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When P-type is the issue, we get the goods. When it's QPF, the opposite is likely. Flakes finally reaching the ground at 3 here in AUG, though 35 minutes later we may still be working on the first 0.1". Governor closed state offices at 3 as a precaution, though IMO it's unnecessary NE of an AUG-Farmington line. However, I'm not responsible for 10,000+ state employees, only one. are those echoes over eastern MD, SE PA, SNJ and DE the start of our coastal? At 3 PM, pressure at NYC was about 15 mb lower than at PWM, and falling. At the same time, barometers in NH/Maine were all over the place, R/F/S.

Just talked to my wife who is in Farmington - nothing there yet nor at home 6 miles to the east. Hopes pinned on #2; didn't work very well last time on Dec. 3.

We were under a Watch, but I think that morphed into a WWA. My 2.8" would've been at the edge of Advisory criteria but a major bust for a Warning. Aaaand...The NE-ward progress of the snow shield comes to a staggering halt, thanks to rh in the 60s. The airport was reporting mixed precip at noon, but I've not seen anything here east of the Kennebec.

GPS is great, but its use should be enhanced by another 3-letter term: M A P

Different color vehicle, but otherwise looks like this past Friday in our area. Lots of vehicles off the road, Route 2 closed for hours, and we lost power for 5 hours when an ambulance responding to one of those accidents took out a pole in Farmington Falls. Occupants had to sit tight until CMP arrived to ensure the lines were cold. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries. No snow at all in SNE? Pretty much as advertised. Heavy snow Maine, Whites, Ice Berks, mix in between with snow in interior MA for a while. Ice in NW CT Berks worst. Edit to specify southern Maine - Augusta has yet to see a flake, though echoes have now moved far enough north that we might see something after noon (unless the low dews eat it all.) First GYX warning of the season for my area, for tonight/tomorrow.

Hope not, cause we get bupkis from #1.

About 6° colder this year, but snowfall a wash - 2.3" more this year thru 12/28 but 2011's pre T-Day 9.7" storm is way better than anything her so far. (Also the biggest storm of the "winter") season.

Neg temp reduced to -1.2 and today will probably cut that in half unless evening is clear and temps dive. Morn low here 31-32, average hi/lo for 12/28 is 28/9. I'd guess the month finishes between -0.5 and +0.5. Snow total could be half normal (currently 8.9" and average is 19.3) or could be close to par if act 2 overperforms.

7 AM temps listed on GYX's site showed LEW at 25, next coolest were PWM and FVE at 31. Lewiston: The state's new cold pole. About 10° cooler than my frost-pocket location.

As a weenie, ice storms are fascinating, especially monster ones like 1998. As a forester, there's no wx phenomenon more to be feared, unless Maine were to be hit by a cat 2 or stronger 'cane that maintains at least cat 1 until well inland. Those clown maps posted above show nothing reaching my area by 00z Tuesday - what's 2/3 of zero? (GFS has been showing a good hit, fwiw.)

I'd take what you got for that last one. 19 of my 22 Decembers here have produced a snowfall greater than the 3" level that's tops (so far) for 12/19. (Other exceptions are '99 and '11, and those aren't the winters I'd want this one to emulate.)

GYX discussion portrays a double-hit scenario, and adds that points north (actually, east) of a Carrabassett-to-PWM line might see very little from the first section. Not thrilled, as I recall the big early month storm described in similar terms. In that one, some southernmost Maine sites got nearly 10" in act 1 then another 9" from act 2. Meanwhile, our area was downgraded from Winter Storm Watch to WWA to JALS (just another little snowstorm), such that we felt fortunate getting 2.8" from #2 after being shut out in the opener.

Power back on as of about 30 minutes ago - yay! From my wife's description, seems like someone eastbound on Route 2 failed to negotiate a left turn in Farmington Falls. She saw the nice new pole and the CMP crew just departing.

Thanks. In Jan 1998, 4 days w/o power was an adventure but we were young and foolish then, now no longer young. Back to the thread's topic - seems like lots of potential for this event, especially up my way. But lots of bust potential as well. Folks mentioning the Boxing Day storm (presumably for the similar date, not similar setup) has me recalling how the Euro and GFS would switch back and forth from cutter to wide right on alternating runs (in opposite directions) in the 3-6 days out range.

Thanks. We're sitting on an offer of $6,000 for a 13kw, fully installed including the necessary cut-out to protect lineworkers. However, we're still researching propane sources and installation prices. We may have to wait thru winter as the ground between the generator and fuel setups probably has 12"+ frost and it's getting deeper. (One company said they could run the gas pipe above ground temporarily, but I'm not in favor as we need to keep a path open there for oil delivery - and for access to my max-min thermometer. ) Sort of like winterizing a summer home https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.clickondetroit.com/news/2017/03/09/how-to-prevent-your-pipes-from-freezing-when-you-have-no-heat/%3foutputType=amp Today's outage is either the 4th or 5th since the equinox, and things seem to be worsening year by year. I'd rather not be taking all those steps with that kind of frequency, might omit something important (like the furnace emergency switch) and have damage costing nearly as much as the gen. That winterizing process is what we had done at dad's NH place for 94-95 (didn't in 93-94 due both to the suddenness and timing of his passing and our wish to have bathroom privileges during our 2-day visits to check on things.)

