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We had about 1/2" of snow and sleet early this morning. Still some on the ground. Stayed 33 to 35F all day

I have done 2 of there winter "edutrips" when you can stay up at the summit over a weekend.

Esthetically speaking MWN has always (to me) been a real nice mountain to look at and it holds very special significance in my life. The cone summit with the built in observatory and small radio towers with a single narrow cog line going up the mountain is pleasing to look at. 5800 feet is above tree line and train cars sitting up there during the warm season would make the mountain look a lot less natural and not in keeping with the Whites. Personally I am totally against this idea. People in this country have lots of wilderness experiences they can already partake in. Oh, I can just see it now. Pay $1000, book way in advance and then being stuck in the clouds for days at a time or having guests with no hiking experience wandering around the summit cone at night. As some of you know, MWN summit is a special place for my husband Bob and I. On Jan 1 2008 the first day same sex unions became legal in NH, we were married on the summit. I gave the observatory a nice donation and they made an exception to their rules. About 10 of our family and friends crammed into a snow cat and were driven up to the summit. That day a noreaster was heading up the coast. I was watching the weather very carefully the night before. The next morning at the base as we set out to go there was a high overcast that was rapidly lowering. By the time we got to around 4000 feet it started to snow and blow. If it had been a clear day with light winds we would have been married outside but by the time we got to the observatory around noon the temperature was around 5F, with snow and wind around 50 gusting to 70ish, true blizzard conditions. It was hard to tell snow intensity with so much blowing and being in the clouds. So the snow cat pulled close to the door and we all went inside and got married there. At the summit there was a group of German scientists that were staying and they were our audience as well as the observatory people and the summit cat. Is was very moving. The observatory made us all a nice lunch and then we headed back down in blizzard conditions. I have to commend the snowcat drivers. Very few people have experienced a true blizzard and zero vis. I mean not more than 15 feet. The road is marked with high stakes. We were greeted at the base with about 8" of new snow and driving home could be a story in of itself. MWN does not allow weddings in the observatory but they made an exception. They asked us to not notify the media as they wanted to keep this quiet. That was 13 years ago when things were a bit different. Another first for the summit that few know about!

Lots of closed roads around here right now. My road is closed except to local traffic just beyond our house. I made this video 3 years ago of driving up to our house. For some reason this section of the road is not that bad right now.

39F First thunderstorm of the season just passed to my SE. Quite a bit of thunder. Seems to have weakened now as don't hear anymore claps. Snow is about 75% gone.

We are rapidly loosing our winter snow cover and all the deer that yard up behind our house are having a field day. Last week we had 31. At any time now they will disperse and head back up into the hills. Here is our zoo.

Towards the tropics the yearly change of sunshine is much less than as you move poleward. I don't want this to get political but it is interesting that Mark Rubio of Florida spearheaded this effort but back then the Governor of Florida asked Congress to repeal it. https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/#:~:text=Congress had voted on December,was enacted to save fuel.

Sunrise in Detroit in late December is 9:02am. Ouch Just wait. We tried this for a year when I was a kid. Everyone thought it was a great idea until people had to go to work in darkness. We scrapped it and went back to changing the clocks as we do now.

About 1.5" of snow last night

33.4 light snow 1/2" or so

Today the senate passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Now it goes to the house. Bad news for model watching in the winter. I'm old enough to remember this was tried once before when I was a kid. Everyone thought it was a great idea until people had to wake up and go to school and work in darkness. Sunrise would be after 8am in the winter. Even worse for the people in the northwest part of each time zone.

Oil down another 7.7% today to 95 a barrel. It had peaked over 120 a barrel. Gas prices should be coming down but they are always much faster to rise than fall.

44.2/30 Sprinkles just started

Diane, I hope you heal as quick as possible!

Brian, can you give me the link to this? I use to have it but can't find it. Thanks

Looks like I'm in the bullseye. Going to loose some qpf on the front side.

GFS has me in the bullseye tonight. .73" qpf. Could be quite the birch bender up here at elevation. We will see how fast we can get down to near freezing, going to waste some qpf on the front side.

Hum, the GFS has been very consistent in keeping me in the bullseye tomorrow night. .75" of qpf with it happening as it gets dark. Seems overdone but maybe it is sniffing out a night time birch bender.

