ineedsnow Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Getting some light snow now with the sun trying to poke through 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, dendrite said: 25-26” imby this morning. Haven’t gone into the woods. This just popped up on my memories, 8 years ago....what snowy times down here, no where near what east of us had, but still impressive. Almost 25" base in our yard on March 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 0.00" depth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Does anyone have a QPF map for what actually fell in that last system . We were getting excited as models juiced up and the gfs had a jack of 1.50-1.9 for days (I know that didn’t occur as nobody bought that CCB nonsense over mass . Would just like to see some verification of what actually fell Since we pay so much attention to the lead up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Driveway is bare, but the woods are loaded up. Busting out the snowshoes this afternoon. 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJln491 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Cold Miser said: Driveway is bare, but the woods are loaded up. Busting out the snowshoes this afternoon. Stay safe. Tell family members your exact route 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 5 hours ago, Cold Miser said: Driveway is bare, but the woods are loaded up. Busting out the snowshoes this afternoon. Looks like the snow sneakers would suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 47 minutes ago, dryslot said: Looks like the snow sneakers would suffice. He's got a shit ton more snow then I do, Sofaking happy about that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Paul Gordon Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 We ended up with about 8" here in Clinton/Lancaster. Areas to the south and southwest (including Worcester city--about 500' lower than the airport) got about half that amount or less. Starting to feel like I'm in the new Lunenburg, but amounts in Sterling and Fitchburg match up. Boylston is only about six miles south, and driving through this morning, they had a couple of inches less. Shrewsbury is higher than I am by about 300' but even less there than Boylston (at the exit onto 290 west). That's been the case all winter. We had a glacial base of 2-3 inches under it. Would that have affected how well the new snow piled on? I've only lived here since last April, but the microclimate seems significantly different from where I lived in Worcester city (Green Hill Park area at 660' elevation). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Final PNS totals, Good storm. 000 NOUS41 KGYX 051729 PNSGYX MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-033-NHZ001>015-060529- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 1229 PM EST Sun Mar 5 2023 ...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM YESTERDAYS WINTER STORM... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Maine... ...Androscoggin County... 3 WNW Leeds 17.5 in 0756 AM 03/05 Public 1 NNW Livermore 15.0 in 0843 AM 03/05 Public 1.8 W Lisbon Falls 13.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 4.0 SE Poland 12.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP Turner 12.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 2 E Lewiston 12.2 in 0630 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 4 S Livermore Falls 12.2 in 0840 PM 03/04 NWS Employee 2 N Lisbon 12.0 in 0742 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter ...Cumberland County... 1 ESE Standish 13.9 in 0400 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Cumberland Center 4.4 NW 12.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 N Cumberland 12.5 in 0715 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 NE Gray 12.4 in 0820 PM 03/04 NWS Employee New Gloucester 3.0 SE 12.4 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 SSE North Windham 12.0 in 0400 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Westbrook 3.1 N 12.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 3 E South Windham 11.8 in 1245 PM 03/04 NWS Employee 4 WSW New Gloucester 11.8 in 0641 AM 03/05 NWS Employee NWS Gray 11.3 in 0700 PM 03/04 Official NWS Obs 1 NW Freeport 11.2 in 0510 PM 03/04 NWS Employee 5 NNE East Baldwin 11.0 in 0425 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 3 WSW Falmouth 10.3 in 0730 PM 03/04 NWS Employee Portland Jetport 8.5 in 0700 PM 03/04 ASOS South Portland 1.7 S 8.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Franklin County... 6 WNW Madrid 12.6 in 0646 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Farmington 12.5 in 0130 PM 03/04 Public Temple 1.8 W 12.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 0.9 E New Sharon 9.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 1.0 W Kingfield 8.5 in 0730 AM 03/05 COOP ...Kennebec County... Randolph 15.0 in 0910 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Readfield 2.0 NNE 14.