Warm Weather
 

I enjoyed the temporary Global Warming today. We went out for the last boat ride.... Narragansett Bay. Temp hit 67. Didn't have the Luxury of Winni. :look: NB

Was there a sale on helmets and flack jackets at the local Army surplus today?

I'm assuming you're feelin' brave tonight...

:confused::confused: NB

No good can come of this.....

I too experienced a REGIONAL warming today. Temperatures in CT hit 70 degrees. As far as someone's temporary Global Warming today, that is an assumption that the whole globe was warm today. Reykjavik Weather says 45 degrees F and raining. :laugh:

You are probably right. I was just joking around......tweaking the other side. Not trying to stir something up. :D SMILE....is good. Not enough of that these days. :look: NB

HA HA. Just Joking? Ok, I'll call off the NSA Agents that are surrounding your house right now. Just try to not make any sudden movements near the window you are standing near right now................... Ok, that shot was a warning. Don't move again.... Ok, I know you have to turn the stove off so your oatmeal doesn't burn............... just move slowly towards the kitchen.............:laugh::laugh::laugh:

A whole bunch of trolls....

:D:D:D :laugh:

I don't like to explain a joke but...

Helmets and flack jackets are for protecting you when you're in combat... the snarky comment you made is going to result in some swats back at 'cha in other words...

Or as ITD said.... "nothing good can come of this".... :)

No Joke
 

AW, Don't you get it? The poster's name is NoBozo, so he's no clown, hence no sense of humor.

Just kidding NB.:D Stay innocent.

...shorts & tee shirts
 

Got to the Meredith courts today about 4 o'clock to hit some tennis and who's there; three ladies playing canadian doubles, wearing shorts and tee shirts, like it was the middle of the summer.


Howzabouthat? Must-a-been in the 70's....shorts and tee's on November 9! :)

I'm Tellin Ya....The FACTs are everywhere. That Stinkin Warmin is comin and ya can't deny it. :D I think I read that somewhere. NB ...."The Inocent":


PS: My spell cecker is on the blink. :D

Dear Al, Not So Fast...
 

Global What???

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnal...aspx?id=508767

Locally, the Waterville Valley ski area is scheduled to open Nov 20, as always. They try to open the very short High Country trail, up on top, and almost always are successfull. It probably requires just two nights of below freezing temps at 3500' altitude to get it covered, about a 500' long slope.

...only time will tell?

Thanks for changing the subject FLL...Everyone before your post totally had me lost. :D

Not that I'm complaining...

...but how did the title of this thread get changed from the provocative trollish "Global Warming" to the more appropriate "Warm Weather"?

Now if only the comments in this thread were changed from the trollish "Diss Global Warming...smirk, smirk" to an appreciation of there (finally) being some nice fall weather... even if it is the result of human activity :D:laugh::rolleye2:

So, how is the skiing? Waterville Valley was scheduled to open on Nov 20, which is today. Taking a look back over the last 25 years, the ground in the valley should be white with natural snow cover from Nov 8 to Apr 5.

Not this year; the ground is not even frozen yet, there has been no natural snowfall, no artificial snow-making, and today it is raining heavy with temp 53 degrees.

Will the ski areas be open for Thanksgiving, Nov 26?

Hey, it's been a terrific November for :)utd:):)r tennis!

Meredith and Ashland have terrific outdoor hard surface courts to use for free. Waterville Valley (red clay), Center Harbor and Holderness School courts are closed. Does Laconia have any courts?
......

Just checked www.waterville.com and opening day is now scheduled for Friday December 4. No Thanksgiving skiing at WV! Has that ever happened before? And, the prices for the already incredibly expensive Threedom Pass is scheduled to go up on December 1. Rots-o-ruck selling higher-priced ski passes while the area is closed!

On the brite side: Waterville Valley has a new & great look'n new entrance sign proclaming it to be the HOME of FREE STYLE SKIING with a full color sign graphic of Wayne Wong doing an inverted aerial manuever...... a very good sign that adds some personality to the drive.

FLL,Waterville has had about 8 -10 inches of snow this year.No,it will not be opening for T-day this year.The new proposed opening day is Dec 4.

Don't believe it unless you are counting 'phantom snow' as reported by people promoting a snow related business. For one day in early November, WV had less than one inch on the ground. Not enough to need a snow scraper......the windshield wipers got it clear.

I saw it for myself.In October people were hiking up and skiing in 5 inches.

...ok....so it snowed in October....today is November 23, the day JFK was shot, and there is no natural snow and no artificial ski snow anywhere in the Valley; no snow on the summits, no white reflections from the various water streams and no snow, no where.

There is a small pile of white chopped ice left by the Zamboni, dumped out last night, out behind the ice arena. So, if anyone wants that, it is available for the taking, probably.

Almost always, over the past 20 years, the Valley floor is white with natural snow from November 8 to April 5.

