Windy Today (10-8-08)

[JimS]

Just looked at the readings...a gust to 127 already!!!

Have fun up there!

[Bill O]

Down to -20F as well.

[bclark]

Top wind speed for the day so far (and not likely to be exceeded) is 127.6 mph, uncorrected.

At the 12Z synoptic, I measured a 6 hour minimum of -25.2 F, breaking today's record low which was previously -24 F set in 2002. Yesterday's minimum was -18 F, a mere 3 degrees away from tying the record low for December 7.

One thing I find interesting is that our lowest temperature for all of last winter was -26. We almost exceed that today and it's only early December.

[mtruman]

When I took my morning walk with the dog this morning it was 13 degrees with about a 20 MPH wind and I thought that was cold. Looks like I was actually in the tropics! What kind of winter are we in for if we're seeing this kind of cold and wind (the MW conditions, not the RI ones) 2 weeks before winter even begins!

[Brad]

When I took my morning walk with the dog this morning it was 13 degrees with about a 20 MPH wind and I thought that was cold. Looks like I was actually in the tropics! What kind of winter are we in for if we're seeing this kind of cold and wind (the MW conditions, not the RI ones) 2 weeks before winter even begins!
Remember the discussion about all the acorns? I hope you got your supply in early as it will be a hard one. Even with all this, my heating oil consumption for this heating season is 56% lower than last year in gallons used per Heating Degree Day. (just in case you wanted to know)

[Steve M]

This should be an exciting winter. Even here in the south.:)

[Bill O]

This should be an exciting winter. Even here in the south.:)

Winter is practically over. The earliest sunset has come and gone and the shortest day is fast approaching.

[Bill O]

We had a nice frontal passage in VT today.

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8669/wxstationgraphallcs6.gif

[Brad]

I am not a weather-guy, but those graphs are interesting. I excepted the drop in temp when the rain started. But, the 180 degree wind shift seems like a lot.

[Bill O]

That frontal passage is more typical of one you'd see in the Intermountain West. Sharp temperature drop, wind shift and post-frontal precip. On the east coast most of our precip comes pre-frontal.

That is the kind of wind shift that takes down helicopters.