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Exactly the same as here.

Still 4" here, which will be white pavement when the temps fall. And still enough frozen on the driveway to bring out the wood-ash bucket tomorrow. Looks like the serious RA is done for us, some light stuff for another hour or 2.

Had 2.02" thru 7 this morning with some moderate RA since, and temp never got past mid-30s. Nearly all the snow washed off the trees after nearly a week of winter wonderland, but the 2' icicle is still hanging from the end of the gutter. Saw some 50+ gusts reported from BHB and a 53kt gust out on Mt. Desert Rock.

Some Maine sites I've tracked show about 3-3.5° rise during that time, most of it in the current century. However, picking 1970 as the start may overstate the longer-period rise, as those Maine sites were the same or milder in the 1940s than in the 70s. Still, 3°+ in 80 years is dramatic.

Light rain arrived about 3:30, somewhat thinning the fog, which was about 1/16 mile most of the day. Temp 33-34 as the inversion holds for the moment.

$0s to 50+ in S, Maine/NH and still hanging in the 20s here. Cloudy and raw feeling despite little/no wind. Trees have lost some snow to gravity but none to wind/temp.

First pic - elastic snow? Second - Toolshed hiding behind snow-loaded apple trees.

12/17/73 redux? Early evening conditions: BGR 56°, 3" RA NYC 25°, ZR NNJ 15°, IP

Here November and April are much the same, except for biggest storms. December averages more than March but March has more big storms, even though Dec's top 3 are above anything in March. November April Avg: 4.6" Avg: 4.8" 1. 13.0", 26-27/2014 1. 18.5", 4-5/2007 2. 9.7", 23/2011 2. 15.1", 1-2/2011 3. 7.1", 27-28/2018 3. 11.2", 12-13/2007 4. 7.0", 17-18/2002 4. 8.5", 9-10/2020 5. 6.0", 13/2018 5. 5.2", 15-17/2007 (with ~5" RA as well) December March Avg: 18.9" Avg: 16.9" 1. 24.0", 6-7/2003 1. 19.9", 7-9/2018 2. 22.0", 16-18/2022 2. 19.0", 30-31/2001 3. 21.0", 29-30/2016 3. 16.5", 13-14/2018 4. 15.5", 21-22/2008 4. 16.0", 22-23/2001 5. 13.2", 14-15/2003 5. 15.5", 14-15/2017 Next: 12.4" this week Next: 14.5",14.0", 13.5", 13.3" 10 events 10"+ 14 events 10"+ (in one less year)

Always dries up before reaching here. Latest info means maybe mid-30s gusts here. We've had only one event that brought gusts stronger than 40-45 since May 1998, a near-severe TS in June 2005 that had a 30-second spell of (probably) mid-50s - rain-mist filled with twigs and numerous large aspen broken down.

Taken thru our SW-facing window (screen and all) this morning. Not as pristine as on Tuesday and Wednesday, but still amazing for the 4th day after snowfall ended.

Canon's battery is flat, now on the charger. It did well to allow yesterday's pics.

Well-seasoned oak, hard to beat, but that species is uncommon here thanks to preferential harvests in the distant past. Whoever owns our woodlot after we're no longer around will have greater amounts of oak, as I've had fun releasing the numerous saplings from the popple and red maple. When you sit back and think about it, the amount of days and weeks and months we waste of possible snow waiting for that elusive pattern change to kick in really is amazing. All the tracking, all the 10 days that keep getting pushed back.. just happens so often.. and before you know it Tip is posting about warm car seats and sun angle on Feb 10.. and then Morch hits Bring it on - Morch is a winter month here. This past winter the month was 3.5° AN but had 27.9" snow, and that with being only grazed by the mid-month paste bomb.

I wish. Only camera I might've had back then would be a Polaroid Swinger - nearly the size of a breadbox and took 2"x3" pics that tended to curl severely. (And probably if saved would be so yellow-brown after 60 years that nothing could be seen.)

Nudging 20. Yesterday's max was 23 and we should top out in that vicinity. It was the first day with 50+ HDDs, my threshold for "winter cold".

