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That was 2 days after the JFK inaugural storm, which dumped 1-2+ feet in the NYC metro and nearby. 2 subfreezing weeks after that storm a bigger windier event brought even more. Depths in NNJ were up to 52", nearly a foot more than any other NJ records I've found. (And it compares well with all but one of my Maine winters - 47 years ago today we and all our possessions were in a U-Haul heading from NNJ to BGR so I could start spring semester at U.Maine forestry school.) Another personal note: I went ice fishing that cold (-12 at our place in NNJ) and windy Saturday, handled a small but slimy pickerel while unhooking and releasing it. Had to wash off the slime in the lake water after which I ran for the fire on shore - in that 100-yard dash the water on my fingers had mostly turned to ice. (With age I've learned to stay off the ice in wx like that.)

Was there any differences in cloud cover? Last evening we had thin overcast but it was enough to make temps hang around 20 thru 10 PM when I stopped looking. When I left home at 6:45 this morning it was mostly clear and zero or a bit below.

Closer than it ought. However, even after my coldest Novie of 22 here, it would take about 35° AN today thru the 31st to get there. Finishing Jan at +5, with not one but two rainers, is bad enough

Maybe Greenville? Might be far enough from NH to reduce the mobs. Ride from town up to Pittston Farm for lunch then complete the Moosehead circumnavigation. Yeah we’re not going to lose much pack in the foothills. This’ll just be a cold rain that gets absorbed in or soaks down underneath. Would settle my 14-15" to 10 or so - with probably 4" LE.

Have CT ponds held safe ice much this season? Saw FB video of foxes on thin black ice at the NNJ pond where I ice-fished (open water too, of course) hundreds of times. 3rd time that place has iced over, and I don't think it's been thick enough to be safe more than a few days. Ice fishing season there was Jan. 1 thru mid Feb, and except for one winter (64-65) when post-Christmas 60s wrecked things, there was always safe ice on Jan. 1 and usually thru the Feb. closure date. Yesterday I was hearing forecasts of a foot or more for the foothills. This morning GYX thinks 4-7" of low-ratio stuff for the mts and mix'n'mess for MBY. Slight change, eh?

I've read that following the BGR-region's blizzard on NYE of 1962, dynamite was needed to loosen windpack where a highway passed thru a cut with ledge on both sides - ordinary equipment couldn't hack it. In BGR itself there were drifts over 16' tall, enough to get a large bulldozer stuck.

So would I, especially as we got only the fringe of the big '05 event. Biggest snowfall here for that month was 3.2" and deepest pack 13" while March '01 had storms of 7", 9.5", 16" and 19 ", the last 2 after the equinox bringing depth to 48"on 3/31.

We had the same underwhelming "welcome" when we moved from NNJ to BGR in Jan. 1973. Saw lots of snow piles from their huge Dec. '72 but did not see even one 8" snowstorm in met winter until the 11.5" on Dec. 18, 1975, two weeks before our move to Ft. Kent. We did have 8.5" in Nov.'74, 8.6" in April '74 and 12.0" in April '75. Then, despite frequent snows and good pack, FK had no storms greater than 8.2" for nearly a year, until late Dec. '76 when 24"and 12" dumps came Dec. 26-31. Of course we were in NJ for Christmas then, missing the 2-footer entirely though we got to drive the length of Maine (after dark) during the 12-incher. (Later winters there, and at my present location, have certainly made up for that.)

My average for snowfall thru Jan 21 is 39.57", so this season couldn't be any closer to average so far. We'll be about 2" BN when/if the weekend storm arrives. It was about -10 at 5 this morning but warmed a few degrees until the lights went out at 6:20 - police were headed north on Starks Road (Rt 134) so I wonder if someone hit a pole up there. This cold stretch is good though because the pond ice was not trustable. Sledder went thru the ice on Moosehead over the weekend - rode too close to the mouth of the Moose River. He was pulled out fairly soon but not soon enough - pronounced dead at Greenville Hospital. I think it's the season's 1st snowsled-in-water fatal this season.