I have my friend's Nest Cam on my weather site. It is facing north and west on Newfound Lake. https://www.bridgewaternhweather.com/

Where can i find real time info? At space weather I see the kp index is now a 6. I have never seen that before but don't know if that is real time or not??/

i just saw that. Skies are clear too but there is a 50% or so moon

Congrats Phin. Your 15" was the highest total of anyplace in at least the Gray Maine forecast area ..SNOWFALL REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Maine... ...Androscoggin County... Turner 2.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP Mechanic Falls 2.7 S 2.0 in 0500 PM 03/12 COCORAHS Auburn 2.1 NNW 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Auburn 1.0 in 0258 PM 03/12 Amateur Radio 1.8 W Lisbon Falls 0.7 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP Lisbon 0.6 S 0.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Cumberland County... 5 S Bridgton 2.8 in 0900 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Standish 1.3 SSW 1.7 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 5 NNE East Baldwin 1.6 in 0756 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Sebago 2.4 ESE 1.0 in 0830 AM 03/13 COCORAHS South Portland 1.7 S 0.8 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Portland Jetport 0.8 in 1200 AM 03/13 ASOS 2 NE Gray 0.8 in 1028 PM 03/12 NWS Employee Gray, ME 0.7 in 0800 AM 03/13 HADS 3 W Pownal 0.7 in 1203 AM 03/13 Official NWS Obs Cumberland Center 4.4 NW 0.6 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Portland 5.5 WNW 0.6 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 ENE North Windham 0.5 in 0720 AM 03/13 Public Freeport 3.0 ENE 0.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Portland 5.4 NW 0.4 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS New Gloucester 3.0 SE 0.4 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 NW Falmouth 0.4 in 0934 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Harpswell 3.1 WSW T in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Franklin County... 3 ESE Stratton 8.0 in 0651 AM 03/13 Public 1 NNW Dallas 7.8 in 0727 PM 03/12 Public 6 SSE Rangeley 7.2 in 0328 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Stratton 6.0 in 0405 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter New Sharon 2.0 NW 3.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Temple 1.8 W 3.3 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 0.9 E New Sharon 3.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP Farmington 1 NNW 2.8 in 0800 AM 03/13 COOP 2 NNW Farmington 2.5 in 0655 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter 1.0 W Kingfield 2.0 in 0830 AM 03/13 COOP ...Kennebec County... Mount Vernon 2.8 in 0530 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter 3 NE South China 1.5 in 1000 AM 03/13 Public Wayne 3.2 SSE 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Readfield 2.0 NNE 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Manchester 0.5 NE 1.5 in 0545 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Clinton 0.5 WSW 1.5 in 1159 PM 03/12 COCORAHS Farmingdale 1.0 in 0604 AM 03/13 Public 2.0 SW Waterville 0.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP ...Knox County... Union 3.0 NW 2.0 in 0745 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Union 3.0 W 2.0 in 0728 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Thomaston 1.5 in 1203 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Rockport 2.8 SW 1.4 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Union 2.1 NNE 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Lincoln County... Waldoboro 1.5 NNE 1.2 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Newcastle 2.1 SW 0.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Oxford County... Bethel 6 SSE 4.2 in 0717 AM 03/13 COOP Andover 3.8 W 4.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Oxford 5.3 SW 3.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 4 SSW Oxford 2.3 in 0706 PM 03/12 Public 1 NW Otisfield 2.0 in 0757 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Hartford 1.4 N 2.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Sagadahoc County... 2.3 NW Bath 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP Bath 1.1 WSW 1.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Topsham 3.7 NE 0.7 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Somerset County... Pittston Farm 14.0 in 1108 PM 03/12 Public Solon 3.9 ESE 4.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Skowhegan 3.0 in 0648 AM 03/13 Public Anson 2.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP 1.9 S Harmony 2.0 in 0600 AM 03/13 COOP North New Portland 0.3 WSW 1.7 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Palmyra 3.5 NW 1.2 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Waldo County... Prospect 2.6 W 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Searsmont 3.5 WNW 1.5 in 0615 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Winterport 2.9 N 1.4 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...York County... East Waterboro 1.7 NW 1.7 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 SW Old Orchard Beach 1.6 in 0800 AM 03/13 NWS Employee Hollis Center 5.4 NW 1.6 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 5.0 NW Hollis 1.6 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP Biddeford 1.5 NNE 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Cornish 5.6 ESE 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2.6 SW Ogunquit 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP 2 NNE Hollis 1.4 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 4 NE Shapleigh 1.1 in 0800 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Parsonsfield 3.9 NE 1.0 in 0825 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 3 SE Sanford 1.0 in 1035 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter North Berwick 5.3 W 0.6 in 0930 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Berwick 0.5 N 0.1 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...New Hampshire... ...Belknap County... Belmont 1.7 SW 3.2 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS New Hampton 4.1 N 3.1 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Tilton Northfield 3.3 NE 2.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Laconia 7.9 E 2.