Takes lots of wind to topple bare-limbed hardwoods. I've seen it happen only twice - the Nov 1950 Apps gale and the frigid NW blasts of 12/31/1962. That latter event, the backside winds from the blizzard that ate BGR, probably gusted 70+. It smashed plate glass windows, uprooted 2-ft diameter oaks from semi-frozen ground (temps that day were 5/-8 at our NNJ place), and created 5-ft deep drifts from the 2" of paste that fell late on 12/29. We could see the gusts coming by the clouds of snow obscuring the upwind trees. Reached -8 this morning and might approach that again tomorrow. This is the 3rd straight day with essentially no wind. I can't remember having the trees remain this snow-loaded this long. Some high clouds drifting in but most of the morning was pure blue seen between the snowy branches. Spectacular.

Hoping for big CAD Sunday night - won't turn rain to snow but would tone down the furnace Pic is looking down the unmaintained road just past the house. Note the pulley for our clothesline. No sled tracks since the storm, though one went by on much less snow after the Nov. 22 event.

First single-digit low this morning, down to 1°. I think our pack will take a hit Sun/Mon but will survive, especially as that snow -eater storm's appetite seems to be lessening, per recent models. Trees remain loaded though a decent wind would make it look like a blizzard. Looking down our road yesterday afternoon, the house is beyond this view.

That works fine for Special Agent Gibbs. Had 1.7" of 25:1 fluff from the IVT, much more than usual for those things here, for an event total of 12.4". Some Franklin County sites had upwards of 15".

BGR milder than any place outside of FL, HI, TX and SoCal. Of course. (But the Grinch won't waste his efforts 2 weeks too soon.)

I've used the ubiquitous 6-lb maul since installing a little Jotul in our first house, in 1977, though only for about 1/4 of our wood the past 4 years, with the rest purchased cut-and-split. That 1st maul had a hickory handle in a sledge eye and it lasted 3 years. I whittled a sugar maple replacement, which lasted one year, and the same in the following year, before making one from hophornbeam, aka ironwood. used that one for 2 years before my wife - noting the deformed maul head due to pounding on wedges - bought me a new maul, this one with an axe eye in 1984. I wrecked the original handle about 10 years later and handle #2 is still in use about 120 cords later. The old maul, with that ironwood handle, is used for pounding stakes and such. Trees are totally loaded with 10" new snow, which fortunately is about 11:1 ratio so no siggy tree damage.

So far, Franklin County is the winner, just like the mid-Dec dump last year. I don't mind a bit being the county's last place. 12/4/2023 7:00 AM ME-FR-23 Farmington 4.2 NW NA 11.0 NA NA NA NA NA ME Franklin Active | Static 12/4/2023 7:00 AM ME-FR-2 Temple 1.8 W 1.15 10.5 1.02 10.3 : 1 12.0 NA NA ME Franklin Active | Static 12/4/2023 8:00 AM ME-FR-26 Farmington 3.9 N 0.92 10.5 0.92 11.4 : 1 10.5 0.92 9 % ME Franklin Active | Static 12/4/2023 7:00 AM ME-FR-4 New Sharon 2.0 NW 0.84 9.2 0.84 11 : 1 9.0 0.84 9 % ME Franklin Active | Static 12/4/2023 7:00 AM ME-SM-4 Solon 3.9 ESE 0.54 9.0 0.54 16.7 : 1 NA NA NA ME Somerset Active | Static 12/4/2023 7:00 AM ME-KB-53 Readfield 2.0 NNE 0.62 8.0 NA NA 8.0 NA NA ME Kennebec Active | Static 12/4/2023 7:00 AM ME-KB-55 Manchester 0.5 NE 0.95 8.0 0.95 8.4 : 1 8.0 NA NA ME Kennebec Active | Static

If not, he was about the only one. PVD had only 7.9" but BDL/BOX/ORH had 11.5 to 12.5.

Our 55 lb Lab mix wondering when I will clear the driveway. Still some light snow after 9.2" from 0.84" LE. After a trace of rain about 12:15 PM yesterday, it's been light/moderate since then.

Late in Q2 a graphic noted that NE was 1-2 when holding opponents to <10 points, while the rest of the NFL was 50-0. Now 1-3, having scored 19 points in their last 3 games. I'd say their play was offensive but they don't really have one. First inch down, light snow currently.