Really weird what the 18z 12k NAM is doing. It’s like the echoes are frozen in place over parts of CNE. It’s as if it’s virga in the lower els, but it’s accumulating above 1k. The 3k doesn’t do this.
That’s pretty good. You get enough fluff that it still really piles up. Someone east of Ontario can pull 3ft and it’s compacted down to a foot in a week, but you’re more like the Tug hill where you are.
Yeah the stink bugs were introduced to PA a couple decades ago. We have some up here now, but our fall outbreaks are usually those western conifer seed bugs.
Curious how much water you have in your pack right now. I think I remember your pack being around 18” the other day? I usually say that the pack quickly likes to get back to 10:1 so it makes sense how those 8” new quickly compact down. I saw it for myself in December with 34” of 20:1 getting cut in half in 2 days.