Snowpocalypse; 03-04 April 2023

We have had the biggest snowfall in my admittedly limited experience; but it seems to be a big deal among the locals as well. It started late Sunday/early Monday and by Monday Morning dawned with light to moderate snowfall. It snowed all day on Monday and through to Tuesday afternoon.

Most of the pictures were taken Tuesday morning.

Ignore date/time. This is a screenshot of the low point of State of Charge (22%) on Tuesday Morning. This was about 60hours into the snow event.

On Monday Morning I supplemented the solar panels with a 48V/10A charger to extend battery life.

This is the front door on the North side of the house. The wind initially started from the North, but switched over to the South then SW directions. We have never seen a buildup on this side of the house. Note the drifting against the house, with a peaking 6-8 inches away. This is the pattern all around the house.

Due to Jill’s house being on the high point locally, the winds tended to blow off any snow to prevent any build up around her house.

View out the screen door; the peak the drift is about 4′ tall, the drift up against the door is about 3′ high. If you look carefully there are two trees, on either side of the pond, but the pond itself is not visible.

This is a view of the solar panels blown off by the winds. Throughout the snowfall the winds have blown between 30-40 knots so I haven’t had to sweep off the solar panels.

Looking out the man-door of the garage, the drifts are about 3 feet high. You can see the pond in the background.

Looking out the garage door you can see the 6-8 inches drifting against the door and about a foot drifting up separated from the door. The above photo was taken on Monday afternoon, below is Tuesday. You can see the increase in snow against the door.

This is how I would expect to leave the house this week. Note the gravel off to the left side that was blown off by the Southern winds.

It is still snowing lightly, with high clouds but with tiny snoflakes. As of 3:45pm on Tuesday the State of Charge of the battery bank is back up to 50%. I expect that I will shut down the battery charger tomorrow morning. It’s expected to be overcast in the morning changing to partly cloudy by noon.