GRAY — Keep those shovels handy. More snow is expected Thursday.
But as storms go, it should not be a big one.
About 5 inches are expected, National Weather Service meteorologist James Brown said Tuesday. The storm is expected to begin at about 3 a.m. and end by noon.
The region’s total snowfall so far is just above average: 57.2 inches measured in Gray, compared to the average for this time of year of 52.7 inches, Brown said.
For those who think more than 57 inches is a lot of snow, consider the town of Caribou.
“We’ve had 132 inches,” National Weather Service meteorologist Donny Dumont said Tuesday. “That is 57 inches above average. We haven’t seen the ground since Nov. 7.”
With the colder climate in Caribou, there is not a lot of snow melt. In places where the snow is not plowed, “there’s 38 inches on the ground,” Dumont said.
In other places, the accumulation is more than 40 inches, and, said Dumont, the snowbanks are really big.
Caribou is on track to have its second-snowiest winter.
“The record is 2007-08,” Dumont said. “We had 198 inches.”
With another six weeks of winter weather expected, there is time for Caribou to catch up.
“We’re behind, but not by much,” Dumont said.
Typically the snow stays in Caribou until mid-April.
For much of Maine, the weather after Thursday is expected to be quiet for a few days, “at least until Sunday,” Brown said.
For those keeping track, the official start of spring — March 20 — is only a month away.
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