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2.0" of 9:1 snow at 7 AM (after 0.15" of RA/mix that didn't stay on the board.) Nicest dendrites yet now drifting down, and temp just dropped a degree.

Kibby is almost due north from those vantage points. Might be seeing Coburn. And for pack retention without snowmaking (or municipal snow dumps) I'd nominate Chimney Pond. Set a new depth record for Maine there, 94" in Feb 2017, dethroning Farmington's 84" in Feb 1969. Elevation near 3,000' and the Katahdin massif immediately south, that place gets very little direct sunlight, probably just an an hour or 3 until within 6 weeks of the solstice.

In spades! With co-ops in Allagash, Clayton Lake and Pittston Farm no longer reporting, I don't think there are any co-ops between Jackman and Fort Kent. (Not many full time residents either but weenies don't care, otherwise no pics from Kibby would show up here.) Also wish there were obs from Deboullie summit, or Rocky Mt 15 miles NW from Debo - 1,000+ feet lower than Kibby but 110-120 miles farther north. Less upslope but all those systems running down the St. Lawrence pile up around those hills. Was hoping for at least some measurable from this event. In 22 years only had the 0.3" on 5/13/2002 - while the Farmington co-op had 3.0" six miles to my west.

That nice sun probably disappeared a couple hours later, replaced by flurries and 40-50 mph gusts.

Stereotypes usually reflect at least a modicum of reality. The problem is that many folks then think the stereotype is the only reality, ignoring the wide diversity of philosophy among the above groups. Same is true when considering those advocating stricter gun control and pro-choice.

"Old Sam Peabody" (Sometimes more than one "Peabody") Good streaming movie. The green movement is pissed at Moore. Ironic Have not seen it (haven't entered the streaming world) but read a very critical review - on a forestry and forest products site, not an environmentalist one. The review took Moore to task for basing his economic critique of wind and solar on old technology, ignoring for instance that solar had become far more efficient and less costly since the examples he used. (From 2008 IIRC) Another point in the review is that Moore assumed no environmentalists considered the costs (dollars and carbon) of making/building wind turbines and solar panels when they (the enviros) pushed for more use. There were many other examples of that that reviewer considered as bad journalism - made it seem like Moore had made up his mind on these issues and then scratched around trying to find supportive examples without considering whether they were valid examples.

GYX is in full retreat mode - P&C offers my area <1". At this rate we won't even see enough white stuff to lighten (briefly) the color of the grass. AWT

My average temp for May 9 is 50 (63/37) and for the month of January it's 15. With models showing H8s below -5C, having H8s at -25C (Maybe the -30s due to winter's generally greater anomalies) with long nights and calm air, my frost pocket site might be on the cold side of -40. Fake cold for sure, but tell that to a car battery.

Maybe like 2 weeks earlier when during the 24 hr prior to storm arrival the forecast here slid from 5 to 4 to 2, and verified as T.

Farmington had 8.4" on 5/11/45, a 9.0" storm on 10-11. Then 18 years later on the 11th their 2nd biggest May event dropped 7".

AUG/WVL/Skowhegan jack - 6-8" of paste, maybe 7:1 stuff, only 3-4" of 5:1 mush for LEW but only if the heaviest comes at night. Reality says we'll get about what we did from last week's 2-5" forecast, a few flakes after most precip was done.

They haven't even come out to check the menu here, though the cluster flies and some midges are out feeding the birds. Week after next for blackfly bites in my area.

That describes 1999 (killed my freshly planted Reliant peach tree) and 2010 (killed new shoots of ash, oak and some maple, plus all the blossoms on our apple trees.) Highly doubt it will happen this year, as the BN April is far different from April 2010 (+5) and early May '10 had 2 days at 81. (Then 5/11 dawned at 22° - disastah!) Yesterday's 69 was just about perfect, and the only green is on the willows, though buds have broken on hophornbeam and cherry, and red maple is in full flower.

