Winter Weather 2014

[gotsnowgotslush]

March 24, 2014

The wind snaked itself under my storm door and banged it against the railing. My mud mats went flying into the air.

Wednesday might bring some problems, for those in range-

A Meteorological Bomb
As the storm pulls away from the Mid-Atlantic coast on Tuesday evening, it will undergo explosive deepening, meeting the criteria of a "meteorological bomb"--a storm that deepens by at least 24 mb in 24 hours. In fact, the Monday morning 00Z run of the European model shows the pressure falling by more than double that pace--deepening by an extraordinary 40 mb in just eighteen hours, ending at 2 pm EDT Wednesday. When the Nor'easter hits Nova Scotia and Newfoundland on Wednesday evening, the central pressure of the storm is expected to be between 956 - 960 mb, similar to the central pressure of a strong Category 2 hurricane. However, Nor'easters do not form eyewalls with intense winds concentrated over a small area, and this Nor'easter's strong winds will be spread out over a large area. I doubt we'll see sustained hurricane-force winds of 74 mph or greater at any land stations, but sustained winds of 60 - 70 mph are likely in some locations, which will be capable of causing widespread power outages and considerable tree damage. A storm surge of 2 - 4 feet may also cause coastal damage and moderate flooding, if the surge arrives at high tide.

The most powerful Nor'easter of the year will gather strength over the waters offshore of Virginia on Tuesday, then head northeast and bring damaging winds, heavy rain and snow, and a substantial storm surge to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland Canada on Wednesday.

The storm will brush Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, bringing at least six inches of snow and wind gusts of up to 60 mph. A Blizzard Watch and Coastal Flood Watch are posted for Cape Cod and Nantucket Island, where a NOAA storm surge model run using the winds from the 00Z run of the GFS model predicted almost a 2 foot surge could occur on Wednesday morning. A surge of this magnitude is capable of causing minor to moderate flooding.

Check out the wind map-

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2651

 

[Cathleen]

I'm starting to take this as a personal affront.

 

[chillywilly2]

-25C this morning.

Drilled through a full 4' of ice to fish this weekend.

It was a nice day though

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Sunny, bright and cold. On these days, the wind sneaks up behind you, and tries to push you off the T platform, you are waiting for a subway train. It is the windy season. I knew it when the wind blew a handful of gravel at my face.The front of my coat was full of sand. Reminds me to wear ski goggles, until this passes.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

From the desk of the Washington Post/ DC
March 25 at 6:10 pm

6:10 p.m. update: The band to D.C.’s west has survived and is now pivoting back towards the east, with snow and some sleet redeveloping. This precipitation is mostly light but could become moderate briefly. With the sun going down, temperatures should slowly fall off so be careful of some slick spots forming especially in our colder areas west of the Beltway (where it’s around 32 or a bit colder). But note the back edge of the snow is from around Gainesville to Leesburg and into western Montgomery county, so the snow will start to wind down in our western areas by 7 p.m., inside the Beltway around 8 p.m., and our eastern areas around 9 p.m. Less than one inch additional accumulation, if any, is likely.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...extreme-storm-for-eastern-new-england-canada/

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

It is always a possibility, because- New England

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Sunday ... Heaviest rain shifts east into southern Maine, northern snow and sleet slowly diminishes. High in the 30s north, 40s south. Skies stay cloudy with lighter intermittent rain, sleet, and snow. Wind from the northeast 15--30 mph.

Monday... Mostly cloudy, areas of snow and rain diminishing. High near 40. Wind from the northeast 15-30 mph. Coastal flooding possible at midday high tide.

http://www.necn.com/weather

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The weather service saw fit to put a newsfeed across the TV screen at lunchtime.

"Unsettled weather" for Bristol county! Starting tonight, and into Wednesday-

It is a given, that there are high winds. Everyone has flooding.

Synopsis For Massachusetts And Rhode Island Coastal Waters

A ridge of high pressure will build over the waters tonight into Wednesday. A warm front will move towards the southern waters Thursday. Low pressure Well Pass just south of the waters Friday. Another frontal system will move towards the waters Saturday. High pressure will build over the waters for Sunday.

GALE WARNING


TODAY
N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.

