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1 hour ago, tunafish said:

Oh, I appreciate it  

It just pains me to see when there's a $35 solution available.  Nothing beats a stratus!  Plus, the more CoCoRAHS observers the better.

I know, I'm cheap when it comes to this stuff lol. I will get the real deal one day

Right around 3" from this past event. 

Little over an inch from yesterday, not sure when it stopped raining.

79 on the car thermometer when I pulled in at 4

Looking about 2-3" so far. Last night for the wood stove this winter, gonna start using the boiler until the heating season is over.

This is around 8am this morning, been snowing pretty good since then. I noticed a lull around 6- 7 or so. 

Right at 6" here, nice out there.

19 hours ago, tamarack said:

Eastern Aroostook looks like the Midwest but with more hills, and the Downeast accent is rarely heard there.  The St. John Valley is surrounded by decent size hills, but the major difference is culture, as 90%+ of the people have French ancestry, some from Acadia and some from Quebec.  One frequently hears French spoken, though it's significantly different from that spoken in Paris.  West of Route 11 is mostly commercial forest land with paved roads becoming gravel logging roads a few miles west of that highway.  There are significant hills in that area, with Deboullie probably the most rugged area - elevation tops out near 2000' so far less than Greens/Whites but also far more remote.

Winter. The latitude matters…northern Maine is a different area.

Our 1973 move from NNJ to BGR, 390 straight-line miles and nearly 4° latitude, meant a significant change in climate.  Three years later we moved to Fort Kent, 170 miles and 2.5°, and that climate change was at least twice as much as from the earlier.

Thank you for the information. The language difference is most interesting to me. I wonder if speaking that version/dialect of French is going to continue with the younger generations or if it will get lost anytime soon. Seem like such a unique area.

7 hours ago, mreaves said:

I would say there are those similarities. The biggest difference is the landscape. It’s really open. It’s not flat but there aren’t the steep hills and deep valleys like VT and NH. There are gigantic fields like you don’t see anywhere in VT anywhere else in NE that I know of.  It is definitely worth visiting, especially if you like outdoor recreation. 

I will have to get up there one day to see that. I love the geography here but always good to see something new. 

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

There was 5-6” when we left Limestone around 9:30 this morning. Snow let up fora while and started again around 2:00. Snowed at a decent clip all the way back to the hotel. Maybe 8” not real sure. Still snowing when we went to dinner. 

I've never been that way before, does it still feel "New Englandy"?  Village  churches, stone walls, that type of stuff? 

In my mind I break down VT, NH and southern half of Maine as Northern New England, and above that is Northern Maine. It just appears to be its own world, but I've never been there, all speculation. Either that or VT, NH and southern half of Maine is Central New England, and Northern Maine gets the sole title of Northern New England. Of course this is all breaking it down from the common VT, NH and ME making up Northern New England. 

Dirt roads are a sheet of ice, be careful driving.

13 minutes ago, borderwx said:

Same here. -24. At least it is still blowin


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Lol that wind was crazy. Lots of snap, crackles and pops from the woods.

-24 here at 7am, I saw -22 before I went to bed so it didn't drop much overnight.

Backyard thermometer read -10 around 7 this morning

When I got home at 4 it was snowing and the road had a fresh coating. Been snowing since then, have not seen it stop. I'd guess an inch and a half. 

Looking beautiful out there

1 minute ago, mreaves said:

Yeah, m closing in on 2” so it’s a little better than I thought it would be. Like you, I’m not looking forward to the rain. 

I leave the house around 3:15am for work, but my boss told me to stay home if the roads are too icy. Would be nice if the precipitation just stopped and we had a normal, cold January night. Oh well.

I've been happy with this event so far, not looking forward to the rain though. Outside thermometer at 25 at 7:40pm. Picture from out the back door.

Back roads got a thin layer of ice on them around here, be cautious driving out there! Slippery

26 minutes ago, mreaves said:

I noticed some of the same stuff driving to my office in Waterbury.  In narrower parts of the valley, the cool held on and then the temp would jump up where the valley was more broad

Got ya, thank you! I can see how that could happen.

Something funky going on temperature wise as the car only read 37 when I pulled in to the house around 3pm, was expecting to be around 50 today. Weather.com says it is 50 here right now but I'm not sure where they get that temperature from. Is the warmer air trapped somewhere/somehow?

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

Been out of the loop this week.  I ended up in the ER Monday with a kidney infection and have not been checking in on weather at all.  Seems like the ski areas have actually done ok this week after last Friday.  Even today must be a good day to be on the slopes.  Nothing great looking going forward, at least from the BTV point and click.  I'm going to spare myself the drama and hadwringing from a week of missed posts out in the main NE forum and just mark them all read.

I wish you a fast recovery! 

Merry Christmas everyone. Had some flurries this morning, other than that a cold and quiet day.

Think it is my first time below 0 this winter, -2

Looking outside it appears to be somewhere around 2.5". Nice to get this fresh white for Christmas Eve tomorrow. Some of the nicest looking snow you can have for Christmas actually as it appears to be sticking to everything. I didn't lose my pack but I'd guess atleast half of it went bye-bye.