Is we back? February discussion thread

[tamarack]

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Friday looks South now.  Maybe 1”-2” on Wednesday? 

Temps have been good, pack retention excellent and snowfall thru yesterday (62") is right on the 27-winter average, but the south trend seems to be increasing.  Yesterday's forecast for today was 3-5, now 1-3, and Friday is moving toward a possible whiff.  May end up with a very good snow season despite lots of misses.  2014-15 was the archetype for that at our place - 4th snowiest winter here and plenty cold, but this old saying fits:
"The saddest words of tongue or pen: these are the saddest, 'It might have been.'"

Ignoring the mega bust of Jan 26-27, 2015 in SNJ, here are 3 mega busts for our area (forecasts were the final ones prior to 1st flakes):
Date(s)  Forecast  Result
Nov 2           4-8"      0.5"   10-12" midcoast
Dec 9-11    10-14"      1.2"    Paste bomb in the mountains
Feb 14-15   12-18"     1.5"    25" at Machias   (Had blizzard warning here, forecast morning of 14th was 18-24, dropped 6" by the day shift)

Totals        26-42"    3.2"

[dryslot]

10 minutes ago, wokeupthisam said:

 

Yeah it has but no good runs yet, that'll change fast by this time next week I think.  I've got about 75 trees to tap and it's all buckets, so won't take me long to get 'em in when it looks like they're ready to run good...

I had tapped 20 trees last year with buckets and made about 4 gallons, I made an RO system and it cut down on evap time by 50%, Actually using my RO now to convert city water for the humidifiers in my house and greenhouse, Stripping the chlorine and minerals @60/ppm down to 1/ppm.

[weatherwiz]

Nice push of snow which moves through Wednesday morning...def could bring someone 2-4"