Caribou (Maine) sets snowfall record (182.5 inches)

[jpak]

http://bangornews.com/news/t/aroostook.aspx?articleid=161983&zoneid=175

FORT KENT, Maine — It’s official. The 2007-08 snow season in northern Maine is one for the record books. Just in time for the start of spring.

The old record of 181.1 inches of snow recorded in Caribou, set in 1955, was shattered by noontime Friday when the National Weather Service in Caribou recorded 182.5 inches of snow since the start of the season.

It didn’t stop there.

Heavy snow and winds gusting up to 50 mph continued throughout the day, creating blizzard conditions around much of northern Maine and causing numerous vehicle accidents and headaches for municipalities already overextended with snow removal budgets.

By Friday afternoon close to 15 inches of snow had fallen in central Aroostook County and a blizzard warning was still in effect from the National Weather Service. The St. John Valley saw about a foot of new snow, while southern portions of the county got around 7 inches.

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[Gormy Cuss]

1. Ice out could be nasty this year. n/t

[1620rock]

2. And then comes "mud" season.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. That's what mud rooms are for.

;-)

[jpak]

4. I bought flood insurance for the first time this year

and I will be skiing until May 1 (or later)....

Went x-country skiing this PM (serious double-diamond terrain) and saw a pine marten (first for me) :)

However...

No deer tracks

No moose tracks

No turkey tracks

No coyote tracks

No fox tracks

No partridge tracks

It's been a hard winter on the woodland critters :(