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• Anonymous

  In Maine it can hit 100 during the summer. 6 months later it can hit 15 below zero. Mother Nature is bi-polar in the 207.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q4AP5EYCYRCGZGIJGWI6TLIUEA Tom

  Paging Al Gore…paging Al Gore…

• Anonymous

  There must be a global warming conference scheduled somewhere around here.  Al Gore and global warming always seem to bring it on!!

• Liberal Soup N Crackers

  Brrrrrrrrrr … The Criminals of OWS better huddle together.

• Anonymous

  We blame Al Gore

• Anonymous

  It was 86 yesterday in spring texas today it’s 58

• Conley Raye

  As I get older, the cold bother me more and more. So, I guess its time to become a Florida Snowbird.
  Seems the snowbirds get to enjoy, twice thier life in Maine.

• Anonymous

  Right, wintery weather never happens in Maine in late October.  Never mind the state, regional and global temperature averages.  Also, never mind the recent  study by Richard Muller’s group that was funded in large part by conservatives like the Koch brothers, that verifies the abnormal global warming trend.  

  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576594872796327348.html

• hasacluemaine

  BDN, want to report a little more objectively and turn down the hysteria? National Weather Service at 12:47 PM, for this area, reports a SLIGHT chance of rain/snow before 1 AM, Sunday, then snow. Inaccurate reporting like this hurts many businesses.

• Anonymous

  Didn’t take long for Climate Change deniers to come out for the first snowfall.  They were however remarkably quiet during teh heat of teh summer.

• Anonymous

  I feel sorry for you.  I served my 30 months in exile in Lubbock (shudder).  You must have done something much more terrible than I if you’ve become a Texas Lifer. :)

• hasacluemaine

  National Weather Service web site..doing the job BDN should be doing. I’ll wait for BDN’s check in the mail…LOL

  Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind between 5 and 11 mph. Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then snow. Low around 33. Breezy, with a north wind between 10 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Sunday: Rain and snow likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain between 1pm and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a north wind between 21 and 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

• Anonymous

  Prediction: the storm stops around Caribou, sparing the St. John Valley.

• Anonymous

  I guess it just depends on which of their (NWS) sites you look on.  On one site I saw what you are referencing.  On another of their sites I read “moderate snow accumulation possible” which is right in line with this article.  The link to what I am talking about is here:
  http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/zone/me/mez015.txt

• Anonymous

  ya it’s called a job

• Anonymous

  Nah…..LePage’s fault….ask any liberal.

• Anonymous

  Hey how ’bout a new use for all those bath salt confiscations????  What da ya think Govnah?

• Anonymous

  He’s out flying around in his private jet.

• Anonymous

  Yup, something terrible, if you have to live in Texas in order to have a job. (chuckle)

• Anonymous

  I see some sprinkling outside now! My trusted local meteorologist said we aren’t getting hit this time around. So I’m not rushing out to buy gas for the snow thrower.

• Anonymous

  Nobody was making fun of Al Gore in Texas this summer during their hottest summer in history…

• Anonymous

  “Mother Nature is bi-polar in the 207.”

  It is happening everywhere. 

  It is exactly what the (just a) theory of Global Warming, 
  due to man made green house gas pollution 
  has predicted would happen, at first. 

  If this not proof  of the Global Warming,
  due to greenhouse gas,  IYO,  … (anyone’s) … 
  what exactly is your better alternative theory, 
  explaining  this easily observed more extreme weather, 
  and apparent early signs of  climate change ?

• Anonymous

  Read “1421″ by Menzies

• Anonymous

  There is a basic lack of understanding with many people of the link between global warming and extreme precipitation.  Warming causes more moisture in the air (melting glaciers and arctic ice for example) which leads to more extreme weather events. This means more snowstorms in regions where it snows.  Record snowfall has been predicted by climate scientists and is to be expected.  

• Anonymous

  Its — THE, repeat THE

• Anonymous

  Read “1421″ by Menzies
  Love to, so give me  a clue, a hint, or link, to whatever you are talking  about, please . 

  In this mirror, concise my seem closer to rude than it is really intended. 

• Anonymous

  My great, great, great, great grandparents kept journals….. they’re awesome….. it snowed, hard one 4th of July while they were at (what is now) Cascade park…. imagine that…. sooooooooooooooooooo long ago and there was strange weather…..

