Friday, 1:40 pm: Lots of snow and much more than usual. According to the NWS in Caribou we’ve broken the old snowfall record. The NWS in Caribou now has 182.5 inches of snow and is an all-time high. This beats the 1954-1955 snow season. I think they’re calling it a blizzard and our current weather system is stalled over the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec for the next several hours probably into tomorrow morning. More snow and wind I suspect and this is not a day of leisure. I admit I like the term “blizzard” it evokes some mental imagery of darker and uncertain days from some long forgotten novel.

Is this enough snow?

After working hard for several hours my clothes were saturated with melted snow. I came inside and went through a complete change of clothing and back outside. Currently the work is done until later this afternoon when I need to go back outside and clear our driveway and walking paths again.

And me clearing the snow from our Internet satellite dish.

Today is the first full day of spring and I think it is buried under tons of snow. I know it’s spring somewhere, just not here. Fortunately we haven’t lost power or telephone service, and more importantly satellite television. Being snowbound has a few rewards; we are still connected to the outside world, we just can’t drive there. Today our solitude is just outside the door. Happy 223rd birthday J. S. Bach!

Note: This blog was posted late due to server probelms at MaineToday.com.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 16.3° [F.]

Barometer: 29.150 & steady

Humidity: 80%

Wind: NW at 11 mph

Visibility: < ¼ mile

Skies: 100% low overcast – snowing

Precipitation: 15½ inches and still snowing

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 15.6° [F.] at 11:56 am

High wind: 22 mph at 7:09 am