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Capped off our little trip to Saddleback today. Great conditions with comfortable temps both yesterday and today. Wind was ripping good up high with rime and blowing snow this morning. Somewhat tamer this afternoon.

Perfect at Saddleback with views to MWN

Sunset from Saddleback. Just a bit too cold for comfort on the slopes. Started at -10F this morning and barely got to 10F above. Tomorrow and Wednesday look almost too balmy but we’ll take it.

A winter of nickels and dimes with the end of January storm bringing it to the best snowfall wise since at least 2017-18. Blizzard was a nice exclamation point on the season. Met winter ends with 73" and about -2F.

Glad this fizzled...traveling to Saddleback tomorrow. 

Great storm. Hard to tell what we got here so may have to triangulate with spotter reports tomorrow. WMUR reports 10" for PSM. Front walkway going to have to wait until tomorrow...

Working from home today. This storm is pretty decent…first classic nor’easter in a long while. Periodic bands moving through with some good gusts. No idea what has fallen but measured around 5 inches this morning. Enjoy those getting a shellacking unless you have to drive. 23/22

5 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Had those meso bands set up overnight and sit just to my south/east. Makes sense you ended up with a lot more.

Careful shoveling 

The worst is the front stoop where all the snow pours off the metal roof and piles up. But, it's a Saturday so will take my sweet time with it. 

Tacked on about 1.6 overnight. Call it 6”. Everything plastered.

Measured 4.5" about 30 mins ago. Another round now and more in the pipeline. 33/32

Yeah, 47F here too...warmest since Jan 15. Hoping those cutters get muted toward first week of March. Skiing that week at Saddleback. Let's keep it cold at least until second week.

ICON looking like the GFS for the Saturday system with some snow showers hanging back for a couple of days. Already pretty cold here after a high of 39F today...down to 12F.

Got 5.75" from this with a little coating on top from squalls earlier. Snow blower struggled a bit with the heft of this snow unlike most of the events this season. Actually not far from a normal season at this point.

Just drove my daughter down to Newburyport for the train back to school. What a mess...several cars off 95. Just measured 4". 28/27

41 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

Something that I was just thinking about that we never see here in New England for some reason is ground blizzards. I know that they are super common in the Midwest but is there a reason why we never see them around here? I always thought it would be fun to experience one. Full whiteout conditions with a clear blue sky. We have seen 60 mph winds in the winter before, so I would think that all you would need is those winds to pass over after a cold snowstorm like the one we had last month. Has this area ever experienced something like that before?

I imagine their topography and relative lack of forests allows winds to pick up a lot of snow and blow it long distances without anything to disrupt it. You can see it in pockets around New England when you get into wide open areas and around big lakes.

Nice event for those in the jack zones. Some under the radar stuff still falling with sun burning through the overcast. 24/19

Went to bed with a warning hoisted and woke to light snow and maybe 1/2". Those Cape Ann bands just falling apart on the north side. Snowy Saturday anyway to freshen things up. 19/15

-5.4F. Coldest of the season.

Can't win 'em all...next.

Spotter in Kittery, ME reported 27.8" and looking around the area, I tend to believe it. Ended up with 24" here. Body is sore from cleanup.

Basically non-stop snow since yesterday around 9AM when first flakes showed up. There was definitely some drifting that was messing up measuring last night, but thinking we're about 24" based on local spotter reports in the area. Will do another measure later as still some light stuff coming down. Quite the storm. 15/13 

This has been a pretty constant dumping. Snow is so light it’s just rolling off the roof and piling up at the front door…2015 style.

Thinking we’re probably over 20 now.

Really starting to crank up now. 8F and fluffy light-mod snow.

Glad to see the wealth spread over a wide area. Thinking 18" around here unless we get into a prolonged slot. Certainly biggest event since the December 2019 SWFE.

Missed mostly to the south. 0.75" here.