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Got enough teeny "flakes" to almost cover the ground, but our daughter's flight PHL-PWM came right on schedule.

We had a 16" paste bomb which inverted the supporting bows of my Ranger's Tonneau cover. (We were out of state, came home 5 days later to find a 5'x6'x6" ice cube atop the cover.) Eustis at 1,300' reported 34.5" and we (Maine Public Lands) were finishing a multi-year harvest on the Redington Public Lot. That winter the work was all north of the AT with elev 2,400 to 2,900 - might've gotten 40" there. Last load passed thru the very narrow crossing of the AT (as permitted with stringent constraints) on 3/22 just as the snow got super heavy; no way normal plowing could've kept that 200' AT inner corridor clear, would've needed a BIG payloader.

The 93 forecast language included "Life-threatening conditions". Only other time I can recall was the morning of Jan 9, 1998 - day 2 of the ice storm here. A line of strong TS had formed in eastern NY and forecasters were faced with the possibility of 50 mph gusts on ice-loaded trees and infrastructure. Fortunately, the storms dissipated quickly. This thread's storm brought 18-20 hours of steady 1/2"/hr snow on 20G30 NE winds, for 9.5". Farmington co-op recorded 14". Two more storms by mid-month added 11" then storms of 22-23 (16") and 30-31 (19") brought the March total to 55.5". Only the 61.5" of Dec 1976 in Fort Kent had more in my experience. Depth at 9 PM on 3/31 here was 48"; even FK never had that much that late (close, 47" on 3/31/84).

May be okay if the melt time isn't accompanied by significant rain. I've not seen any major (3rd/4th order streams and main stem rivers) NNE watercourses get beyond minor flooding with snowmelt only. (Of course, much of the modest snow in March 2012 was gone before the 80s arrived.)

Had to fasten a stick to the top part of the stake that winter, as it's "only" 61 inches above ground. Last time we reached 40" was March 2019. Got to 36" in March 2023 but tallest since then was the very brief 28" during the January fluff bomb - was obvious that the 25:1 snow was going to settle big time. March average snowfall here is 17.1" but it's often feast or famine. Five times it brought 30"+, including 55.5" in 2001, but 9 times it ranged from 10.0" down to 0.1". 15 of our 48 storms of 10"+ came in March, and also 6 of the 19 events 15"+. Next highest is February (no surprise) with 11 and 5.

Yesterday's low-RH 46° settled/melted 2/3 of the overnight 2.8", leaving a solid 20" pack. We've twice had 48" depth in March, on 3/1/08 from the last siggy snowfall of that snowy winter, and 3/31/01 - had 19" dump on 30-31. In Fort Kent we reached 65" on 3/14/84 as 26.5" fell atop a 42" pack.

Gray squirrel is quite mild - ate a lot of them in my teens in NNJ, but my wife has less than zero interest. Never tried red squirrel. Haven't eaten bear, either, and won't kill a bear unless I've had some and liked it. Nice raw north breeze under thin clouds, GYX says 20% chance of snow tonight, 60% chance of muck tomorrow night. Bleccch!

To me, the faint smell is on the edge of being perfumy. When it's much stronger it reminds me of burnt rubber. My one experience of fresh in-your-face skunk (animal control officer friend got nailed, entered his home while I was visiting) it was like having a stick shoved up my nose - overwhelming. He walked thru the door and instantly the stench filled the room. Looks like another snowstorm stays south, though it looks like we get the FRDZ mess tomorrow night into Saturday. Daughter is flying into PWM tomorrow morning, hope all goes as scheduled.

Snowed 9 PM thru about 2:30 AM, nice fluffy 2.8" on 0.23" LE, 22" at the stake. Forecast had been 1-3. Bright sun already has cleaned most of the trees.