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Manchester 0.5 NE 14.4 in 0545 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Augusta 1.5 WSW 14.0 in 0645 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 NE South China 13.5 in 0515 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 ESE China 13.0 in 0435 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 WNW Hallowell 12.5 in 0310 PM 03/04 Public 2 WNW Whitefield 12.0 in 0715 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2.0 SW Waterville 11.0 in 0900 AM 03/05 COOP ...Knox County... Union 3.0 W 15.5 in 0708 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 SE Washington 12.5 in 0600 PM 03/04 Public 2 W Owls Head 12.0 in 0505 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Hope 11.5 in 0515 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Rockland 1.4 E 11.0 in 0630 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Union 2.1 NNE 10.8 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Thomaston 10.0 in 0935 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Tenants Harbor 9.5 in 0700 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Camden 9.3 in 0745 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...Lincoln County... Dresden 13.7 in 0817 PM 03/04 Public 1 NNE Waldoboro 11.8 in 0500 PM 03/04 Cocorahs Newcastle 2.1 SW 11.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 SSW Nobleboro 10.5 in 0646 PM 03/04 2 SE Alna 10.0 in 0848 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Trevett 0.3 NE 9.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Oxford County... 2 NNW South Paris 17.0 in 0520 PM 03/04 Cocorahs 1 WNW Byron 17.0 in 0750 PM 03/04 Public Andover 3.8 W 15.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Bethel 6 SSE 14.5 in 0707 AM 03/05 COOP 2 E Hartford 14.0 in 0520 PM 03/04 CO-OP Observer 1 WNW Otisfield 12.4 in 0715 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 NE Oxford 12.0 in 0340 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 3 N Porter 12.0 in 0525 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Oxford 5.3 SW 11.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Sagadahoc County... 1 NE Topsham 12.5 in 0550 PM 03/04 Public 2.3 NW Bath 12.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 1 NW Woolwich 11.5 in 0600 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...Somerset County... North New Portland 0.3 WSW 8.3 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 S Harmony 8.0 in 0635 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer Solon 3.9 ESE 8.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Anson 6.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP Palmyra 3.5 NW 6.1 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Jackman 1.6 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP ...Waldo County... 1 SW Belmont 17.0 in 0650 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Prospect 2.6 W 13.6 in 0615 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 ESE Liberty 13.0 in 0440 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Palermo 13.0 in 0823 AM 03/05 Emergency Mngr Freedom 12.5 in 0620 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 SE Swanville 12.0 in 1158 PM 03/04 Public 2 SW Belfast 11.5 in 0400 PM 03/04 Public Winterport 2.9 N 8.2 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...York County... 5 NNW Acton 14.0 in 0326 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Cornish 5.6 ESE 12.8 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 SSW East Baldwin 12.1 in 0300 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 4 NE Shapleigh 11.7 in 0500 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 5 NW Hollis 11.5 in 0958 PM 03/04 COOP 4 ESE Limerick 11.5 in 0647 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Parsonsfield 3.9 NE 10.5 in 0720 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 ENE Limington 8.5 in 0842 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Saco 8.4 in 0925 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter North Berwick 5.3 W 8.0 in 0720 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 WSW Kittery 3.0 in 0750 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...New Hampshire... ...Belknap County... 2 N Laconia 13.0 in 1205 PM 03/05 COOP Tilton Northfield 3.3 NE 9.2 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Meredith 2.9 SSW 9.1 in 0720 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Belmont 1.7 SW 8.8 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Carroll County... East Sandwich 16.6 in 0600 AM 03/05 COOP 2 WSW South Tamworth 16.0 in 0315 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 E Bartlett 14.8 in 0211 PM 03/04 Public 6 W Bridgewater 14.7 in 0954 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 1 N Madison 14.5 in 0935 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 NNE Freedom 13.8 in 0505 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Center Sandwich 13.5 in 0500 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter North Conway 12.2 in 0745 AM 03/05 COOP 1 NNE Ossipee 12.0 in 0740 PM 03/04 Public Tamworth 10.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP Wolfeboro 9.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP ...Cheshire County... 1 E Jaffrey 8.5 in 1156 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer West Chesterfield 0.3 WNW 7.6 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS West Swanzey 1.0 WNW 6.9 in 1200 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Coos County... 