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  1. tamarack
    Rescue dogs On the dim sun menu most of today, after the -12 low. We must've decoupled earlier than the other rad pits. We're almost never colder than BML/HIE on calm nights.
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    You've read enough of Tip's tomes to know that he thinks we're all neurotic about snow and cold, himself included. And I won't argue that. Always consider the source.
  3. tamarack
    Our 1st few months in Fort Kent (and some other periods there) displayed the lots-of-modest events snow. From when we moved there on Jan 1 thru the 1.5" on May 7 as I tilled the garden, we had 93.5" with no events larger than 8". (They did have at least one double-digit storm in Dec 1975.)
  4. tamarack
    Only 2 minutes totality at CAR. PQI and especially HUL would be longer. So would MLT.
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    And 23-24 would make the 6th since 17-18. (I think - I'm well known for misunderstanding things.)
  6. tamarack
    Mansfield co-op at 3,950' reached 149" in 1969, and hit the 130s in 1996 and 2001. Jay base at 1,875' recorded a 110" pack in 1994 so 70% more near the top might not be impossible. Would be better if they had a Stowe-like opening above 3k with a continuous spot to measure and photograph.
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    Feb 1987 was dry and near snowless. However, we'd had 5 storms for 49" in Jan, so cry me a river.
  8. tamarack
    Only 6 (17-18) but still a horrible run.
  9. tamarack
    My NNJ home average 40", current home just shy of 90 and our years in Fort Kent over 130. Yet that 5-year period in NNJ had big storms like no other time I've experienced. 3/19-20/1956: 24" 2/15-16/1958: 18" 3/20-21/1958: 24" 3/3-4/1960: 18" 12/11-121960: 18" 1/19-20/1961: 20" 2/3-4/1961: 24" (That 60-61 winter also had a 10-12" paste bomb on 3/23 with most falling in 4 hours, also a cold rain on 5/27 that had a few pingers.)
  10. tamarack
    Same here, 26.5" on 3/14-15/1984 in Fort Kent. Reached 24.5" at my current residence on 2/22-23/2009, also 24" five times - one here, one in FK and 3 in NNJ between 3/56 and 2/61. (That 2/3-4/61 depth involves guesswork due to high winds. A nearby site recorded 27".) 2nd straight January with both temp and snowfall AN. Last January was almost +9 for temps; this month will probably finish between 2 and 4 AN.
  11. tamarack
    That piqued my curiosity, as we were solidly BN for 2017-18 and even moreso in 2018-19, in which the 4 coldest months were all BN. 2016-17 was AN for DJM but slightly BN for DJFM thanks to March being 5.1° BN.
  12. tamarack
    99% of this season's tree damage came on Dec 18. We get a gust to near 50 every few years, but that day the gusts continued from 10 AM thru 2 PM.
  13. tamarack
    First 7 hours brought 3.5" and it looked like an underperformer. Then 2" more 7-9 PM and light stuff past 10 for a total of 5.7", right in the 5-9 forecast. Dry powder but only 9.7-to-1 ratio; probably less than 8:1 until the evening feathers.
  14. tamarack
    Better bands are mostly to my south (and west, and east, and north). Adding to the dense pack, however. Barring a record (and long) thaw, we should have snow OG thru late March.
  15. tamarack
    My wife just got back from Farmington and said the roads are awful in this Franklin (County) too. I thought with temp near 20 and discussions yesterday we would get high ratios. Have not taken a core but walking in the stuff suggest maybe 8:1 sand.
  16. tamarack
    Maybe 1.5" here with S- and tiny flakes. Forecast this morning gave a 90% chance of reaching 4" and an "expected" of 7". We probably won't approach the 7 and I'm not too confident of reaching the 4 - latest map has 1" after 7 PM. On the bright side, this one won't turn to rain and mess.
  17. tamarack
    First flakes at 11:50.
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    March 2018 had 4 huge storms, 1-2, 7-8, 13-14 and 21-22. I can't recall another month with that many biggies. We whiffed on 1 and 4, totaled 3 feet from 2 and 3. Dec-Jan are +5 so far, but I'd guess by month's end, Jan will be in the +2-3 range, and that's plenty cold up here for snow, if things break right. And BN temps don't always mean a lot of snow - 2004, 2013 and 2014 were all BN and they're the 3 least snowy of 25 Januarys here.
  19. tamarack
    AFC games were as expected, NFC not so much, come within a late score of dogs going 3-for-3. The Cowboys' playoff miseries aren't that much of a surprise, but no one expected the 10-1 Eagles to crash, and lose 6-of-7. And getting blown out by a team that needed a week 18 win to even be in the game. The Philly DC needs to teach the guys how to tackle.
  20. tamarack
    When I use the confused emoji, it means that I was confused. ymmv. This storm grows up in N. Maine - CAR forecast is 8-14. Latest for home is 4-8, which has steadily edged upward over the past 2 days. We'll wait and see what the GYX night crew thinks.
  21. tamarack
    9.7 miles from my snow stake to the northwesternmost cove of Great Pond, but to my SE, not south.
  22. tamarack
    I think that 75,000-acre "pond" north of Greenville might be frozen over. Maine waterbody nomenclature is a bit different. Growing up in NNJ, we lived 100 yards from a 50-acre "lake", where I did most of my very frequent fishing. Ten miles south of my current residence lies a 9,000-acre "pond". At least it's named "Great Pond", largest of the Belgrade Lakes.
  23. tamarack
    After 3 straight crummy winters, 22-23 and this season might be the "new" climate for our area: Solidly AN temps (and even moreso for precip), SN avg to AN but low ratios and frequent snow-to-rain events.
  24. tamarack
    WS watch posted for northeast Maine, basically east of Rt 11 and down to extreme northern Wash Cty. CAR has that area in the 8-12 color.
  25. tamarack
    The foreground of the field across from our place has that same pattern - my wife said it looked like a mattress pad. Tale of 2 messy storms: Jan 10 Jan 13 SN 9.0" 3.8" LE 1.34" 0.66" RA 0.84" 0.73" Tot 2.18" 1.39" Unlike Dec 18, there was little wind in either event.
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