I’m solar powered

[carole]

Yes, I hike in the rain. Yes, my rain gear works great. Yes, layering is working just fine. Yes, I sometimes use an umbrella (and sing in the rain). Yes, my trail shoes are wet but comfortable. Yes, the forest is quite lovely with the bright greens on a background of darken wet trunks and droplets of water on the emerging flowers. Yes, the flows of streams are impressive. But…

my batteries are draining. Should I hike with a headlamp lest I forget what light is like?

 

[Roxi]

Like you, Carole, I too am solar-powered and hike happily and energetically in the sun. I am so sick of this rain that I find myself thinking, which peak won't matter if I hike it in the rain and see only gray at the top? I NEED to get out and hike this weekend, even more than I need a view, even more than I need the sun. Zealand, here I come!

 

[Waumbek]

my batteries are draining.

I share your drain.

I'm concentrating on hikes to waterfalls that don't have major unbridged stream crossings; better yet if a shelter is nearby. WM falls are really pumping right now.

 

[dvbl]

I've been reduced to searching out new weather websites:

"Let's see, here's the forecast from weather.com........nope, that can't be right. Let's try nws.noaa.gov.........nope, that's wrong, that says rain for saturday and sunday, that must be last weekend's forecast. Let's try mountwashington.org.......that says rain all weekend, too. How can all these weather websites be so wrong?"

Yeah, yeah, we all know the tired old saying, "A bad day hiking still beats a good day at work." But this is getting old.

 

[blacknblue]

Hey, I live in Boulder, Colorado, where we have a new wildfire in the county nearly every day. Send some of that rain over here!

Actually, I'm flying to New Hampshire this weekend, and I always bring good weather when I fly back. Just ask the 22 inches of new powder at Sugarbush when I came in February! It's gonna be sunny and 70 this weekend, I'm telling you.

 

[dvbl]

...Hey, I live in Boulder, Colorado, where we have a new wildfire in the county nearly every day. Send some of that rain over here!...

We'll trade you some rain for some 14K'ers.

 

[jade]

I saw a big orange thing in the sky this morning and ran for cover...it only lasted a moment...anyone have any info on this strange phenomenon? Funny, I felt deeply happy for that brief moment......

 

[bubba]

Hey, I live in Boulder, Colorado, where we have a new wildfire in the county nearly every day. Send some of that rain over here!

Actually, I'm flying to New Hampshire this weekend, and I always bring good weather when I fly back. Just ask the 22 inches of new powder at Sugarbush when I came in February! It's gonna be sunny and 70 this weekend, I'm telling you.

BnB: stay home this weekend and come next weekend!! Please??

 

[arghman]

argh argh argh argh argh argh argh argh argh!

there are, I have to admit, a few upsides of rotten weather (or at least mildly rotten weather):
1) fewer crowds
2) not as hot (usually)
3) can be great photography weather
4) at least my cranberry patch is pretty happy. (if you don't have a cranberry patch, I can't help you there...)

On a practical note: any guidance for planning a hike in the Mt Washington area? (I'm trying to Auto-road-hike sometime next week) I want to avoid thunderstorms and snow / cold rain / rain with high wind, but otherwise I can deal. The secret weather forecasting formula in Scudder's guide just isn't working, those L's on the national weather map keep hanging around like locusts.

 

[Snowflea]

Rain

Yeah, hiking in rain all day kinda stinks, but as long as it's not too cold (below 55'ish) and not pouring/lightening'ing, it's actually quite nice to run in!



But if only we could send some of it out West...

 

[forestgnome]

Carole, I know what you mean. I'd like to be planning a nice sunny alpine flower hike for the weekend, but we're again reduced to looking at the bright side of rainy weather. I'm self-employed, so I can go any day I choose, but the rain means that my workload is backed up, so good weather means it's time to catch up on work...

My fingers are crossed for Sunday. I need it!

 

[sardog1]

I saw a big orange thing in the sky this morning and ran for cover...it only lasted a moment...anyone have any info on this strange phenomenon? Funny, I felt deeply happy for that brief moment......

Yeah, that was a UHO (unidentified heliacal object.) It also passed briefly over SE NH this morning on its way out of Earth's orbit . . .

 

[giggy]

ITS getting old and just when you think it can't get worse: it can from the boston forecast discussion - this is way out - but still not what I want to hear!