5 E Shelburne 14.0 in 0617 AM 03/05 Public Pinkham Notch 10.5 in 0530 AM 03/05 COOP Lancaster 0.5 N 7.4 in 0600 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 S Berlin 6.5 in 1203 PM 03/05 CO-OP Observer Northumberland 6.4 in 0750 AM 03/05 COOP Whitefield 6.0 in 1146 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter ...Grafton County... 1 SSE Campton 10.5 in 1033 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 E Lincoln 10.5 in 1035 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Plymouth 3.7 N 9.9 in 0230 PM 03/04 COCORAHS 5 N Bristol 9.8 in 1034 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 5 SSW Lyme 9.1 in 0850 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Hanover 8.7 in 0400 PM 03/04 COOP Littleton 7.3 W 7.2 in 0800 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Hillsborough County... 3 NNE Dublin 10.0 in 1025 AM 03/05 Public 3 WSW Merrimack 9.3 in 1200 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 N New Boston 9.3 in 1019 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 S New Boston 9.0 in 1019 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Francestown 8.7 in 0648 AM 03/05 Public 2 S New Ipswich 8.5 in 1021 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Manchester Airport 8.0 in 0700 PM 03/04 ASOS Milford 1 ESE 6.0 in 0730 AM 03/05 COOP ...Merrimack County... Danbury 2.2 ESE 11.3 in 0800 AM 03/05 COCORAHS New London 0.8 S 11.2 in 0600 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Bow 1.6 NW 10.1 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 SSE Henniker 9.8 in 1032 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Northfield 2.8 E 9.4 in 0749 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 3 E Tilton 9.4 in 1039 AM 03/05 Cocorahs Contoocook 0.6 NNW 9.2 in 0710 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Dunbarton 3.8 SE 9.0 in 0600 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2.2 W Bradford 8.0 in 0300 PM 03/04 COOP Pittsfield 0.2 SSW 8.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Concord Municipal Airport 7.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 ASOS ...Rockingham County... 4 NNW Derry 10.7 in 0745 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 N Deerfield 9.0 in 1009 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Epping 8.5 in 0926 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer 4 ESE Epsom 8.5 in 1039 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Nottingham 1.2 S 8.3 in 0830 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Portsmouth Airport 7.1 in 0700 PM 03/04 AWOS 1 SSE Greenland 6.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer Stratham 1.9 ESE 5.4 in 0500 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 W Exeter 5.0 in 0900 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...Strafford County... Strafford 2.9 N 11.5 in 0800 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 ENE Northwood 10.2 in 1216 PM 03/05 Trained Spotter Barrington 3.2 E 7.9 in 0515 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 N Dover 7.0 in 1217 PM 03/05 Trained Spotter Durham 6.5 in 1219 PM 03/05 Public ...Sullivan County... 2 NE Newport 10.3 in 1029 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 WSW Unity 10.0 in 1031 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Cornish 1.1 ENE 8.4 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS && 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 5 hours ago, DJln491 said: Stay safe. Tell family members your exact route I left a trail of bread crumbs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 3 hours ago, dryslot said: Looks like the snow sneakers would suffice. flip flops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Maine really did get smashed . Lots of 15-17” reports . Impressed . Were rates much better from Mid level goodies 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Had some friends from Medford over for dinner. They got 3-5 inches….about 7 miles north of me. Latitude ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 13 hours ago, J Paul Gordon said: We ended up with about 8" here in Clinton/Lancaster. Areas to the south and southwest (including Worcester city--about 500' lower than the airport) got about half that amount or less. Starting to feel like I'm in the new Lunenburg, but amounts in Sterling and Fitchburg match up. Boylston is only about six miles south, and driving through this morning, they had a couple of inches less. Shrewsbury is higher than I am by about 300' but even less there than Boylston (at the exit onto 290 west). That's been the case all winter. We had a glacial base of 2-3 inches under it. Would that have affected how well the new snow piled on? I've only lived here since last April, but the microclimate seems significantly different from where I lived in Worcester city (Green Hill Park area at 660' elevation). I'd bet Clinton at 340 feet averages less snow than your old place in ORH at 660 feet....though it's probably close. This winter has just seen an unusually steep latitude gradient on several storms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 I wish BOX had released an updated PNS for their area. They have been lacking lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 After the storm I measured the snowpack in my yard. South facing was 17” and north side was 25”. Big difference was developing prior to this storm and should continue. The sunny days and mid-30s seem to do a number on the southern stuff. Already noticed yesterday the ground starting to show on steep south road cuts again, while the ground levels out there’s 18”+. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, powderfreak said: After the storm I measured the snowpack in my yard. South facing was 17” and north side was 25”. Big difference was developing prior to this storm and should continue. The sunny days and mid-30s seem to do a number on the southern stuff. Already noticed yesterday the ground starting to show on steep south road cuts again, while the ground levels out there’s 18”+. In March 2001, I remember later that month you'd have south facing steep slopes completely bare while an open flat field had literally about 27-30 inches of pack and in the woods, it was still over 3 feet. One of the more egregious examples I've seen of late season snow pack differences just based on proximity/angle/exposure to the March sun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 I haven’t seen Worcester airport get somewhat shafted compared to even lower elevations to their N and NNE so many times as this winter . Their relative lack of latitude in this Nina pattern has hurt them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: I haven’t seen Worcester airport get somewhat shafted compared to even lower elevations to their N and NNE so many times as this winter . Their relative lack of latitude in this Nina pattern has hurt them. Latitude has mattered more than elevation this winter even though in many events, elevation helped a lot....but it only helped when the mid-level temps were cold enough. The persistence of it has been pretty unusual but it does happen once in a while. We had a decent number of winters recently where ORH was absolutely crushing areas like Leominster/Lancaster/Bolton/Clinton/Shirley despite only averaging a few more inches than they do per winter....we were kind of due for one of these to regress things back toward longer term relative climo comparing each location to eachother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 51 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: In March 2001, I remember later that month you'd have south facing steep slopes completely bare while an open flat field had literally about 27-30 inches of pack and in the woods, it was still over 3 feet. One of the more egregious examples I've seen of late season snow pack differences just based on proximity/angle/exposure to the March sun. Yeah I know Phin had mentioned that in previous seasons too as his open field is largely south facing... having like 3 feet behind the house while his south facing open field is getting torched. From that photo the other day it looked like his depth stake was probably on the opposite side on the north end. He'll probably start to develop a decent gradient but probably already has to be honest. Gene too with his south facing field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 14 hours ago, dryslot said: Final PNS totals, Good storm. 000 NOUS41 KGYX 051729 PNSGYX MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-033-NHZ001>015-060529- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 1229 PM EST Sun Mar 5 2023 ...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM YESTERDAYS WINTER STORM... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Maine... ...Androscoggin County... 3 WNW Leeds 17.5 in 0756 AM 03/05 Public 1 NNW Livermore 15.0 in 0843 AM 03/05 Public 1.8 W Lisbon Falls 13.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 4.0 SE Poland 12.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP Turner 12.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 2 E Lewiston 12.2 in 0630 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 4 S Livermore Falls 12.2 in 0840 PM 03/04 NWS Employee 2 N Lisbon 12.0 in 0742 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter ...Cumberland County... 1 ESE Standish 13.9 in 0400 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Cumberland Center 4.4 NW 12.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 N Cumberland 12.5 in 0715 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 NE Gray 12.4 in 0820 PM 03/04 NWS Employee New Gloucester 3.0 SE 12.4 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 SSE North Windham 12.0 in 0400 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Westbrook 3.1 N 12.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 3 E South Windham 11.8 in 1245 PM 03/04 NWS Employee 4 WSW New Gloucester 11.8 in 0641 AM 03/05 NWS Employee NWS Gray 11.3 in 0700 PM 03/04 Official NWS Obs 1 NW Freeport 11.2 in 0510 PM 03/04 NWS Employee 5 NNE East Baldwin 11.0 in 0425 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 3 WSW Falmouth 10.3 in 0730 PM 03/04 NWS Employee Portland Jetport 8.5 in 0700 PM 03/04 ASOS South Portland 1.7 S 8.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Franklin County... 6 WNW Madrid 12.6 in 0646 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Farmington 12.5 in 0130 PM 03/04 Public Temple 1.8 W 12.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 0.9 E New Sharon 9.