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  1. Yes!! Mea culpa. Interesting week at Central Park, too. 28 24 0.2 3 31 11 0.3 3.5 11 -2 0 0 7 -6 0 0 9 -2 0 0 9 4 0.23 5.5 11 6 0.47 10.5
  2. State's greatest snowfall, 34", was at Cape May (which has the lowest average snowfall of any NJ town). It was part of the Feb 1989 blast that also notched a -2 at Tallahassee, FL's only subzero temp.
  3. Afternoon high was -16 that day in Fort Kent, with gusts into the 40s.
  4. Shows the north's sharp cutoff. Forecast here was 8-12", verified at 1". Belgrade Village had 8", GYX 18". Christmas 2017 brought 8" of powder but I don't recall that much wind. Best Christmastime storm for me was 12/24/66, 15" with visibility down to 100 yards, and thunder.
  5. Event total 1.97". Our trip to PWM (wife's procedure, which went well) gave us the craziest temp rollercoaster I can recall. We had the warm front three separate times plus an elevational crack of the inversion. The sequence (car temps only before 8 PM): 11 AM: Leave for PWM, 33 with ZR, 0.10" accretion. 1 PM: Arrive PWM, 36 with RA 3 PM: Leave PWM, 55 RA breezy. About 2:15 the 4th floor windows suddenly fogged. WE #1 4:10 PM: West Gardiner toll plaza, 52 and RA Nine miles north: Panera Bread, AUG, 36 and RA 4:45 PM: 5 miles north from Panera, 50 with RA, dense fog WF #2 4:50 PM: Another 3 miles. 37 with RA, fog 5:15 PM: Belgrade Village, 34 with RA 5:30 PM: Top of Mile Hill 500' higher than Village, 44 with RA, dense fog. Hit inversion 5:40 PM: back home 400' lower than previous note, 33 and RA 8 PM: 35 with RA, wind arrives shortly after 9 PM: 50 with wind and RA WF #3 Note: Both the car temp and the indoor reading from outside are a bit milder than the max/min.
  6. We paid $1,150 last May to have an arborist safely cut a 70' tall, 20" diameter rotten-centered basswood with a heavy lean toward our house. The stump is 20' from the back porch and the 3/4 cord of low heat value wood went thru the stove in Oct-Nov. Still lightly glazed twigs but I think it's plain RA now.
  7. Beech has been suffering from beech bark syndrome (exotic scale insect plus exotic fungus) for more than a century. Beechnuts are the premier hard mast in Maine's northerly half, especially for bear. Big beechnut crop means lots of new cubs showing up in the spring. Another exotic moving into new places is balsam wooly adelgid, now being found far from the usual coastal infestations. By number of trees (including seedlings/saplings), balsam fir is Maine's most abundant tree. That species plus red spruce, backbone of Maine lumber production, are also vulnerable to the warming climate.
  8. 12/29/17 was the coldest mean I've had since moving here in May 1998. Its -1/-31 was 36° BN. The week 12/27-1/2 averaged 29° BN, with temp 2/-22. The 15 days 12/25 thru 1/8 ran 21° BN, with temp 9/-14 plus 22" snow. Had 0.15" ZR overnight with 0.1" accretion. Driving to PWM midday for wife's (long scheduled) procedure, should be interesting travel.
  9. GYX has been emphatic that, given current info, this event won't be a repeat of last December 17-18. From GYX AFD PWATs of 1.25-1.4" across the region indicate ample moisture moves into the region, with dewpoints making it into the 50s by the end of the day. These PWATs and dewpoints rival the December 18th flood last year. Despite this comparison, this flood will NOT have the severity of December 2023. This is due to a less favorable upslope enhancement pattern, in addition to the more progressive nature of the upcoming storm meaning the storm will likely move much quicker through New England than what was seen on December 18th last year. For more details, please read the `Hydrology` section. from ‘Hydrology’ Questions have been raised about this event in comparison to last December. This flood will NOT have the severity of December 2023. There is more storage for runoff with low stream levels across most of the region, the storm will be more progressive, and the snowmelt from the mountains will be less.
  10. Do that and it's almost exactly average (29/12 for 12/24) here. I was looking for a repeat of the week following Christmas 2017, a cold snap worthy of the St. John Valley.
  11. Yup, nearest thing to a Maine camp we'll ever own, on 80 acres. Nearest neighbor is 500' away. It looks like a log cabin, but the L.C. Andrews homes are stick framed with 3-sided Northern white cedar logs for the exterior. Built in 1975 (by a first-time home builder and it shows) it has 3x4 studs at 2-foot spacing. By the turn of the century they changed to 3x6; our walls are 7-8" thick so the newer models are really robust. We're at the end of the maintained road (2,000 feet from pavement) though high-clearance vehicles can travel the 3/4-mile of unmaintained if/until the snow gets too deep. 16" at the stick but 2 pickups came thru today.