22" and 9+ pounds - that's a really fat fish! (Though the estimator equation - length*girth*girth divided by 800 - works out to 9.9 lb.) Many years ago (the year Lauri Rapala's lures became widely available in the US) I caught a non-skinny 22" largemouth that weighed 5 1/8 pounds from the nearby NNJ lake.

April numbers Mean: 37.75 2.3 BN, 1st BN month since Nov. Avg hi: 48.6 3.1 BN, Highest: 60 on 4/27 Avg lo: 26.9 1.5 BN, Lowest: 18 on 4.21, also 4 mornings at 19 Precip: 6.16" 1.67" AN Wettest day: 1.19" on 4/13. 4?2-3 had 1.94" Snow: 8.6" 3.3" AN Snowiest day: 4.8" on 4/9. The 4/9-10 storm was 8.5", 4th greatest April snow in our 22 years here. Pack: 21" on 2/19 was the deepest. Mean for deepest pack is 29"

Here it's the week after. I've learned that putting out the tomatoes and peppers causes cloudy, cool and windy wx. The one year in Fort Kent that I chose to wait until June's 2nd Saturday, we had snow the following Monday. (Only a trace in the valley though it slightly whitened the grass, 1-2" above 1000'.)

It will slow down by a day - Farmington's 2 biggest May snowfalls came on the 11th - 1945 and 1963.

We had a trace and upper 30s RA. The New Year's retro-bomb that ate winter was still wrecking the wx here.

Reached 60! First time this year, so now every Maine April (1973 on) has reached that mark on my thermometer. Gorgeous day heading into an "interesting" period.

First 40° diurnal range of spring yesterday, 59/19. Looks like that will be the April max. First 21 Aprils here all reached at least 64. Wood frogs quacking in good order and a few peepers last night.

I'm about 30' lower than the Farmington co-op, but we're in the woods. Our "lawn" covers perhaps 1/20 acre with 50-70' trees to the SE and SW, though most are deciduous. Cold air drains down from the SW-facing field across the road and stops at our place, other than what can filter into the woods. It's about perfect for retention, given the modest elevation. Only 3" left this morning as nearly 2" RA took most away. If you reach Farmington via Route 27 from Augusta, the real snow catcher is Mile Hill - road gets a bit over 800' along the "plateau", which is on gently east facing slope. The town/county sign is about 2/3 of the way up the south side of the hill. (It's named for the length of the north-facing hill, which drops about 300' in that mile.) If you check out cocorahs, look for the obs from Temple, especially in borderline snow events. That observer is at 1,224', which can result in some interesting reports. In the late Feb mashed potato mess of 2010, the Farmington co-op had 8.8" and Temple 26.4", only about 6 miles away. (And 800' higher) Edit: Yesterday morning I reported 7" to cocorahs. The Temple observer had 18" - not surprising.

March snowfall here (15.5") was below the mean of 17.5" but above the median of 14.9" - getting 55.5" in 3/01 skews the average a bit. Ground's been white from 11/11 onward but with only 7" this morning it's only got a few more days. Current consecutive run is 145 days, and amazingly given the quality of this winter, that trails only last winter and is 4th for total 1"+ days. We'll pass 2002-03 (another low-snow winter, but due to suppression) on Sunday and would tie 2014-15 at 150 if the cover survives until Wednesday evening - I think not. SDDs are well below both average and median, same as 02-03 though we're a bit higher than that winter.

Signs of spring this week, other than the usual cold rain: --Wednesday morning - turkey gobbling just out of sight in the field across from the house. --Thursday (and especially this morning) - Worms on the sidewalk, means the ground has thawed enough that the rain drives the poor critters up for air. Storm total precip (all RA) was 1.83" at my place thru 7 this morning. Probably not quite enough to enable the Kennebec to wash the west-shore parking lots in Augusta.

The Rangeley area lakes show up bright and white, but not the Belgrade lakes, which also remain almost totally ice covered. Odd.

Was a bit surprised to find an inch new at home, similar to the most I saw on Mile Hill, 6 miles south but 400' higher. Most accumulation came 1-4 PM and max temp was 32, after the 31/5 on Monday.