March Madness

[dendrite]

23 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

What did you have in the flizzard? I have a 10" in the that, and then avoided melting in the March 5-6 deal, as I added 1.5" of pack-preserving sleet, while rest of SNE rained and NNE had a few inches of fluff.

I just mean I was higher than you, cooler than you during the warmup, and we ended up tied at 8” the other day. Not calling you out. Just surprised I was losing snow faster than you.

[tunafish]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

I just mean I was higher than you, cooler than you during the warmup, and we ended up tied at 8” the other day. Not calling you out. Just surprised I was losing snow faster than you.

The worst part about losing my pack  before this event is having another round of mud. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

8 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I just mean I was higher than you, cooler than you during the warmup, and we ended up tied at 8” the other day. Not calling you out. Just surprised I was losing snow faster than you.

IDK what to tell you...I'll take a photo with the yard stick...maybe the sleet slowed the melt....

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

IDK what to tell you...I'll take a photo with the yard stick...maybe the sleet slowed the melt....

I just said I’m not calling you a liar. Are you tucked into the river valley?

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

IDK what to tell you...I'll take a photo with the yard stick...maybe the sleet slowed the melt....

My folks have piles, some snow in woods and a good chunk of backyard still covered as of yesterday. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

I also don't mean to imply that there is a uniform 7" of snow on the ground throughout Methuen, either...certainly not the case. Lots of bare ground showing up and it's gone near the main roads and under trees. I'm sure there is more consistent coverage in Brian's area....but IMBY, which is not heavily shaded, there is still several inches.

[40/70 Benchmark]

8 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I just said I’m not calling you a liar. Are you tucked into the river valley?

I know you aren't...I just don't know what to say lol I also said in the post above, that while I'm not right on the Merrimack river bed, I am in a little valley...so am not surprised surrounding areas also get a bit more snow. That probably worked to my advantage om Thursday because I didn't mix out until the front was coming through.

[40/70 Benchmark]

52 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

TBH, my locale is in a local valley, despite not being right on the river...I also noticed that I consistently come in a bit lower than the Culligan guy from Salem, NH, too.....I don't think he's misrepresenting, though I know you are just nut-crunching.

 

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I know you aren't...I just don't know what to say lol I also said in the post above, that while I'm not right on the Merrimack river bed, I am in a little valley...so am. jot surprised surrounding areas also get a bit more snow. That probably worked to my advantage om Thursday because I didn't mix out until the front was coming through.

 

[dendrite]

Snowpack starts getting weird this time of year depending on shading and angle to the sun.

[kdxken]

12 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I just said I’m not calling you a liar. Are you tucked into the river valley?

Coldest SSTs on the Merrimack in years.

[kdxken]

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Snowpack starts getting weird this time of year depending on shading and angle to the sun.

Not much left in the woods. Some in areas protected by hills. 

 

[Great Snow 1717]

6 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Coldest SSTs on the Merrimack in years.

True but the pack on 3 sides of my home  got wiped out. The only pack left is in part of the backyard. That area doesn't receive any sunlight at this time of the year....and it faces to the NNE. That area is always the last area to melt.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Decent snow shower here.  Starting to stick a little bit.

[40/70 Benchmark]

3 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

True but the pack on 3 sides of my home  got wiped out. The only pack left is in part of the backyard. That area doesn't receive any sunlight at this time of the year....and it faces to the NNE. That area is always the last area to melt.

Funny...I recall you were retaining more snow than I was during the winter....I must have really avoided mixing out until the last moment on Thursday.

[Great Snow 1717]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Funny...I recall you were retaining more snow than I was during the winter....I must have really avoided mixing out until the last moment on Thursday.

Same area had the deepest depth during the winter..

[Kitz Craver]

Got some pretty good gusts down here could be some sneaky 

[ORH_wxman]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

I just mean I was higher than you, cooler than you during the warmup, and we ended up tied at 8” the other day. Not calling you out. Just surprised I was losing snow faster than you.

More water in the snow at Ray’s?

[kdxken]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

More water in the snow at Ray’s?

The soot from Lawrence reflects the sun's rays?

[ORH_wxman]

It could depend on your yard too this time of year. There’s a house at the bottom of our hill that has full pack right now on almost all sides except one. It’s deep too. At least 6-8”. Almost everyone else is bare ground with just piles. It’s tucked into the hillside just a bit so it prob catches all the cold dense drainage and maybe a little extra shade…but I think the former is the better explanation. Plenty of other shaded areas have less or just patches. 

[WinterWolf]

42 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Coldest SSTs on the Merrimack in years.

Should we use RST’s “River Surface Temperatures” for rivers, instead of SST…??? lol. 

[MJO812]

Mid Atlantic Snowstorm in long range on GFS