40/70 Benchmark Posted Tuesday at 12:51 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 12:51 AM 20 minutes ago, 512high said: A mess! Family members showed at 2pm, calling hours 3-7pm, Ray we were putting down Ice melt @ 145pm,and a lot of it was washing away, went back at 730, for a final clean up, just a mess( thanks for asking) Yea, I was actually worried the rain would wash the pretreat away, but felt you needed to try bc the refeeze was a disaster. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted Tuesday at 12:52 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:52 AM 6 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said: These are the worst winter conditions since I think the winter of 2013. The gusting is unbelievable chunks of snow from the roof flying around. Our house is on the top of a small hill surrounded by 30 acres of hayfield. The wind is insane. Snow blow the driveway with the tractor and we have not even 20 minutes before we can’t get our jeep down the driveway. The intensity of the wind and how long it’s been blowing is Not fun. Isn't that what we like? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted Tuesday at 01:25 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:25 AM 32 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Isn't that what we like? Yes and no. When you have 2 babies and you’re housebound… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted Tuesday at 02:34 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:34 AM 3 hours ago, 512high said: Not a snow picture however, this old truck ran for about 18 hours straight, got into the shop this morning. It was white like a salt lick for a deer! All equipment washed down. I know what’s gonna happen. One of our accounts is gonna call and we’ll have to start the process over again. Oh good. Now I have someone to call to rip out my irrigation system and install a new one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimetree Posted Tuesday at 04:28 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:28 AM May end up being the event of the winter with the variety of conditions from the kitchen sink yesterday to the winds today. Felt and looked like some of the peak conditions back in 2015. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted Tuesday at 04:40 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:40 AM 12 minutes ago, rimetree said: May end up being the event of the winter with the variety of conditions from the kitchen sink yesterday to the winds today. Felt and looked like some of the peak conditions back in 2015. I think so. This'll likely be our peak pack. The fact that coastal areas have a deeper pack tham 20 miles inland is nuts. Today's fresh and deep pack, plus harsh cold/wind isn't something we've experienced in the past several years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted Tuesday at 05:14 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:14 AM Snow/ice totals for the 15/16th storm. Reports are from here, cocorahs, COOP and climo sites. Had to add together 2-day totals from cocorahs so final totals are a bit higher than they appear in the NWS interactive snowfall map with an additional 1-5" falling in N and NW Mass. However, the analysis map they have does reflect the 2-day totals. Overall the SNE fx did pretty well, CT fell a bit short closer to the coast. *Note* The ranges are slightly different than the fx maps for continuity between maps and made more sense for drawing the contours 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted Tuesday at 06:01 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:01 AM The snowpack has a armour coating of ice from the freezing rain. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted Tuesday at 01:33 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:33 PM County totals, Looks like they verified 12-18" 130 NOUS41 KCAR 180740 PNSCAR MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-181940- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 240 AM EST Tue Feb 18 2025 ...SNOWFALL REPORTS FEBRUARY 16 TO EARLY FEBRUARY 17, 2025... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Maine... ...Aroostook County... 1 E Limestone 16.0 in 1100 AM 02/17 Public 4 SSW Saint Francis 14.0 in 0940 AM 02/17 Public Eagle Lake 14.0 in 1006 AM 02/17 Public Sinclair 14.0 in 1006 AM 02/17 Public Westfield 14.0 in 0200 PM 02/17 Public 5 SW Stockholm 14.0 in 0230 PM 02/17 Public 2 SSE Castle Hill 13.4 in 0200 PM 02/17 NWS Employee 1 WSW Madawaska 13.1 in 1249 PM 02/17 Trained Spotter Oxbow 12.5 in 1211 PM 02/17 Amateur Radio NWS Caribou 12.3 in 0100 PM 02/17 Official NWS Obs 5 NE Loring 12.0 in 0900 AM 02/17 Public 1 WNW Caribou 11.5 in 1115 AM 02/17 NWS Employee 1 SE Fort Kent 11.0 in 0745 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter 2 NE Fort Fairfield 11.0 in 0836 AM 02/17 NWS Employee Blaine 10.5 in 0645 AM 02/17 Public 2 ENE Mars Hill 10.5 in 0651 AM 02/17 Public Fort Kent 1 SE 10.5 in 0700 AM 02/17 COOP 1 W Presque Isle 10.5 in 0925 AM 02/17 NWS Employee 1 WSW Madawaska 10.1 in 0430 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter 1 ESE Presque Isle 10.0 in 0508 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter 1 NW Allagash 10.0 in 0615 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter Van Buren 1 NNE 10.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 COOP 5 SSW Caribou 10.0 in 0900 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter Caribou 9.5 in 0807 AM 02/17 NWS Employee 1 ENE Presque Isle 9.0 in 1100 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter 4 N Monticello 8.5 in 0800 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter Houlton 7.0 in 0415 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter 1 SW North Amity 5.8 in 0918 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter 1 ENE Orient 5.0 in 0716 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter ...Hancock County... 