Posted by Norm on February 18, 2009
Another developing winter storm is bearing down on New England, looking to bring more snow and freezing precipitation to the New Hampshire area. Overall, the storm does not look like a blockbuster, but should be enough to bring moderate to heavy snowfall to the area. Accumulations look to mainly occur overnight, with the heaviest snow [...]
Posted by Norm on February 5, 2009
Its been a while. Classes are starting to pick up, and with working and such, its becoming increasingly hard to sit down and find some time to actually forecast. However, weekends are generally a great time to get to sit down and look at maps, so here is the weekend forecast. Hopefully, we are looking [...]
Posted by Norm on January 27, 2009
Making a quick update to the forecast from earlier today. It is looking to be a bit more potent than it was before. The National Weather Service (NWS) has upped their accumulation totals for this storm. Upon review of the newest models, I have upped my accumulation totals for the storm to 9-13 inches.
Posted by Norm on January 27, 2009
This week has started to take shape, and the zonal pattern looks to break for the area by mid-week, ushered out by a potent snowstorm Tuesday – Wednesday of this week. Most of the dynamics for the storm show potential for snowfall totals in central NH to be in the range of 6+ inches. Unfortunately, [...]
Posted by Norm on January 25, 2009
Another cold morning here in Central New Hampshire, with temperatures in Plymouth reaching -9 F on top of Boyd Science Center and -14 out at Plymouth International Airport. Berlin, NH made it to -24 F last night.
On a personal note, I skied at Tenney Mountain yesterday, so here is a plug for them. Cost Effective, [...]
Posted by Norm on January 21, 2009
Looking back at the first few days of this week, I did a much better job with the forecast for the non-snowstorm days (no surprise there) and things are looking a bit calmer for the remainder of the week. A small disturbance looks to bring snow showers to the mountains and the surrounding areas on [...]
Posted by Norm on January 19, 2009
For the first time in years, I feel like hanging my head as a meteorologist. Not only did I but on morning low temperatures for two days in a row, I mis-forecasted the snowfall amount for the storm on Sunday. I must say, there certainly was not much guidance when it came to the amount [...]
Posted by Norm on January 15, 2009
Brutally cold air has made its way into the Northeast, bringing dangerously cold conditions to the Northeast. Temperatures rebounded nicely today from morning lows in Plymouth of -13 F at Plymouth Airport. Tonight looks to be a bit more dangerous with even lower temperatures than the previous night. Winds should go calm tonight, allowing temperatures [...]