Kick-Off '25-'26 Winter Storm Obs

[jculligan]

32/30 -SN 4.8" total accumulation

[Torch Tiger]

good snow growth now, only around 1 mi. vis. though.  maybe 1/4" since changing over 

[tunafish]

PWM 05z obs -

28/26 -SN

2.3" new

4.4" total

[dendrite]

6 hours ago, dendrite said:

25.6° SN 7.7”

Decent growth

Latest core is 3.7”/0.28”

Storm total so far is 7.7”/0.63”

28.6° -SN 9.2”

Latest core 1.5”/0.08”

Storm total 9.2”/0.71”

[codfishsnowman]

9 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

A total shut out . Just taken into the woodshed and ram rodded with fishing poles and lures . Not used to that here . 

Ugh lures too....watch out for those treble hooks

 

[codfishsnowman]

Nice solid coating at the end

Wintry day here in the tropical interior

[ineedsnow]

Looks like we got a bit more last night i wasn't expecting that

[Ginx snewx]

[Ginx snewx]

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

28.6° -SN 9.2”

Latest core 1.5”/0.08”

Storm total 9.2”/0.71”

13 to 1 damn nice fluffer

[HoarfrostHubb]

Added another half inch or so overnight.  7.0” total 

[ineedsnow]

3 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Added another half inch or so overnight.  7.0” total 

Close to a inch at home.  8 total. Nice storm for us

[ineedsnow]

Rt2 is closed from gardner to westminster traffic was actually crappy getting off the highway. Not sure what happened

[HoarfrostHubb]

7 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Rt2 is closed from gardner to westminster traffic was actually crappy getting off the highway. Not sure what happened

Thanks for the heads up.  I see that on Google Maps.  
great

[jculligan]

5.0" was the event total here. All snow from 10am to 5pm with 3.3" of accumulation, then about four hours of sleet (0.5" accumulation) with a brief period of freezing rain before going back to snow after 9pm. Picked up an additional 1.2" of snow after the late changeover.

[klw]

12 hours ago, klw said:

4.1 inches as of 5pm

2 inches after this

6.1 total

[CoastalWx]

A little crud on the car. Deep winter.

[40/70 Benchmark]

51 minutes ago, jculligan said:

5.0" was the event total here. All snow from 10am to 5pm with 3.3" of accumulation, then about four hours of sleet (0.5" accumulation) with a brief period of freezing rain before going back to snow after 9pm. Picked up an additional 1.2" of snow after the late changeover.

That same gradient yet again...so often you do much better than I do.

1" on the back end for a 2.5" total. Only good growth was at the end.

[MarkO]

Another inch fell last night, so a total of about 3" here in Lowell. What remains on the ground is only about 2", but that first inch is probably half water. I know Ray think's it's going to disappear, and the top inch of fluff certainly will, but i's not going to in areas to the north and west of me. We just both got screwed being less than 10 miles from the goods and you can sense it in the posts.

I remember making a post years ago about drawing a map of New England of where a snow "pack" usually builds. I don't believe Lowell nor Methuen is in that area, but you go just west side of Nashua (10 miles to my NW) and I believe you're in the southeast edge of it. It kinds goes where snowmobile trails exist.

Maybe I've gotten a little soft/less worrysome about these shitty events because I spend about 1/2 the time at my cabin, and this time of year, it's all about pack building. We might get an inland cutter that drops 2" of rain, but a good majority of that ends up building the pack. Sure, sometimes there's bare ground on Christmas, but that might be 10% of the time. Go 10 miles to my N up there and you're in elevated land and it's probably closer to 1% of the time.

That post about storm anxiety made me laugh though. I never really get true anxiety, but a lot of people do including my wife, holy fu@#, I just get angry, lol. They may have been referring to the "milk and eggs" people, which I'm certain exist, but I think anyone posting here has gone through met anxiety. I could name names, but I think we all know who we are, lol. I certainly did/do, and that probably has a lot to do why I built my cabin 100 miles north of here. My friends and fam are like "We're so glad you built this place for us to come and enjoy" and I just chuckle inside to myself. I packed my shit and was ready to leave last night around 8 to get some runs in, but I have a job to do around here, and I hope the snow does melt a little because it actually involves a drone and the top inch melting away.

[weatherwiz]

Best part about ice accretion is when the sun rises the following morning 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

6.25” total here. 
It was nice not to get any sleet or rain for once.

[Patrick-02540]

Just about an inch here, total.  

[wxeyeNH]

17 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Nice Gene your white Christmas is a lock this year. Enjoy. Pics??

  No wind,  powdery snow.  Easy pessy!   6.75"

[Great Snow 1717]

Final update from Rainthuen...2.6 inches of snow and sleet....for the most part snow growth was terrible prior to mixing setting in....for a reference point think Connor Wong's batting average last season...

[mreaves]

5.5" final  13.1°.  

[MarkO]

17 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

6.25” total here. 
It was nice not to get any sleet or rain for once.

Rub it in, haha

[dryslot]

7.5" was the final here, Powdery and an easy cleanup.

[dendrite]

9.3” final

[dendrite]

Dendy jack?

[mahk_webstah]

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Dendy jack?

For Merrimack maybe, and for the forum.  Who got 12.5?  Highland Mountain?
Haven’t gone out to measure, but given that I measured 5 inches I think 5 o’clock and we shoveled it and there’s a good bit more in there. I’m guessing probably 7 1/2 or maybe eight here.  A really good first snow, especially with cold air for a while and probably some small events to refresh it and keep it nice.

[Chrisrotary12]

When in doubt it is always "Congrats Dendrite". Never forget this.