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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.

Normal? Yesterday's 1° BN broke a 21-day run of ANs, and January is still 7° AN. Storms obviously can cut despite any antecedent temps, but we'd have a better chance if the thermometer looked more like January. There's even a chance that we never get below zero this month. -4 in 2002 is the mildest monthly minimum so far. (Avg is -22 and median -23.)

We were visiting at the time so I shared their disappointment. Then found out we'd had a 20" blizzard at home, best January snowstorm of my life, had I been there. (Got home about 12 hr after final flakes, then to do all the snow removal.)

Farmington (midnight obs) 6-7: 14"/26" This is the strange number. My place (9 PM obs) 6-7: 6"/18". Had S+ at 9 so prob. 12" by midnight, 12" after. New Sharon co-op (7 AM obs): 23" on 12/7.

And the grandkids in SNJ were overjoyed at the 12-16" forecast, until it verified at 1.5" which was gone 3-4 hours after final flakes.

Surprising bit of snow in the pre-dawn, 1.0" of 40:1 fluff though I rounded LE up to 0.03" - covers the dusting that fell 7-8 AM after I cleared the board. If wxeyeNH's request of 1/3 of the Kuchera fantasy were to verify, I'm all done thru 1/24 as that map had me at about 3". 06z GFS dumps about 1.5" of low 40s RA over the weekend and the ever-retreating cold has moved completely beyond 384; all 16 days show AN minima, ranging from a few degrees to 20+ during the deluge. In other trivia, yesterday's mean temp was 1° BN, stopping the AN run at 21 days. (And leaving me wondering how long before the next BN.)