The record-breaking snow in northern Maine has produced some interesting drift formations. My friend Linda, shown at left, recently made contact with alien snow forms at Madawaska Lake, north of Caribou. Click on the photo to see an enlarged view.

Folks will be shoveling out there for quite awhile yet.

Well Spring has definitely arrived in Caribou. It’s been a warm, sunny week. Believe it or not it’s been near 70, or at least it feels like it. The photo was taken today, notice the thermometer on the tree (click the photo to see an enlargement). The snow is slowly going but there’s a lot left to go. Fortunately, the rivers seem to be doing okay.

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These photos were taken within the past few days at my home in Caribou, Maine.  

To the left, is the view out the west side door, onto our backyard. The drifting from the north whips around the house and we’ve got a nice wall of snow on the north and west sides of the house. We’ve tried to keep up with it, but after the last storm, the drifting has caused some hard packing around doors and windows.

The snow has drifted high this year. The drier, lighter snow will easily be carried by the 25 mph winds.

You can click on the pictures and see an enlarged view. Then back your browser to return to this page. On the left again is a view of the north side of the house, you can see the height of the drift.

The side streets have become narrower because of drifting and the city hasn’t been able to keep up with keeping them widened - no place to put the snow. The banks are high. They come around and haul snow away in trucks.

The high winds and tall banks of packed snow do not deter my dog from venturing out. The hardpack allows him to climb to the peak so he can see out across his domain and communicate with the other neighborhood dogs. On the right is his snow wall.

Left is a view from the dining room, a north-side window. The high winds during the last blast caused the drifting up against the windows. Other people living in more open areas report higher drifting than this.

Well, it happened. According to the National Weather Service at Caribou:

From beginning of the 2007-2008 snowfall season through midnight March 20, 2008, the National Weather Service in Caribou, ME has recorded 182.5 inches of snowfall. This morning’s measurement (21 March) puts the total at 184.5 inches. This seasonal snowfall total is the greatest amount ever, since records began in 1939. The previous record of 181.1 inches was set in the 1954-1955 snowfall season. … 184.5 inches equals 15 feet, four and one-half inches.

Now the wind is howling and we’re trying to keep up with the drifting. I’ll take a photo of what I see out my window and post soon.