40/70 Benchmark

But it wasn't up against as hostile conditions...March was cold.

I wrote in this year's piece about how analogs are not mean to be interpreted as precise, absolute reenactments, but rather cast of actors that each have a cameo throughout the course of a film .....some of my big ones have showed up....2014 (+TNH), 2022 (+TNH), Latter January big dog, 2000, early season reversal, 2018, late season SSW followed by record warmth.

Getting the pattern right is hard enough, but also timing it to fit the sequence correctly within these 30 day increments that the calendar is divided into? Good luck-

I swear my 2018 analog is just running 2-3 weeks behind...Feb 12, 2018 zonal wind reversal/PV split....March 4, 2026 reversal/PV split....Feb 21-22, 2018 record heat-bomb.....March 9-10, 2026 record heat-bomb. Seasonable cold and stormy pattern will follow, but unfortunately the details don't look to work out as favorably as they did that year....those are the breaks....snowfall is pretty similar, though, as January and February were snowier that year. Unfortunately, that 2-3 weeks will ruin our closing act of snowfall.

9-13" on the level...17" drift...dont ask me how, but I lost 2" Hi of 76.6* recorded on the station located right where I measured. DP is 44.1 Most resilient pack I can ever recall.

I don't blame him, though...I would have taken the under, too.

That's right....we seem to be running a bit behind my 2018 analog....February SSW was late and so isn't the record heat from February.

No, I had like 18-20" in Wilmington...Methuen had like 7-10" of sand.

You aren't the only one...like I said, this is usually reserved for higher altitudes...or maybe waaaay up in latitude, like northern ME.

Guessing March 2012 is first?

No, all of this is correct. Just messing....spot on.

Nothing tops January 1996 for me...imagine what depths could have been achieved that season if we had managed wire-to-wire cold like this season...

I wonder if @Typhoon Tiphas any theories as to why we seem to be seeing record maxes fall at a much faster clip than record mins over the past 20-30 years or so...almost as if there were a longer term warming going on of some sort...interesting-

Up from 32.2 to 73.6 DP 41.2

Having this degree of warmth over deep snow pack kind of reminds me of when I went to visit MT. Raineer a couple of times during the summer out west....

Yea, obviously a high degree of subjectivity....different strokes for different folks. This was probably an "A" for guys live Ginxy and Kev, who just want to see snow on the ground all season...I need greater numbers and depth.

It's really just a way to share an individual's winter experience and how they perceived the season, which isn't useless to those willing to share...I mean, it's almost akin to grading a paper in school....it's not necessarily right or wrong, but more about sharing a perspective in a cogent manner.

As far as the seasonal outlook grade goes, it may also end a "B"...gotta see how much ground March helps me to make up in the temp department. The fact it's whiffing on snowfall actually helps me.

Oh, I meant the winter grade as far as quality of the season. You only had 6" in the blizzard? Yikes, never thought I'd feel "lucky" having gotten 11" Sharp cut-off.

Yea, it's a solid "B" for me....the snowfall really wasn't impressive. The only reason it isn't a middling "C" is due to the degree and persistence of cold maximizing retention, coupled with the fact that the past several years had been so lean.

Past 3 weeks has sealed this season's fate as suboptimal for me....Blizzard grazing me at the last moment, and then March shitting the bed daggered any shot of an "A".

When I say "done"....you know what I mean...that may mean literally to some, but to me that means done with anything I'll give a rat's scrotum about.

Not going to be shut out technically speaking because most of the interior has snowed already this month.

It's over down here....as someone who spent hours upon hours concluding that March would be fruitful this season, it's abundantly clear where this is headed for SNE...different story up there.

Yea, we can't buy a decent December or March....at the risk of having the thread discussion gravitate towards "you know that"...