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1.5 N Laconia 2.0 in 0800 AM 03/13 COOP Meredith 2.9 SSW 2.0 in 0715 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Sanbornton 2.3 WNW 1.9 in 0814 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Carroll County... 1 N Madison 3.0 in 0321 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter 2 NNW Freedom 2.8 in 0551 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Wolfeboro 0.6 SW 2.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Center Sandwich 4.9 E 2.3 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS East Sandwich 2.3 in 0600 AM 03/13 COOP 2 WNW Wolfeboro 2.3 in 0300 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Jackson 3.7 NW 2.0 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Wolfeboro 1.8 in 0800 AM 03/13 UCOOP North Conway 1.4 SSW 1.8 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Tamworth 0.4 NNW 1.3 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Tamworth 1.3 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP North Conway 1.0 in 0745 AM 03/13 COOP ...Cheshire County... 2 SSE Rindge 4.9 in 1000 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter 1.6 W Keene 4.8 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP Keene 1.3 SW 3.3 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Rindge 3.2 ESE 2.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Jaffrey 2.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP West Swanzey 1.0 WNW 1.7 in 1200 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Keene 2.5 NNW 1.5 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS West Chesterfield 0.3 WNW 0.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Coos County... Pittsburg 13.5 in 0800 AM 03/13 COOP Carroll 4.6 NE 13.2 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Gorham 10.0 in 0530 AM 03/13 COOP 2 NNW Clarksville 10.0 in 0503 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Whitefield 9.0 in 0902 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter 2 ESE Jefferson 8.5 in 0800 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Jefferson 1 W 8.2 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP 2 NW Whitefield 7.5 in 0857 PM 03/12 Public 4 NNW Whitefield 6.9 in 0609 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Northumberland 6.3 in 0845 AM 03/13 COOP Lancaster 0.5 N 5.5 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Pinkham Notch 3.1 in 0500 AM 03/13 COOP 4 E Lancaster 2.0 in 0344 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter ...Grafton County... Littleton 7.3 W 6.0 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 4 ENE Thornton 5.0 in 0724 AM 03/13 Public 5 SSW Lyme 4.8 in 0717 AM 03/13 Public Hanover 4.8 NE 4.8 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 ENE Lincoln 4.8 in 0910 PM 03/12 Public Plymouth 3.7 N 4.3 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 2 WNW Canaan 3.0 in 0836 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter 2 NNW Ashland 3.0 in 0251 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter 2.3 NW Warren 2.6 in 0700 AM 03/13 COOP 2 SSE Campton 2.5 in 1000 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Hanover 2.5 in 0254 PM 03/12 Public Bristol 0.4 SSE 1.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Hillsborough County... 1 W Hillsborough 5.5 in 0905 AM 03/13 Hillsborough 3.0 in 0357 PM 03/12 Public Greenville 1.1 ENE 1.6 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Temple 1.2 ENE 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Mount Vernon 1.3 SSW 1.0 in 0630 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Hudson 2.9 NE 0.4 in 0745 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Manchester Airport 0.2 in 0700 PM 03/12 ASOS Brookline 2.3 SW 0.1 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1.1 SE Nashua 0.1 in 0720 AM 03/13 COOP 3 SSE Mason 0.1 in 0700 AM 03/13 Public 1 WSW Nashua T in 0600 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter 1 ESE Brookline T in 0600 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter ...Merrimack County... Northfield 2.8 E 4.9 in 0701 AM 03/13 COCORAHS South Sutton 1.3 SE 3.2 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Danbury 2.2 ESE 2.7 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS New London 0.8 S 2.4 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Pittsfield 0.2 SSW 2.0 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Chichester 2.7 SSW 2.0 in 0120 AM 03/13 COCORAHS South Sutton 2.5 SSE 1.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Sutton Mills 0.1 ENE 1.9 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Dunbarton 3.8 SE 1.7 in 0600 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Concord Municipal Airp 1.7 in 0700 PM 03/12 ASOS Concord 2.4 E 1.6 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Henniker 1.5 in 0903 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Bow 1.6 NW 1.4 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 NW Contoocook 1.4 in 0550 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter Contoocook 0.6 NNW 1.3 in 0810 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Canterbury 2.5 SSW 1.1 in 0750 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Concord 3.8 SSE 0.2 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Rockingham County... Northwood 2.9 WSW 1.5 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Rye 1.4 in 0900 PM 03/12 Public Rye 1.0 S 1.4 in 0850 PM 03/12 COCORAHS 2 NW Hampton 1.0 in 0800 AM 03/13 Trained Spotter Stratham 1.9 ESE 0.8 in 0500 AM 03/13 COCORAHS 1 S Greenland 0.7 in 0800 AM 03/13 CO-OP Observer Nottingham 1.2 S 0.5 in 0845 AM 03/13 COCORAHS Derry 5.7 N 0.2 in 0700 AM 03/13 COCORAHS N Portsmouth Airport 0.2 in 0700 PM 03/12 AWOS 0.5 W Epping T in 0900 AM 03/13 COOP ...Strafford County... Strafford 2.9 N 2.0 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS New Durham 2.5 E 1.0 in 0800 AM 03/13 COCORAHS ...Sullivan County... 2 SSE Goshen 2.4 in 0346 PM 03/12 Trained Spotter &&

Take a look at today's 10:1 GFS clown map through 276 hours. It would be a fitting end of March for me so I can catchup to the SNE people with a couple of feet of snow.

Well this "bomb cyclone" bombed. It always had that kind of strung out area of low pressure along the front. 2.5" light snow and blowing snow. Vis about 3 miles

30.5F Moderate to heavy snow Approx 1.25"