anyway I can get it

While a several day light snow sounds fun, I prefer my 12 inches in twelve hours. That way I only have to clean up once, not three or four times. That said, I'm still looking foward to a new year and a new "improved" snow cover.

weekend lose

Sadly appropriate that the last weekend of the year brings us more unwanted rain. Didn’t we get enough in the summer?

Lost nearly half our snow cover here on Hollister Hill (9 down to 5 inches as of midday). Looks like we may rebuild some next week, but still if this Sunday’s precipitation had been snow, we could have added maybe 3-6 inches, and thought about breaking some snowshoe trails.

temperature change

Today starts a transition from over a week of below average temperatures to several days of above. This is good news only on the short-term, considering our weekend storm and the sloppy/slippery conditions that are likely.

season's greetings

Calendar Winter starts gently; a little cold and a little light snow. Solstice salutations to all.

fall fades on frigid note

Friday's lows were mostly single digits below zero, but there were some teens below including Corinth and Plainfield at -11, Walden’s -12, and Gallop Mills' -15. The lowest nws coop reading was Sutton 2NE's -18

December thaw?

Last night was the first time this season that I’ve been startled awake from the sound (and feel) of heavy snow sliding off my metal roof and thudding to the ground. You’d think, being a weatherman, that I would have been prepared.

The first time is almost always a surprise.

wednesday's windiness

Yesterday snow wasn’t the only weather of interest. While Wednesday was just breezy in many locations, it was wicked windy in others. Huntington had an 87 mph gust, Jericho Center 92, and atop Mnt Mansfield… 108!

record tied

A snow shower with apparent origins from Lake Ontario passed through the Champlain Valley predawn this Monday morning yielding a quick half inch of snow at the National Weather Service office in S. Burlington. This was their first measurable snowfall of the 09-10 season and ties the previous record “latest first snow” of 1937.

December ‘89 this isn’t.

Record highs Thursday; St J tied their old record of 54 (1970) while both Burlington and Montpelier set new ones with 59s; their old records, 59 and 52 respectively, were both in 1982.

its official

November ended the 9th warmest in Burlington with a monthly average of 41.8 degrees. That could be why only two other years have not had any measurable snow there by now. Their record latest date is 12.7.