Christmas Weekend Possible Snow Event

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by CanisLupusArctos

As for my early opinions on this storm, regarding the lake...

Wind with this storm is expected to be from the northeast. That's not a good direction for snow at the NW end of the lake. It all hits the Ossipees, and everything downwind of those pesky mountains gets "shadowed." The stronger the wind, the longer the shadow. Moultonborough center (Old Country Store) is open to the northeast, barely. They're in a wind funnel between the Ossipees and the Sandwich Range. The wind could pick up speed going through there. A 40 mph wind from the NE can become a much stronger wind right along the Rt. 25 corridor from Moultonborough Airport all the way to Moulton Farm.

For snowfall, however, Moultonborough Neck would be in the "shadow" of the Ossipees, as would Center Harbor and perhaps Meredith Bay area. Those locations would get lower snow totals.

Higher snow totals would happen on northeast-facing slopes. Sandwich is one of those places. Ossipee is another. So are Gilford and West Alton.

What I've predicted is all based on a snowstorm with strong wind from the northeast -- that's a great scenario for Gunstock. And right in the middle of Christmas vacation week, too.

Thank you to Rose and CLA (and all of the others that contributed).

CLA, I was really interested in the section that I have quoted above, I live on the North Side of Holland Hill (up the hill from the Country Store). My house faces due North and we get some crazy winds here as it is. It sounds like this one may be real signicant here.

I currently do not have an anemometer but would like to get one, any idea on where to find one (reasonable but decent? possible?).

As you may know Skip and I are both volunteers with snowmobile clubs and this forecasting is really key for us!