• Anonymous

    I almost feel bad for you .

• Anonymous

  Whoops, I mispelled ‘the’ but my argument still stands.

• Anonymous

  I believe 1421 is a book about the Chinese discovery of North America before Columbus’ voyage.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Q4AP5EYCYRCGZGIJGWI6TLIUEA Tom

  Nobody?

  That fat windbag is a national joke…

• Anonymous

  Its a book in your local library dealing with the 1421 chinese armada that circled the globe. Fascinating.

• Anonymous

  They are thought to have built the ruined stone tower on
  Rhode Island, right ? 
  What is the point here ?

• Anonymous

  Some people actually think that having an early snowstorm like this means there is no global warming or climate change!   They don’t get that it does not proceed at a “consistent” pace,etc  But, you explained it well.

• Anonymous

  What has  Al Gore got to what the NEWS is reporting and you see with own eyes, 
  except for being part of bout six different propaganda tactics, 
  but not the scientific method,  at all. 

• Anonymous

  Rain  much lately ? 

  Would you it has been  EXTREMELY dry, this summer, or not ? 

• Anonymous

  I was just making a comical point, but thanks for taking it around the serious court for a few laps. Calm down.

• Anonymous

  Anyone taking bets that we get flurries. I will check back later and see if I eat some humble pie

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  i dread this winter which i guess is starting early. it is going to be a bad one for alot of people because of the budgetcuts by the feds . i have already been out of oil twice all ready 5 weeks this summer . had to take cold showers finally i managed to get 50 gallons just to give me hot water when my furnace was restarted had problems had a smokey basement and house could smell furnace for days had to have furnaced cleaned almost 400 dollars while awaiting funding from heat ran out again managed to get 100 gallons . i guess we have been told we wont be getting much this year for heating oil because of the budgetcuts. i used to enjoy thaanksgiving christmas  now i dont i have health issues live alone. love to move to florida where it is warm and my brother is there but he says no so i guess i try to stick it out but i am learning to hate snow 

• Anonymous

  “ it snowed, hard one 4th of July … “ 

  In what year, 1816 0r  about 1886 and where was the volcano behind the atmospheric conditions that caused it to be so cold… just like  a “nuclear winter”  ? 

• Anonymous

  the answer is it has always  happened in Maine . Not a opinion it is fact … please global warming …. lol
   

• Anonymous

  Hey in the 50s Rangeley Maine had recordable snow fall all 12 months that must be global warming also lol get a life

• Anonymous

  Tambora in 1815, largest volcanic eruption in recorded history (level 7), resulted in the “year with no summer” in 1816. Currently: three years into rising levels of activity, presently at danger level 3.

  Krakatoa in 1883, exploded the whole island, killing 40,000 people, heard as far as 3,000 miles away.

• Anonymous

  Tambora in 1815, largest volcanic eruption in recorded history (level 7), resulted in the “year with no summer” in 1816. Currently: three years into rising levels of activity, presently at danger level 3.

  Krakatoa in 1883, exploded the whole island, killing 40,000 people, heard as far as 3,000 miles away.

• Anonymous

  Everything is not perfect in Florida either, but I am sorry for the hard times you and many others are experiencing.  It is very difficult to be cold in your home.

• Anonymous

  Ugh, that intense heat, and the snakes, and…..well, hope you enjoy Texas.

• Anonymous

  Reply to disquisbites: “IYO,  … (anyone’s) … what exactly is your better alternative theory, explaining  this easily observed more extreme weather, and apparent early signs of  climate change ? ”

  How about the Sun ??? – the MOST significant contributor of Earth’s weather (like the rest of the Solar system).

  Publicly reported, circa 2003:

  SUN: The Sun’s magnetic field is over 230 percent stronger now than it was at the beginning of the 1900s, and its overall energetic activity has sizably increased, creating a frenzy of activity that continues to embarrass NASA’s official predictions.

  VENUS: Venus is now glowing in the dark, as is Jupiter’s moon Io.

