tamarack

Central Park has had only 3 Aprils this century and 2 with 1"+ (4.0", 2003; 5.5", 2018). That would be 12% measurable, 8%. Extended to the most recent 50 years, it's 7 meas., 4 with 1"+ including the 1982 blizzard. The site's first 100 years (1869-70 thru 1968-69) had lots more - 32 meas., 23 with 1"+.

For me, notable weather events help to trigger memories of other things, as well as the storms themselves. Finished with 6.7" and 0.65" LE, moist but not sloppy.

Not that uncommon at 44N and above, but I can recall only 2 post-equinox events in NNJ that featured accumulating snow thru the day. First one was March 29, 1970, which happened to be Easter. Snow started about 9 AM and dumped 11" at temps low-mid 20s, ending in the evening at our Morris County home. 2nd was on a NNJ visit (we lived in Fort Kent then) when the forecast included a winter storm warning on April 19, 1983. Snow began at dawn and continued until late evening - had some issues accumulating midday but never quit. We measured that one also at 11", but in Ogdensburg, Sussex County. (Three years later, on our next visit to New Jersey, a cold rain on April 22 turned to snow in the evening and that deformation band dumped 13" of paste at our friend's house, about 1,200' asl. Down to the center of Blairstown, about 500' asl, they had a sloppy 5-6". We wondered if they'd ever let us back in NJ.)

I'll need to pack a track on our driveway with the car, or we don't get mail delivery. Gassed up the snowblower just in case, but unless we get 6"+ it will remain silent.

FB entry said 6 went to hospitals, 4 already released. No details on the other 2. Estimated 144 people on that old barn floor.

Between 3 and 4", still moderate but barely. Radar points to this continuing the rest of the day, though accumulation might be minimal later this aft. Maybe reach 6"?

A bit surprised that Yuma's April record of 107 is so low. Both BOS and NYC have reached April heat to within 10° (or less) of their all time highs. I think Yuma has topped 125. Yesterday's 1.5" puts us an inch above last year's total, but it's 2.4" below our average thru March 21. Tonight/tomorrow is currently forecast as 4-7"; the higher amount would push the total to the April 1 average.

Three hours of feathers 10A-1P yesterday, 0.1-0.2" on the road and leaves, 0.4-0.6" on the old snow (maybe 75% cover in the woods) on 0.01" LE. I called it 0.3" SN.\ GYX "at least, most likely, 10% chance" thru 008Z Monday is 0.5/6/12. Probably closest to the 0.5" as the parade of midgets continues.

Given what I boldfaced, that A+ for 95-96 seems odd because of all the pack-destroying rain events. It did have loads of snow - the 138" was tops by 30" in our 13 winters at Gardiner - but it was only 5th for SDDs. I haven't tried to apply my rating method on those 13 years, but if I did, I'd guess no higher than B/B+. Looking at the continuing period of meh wx (since the April 2024 paste bomb), I noted that both last winter and the current season had no snow forecast ranges that extended above 12". First time we've had consecutive winters with such modest forecasts and it's very doubtful there will be any warned storms before 2026-27. Also, only 3 warned events this winter and last. Only 15-16 with 2 had less. We finally had a strong storm but other than a few IP to start, it was all rain. The 19.6" storm in March was fun but had only 0.77" LE and little wind, a modest storm that had fabulous dendrite formation. Looks like this will also be only the 8th winter in which pack failed to be sustained thru March 31. Unless we get a snowy surprise, my rating will probably be a bit lower than what I proposed upthread.

When driving at night and trying to stay alert, I've found that the warm liquid effect hits more quickly than caffeine. Not a cold-coffee fan, so Pepsi or Mt Dew is usually my choice.

Back to the midgets here. After the Jan 25-27 fluff bomb we were 31% over the average YTD. The 7 weeks since are just over 50%, and falling.

We had forced air at our back settlement house in Fort Kent. We'd turn down the thermostat when we would be out of state visiting family. When we returned and turned up the heat, the furnace turned on and off a half dozen times in about a half hour while the air warmed up the walls/furniture and such.

My memory may not be accurate, but it recalls the cooldown being the 2nd half of the month. Today and tomorrow will be AN, maybe enough to push the current +4.3 to near +5. Not sure we get any serious AN warmth rest of the month, though I think it finishes 1-2° AN. March 1-3 were way BN but since then all but one day (13th, 0.4° BN) has been AN, with 8-10 being +18-20.

Look on page 1 of this thread for the link to send a PM.

The farm country in central Aroostook is closer and that area has some Midwest-type blizzards. (Not this year so far, however.)