We thank all of you for the great photos and notes.. more than we have time to publish. Thanks also to you who haven taken the time to post your own photos. Tonight we feel like sharing the calm after the storm.
“Hi Tim,
Great day for canoeing and kayaking through the picnic groves as the temperature under blue skies hit 51 at Lake Dennison in Baldwinville, MA today. Tim and Eric are seen enjoying much fun going through what once was a picnic grove.
Paul DeMeo”
Record high temperatures were recorded in Maine again today, 60° in Bangor beat 58° on March 16, 1927. High temperature records may continue as warmth spreads southward (again). Great drying weather is forecast for New England into Sunday. A low pressure system will cross far northern Maine Thursday with colder temps for Aroostsock County. But it looks like the next storm will really wind up to our west this weekend, meaning warmth right through Sunday. As Chicago digs out from a March snowfall this weekend, we may enjoy 70 degrees and sunshine*.
*The track of the next storm may change, if so.. our forecast will change.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
430 PM EDT TUE MAR 16 2010
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT BANGOR ME…
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES WAS SET AT BANGOR ME TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 58 SET IN 1927.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU, ME
430 PM EDT TUE MAR 16 2010
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT CARIBOU ME…
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 57 DEGREES WAS SET AT CARIBOU ME TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 48 SET IN 1971.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
355 PM EDT TUE MAR 16 2010
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 12
HOURS FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY MARCH 16. THIS SUMMARY IS
ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/CARIBOU
***********************MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES***********************
LOCATION HIGH TIME/DATE
TEMPERATURE OF
(F) REPORT
MAINE
…AROOSTOOK COUNTY…
NINE MILE BRIDGE – RIVER 59 1130 AM 03/16
DICKEY – RIVER 58 1230 PM 03/16
FOX BROOK – MCOOP 58 210 PM 03/16
CARIBOU – ASOS 57 214 PM 03/16
OXBOW – MCOOP 57 240 PM 03/16
BIG BLACK – RIVER 56 115 PM 03/16
CLAYTON LAKE – COOP 56 323 PM 03/16
MASARDIS – RIVER 56 300 PM 03/16
SMITH BROOK – LARC 56 1200 PM 03/16
PRESQUE ISLE – AWOS 55 330 PM 03/16
HOULTON – ASOS 55 153 PM 03/16
LIMESTONE – CRN 54 300 PM 03/16
EAGLE LAKE – MCOOP 53 235 PM 03/16
KNOWLES CORNER – MCOOP 52 230 PM 03/16
FRENCHVILLE – ASOS 51 153 PM 03/16
…HANCOCK COUNTY…
ACADIA N.P. – RAWS 56 258 PM 03/16
BAR HARBOR – AWOS 55 155 PM 03/16
BASS HARBOR – RAINWISE 52 106 PM 03/16
PROSPECT HARBOR – RAINWISE 51 440 PM 03/15
STONINGTON – RAINWISE 50 326 PM 03/16
…PENOBSCOT COUNTY…
BANGOR – ASOS 59 330 PM 03/16
WEST ENFIELD – RIVER 59 230 PM 03/16
SUNKHAZE N.W.R. – CRN 59 231 PM 03/16
MILLINOCKET – ASOS 58 253 PM 03/16
MATTAWAMKEAG – RIVER 56 130 PM 03/16
OLD TOWN – RAWS 56 240 PM 03/16
CORINNA – COOP 55 330 PM 03/16
GRINDSTONE – RIVER 55 400 PM 03/15
DIXMONT – MCOOP 54 245 PM 03/16
PATTEN 2 – MCOOP 53 235 PM 03/16
…PISCATAQUIS COUNTY…
ABBOT VILLAGE – RIVER 58 230 PM 03/16
EAST SANGERVILLE 57 300 PM 03/16
BLANCHARD – RIVER 56 215 PM 03/16
GUILFORD – COOP 54 330 PM 03/16
KOKADJO – MCOOP 54 245 PM 03/16
MILO – COOP 54 330 PM 03/16
BARNARD PLANTATION – COOP 53 330 PM 03/16
DOVER-FOXCROFT – COOP 53 330 PM 03/16
RIPOGENUS DAM – MCOOP 53 215 PM 03/16
GREENVILLE – ASOS 51 256 PM 03/16
…SOMERSET COUNTY…
TURNER BROOK-RAWS 62 315 PM 03/16
ST AURELIE – LARC 55 1200 PM 03/16
…WASHINGTON COUNTY…
MOOSEHORN 59 330 PM 03/16
CHERRYFIELD – RIVER 57 245 PM 03/16
DANFORTH – MCOOP 56 225 PM 03/16
DENNYSVILLE – RIVER 54 315 PM 03/16
WOODLAND – COOP 53 330 PM 03/16
GRAND LAKE STREAM – RIVER 53 230 PM 03/16
WESLEY – COOP 52 330 PM 03/16
EASTPORT – MCOOP 51 245 PM 03/16
TOPSFIELD – COOP 50 330 PM 03/16
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
718 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DECLARED THE WEEK OF MARCH
15TH THROUGH 19TH, FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK IN MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE, AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FIVE PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GRAY FOR FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK.
…FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS…
TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO POTENTIALLY THREATENING FLOOD
CONDITIONS, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES FLOOD WATCHES
AND WARNINGS. GENERALLY, A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. A FLOOD
WARNING INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY
OCCURRING.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HERE ARE SOME DEFINITIONS.
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MAJOR RIVERS – THESE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED
SPECIFICALLY FOR MAJOR RIVERS AND INCLUDE FORECASTS OF WATER
LEVELS AND/OR FLOWS AT CERTAIN POINTS ALONG THE RIVER.
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS – THESE WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED BY COUNTY FOR THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS – THESE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR RIVERS
AND STREAMS IN A SPECIFIC AREA WHEN RAPID RISES ARE EXPECTED
TO CAUSE FLOODING AND IMMEDIATE ACTION MAY BE NEEDED TO SAVE
LIVES OR PROTECT PROPERTY.
FLOOD ADVISORIES – THESE ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR URBAN
AREAS OR FOR SMALL STREAMS WHEN THE NORMAL DRAINAGE IS UNABLE
TO HANDLE THE VOLUME OF RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN AND/OR
SNOWMELT. ICE OR SNOW MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING BY
BLOCKING DRAINAGE MECHANISMS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD-PRONE AREA, BE SURE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS. ALWAYS REPORT
ANY FLOODING TO THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ALWAYS
OBEY ALL BARRICADES AND LOCAL DETOURS. AND NEVER, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE, DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY!
JENSENIUS/HAWLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GRAY, MAINE
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Not that we have been too cold.. Thursday December 3rd we reached record warmth near 70 degrees in southern New England. Then rain changed to snow on Saturday the 5th. The first freezing temperature of the season at Boston Logan Airport was Sunday the 6th, breaking the record of December 2, 1975 for latest first 32 at Logan. Since then we have seen at least a little snow somewhere in New England just about every day. Even during our little thaw (temperature above freezing here at NECN since Sunday afternoon, about 60 hours now), snow has continued to fall in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The most snow I have seen on the (non ski area) ground is now 18″ in Walden Vermont, not bad considering where we came from.
The thaw has caused much of the snow to disappear in coastal New England.
This Eric Martin photo from Provincetown Massachusetts shows a fine Lobster Trap Holiday Stack, near the Pilgrim Monument. No snow here. Did you know Pilgrim Monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the U.S.. Do you recognize the architecture? Same as one in Itlay and one in Boston. Gotta love Wikipedia (hopefully these statements are true). See more Wikipedia on Pilgrim Monument here.
So when will we get our first snow on Cape Cod?
A new blast of cold is arriving in New England tonight, Tuesday December 15, 2009. This air mass is colder than that of last Friday through Sunday. In Alberta Canada, 100+ year old cold records fell this week. Jordan Montana cooled to minus 40 Fahrenheit this morning. This is pure arctic air, that will modify before reaching New England. In Jordan the -40 was result of radiational cooling on a clear calm night. We are not expecting calm air in New England anytime soon. So we are not getting to -40 this time. However, the air in Northern Maine by Thursday Morning will have come directly from Hudson Bay where temps today topped near zero degrees.
The Thurs AM forecast for Frenchville ME is for a temperature of -3 with northwest wind gusting to 35 mph, that feels like about -30, still not as bad as Jordan MT today. How about the summit of Mount Washington? The temperature forecast is -18 with gusts to 100 mph by Thurs AM, that feels like about -66. The MWN obs team will surley rejoice at this extreme.
On the other end of the extreme we have record warmth in Florida. The high of 84 in Jacksonville broke the record set of 83 set December 15, 1972. We also set a record for rainfall in Florida, 3.1″ beat 1.33″ Dec 15, 1958. The Gulf of Mexico has been ground zero for major storm after major storm for the last several months. Just because we had few named storms in the tropics this year, does not mean we lack Tropical Energy. Yet another storm is brewing of Texas tonight, with rainfall forecasts of 8″+ off Galveston into Thursday. This latest Gulf storm moves of the Georgia Coast Friday Night. At the same time we are tracking a north Pacific storm over the northwest, where 18″ of snow is reported at Mt. Hood Oregon. That storm will fade to nothing but an upper level low in the Central Plains on Friday.
In Maine we have another 4″ of new snow in Allagash today from a 1004 millibar low now pushing into New Brunswick. This Maritimes low will bomb out to 984 millibars as it stalls west of Newfoundland Friday, that storm then backs westward into Quebec, with big time wind annd chill here.
Then the weekend intricate dance of the three lows.. The extra tropical low off Georgia tries to move north, but is slowed by the Maritimes low, creating a block (a cold block for New England), and the old Oregon low which will be into the Great Lakes by Saturday. The three lows then interact in an unforcastable orchestration that may lead to the first snow of the season in Provincetown Massachusetts by later Sunday and/or Monday. We will be surrounded by storms at that point, if they all come together as one, then we get a blockbuster, we’ll keep you posted.
*Weds AM update, models this AM getting closer with ocean storm Sunday.*
*Note from Copenhagen.. It’s Snowing and Cold (called Gore Effect), and everyone is arguing over money.. no rational talk of climate. Gore even exceeded alarm of his own team. For more rational look at climate, check out WeatherAction of U.K.*
