mreaves

This week is turning out a little better vs. what I was expecting. We didn't get the micro storm you had yesterday but we have had snowcover and sub 30° temps since Saturday night/Sunday morning. I figured we were going back towards some November stick season, doldrums type conditions. Hopefully we can pick our way through the minefield of meh to keep the holiday feel going. Edit to add: I know @dendritewanted to warm up to melt some of the frozen crap off his car etc. but I like the hard pack laid down over my gravel driveway. I hope it remains through the first snowblower worthy storm so I can avoid the machine gun effect.

I guess I get the silver medal with the second highest total, 23.2, right over me.

I remember an event in 2007 between the MLK Day storm that gave us a good, sleety base and the VD storm that crushed us where my area got something like 10" from a lake effect streamer and 3 or 4 miles either side of us got like 3" or 4". It was one of those things where you have to tell people you're not making things up. Stuff like that happens from time to time and as you have pointed out, it's part of what makes the weather so interesting.

24°/17° wind NW18G28 Pretty wintry feeling at KMPV

Not state, province. Apparently he grew up in Labrador or the north of the St. Lawrence in Quebec

Ended up with a little more than 1” on the roof of my car. Didn’t drive it yesterday so that surface stayed cold and was the first place that started accumulating. Pain in the ass scraping it off this morning so my wife could runs an errand. Doors and windows pretty iced up. At least it’s a wintry look for a few days.

Obviously, Alex needs to get you a company 4x4!

St. Agatha?

I figured I must just about be the western extent of the snow, at least this far north. We have maybe an inch, probably just under. I just went down to Montpelier to walk on the bike path and I didn’t have to go far to hit zero snow. Still snowing some here and the roads are starting to get covered.

Ground whitening up here Maybe we’ll get lucky and score a couple of inches.

Finally snow here. Not expecting much but it will brighten things up a bit.

It’s funny, I rarely get anxious about any single event, I get anxious about entire seasons. Will it stay cold enough, can we avoid big meltdowns and cutters, will the snowpack actually be a usable depth etc. when the activities you enjoy have no access to snowmaking, the tenor of a season can be the bigger worry.

That is exactly what I was thinking. Still pre-seasoning my sleds right now anyway

Millinocket might be a good compromise between Jackman and St. Agatha. Easy access of 95, decent hotel options.

Trying to keep the COVID out.

Lol. Pittsburg, NH. That is a tough drive. At least Chateaugay is interstate most of the way.

Where were you for VDay 2007? I had close to 3' here in Barre

The yard is actually coated. Somewhere between a trace and tenth?

Only 1.98" here. Looks like Stein is still beating you down.

Moving from BGM just in time for something like this would be a stab in the back for him.

that culligan guy who moved to Jackson, NH just threw his laptop into the mud in disgust

I think he means eyewall

Like he said, you’re on board for no more wind.

I'll take a quantum of solis please.

That myth surrounds a lot of recreational activities. You can make them as expensive as you want. I golf using irons I've had for nearly 15 years. I snowmobile with sleds that are 8-12 years old and I volunteer and get free trail passes. I know a lot of otherwise retired guys who get jobs at Sugarbush in the winter for the skiing. All of these things can be expensive if you have the latest and greatest technology or have to travel long ways to partake in things. Like you said, there are ways to make things affordable