Will this winter ever end?

PaugusBayFireFighter · 03-20-2014, 06:45 AM

Yup!

This afternoon at 12:57 spring officially starts...think positive, think warm

Hopefully I'll have the 10" of snow that fell overnight cleared by then

fpartri497 · 03-20-2014, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

Yup!

This afternoon at 12:57 spring officially starts...think positive, think warm

Hopefully I'll have the 10" of snow that fell overnight cleared by then

its just been announced that there will be no summer this year

hilltopper · 03-20-2014, 08:00 AM

Yup...10" of sludge here in Meredith also. There's still what...just shy of two feet on the ground?

minni on winni · 03-20-2014, 03:19 PM

Don't know if this will make anyone feel better but I saw a crocus this morning! Looking at the Weirs cam it looks like it may be awhile before one blooms up in the lakes region.But keep the faith spring and spring flowers HAVE SPRUNG!!!

minni on winni · 03-21-2014, 04:30 PM

A friend works at a local hallmark store and told me they just got in the Lake Forecast:
SUNNY, OCCASIONAL BOATING & SWIMMING, CHANCE OF DRINKING, DRINKING MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES

Bring it on!!!!!!!!

snowflake · 03-22-2014, 06:49 AM

I can't believe all the snow up there. Will ice out ever happen? Here in suburban Boston a big bunch of daffodils in my yard are growing taller each day! However with temps in 20s early next week they may be an endangered species. Spring and summer will come. Heard we're having a very hot summer. I'll complain about that too.

Sandy Island fan · 03-22-2014, 07:04 AM

I, for one, have vowed not to complain about hot weather this summer - if we ever get there!!

NHWakesurfer · 03-22-2014, 08:12 AM

Its not ending soon another artic front moves in Sunday, Mon and Tue with a possible snowstorm on Wed. Keep the sleds fired up it will pass the time until June when the ice might be gone

three feet of it still near me on the North end of the lake.

LongBay · 03-22-2014, 10:58 AM

Yes, on the first day of summer.

upthesaukee · 03-22-2014, 12:17 PM

Yep, it is at it again

Merrymeeting · 03-22-2014, 12:53 PM

The long range forecast gives hope starting later next week. Friday to stay above freezing for more than 12 hours, and high-40's every day after that.

Assuming and hoping they are right, finally! A return to normalcy!

Tired of Waiting · 03-24-2014, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by LongBay

Yes, on the first day of Winter 2014.

There, fixed it for you.

ToW

fatlazyless · 03-25-2014, 06:45 AM

Nine below zero today at 6:30am according to my thermometer outside the window here in frozen Waterville Valley which is buried under lots and lots of big piles of snow everywhere ....... pretty danged cold for March 25, 2014......but just remember that is was 83-degrees on March 23, 2012 ..... so's it probably all averages out or something ....and the cross country skiing on the six miles of free trails at depot camp are looking like February "Team Arctic" snow cover....once the temps warm up the spring skiing will be awesome....

PaugusBayFireFighter · 03-26-2014, 06:26 AM

As always, with our weather, nothing is etched in stone but today could be the last really cold day we see. Looks like, starting tomorrow, we warm up to the 40's and stay above freezing with some sun, rain and wind. We need the overnight lows to stay above freezing and that should happen very soon too. Let the healing and melting begin!

Pam, one of my cats, has had enough of the indoors. Her face and posture says what we have been thinking!

Enough with the ice, I want mice!

hilltopper · 03-26-2014, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

Looks like, starting tomorrow, we warm up to the 40's and stay above freezing with some sun, rain and wind. We need the overnight lows to stay above freezing and that should happen very soon too. Let the healing and melting begin!

As much as I'm ready to see the snow gone I hope for the sake of the maple sugaring industry the overnight lows hold below freezing for awhile. The sap really hasn't starting running yet with any consistency. I went to an open house at a sugaring operation in Vermont that was boiling sap it had held onto from a small February run.

Northfielder · 03-27-2014, 02:06 PM

http://www.unionleader.com/article/2...RE03/140329495

Merrymeeting · 05-04-2014, 01:13 PM

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting REALLY tired of this "Spring"

Chaselady · 05-04-2014, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting REALLY tired of this "Spring"

What, you didn't enjoy the hail and 20 degree drop in temps we just had half an hour ago?!

PaugusBayFireFighter · 05-04-2014, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting REALLY tired of this "Spring"

I'm ready for some heat and sun too. It seems like forever since we've had a stretch of warm sunny weather. The lake is still only 44 degrees so even winds out of the south are a bit cool coming off the bay. It's nice hearing boats again.

I took a ride on the bike from Laconia to Bristol and it was pretty chilly.

Believe it or not, the last 4 weeks have been at or above average temperature. We were also at or below average rainfall.

tis · 05-04-2014, 05:30 PM

I am getting really tired of it too, Merrymeeting! WE had our first boat ride today between showers and I had on a sweatshirt, fleece and a windbreaker lined with a sweatshirt material. It was ok, but not what I was hoping for. Of course it started to sprinkle about 5 minutes after we got out there so it was a very short ride, but it was a ride. I love the feeling of being out on the boat!!

SIKSUKR · 05-05-2014, 08:24 AM

Its the 1st week of May people.The temps are right where they are supposed to be.

tis · 05-05-2014, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Its the 1st week of May people.The temps are right where they are supposed to be.

They weren't last week, were they? I believe they were below normal.

Merrymeeting · 05-05-2014, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

They weren't last week, were they? I believe they were below normal.

Regardless of whether they were or not, above average or not, it's more than just temperature. When was the last time we had more than 1 day in a row with full sunshine and blue skies? Without a lot of wind? Or ideally all 3 cooperating for a beautiful NE day...more than 1 day in a row?

