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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.

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.

First flakes at 11:50.

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.

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.

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.

9.7 miles from my snow stake to the northwesternmost cove of Great Pond, but to my SE, not south.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If they could get to the place, and if they wouldn't care whether they could see the field. Tonight Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. Low around 23. Windy, with a west wind 30 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible. Sunday Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. High near 25. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible. Sunday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. Low around 14. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible. M.L.King Day Snow before 10am, then snow showers likely, mainly between 10am and 4pm. High near 20. Breezy, with a southwest wind 17 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%

Last January was +8.8; thru yesterday we're running +4.0, though today will kick that up by about 0.7°.

Hyperbole much? Dec. 23 was 0.07° hotter than Dec. 22, and Jan to date is running 4.5° less hot than Jan. 23. I'd it's not IMBY, then I don't care. I'd rather watch the game. Might be able to see nothing but snowflakes.

Peak accum 3.8" at 12:10 PM, with 0.66" LE. Changeover was in progress as I took the core, but only a trace of liquid at that time. Lgt RA at present.

Read that PWM peaked 12:06 PM, at 14.57 ft, 0.40 above the previous record. Peak must be 1.5-2 hours later at Pit 2. (It's about 4 hr behind PWM at AUG.)

3.5" at 11:30, lots of teeny snow-things at noon.

2" in 45 minutes at RUM, 1" at home, best snowsquall since we moved from Fort Kent in 1985. (Unfortunately, that event brought the last flakes of powder here for the 09-10 snow season.)

About 2" new, moderate snow falling almost vertically, upper 20s.

I wonder how high the water got on Dec 19 or 20, as the Kennebec peaked art 167k cfs, about halfway between the record (232k cfs in 4/1987) and 3rd place. Dews have dropped considerably today, now in the mid-teens. Might delay significant snow as the dry air gets overcome, but also might delay the changeover to RA. I'm guessing 4-5" here plus 1/4-1/2" wet.

After clogging the snowblower before it went 5 feet in the slushiest part, I parked the machine and, fortunately, was able to have the driveway plowed. (1st driveway-plow since moving into our first house in 1977, in Fort Kent.) The ice was left after plowing the slush and that night's below freezing temp.

You might change your mind if you had to negotiate our glare ice driveway. It needs some white "gravel", soon. 2-4" cornmeal, packed, would be very welcome.

The Japanese Alps along with the heights in Hokkaido must be in the running for snowiest places on Earth, along with Rainier, Baker and the mts behind Sitka and Juneau.

My hope is for some snow that the grandkids in SNJ can play in. The only accumulating snow they've seen since 2021-22 led to needing a short tow in Jay as they headed back south following an 8-day visit here.

Average temp here for Jan 24 is 25/3, so it might be AN (slightly) anyway.