Finished with 5.9". Totals were very consistent across south and central Maine plus most of New Hampshire, with almost everyone in the 5.0-6.5 window.

Check out the thread for the 1/16 storm "NNE/CNE Snow Special" - awesome pics and descriptions.

Was about -15 at 4:30 this morning, 10° less cold by 7 as clouds overspread. Saw IZG with -16 during the period 1-7 AM and -5 at 7. Some -20s in Aroostook. GYX going with advisory atm with progged totals right at the edge of warning criteria. P&C has 4-7 overnight and 5-8 total.

The real snowicane! Hope it doesn't reach Cat 2 speeds.

5.3" at my place, a bit more than I'd expected. Maine bullseye was Cumberland County just inland, a number of double digit reports topped by 14.2" in Standish, south side of Sebago. (LES? The lake is almost totally ice free. )

High end advisory event - finished with 5.3" from 0.42" LE. Steady light (mostly) SN 5:15 AM to 5:30 PM, then another 0.5" of 50:1 feathers 9-9:30. Temp dropped 5° to -2 between 5 and 7 this morning. Record will show 21° for today's max as that was the temp at 9 last night. We'll see if this afternoon clears 10°. Current WCI -32 at FVE.

Color me surprised - talked to my wife about road conditions and learned we had 5+ at 3 PM, probably not much after. Very light and tiny flakes now at Augusta.

And I'm checking the batteries in my snark detector.

Late winter? Midpoint of heating season here (by HDDs) averages Jan 20/21, extremes 1/13 (09-10) and 1/28 (06-07.). For snowfall it's Jan 31/Feb 1. IMO, late winter arrives about a month from now. Yeah I’m on the 3-5” train up here That's probably a good guess for here as well.

Light snow in Augusta, little more accum since my noontime post, probably settling about the same rate as what's falling. Stuff that's fallen beginning to look sloppy - I hope the real cold holds off until all the folks here can clean windshields buried by what's sliding off the roof.

I'd be pleasantly surprised if my place gets the 5" (or 6) portrayed on the update. Been mainly under the less rich echoes so far. Maybe up to 3" in Augusta, moderate snow.

Northern Door motel in Fort Kent, ride right from the parking lot, plug-ins for engine heaters, walk to Rock's diner.

Half inch and SN=- at my place when I left just before 7, roads were fine. Looks like the heavier echoes stay to the south, forecast is 3-6 and should verify low end. Moderate snow at present in Augusta with 1"+, 5-8 forecast. Jeff/LR/PWMan special and Oceanstwx should score as 6 spot.

0.9" overnight, pretty much as forecast. That makes 7 separate little snow events this month totaling all of 4.1". Will #8 exceed the first 7? Would be nice if #8 doubles the month's total and #9 redoubles it.

IMO, dendrite formation trumps wind when considering ratios. The 2 storms of Dec. 2003 seem to illustrate this (or something.) Both were 100% snow with temps in the teens. On 12/6-7 we had 24" with ratio of 14.7 and on 12/15 we had 13" with ratio of 8.5. The earlier storm was one of 4 events in 21+ winters to meet blizzard criteria, with gusts to 40+ and enormous drifting. The 2nd storm had modest wind and little blew around. Something beyond wind was going on. OTOH, my most recent blizzard, with winds at least as strong as 12/6-7/03, was Pi Day 2017, and brought 15.5" with ratio 7.3, all snow at low 20s.

Maybe pull another 06-07 reversal? (For more than just NNE this time?) For the 67 days from Nov. 8 thru Jan. 13 our temps were +7.0. Then the next 55 thru March 9 temps were -7.6. On the 13th, Jan. temps were +11.3 and total snow to date was 11.0". From the 14th thru April 18 temps ran -4.8 and we had 84.4" snow. Farmington co-op recorded 36.1" for April, highest by 12.1" since records began in 1893, and that's with the bust on the Patriots' Day storm, 10-16" forecast verifying at 4-5" of mush plus an equal amount of catpaws RA.