TROPICAL SYSTEM BEING WATCHED IN THE NW CARRIBEAN EXPECTED TO MAKE
ITS WAY THROUGH A WEAKNESS IN A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND LIKELY LINK UP
WITH SURFACE FRONT AND UPPER SHORT WAVE TROF MOVING OFF THE E COAST
AROUND MID WEEK. SYSTEM SHOULD TRANSITION TO EXTRATROPICAL BUT WILL
LIKELY BE LOADED WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE AND MAY BECOME AN UNUSUALLY
STRONG BAROCLINIC SYSTEM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. GFS OPERATIONAL RUNS
AND ENSEMBLES IN ADDITION TO ECMWF AND GEM SHOW THIS FEATURE WITH A
TRACK CONSENSUS PLACING SURFACE LOW CENTER PASSING SE OF BENCHMARK
BY 100 MILES OR SO. THE 12Z GEM IS QUITE CONSISTENT WITH ITS 00Z RUN
OF BRINGING SYSTEM FASTER AND CLOSER TO THE COAST...IN FACT DEPICTS
EXTRAORDINARILY INTENSE SYSTEM WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL
AFFECTING REGION. THIS MODEL...FORTUNATELY...DOES APPEAR SUPPORTED
BY OTHER MEDIUM MODELS TO SUCH AN EXTREME EXTENT. THERE DOES SEEM TO
BE ENOUGH MODEL CONSENSUS FOR A RELATIVELY HIGH RISK OF A
SIGNIFICANT MARINE IMPACT BY AT LEAST SEAS AND POSSIBLY GALE FORCE
WINDS OVER OUTER COASTAL WATERS. IN ADDITION...THE WED AND THU AM
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE RUNNING NEAR 11 FT ABOVE MLLW IN BOS.
ALTHOUGH THIS POTENTIAL EVENT IS STILL VERY FAR OUT...THIS ONE COULD
BE FAR MORE PROBLEMATIC THAN PREVIOUS SYSTEMS WITH REGARD TO IMPACT
ALONG COAST. FOR NOW...JUST HAVE CHANCE POPS IN SE ZONES...AS MODEL
CONSENSUS WOULD PLACE RAIN SHIELD JUST OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...A FURTHER
W TRACK COULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE QPF VALUES BEING CONSIDERED
ONSHORE. NOTICED THAT THE 12 ECMWF OPERATIONAL RUN IS INSIDE OF ITS
PREVIOUS RUN...BRINGING LOW CENTER CLOSE TO BENCHMARK AROUND 12Z THU.

 

[arghman]

ITS getting old and just when you think it can't get worse: it can from the boston forecast discussion - this is way out - but still not what I want to hear!

urk.

THE 12Z GEM IS QUITE CONSISTENT WITH ITS 00Z RUN

(I wish they would translate that into English and/or lowercase.)

 

[grouseking]

urk.

(I wish they would translate that into English and/or lowercase.)

GEM stands for Global Environmental Multiscale model..its just one of the many models meteorologists use. Its a pretty good model I think.

OOZ and 12Z stands for Greenwich Mean Time. I believe 12Z equals 8am edt or 7am est around here...same with 00Z 8pm edt 7pm est although it might be the other way around.

The bottom line with the whole discussion was that there is a potential for a tropical system that could get absorbed in the front stalled off the coast and make a run up the eastern seaboard mid-late next week. There was a big write up because many of the big models are agreeing that there is a possibility of more heavy rain...several days in advance. So far it should pass 100 miles offshore but time will tell what happens. In other words, who knows! As for hiking, Monday thru Wednesday look like good hiking days as of now....keep fingers crossed.

grouseking

 

[sardog1]

OOZ and 12Z stands for Greenwich Mean Time. I believe 12Z equals 8am edt or 7am est around here...same with 00Z 8pm edt 7pm est although it might be the other way around.

00Z = 0 hours Zulu, which is U.S. militarese for midnight Greenwich Mean Time. (Well, it wouldn't be appropriate for the armed services that whipped the Brits in 1783 to use GMT, now would it?) And 1200Z = noon Zulu or noon GMT. (You J.A.G. fans already know this.)

During Daylight Savings Time, the Eastern time zone is indeed four hours behind GMT. So that makes 00Z = 2000 EDT, or 8:00 p.m. EDT, and 1200 Z = 0800 EDT, or 8:00 a.m. EDT.

In winter after "falling back" in the Eastern zone to Standard time, the difference is five hours and 00Z = 1900 EST, or 7:00 p.m. EST. Likewise, 1200 Z = 0700 EST, or 7:00 a.m. EST. (GMT, aka Zulu, does not change to Daylight Savings Time.)

If you're in another time zone, figure it out for yourself. You shouldn't be on this forum anyway.

 

[jrichard]

rainbows

To follow up on arghman's optimistic comments, the rain can lead to some great rainbows and awesome lightning. The vegetation in southern NH is rather lush now too. And like arghman says, the even lighting is a godsend to those willing to carry a tripod.

And, you can use this time to practice hiking with an umbrella.

Still, I wouldn't mind one sunny day on the weekend either.

 

[pilgrim]

Being lunar-powered, I'm OK in cool, moist, dark environments, like a mushroom or a codfish. Let it rain.

 

[skibones]

rain, rain, go away

Carole, I know what you mean. I'd like to be planning a nice sunny alpine flower hike for the weekend, but we're again reduced to looking at the bright side of rainy weather. I'm self-employed, so I can go any day I choose, but the rain means that my workload is backed up, so good weather means it's time to catch up on work...

My fingers are crossed for Sunday. I need it!

Rain predicted for Sat and Sun in the Whites. Everyone should play hookey and hike on Monday when the sun 's coming out. A few of us are doing Passaconaway.

 

[Whiteman]

Inside Projects are Done

I feel like the kid in Karate Kid, where he had to spend the first several days of training painting fences, washing things--go left go right go up go down. Well the wallpaper is down, there is new paint everywhere.

But now I am completely out of my year's indoor projects, and that sunshine is way overdue.