Maine weather thread (Bangor, Caribou, Ellsworth: drivers, traveling, room)

[SportFury59]

I spent 3 winters aboard the CGC Laurel in Rockland in early '60's and I recall abundant snowfalls on the Coast.

I remember snowbanks being so tall that we put little red sponge balls on the tips of our car antennae. Easier to be seen I guess. My '59 Plymouth Sport Fury "sported" 2 rear antennae so I was doubly visible.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

In 1963, I went to the Antarctic on the Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind. We came to a dead stop off Peru and took temperature soundings. We had a scientist aboard who was measuring temperatures at various depths because it might influence weather over wide areas. Today we understand much better whet the ancient Peruvians knew. When the Spaniards came they called it El Nino and La Niña. It wasn't just local in Peru. It influenced weather all over North America.

[SportFury59]

I applied for duty aboard the Eastwind but got sent to Maine instead. Best thing that ever happened to me.
I served a couple tours aboard the 311' Cutters Coos Bay and Cook Inlet out of Portland. These were weather ships and search and rescue vessels assigned to the North Atlantic, among other places. 30 days in and 30 days out. We would have a couple civilian weathermen aboard doing their thing.

I think these were replaced by weather buoys and satellites.

[maineborzoi]

Originally Posted by slyfox2

We are supposed to normally get about 75-80 inches a year. I suppose that could still happen, but I think we might have 7 inches total so far. Beyond LAME. We got more snow last year in the total non-winter.

That's how I feel also... Beyond Lame ! And what little snow we have had, the warm up that follows turns it into a ice slick... Granted though that our first winter here ( 2014-2015) was a record breaker of 186 inches, last year was milder but still okay for snow fall... this year.. *groans * ....

[slyfox2]

3-5 inches on Tuesday, and then....(drum roll)...it all turns turn rain, and it all melts---everything, and the temperatures rise to 50 degrees.

Oddly the west, and mid west, and Europe are having one of the worst(read that best) snow and cold winters in ages. Portlandia(Oregon) got a huge snowfall on January 11. I ordered a new used computer from them and had it shipped east on UPS ground. It arrived a whole week late due to the weather conditions out there and all through the west and mid west.

Its just not happening to us. We are getting none of those storms that start in Florida and come u the east coast blanketing Virginia, Pa, NJ, NY MA, and then hitting us with a blast. The weather pattern is just not there this year.

[maineguy8888]

While we complain up here in The County, I suppose we would miss the snow if we didn't get much. Having dependable snowpacks has been a boon for us with winter tourism. And I have met people who moved here because they like winter sports.

[maineborzoi]

Hmmm... Tuesday during the day they say 1-3 inches of snow, and Tuesday night is 5-8 inches.. Of course- Wednesday is going to be 43 degrees.... Down east Maine in Princeton
Tue
Feb 7 Snow
17° 13°
80% ENE 6 mph 68% 1 of 10
6:42 am
4:46 pm 1:26 pm 3:42 am
Snow showers early will become steadier snow in the afternoon. High 17F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Tue Night
Feb 7 Snow to Wintry Mix
-- 13°
100% E 10 mph 88% 0 of 10
6:42 am
4:46 pm 1:26 pm 3:42 am
Snow in the evening will become a mix of wintry precipitation overnight. Low 13F. Winds E at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precip 100%. Snow and ice accumulating 5 to 8 inch

[Northern Maine Land Man]

I walked on the crust today without snowshoes. The deer are walking on the crust. I saw nine deer today. All look healthy and the snow is deep enough that they can reach cedar branches they could not reach last year.

[NortheasternBound]

Here, at Aurora, ME, 30℉/-1.1℃, Dew Point 22℉/-5.56℃, Winds NNE 12mph/19.31kph...It is suppose to snow in about 16 minutes...

The sky was pregnant with snow today...Grey, puffy, clouds pressed in as we peered out our windows with expectation! Lost in our cocoon of peace...we heal (both from cold symptoms) and gain strength, for when we go forth into the city....
We are in a Wilderness...by circumstances and also by choice....
Out at Birch Meadows Farm, one LIVES in the painting (you know, the one that caught your eye in a Museum), in constant wonder!
Beauty abounds, here and so does love and joy....
A faint melody played on a piano, becomes a symphony and playlist of our lives....
To draw the drapes upon such a scene, would make us flinch...
So, we withdraw and watch as the shadows grow deeper and deeper, until a single light shines into the darkness...into the Birch Meadows...
from within....

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Weather Zen.