November 2009 Ends Wet & White

This image from CrownofMaine.com shows the 4.5″ of snowfall from Mars Hill Maine today, November 30, 2009.

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But for most of New England this was another wet & unseasonable warm November Day.
We hit 55^ at NECN (Newton MA) today, with about .2″ Rainfall.
Meteorologists at The National Weather Service Office in Taunton Massachusetts have tallied up some figures regarding our warm November 2009.
Listed below.
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First this announcement:
The Team at WeatherAction.com offered free forecasts for the Climate Meeting coming up in Copenhagen.. here is opening line, then a link to their site.
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“Please Circulate this free forecast to Copenhagen summit delegates and media…
WeatherAction releases free long range forecast for Copenhagen Climate Summit
7th-18th Dec 2009 & warns:
Climate summit to be hit by blustery deluges, probably turning to
snow or blizzards and icy blasts in the region at times – especially
heavy when President Obama visits Denmark & Norway 8-10th.”
see more here.
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It is colder tonight in El Paso Texas, with snow falling, than it is in Concord NH.
That Texas storm is another powerhouse that will pass to our west Thursday, with heavy rain and wind. The record for Concord NH Thursday December 3rd is 60^ set in 1932, we may be close to breaking that record. The Thursday storm is all rain in New England. Wind may drive the Full ‘Cold’ Moon tide northward, with coastal flooding at the 11 AM High Tide.
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We do have a window of cold for snowmaking before and after the Thursday storm. Another storm on Saturday may be cold enough for snow here. There will be record cold in the United States by next week. The Pacific Ocean is full of energy, it is only a matter of time before we are all shoveling.
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Here are some preliminary numbers for our warm November.
From NWS Taunton:
.CLIMATE…
BOSTON/S LOGAN AIRPORT HAS NOT FALLEN TO THE FREEZING MARK SO FAR
THIS SEASON. THE RECORD LATEST IN THE SEASON THAT BOSTON HAS
RECORDED ITS FIRST 32F WAS DEC 2ND 1975. THIS AFTERNOONS FORECAST
KEEPS OVERNIGHT LOWS AT LOGAN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
12/2…WHICH COULD TIE THE RECORD. AVERAGE FIRST DATE OF 32
IN BOSTON IS AROUND NOVEMBER 4TH.

DESPITE THE POTENTIAL LATEST OCCURRING FREEZING TEMP AT BOSTON…WE
DID ESTABLISH THE 3RD EARLIEST MINOR SNOWFALL AT LOGAN AIRPORT THIS
FALL ON OCTOBER 18TH.

NOVEMBER WILL BE TOP 10 WARMEST… STATUS THRU 11/28

THERE ARE NO PROJECTIONS AS TO FINAL OUTCOME BUT A RANKING IN THE
TOP 10 WARMEST IS ASSURED FOR MOST OR ALL OF THESE 100 PLUS YEAR
LOCATIONS. RECENT TOP 10 WARMEST WAS 2006…ONE OF THE WARMEST
NOVEMBERS ON RECORD.

BELOW IS THE CURRENT AVG FOR THE MONTH FROM OUR PRELIMINARY CF6…AS
WELL AS THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL…THE TOP 10 WARMEST RANKING AND
CLOSE WITH THE 2006 WARMEST NOV RANKING REFERENCE.

BOS 48.9 PLUS 3.7 RANKED A STRONG NUMBER 6 2006 WAS 4TH WARMEST
BDL 46.5 PLUS 4.4 RANKED NUMBER 5. 2006 WAS 4TH WARMEST
PVD 49.0 PLUS 4.9 RANKED A SOLID NUMBER 3. 2006 WAS 2ND WARMEST.
ORH 44.8 PLUS 4.8 RANKED NUMBER 4. 2006 WAS WARMEST EVER NOV
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More on Nov 30 Snow Northern Maine
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
438 PM EST MON NOV 30 2009

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS
FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED
TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS…COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS…SKYWARN SPOTTERS
AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR
HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/CARIBOU

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
(INCHES) MEASUREMENT

MAINE

…AROOSTOOK COUNTY…
MARS HILL 4.5 1046 AM 11/30 AR058
PRESQUE ISLE 3.5 1123 AM 11/30 AR067
STOCKHOLM 3.5 313 PM 11/30 AR076
MONTICELLO 3.2 721 AM 11/30 AR042
PRESQUE ISLE 3.2 1133 AM 11/30 AR063
CARIBOU WFO 3.1 437 PM 11/30 KCAR
CARIBOU 3.0 1106 AM 11/30 AR004
LINNEUS 3.0 1048 AM 11/30 AR056
PORTAGE 3.0 1121 AM 11/30 AR062
PERHAM 2.8 1047 AM 11/30 AR061
LINNEUS 2.5 1048 AM 11/30 AR036
SMYRNA MILLS 2.5 1047 AM 11/30 AR044
HOULTON 2.3 830 AM 11/30 AR027
LIMESTONE 2.0 315 PM 11/30 AR035
WINTERVILLE 2.0 1048 AM 11/30 AR013
HAMMON 1.5 1047 AM 11/30 AR033
VAN BUREN 1.3 1106 AM 11/30 AR083
STOCKHOLM 1.0 733 AM 11/30 SPOTTER