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Nice long walk to town this afternoon. Back yard piles should be all melted out by tomorrow. Looking forward to warmth but it's always delayed being this close to the GoM.

C+

Still not close to normal, but better than the previous two winters. We had a good period of a couple of weeks or so with something resembling deep winter having a solid pack refreshed with occasional minor events.

Thought I'd have at least one more inch of snow to put us over 40 for the season but I'm having my doubts. Long ways to go yet so we'll see. Either way, things modestly improved in the snow department over the last two winters.

Had a great trip to Maine with my daughter.  Skied Mount Abram, Black and Saddleback.  All three were excellent. No lift lines, minimal crowds and fantastic conditions.  All were 100% open.  Saddleback as usual was choked with snow. Can’t really beat it! 

I like dry summers for keeping the mosquitoes at bay but it's just really boring if you want some convection to track or a rogue tropical

Pack is sturdy enough to support my weight so I'm thinking it'll hold on until the end of the week especially if it's cloudy.

I'd love to get in an epic ski week next week at Saddleback and then let the flowers bloom the week after but that's just as likely to happen as a blizzard in mid-September. I also wonder if the US "cold pool" lingers into the summer and we end up with 2009 or worse. 

May end up being the event of the winter with the variety of conditions from the kitchen sink yesterday to the winds today. Felt and looked like some of the peak conditions back in 2015.

Back to sleet. 29/27. Interesting chunk of precip over NYC moving NE...models had a bit of a burst of ice/snow later on.

Still a lot of sleet slamming against the windows at just under 34F. See how quickly those temps drop as this slug of precip moves in.

33/32 with mix of sleet and drizzle. 

Snowing still. 32/31. Picked up 7".

Seems like if we change to rain here it will be pretty brief before possibly changing back to IP/ZR as this pulls away. Wonder if cold drain is under-modeled too for this area anyway. Either way, this pack isn't going anywhere, just don't look forward to the cleanup of concrete in the driveway. 

And actually a fairly stormy/windy system. Haven't had much of that.

Snow winding down as sun breaking out. Just measured 9". Like someone emptied a giant down pillow over the landscape.

Still coming down moderately. Looks like around 7.5". 23/30

Started here. 28/23

Would love the GFS evolution with a big dog just before we head up to Saddleback on the 24th for a few days. Keep things quiet that week with some upslope every day and it'll be nice. 

2 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

I still don’t buy the .5- 75” qpf contours into a chunk of NNE. Seems way to generous
 

This also looks tucky. Classic cold tuck setup that guidance ain’t catching until nowcast. It’s going to yield colder throughout but I also think that will intensify the snow accumulation gradient with highest amount south of pike and much less when you get MA/NH border. The cold tuck will maximize the snow potential for you guys in the south. congrats.
 

 

I bought it already. Expecting 8" here.

3.5" measured just as the sleet and freezing drizzle was starting to move in. Nice crust on top. Didn't quite make it to 32F before temps started falling back this afternoon.

3" last night. Very high fluff factor compare to the Saturday event but same total.

Nice morning. About 2.5” with light snow falling.

Let's lock in the next 8 days on 0z GFS. Lot of happy people with that outcome.

About .5" now since the changeover. 33/32

2" with the clipper. At least we're in double-digits for the season now. Hopefully something a little squally this afternoon.