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It doesn’t snow there anymore

March and April is the time for loaf. It’s a cold, windswept outpost the rest of the season. But to be honest most of Mainers who know a few things just go to Northern Vt that time of year instead lol. Now that saddleback is open it’s worth taking a trip and hitting both- stay in rangeley which is one the most beautiful mountain towns in the east and don’t miss the bumpy but spectacular ride over the height of land from rumford/ Mexico. Skiing is not as interesting as the loaf but the vibe is 1000x better, especially if you’re an industry guy you will appreciate how it’s just a bunch of Mainers having a good time. Which is also why it will never make any money, so go ski it while you can cause it may not last. I know you didn’t ask for advice but it was fun to give it

I’ve been lurking hard here the past few days while I procrastinate on other things and it’s been one of best stretches of diarrhea I can remember on this forum. Just edge of the seat type stuff to see who throws the poo next. Weenies losing their minds over 384 hr H5 anomalies, blocks here blocks there, phantom storms, hotlines, more blocks….riveting stuff. Thank you all

Just slid through here with barely a whimper

Block all snow to DC.

Umfk has a really popular undergrad nursing program which helps. Would not recommend looking for a wife in patten.

this warm layer that warm layer yada yada. From a sensible weather perspective in my backyard NAM was right again with this one.

those 850 temps are torched. The globals never seem to be able to handle these warm tongues with any skill. Congrats Quebec City.

We’ve see this too many times in these set ups. If the nam says torchy aloft, it’s gonna be torchy aloft. Many of have been deceived by fake GFS snow on the CP. many will be deceived again. But not me, NAM is my daddy

Sell 4” in my area

Local mets are rip and readers and Carson is a wishcaster. A sloppy inch or two for your hill. Good for lawn.

This is what I've been saying. November is usually the worst month of the year for weather in NE, just weeks of gloom, sticks, and temps maxing in the high 40s. This pattern is a gift. Many would pay to guarantee this pattern all of Oct and November with a hard flip around Thanksgiving. That looks to be the case this year and yet the weenies are still dissatisfied....tsk tsk.

I love those sleeper April powder days in northern Vermont and Maine!

In the meantime let's enjoy this incredible stretch of weather ahead. I'll take the gift of at least two more weeks of great trail riding, hiking, and outdoor projects weather. Never understood the desire to blow the load in November and December. Best skiing always in March and April. Even in last year's torch spring I lucked out at Jay with a 6" storm on April 10th and then enjoyed 4 days of powder skiing in Utah two weeks later and a top to bottom Hillman's run in early May. Hard to ask for more than that. It's a long season.....

That’s the thing about Katahdin that sets it apart from the whites, greens, and adks. Its prominence is stunning and intimidating at a scale I’ve only experienced out west. Doing the knife edge puckered me the same way as some of the classic resort boot packs out west. Just a massive hunk of granite. Winter time is special up that way too. A ski descent is on my bucket list for sure but requires some serious logistics. Some winters up there can go big, but it’s been a while. Spring skiing would be incredible, but it will never happen due to park rules, and I’m ok with that.

Did an overnight to chimney pond and hiked the knife edge on katahdin this past Tuesday. Low on Monday night at Chimney was 26 with widespread frost. Foliage was peak in northern Maine. Bring on the cold. .

Some pretty good showers just rolled through here. After last night the cocorahs guy down the road from me has 9” on the month. Yea it’s been wet here…we need some lava lawn updates, bet it’s never looked better.

Getting a nice drink right now. Anyone have a rainfall anomaly map for September month to date? We’ve got to be firmly on the plus side here.

lol at Lewiston being coastal Maine. Get a map bro.

Spent a week on the Allagash end of last month. Can confirm northern maine has been wet. They’ve had it rough past 5 summers and were due. Best water I’ve had on the river since 2019 and lawns in the Saint John valley were very green and not from moose poop fertilizer. Was down on deer isle this past weekend and it was parch city. Made lawns in the lake region look like the Congo by comparison.

Southwest interior Maine can bake with the best of them. Would love some education from the Mets on this but I’m guessing it has something to do with heat getting trapped on the coastal plain and NE orientation of the mountains?

Clearly on the wrong side of the boundary atm. It’s a 90 degree sauna here but like 30 degrees cooler 35 miles to my north and east. Farmington is at 62. Crazy gradient setting up in this part of Maine.

pretty intense cell moving through here right now

From Sebago FD Facebook page. Wonder if it will confirm tornado. .

I've thought about this too. Not a biologist but I imagine it has to do with the amount of unfragmented habitat in Maine. The other northeast states have a lot more fragmentation and so human encroachment on habitat is much higher. In my years working in the woods I only encountered a bear in the woods once, and he/she quickly departed the scene, the rest of my sightings were were on woods roads etc. I was always way more concerned with running into moose, especially during the rut. I was working up to the southwest of Ross Lake one September and had a run in with a bull that left me pretty shook. Still beats desk life, which is what I enjoy for better or worse these days.