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 1.0 W Kingfield 8.5 in 0730 AM 03/05 COOP ...Kennebec County... Randolph 15.0 in 0910 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Readfield 2.0 NNE 14.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Manchester 0.5 NE 14.4 in 0545 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Augusta 1.5 WSW 14.0 in 0645 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 NE South China 13.5 in 0515 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 ESE China 13.0 in 0435 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 WNW Hallowell 12.5 in 0310 PM 03/04 Public 2 WNW Whitefield 12.0 in 0715 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2.0 SW Waterville 11.0 in 0900 AM 03/05 COOP ...Knox County... Union 3.0 W 15.5 in 0708 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 SE Washington 12.5 in 0600 PM 03/04 Public 2 W Owls Head 12.0 in 0505 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Hope 11.5 in 0515 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Rockland 1.4 E 11.0 in 0630 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Union 2.1 NNE 10.8 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Thomaston 10.0 in 0935 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Tenants Harbor 9.5 in 0700 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Camden 9.3 in 0745 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...Lincoln County... Dresden 13.7 in 0817 PM 03/04 Public 1 NNE Waldoboro 11.8 in 0500 PM 03/04 Cocorahs Newcastle 2.1 SW 11.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 SSW Nobleboro 10.5 in 0646 PM 03/04 2 SE Alna 10.0 in 0848 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Trevett 0.3 NE 9.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Oxford County... 2 NNW South Paris 17.0 in 0520 PM 03/04 Cocorahs 1 WNW Byron 17.0 in 0750 PM 03/04 Public Andover 3.8 W 15.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Bethel 6 SSE 14.5 in 0707 AM 03/05 COOP 2 E Hartford 14.0 in 0520 PM 03/04 CO-OP Observer 1 WNW Otisfield 12.4 in 0715 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 NE Oxford 12.0 in 0340 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 3 N Porter 12.0 in 0525 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Oxford 5.3 SW 11.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Sagadahoc County... 1 NE Topsham 12.5 in 0550 PM 03/04 Public 2.3 NW Bath 12.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP 1 NW Woolwich 11.5 in 0600 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...Somerset County... North New Portland 0.3 WSW 8.3 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 S Harmony 8.0 in 0635 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer Solon 3.9 ESE 8.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Anson 6.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP Palmyra 3.5 NW 6.1 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Jackman 1.6 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP ...Waldo County... 1 SW Belmont 17.0 in 0650 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Prospect 2.6 W 13.6 in 0615 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 ESE Liberty 13.0 in 0440 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Palermo 13.0 in 0823 AM 03/05 Emergency Mngr Freedom 12.5 in 0620 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 2 SE Swanville 12.0 in 1158 PM 03/04 Public 2 SW Belfast 11.5 in 0400 PM 03/04 Public Winterport 2.9 N 8.2 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...York County... 5 NNW Acton 14.0 in 0326 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Cornish 5.6 ESE 12.8 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 SSW East Baldwin 12.1 in 0300 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 4 NE Shapleigh 11.7 in 0500 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 5 NW Hollis 11.5 in 0958 PM 03/04 COOP 4 ESE Limerick 11.5 in 0647 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Parsonsfield 3.9 NE 10.5 in 0720 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 ENE Limington 8.5 in 0842 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 1 NNE Saco 8.4 in 0925 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter North Berwick 5.3 W 8.0 in 0720 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 WSW Kittery 3.0 in 0750 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...New Hampshire... ...Belknap County... 2 N Laconia 13.0 in 1205 PM 03/05 COOP Tilton Northfield 3.3 NE 9.2 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Meredith 2.9 SSW 9.1 in 0720 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Belmont 1.7 SW 8.8 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Carroll County... East Sandwich 16.6 in 0600 AM 03/05 COOP 2 WSW South Tamworth 16.0 in 0315 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 E Bartlett 14.8 in 0211 PM 03/04 Public 6 W Bridgewater 14.7 in 0954 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 1 N Madison 14.5 in 0935 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 NNE Freedom 13.8 in 0505 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Center Sandwich 13.5 in 0500 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter North Conway 12.2 in 0745 AM 03/05 COOP 1 NNE Ossipee 12.0 in 0740 PM 03/04 Public Tamworth 10.9 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP Wolfeboro 9.