[square peg]

It looks like this air mass will be around longer than last year's. The forecast calls for another couple of -20s nights and none above zero until Monday when we break back into the +single numbers.

Here's something else I found kinda interesting that is more wind-related.

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

[joe moving]

I don't think our heat has turned off since last night! Yikes!

[Logs and Dogs]

Originally Posted by joe moving

I don't think our heat has turned off since last night! Yikes!

Time for a woodstove Joe.

My cabin isn't any different whether it is 30 degrees outside or -30 degrees.....still nice a toasty and nothing is working much harder than before......

[vter]

Its a balmy -10 at my house right now. I think we're one of the warmer spots too.

[tkln]

Interestingly, yesterday morning at Stowe Mountain Resort, base lodge was reporting a temp of -23, while summit was -11.

[arctichomesteader]

I understand the wind chill on Mt. Mansfield was over 60 below yesterday. A little chilly I suppose.

I'll honestly take dry subzero temps over wet 30 degree temps.

[Cambium]

These are the departure from Normal Highs on left Lows tomorrow on right. Not actual (but probably close)

[Cambium]

Wind chill warning for Caledonia, Essex , Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans counties


...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES
15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO...AND WINDS WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

[square peg]

It was wicked nasty in Derby tonight where there's a clean shot to Jay Peak some 20 miles to the west. Snow blowing all around and generally looking/feeling like the arctic. I'd say the wind was well over 15 MPH. More like 25-35.

[68vette]

One of the reasons for the extreme cold and little snow is the lack of cloud cover. The cloud cover usually helps to insulate the earth. Without cloud cover all the earths heat escapes into space. Even with cloud cover and below zero temps, there is will be less snow because the water vapor level drops as the temperature drops. The weather pattern that is coming our way by Monday is a great example of this. We are going to get more cloud cover with increased temps (mid 30's to mid 40's) and the water vapor content of the air will be high from this. We are going to get precipitation Monday, but most of it looks like it will be rain.
This is why the arctic only get 5-40 inches of snow/year. This goes along the old New England saying of "It's too cold to snow." I thought this was useful information to share. The reason this is so important to look at is also tied into our global warming. Many people think there is little to worry about because if you look at some of the big snowstorms we have had in the past five years it doesn't seem warmer temps are effecting us. The reality is when temps are closer to freezing (32 degrees), we will have heavier snows (because of the water vapor content in the atmosphere). Within a decade, what can happen is this could all be rain and very little snow, because the temps will mostly be above freezing (if you look and believe the climatologists).

Alan Betts: Atmospheric Researcher