TONIGHT
N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT SE PORTION TO 12 FT.

WED
N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW 5 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST SE.

WED NIGHT
NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.

THU
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS BECOMING 5 TO
6 FT.

FRI
E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

SAT
SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MA&prodtype=warnings

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
453 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2014

ANZ250-251-255-020900-
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET-
453 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
EAST OF BOSTON AND SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Must be a huge storm- It has a name.

Winter Storm Yona moves across the Central and northern Plains through the Upper Midwest Thursday into Friday.

Snow, snow, and more snow....

Next Week?

Models are suggesting a system to strengthen along the Mid-Atlantic through Northeast in the Monday and Monday night time frame.

There will not be much in the way of cold air to produce snow but portions of northern New England could be in line for accumulating snow during that period.

http://www.wunderground.com/news/winter-weather-watch-2013-2014-20131002

 

[thør]

Must be a huge storm- It has a name.

Winter Storm Yona moves across the Central and northern Plains through the Upper Midwest Thursday into Friday.

Snow, snow, and more snow....

Next Week?

Models are suggesting a system to strengthen along the Mid-Atlantic through Northeast in the Monday and Monday night time frame.

There will not be much in the way of cold air to produce snow but portions of northern New England could be in line for accumulating snow during that period.

http://www.wunderground.com/news/winter-weather-watch-2013-2014-20131002

No summer allergies when there's snow on the ground.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

That explains today, for me. Lovely, warm day. Sun shining bright. No snow to be seen.

Came home feeling awful, and my sinuses hurt.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Eastern Glacier, MT
Effective: Thu April 3, 2014 12:45 PM
Expires: Fri April 4, 2014 1:00 PM
Description: ...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE INCREASED SNOWMELT NEXT WEEK WITH WATER LEVELS ON CREEKS AND STREAMS EXPECTED TO RISE... MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO MONTANA BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 60S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND INTO THE 40S AND 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW SNOWMELT TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH RISING WATER LEVELS ANTICIPATED ON CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. OVERNIGHT LOWS OVER THE PLAINS AND AT MID LEVELS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING EACH NIGHT ...THEREBY PREVENTING ANY SLOWDOWN IN THE RATE OF SNOWMELT. THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IN ADDITION...RESIDENTS ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS...AND CREEKS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RISING WATER LEVELS NEXT WEEK...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WATERWAYS EXCEED BANKFULL.

http://www.kpax.com/pages/weather-alerts/?id=6094

 

[chillywilly2]

thats real nice Ms slush......we are currently getting 6" of wet snow on top of the 4' we still have


I went to lunch for less than an hour and the wipers on the truck wouldn't push the snow off the windshield...had to get out and brush

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

I am guessing that the people who planned out the specs for windshield wipers, never planned for snow that is as thick and heavy as wet cement.

 

[chillywilly2]

More like there's a limit to how strong they want to make them untill somebody has to get off their ass and clean the windows.

Everything has its limits...well, except this fucking winter.

In 2 weeks this one particular lake we fish opens.

Its sometimes iffy if we will be fishing in a boat or drilling through ice.

This year its not iffy...we will be taking snowmobiles or ATV's and drilling holes for sure.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Warm air, cold ocean- Darkened skies are moving over us, and moving on.
Hail ? It is possible. Storm is late in arriving.

 

[snugglestruggle]

I'm not complaining but I hate sticky,muggy days with a hot gusty wind. Id prefer a blustery winters day with low temps any time. Supposed to get rainstorms later, tail end of a front.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Enough micro-hail to coat the ground. The landscape is Winter white,
again. This cannot be good for baby birds, or new tree buds.

Towns near the Northern border have real snow.

We had an April Fools Blizzard, many years ago.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The Winter weather must be breaking up, up Alaska way- The Yeti are out looking for Springtime love ? (Or, salad?)

Locals in Bethel Report ‘Hairy Man’ Sightings

Apr 17, 2014

Article source: http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/locals-in-bethel-report-hairy-man-sightings/25523238

Also known as Urayuli and depicted as a hermit with large feet, the story of the Hairy Man is similar to that of the Sasquatch. With the Delta Discovery newspaper's recent series of published Hairy Man stories from area residents, though, the long-told tale has become a bit more hair-raising.