  12. Agreed. He has some of the same long-term downsides as Raffy. Soto is a significantly better hitter, especially OBP, but both are BN on defense now and likely headed for DH in a few years. However, 15 years is riskier than 11 and RF at the Stadium plays a lot easier than 3rd base. Also, Judge at center helps Soto whether the latter is in RF or LF, while Sox SS aren't covering much for Devers. GYX discussion has the foothills as the most vulnerable to flooding, with RA plus melt progged at 3-5". It helps that fall was dry; last year's flooding was primed by a 2-3" RA one week before the big dog. That's because even after all these years nobody can still seem to grasp the lines themselves don't produce big wind...it is always along the leading edge of the torrential rain. You get a massive gust of wind then a brief lull of quietness then it pours cats and buckets which quickly stabilizes the atmosphere. Apparently, 12/18/23 didn't follow the script here. Our massive gusts lasted 4 hours and began several hours after the heavy rain arrived.
  13. Me too. Nemo was the poster child - a nice 11" here while PWM had 31.9", GYX 26.8"; I think Jeff had 25.5" and AUG 25. A few miles south from AUG, Gardiner had 30.0". (In our 13 winters there, 85-86 thru 97-98, their biggest was 16", though I measured 17.5 for Dec. 20-21, 1995.) Five hours of lgt snow brought 1.6" last night, total to 24.0". By the time the downpour commences, we'll have about 3" SWE in a 15" pack. My guess is that we lose about half; if it all goes, it would bring at least moderate flooding, maybe worse, though GYX has been consistent in contrasting this event with last Dec 18, not comparing.
  14. November numbers: Avg max: 46.4 +4.0 Mildest, 69 on the 1st and 6th Avg min: 29.1 +4.5 Coldest, 14 on the 15th Mean: 37.8 +4.2 2nd mildest November, only 0.1° lower than 2006. Precip: 3.78" +0.44" Wettest (whitest): 1.09" on the 28th Snow: 9.0" +4.0" The 8" storm on 28-29 was a branch breaker (several large pine limbs) as it had 1.44" LE for a ratio of 5.5-to-1. The 6" recorded on the 18th is the greatest on Thanksgiving here.
  15. Happened thrice for me: 12/24/66 in NNJ (didn't believe it possible until the 2nd boom). 11/21/89 in Gardiner and 2/10/05 here in New Sharon. Spacing would say that #4 was coming soon. (Of course, like TCs, spacing means nothing.)
  16. Measured 3.5" at 7 AM, 0.22" LE, and some light snow continues - maybe another 2-3 tenths. Pack at 16" but the top half is high ratio and vulnerable to warmth and RA.
  17. My little Ranger would be all but helpless with all-seasons, especially for getting up our driveway (all uphill) and nearby Mile Hill, a 300' elevation climb in that mile (with about 200 yards of 8-10% grade near the top) and with a sharp curve at the bottom. Good snows and a couple hundred pounds of firewood over the rear axle is good medicine.
  18. He resembles the evening news, but instead of "If it bleeds, it leads" we see "If it's toast, he'll post." The 18.3" total snowfall YTD trails only 2018 and 2014, and the pack since the Wednesday night surprise (3-to-6 became 3-plus-6) is tops for 27 Novembers here. 15-14-13 past 3 days. Morning low here was 2 and if the clouds hadn't arrived, we'd have dropped below zero as it was 5° at 10 last night with bright stars. Season's first measurable (1") began about 8 hours after we set out Tuesday for SNJ and T-Day with family. Neighbor had 8" Thursday night, supported by local cocorahs reports (10+ in Farmington) and the catch bucket for the 2 events held 1.85". I hope folks talking total wipeout from the midweek bath. It would probably take 3"+ of near 50 RA to take out the 2"+ SWE (plus tonight and maybe some Monday night) in the current pack. Were that to occur, we'd have moderate flooding and only the dry autumn would prevent worse.
  19. No snow in Gloucester County, NJ. We had a super time and for the first 380 miles on the return it was a slick as ever. One mile from the Piscataqua bridge we hit the jam - crash on the bridge, southbound lane, and we s-l-o-w-l-y detoured to Rt 1. Finally, after 95 minutes, we reached Maine on the drawbridge and as we crossed, we noted that I-95 had opened and all the cars that had been behind us were now flying ahead at 60 mph. The jam southbound was still back to Mile 5 on the Pike as we headed north. Next door neighbor reported 8" on T-Day; what time did the snow start at your place? When we reached home, in 12.5 hours instead of 10.5, we found 5-6" of crunchy stuff almost able to hold us without sinking. Wednesday's 3-6" forecast then turned into 3+6 (9.3" of 14:1 moist fluff) with 8" coming 9 PM thru 5 AM Thursday. Still 13-14" at the stake
  20. So "right thru the goalposts" but under the crossbar? Looks like our first snow here will be while we're in SNJ where it will be RA. Maybe we can get caught in a storm when we return on Dec 3 or 4. On our first visit a few weeks after they moved there from DEC in Jan 2015, we delayed the northerly drive from Jan 27th to the 28th, thus avoiding the 30"+ blizzard in SNE. Got home about 6 PM to find 20" of single digit sand that wouldn't pack underfoot but made our feet slide sideways - missed the most powerful January snowstorm that has hit where I was living at the time.
  21. We lose out from downsloping too, but we also save a lot of snow, both in the air and on the ground, through CAD. Maybe the clown maps don't account for that?
  22. Two more clown maps with a snow hole east from the Whites (including my area, of course). I've seen that phenomenon far too often to think it's merely random. Fortunately, things rarely turn out so poorly here. (Especially last March-April) Event total 1.77" thru 7 this morning, month total 1.92". Saw a few catpaws at 750' on Weeks Mills Road this morning, all RA at 390' at home.
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