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25 this morning with fresh graupel littering decks and lawn. Cold and windy today. Snow Wednesday.

First dandelions yesterday. No buds anywhere but my basement.

On 4/11/2024 at 5:47 PM, Torch Tiger said:

aren't you Atomicvomit?  I suggest you stay out of it. (for obvious reasons) 

So what. Yer still a dink here.

8 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

Thank goodness I have permission to speak,  TY KDX

I wouldn't miss your posts, wiseass.

Not wreck or reek.

Wreak. Wreak havoc.

9 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

Looks good for PF and Central Maine and NH.

Don't forget NENNE.

Switch to snow began after midnight. Maybe ride around the field roads later if we hit 2". More this weekend.

4 minutes ago, dryslot said:

They will get some.

River hasn't broken yet. Solid from bank to bank but I wont be going on it even with the big snow week coming up.

Trails are completely gone but the ground is still frozen. New snow will hold awhile, the fields are gonna get fun!

That CT Valley to Quabbin hole is tough. Lived in Belchertown/Greenfield long ago and thought I'd left Woods Hole for the arctic. Great step up from Cape Cod.

Having moved on to more exciting wintry areas I look back and think, "I once thought it was wintry there."!

3 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

buuuuut...'Murica and all that. Dogs, lawns, John deere for your 1/4 acre, and spotless f350 

Stop watching tv.

Just now, CoastalWx said:

That’s how I feel. Honest to God it makes me want a condo in Naples and just never deal with 4 months of shit. It’s really difficult to endear months of shit weather with nothing to show. Never  did I think this winter would be worse than last. 

Naples Maine, you mean.

31 minutes ago, dryslot said:

I may be making a county trip first week of march but is going to be contingent on if we see anymore snow up here, I'm watching this one because it looks like that will be it for me after this.

They're grooming it all and it's real cold but thin cover is hardening up as we've had no refreshment for a week+. Lotta broken springs from the hard chatter. Any new cover will make a world of diff for the trail riders. 

For me, these are the best days to go fielding. So much area- fields bigger than Hartford. Field edges and the river are butter soft.

Field and stream- the best riding.

Just now, dendrite said:

Grow out a section of meadow for the beneficial insects. It’ll make the ticks happy too. 

The birds love it. My fields are meadows now. I bush og selectively every few years. Take out the trash scrub just leaving grasses, firs, birch and maple. No popple (poplar) ever.

Not many ticks up here. Never saw one in the house the 10 yrs we had a corgi.

Lawn thread!

I reduced my lawn size by 2/3 and I scalp the piss out of what I now mow to retard the growth. I would kill it if I could but it always grows back as green as can be.

No nutes, no watering, no wasted hours.

Kill your lawns.

Our "true clipper" that gave NE NNE 7" on Friday went on to bomb out on NS- ridiculous amts. 

Same storm been backing in here all day fer a new half inch.

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7 hours ago, Angus said:

A bit earlier this morning...wonderful to see the sun.

Wow, those windmills.  

Lived in Westminstah 2 yrs, had a great view of Wachusett. Loved this view from Wachusett- my old digs were in this view,... those things are hideous. Feck.

NOUS41 KCAR 021427
PNSCAR
MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-030227-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
927 AM EST Fri Feb 2 2024

...SNOWFALL REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider

...Maine...

...Aroostook County...
Woodland                     7.5 in    0651 AM 02/02   Public
Van Buren 1 NNE              7.5 in    0700 AM 02/02   COOP
Hamlin                       7.5 in    0848 AM 02/02   Other Federal
1 S Connor                   7.2 in    0821 AM 02/02   NWS Employee
3 WNW New Sweden             7.0 in    0559 AM 02/02   Public
4 SSW Van Buren              7.0 in    0622 AM 02/02   Public
3 SW Van Buren               7.0 in    0625 AM 02/02   Public
1 S Limestone                7.0 in    0630 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
4 NNE Caribou                7.0 in    0840 AM 02/02   NWS Employee
Caribou NWS                  6.9 in    0700 AM 02/02   COOP
1 WSW Madawaska              6.6 in    0612 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
1 WNW Caribou                6.4 in    0848 AM 02/02   NWS Employee
1 S Caribou                  6.3 in    0754 AM 02/02   Public           (Not me but close by- Vim Toot)
2 SSE Castle Hill            6.2 in    0700 AM 02/02   COCORAHS
1 ESE Caribou                6.0 in    0716 AM 02/02   Amateur Radio
1 SE Fort Kent               6.0 in    0740 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
Saint Pamphile               6.0 in    0841 AM 02/02   Other Federal
2 E Easton                   6.0 in    0846 AM 02/02   Other Federal
Presque Isle 1.3 WSW         5.8 in    0700 AM 02/02   COCORAHS
1 E Presque Isle             5.5 in    0500 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
3 NW Monticello              4.8 in    0537 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
Bridgewater                  4.5 in    0847 AM 02/02   Other Federal
Masardis                     4.0 in    0647 AM 02/02   Public
Fort Kent 1 SE               4.0 in    0730 AM 02/02   COOP
1 S Houlton                  3.0 in    0600 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
1 NW Allagash                3.0 in    0759 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
Estcourt Station             3.0 in    0917 AM 02/02   Other Federal
Sherman                      2.5 in    0557 AM 02/02   Public
1 NNW Macwahoc               1.0 in    0505 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter

