Tuesday, 10:20 am: It’s difficult to believe it is spring. Including the last storm, our snow stake measures about 30 inches of snow. If spring has sprung in Maine it hasn’t arrived in this part of the state. Not yet, anyway. When it does come, we will be up to our eyeballs in mud.

Originally from Arizona, and unlikely as it may seem, I like the cold weather with lots of snow. I think it is akin to people from here retiring to Florida and relishing the sun and heat. I think in the end it balances out. It is like the yin and yang of weather extremes.

Somewhere in the middle is Connecticut. I’m not exactly sure where that fits in, but locals seem to gravitate to there for employment. I think every native Mainer we know here has at least one or more close relative working in Connecticut. I’m curious, why not Massachusetts? I’ll leave that to the labor historians to sort out.

We’ll be in Fort Kent this evening for a few hours. It’s our monthly amateur radio club meeting at UMFK. For a tiny and obscure club we have a good turnout for our meetings. It’s pizza night which is always a good inducement to attend. Tonight’s presentation is on personal weather stations. We may be remote, but we still have modern technology, although a bit spotty in some areas.

Current values from our wireless Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 30.7° (F.)

Barometer: 29.726 & steady

Humidity: 45%

Wind: W at 5 mph light & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Clear

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 14.5° (F.) at 6:27 am

High wind: 20 mph at 10:07 am