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CanisLupusArctos · 02-14-2007, 11:01 AM

We have about 5-6 inches of snow on the ground at Black Cat... still in nightclothes, the farthest I've been outside is to lean out the door with a cupful of birdseed for those hungry chickadees et al, so no "real" measurement yet. The rain gauge heater works! (so far...) It was one of my Home Depot jury-rigs to save money, and it's melted 0.34 inches so far this morning. The average rate of fall is 0.10 inch/hour.

Lots of temperature uniformity among stations this morning: Temps are 12 F at Concord, Rochester, and Keene. Laconia is 10. Meanwhile the truly arctic air is just across the river in VT where all stations are 3 F this hour. By contrast Beverly Airport in MA is reporting 28.

The National Weather Service has upgraded the winter storm warning to a Blizzard warning for most of the state of NH including the lakes region. It has been 2 years since I heard those two beautiful words! And I had to go down to Boston to get the brunt of it last time.

For those wondering, a Blizzard Warning means visibility is reduced to under 1/4 mile in heavy snow (falling anew, OR just blowing around without new snow falling)... and winds sustained at 35+ mph for several hours. The Blizzard Warning actually has nothing to do with amounts, but usually a snowstorm capable of producing sustained 35 mph winds (tropical depression equivalent) is usually going to produce a lot of snow. In the midwest where it's flat, blizzard warnings often remain in effect for a day or two after a storm because the wind keeps blowing the snow around, limiting visibility. That would be a "ground blizzard" but if you're trying to drive through it, it's all the same.

Let's hear some blizzard stories - anyone ever gotten disoriented on the Winnipesaukee lake ice in heavy snow? Happened to me in the early 90s.

The Black Cat Island weather station is now online. It finally started uploading after I rebooted the computer (one more time.) The page that's up now is the software's own automated creation so I'll figure out how to customize it later. In the meantime you can view the data at www.blackcatnh.com/weather/index.htm.

02-14-2007, 11:01 AM	#104
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	Blizzard Warning! We have about 5-6 inches of snow on the ground at Black Cat... still in nightclothes, the farthest I've been outside is to lean out the door with a cupful of birdseed for those hungry chickadees et al, so no "real" measurement yet. The rain gauge heater works! (so far...) It was one of my Home Depot jury-rigs to save money, and it's melted 0.34 inches so far this morning. The average rate of fall is 0.10 inch/hour. Lots of temperature uniformity among stations this morning: Temps are 12 F at Concord, Rochester, and Keene. Laconia is 10. Meanwhile the truly arctic air is just across the river in VT where all stations are 3 F this hour. By contrast Beverly Airport in MA is reporting 28. The National Weather Service has upgraded the winter storm warning to a Blizzard warning for most of the state of NH including the lakes region. It has been 2 years since I heard those two beautiful words! And I had to go down to Boston to get the brunt of it last time. For those wondering, a Blizzard Warning means visibility is reduced to under 1/4 mile in heavy snow (falling anew, OR just blowing around without new snow falling)... and winds sustained at 35+ mph for several hours. The Blizzard Warning actually has nothing to do with amounts, but usually a snowstorm capable of producing sustained 35 mph winds (tropical depression equivalent) is usually going to produce a lot of snow. In the midwest where it's flat, blizzard warnings often remain in effect for a day or two after a storm because the wind keeps blowing the snow around, limiting visibility. That would be a "ground blizzard" but if you're trying to drive through it, it's all the same. Let's hear some blizzard stories - anyone ever gotten disoriented on the Winnipesaukee lake ice in heavy snow? Happened to me in the early 90s. The Black Cat Island weather station is now online. It finally started uploading after I rebooted the computer (one more time.) The page that's up now is the software's own automated creation so I'll figure out how to customize it later. In the meantime you can view the data at www.blackcatnh.com/weather/index.htm.