[at-l] Holy White Stuff

[Jim Bullard]

We're expecting more snow tonight (NNY near the Quebec border). I'm staying
home. I never go for New Years anyway. Sitting at home by the fire is just
too appealing. This evening I measured the snow in the State Forest where I
x-country ski. About 21". That has settled at least 5-6" since falling,
probably more. Unlike NH though it has been too warm here for building ice.
There are sections of the ski trails (in the hollows) where there is open
standing water and the trail has had to reroute around them and the river is
only partially frozen. Our temperatures are hovering right around freezing,
cold enough to snow and keep most of the snow but not enough to freeze all
the water.

Happy New Year all. May it be a healthy and prosperous one for everyone.

On Dec 31, 2007 1:24 PM, Art Cloutman <Art at crystalacresnh.com> wrote:

> I got up early to head over to Gunstock to teach skiing for a few
> hours but could not move my truck.  We got 13 inches of snow on the
> ground between 3 AM and 7 AM this morning.  New Hampshire has now
> exceeded the total snow fall record for the month of December by
> several inches.  The record was set in 1876 at 43 inches in Concord.
> Concord got around 7 inches from this storm.  We got twice that
> setting our total for December around 48 inches.  Some of that snow
> melted so we now have a little more than 3 feet of snow on the ground
> with a few inches of ice under that.  I took a walk on my snow shoes
> out onto the lake to take some photos.  It is absolutely beautiful.
> It feels like I am walking around in a black and white world with a
> few buildings and evergreens sneaking in some color.  I stopped by a
> bob hous to talk with the guys out fishing through the ice and found
> out that the ice is about 10 inches thick already.  A few years ago
> we had an almost snowless winter but it got extremely cold.  The ice
> was measured at over 6 feet thick.  People were driving trucks on it.
>
> The snowplow came by around 12:30 PM and struggled to push the snow
> off the driveway.  We are expecting another 5 to 10 inches tomorrow.
> Guess I will try to make it to work early tomorrow to make up for
> missing work today.  Here is wishing everyone a wonderful New Year.
> Be careful on the roads tonight.
> --
>
> Life is Good!!!
> Art Cloutman
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Jim Bullard
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