Thanks guys. I think I'm starting to get my grove. It takes making several to fully understand what works and what doesn't.

Rudi, yes it is fresh. we had 8" over Sunday night through Monday afternoon. This was on top of 3-4" that fell mid week. More expected this coming weekend. I guess we are having a white Christmas here in the NH mountains.

What I'm really looking forward to is the NWS forecast for Thursday night: