First snow

[Slo-go'en]

Not much, but I definately see some white spots up above tree line on Mt Adams this morning. It always happens about this time of year. A rainy spell is pushed out by a cold front and as it is clearing, some snow falls. Sometimes a lot.

With all the rainy days we had last week and now this, I bet there are a lot of late season thru-hikers still in Maine who wish they had gotten there a few weeks earlier! Maybe they will have a good last week before Baxter closes.

[HikerMom58]

White spots on the White Mtns already... Hummm...could be an interesting winter!

[Tipi Walter]

This is terrible news. I promise to never talk about snow UNLESS I'M OUT IN IT.

[Jeff]

Hoping for a good snow year. Almost no snowshoeing in Vermont last winter.

[hikerboy57]

from mt wash this am:north-med.jpg

[Driver8]

Snow showing on W and Adams from the Obs webcams, with 1-2" predicted for tonight. Winter's creeping in.

[johnnybgood]

This is terrible news. I promise to never talk about snow UNLESS I'M OUT IN IT.

As indicative of your avatar.

[Pedaling Fool]

http://www.almanac.com/content/long-...12-2013-season

The long-range forecast covers November 2012 through March 2013.



2012–2013 U.S. Weather Highlights

• The 2013 Almanac says that temperatures will be much colder this winter from the East Coast westward to a line from the Dakotas to Texas.
• In every place west of this line, except for portions of the Desert Southwest, temperatures will be warmer than last winter.
• Snowfall will be above normal near the Great Salt Lake and in the areas from El Paso to Detroit to Virginia Beach.
• Snowfall be will below normal in most other locations that have snow.
• Good news: Areas suffering from drought during Summer 2012 should receive enough winter precipitation to bring improvement.
• Spring and summer will be much rainier than normal in Florida, easing its drought.
• Drier-than-normal weather will continue to be the rule in much of Georgia.
• Summer temperatures will be hotter than normal along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Ohio Valley, but cooler than normal elsewhere.
• Expect fewer tornadoes than in the past couple of years.
• Be ready for hurricanes to threaten first the Gulf and Atlantic coasts in June and then primarily the Southeast, especially Florida, through the remainder of the hurricane season.

[Slo-go'en]

Hoping for a good snow year. Almost no snowshoeing in Vermont last winter.

I hope we get pounded again like the 10/11 season, although I'm not quite ready for it yet. A week of Indian summer soon would be nice...

[Pedaling Fool]

Hoping for a good snow year. Almost no snowshoeing in Vermont last winter.

Look at this forecast from August 9, 2011 http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...20112012/53551

[johnnybgood]

I hope we get pounded again like the 10/11 season, although I'm not quite ready for it yet. A week of Indian summer soon would be nice...

I was up there third week of October in 2010 when measurable snow fell in Jefferson .

[Driver8]

I was up there third week of October in 2010 when measurable snow fell in Jefferson .

It snowed quite a bit on Stratton that weekend - I lucked out, having close to perfect conditions the weekend before.

[hikerboy57]

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[hikerboy57]

wildcat todayravines-med.jpg

[Tipi Walter]

As indicative of your avatar.

Yes. But where am I right now? INDOORS and suckling the coal-plant teat.

[Slo-go'en]

The summits are still in the clouds, but it looks kinda frosty down to about 2500 feet this morning. I bet Katahdin is closed today and a lot of hikers woke up to frozen boots this morning.

[Driver8]

Obs says 3.6" inches accumulated up top overnight. I keep wanting the clouds to clear in order to get the first pretty white-capped webcam views of the season.

[Slo-go'en]

Clouds finally lifted late this afternoon:
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[Driver8]

Clouds finally lifted late this afternoon

Thanks a bunch, Slo. Gorgeous pic.

[Driver8]

This one from the Obs is pretty nice, too:

north-med.jpg