Black Cat Island Weathercenter has had 17.2 inches of snow for the storm, all in less than 24 hours. This has not happened for many years. It's still snowing. We had several hours of very heavy snow today. For a couple of hours this afternoon, visibility was about 1/8 mile in snow. Winds gusted to 32 mph.
When winds were from the northeast, the Ossipees were blocking some of the snow from reaching this area as LG mentioned. However, there's another phenomenon I noticed with the Dec. 26 storm and again with this one. The low pressure became a "bomb" which means its central air pressure dropped rapidly -- intensifying the storm. When that started to happen, the wind started coming more from the north, more toward the storm rather than around it.
That northerly direction allows the storm circulation to get past the Ossipees and into the NW end of the lake.
It is still snowing here, so 17.2 is not going to be the final total for the day.