Quite a few catpaws and some sleet. Little slush on the pavement.
Took the dog behind the house today, about 90% snow covered still and found a tick. Things would survive a nuclear winter.
12z GFS is pretty icy this weekend for Dendrite land after some sleet/snow. Like you said, we get a meso low with a pretty good orientation to back winds more northerly across the interior. Limiting factor is the crappy airmass
MHT closed out Dec -6.1F/17.9" snow. CON -5.2F/12.7" snow.
MHT seems total seems little high but they have an on-site observer last I knew. Respectable month though for SNH despite the missed opportunities.
Hanging tough down here. Maybe we erode it some down here ahead of the front, but its gonna be a grind. 3k and hrrr keep MHT in the mid 30s now. Maybe we get a quick pop to 40 along the front.
The salt usage is an interesting debate. Studies show far more is used than is needed, leading to increasing environmental impacts. On the other hand, it can be snowing 1"/hr and people are still blasting road conditions on social media.
93 goes between Canobie Lake and Cobbetts Pond here in Windham and both have elevated chloride levels.
Hrrr is also on the southern edge of guidance with the initial waa burst. Nam/euro are further north with the bulk of it and have alot less qpf from SNH southward
Skeptical of the HRRR, but verbatim the 12z run is 3/4" qpf as freezing rain across SNH. My guess is its a little too cold, and itll be a faster rise to around 32 for many. But, something to montior today.
That early Dec system set a pretty steep gradient locally. Im at 12.5" but a couple miles west/north the Hudson coop and MHT are 14-16". Follows the theme of the past few seasons. Hopefully turns around and you get a CF or deffy band jack in Jan.
Next week is probably a loss, but theres still some chance for atleast some overrunning leading up to Christmas. Nice little system christmas eve on the euro and deep cold christmas day.