PhineasC

Those babies look perfect to pair with this look:

Sounds tasty.

It was even worse than that map indicates. Winter basically never started. Days and days of soggy 50s.

I had to update my mountain cam wifi, here is the new link. https://video.nest.com/live/URwoSmP3dg

I especially like the part about how the guy in the story tries to get a snowblower or hire a plow guy but they are "out of stock" and "too busy," respectively. Definitely something I could see happening up here in Coos County. LOL

Man, I bet they are going to sound beautiful this winter.

Yeah, I have a lot of privacy, other than giving the whole world camera access to my yard. LOL

How close? About a mile away, I'd wager.

I totally missed this before I made my post, oh well.

Someone is building a new house near me in Randolph.

We have no idea how to measure that much snow. Anyone in MD claiming they do is full of shit. Even on Parr's ridge.

Yeah, you are right. I do remember the blizzard-like conditions in the second storm and more drifting.

And @Ji still bitched and whined that winter ended in the middle of February after receiving 80 inches of snow.

Thanks Fozz, that helps reset my memory.

I am terrible with records, but in 2009-2010, I believe my max depth in Kingsville after the 2 February storms was about 40 inches, IIRC. It shrunk fairly quickly after that. I received 19" in the December HECS, about 30" in the first Feb HECS, and about 25" or so in the 2nd Feb HECS (again, I am terrible with these records so anyone can correct me if I am wrong). It was all heavy wet snow and we get warm after storms most of the time so the depth numbers probably seem off to you. LOL We don't go to negative digits and days of upslope after a major coastal storm! It was apocalyptic down here for sure, but not near 100". This winter in Randolph really will be beyond anything I have experienced over a long period of time (I have been at ski places in the NE and out west for huge storms before, but in a condo and never for a lengthy period). There was one storm prior to the Feb HECS in late January. It snowed with temps in the lower 20s. It is often forgotten (for good reason), but it was an amazing teaser. We call it the "cold snow" storm. It was supposed to stay suppressed into NC and VA, but it drifted north. I think @ORH_wxman was one of the few mets banging the drum of the north trend. But, yeah, basically this all can be summed up by average November through December in Randolph. haha

Yeah, seems like there is a bit of a dead-zone in that part of Maine in terms of posters here. Glad I could fill in the link of posters heading NE. You guys have me absolutely stoked for winter. The months are passing too slowly right now.

I have a meteorologist who works for me actually, and I have had him doing some data dumps from the CoCoRaHS site for me lately. LOL

Oh, trust me, those of us from the MA know this! He and @CoastalWx were legendary in the MA forum. When those guys appeared and started talking about thundersnow and the comma head, you knew you were in for a good storm.

LOL @ORH_wxman is a mad weenie scientist.

LOL that's a very generous offer, but I think CT would be better off if I shipped them some muddy ground and snowmelt runoff to ease the drought at this point!

I believe someone here said the Pinkham Notch numbers are a little unreliable because there are a lot of missing reports, especially during the shoulder seasons. You can read the detailed comments from the Randolph observer each day. There are very, very few missing days and he/she seems really into taking obs.

I will look into that for sure. I figured I am getting fleeced. I’m the “rich” out of towner guy new to the area... easy mark.

Don’t worry, I am totally unprepared. I don’t even have a snow shovel yet.

I’m gonna need a shovel for that for sure.

At the end of winter 09/10 in MD I cried for momma. I had water running down my walls from the ice damming.