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Thought we were cooked when S+ went to IP about 1:20, but 20 minutes later it switched back to fat wet aggregates, another 3/4" in the next hour, stuff so dense you'd have water running thru your fingers while making a snowball. Worlds better than the RA+ we were supposed to be getting from noon on. Strange event - temps on a razor's edge and we happen to be on the good side, so far. Was hoping to hang on to 3" pack, now up to 9.

3.5" with 3" 11:30-1:15 when it changed to IP, with till the odd flake and occasional raindrops. The 3.5" is wonderful snowman material, 6-7 to 1. Now some scattered fatties hurtling down.

Imagine how Jeff would feel - less than 4 feet while Phin gets over 70.

Agree on Hartford. Had some jams on 495 Lowell/Lawrence, not your concern. 81 used to be a mess in construction near Wilkes-Barre but that's finished. IND can be a pain, too. Had to enter home to Scranton then Scranton-DEC to compare with the 90-forever. Kids moved to SNJ 6 years ago so no DEC trips since then. Just increased to to moderate SN but still less than 1". At 11, IZG had 33 and SN, AUG 36 with RA. Don't know how long before we change over.

Even in our relatively low-pop state, any significant IT changes are like stopping a fully loaded supertanker. Cool picture of an American Marten taken in Crawford Notch. Nice to see them making a comeback up in NNE. I believe they were once common in most of New England. Most of the population is up north in Canada now. Most of the population has always been in Canada. However, Maine has a fairly healthy number of marten, possibly the most in the lower 48. (Same for Canada lynx, moose, fisher. Probably close for loons, too. Geography and % of forest land.)

Do you take that route to enrich the Empire State? Our IL trips (to DEC not CHI) go 84-81-80, etc. No tolls west of the Hudson. Mapquest said the Buffalo trail was 9 minutes quicker (for a 1,300-mile drive ), though that time might be squandered on 90 west of Sturbridge. Had 0.2" earlier, nothing during the past 90 minutes. P&C says 1-2" here + 1"+ RA.

Especially at Saddleback.

Latest from GYX: WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches expected above 1000 feet with up to 12 inches possible above 2000 feet. 1 to 3 inches expected on the valley floors. * WHERE...Northern Coos and Southern Coos Counties. South of there is similar except only 8" above 2k.

I anticipate a messy 1-2" atop the current 5, followed by 1"+ RA at 36-38°, leaving 2-3" of armorplate and a driveway suitable for the Bruins to play on. Also, our "upslope" is generally limited to a few clouds.

Better be AP. Anyway, we have Grinches to perform that task.

At the 95% effective rate, a million people vaccinated means 50,000 positives. But that data generates fewer clicks.

Waste of money. You'd be better off spending it at Pittston Farm if you wanted to ride. From Sunday noon thru 384, GFS shows a grand total of 0.04" qpf for my area. Has enough cold to put safe ice on the lakes, at least. Rain followed by weeks of dry cold, everyone's favorite midwinter wx.

Harder than one might think. Neither BOS, BDL or the local co-op has recorded even a 6° departure (pos or neg) during met summer. P&C has 1-2 for me and 2-4 just 6 miles to my west. Either one is more than what things looked like 24 hours ago. Checked for GYX discussion 15 minutes ago and last update was before 11 AM - must be pondering the mess big time. Edit: Finally posted the update at 4:52. Some fine (elevational) lines between nada and birch bender.

Cutting across 5 lanes of the GSP just to pass folks on the right is certainly aggressive and probably exhibits skill, but I wouldn't (didn't) look at that as a positive.

You've got about 50 miles of extra latitude as well as the elevation. Looking better for there than it did a day or two back.

The biggest snowfall of my experience, 26.5" on 3/14-15/1984, had bar. 30.40 at the start and 30.10 at the end (on a cheap instrument). The storm had relatively light wind, but I can't recall another major storm with pressure that high and so little change from start to finish. It came on the heels of very cold HP.

6" paste for Mile Hill at 800', 1" (at most) slush in MBY at 390'.

Our small church had online-only services from mid March into June. Currently we have in-person services with both masks and distancing - seems like the church-related outbreaks are mostly in places that do neither. We also put the Sunday AM service online for folks whose health/preference means they wouldn't attend at this time.

On today's date in 2015 I'd recorded 41.9" of snow for the season and had 10" OG. Not exactly dealing from the same deck so far.

We're in a very low population density area, and this week was the first time any acquaintances caught the virus - a family that had been attending the same church as us but moved to another nearby one last summer. We have good friends in that 2nd church so we'll be alert for future cases there.

06z GFS agrees. Gives me perhaps a 1" starter atop my 5" pack, then 1"+ RA at U30s to 40. Then it shows the first sustained cold of the season but only about 0.05" qpf for the rest of the 16-day. Suppression city? I don't think that forecast will totally destroy our little pack but may leave the driveway needing both 5-gal buckets of wood ashes.

In the city or east (BTV) and west (PWM)? I'm definitely not an urban-preference person - my college years in BWI and BGR confirmed that opinion.

That's certainly true, but this season's Grinch was far out of the ordinary. The 2.54" on 12/25 is my greatest 1-day precip for any day in DJFM, the +29 temp is the largest positive departure for any day, any month, and it was the latest in the season I've seen a 6" pack go to bare ground. Currently have 5-6" but I don't think I'll lose it all Saturday - maybe half the qpf of 12/25 and temps 10-15° less mild.

Same idea for the weather presentations on the PWM network channels. They offer "coastal" and "inland" forecasts, but the latter seem to fit Westbrook and Gorham more than Raymond or LEW.

We like where we are now, but for snow being about 5 miles SE (thus 400'+ higher) would probably add 10-15% to our snow. Example: We got 6" of 4:1 stuff on Dec 5 while Mile Hill had at least 10, based on what was there 4-5 days later.