Maine weather thread (Bangor, Caribou, Gray: averages, dates, history)

[TheKezarWoodsman]

So atv trails are not open yearround unless you have written consent? What if one has verbal consent?

[Northern Maine Land Man]

"Verbal consent" will not impress the game warden. I have written consent on numerous properties because I check on numerous seasonal properties. I am a "caretaker" and I have it in writing. This does not absolve me or the property owner from our responsibilities not to damage any road. I do not drive my Kubota tractor or ATV anywhere that it would cause damage. At this time of year when the ground is soft it is easier to dig out rock obstructions than when the ground is hard and compacted.

"Rocks grow in Maine." That's what the old timers called it. When the ground freezes, rocks conduct heat better than the surrounding earth. Water in the adjacent soil expands and the rock is lifted. Then in the spring, the sun warms the rock before the surrounding soil. The effect is that soil falls under the previously lifted rock. I have a rock under my paved driveway that is lifting the pavement about a quarter inch every year. Eventually I will have to dig it out with my back hoe and put cold patch over that spot to level it off.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Elev 1401 ft 45.46 °N, 69.60 °W | Updated 31 min ago


Clear
5 °F
Feels Like -8 °F
N8
Wind from NW
Gusts 14 mph
Today is forecast to be NEARLY THE SAME temperature as yesterday.
Today
High 31 | Low 11 °F
0% Chance of Precip.


Stiff breeze too. No comment needed.

[Cambium]

This morning northern Maine in the single digits, Southern Maine in the teens. Its snowing here. Winter is back. lol


Still snow on the slopes. Anyone skiing or snowmobiling in Maine still?


https://twitter.com/SugarloafMaine/s...47764706418689

[maineguy8888]

I think snowmobiling is finally all done in the County.

[slyfox2]

11 degrees at my house on northern MDI this morning.

[Cambium]

At least your growing season hasn't started there... I think "Ouch" is probably the word of the day because its been all night for some folks below freezing in the Mid Atlantic.


Couple of 6am temp maps this morning & surface map.

30s down to SC, 20s in NC, teens in New England but there are local teens in NJ, PA, NY

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Forty years ago in April of 1976 there was an intense low during the new moon. The tides were at the Vernal Equinox which are the highest tides of the year. The winds from the storm were above 60 MPH from the south. With the incoming tide driving up the Penobscot River and near hurricane force winds, there was an immense tidal surge. The water came up the Penobscot and up Kenduskeag Stream. It was about 10 AM back in 76 when it hit. The entire parking lot beside the stream flooded. People tried to move their cars, but it came up too fast. A guy who worked for Bangor Hydro went out in ice cold water up to his armpits and saved a lady on top of her car. They ended up getting married. I guess she figured he would be dependable.

The surge will be around midnight tonight. I hope the weather people have alerted Bangor.

Old people remember stuff like this.

[Maineac]

Who you callin' old? A friend of mine working at Dakin's Sporting Goods had to SWIM out of the cellar bulkhead the water hit so fast. One of the Viner's cars floated up and over the rail. He wasn't too unhappy, since it was a crappy little Fiat.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

My son tells me this was in 1975. He could be right. I need to look it up.