Not sure how. It's almost 26 years now, but in mid-Jan 1994 we traveled to the NH house to check on things (my dad had passed on 12/7/93, leaving the house empty) and while we were there 2 days our place in Gardiner hit -21 with wind and subzero max. Had the power gone away shortly after we headed west, we could easily have been facing a 5-figure repair bill - in 1994 dollars - for plumbing and water damage. We are below avg for Dec, So i can complain............. Current Dec snow here is a tick behind that ultimate torch called Dec 2015, and less than 60% of the average Dec thru the 27th. Even with the AN Novie we're down 3" for the season. Not terrible, of course, but not what I'd call "great" either.

Was that for just the generator and its installation and hookup, or did it include purchase/installation/initial fill-up of the propane tank(s)? If you are without power for more than two days, just book a nice hotel or an air b n b. Much cheaper. I don’t get the generator thing. Depends on the value of food in fridge/freezer that spoils, and on whether outage length plus winter cold causes burst pipes.

Power went out at home sometime between 6:30 when I headed for work and 8 AM, almost certainly due to vehicle/utility pole incident(s), as there's been far to little precip for accretion to damage trees. Stuff was just beginning as I headed south, roads were getting that telltale "dull gleam" of ice for the first 10 miles, though I had no issues, then dry roads south of Belgrade Village. Glad I set out when I did; 30 minutes later might have had a different outcome.

With 5" OG, yesterday made it 19-of-22 meeting the traditional definition of white Christmas. Using Forky's preference it's 2-of-22. 84% vs. 9%.

Great link. Noted that Chimney Pond had taken the Maine depth record with 94" in Feb. 2017. Before, I'd not seen anything above Farmington's 84" in Feb. 1969. Fitting that the state record should be near Katahdin at about 3,000' instead of at 420' next to Route 27. Last evening's temp had the biggest pre-CF-mixing boost I can recall - was 26-27 at 6:30 and a windy 39 by 9, where it stayed for nearly 2 hr before starting to slide down back toward this morning's mid-upper 20s.

Hard to choose here in the foothills. Using calendar years (mostly), 2000-09 averaged 92.4" while 2010-19 had 91.6" with perhaps a bit to be added in the next 8 days, though not the 8" it would take to match 00-09. --00-09 and 10-19 each had 4 years with 100"+, though curiously the 10 seasons 99-00 thru 08-09 had only 3 while 09-10 thru 18-19 did it 6 times. Advantage 10-19. --My top 3 calendar years are 2007, 2008, and 2001 in that order. (Seasons: It's 07-08, 00-01 and 16-17 in that order.) Advantage 00-09. --My 2 largest snowfalls came 12/6-7/03 and 2/22-23/09. Of the top 10, 6 came 00-09, top 20 had 12 in 00-09. Advantage 00-09 --00-09 (actually 99-00 thru 08-09) had 2 ratters, 3 meh winters, 5 good ones including the two snowiest. 09-10 thru 18-19 had 3 ratters, one meh, and 6 good winters. Advantage 10-19. For extreme events, it's 00-09. For consistency, it's 10-19. For snowpack, 10-19 leads in days with 1" to 29" while 00-09 is ahead for 30"+ and for average of winter's deepest, 31" to 30". Call it a draw.

Have had 1"+ since Nov. 11, just one day later than last year. However, snow this month has been meh, currently ranking 17th of 22 Decembers here though just 0.1" behind 2015. That month blew away all records for Dec warmth while this one is currently 1.5° BN and also AN for precip. Unless something pops up before 1/1/20, this will be 2 Decembers in a row w/o a single storm 4"+.

I think that 55 was across the river in Troy though ALB must have been similar, and Saratoga was in the same general range. Hudson and lower CT River valleys took the brunt. IMO, that storm's combo of snow, wind and cold is unmatched in records for the Northeast. Have you seen "Blizzard! The great storm of '88" by Judd Caplovich? Lots of info, maps drawn by Kocin, scads of old pics. Only Maine data I've found is for Gardiner, 6 miles south of Augusta, which recorded 8": of paste on a day with a low of 32 - they were too far east for the good stuff. ASH isn't all that far away and they got about 30".

Maine has probably the poorest access to natural gas in the lower 48, hence its use of heating oil (and firewood.) Hydropower is somewhat controversial in the state currently, due to the proposed PQ hydro corridor - lots of info flying around, but the thought of all that juice flowing thru the state with none going directly to its residents doesn't play well in the optics game. Maine burns a lot of biomass as well. Tough economics for a stand-alone biomass-gen plant, but when it's co-gen with a pulp or sawmill the finances look a lot better.

Batted .500 on the March quartet, only a trace (and wind) from#1 and nada from #4, but 36.4" total from 2&3. We take - made for my 2nd snowiest March here, though 18" behind 2001. Of course, the might-have-beens were strong; going 4-for-4 might have eclipsed Feb. '69 for snowiest month in the foothills - needed about 30" more. The 2 March hits, the best 12/25 storm of my experience and the Aroostook cold either side of NYD - all great stuff. (Less fun was 2 January days in hospital after a serious A-fib event, though things have gone okay since.)