tunafish

Apologies, that wasn't directed at you. Just saw an alarming amount of deck driveway measurements today - way more than I'd expect from this forum. Clearing can be difficult to be consistent with unless you're home, I do get that.

Man, for a board full of weenies I'm surprised to see all the shoddy measurement practices. Not expecting by-the-book necessarily, but would it kill some of you to throw out a piece of painted wood or even a cutting board? Measuring on decks and driveways?! You're better than the general public, damnit!

I've been keeping track of PWM, anecdotally. Before today, forecasted amounts (last publishing prior to precip) were at 54 and change vs 52.1". I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but iiirc the biggest miss was only like 3".

Don't have an anemometer but wind has picked up considerably in the last hour.

We were 6-8", which we could still reach.

1.6"/0.38" new for 7PM obs in PWM. 3.3"/0.88" SN/SWE for the event. 32/30F, SN.

Over 30" per the in laws in Deering, NH

you're in a great spot for that rotating band (I think).

trim them friggin' finger nails, bub, that's what.

I'm not disputing that as accurate given the location, elevation, and persistence of the band in that area all day...but... I'm always skeptical of deck measurements, especially since most decks are attached to the house and right under the roof where drifting happens. That one looks level with the rest of the deck at least...

bring it Also, can I get a fish emoji on my locale? I'm a nobody but at least i'm the PWM obs "ASOS"

I think that was intended for the March thread. Look at the timestamp on the map. That's from 12Z today through 06z on the 19th.

BIL in Deering is already there.

1.7" new / 0.50" SWE / 4" depth with the 1PM obs for PWM. 33/32F SN

why do you post under multiple usernames in the same damn thread? lol

This is in Tolland, MA - west of Springfield.

That wind depiction is a potential problem for the coast up here

Unless you post here multiple times a day, please post your location with your obs.

Can't speak for your neck of the woods, but if you add up each forecast for PWM and compare to actual, we're at 54.6" forecasted vs. 52.1" actual. That's pretty damn good. This is obviously unlike any other system this season w/r/t bust potential, but on the whole I'm inclined to ride the hot hand and go with their forecast.

I'm not a huge skier - usually get out 2-3x a season. Was at Mount Abram this past Friday and as @powderfreak and @Lava Rock describe, conditions were incredible. First 2 hours of the day was corduroy packed powder under deep blue skies. No lift lines made for lap runs the entire day.

One trend I'm appreciative of is the move away from dong talk towards nipple talk. To each their own, of course, but this is more preferable to me.

I have my phone set to greyscale and it's still a true statement.

Master?

How's the week of the 27th looking? Asking for an observer abandoning his post

Snow depth measurement is a conundrum this time of year, as you all describe here. My NWS stake is in a shaded area (you can see it to the right of the precip can in the second photo I posted above). I use it as a data point, but not as the data point for depth. I take a handful of manual measurements in that general-but-less-protected area. It gets tricky as I don't want to disturb the snow anywhere near the stake. I think this is the recommendation from NWS, but the gradient does become significant this time of year. At the end of Feb, when we were just about melted out, I was reporting 3-4" as a depth. As you drove around town, the exposed areas were T-1". My stake was at 5", and most of the other readings were 2-3". Apparently a member of the public contacted GYX to ask about the validity of my readings (like I said, around in non-protected areas it was relatively thin).