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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.

Looks like 1-2" refresher depending on which convective model you look at.

Loaded pattern. Nice eye candy on the ops.

Winding down. Measured 5"...not bad.

19 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Good news is that I'm now over 30" on the season.

You can't combine totals from two locations...that's not fair.  

About 3.5" from both rounds. Nice wintery evening. 32/31

Probably some shuffling back and forth with so much time left. The last few years of coastal failures have left me a bit skeptical. If it looks similar in 24 hours then maybe we're out of the woods with the 'what can go wrong will go wrong' feeling.

I'll take a couple inches and hopefully get the cold to settle in long enough to take advantage of a better pattern for cyclogenesis. Need a double-digit storm region wide soon or we'd be looking at another sub-par snow season.

Op run and all but that GFS run hints at some overrunning chances

Just shy of normal for December at 13.75", which is close to 2020 at 14". That following January was terrible...hoping for a better outcome next month.

Recently came across this site from Hampton NH...some snowstorms of yore: https://history.lanememoriallibrary.org/hampton/history/randall/chap18/randall18_6.htm

4 minutes ago, dryslot said:

This is going to be the first time in about 15yrs, That i'm going to be smelt fishing this early, 7+" of ice on the tributaries from all this cold weather this month, Going out Saturday night to fish the incoming tide, It is fun catching these when there running, These fish are a delicacy, Better then french fries.

Good luck. Used to do this back in the cold winters of the 80s both around here and with my grandfather down in the Quincy MA area. No bob-house...just slumin' it with an ice chisel and a folding chair. Agreed about the eating quality...they are worth the effort.

Up to 41F here this morning and now leveled off around 37-38F with 0.63" of rain so far. Still some coverage in the yard that will likely just turn into a skating rink tonight.