4 ESE Orland 6.7 in 0700 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter East Surry 4.9 in 0800 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Southwest Harbor 2.6 SE 4.9 in 0800 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Mariaville 1.4 ESE 4.5 in 0800 AM 02/17 COCORAHS 2 SE Dedham 4.3 in 0700 AM 02/17 CO-OP Observer Seawall 4.0 in 0645 AM 02/17 COCORAHS ...Penobscot County... Bradley 8.0 in 1030 AM 02/17 Public East Millinocket 8.0 in 1035 AM 02/17 Public Millinocket 2 SE 7.0 in 0705 AM 02/17 COOP Patten 6.8 in 0607 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter Orono 1.1 SSW 6.3 in 0700 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Glenburn 1.5 ENE 6.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Milford 0.8 SSW 5.6 in 0600 AM 02/17 COCORAHS 3 E Chester 5.5 in 0700 AM 02/17 Cocorahs 1 SSW Lakeville 5.5 in 0451 PM 02/17 Trained Spotter Bangor 5.4 in 0751 AM 02/17 3 E Corinna 5.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter Hermon 1.2 W 4.8 in 0815 AM 02/17 COCORAHS 2 W Bangor 4.6 in 0700 AM 02/17 Other Federal 1 ENE Glenburn 4.5 in 0655 AM 02/17 ...Piscataquis County... 5 NNW Rockwood 18.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 Public 4 E Greenville 7.8 in 0745 AM 02/17 Trained Spotter Dover-foxcroft 2 E 6.8 in 0700 AM 02/17 COOP Abbot 4.6 WNW 6.2 in 0700 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Abbot 6.1 in 0720 AM 02/17 Public East Sangerville 6.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 COOP ...Washington County... Perry 3.8 NNW 4.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Eastport 1.4 ESE 3.4 in 0700 AM 02/17 COCORAHS 8 NE Charlotte 2.8 in 1100 PM 02/17 CO-OP Observer Cooper 0.5 SE 2.0 in 0600 AM 02/17 COCORAHS Whiting 2.3 WSW 1.0 in 0700 AM 02/17 COCORAHS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted Tuesday at 02:18 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:18 PM 9 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said: Snow/ice totals for the 15/16th storm. Reports are from here, cocorahs, COOP and climo sites. Had to add together 2-day totals from cocorahs so final totals are a bit higher than they appear in the NWS interactive snowfall map with an additional 1-5" falling in N and NW Mass. However, the analysis map they have does reflect the 2-day totals. Overall the SNE fx did pretty well, CT fell a bit short closer to the coast. *Note* The ranges are slightly different than the fx maps for continuity between maps and made more sense for drawing the contours 9.5 here but could of been a little more if stuff didn't compact so quick.. that burst at the end really helped 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted Tuesday at 04:44 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:44 PM 16 hours ago, mreaves said: I think I'm around 20"-24" otg. Being removed from the spine has reduced the amounts we've gotten compared to you guys. Plenty of snow though and really the only fly in the ointment was that stretch just after Christmas that reduced my back yard to a few scraggly patches. Other than that I've had snowcover since just before Thanksgiving. 21" here. Had 17" total from the very dense T-Day and early Dec powder storms provided enough to keep the ground white - never dropped below 6". This recent storm is the only one with real meat since that early pair, though we got 6.3" of 15:1 fluff on 12/24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted Tuesday at 09:16 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:16 PM Ice hanging tough in the high elevations of Burlington, CT.... Johnnycake Mtn area. Also interesting to note the large pines in the area only had ice on their east facing side given favored easterly wind direction.PXL_20250218_204449996.RAW-02.ORIGINAL.dngPXL_20250218_204454599.RAW-02.ORIGINAL.dng 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted Tuesday at 09:35 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:35 PM 18 minutes ago, FXWX said: Ice hanging tough in the high elevations of Burlington, CT.... Johnnycake Mtn area. Also interesting to note the large pines in the area only had ice on their east facing side given favored easterly wind direction.PXL_20250218_204449996.RAW-02.ORIGINAL.dngPXL_20250218_204454599.RAW-02.ORIGINAL.dng Is that area a higher elevated plateau? Doesn't look too hilly in many of the pics around there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted Tuesday at 10:40 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:40 PM 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Is that area a higher elevated plateau? Doesn't look too hilly in many of the pics around there. It's definitely high in elevation. I think they are around 11 or 1200' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted Tuesday at 10:51 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:51 PM 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Is that area a higher elevated plateau? Doesn't look too hilly in many of the pics around there. His house is like 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted Tuesday at 10:58 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:58 PM 22 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Yea, I was actually worried the rain would wash the pretreat away, but felt you needed to try bc the refeeze was a disaster. I can't wrap my head around how you have a 14" pack but the season is a ratter lol. When does that ever happen? 79-80? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted Tuesday at 11:00 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:00 PM Just now, H2Otown_WX said: I can't wrap my head around how you have a 14" pack but the season is a ratter lol. When does that ever happen? 