This November has been excellent for golf and outdoor tennis.........thankyou very much.

I'm getting rather worried about the mild temps up there. I remember ice forming around Thanksgiving years ago. It needs to get cold fast or I'll be ice fishing from a boat on derby weekend :(

Still Early
 

No need to worry yet, HomeWood. I checked my Ice-In Watch photos from last year and on 12/28/08 the lake was still open water, and Ice-In was not declared until 1/9/09. So, we still have quite a bit of time for the lake to freeze and be safe for the fishing derby.

My unscientific watch over the past 5-10 years shows we rarely have ice before New Years, but usually close thereafter.

Just look at all that white stuff. The mountains have some new snow cover up about 3000' and the ski area is tring to make snow. It looks more like gray spray water than white powdered ice that's sprizt'n out the snow guns, up at 3500". Estimated temp up top...maybe 32.

By the color of the green grass,the ground hasn't frozen yet.

Will it be open on Friday.....stay tuned?

What a warm November, it has been! Seeing three tennis playing Meredith women, all about sixty years age, dressed in shorts and tee shirts back on November 11, Veteran's Day, was a little unusual for a November 11 day! November is a cold month.....not in 2009....no way!

water temp now about 5-6 degrees higher than last year. Unless we get a very deep freeze could be January before lake fully freezes over

I agree. It is usually January before the lake is all frozen over. The broads really take a long time. I would even say the second or third week is the most usual time.

....roar!
 

Them noisy snowguns have been blasting all night up on Waterville Valley's high country area, up at the top, so it looks like a December 4 opening will be happening. Not sure if Dec 4 is Friday or Saturday?

The big question for Dec 4......will it be tennis....or will it be skiing......good grief.....what to do? Being unemployed can have its' good side...:rolleye1:

Mother Nature seems to always be on track, plus or minus 2-3 weeks.

The small fire pond at the end of my road was skimmed over with ice this morning for the first time. Usually happens mid-Novemberish. So, it's coming...just a bit delayed.

At least 2000 ft. I hiked and skied Cannon on Sunday. We had 12 inches at the base which is at 2000 ft elevation.

At Waterville the snow was showing white at about 3000'. No idea of the depth.....probably a slushy inch or two, Probably, the Franconia-Bethlehem area is colder than Waterville, North of the notch gets some different weather moves sometimes.

Waterville is out of their mind if they think they are worth $67.00. After New Years, Mondays and Fridays are twofer days.....maybe before New Years depending on the ski biz this year.

Gunstock has something like a $330 season pass. Any Gunstock deals for Belknap County taxpayers who pay all the highfalluton county salaries, perks and pensions for every retired sheriff & others for the last 40 years?

...monster rain storm
 

Last night's rain had to be the biggest rainfall since probably August or July. It rained a whole lot, heavy, and all night long. The temp is 48. Cannot see the High Country snow-making area, up on top, due to heavy clouds, plus the rain continues to fall but not so heavy now.

Will Watervlle Valley skiing open tomorrow, Dec 4, as announced, or will it get moved back again? As always, only time will tell?

The ground up at 3000' to 4000' elevation may not be frozen, or this rain could have thawed it out. Probably, the ground has to be frozen first for skiable snow to be groomed and skied.

The WV snow phone 603-236-4144 still says that opening day will be November 21 so draw your own conclusion?

I put the boat away too early, 69 degrees and sunny today in Southboro, MA

It might be better for you to pay for the ski pass "you use" to help keep taxes down for all of us. I know how much you dislike taxes. Us too.:)

Dec 4 WV opening day
 

Despite yesterday's huge rain washout, WV High Country will be open today, 236-4144. Two "trails" up there are look'n washed-out white and open for 29 dollars. Skiing for the hard-core faithfull believers, definately! :):):)


Yesterday's Dec 3 LaDaSun has a short, last page AP story: "Dartmouth study says ski areas exaggerate snowfall"

"...two Dartmouth College professors say ski areas across the country exaggerate snowfall totals."

"...the greatest discrepancies occur on the weekend.":):):)

Warm Nov 2009 AND .............
 

Very wet spring and into summer 2009.

Get Them Ski's Waxed, "@ :) Q"...
 

Today, folks in Houston TX woke up to the earliest snow ever! :) :)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34274883/ns/weather/

Warm Weather indeed! (or back to the original title of this thread: Global Warming")
 

Nonewithstanding the recent (very late) cooler change in temperature...

This last decade is the warmest in historical times
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8400905.stm

and the CO2 level is higher than its been in 600,000+ years.

Perhaps that's why the EPA recently (finally) recognized greenhouse gases as a hazard needing regulation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/sc...gy-environment

methinks ITD was right when he said "No good can come of this....." about the start of this thread..... Reality has a way of dampening the attempted humor of people who deny global warming