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For that 3-day event, Central Park recorded 17.5" and 4.43" LE, for a 4:1 ratio. All IP generally runs 3:1 so I'd guess there was some snow mixed in. Still, a horror show for plowing that stuff; roughly the same LE as the 43" dump at Farmington, Maine in the 100-hour storm of 2/69. Nearby stations with 1920 data are scarce - BDL had 2.80" LE at temps well below 32 but the snow data is missing. Two towns near the NJ/NY/PA confluence (Sussex, Port Jervis) each got 12-14" of near 10:1 snow.

75% of average snowfall is pretty bad, 16h of 20 winters here. However, the mid-November powder (7") that kept the ground white into early April was a plus, and we had a decent storm in early January. Beyond that, it was reading about snow to our south.

Only the oaks plus a few aspen hangers-on remaining. Hoping to see white ground tomorrow morning, though on marginal events it's uncanny how much difference 6 miles and 40' elev. (to Farmington) can be. One example was May 2002, when they had 3" and we had 0.3" , from similar qpf.

And S. Franklin now has an advisory (1-3/2-4, 1st snow of season WWA.) P&C gives no accum for MBY, 1"+ 6 miles west in Farmington.

Similar to 09-10 for snowfall, but could hardly be more different for temps and snow retention. 1"+ OG for 146 days, #2 behind 14-15 for that stat, while 09-10 had but 86 days, tied with 99-00 for 2nd lowest. (Behind 15-16, of course)

Predecessor was a clean whiff here, and the bomb's 4.5" was well below the 10-16 forecast, but was still the 2nd biggest snowfall of our 45 Octobers in Maine.

90% leaf drop here, not an issue unless these events ramp up into feet rather than inches.

Mid-Feb angle by the weekend (nitpick alert), though the SSTs being 15° warmer than mid Feb will also be in play for any wind off the water.

About 30 this morning, with sufficient breeze/clouds that there was no moisture on the vehicles, liquid or frozen. That's twice in 3 days that a low 20s (or colder) forecast was spiked by clouds/wind. Temp had dropped to near freezing by 8 last night and hardly moved between then and 6:30 this morning as I left for work. We try again late week, though if the clouds hold off we could be colder this evening than last.

IMO, 37° RA/wind is more likely than something useful. However, that's how the string of 95-96 coastals began in late Oct, so bring it on. (Without the Jan torch-deluges, please.)

The New Years retro-bomb utterly destroyed 09-10 for Maine, especially northern Maine. CAR was out-snowed by BWI, which I think is a rarer event than '38 or the Octobomb, and the average temp up there for JFMA was farther above their 2nd mildest for that 1/3 year than was #2 from #25 (79 years' record.)

Farmington co-op has recorded 31 Octobers with measurable snow (all 0.5" or greater) in their 125 years of obs. Average snow total for those 31 seasons is 89.83". Average for all 125 is 89.82", so obviously October snow means good winter. Limiting the Octobers to the 26 with 1"+ jumps the average all the way to 90.13".

I still have those same nightmares. By far the ugliest 10" snowfall of my experience, and me with a disabled snowblower (that proved to be un-reparable as the required parts were no longer available.) We had 7.2" snow on Feb 25-26 from 1.81" LE, and by the time I got home from my day-long meeting (had left early for BGR when my 2WD pickup was equal to the 3" new), that snow had been compacted by nearly an inch of that 33-34° RA, resulting in a 7" layer of glop with 2.8" LE on a thawed gravel driveway, loads of fun to move with the scoop. It pushed much more readily thru the 24" dump a year earlier. That 2010 storm came shortly before the midpoint of our string of 46 consecutive days with AN temps.

15"+ on the public lands just west of Greenville. Many acres of (previously nice) young hardwood stands got torn apart by that one.

Late Feb 2010 was another 4-day storm here Feb. 25-26 brought most of our snow while pasting S.VT and the Catskills. Next 2 days brought mainly 33-34° RA/catpaws (on strong NE winds) while NYC got its 21" snowicane at low-mid 20s and the 'Skills got slammed again - some locations there got 4 ft. (There was also a station in the WVA mts that got Catskill-level snow in that event, and also the 2 earlier KU storms, and recorded something like 159" for the month.)

That tower, with 3 more lifts plus cab, used to be in New Gloucester. We took it down about 20 years ago, shipped it to Oquossoc, and had the obs platform built atop the 4 lower lifts. I think the cab may have ended up in Greenville. After the AT and Dodge Point (in Newcastle - midcoast), Bald is probably our most heavily used trail.

That event dumped 43" at the Farmington co-op, boosting the pack to 84", tallest I've found for Maine. 41 years later, to the day, we missed a repeat by 5° or so, getting 9-10" of incredibly sloppy mashed potatoes out of 4" qpf.

Not many places that offer as much gain for as little pain. Plus I have personal reasons for loving that trail/view.

Had upper 20s last evening under partly cloudy skies and still with 5-10 mph breeze. Rose into low 30s by dawn, thanks to the cloud deck - would've made a run at sub-20 if it had been clear. Another chance Sunday night. We've had October teens in 11 of 20 years, though only twice prior to 10/20.

Up close and personal, a cloudy day, even a little light fog, seems to make the brightest trees even brighter. Not good for vistas, of course. I'd give this leaf-color season a B, goodly amount of strong color, perhaps a bit shorter than average. Peaked over the holiday weekend, blew away a few days later. As usual, the sticks still include a few highlights - my favored Sand Hill maple is aglow.

Had 25 yesterday and about the same this morning, as the clouds were delayed (though it's now overcast at AUG.) Both mornings put a skim on the washtub - about time to dump/store it. Odd fog pattern on my commute, as there was a 3-4 mile stretch in Belgrade where dense fog/cloud hovered near treetop level, allowing for clear driving. Only near AUG did the fog reach the ground.

Between the wind and the frosty mornings, foliage around my place went from slightly past peak to 75% leaf drop in 3 days, though nearby places with lower ash component are closer to 50% gone. Still some very bright trees here and there.

I've witnessed just one, BWI in Jan. 1966, but it was impressive - 2"/hour powder at mid-teens during the evening, then 100-yard visibility in SN/blowing snow the next morning as 50-mph gusts played with 15-18" of new fluff. Probably 90% of the city streets were impassable at one point, and I nearly lost my chance to ride the train home to NNJ for semester break 2 days later, as the PRR was way off schedule. The downside was apparent when I returned 8-9 days post-storm, and saw that half the side streets remained impassable for anything w/o 4WD.

Looked like IP, and I was out moving firewood when it fell. Definitely not graupel, might've been some melt/refreeze thingies, but it rattled the leaves and bounced off my sleeves like sleet. However, not all that much fell, so small sample size. 46/28 yesterday with no sun, 1st sub-40 daily mean. Slightly cooler this AM than last.

Today and tomorrow will run 6-8° BN, chilly but nothing out of the ordinary.