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 COOP ...Cheshire County... 1 E Jaffrey 8.5 in 1156 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer West Chesterfield 0.3 WNW 7.6 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS West Swanzey 1.0 WNW 6.9 in 1200 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Coos County... 5 E Shelburne 14.0 in 0617 AM 03/05 Public Pinkham Notch 10.5 in 0530 AM 03/05 COOP Lancaster 0.5 N 7.4 in 0600 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 S Berlin 6.5 in 1203 PM 03/05 CO-OP Observer Northumberland 6.4 in 0750 AM 03/05 COOP Whitefield 6.0 in 1146 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter ...Grafton County... 1 SSE Campton 10.5 in 1033 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 E Lincoln 10.5 in 1035 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Plymouth 3.7 N 9.9 in 0230 PM 03/04 COCORAHS 5 N Bristol 9.8 in 1034 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 5 SSW Lyme 9.1 in 0850 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter Hanover 8.7 in 0400 PM 03/04 COOP Littleton 7.3 W 7.2 in 0800 AM 03/05 COCORAHS ...Hillsborough County... 3 NNE Dublin 10.0 in 1025 AM 03/05 Public 3 WSW Merrimack 9.3 in 1200 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 N New Boston 9.3 in 1019 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 S New Boston 9.0 in 1019 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 1 WNW Francestown 8.7 in 0648 AM 03/05 Public 2 S New Ipswich 8.5 in 1021 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Manchester Airport 8.0 in 0700 PM 03/04 ASOS Milford 1 ESE 6.0 in 0730 AM 03/05 COOP ...Merrimack County... Danbury 2.2 ESE 11.3 in 0800 AM 03/05 COCORAHS New London 0.8 S 11.2 in 0600 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Bow 1.6 NW 10.1 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 SSE Henniker 9.8 in 1032 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Northfield 2.8 E 9.4 in 0749 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 3 E Tilton 9.4 in 1039 AM 03/05 Cocorahs Contoocook 0.6 NNW 9.2 in 0710 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Dunbarton 3.8 SE 9.0 in 0600 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2.2 W Bradford 8.0 in 0300 PM 03/04 COOP Pittsfield 0.2 SSW 8.0 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Concord Municipal Airport 7.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 ASOS ...Rockingham County... 4 NNW Derry 10.7 in 0745 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter 1 N Deerfield 9.0 in 1009 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Epping 8.5 in 0926 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer 4 ESE Epsom 8.5 in 1039 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Nottingham 1.2 S 8.3 in 0830 AM 03/05 COCORAHS Portsmouth Airport 7.1 in 0700 PM 03/04 AWOS 1 SSE Greenland 6.5 in 0700 AM 03/05 CO-OP Observer Stratham 1.9 ESE 5.4 in 0500 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 W Exeter 5.0 in 0900 PM 03/04 Trained Spotter ...Strafford County... Strafford 2.9 N 11.5 in 0800 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 2 ENE Northwood 10.2 in 1216 PM 03/05 Trained Spotter Barrington 3.2 E 7.9 in 0515 AM 03/05 COCORAHS 1 N Dover 7.0 in 1217 PM 03/05 Trained Spotter Durham 6.5 in 1219 PM 03/05 Public ...Sullivan County... 2 NE Newport 10.3 in 1029 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter 2 WSW Unity 10.0 in 1031 AM 03/05 Trained Spotter Cornish 1.1 ENE 8.4 in 0700 AM 03/05 COCORAHS && That Parsonsfield cocorahs observer also reported 8.0" on the 4th, so if the 2 obs are accurate (and they seem to be logical to me) that 18.5" total looks like the jack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Snow depth measurement is a conundrum this time of year, as you all describe here. My NWS stake is in a shaded area (you can see it to the right of the precip can in the second photo I posted above). I use it as a data point, but not as the data point for depth. I take a handful of manual measurements in that general-but-less-protected area. It gets tricky as I don't want to disturb the snow anywhere near the stake. I think this is the recommendation from NWS, but the gradient does become significant this time of year. At the end of Feb, when we were just about melted out, I was reporting 3-4" as a depth. As you drove around town, the exposed areas were T-1". My stake was at 5", and most of the other readings were 2-3". Apparently a member of the public contacted GYX to ask about the validity of my readings (like I said, around in non-protected areas it was relatively thin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, tunafish said: Snow depth measurement is a conundrum this time of year, as you all describe here. My NWS stake is in a shaded area (you can see it to the right of the precip can in the second photo I posted above). I use it as a data point, but not as the data point for depth. I take a handful of manual measurements in that general-but-less-protected area. It gets tricky as I don't want to disturb the snow anywhere near the stake. I think this is the recommendation from NWS, but the gradient does become significant this time of year. At the end of Feb, when we were just about melted