zoe456 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Last gasp of heavy snow in Yarmouth, Maine. I'm only up because the power cycled off and back on again. Giving it a 50-50 that I'll have power later this morning. All the trees are absolutely caked with snow; some large pines' lower limbs touching the ground. Winds are quite gusty. Looking at radar I think this is the last heavy gasp now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 26 minutes ago, MaineJayhawk said: 0.1" the last hour, and that's a wrap! Snow up to thy knickers ... 25.7" final tally Ginxy would've been in heaven with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 All hail king Euro! SPC mesoanalysis H7 low. Closed off NE of PWM. Euro initialized 28.12z. H7 closed off just NE of PWM. GFS was over Sunday River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Just now, sbos_wx said: Someone social media is reporting 31.8 in Cumberland, ME. Doubt that pretty strongly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Someone on social media is reporting a foot of heavy wet snow in Cumberland Maine. They saw heavy rain earlier today and then picked up a foot of snow after. No power they say too. Trees are falling over around their house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Just now, OceanStWx said: Doubt that pretty strongly. Deleted it as fast as possible. That was temp. My bad dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Pretty amazing WV image right here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Last post in a row: At most recent check 67K without power in Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, sbos_wx said: Deleted it as fast as possible. That was temp. My bad dude I was going to say. Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 those one inch reports for my area must be northern/eastern parts of town...I am not even sure if I had .1 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Ramping up here in N. Aroostook now..winds blowing good too..got about 10 inches on the ground. Approaching blizzard conditions-visibility way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 1 minute ago, codfishsnowman said: those one inch reports for my area must be northern/eastern parts of town...I am not even sure if I had .1 here What did Kevin end up with?? He was thinking he would get 4 or 5 inches and there would be some surprises with this one. I think it was a total bust in CT with regards to snow on this one. Which I was thinking would be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 33 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: I was going to say. Ha So this is how sick I am. I went to my car once I saw the rain snow line falling back to Boston and intended to drive around the city. Then all of a sudden... BOOM. The thundersnow sent me into some kind of weenie rage because next thing I knew I was 95 toward Maine. Before I knew it I was in the middle of a three way weenie pants tent with Ray and Corey P on the phone for about 15 minutes talking about the storm. Right as I was deciding whether or not to head into the storm, the 8 inch an hour report came in. Then Eric had 4" in an hour. That sealed the deal. It was all good until about Portsmouth. The road had become snow covered and rather treacherous due to the layer of rain under the snow. It got a lot easier as I caught up to a large group of slow moving traffic and plows. They then exited the highway after the bridge crossing into Maine and things went downhill fast. I made it one exit up (17) and parked behind the Stonewall Kitchen building to take a break. The snow only continued to pick up. I decided to try and get back on 95 N and head toward interior York county. Snow growth was off the charts for this entire time period until I exited Maine hours later. Just pouring half dollars out of the sky. I could barely see anything and I was becoming worried about the status of the road in front of me with the excessive totals. It was becoming obvious that the storm was going to continue to dump several inches an hour as I continued North toward Biddeford. The best option was getting off the highway at exit 19 and heading up 109 to Sanford. It seemed like the worst of the snow was about to pull out of Wells. If the side roads were doable I wanted to try and reach Waterboro and Hollis to see some of the more extreme totals but it was soon obvious that was a bad idea. Rt. 109 was barely plowed. If I didn't have an SUV or capable vehicle I'd probably be off the road still. I was forced to travel under 30 for the entire drive to Sanford. The gradient between Wells and Sanford was incredible. There was probably 6-10" in Wells at the time. In that 11 mile drive snow totals increased to what appeared to be 25-30" of snow. When I left the town it was still falling. Then I screwed up big time. My phone made it look like 202 was a highway. I had never been in the area before and as some of you likely know it's a two lane road. There were no other cars and it was obvious that plows were not prioritizing that area. It took what seemed like forever to travel SW to Rochester. Road conditions started to improve and snow totals went down during the trek. Probably 12-15" in Rochester seemed like nothing compared to earlier. I finally got on the Spaulding Turnpike and eventually saw asphalt. Due to the speed restriction I couldn't go over about 50 mph until I reached the Maine/NH border. It started off as a hell of a ride but next time I'll just turnaround and head back to 95. The shortcut from hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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codfishsnowman Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 23 minutes ago, WinterWolf said: What did Kevin end up with?? He was thinking he would get 4 or 5 inches and there would be some surprises with this one. I think it was a total bust in CT with regards to snow on this one. Which I was thinking would be the case. I think he had 4 combined, he had a nice burst at the end and his elevation was huge for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 7 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said: I think he had 4 combined, he had a nice burst at the end and his elevation was huge for him Oh that's good to hear..glad that worked out for him. Maybe we all can get excited at some point in January in SNE?? Here's to hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Wow Sbos..Wx, that is some story!! Glad you're not off the road in a ditch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Yep, it's deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Talk about a weenie 12 mile drive home from GYX. Roads I travel every day we're completely foreign. The landscape was unrecognizable. Almost war zone-esque. Trees and power lines are caked with inches of snow, which is causing them to droop into the roadway. The rise was completely dark until I was within a mile of Portland. Already some trees and wires down in the road, and there isn't much wind. If we mix out a little in the morning, look out. It felt a little like a ski town after a big snow blitz. Just heaps and heaps of snow piled on everything in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 2 hours ago, sbos_wx said: So this is how sick I am... Amazing account. I'm glad you're safe after the incredible trip into the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 2 hours ago, codfishsnowman said: those one inch reports for my area must be northern/eastern parts of town...I am not even sure if I had .1 here Downtown had at least 0.5" before the change over yesterday morning. I would call that a "western" part of the city. I have no idea what they picked up after it changed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Wound up with 3.2" here. Amazing reports out of Maine/NH that's for sure. Storm looked awesome on satellite too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Final (assuming nothing more falls) is 21", on exactly 2.10" LE - can't make this stuff up. Had 15.5" between 9 PM and about 4 AM when it ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Congrats to our Maine and NH folks on being the lucky jackpot winners of this event. I just read through the GYX reports--Impressive to say the least!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 About 6" and now the upslope squalls are kicking in, so we'll see where it shakes out later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 21" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Doubt that pretty strongly.Not a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Snow 1717 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 From Methuen: Rain changed back to snow around 7 last night. An epic total of 1.5 inches....which will all melt in next week's warm up. By my count that is warm up #703 for the year A year of dull and boring weather. I'd like to think 2017 is going to be better............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Ramping up here in N. Aroostook now..winds blowing good too..got about 10 inches on the ground. Approaching blizzard conditions-visibility way down.Fields will be bumpy. Ride safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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