A day to take stock in NH

[dentonfabrics]

The dirt road to Province Pond TH is unlowed and gated.

happy trails

I read that in Steve Smith's White Mtn Lakes book last night so I changed plans. I wasnt up for 8 miles in the slush.

Lousy morning in the Whites today. Showers turned into downpours so I turned around after a couple of miles. Still, it beat going to work.

It's January fer chrissakes. Give me cold, give me snow.

 

[dug]

I watched a show recently about the impact of the White Mountains on New Hampshire Tourism. Mostly from a historical perspective. What was quite interesting is the photos of men in suites and top hats and women in long dresses and bonnets BAREBOOTING up Tuckerman's. Oooh, the horror.....

 

[grouseking]

What thermometer registered 63 degrees?? Was it under a magnifying glass? Lebanon recorded an official record high of 50. My thermometer never got above 43 in Enfield. I just find it hard to believe that it was 63.

Which day are you talking about? On Tuesday, Lebanon hit 52, Wednesday it hit 55, and today it was 45. http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KLEB.html

But temperatures were pretty much upside down this week. The warm air came into the hills and mountains first and then slowly settled into the valleys. That is why some places up in the White Mtns around 1500 feet were in the 60s this week, while down in the valley, it was cooler. The Mount Washington auto temp profile was funny...it had an inversion of temperatures...cooler at the bottom, in the 30s and then it rose into the 50s up to 4,000 feet, and then dropped into the upper 30s to near 40 by the time you hit the summit.

In Hanover, at my apt ,I live right near the CT river and the temp was 45 degrees one afternoon, and I brought my Kestrel handheld thermometer up the hill and I was met by a warm wind and the temperature warmed up to 58 in a flash.

At night, the lower valleys dropped quickly into the 30s while the upper elevations stayed very warm. West of the Green Mtns, it was VERY warm, and didn't drop below 45-50 degrees for two straight nights so most if not all of their snow is actually gone in some areas. So consider ourselves lucky...This pic was taken from Franklin VT, from Weather Underground taken today!

Winter weather advisory tonight, for ice to rain in the central areas, and snow to ice to possibly rain up north, 2-4 inches. It will be good to get a nice coating of ice on the snow....should help it melt slower. Plus dew points will be low this weekend, so the melting will be minimal.

Watch Monday for a possible snowstorm.

grouseking

 

[dentonfabrics]

Which day are you talking about? On Tuesday, Lebanon hit 52, Wednesday it hit 55, and today it was 45. http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KLEB.html

But temperatures were pretty much upside down this week. The warm air came into the hills and mountains first and then slowly settled into the valleys. That is why some places up in the White Mtns around 1500 feet were in the 60s this week, while down in the valley, it was cooler. The Mount Washington auto temp profile was funny...it had an inversion of temperatures...cooler at the bottom, in the 30s and then it rose into the 50s up to 4,000 feet, and then dropped into the upper 30s to near 40 by the time you hit the summit.

Wasnt it "temperature inversion" that caused the ice storm of '98? (Which, btw, happened 10 years ago this month.)

 

[grouseking]

Wasnt it "temperature inversion" that caused the ice storm of '98? (Which, btw, happened 10 years ago this month.)

Yup, freezing rain occurs when temperatures are above freezing at all levels of the atmosphere but then below freezing at and just above the surface.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/events/IceStorm1998/ice98.shtml

grouseking

 

[sardog1]

I should have explained the context more fully for my comment. I was standing in an outdoor equipment store, in the winter. The person asking about snowshoes was looking at snowboards with an eye to buying one. The question caught me by surprise because of the context, and it jumbled my neurons badly.

 

[ADKnBVI]

In Hanover, at my apt ,I live right near the CT river and the temp was 45 degrees one afternoon, and I brought my Kestrel handheld thermometer up the hill and I was met by a warm wind and the temperature warmed up to 58 in a flash.

In Ashland, NH, we had similar conditions earlier in the week. Walking up to the top of our local hill, we could feel a weirdly warm breeze on our faces.

Today (Friday), unfortunately, is just dismal. There was significant sleet during the night, and since then just lots of freezing rain. The whole world looks glossed over in ice. This is judged only by looking out my window - I'm not going out in that!!

Valerie