Dana Kopanuk and his nephew were setnetting for whitefish on the Tarperrnaq River on a fall afternoon in 2011 when he said he saw the Hairy Man.

Kopanuk tells the story at his kitchen table in Bethel. He illustrates it with a pencil drawing he made of the area where they saw the Hairy Man.

The two were approaching their net when they saw someone walking through the willows on the bank. Kopanuk says the willows and brush would have been taller than he was, but this creature that looked like a man could easily see over the top of foilage. Kopanuk first registered it as a person -- until he saw that this creature was larger, hairier, and not wearing clothes.

Kopanuk said this creature didn't act like a person.

"If he were from camp, he would wait for us," Kopanuk said.

The two fishermen watched the creature for about 10 minutes until they moved along the river and the creature moved out of sight. While watching, it was difficult to comprehend what they saw, but Kopanuk said when they discussed it later, they decided it must have been Hairy Man.

Kopanuk's story is one of many that has been published in the Delta Discovery for more than a year. What's different about Kopanuk's story is that he let the paper publish his name. Many witnesses leave their name off their account, not wanting to be tied to these strange encounters.

"I say my name and I believe what I see," Kopanuk said.

Kopanuk said before the Delta Discovery started publishing stories, he hadn't heard a lot about the hairy man. Most of the stories are published with anonymous witnesses. Even the illustrator that creates drawings for the paper wants to be known only as "AI."

Kopanuk says he doesn't have theories about the creature he said he saw.

"I don't know where they live. I don't know how they survive," he said.

Despite the sighting, Kopanuk said he wasn't scared when he saw the Hairy Man because the creature isn't known to try to hurt people. To him, the story is simple.

"I saw what I saw," he said. "I'm not trying to defend it or anything."

At the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge office, large-game biologist Spencer Rearden isn't buying it.

"As a biologist," Rearden said, "Hairy Man does not exist."

Rearden grew up in Bethel. He studies moose and caribou, and says he doesn't need to believe in Hairy Man because these animals are fascinating on their own.

"They're more interesting. I know they're there. I see them." Rearden said.

Rearden says it would take a lot of hard evidence to change his mind.

"We would have to have hair samples. We would see footprints, possibly photographs and video," he said.

Margaret Nagasiak said she may have found that evidence pressed into the tundra.

Locals in Bethel Report 'Hairy Man' Sightings

She shows the picture of a print that she found when she was picking berries with a few family members. She says the photo shows a clear outline of toes, as part of a footprint larger than an average human foot.

"It felt like someone was watching us, but we looked around and we didn't see anybody," she said.

That feeling was a clue for the group to leave. They also noticed another harbinger of the Hairy Man's presence.

"It had some kind of stink smell," Nagasiak said.

Eyewitnesses say they're just sharing what they saw, despite a measure of skepticism from others.

"He's out there somewhere," Nagasiak said. "We just can't find him."

(I like aknewsfeed, but, sometimes, it looks like someone has translated the pages, back and forth from English.)

gsgs comment- Do Yeti bathe ?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

oh, yay another hypothermia morning- How windy will it be ? Wrap it up. Winter wants to linger.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Close to freezing, or freezing, with a Frost advisory, tonight and tomorrow morning.
(Depending on where you are.) NH Mt Monadnock area ? Expect snow!

http://monadnocktrails.com/weather.trails.php

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Golf ball sized hail in Oklahoma. Cape Cod, did not get anything that scary, this week. Seedlings have popped their heads up, here. How can you raise crops, when it is that violent and harmful ? Poor little beef cattle.

 

[butters]

Golf ball sized hail in Oklahoma. Cape Cod, did not get anything that scary, this week. Seedlings have popped their heads up, here. How can you raise crops, when it is that violent and harmful ? Poor little beef cattle.

spring's very late arriving for you
you must be sick of winter by now.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

It is traveling back and forth, on the spiral arm. One or two days, on occasion, the sun will warm your naked toes. The other days, require boots. Cold toes!

Like birth, it travels backwards, and returns to a point, before it goes forward, again.
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[LiFeNdEaTh]

it's still in the 50's over here in CT.