...Hancock County...
East Surry                    T in     0610 AM 02/02   COCORAHS
Mariaville 1.4 ESE            T in     0800 AM 02/02   COCORAHS

...Penobscot County...
Millinocket 2 SE             2.0 in    0646 AM 02/02   COOP
Patten                       2.0 in    0655 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
Sherman Station              2.0 in    0700 AM 02/02   Public
Milford 0.8 SSW               T in     0500 AM 02/02   COCORAHS
Hudson 2.4 ESE                T in     0657 AM 02/02   COCORAHS
Orono 1.1 SSW                 T in     0700 AM 02/02   COCORAHS

...Piscataquis County...
3 SW Mount Katahdin          2.0 in    0812 AM 02/02   Park/Forest Srvc
Abbot                        1.0 in    0647 AM 02/02   Public
Abbot 4.6 WNW                1.0 in    0700 AM 02/02   COCORAHS
1 NNE Mount Katahdin         1.0 in    0811 AM 02/02   Park/Forest Srvc
4 E Greenville               1.0 in    0820 AM 02/02   Trained Spotter
Dover-foxcroft 2 E           0.5 in    0700 AM 02/02   COOP
East Sangerville             0.4 in    0700 AM 02/02   COOP

...Somerset County...
2 ENE St. Zacharie Crossing  3.0 in    0846 AM 02/02   Other Federal
Saint Juste Crossing         2.0 in    0841 AM 02/02   Other Federal

...Washington County...
1.3 NE Topsfield             2.0 in    0700 AM 02/02   COOP
Cooper 0.5 SE                 T in     0600 AM 02/02   COCORAHS

Finished plowing. A solid 6".

Time to ride.

Here's a before and after-

Nice ride in increasing snow. 2" down as I rolled in to the garage just now.

Good rates- 5" a lock here. Photos in morning.

Caribou NWS called it a "true Alberta Clipper" in disco other day. Don't know why the other Alberta Clippers are false.

Snow beginning, looking for up to 6". All amounts are welcome.

Certainly worth tracking here though the Connecticutians huff from the tropics of New England that it doesn't count.

9 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Wolfie you should take you own advice and log off when nothing is going on and nothing is forecast to for 14 days , there is really nothing going on for days and all you Are gonna be is frustrated and then replying to people who are complaining the winter sucks . There is literally no upside for you 

I plan on doing the same as there isn’t much to talk about 

Lots to talk about in NE NNE!

Wolfie has a larger scope of interest than most Connecticutians here. It's not just his north facing yard pack at stake.

Wife asked why the photo? I told her , "To tease the weenies".

She said, "That's my job."

Minus 15 down hill at the river. -5 at the house 150' vert 1/4mi up hill from river.

Tracking an Alberta Clipper for Thursday here. Not much excitement about it from the Connecticutians...

Headin out for a ride once temp climbs a bit.

A lotta people like you here, Wiz. It will get better.

Great, now no one is gonna dare post maps for a while.

24 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Last 24 hrs there's nothing to get excited about up here for that period, Maybe that changes going forward, I'll be up north riding Friday-Sunday so will have limited access.

My river crossing is in. ITS 88 on CAR/PQI line. 

Stop by the tree house if you roll by!

Looks like about 8". 

Errybody grooming errything in The County. Putting in my river crossing. Gonna be fluffy.