Aug 2008: Lake level and rain

Grant · 08-12-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by NHKathy

We go up on some weekends throughout the year; but our full week up is always end of July/beginning of Aug. We are usually very lucky with the weather for our week there - woah, not this year!
We arrived Friday, 8/1 and the remainder of Friday and Saturday were both fairly good (but chilly for August!), but then...
Sunday (8/3) -rainy and then stormy - lost power for over 5 hours!
Monday, saw some sun for about 1 1/2 hrs, but was very breezy, so therefore cool again...
Tues-Fri --I don't even remember seeing much of the sun at all! Funny part is that on Monday night, WMUR was forcasting Tuesday as being the "pick of the week" with some sun and dry; but we were socked in fog all day and it was drizzly! Wed - rainy all day, Thurs & Fri -storms in the afternoon!
Saturday, of course the day we were leaving - Sunny and beautiful! (glad i mostly packed up on Friday night while it was rainy) I enjoyed the sun until I left!

What a week!

I had that same exact week...and it was rather disheartening to be loading the car on Saturday morning, realizing that it would be a glorious day. On the bright side, I'm headed back up on Friday (although with the current trend, I ain't counting on any sunny days!).

Lots of interesting mushrooms!

Orion · 08-13-2008, 01:16 AM

The lake seems to have held steady over the last 24 hrs. Hope it starts to go down now. Weather outlook is actually glorious compared to what we've just gone through.

CanisLupusArctos · 08-13-2008, 01:39 PM

As of today, Black Cat Wx has received 6.38 inches of rain for the month -- in less than two weeks. This amount makes August 2008 the wettest month since October 2006, when we got 7.65 inches of rain.

I spent the last few days at a friends' house on Wells Beach, Maine. The flow there was onshore most of the time, and that killed all the thunderstorms that tried to approach from the inland side. We got very little rain there, except when a thunderstorm backed in off the ocean at us. I have returned home find new canyons in the yard. It's time to get the weights on the end of the dock.

Mr Port Jefferson · 08-16-2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Grant

I had that same exact week...and it was rather disheartening to be loading the car on Saturday morning, realizing that it would be a glorious day. On the bright side, I'm headed back up on Friday (although with the current trend, I ain't counting on any sunny days!).

Lots of interesting mushrooms!

Same here I left Gilford in great sun light after 10 days of rain, but as my granny Jennie used to say "bad day at the lake beats a good day at work"!

CanisLupusArctos · 08-19-2008, 10:48 PM

After all we've been though for the last month or so, it sure is good to look up at the sky and see crystal-clear stars, and is good to look at the national radar loop and see that all the northeastern radar sites are now operating in "clear air mode" (a ring of echoes from ground-based obstacles visible due to the radar being set on super-sensitive.) When was the last time any radar site around here operated in clear-air mode? Or when we saw the stars?

Dewpoint now in the mid-40s, feels like fall. The evaporative effect on the lake surface will draw down the temperature, but will also help the level drop more quickly.

08-13-2008, 01:16 AM	#2
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 914 Thanks: 598 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	leveled out The lake seems to have held steady over the last 24 hrs. Hope it starts to go down now. Weather outlook is actually glorious compared to what we've just gone through.

08-19-2008, 10:48 PM	#5
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	Clear Air Mode After all we've been though for the last month or so, it sure is good to look up at the sky and see crystal-clear stars, and is good to look at the national radar loop and see that all the northeastern radar sites are now operating in "clear air mode" (a ring of echoes from ground-based obstacles visible due to the radar being set on super-sensitive.) When was the last time any radar site around here operated in clear-air mode? Or when we saw the stars? Dewpoint now in the mid-40s, feels like fall. The evaporative effect on the lake surface will draw down the temperature, but will also help the level drop more quickly.

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08-13-2008, 01:39 PM	#3
CanisLupusArctos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,049 Thanks: 15 Thanked 472 Times in 107 Posts	As of today, Black Cat Wx has received 6.38 inches of rain for the month -- in less than two weeks. This amount makes August 2008 the wettest month since October 2006, when we got 7.65 inches of rain. I spent the last few days at a friends' house on Wells Beach, Maine. The flow there was onshore most of the time, and that killed all the thunderstorms that tried to approach from the inland side. We got very little rain there, except when a thunderstorm backed in off the ocean at us. I have returned home find new canyons in the yard. It's time to get the weights on the end of the dock.