79-80? Plus it's been cold. Maybe Ray needs KU to not call it a ratter? I would love a 2 footer but don't consider this year a ratter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted Tuesday at 11:22 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:22 PM 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Is that area a higher elevated plateau? Doesn't look too hilly in many of the pics around there. Yes... no steep hills at all... just a gradual climb up to ~1,200 feet at my location... It's a decent climb coming from the east out of the Farmington River Valley, but once you get 900/1000 ft it a fairly long stretch of relatively flat terrain (plateau)... Berks off to the north/northwest show up nicely when photographing looking in that direction. Super spot for weather watching! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted Tuesday at 11:40 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:40 PM 41 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said: I can't wrap my head around how you have a 14" pack but the season is a ratter lol. When does that ever happen? 79-80? Well- I have 50% of average...do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted Tuesday at 11:41 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:41 PM 40 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Plus it's been cold. Maybe Ray needs KU to not call it a ratter? I would love a 2 footer but don't consider this year a ratter. 1 more warning even would safely take it out of ratter territory and place into merely the "shitty" destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted Tuesday at 11:44 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:44 PM 2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Well- I have 50% of average...do the math. Would you rather get less snow, but have it stick around with cold and small events adding to it or a big one that melts to nothing in a few days? I'd rather have the former myself but everyone's different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted Tuesday at 11:46 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:46 PM 1 hour ago, H2Otown_WX said: It's definitely high in elevation. I think they are around 11 or 1200' Looking north & northeast 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted Tuesday at 11:49 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:49 PM 5 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Would you rather get less snow, but have it stick around with cold and small events adding to it or a big one that melts to nothing in a few days? I'd rather have the former myself but everyone's different. Big one that melts...like last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted Tuesday at 11:51 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:51 PM If we were talking a Dec 2007 stretch, then I would consider it....but 14" isn't worth it. I'll take a 30"er that begins melting after it falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted Wednesday at 12:18 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:18 AM 30 minutes ago, FXWX said: Looking north & northeast That's a great looking spot. I had a similar view a few years ago, only 1020' but it was a different world altogether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted Wednesday at 12:20 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:20 AM 39 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: Well- I have 50% of average...do the math. I get that it just seems rare to have a snowpack that deep in a ratter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Otown_WX Posted Wednesday at 12:22 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:22 AM 34 minutes ago, FXWX said: Looking north & northeast Wow. Nice lot you got there...like another planet compared to the ghetto here lol. I remember playing baseball at Lewis Mills and it seemed like we were high up on a hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted Wednesday at 12:44 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:44 AM 15 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said: Wow. Nice lot you got there...like another planet compared to the ghetto here lol. I remember playing baseball at Lewis Mills and it seemed like we were high up on a hill. LSM only few seconds away. We lived for many years on the Burlington/Unionville line, but I used always come up here to take pics, measure snow & ice etc... then one day this lot became available and I jumped on it... For a weather geek, it's heaven! Great snow & ice location, wonderful sunrise / sets, winds rip, and thunderstorm / lightning views are great... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted Wednesday at 11:45 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 11:45 AM 11 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said: I get that it just seems rare to have a snowpack that deep in a ratter It probably won't end up a ratter....probably in the 2009-2010 camp....below average snowfall and immensely frustrating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted Wednesday at 03:05 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:05 PM 16 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said: I can't wrap my head around how you have a 14" pack but the season is a ratter lol. When does that ever happen? 79-80? That winter was a great example of less snow/more pack. Snow total was 50"+ lower than our average winters in Fort Kent, but 3 March storms totaling 25" lifted the depth to a respectable 36", only 2" below the 9-year average peak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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