Feb 28 2009
Weather Round-up for the week of February 22nd
This past weekend was a split with Saturday being the better of the two days – temperature in the mid 30s and a nice, sunny day – good day for outside activities such as skiing or ice skating (several of the communities in the area had their winter festival days). Sunday was cloudy in the morning and by around 1:00 pm, the precipitation started. Here in New England, it depended upon where you lived as to what happened and how much you received. Where I live, we had about 5 inches of snow, starting out as light and then a heavy wet snow came later in the day with a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour. Some areas received a mix of rain and snow or all rain. Residents in Maine reported in about 25 inches of snow.
As the storm exited Sunday night and into Monday morning, the winds whipped up and chugged along through most of the day on Monday. Also, the day was mostly cloudy with on and off snow showers with no accumulation, although it did keep the roads on touch side for icing conditions. Tuesday morning woke up to a bright sunny day and the morning low of 17 and the high for the day only reached 24F. The winds were gusting around 5 mph in the morning, however, by afternoon they had died down. The cool crisp morning air and clear visibility made for some good viewing for our astronomical friends in search of Comet Lulin, which was at its closest point to Earth at 38 million miles.
Wednesday turned out to be a very nice day! The sun warmed up the morning temperature from 1 above 0 to around 26 for the daily high. A light breeze was present in the afternoon with a few fair weather puffy clouds. Thursday had a morning low of 24 and it reached 37 for the high. The day started out with sun, then clouds with a brief ice pellet shower and then by early afternoon the sun was out.
Friday bring us to the end of another week. Today it warmed up to 51F and remained cloudy for the day, the rains held off until about 6:00 PM. It rained on through the night and cooled off to the mid 30s. Saturday turned out to be mostly sunny with the temperatures in the mid 30s. As I send this post off, all eyes are on what is to come for Sunday – forecasts are looking at another winter storm – accumulation and storm intensity are unknown at this time.
Drop a comment and share what the weather has been like for you this week!
We had snow Sunday into Monday. I had a drs. appt. on Monday. My husband decided to come and take me since I have a convertible and not sure how great it is in the snow. It has front wheel drive but we have a steep drive way. He uses the SUV. Friday was rainy, but in the 40s. Today (Saturday is sunny). I have not left the house. My brother in law and sister n law are here from Maine and everyone is off skiing. They have to leave tomorrow. Snow is on the way! Will be interesting how they will fair tomorrow.
Forecast as of this afternoon for the upcoming storm - light snow tomorrow afternoon - evening, maybe 2- 3 inches. More snow going into Monday - unknown amount. Winter storm watch effective Sunday evening through Monday afternoon.
Hey Bob, Send me a photo of the Moon Venus conjunction - did miss it as well as Comet Lulin viewing on 2/24.