I just want to work in the yard for more than a four hour stretch and be comfortable.

tis · 05-06-2014, 06:28 AM

That is so true, Merry. If the wind isn't blowing and it is sunny it feels so much warmer. Temps don't really matter and we have certainly had a lot of grey skies and wind.

trfour · 05-06-2014, 01:43 PM

The birds are back in full song celebrating Spring...

Terry
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fatlazyless · 06-01-2014, 05:11 AM

Here's to June 1st, and frost on the car windshield here in Waterville Valley, about 35-miles from Lake Winnipesaukee....seems a little unusual....to find enough frost on the windshield to need to get out the winter ice scraper....that polar vortex is back or something?

03-20-2014, 06:45 AM	#1
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	Will this winter ever end? Yup! This afternoon at 12:57 spring officially starts...think positive, think warm Hopefully I'll have the 10" of snow that fell overnight cleared by then

03-22-2014, 06:49 AM	#6
snowflake Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 157 Thanks: 1 Thanked 24 Times in 20 Posts	spring I can't believe all the snow up there. Will ice out ever happen? Here in suburban Boston a big bunch of daffodils in my yard are growing taller each day! However with temps in 20s early next week they may be an endangered species. Spring and summer will come. Heard we're having a very hot summer. I'll complain about that too.

03-22-2014, 07:04 AM	#7
Sandy Island fan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 64 Thanks: 82 Thanked 32 Times in 21 Posts	vow I, for one, have vowed not to complain about hot weather this summer - if we ever get there!!

03-22-2014, 10:58 AM	#9
LongBay Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 151 Thanks: 48 Thanked 61 Times in 35 Posts	Will this winter ever end... Yes, on the first day of summer.

03-22-2014, 12:17 PM	#10
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,597 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,455 Thanked 1,979 Times in 1,080 Posts	Snowing in Alton Bay Yep, it is at it again __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

03-20-2014, 08:00 AM	#3
hilltopper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 725 Thanks: 25 Thanked 108 Times in 69 Posts	Yup...10" of sludge here in Meredith also. There's still what...just shy of two feet on the ground?

03-20-2014, 03:19 PM	#4
minni on winni Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 105 Thanks: 184 Thanked 21 Times in 16 Posts	Don't know if this will make anyone feel better but I saw a crocus this morning! Looking at the Weirs cam it looks like it may be awhile before one blooms up in the lakes region.But keep the faith spring and spring flowers HAVE SPRUNG!!!

03-21-2014, 04:30 PM	#5
minni on winni Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 105 Thanks: 184 Thanked 21 Times in 16 Posts	A friend works at a local hallmark store and told me they just got in the Lake Forecast: SUNNY, OCCASIONAL BOATING & SWIMMING, CHANCE OF DRINKING, DRINKING MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES Bring it on!!!!!!!!

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03-22-2014, 08:12 AM	#8
NHWakesurfer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 64 Thanks: 12 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Its not ending soon another artic front moves in Sunday, Mon and Tue with a possible snowstorm on Wed. Keep the sleds fired up it will pass the time until June when the ice might be gone three feet of it still near me on the North end of the lake.

03-22-2014, 12:53 PM	#11
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	The long range forecast gives hope starting later next week. Friday to stay above freezing for more than 12 hours, and high-40's every day after that. Assuming and hoping they are right, finally! A return to normalcy!

03-25-2014, 06:45 AM	#13
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,740 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	Nine below zero today at 6:30am according to my thermometer outside the window here in frozen Waterville Valley which is buried under lots and lots of big piles of snow everywhere ....... pretty danged cold for March 25, 2014......but just remember that is was 83-degrees on March 23, 2012 ..... so's it probably all averages out or something ....and the cross country skiing on the six miles of free trails at depot camp are looking like February "Team Arctic" snow cover....once the temps warm up the spring skiing will be awesome.... __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

03-26-2014, 06:26 AM	#14
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	As always, with our weather, nothing is etched in stone but today could be the last really cold day we see. Looks like, starting tomorrow, we warm up to the 40's and stay above freezing with some sun, rain and wind. We need the overnight lows to stay above freezing and that should happen very soon too. Let the healing and melting begin! Pam, one of my cats, has had enough of the indoors. Her face and posture says what we have been thinking! Enough with the ice, I want mice! Attached Images

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05-04-2014, 01:13 PM	#17
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting REALLY tired of this "Spring"

05-04-2014, 05:30 PM	#20
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,715 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,456 Times in 1,013 Posts	I am getting really tired of it too, Merrymeeting! WE had our first boat ride today between showers and I had on a sweatshirt, fleece and a windbreaker lined with a sweatshirt material. It was ok, but not what I was hoping for. Of course it started to sprinkle about 5 minutes after we got out there so it was a very short ride, but it was a ride. I love the feeling of being out on the boat!!

05-05-2014, 08:24 AM	#21
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Its the 1st week of May people.The temps are right where they are supposed to be. __________________ SIKSUKR

05-06-2014, 06:28 AM	#24
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,715 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,456 Times in 1,013 Posts	That is so true, Merry. If the wind isn't blowing and it is sunny it feels so much warmer. Temps don't really matter and we have certainly had a lot of grey skies and wind.

05-06-2014, 01:43 PM	#25
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06-01-2014, 05:11 AM	#26
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,740 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	.....frosted windshield? Here's to June 1st, and frost on the car windshield here in Waterville Valley, about 35-miles from Lake Winnipesaukee....seems a little unusual....to find enough frost on the windshield to need to get out the winter ice scraper....that polar vortex is back or something? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!