For me it's 20% data and 80% subjective. I don't mind the cold as much as do normal people, I like a sustained decent pack and dislike winter rain. Snowfall to date is within a fraction of an inch of the 27-year average YTD. It's been very dry (DJF 6.84", only 48% of avg and our lowest by 1.80") but the freaky ratios of Jan 25-27 turned 0.77" LE into nearly 20". The Feb blizzard, 0.2" - can't in them all. All this adds up to slightly above average, so far. March is generally either wonderful or woeful - not many in the middle.

Clouds finally coming in, preventing a possible 50+ diurnal range, as the morning low of -12 rose to 34-35 before noon. BML hit the 50s range, with 39/-14.

-12 of fake cold this morning, possibly the season's last subzero, 99% it's the last double-digit below.

Forecast up to 2-4 here. Hit -12 overnight, probably a 40+ diurnal range today. Currently pure blue skies.

Happy with 2", expect 1", then the thaw. GYX has 53 for here Sun/Mon. Would be the first 50+ since Nov 8 (51° and the month's only 50+).

Was actually in NB. Beautiful sun today, a breeze pushing the low 20s around. Low this morning was -16 and I heard the most tree pops of any day in years, likely due to the late season with sap running. The -23 morning in January had almost no pops.

Saw some clouds, then nice and sunny after noon.

We often are muchly different from the US averages. 2009-10 was one of the coldest met winters for the country, and one of the mildest here. Colder now than the morning minimum and headed down under full sun.

February numbers: Avg max: 29.5 +0.1 Highest: 41 on the 28th Avg min: 1.6 -4.7 Lowest: -18 on the 1st Mean: 15.5 -2.3 Coldest DJF since 2014-15. Also the 2nd greatest avg diurnal range, trailing only Feb 2004. Precip: 0.76" -2.11" Wettest: 0.35" on the 11th. Driest February, breaking by 0.19" the former record from 2024. Snowfall: 12.5" -9.2" Greatest day: 4.7" on the 11th Average depth was 19.4", half an inch AN Dry and cold month, especially the first half. 1-10 all had subzero minima; with Jan, 20 straight days. 1-15 had maxima 32 or colder and 24 straight.

Not the surge due only by the storm, but IIRC the high water was 14.1 on the 10th and 14.4 on the 13th.

In Fort Kent we had 27" at the stake on April 6, 1982. 24 hours of temps in the low-mid teens and 15" later, we had 26". Also had a bit of wind.

I know that Jan. 13, 2024 was at/near astronomical peak tides, but I was still surprised that it didn't make the list, as it set a new high water record that day, by 0.3 ft breaking the record set three days earlier. (Unless later calculations have changed those peaks)

Current forecast from GYX has us at 0.5", with a 10% chance of 2". The midget march continues.

As I've whined before, that was the absolute worst double-digit "snow" event in my wx-aware lifetime (1950 forward). The 10.7" had 2.67" LE and was so wet that it would splatter on branches rather than sticking like the above pic. That mess was made even worse by the 1.14" RA at 33-35°, powered by the same NE wind that buried Central Park. Our snow blower was broken (probably would've broken anyway in the glop) and pushing a full snow scoop was a chore. The driveway had been bare ground, so the scoop was dragging thru the mud while holding 15-20 lb per square foot. A year earlier (Feb 22-23) we'd had a 24.5" dump of 12:1 powder that was far easier to move even though it fell atop a 27" pack and resulted in 7-foot banks by the time we'd finished. The cocorahs in Temple, 10 miles west and 830' higher, reported 26.4" in that event.

Maybe, but the NESIS rating is Northeast-centered so I don't know the extent in which areas get included. Jan 25-27 was better BOS and points north, Feb 23-24 better for PVD and points south.

Thanks. "OV (Ohio Valley) Blizzard = CLE Superbomb. Sorry for the confusion. The 2/2/76 event caused a mega-tidal surge up the Penobscot estuary, and the water at BGR rose 15 feet in 15 minutes, drowning about 200 cars in the Kenduskeag Plaza parking lots.