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26 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Hmmm…interesting or just comical? 

29 minutes ago, dryslot said:

18z GFS is lol.

4 threats in the pipeline from 3/25-4/5.  One on 4/1 does a carbon copy of last Tuesday, loop de loop in the GOM.

53 minutes ago, George001 said:

No high to the north again, I’m not falling for this one. Rain for everyone outside elevation and way north if we get a storm. Lets get modeled temps in the low 20s and high teens and then I’ll start getting excited for eastern mass snow potential (so, not until 2024).

I am not good at interpreting models but I see both Euro and GFS popping a secondary low over the cape or east of BOS Saturday night, so high or no high and regardless of end result, there's some agreement there

28 minutes ago, dryslot said:

That's good, Don't care about down here at this point, But foothills and mountains different story.

agreed.  I do not want / need any frozen precip for the rest of this season.

10 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

I know turkeys eat ticks and we used to have a flock in our yard every night for a few years, last year they stopped showing up so maybe they found better grounds.

In my experience, chickens and even Guinea hens are opportunists, so unless they see a tick right in front of them they're not seeking them out specifically.   Path of least resistance food is their preferred method.  My in laws in NH have Guinea hens and I still pull ticks off me on their property.  As long as there are hosts (mice, other rodent) there will be ticks.

11 hours ago, powderfreak said:

No, the plot is about 700ft lower and to the north. The COOP stake is off the upper Toll Road. The High Road plot is over off the Gondola top. It’s generally more sheltered.  They both though are in the zone that gets buried.  There’s a whole upper East side bowl almost that stretches like 1+ mile across the top 1,000-1,500ft that just gets crushed to me.

I’m seeing Smuggs reporting 34”, Bolton 32”, Max River Glen 32”… I don’t know how they measured or if they did, but I take pride in knowing we do Mansfield right with consistent data points.

To be honest, the one thing I’ve always told people here is it isn’t even about the amount of snowfall in inches. It’s about measuring it in the same location all the time so you know what the value means. Like if the plot has 5”, people know how that skis around the mountain.  If it has 17”, it’s holy shit good.  But the trick to developing a meaningful snow value for skiing and riding is to be consistent with the location.  Not skiing around and taking numbers from wherever trail you thought was deepest.

The Summit stake is the same. Depths vary all over the place. But that is the same exact location all the time so we know what the value means.  To me that’s how you tell a story, it has to be consistent.

Our stakes are not comparable (obviously). 

My wife is hinting at wanting me to relinquish my NWS stake and associated duties after this season.  

You've articulated key points as to why it's important to have consistency over time, which I will now use to refute my wife's subtle attempts to crush my weenie obsession.

24 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

why don't we ever get the big ones like places yesterday?

While (I think) it was a different synoptic setup than yesterday, and certainly the makeup of the snow was very different, we did "just" have a 30"+ storm 10 years ago.  These don't grow on trees, at least we're not as favored to have them as other locations (see yesterday) do.

Just now, jbenedet said:

wow. that's remarkably low for PWM. 

I'm closer to the coast than the Jetport, by about 3 miles - which doesn't help.   Had over an inch of liquid, too - speaking of abysmal ratios.

Even then, the PWM CoCoRAHS observers had essentially the same.

9 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Lol this graphic which leaves out the Monads, Berks, and ORH hills. Missing a datapoint for Portland - 7" there?

"where most of us live" map. 

Lame. AF.

4.1", officially, here.

47 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

4.8” on 0.91” liquid 

Probably puts me just above normal though.

Almost as bad as my 4.1" on 1.05"

And my can swap was pretty precise.

0.6"/0.15" new with the midnight obs in PWM.

3.9"/1.03" event total, 6" depth.

Just about the worst ratios I can recall for a non-sleet event.  Not shocked given proximity to the coast,  lack of elevation, lack of cold.

7 minutes ago, mreaves said:

I have one. My clearing practices have slacked a bit but I try to be somewhat consistent in what I do. 

Apologies, that wasn't directed at you.  Just saw an alarming amount of deck driveway measurements today - way more than I'd expect from this forum.

Clearing can be difficult to be consistent with unless you're home, I do get that. 

Man, for a board full of weenies I'm surprised to see all the shoddy measurement practices. 

Not expecting by-the-book necessarily, but would it kill some of you to throw out a piece of painted wood or even a cutting board? 

Measuring on decks and driveways?!  You're better than the general public, damnit!

2 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I think we’re going to need a pretty good post mortem on the season. We were lights out through January, but we’ve derailed to the point that I don’t think our stats are that great currently. 
 

Caveat that I haven’t run the numbers yet, but the false alarm has gotten away from us.

I've been keeping track of PWM, anecdotally.  Before today, forecasted amounts (last publishing prior to precip) were at 54 and change vs 52.1".  I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but iiirc the biggest miss was only like 3".  

2 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

4.3” at 8 pm. Let’s get another inch or two for some 

Don't have an anemometer but wind has picked up considerably in the last hour.

20 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Far and away from 8-12

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We were 6-8", which we could still reach.

1.6"/0.38" new for 7PM obs in PWM.  

3.3"/0.88" SN/SWE for the event.

32/30F, SN.

Over 30" per the in laws in Deering, NH

1 minute ago, NW_of_GYX said:

Finally starting to crank here, let’s see what we can do over the next 4-6 hours 

you're in a great spot for that rotating band (I think).

11 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

What else is a snow starved weenie to do…

trim them friggin' finger nails, bub, that's what.

6 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

38” on the level in West Dover, VT 

I'm not disputing that as accurate given the location, elevation, and persistence of the band in that area all day...but...

I'm always skeptical of deck measurements, especially since most decks are attached to the house and right under the roof where drifting happens.  That one looks level with the rest of the deck at least...

10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Those echoes off the coast of ME are racing in.

bring it

Also, can I get a fish emoji on my locale?  I'm a nobody but at least i'm the PWM obs "ASOS"

2 minutes ago, BombsAway1288 said:

Obviously overdone a bit NW of 495 waaay overdone 495 SE. that has 0 shot of verifying the way radar looks now  

I think that was intended for the March thread.  Look at the timestamp on the map.  That's from 12Z today through 06z on the 19th.

17 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

West of Nashua is gonna see 2 feet 

pretty sure they are already there here at 1350’ by Miller state park 

2-3/hr stuff 

BIL in Deering is already there.

1.7" new / 0.50" SWE / 4" depth with the 1PM obs for PWM.

33/32F SN

3 minutes ago, Chris12WX said:

Heaviest of the day right now.

why do you post under multiple usernames in the same damn thread? lol