out, I was reporting 3-4" as a depth. As you drove around town, the exposed areas were T-1". My stake was at 5", and most of the other readings were 2-3". Apparently a member of the public contacted GYX to ask about the validity of my readings (like I said, around in non-protected areas it was relatively thin). There’s a place down the street from me, perfectly square yard, fenced in, but just has the right hilltop behind it that it gets shade very fast in the afternoon… snow is never disturbed there and he will have a solid foot when my yard is melting out. If he put a stake in the middle of his yard there it would melt almost like two weeks later… it’s incredible. He’s probably got 25-30” on ground now. Seems to be a cold pool spot too in torches between huge white pines and the hill behind him. Snow just doesn’t melt there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, powderfreak said: There’s a place down the street from me, perfectly square yard, fenced in, but just has the right hilltop behind it that it gets shade very fast in the afternoon… snow is never disturbed there and he will have a solid foot when my yard is melting out. If he put a stake in the middle of his yard there it would melt almost like two weeks later… it’s incredible. He’s probably got 25-30” on ground now. Seems to be a cold pool spot too in torches between huge white pines and the hill behind him. Snow just doesn’t melt there. That's why it's hard to gauge snowpack reports this time of year. I can't be comfortable with saying 6" of snow in my yard if half the hood is melted out. I know some hold onto snow better than others, but I always try to give a holistic view of the pack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, powderfreak said: There’s a place down the street from me, perfectly square yard, fenced in, but just has the right hilltop behind it that it gets shade very fast in the afternoon… snow is never disturbed there and he will have a solid foot when my yard is melting out. If he put a stake in the middle of his yard there it would melt almost like two weeks later… it’s incredible. He’s probably got 25-30” on ground now. Seems to be a cold pool spot too in torches between huge white pines and the hill behind him. Snow just doesn’t melt there. I feel like every neighborhood has a place like that. There's a house around the corner from me that will do the exact same thing you describe....my front yard has some protection from afternoon sun, so it can take a while to melt out, but this guy literally might take an extra week to melt out. His yard just doesn't get any sun at all except early morning between around 7-10am and then it's nothing the rest of the day. It will look ridiculous sometimes when the entire street is melted out except piles/patches and this guy literally has like a 4-6" level snowpack covering the entire lawn. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: That's why it's hard to gauge snowpack reports this time of year. I can't be comfortable with saying 6" of snow in my yard if half the hood is melted out. I know some hold onto snow better than others, but I always try to give a holistic view of the pack. It’s just too variable to truly know, especially by mid-March. Give it another couple weeks and north facing could be same depth as now while south is gone. Around here we also are on the river bottom which seems to be deeper snow from mid-winter torches holding fake cold in. So many mesoscale features going on… but super hard to put 1 number on it. I still think the best is to report what you have. That’s how you build consistency in records too. It is what it is… but some folks take it seriously if they feel a local number isn’t representing what they have too . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 22 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Does anyone have a QPF map for what actually fell in that last system . We were getting excited as models juiced up and the gfs had a jack of 1.50-1.9 for days (I know that didn’t occur as nobody bought that CCB nonsense over mass . Would just like to see some verification of what actually fell Since we pay so much attention to the lead up Locally, the Husdon COOP had 6.3" on 1.04" and West Hampstead had 8.4" on 1.10". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: I feel like every neighborhood has a place like that. There's a house around the corner from me that will do the exact same thing you describe....my front yard has some protection from afternoon sun, so it can take a while to melt out, but this guy literally might take an extra week to melt out. His yard just doesn't get any sun at all except early morning between around 7-10am and then it's nothing the rest of the day. It will look ridiculous sometimes when the entire street is melted out except piles/patches and this guy literally has like a 4-6" level snowpack covering the entire lawn. My brother's yard is like that, he's on the bottom of a hill facing north, he has a pack long after mine's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 40 minutes ago, wx2fish said: Locally, the Husdon COOP had 6.3" on 1.04" and West Hampstead had 8.4" on 1.10". Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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