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Only 6 (17-18) but still a horrible run.

My NNJ home average 40", current home just shy of 90 and our years in Fort Kent over 130. Yet that 5-year period in NNJ had big storms like no other time I've experienced. 3/19-20/1956: 24" 2/15-16/1958: 18" 3/20-21/1958: 24" 3/3-4/1960: 18" 12/11-121960: 18" 1/19-20/1961: 20" 2/3-4/1961: 24" (That 60-61 winter also had a 10-12" paste bomb on 3/23 with most falling in 4 hours, also a cold rain on 5/27 that had a few pingers.)

Same here, 26.5" on 3/14-15/1984 in Fort Kent. Reached 24.5" at my current residence on 2/22-23/2009, also 24" five times - one here, one in FK and 3 in NNJ between 3/56 and 2/61. (That 2/3-4/61 depth involves guesswork due to high winds. A nearby site recorded 27".) 2nd straight January with both temp and snowfall AN. Last January was almost +9 for temps; this month will probably finish between 2 and 4 AN.

That piqued my curiosity, as we were solidly BN for 2017-18 and even moreso in 2018-19, in which the 4 coldest months were all BN. 2016-17 was AN for DJM but slightly BN for DJFM thanks to March being 5.1° BN.

99% of this season's tree damage came on Dec 18. We get a gust to near 50 every few years, but that day the gusts continued from 10 AM thru 2 PM.

First 7 hours brought 3.5" and it looked like an underperformer. Then 2" more 7-9 PM and light stuff past 10 for a total of 5.7", right in the 5-9 forecast. Dry powder but only 9.7-to-1 ratio; probably less than 8:1 until the evening feathers.

Better bands are mostly to my south (and west, and east, and north). Adding to the dense pack, however. Barring a record (and long) thaw, we should have snow OG thru late March.

My wife just got back from Farmington and said the roads are awful in this Franklin (County) too. I thought with temp near 20 and discussions yesterday we would get high ratios. Have not taken a core but walking in the stuff suggest maybe 8:1 sand.

Maybe 1.5" here with S- and tiny flakes. Forecast this morning gave a 90% chance of reaching 4" and an "expected" of 7". We probably won't approach the 7 and I'm not too confident of reaching the 4 - latest map has 1" after 7 PM. On the bright side, this one won't turn to rain and mess.

First flakes at 11:50.

March 2018 had 4 huge storms, 1-2, 7-8, 13-14 and 21-22. I can't recall another month with that many biggies. We whiffed on 1 and 4, totaled 3 feet from 2 and 3. Dec-Jan are +5 so far, but I'd guess by month's end, Jan will be in the +2-3 range, and that's plenty cold up here for snow, if things break right. And BN temps don't always mean a lot of snow - 2004, 2013 and 2014 were all BN and they're the 3 least snowy of 25 Januarys here.

AFC games were as expected, NFC not so much, come within a late score of dogs going 3-for-3. The Cowboys' playoff miseries aren't that much of a surprise, but no one expected the 10-1 Eagles to crash, and lose 6-of-7. And getting blown out by a team that needed a week 18 win to even be in the game. The Philly DC needs to teach the guys how to tackle.

When I use the confused emoji, it means that I was confused. ymmv. This storm grows up in N. Maine - CAR forecast is 8-14. Latest for home is 4-8, which has steadily edged upward over the past 2 days. We'll wait and see what the GYX night crew thinks.

9.7 miles from my snow stake to the northwesternmost cove of Great Pond, but to my SE, not south.

I think that 75,000-acre "pond" north of Greenville might be frozen over. Maine waterbody nomenclature is a bit different. Growing up in NNJ, we lived 100 yards from a 50-acre "lake", where I did most of my very frequent fishing. Ten miles south of my current residence lies a 9,000-acre "pond". At least it's named "Great Pond", largest of the Belgrade Lakes.

After 3 straight crummy winters, 22-23 and this season might be the "new" climate for our area: Solidly AN temps (and even moreso for precip), SN avg to AN but low ratios and frequent snow-to-rain events.

WS watch posted for northeast Maine, basically east of Rt 11 and down to extreme northern Wash Cty. CAR has that area in the 8-12 color.

The foreground of the field across from our place has that same pattern - my wife said it looked like a mattress pad. Tale of 2 messy storms: Jan 10 Jan 13 SN 9.0" 3.8" LE 1.34" 0.66" RA 0.84" 0.73" Tot 2.18" 1.39" Unlike Dec 18, there was little wind in either event.

If they could get to the place, and if they wouldn't care whether they could see the field. Tonight Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. Low around 23. Windy, with a west wind 30 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible. Sunday Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. High near 25. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible. Sunday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Areas of blowing snow. Low around 14. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible. M.L.King Day Snow before 10am, then snow showers likely, mainly between 10am and 4pm. High near 20. Breezy, with a southwest wind 17 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%

Last January was +8.8; thru yesterday we're running +4.0, though today will kick that up by about 0.7°.

Hyperbole much? Dec. 23 was 0.07° hotter than Dec. 22, and Jan to date is running 4.5° less hot than Jan. 23. I'd it's not IMBY, then I don't care. I'd rather watch the game. Might be able to see nothing but snowflakes.

Peak accum 3.8" at 12:10 PM, with 0.66" LE. Changeover was in progress as I took the core, but only a trace of liquid at that time. Lgt RA at present.

Read that PWM peaked 12:06 PM, at 14.57 ft, 0.40 above the previous record. Peak must be 1.5-2 hours later at Pit 2. (It's about 4 hr behind PWM at AUG.)

3.5" at 11:30, lots of teeny snow-things at noon.

2" in 45 minutes at RUM, 1" at home, best snowsquall since we moved from Fort Kent in 1985. (Unfortunately, that event brought the last flakes of powder here for the 09-10 snow season.)