  EARTH: In the last 30 years, Earth’s icecaps have thinned out by as much as 40 percent. Quite inexplicably, just since 1997 the structure of the Earth has shifted from being slightly more egg-shaped, or elongated at the poles, to more pumpkin-shaped, or flattened at the poles. No one at NASA has even bothered to try to explain this yet.

  Link to full article at NASA: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20020801gravityfield.html

  MARS: The icecaps of Mars noticeably melted just within one year, causing 50-percent changes in surface features. Atmospheric density had risen by 200 percent above previous observations as of 1997.

  JUPITER: Jupiter has become so highly energized that it is now surrounded by a visibly glowing donut tube of energy in the path of the moon Io. The size of Jupiter’s magnetic field has more than doubled since 1992.

  SATURN: Saturn’s polar regions have been noticeably brightening, and its magnetic field strength increasing.

  URANUS: According to NASA’s Voyager II space probe, Uranus and Neptune both appear to have had recent magnetic pole shifts – 60 degrees for Uranus and 50 for Neptune.

  NEPTUNE: Neptune has become 40 percent brighter in infrared since 1996, and is fully 100-percent brighter in certain areas. Also, Neptune’s moon Triton has had a “very large percentage increase” in atmospheric pressure and temperature, comparable to a 22-degree Fahrenheit increase on Earth.

  PLUTO: As of September 2002, Pluto has experienced a 300-percent increase in its atmospheric pressure in the last 14 years, while also becoming noticeably darker in color.

  Of course, reporting this widely would NOT help the (political) objective of, “legislating” carbon credits.  Right, Senator Gore? (with his $1500/month gas & electric utilities bill, and predicted by some to become the first climate-induced billionaire)

  go figure …

• Anonymous

  I say its Maine… Deal with it.. or well there is other states. If people havent noticed, the whole US had a strange year.  Blame it on what you will..   Let it snow, let it melt then maybe, just maybe we will have a great summer :0)

  BTW My studs are on and waiting :)

• asportsfan

  National Weather Service for my area says 3-5 inches for us:
  Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow before midnight, then
  snow. Low around 30. North wind between 8 and 15 mph. Chance of
  precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

  Sunday: Snow
  before noon, then a chance of rain showers. High near 41. Breezy, with
  a north wind between 17 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
  Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a
  tenth and quarter of an inch possible. 

• Anonymous

  “As supplier of almost all the energy in Earth’s climate, the sun has a strong influence on climate. A comparison of sun and climate over the past 1150 years found temperatures closely match solar activity (Usoskin 2005). However, after 1975, temperatures rose while solar activity showed little to no long-term trend. This led the study to conclude, ”…during these last 30 years the solar total irradiance, solar UV irradiance and cosmic ray flux has not shown any significant secular trend, so that at least this most recent warming episode must have another source.”

  In fact, a number of independent measurements of solar activity indicate the sun has shown a slight cooling trend since 1960, over the same period that global temperatures have been warming. Over the last 35 years of global warming, sun and climate have been moving in opposite directions. An analysis of solar trends concluded that the sun has actually contributed a slight cooling influence in recent decades (Lockwood 2008).”

  http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming-intermediate.htm

• Anonymous

  OMG, this is your proof of man made global warming? OK fair enough BTW its my proof of a man made ice age starting! If you think I’m trying to stretch the circumstance of an isolated weather incident to prove a wildly foolish and UN-empirically vetted theory…YOUR RIGHT! Me and my (man made) Ice age buddies are so invested in our religion of a man made ice age we will say everything backs up our theory, even if its the complete opposite of evidence.

• Anonymous

  need to update the thumbnail link to http://static.bangordailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/revised-weather-map-250×250.jpg to reflect the newest picture

• Anonymous

  Anyone want to swap my house in Maine for a house in Florida? I rather face your snakes and alligators than the snow. Oh, and did I mention giant cockroaches. lol. 

• Anonymous

  All TRUE!  It’s because of the Klingon Empire.  Don’t worry, James T. Kirk will be coming to Uranus to wipe out the Klingons….

• Anonymous

  It’s more accurately called climate change. In Maine that will likely mean more precipitation at one time (heavy rainfall). Have you noticed how we have thunderstorms from March through November now? That is a change in the climate of Maine.

