tunafish

i was staying in a yurt for a few nights in feb '21 in brownfield, ME.  I brought my indoor/outdoor thermo

I did my AM ritual in the outhouse at -10.  A feat I will tell my grandkids about for sure.

at least the tick population in areas w/o snow cover could suffer a blow.

feels like something Stein would tweet about.  someone send him a link to this thread pls.

It's going to be a humanitarian crisis here in PWM Friday night/Saturday.  A lot of people are going to die in their sleep.

There are a number of compounding factors that have led to hundreds of unhoused spending nights outside this winter - new shelter opening delayed until March; covid & migrant funding for hotels to put these people up just ended in December.  Simply not enough bed space and so you have hundreds of people living in makeshift camps - woefully unprepared to endure a night like this.

5 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

is there any actual liquid in there?

At least the ratio of liquid:frozen mirrors that of this winter's. 

Goose, the band, is actually pretty terrible, no matter what people tell you.

43°/19° today - nice early March diurnal. 

9 minutes ago, dendrite said:

41.2° and full sun with deep pack.

Glorious

39.6° and 8" depth holding strong.

33 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

+4, not sure why the personal attack?

Honest question.  Not sure why you feel attacked.

9 hours ago, qg_omega said:

What's your prediction for February, queefcake?

Last 7 days at my station has perfectly rounded precip totals.

18.0" snow

5.00" total liquid.

Neat.

43 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

No lol that was their report yesterday (25’th)  that totaled the last storm and it’s two day totals . They have not updated since 5am Wednesday prior To the current storm . My guess is 7-10” for them but we’ll see. As of 9am ..they still haven’t given a report in over 24 hours ..I’m sure they don’t mind the confusion  

They tweeted out 14" this morning saying 1/26 (I see it's now been deleted) but the report on the PNS from Pinkham Notch right next door says 7" lol

12 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

2” crotched , 5” Sunapee 8” attitash (no wildcat yet ) conditions are heavy and soft and variable 

Where aren't you seeing Wildcat?  Someone just texted me 14" which sounds anomalous 

34 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Now back to mid-30s with wind shift, but will likely head back toward 40 as the day goes on. Pack is solid and saturated.

Pack is at 10" still, impressive. 

2.46" rain lol

36 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Well that was fun. Already light rain at 34. So much for the front-end thump and late-night changeover. Got maybe half an inch of snow.

My official observation will be 0.9" before the flip

44 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

32.2F -ra/pl  

Total of 1.5” today. 
Couldn’t even hit the low end of the forecast snow totals.

The absolute worst part is I have an inch of snow on my driveway, that might not completely wash away.  I guess either go out and clear it now or risk letting it freeze tomorrow night…

 Same boat here.  Gonna clear it now rather than let it refreeze.  Not convinced the rain will take care of it for me

5 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Getting some coastal front enhancement here off saco bay.

27.9° and 0.6" with the 7PM obs.

Lol JK.  31.5° with that push and now catpaws and rain.  Fun while it lasted.

Getting some coastal front enhancement here off saco bay.

27.9° and 0.6" with the 7PM obs.

32 minutes ago, dryslot said:

I'm at 21°F here.

27.5 here, not sure what we were modeled for but hoping we can hang onto the surface cold a little longer

28 minutes ago, PWMan said:

Will be interesting to see our our school district handles this one, especially on the heels of snow days Friday and Monday. We're right on the line between a nuisance couple inches which - would be quickly washed away - and something more disruptive. And the timing is extremely tricky since the changeover's supposed to occur overnight (though that seems to keep getting a little earlier every time I look). 

I'm curious as well, especially since we don't do 2 hour delays in SoPo.  All or nothing. 

2 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

can you post the link for that, thanks.

https://www.weather.gov/gyx/winter

go to probabilistic snowfall amounts and click Point instead of Range

1 minute ago, Lava Rock said:

Ouch, didn't know we were in for that much or is that total qpf?

That's total QPF

Driving from PWM down to Pembroke, MA (South Shore) tomorrow evening, supposed to leave here at 4PM.  How shitty of a drive am I in for? 

8 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

I never really hear many  reports from the Maine coast , but it does seem to have quite the microclimate and often be a snowhole due to BL issues as well as prone to some significant Coastal fronts  

You nailed it.  I had 9.1" on 1.24" liquid for a 7:1 ratio.  I haven't done the calculating but that feels like my average here for the past 5 years of records.  

45 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

My sister only got 3-4 inches in York, I thought for sure she would get 6-12. Coast must have influenced more than I thought.

The sleet line parked over PWM area, WSW to ENE from midnight to 10AM.  Moved as far north as Gorham at one point.  South of that I think was raining that whole time.  That was the difference from York to PWM to Lava/dryslot/PowderBeard land

9.2" total for PWM

Even with 10 hours of IP/SN mix I might have a chance at double digits.  Was at 5.8" with the 1PM obs but have had steady rates and great growth since about 3PM.

23 minutes ago, lurker said:

29.7°

Storm total of 3pm: 12.5"

Since Thursday night: 20.25"

17.5" on the ground.

Current conditions: https://streamable.com/k3ejln

Thanks for the obs.  I have family up on stark highway south so always interested in obs from there.