all that missed work and school based on this prediction.
Matt and Jeff in Rowley settled for Thursday Morning Coffee.
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back to regular post..
When and How Much?
This is THE QUESTION we get asked most often. We love to know how much snow will fall at my house, when does the snow start? When will the snow end?
The general answer is Wednesday 7 AM to Thursday at 2 AM. You can push this time back a bit toward Cape Cod, and forward a bit in Connecticut. How much? Generally 10″ or so, a bit more south of Route 90, a bit less to north. For our region north of a line from Rutland Vermont to Augusta Maine, this storm is a miss.
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“Say it ain’t so!” Mount Washington dethroned as fastest wind speed on earth
Posted by Matt Noyes January 26, 2010 at 1:33 pm
It would appear as though the summit of Mount Washington may still be “Home to the World’s Worst Weather,” but no longer the world’s fastest recorded wind speed. It’s taken since 1996 to surface, but the April 12, 1934, gust of 231 mph atop New England’s highest peak fell to an intense gust of 254 mph at the center of Tropical Cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia, on April 10, 1996. The site is located just off the northwest coast of Australia, and the wind speed recording instrument (an “anemometer”) was of the three-cup variety, on a site located 210 feet above mean sea level.
The official word on any record must come from the World Meteorological Organization, who recently published their report confirming – to the best of their knowledge and ability to authenticate – the New England record has, indeed, been toppled. The extensive time between the observation and this statement has raised skepticism for some, but it would appear, at least upon initial review, that the observations and process of authentication were not flawed. I spoke with Cara Rudio, spokesperson for the Mount Washington Observatory on Tuesday afternoon, and she describes the sentiment at the Observatory as “bummed,” but acknowledges the validity of the World Meteorological Organization’s work, adding that the WMO was kind enough to provide Mount Washington with a copy of the report, and the summit personnel will be carefully reviewing it in the coming days. Executive Director of the Observatory, Scot Henley, adds, “This doesn’t change the fact that Mount Washington is one of the most fierce locations on the planet…that can’t be taken away from us.” As I mentioned this morning on NECN in my weather broadcast, some interesting items that should be examined meteorologically include the composition of the anemometer (a three cup anemometer typically cannot withstand such strong winds, and should normally break apart at far lesser wind), and the large gap between steady, or sustained, wind and the maximum gust. Additionally, this wind gust represents a 3-second average wind speed, rather than the 10-second wind speed recorded on Mount Washington, which makes a significant difference in the result.
This isn’t the first time Mount Washington’s record has been challenged, but it is the first time it’s been confirmed to have been broken using valid wind measuring tools – Doppler radar estimated 318 mph in a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, in 1999. This wind speed, however, was hundreds of feet above the earth’s surface, and recorded by Doppler radar, which is not accurate enough to be an official measuring instrument for wind speed. Of course, New Englanders know Mount Washington still is “Home of the World’s Worst Weather” – and from a technical standpoint, still holds the fastest recorded wind speed on earth, outside of a tropical cyclone, and that’s no easy feat! Additionally, Scot Henley reminds me that the Australian site was unmanned, meaning Mount Washington – with the spirit of adventure that was alive in 1934 and still just as strong in 2009 – is home to the fastest wind speed ever observed by man.
The Mount Washington Observatory provided me with a copy of their Press Release, below, which you can read by clicking the “Continue Reading” link of this post. I’m also including the text from the World Meteorological Organization. Want more information on the Mount Washington Observatory? It’s membership supported and non-profit…and I’ve included a link in the documentation.
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Frigid Tuesday to Warming With Snow/Rain
Posted by Tim Kelley December 28, 2009 at 8:56 pm
The remnant of the heaviest snowstorm in Oklahoma City Record Keeping spun across New England today. We had Rain at the Coast, and Fat Flakes inland, and now a snowstorm for Maine. Parts of interior Maine will wake to 5″+ snowfall. This upper low on the Maine Coast is now pulling a new arctic cold front out of Ontario.
Behind the front is a trajectory of air from Hudson Bay directly into New England, this produces some of the coldest readings we see in New England. Saving us from record cold this time is the fact that Canada has been warming for the last two weeks, so as Arctic Air goes, this shot is relatively mild. By next week we have Canada filling with new cold as the Cross Polar flow has reversed, and now the air is coming from Russia to our side of the world. After a frigid Tuesday we have quiet Wednesday. The a storm with winter storm warnings in Texas tonight, will get to the east coast Thursday and Friday.
Potential exists for a prolonged snow/rain event for New England. The early call would be a possible low pressure looping somewhere near our shore Thursday into early next week.
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Carefully watching Texas rain…which will become weekend snow from the Mid-Atlantic…to New England?
Posted by Matt Noyes December 17, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Throughout the week, we’ve been slow to close the door on snow potential for this upcoming weekend. We continue to tow that line. The issue is this: we’ll be watching a somewhat uncommon east to west movement of a large storm over Eastern Canada, and the precise timing of this westward motion, along with its interaction with two other energetic disturbances, will have great impact on New England’s weekend weather.
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