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Wow, felt from Wash DC to Central NH. Wide area

This eclipse is going to blow people away. The sun is spectacular but what I noticed in Aruba was how fast the light changes. This is a good example.

Extremely heavy snow falling after a long lull this morning. 28.6F Vis has to be down around 1/8th

28.9F Very light snow and blowing snow. 8" but so much drifting. Looking 300 feet below me the trees are caked but here it was drier and did not adhere on trees

More exciting eclipse news. Check this out. Spaceweather.com says the "Devil" comet is now visible to the naked eye near the sun. According to them the comet might be visible during totality. I don't think that has ever happened before in modern times. https://www.space.com/horned-comet-visible-total-solar-eclipse

31.5F SN+BS Wind E gusting to 30mph 2"ish

31.5F -SNBS 1.25" ish

31.7F SN+ 1" Snow flipped to a mixture of sleet an hour or so ago but has flipped back to heavy snow. Snow is accumulating even on my asphalt driveway.

32.2F SN Parachutes

33.1 Parachutes.... snow whitened the ground a bit earlier and then with a lull it all melted. These parachutes are huge

That map is confusing to me. Look at Plymouth NH. Most people see the 8-12". Looking at the side bar Plymouth is in the 12-18" with lollies to darker reds over 18". There has got to be a better way

33.2F Light snow. Vis 3/4 Large aggragates and the snow is starting to accumulate on the grass. I took this picture of my snow stake just before the snow. Just so I'm on the up and up that 1" line on the stake looks pretty close to the grass so we can take 1/2" off my total when we are done. Any guesses? The winner will get to come up here on Friday and can snowblow the driveway, at least enough to get the cars in and out. I'm not going overboard on April 3rd.

12Z 4/3 GFS and Euro looking good! Some high clouds to the SW and a back door cold front from the north but all and all can't complain compared to the rest of US

I just started an obs thread as the first flakes are in the air up here

35.8/29 First few flakes Bridgewater NH. I'm at 74" on the season. Let's go out big and make a run at 100"

36.9/28 That roaring sound is starting in the forest trees. Davis high gust last hour E 27

18Z GFS cloud parameter says New England is the place to be!

This is where I would go if staying in Conway. Like others have said the traffic could be crazy. I don't think the State of NH is prepared but we will see. Yellow is totality but you want to get at least 5 to 10 miles further north If you are right on the line it only lasts for seconds. Yellow glob would be good.

The weather in Northern New England is looking to be some of the best in from Mexico up through the US. An eclipse like this in New New England has never happened in the modern era. So there is so much guess work as to the traffic and how many people will come up to view. Personally, I think the traffic is going to be a diaster. From Conway you don't want to go to Vermont. Take 16 north to Milan. If you drive perhaps 10 miles further north you will be in totality for over 1 minute. Remember there will be no facilites, no bathrooms, limited cell service and gas. Also a lot of snow and mud off of pavement. With all this in mind our travel to Aruba in 1998 was so worth it to see a total eclipse. Just mind blowing good.

Up to hour 36 on Weatherbell. 850 is slightly warmer

Let's get to 40"!!

I want that 966mb low back that was forecasted last week

Good luck to all the tow guys in NNE. Getting off any pavement right now is deep mud.

Brian, I'll take your sloppy seconds. I will do the very minimal cleanup as the week after will quickly melt it. Of course you have your pesky north exposure and things dry out slower.

Since I live in the Plymouth NH area I know the backroads pretty well. Take 93 up to Plymouth. Get off and go west on Rt 25. Head up on the NH side of the Connecticut River. Then take one of the bridges over to Rt 5 or Rt 91 into the St Johnsbury area. Then decide how far north or west you want to go to get into a longer and darker eclipse. This will be a darker eclipse vs 2017 as the path of totality is wider. Unfortunately for travelers the center line is near Canada. On the edge of totality is interesting however as the Diamond Ring and Bailey's Beads last much longer. As I say over and over. A 99% partial and a 100% total is like the difference between kissing someone and marrying them. Oh, another idea. There are lots of small businesses in the path of totality. Pick where you want to go and call one of them in advance. Ask if you can park in their lot and tell them you are even willing to throw them a few bucks their way. Or bring them a small gift, like a couple of 6 packs of beer. With that in mind they might let you use their bathrooms as potty break as bathrooms and gas are going to be hard to find. This is all weather dependant of course.