• Moose

  Let it snow let it snow let it snow. Its just going to make Santa get them reindeer going a little early this year. By this afternoon it will be down 1 or 2 inches. People well be getting food by the cart fulls this morning.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G7TM2WWUSPPTO2SNDBEXTLHSRQ Confucius

  OMG, its going to snow in Maine, run everyone, the sky is falling, man made global warming is here!

• Anonymous

  There are so many reasons to make fun of Al Gore….

• Anonymous

  I hear you, Mainers use to be tough, but now they are becoming weak…. Theres still a few of tough ones like you and I..

• Anonymous

  Call 1-866-JOE4OIL

  Not sure if this program will still be going on this year, but if it is, and if you qualify you would get 100 gallons of oil free. The only downside is there is a bit of a wait depending on how long it takes them to get through the applications. 

• Anonymous

  If it’s really hot, it is due to Global Warming. If it’s really cold, also due to Global Warming. If you reach a conclusion, and then go looking for “facts” to support it, you can usually find them.
  These are the same “scientists” that we’re predicting the coming of the next “Ice Age” back in the late ’70′s.
  The previous record for snow on Oct 30th was 5 inches set in 1963. The enlightened people back then were not attributing that to Global Warming. We are soo much smarter now, aren’t we?
  Yes, we should do our best to be good stewards and reduce pollution, etc., but let’s not pretend we know everything.

• Anonymous

  I can never get this question answered. What caused the glaciers that were 8000 feet high over Bangor 12000 years ago to melt? Of course we are in global warming…the process is still playing out. Bangorian? You seem to know everything…

• Anonymous

  Are you asking me? I never said anything about global warming. I am not a scientist so I have no opinion on the subject. I wouldn’t know what I am talking about so I try not to throw around wild assertions that could be completely wrong…. much like others on here. The only people I want to hear talk about global warming are scientists, climatologists, and tall, boring, Democrats who you can put you to sleep with their long drawn out talk and claims of inventing the internet….. oh, wait……

• Anonymous

  Just right !!!

• Anonymous

  Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away
   
  YEHAAAA !!!!   Back to driving like the Dukes   ;-)

• Anonymous

  Weather is not climate.

• Anonymous

  Dont pick on the protesters, thats not nice….LOL…

• Anonymous

  Bangorian hasn’t a clue…

• Anonymous

  Ahh yes! Human generated global warming, or the new term, climate change.  I recall back in the ice age when we humans did all we could to create a change in the climate.  We hated that pesky ice and freezing temperatures!  I’m glad Al Gore wasn’t around to stop us, or we’d still be living in the ice age!

• Anonymous

  Finally, some real science. Sadly, the liberals won’t embrace it.  It just doesn’t make them feel good if they can’t have control over the climate, and the citizens.

• Anonymous

  I don’t think most people would deny that the climate changes.  All you need to do is look at history. What people disagree about is the cause of climate change. If you think people create climate change, I believe you would be wrong.  If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

• Anonymous

  Like you and me!  Grammar police have hit Maine!

• Anonymous

  no l was not asking you…sorry

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TJYZV7JWWJCPG7BX65EM6UOHZ4 Skowhegan Resident

  I am the Executive branch corporate New England administrator of 50 matrix es that deliver bread and milk to all the grocery stores in New England with a announcement.

  There will be NO bread of milk delivered to stores for months. What you see on the shelves is all that will be til March of next year.

• Anonymous

  No, if I agreed with you that climate change is not caused by humans, we would both be wrong.  :)

• Anonymous

  Okay, let’s agree to disagree.  That way I am right, and you are wrong!  I go along with real science, not what makes people feel good.

• Anonymous

  Summer sucks let it snow!!!!!!!

• Anonymous

  Thanks….

• Anonymous

  Well,  there is a theory … 

• Anonymous

  So, the sun made it in snow in PA in Oct ? 

  Sorry, the devil made me post this, too. 

• Anonymous

  “Weather is not climate.”
  What is climate change then ?

• WestCoastGirl

  Makes me miss Maine….  :(

• Anonymous

  Bring it on. I just came back from buying gas for my snow thrower.

• Anonymous

  The sun does share some of the blame, but “real science” has told us that the output from the sun has actually been decreasing slightly while we have been warming. 

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/SORCE/sorce_04.php

• Anonymous

  Thank you, there seems to be quite a few of them around…