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You can tell there was not much wind in the consistency of the totals, Nice storm!

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MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-180235--251616-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

SPOTTER REPORTS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

1116 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2013

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 7

HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION

IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN

SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE

ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/GRAY

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS

SNOWFALL OF

/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT

MAINE

...ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...

2 N TURNER 10.5 659 PM 2/24

DURHAM 10.3 536 PM 2/24

2 E LEWISTON 10.3 1025 PM 2/24

...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

CUMBERLAND CENTER 13.0 846 PM 2/24

2 W GRAY 12.5 1059 PM 2/24

PORTLAND - N DEERING 12.0 1044 PM 2/24

STANDISH 12.0 835 PM 2/24

GRAY NWS OFFICE 11.9 1115 PM 2/24

WESTBROOK 11.0 958 PM 2/24

BRIDGTON 10.7 1107 PM 2/24

GRAY 10.5 939 PM 2/24

PORTLAND - RIVERTON 10.5 810 PM 2/24

1 ESE WESTBROOK 10.0 621 PM 2/24

2 W FALMOUTH 10.0 459 PM 2/24

4 WSW NEW GLOUCESTER 10.0 703 PM 2/24

PORTLAND - DEERING 9.2 719 PM 2/24

3 N PORTLAND 9.1 433 PM 2/24

1 WSW BRUNSWICK 8.0 640 PM 2/24

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...

KINGFIELD 7.5 1016 PM 2/24

...KENNEBEC COUNTY...

3 WNW VASSALBORO 12.0 638 PM 2/24

RANDOLPH 9.5 1017 PM 2/24

...KNOX COUNTY...

HOPE 8.0 649 PM 2/24

1 SSW CAMDEN 5.8 852 PM 2/24

...OXFORD COUNTY...

HARTFORD 10.2 746 PM 2/24

...SAGADAHOC COUNTY...

TOPSHAM 11.0 1100 PM 2/24

3 S BATH 10.5 551 PM 2/24

...SOMERSET COUNTY...

FAIRFIELD 11.0 835 PM 2/24

1 NNE SKOWHEGAN 9.1 603 PM 2/24

DETROIT 6.3 730 PM 2/24

3 S CORNVILLE 6.0 451 PM 2/24

MADISON 5.5 730 PM 2/24

...YORK COUNTY...

HOLLIS 11.1 742 PM 2/24

LIMINGTON 10.1 932 PM 2/24

1 SSW CORNISH 8.5 756 PM 2/24

1 NW FERRY BEACH STA 8.0 904 PM 2/24

2 NE KENNEBUNK 6.0 641 PM 2/24

ARUNDEL 6.0 720 PM 2/24

SOUTH ELIOT 4.0 902 PM 2/24

NEW HAMPSHIRE

...BELKNAP COUNTY...

4 ENE MEREDITH 12.5 1044 PM 2/24

LACONIA 10.8 537 PM 2/24

...CARROLL COUNTY...

1 N MADISON 10.0 410 PM 2/24

WOLFEBORO BAY 9.5 601 PM 2/24

...COOS COUNTY...

WHITEFIELD 4.0 1109 PM 2/24

...GRAFTON COUNTY...

ORFORD 3.5 1018 PM 2/24

...MERRIMACK COUNTY...

NORTHFIELD 12.1 632 PM 2/24

CONCORD ASOS 11.7 652 PM 2/24

1 WSW LOUDON 9.2 446 PM 2/24

...ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...

1 NNE DEERFIELD 12.0 640 PM 2/24

2 ENE STRATHAM 6.0 1004 PM 2/24

1 W HAMPSTEAD 5.0 833 PM 2/24

...STRAFFORD COUNTY...

ROCHESTER 15.5 745 PM 2/24

3 NE ALTON 10.0 950 PM 2/24

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A little over 10" here.

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Nice. Looks very similar to MBY, though my total was 9.7". Had 32 hr of continuous accum snowfall, mostly -SN with occasional SN. This is the season's 2nd over-9" snowstorm (1st was Dec 16-17) that missed WSW status because it took over 24 hr to reach the warning criteria - just an oddity, and any snow is good snow. Now 19" at the stake, need another 10" or so to facilite pruning the semi-dwarf apples on snowshoes - easier than hauling the ladder around.

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This is the crap that bothers me:

 

"Bill Boynton, spokesman for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, estimated that there were more accidents yesterday than during the blizzard three weeks ago, and said that was likely because yesterday’s storm had received less publicity prior to touching down."

 

Here's the screen captures as we drove through it.  That was 2-3" per hour of heavy wet snow that stuck instantly to roads.  We never saw a plow in the northbound lane the entire stretch, nor a sander.  THAT'S why roads were a disaster.  Sure, maybe the DPW was caught off guard, but it was nearly impossible to drive up 93 during this. It was incredibly dangerous I've never seen so many cars off the road, facing the wrong way or stuck trying to get up hills.  The most dangerous aspect was the 18 wheelers (all of which were gas tankers at that time of day) that had no choice but to gun it downhill to get uphill.  They go flying by at 60 when everyone else is struggling to do 20-30.  I understand why, if they get stuck the whole road shuts down but they were forced to do it on totally snow covered roads without a hint of pavement.  I've only had that happen 1 or 2 times in my entire life.

 

The problem that made it worse was the band moved north at the rate the traffic was going...about 20 mph.   

 

I don't blame the drivers to be honest at all.  Not everybody has AWD/4WD and even if they do not everyone has advanced traction control etc.  I felt ours spin 2-3 times but just like they tell you I didn't do anything - IE just let off the gas and didn't change steering and the vehicles systems quickly compensate and control is regained.   Rte 89 was better mostly because it was colder, and also because there were plows working the roads.

 

 

 

 

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What does PWM go by? I thought it was jetport..but I see three different Portland values.

And none of the three were the jetport, which is still PWM's official site. The MEMA site had them with "M" for snowfall yest (will probably be corrected in a day or two), but the nightly news said 10.0", just breaking the old record for the day of 9.9".

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