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Turn MWN into Katahdin southwest?

Mid teens here with all the wind, but milded up quickly the next day. Places like Jackman barely made it out of the singles.

The 1998 event was elevational in that part of NH. While Gorham had mostly rain and MWN had rainy 40s (at the time their mildest Jan temp), forests between 1500 and 2500 got crushed. In Maine that 1500-2500' area got mainly IP; the real damage was in central Maine/Downeast under 1000'. Meanwhile Aroostook had temps mostly in the teens with ~20-25" of 8:1 snow over a 5-day period.

Then went home had changed their undies.

Here it was 2010. Jan 1 thru May 5 averaged +6.2, capped by those first 5 May days with highs averaging 78°. Leaf out was at least 3 weeks ahead of usual, then May 11-13 had lows of 22/26/25. I'd not planted anything yet, so the garden was safe, but new growth on ash, oak, apple and some maples was fried - trees had to set new buds and start over. It was the 2nd year in 3 that we had about zero from our 3 apple trees. (In 2008 a cedar harvest across the road had attracted dozens of deer. When that cafeteria closed in late Feb, all the critters came to my place and with 40"+ of solid pack to elevate them, they trimmed essentially every bud.)

I count exactly one from New England at present, the fellow from Monson (Maine) who occasionally chips in on snowmobile discussions. Northern NNE may bag a foot of paste between now and Monday, but I anticipate mostly cold rain with catpaws for here.

Probably the latter at my locale. Yay

There's some gravel roads in town that look like that. Fortunately the 2000' of gravel between pavement and home is good material and just slimes the top inch or two until the frost is melted out of the top 6". Fit for light traffic only - a loaded log truck would quickly make a our road look like PF's pics.

Or 2016. Our pack went to "T" on 3/17 that year, 2 days earlier than in 2012. (And 3 days later than 2006, our earliest melt-off.)

Ones I've had in the past recommended April thru June for fertilizing woody shrubs/trees. Gives the boost in the early season and allows plants to set buds well before frost.

A bit behind here, though the 12" at the stake is 5" below my 3/21 average. Need some mild and dry to extinguish the pack so I can dig the overwintered carrots - Bolero variety gets sweeter when stored in the ground until spring.

You might get a few inches of white at the start and finish of the Wed-into-weekend mess. Maybe enough RA here to move the ice jam in Farmington.

Sizable ice jam on the Sandy in Farmington, right under Center Bridge (Rt 2). Stretches out of sight both up and downriver, so at least 2,000'. Not tall enough to flood much, but as the flow from the thaw/rain has peaked, the ice is settling onto the river bottom to await the next extended torch or big rain. Probably won't amount to much in the end but could get interesting if the late week storm brings a pile of rain. Pack down to 12" with some wet spots in the woods down to leaves, and most fields are bare or patches.

Had read that he had passed but none of the details. Went from throwing the Maz gopher ball to the 1-0 shutout of the Giants 2 years later. Another Yankee steal from their KC "farm team".

61 and eating snow yesterday, upper 30s with dz today. Hope your cataract surgery goes great. Had both eyes done - 2 months apart - in 2018, and my distance vision improved to 20/20. Eschewed the near-vision laser option, as I've been using reading glasses since the early 1990s. Also because, unlike the fully-covered basic operations, I'd have had $2.5k per eye out of pocket.

88% of our snow comes in the 4 months DJFM. The cumulative percentages below are probably similar to others here, though the farther south the more dominant Jan-Feb tends to be. Since I'm only on winter # 24, my numbers are "live" and adjust with each month's entry.) Month Snow Cum SN Cum % OCT 0.63" 0.63" 0.7% NOV 4.72" 5.35" 6.0% DEC 18.75" 34.10" 27.2% JAN 19.62" 43.72" 49.4% FEB 22.87" 66.59" 75.2% MAR 16.70" 83.29" 94.1% (Last year's 0.1": total didn't help.) APR 5.10" 88.39" 99.8% MAY 0.15" 88.54"

Retention is also a significant part of my winter opinions, and barring a major white surprise, we'll finish BN again this year. However, SDDs are already 200"+ ahead of 20-21 and only 73 from the median of 1,444. The current average of 1,774 will slide down by about 10 or so after the books close on 21-22. Unless it turns cold with maybe some flakes, this morning's 16" pack won't last into April. 15 of 23 winters have lasted into that month and 2 others made it to 3/31. Bad winter but already 14" more SN than last one's ratter (though also nearly 2' BN). C'est la vie. 54 yesterday, going for 60+ today? I'm guessing warmth and rain means the Sandy River sheds its ice Sunday or Monday, should be little (not zero) chance of jamming as it's being eaten away from below.

Most our neighbor has seen in the (still-snow covered but with bare patches after today) field across the road is 15. We've had the Gang of Four - 2 large deer and 2 small ones - rotating clockwise thru our woodlot and the one across the road on a 3-4 day cycle all winter. Only interruption was when they were cleaning up the hundreds of drops from the apple trees, after hunting season of course.

Geese in the fields in Farmington this AM, about on schedule. Those critters gamble hundreds of flying miles on being correct about the weather.

The other side of that is the rare snowless early December in Fort Kent on a drizzly afternoon. Seems to be getting dark at 2:30.

April 2016 was the near-final kick in the teeth for that ratter, as we had cold clouds while SNE snowed. (And not as cold as ORH by a lot) Then in May another nudge as we were a bit too far south for the mid-month surprise. 96-97 in Gardiner had average snow but meh storms, none bigger than 8". Had the lesser northerly storm drop 7.5" on 3/31-4/1, worst homeward commute of my 2 years of Gardiner-Farmington drives.

That could result in a very confusing mosaic of differing time zones. One silly example: My younger brother has a main residence in FL near Canaveral and a 2nd home in AL. If those 2 states choose differently, Eastern FL might be on EDT while AL is 2 hr later on CST. Or maybe I've got the choices reversed and both the homes are on the same time, as EST = CDT.

Indiana's a bit weird, as about a half dozen western counties are in the Central zone and the remainder in Eastern. We have family in both Hawaii and Japan and neither practice DST, so when planning Skypes with our son/DIL in Nagoya we ponder "Is it 13 hours difference or 14?"

Trying each option and adjusting as necessary makes sense. When I had spinal fusion at C-4 (kind of behind the larynx) 11 years ago, I was sent home with an Oxycodone Rx. Took one at bedtime that first evening, woke up about 2 AM having to swallow 7-8 times a minute with each swallow rubbing the incision site back and forth across the cervical collar I had to wear. About an hour of repeated exquisite pain. Went back to my old Ibuprofin standby. Was very fortunate to have only that one incident and the surgery was totally sucessful. (Fixed spinal stenosis that had reduced my coordination down to where I could barely tie my shoes or walk a straight line.) In other news, 1.2" overnight from 0.10" LE. trees are dried off now but were gorgeous earlier. Now 5 snow events this month (good) for less than 10" total (back to the midget events of Dec-Jan).

Jan 11-31 ran -8.2 here, which is only 3 weeks but serious cold even for that short a stretch. Then came the February rollercoaster, with 7-8 "rides" of +/- 50°, either overnight drops or rises from morning to the next day's afternoon, headed by the -14 on 2/16 climbing to 51 on the 17th.