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That Parsonsfield cocorahs observer also reported 8.0" on the 4th, so if the 2 obs are accurate (and they seem to be logical to me) that 18.5" total looks like the jack.

27" here for that period, as we got much less from the little events on Feb 24 and 26. An hour of 40:1 feathers late last afternoon brought the storm total to 12.1". Pack was 36" then, settled an inch overnight.

Was brighter here 30 minutes ago. Radar says the northerly patch will send some flakes here, maybe just for show, not accumulation

Starting on the other (2nd) foot?

Snow dropped to scattered flakes about 1:15. Had 7.0" of 15:1 pow after 7 AM for a total of 11.7" with 0.90" LE. (Unless there's a bit from the ULL.) Final 2" was dime-size feathers, probably 20:1 or higher, even though it was a bit moist as the temp approached 32. Stake at 36" and season 87.7, within a few tenths of the season average and the most since 2018-19. All the above in a bit over 9 hours.

Passing 9" here, slight chance the 6-12 forecast busts low, still 26-27° with mod/hvy snow. Stupid gray squirrel tried again, unsuccessfully, to access the bird feeders by launching from 8-9 feet above the pully system, probably at first light when there was an inch or less new. It did manage to dislodge the spreader, so the feeders were hanging almost 3 feet below the upper line. I shoveled a square meter without finding the thing; it likely got catapulted well away from being below the feeders. Stole a spreader from the clothespin bag, will see the first one sometime weeks later. Edit: That clip from NS showed sideways snow, lots more wind than here.

Light wind and 8" here, passing 33" at the stake. Good accumulation despite small flakes and modest ratio. At 4:30 there was <1/4" with lgt snow then S++ 5:30-7:15, probably 4" during that period. Reported 4.7" with 0.44" LE at 7, another 3"+ since then, currently high-end moderate with vis. ~3/8 mile. Was 1/8 mile at 7.

P&C for my area currently is 6-12; the issue here is a sharp qpf cutoff as temps should be fine. The 90/50/10% totals for Farmington are 5/9/17, a wide span for about 12 hours before first flakes. However, just 65 miles north in Jackman those numbers are zero/3/7. Would only take a relatively small wiggle to create a bust - in either direction. I'm glad I worked with trees, as they tend not to move around as much as snowfall bands.

Not always bad - Jan '15 dumped 20" of that stuff on our driveway, 9:1 snow at single-digit temps. (Not that the coming event bears any resemblance to that monster.)

Cat 4?

Odd little 2.7" storm yesterday, but nicer than the forecast 2 days earlier - snow-to-rain and 40°. Snow became light bout 11 AM, beginning a 6-hour period of continuous snow with no accumulation, including 2 hours of lovely nickel-dime feathers 12:30-2:30. Had the temp during those hours been 20s rather than 32-33 (and if it was January not March), we'd have gotten about 2" more. Towns just to our west - Farmington and Temple - had 4-6" but maybe not as pretty as here.

Saw noon news snow maps on 2 channels. Both had 8-12 as tops and for much the same area. However, one had my area centered in the 3-5 color while the other had us in the middle of 5-9. GFS vs. Euro?

Last bit of decent echoes about to move away here. Pic taken 10:45 this morning. May reach the low end of the 3-5 forecast though it's settling as it falls.

Wet snow equals grabby slush piles and when packed it behaves like Crisco. 2" here. Snow had become very light until a good band about 10:45. The view beyond the birches is about 1/4 mile, and the trees across that field are barely there.

Mildest DJM here, only 25 years POR and just 0.2° above 15-16. March 16 was +3 so if this month is +2 or cooler the DJFM (the snow months) record stays with 15-16.

Not winter's biggest (It's currently 3rd) but perhaps the nicest to clear since the 8.0" had only 0.51" LE, ratio 15.7-to-1. 22-23 is now ahead of the previous 2 winters (52.5, 67.1) with 73.3". Maybe we break the 3-winter run of BN snow? Only need about 15" more. February 2023: Avg Max: 30.4 +1.2 Highest: 49 on the 16th Avg Min: 8.0 +1.8 Lowest: -22 on the 4th, also lowest max at 1°. Avg Mean: 19.2 +1.5 Precip: 1.73" 1.32" BN Most in a day: 0.39" on the 28th. Snow: 16.3" 6.3" BN Most: 6.5" on the 28th. Have not had all 3 met winter months AN since 2008-09. Avg Depth: 21.1" 1.7" AN Ranged from 19" mid-month to 27" as the month ended. The month was characterized by frigid wx at start and finish but substantially AN temps between. The Arctic blast on 3-4 set some WCI records, in particular at MWN. The other character was a bunch of tiny to small snow events during the first 27 days - 9 separate events totaling only 9.8" with none greater than 2.5". Temp whiplash: 1-7: 6.3°, 9.1 BN 8-22: 29.1°, 10.9 AN 23-28: 9.7°, 11.3 BN

Exactly - for about 20 hours.

1.5" between 9 PM and - 1 AM? Total is 8.0" with 0.51" LE, 15.7-to-1 fluff. Now 28" at the stake, will probably settle 2-3" by this evening.

Approaching 4" with moderate snow and mid 20s, should easily hit the 5-9 forecast, nicer than the recent bunch of underperformers.

1/2" of 25:1 fluff at 7 AM, currently lgt SN with about 1". Latest P&C adds up to 5-9" but we remain in the advisory color. Farmington's "most likely" is 7" which is an inch below warning criteria in the foothills/mountains. NNJ town where I grew up reported 6", probably tripling (or more) their season total. Unfortunately, the grandkids in SNJ had only RA with maybe a few IP at the start.

That was my ratio, too, but only 0.02 LE. Temps month have run in 3 streaks: 1-7 were all BN, avg 9° BN; 8-22 had only one BN day and averaged 11° AN; 23-27 thru today with its -12 low is running 13° BN and tomorrow's probable near-average will make the month's final 6 days about -11. Month should finish 1-1.5° AN.

We'll take high-end advisory - Farmington most likely is 6". Forecast is 4-8" where I grew up in NNJ, which would quintuple season snowfall there, but zero for the grandkids in SNJ - both storm and season.

Only 0.4" here but it finished with nice dendrites that really sparkled this morning. Now at 65.3" which is an inch BN for season to date. The 22" dump in Dec pushed the yearly average to 88.6". Feb will finish well BN even if we get 6"+ tomorrow - currently at 9.8" while avg is 22 - but early March offers some good prospects.

Forecast was for only 1", received about 1/4". Nine snow events this month and still <10" total

Cloudy since 10 AM but subzero dews are eating anything that falls.