MarkO

Secnds before totality we saw a bright flash. My nephew got it on video. Still have no idea what it was.

I noticed that too, a fraction of a second before totality. My brother and I simultaneously yelled out "what the f... was that?" The only thing I can think of was maybe some impact from whatever miniscule moon atmosphere refraction of sorts.

Haha, that's awesome! That was my original plan (so wait it out until totality and ski down Jay). Glad to see someone pulled it off!

Left Thornton once I saw things were starting to slow down going through Franconia notch. My plan was to take the Kanc west from exit 32, which added 15 minutes, but avoided all traffic. Decided on Burke and I think it was a better plan than Jay, or Pittsburg, NH. I can honestly say it was a more incredible experience than expected, and that tends to be the general experience of those who were fortunate enough to experience totality. Google maps was useless. I took as many back roads as I could including dirt, and it still took me 4 1/2 hours to get back to my cabin. My buddy that went to Pittsburg didn't get back until 3AM! The most interesting thing happened a fraction of a second before totality. There was a flash of light going from what appeared to be from northwest to southeast. Almost like when an airplane shadow passes over you, except the opposite. I'm still trying to get video of it. Video from my drone at about 3000' as totality approaches:

I'm in Thornton, and the evolving plan now is to leave here tomorrow around 7AM and just get through the notch around 7:30 to try to beat out the Boston metro travellers who leave at dawn. Once through the notch, you're just about at totality, so even if the highways are packed (which I don't expect at that time, or am I being too optimistic?), there will be back roads we shoudl be able to take to get further into the thread f totality. Initial plan was Jay Peak, but I think a 1/2 day at Burke may be better. I think once at Burke we can decide if we want to travel further north. I'm just not sure what to do afterwards. Hang out and grab dinner and hope to make it back to the cabin by 7pm?

Been spitting show showers overnight and this morning bringing my total to 11". There was a very brief period (maybe 15 minutes) of sleet, and a littl graupel last evening. Temp starting to ramp up from a steady 31 prettymuch throughout the event. Lost internet for about 12 hours yesterday, but maintained power. I think this puts me at 93" for the season, about average.

warm layer above. Flipping over to sleet. 33.9/31

Just got up north. 93 was wet roads, but there were some wet flakes mixing in Lakes Region north. Found my ski (lost it in the 24" last time I was up) at 1500' where it was snowing/sticking and temp at 33F. 34.1/31 here and light snow, no accumulation.

Nice, I appreciate the update, leaving Lowell now.

This event deserves it's own obs thread. Whoever started the last one should start this one for good luck.

sprinkles in Lowell. 41.9/35.9. Heading north in about 1/2 an hour for the event. Expecting a lot of sleet until about midnight.

It's about 1:45 minutes from my cabin to Jay Peak. A few friends may come and ski for a day trip, but most want to stay local and ski WV, but they're expected to max at 98.5%. I think it'll be worth the drive. Hopefully dont' encounter much traffic on the way up, but I have a feeling it's going to be a nightmare getting through Franconia notch afterwards.

Crappy winter. Not sure what I got in Lowell, but probably close to Ray's totals. But I'll be closing in on 100" up north after this storm, which is more than average.

North Conway area get's crushed with that track on the GFS. Break out the 3 footer bong reports.

24" snow, no sleet. Let's see what round 2 brings.