New England snowstorm memories.

[tamarack]

That mid-March storm was remarkable both for the amounts in NNE and the relatively modest barometer.  We'd had a very strong HP in the 2 days prior to the snow, and the pressure was still about 30.40" when flakes arrived at 9 PM on 3/13.  We had 22" from 6A-8P on the 14th as pressure slowly lowered to 30.05".  Rates peaked at 3"/hr 11A-1P, right when Fort Kent school admin decided to close schools at noon.  All students got home safely, even those from Winterville, 25 miles and 2 major hills south from FK.

My records for that storm (obs time 9 PM so nothing on the 13th):
3/13   10   -18     0        0     46    (Allagash had -32)
3/14   12      2   2.08  25.0   65
3/15   28    10   0.10     1.5    64

We had to retrieve a disabled snowmobile a couple miles south from Estcourt Station on the 15th.  I found the depth was 80" there, presumably several inches less than when accumulation had stopped.

[Ginx snewx]

On 3/30/2026 at 10:35 AM, tamarack said:

That mid-March storm was remarkable both for the amounts in NNE and the relatively modest barometer.  We'd had a very strong HP in the 2 days prior to the snow, and the pressure was still about 30.40" when flakes arrived at 9 PM on 3/13.  We had 22" from 6A-8P on the 14th as pressure slowly lowered to 30.05".  Rates peaked at 3"/hr 11A-1P, right when Fort Kent school admin decided to close schools at noon.  All students got home safely, even those from Winterville, 25 miles and 2 major hills south from FK.

My records for that storm (obs time 9 PM so nothing on the 13th):
3/13   10   -18     0        0     46    (Allagash had -32)
3/14   12      2   2.08  25.0   65
3/15   28    10   0.10     1.5    64

We had to retrieve a disabled snowmobile a couple miles south from Estcourt Station on the 15th.  I found the depth was 80" there, presumably several inches less than when accumulation had stopped.

Wow 80 inches is sick

[tamarack]

22 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Wow 80 inches is sick

And that 80" had lots of meat.  About 2/3 down thru the pack there was a major layer of IP annealed by ZR from a storm in mid December.  Once there was snow atop that layer, it would support a bull moose.  The 65" at my place had about 16" SWE; that 80" might've had 20".  We figured that spring would be the test of the dike protecting the western part of Fort Kent, but little rain and many days with warm sun and nightly freezes prevented any hint of flooding. 
(The test came in 2008 when 3"+ RA fell during peak melting late in April, producing a flood that came within about 18" from topping the dike and causing much damage east of the dike.  We had the same rains but our area, including the western mountains, had shed most of the snow a week earlier.)