J.Spin Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Precipitation started around 5:45 P.M. or so here in the Waterbury area; it was just rain at first, but around 8:30 P.M. we heard the first ticks of sleet and we’ve had quite a sleet storm going on since then with a couple of tenths down. Getting measurable puts this storm in the books as the 57th accumulating storm of the season. I’ve been out on the porch a couple of times and it’s quite the stormy, nasty night out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Sleet started mixing in about 10 minutes ago here in Bartlett, 850 ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Good deal of sleet mixing in now ....32.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Sleet started mixing in about 10 minutes ago here in Bartlett, 850 ft It will be interesting to see if you can flip to parachutes in the next hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Going on a roadtrip north and east of campus...will report p-type progression b/c why not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Good deal of sleet mixing in now ....32.6 Good...lift must be doing its dirty work finally. GFS actually cooled you guys to chutes, so it'll be neat to see if that happens as Will mentioned earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 All sleet...heavy heavy heavy pings. 3 miles east of campton center on the way to Waterville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Gone over to sleet here. 31.4F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 It will be interesting to see if you can flip to parachutes in the next hour or so. I'm hoping... will be traveling for the next 3 weeks so this is probably my last winter storm of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Snow and sleet 31.4F. Snow flakes are small, maybe generation in lower atmosphere? Coating on all surfaces now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toller65 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Sugarloaf: 1,300 ft 32.1F. Heavy pingers, some mangled flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Franconia Notch RWIS sites are over to -SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Sleety, icy coating. Wind and rain was cranking pretty good on the way home from dinner in Williston tonight. Got blown all over 89 through Bolton Flats. Thought it was just rain when I got home at 9:00 but there was ice on the deck stair rail. 33.7F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Rippin' sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Up to 33.5F, but there's mostly sleet now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 34f and snowing. Coating otg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Looks nice on radar for some snow up north sugarloaf FTW again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Weird how MWN still hasn't warmed...but there aren't a lot of snow reports....looks like mostly pingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Although that said, it looks like on dual pol, most of Coos county in NH has flipped to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Ten minutes of pingers about an hour ago. I always know when sleet occurs. Skylights are the best sleet detectors made! Otherwise...all rain here...just drizzle now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Been sleeting for last couple hours. Roads still mostly wet but other surfaces have 1/4" or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Roads wet but about 1/2" of sleet on the grass on campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 We'll see how the upslope goes tonight...maybe this is the only way this system gives accumulating snows haha. Near term /until 6 PM this evening/... as of 400 am EDT Saturday...forecast challenge today will be potential for upslope rain/snow showers...especially this afternoon followed by temps/winds. Surface analysis places cold front across central New York at this time with gusty west to southwest winds at 30 to 40 knots observed behind this feature. Also...noted secondary 500 mb vorticity dropping across the central Great Lakes with plenty of middle/upper level moisture in trough axis...which will impact our County Warning Area this afternoon. Soundings show favorable conditions for accumulating upslope rain and snow showers this aftn/evening...with good moisture from surface through 700mb...favorable 270 to 290 follow of 35 to 45 knots...and some enhanced 1000 to 700mb Omega...especially across the western slopes/northern dacks between 18z-03z. Soundings show the freezing level dropping throughout the day as strong low level cold air advection develops and prognosticated 850 mb temperatures fall between -8c and -10c. Thinking this will result in temperatures falling into the 20s across the mountains with accumulating snowfall expected down to 1200 feet expected by this aftn/evening. Snow accumulations will range between 3-5 inches above 2500 feet by 06z tonight where ratios will be higher to a dusting to 3 inches above 1200 feet...with lower snow ratios associated with warmer bl conditions. Once again this accumulations will be by 06z Sunday. Will mention likely to Cat probability of precipitation across the western slopes from Sugarbush to Stowe to Jay Peak and across the northern dacks...with best time period for precipitation between 18z-03z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Nasty night last night: howling southerly, rain, freezing rain & sleet. Started as just liquid but quickly went over to a slushy sleet as the temp dropped down to the freezing level. We even had some ice accumulation on tree branches--not something we see often in April, lol. About a half-inch of sleet accum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 25F up at 3,600ft and 30-31F now at 1,550ft. While nothing happened at 750ft...it was all IP/ZR at 1,500ft. We are locked up tight at the mountain, unfortunately. Re-grooming as many trails as possible this morning with a delayed opening. Trees are all very iced over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Now a snow/sleet mix, must be getting colder aloft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 No glaze here at base level, but there must be up higher at lp. I liked my donuts glazed, not ski mtns. Especially Krispy Kreme. Miss those. Hard to find these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Event totals: 0.2” Sleet/0.10” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow (Sleet): 0.2 inches New Liquid: 0.05 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 4.0 Snow Density: 25.0% H2O Temperature: 34.9 F Sky: Mist/Sprinkles Snow at the stake: 9.5 inches The 0.2” of sleet last night appears to be all the frozen precipitation obtained from this event thus far, but the trailing 500 mbar trough is expected to come through this afternoon into tonight with the potential for upslope snow. There’s no mention of advisories, presumably due to low impact, but the BTV NWS forecast discussion is mentioning 3-5” at elevation, and that seems to be in line with the general point forecasts – I see 2-6” coming up for the Bolton area, and 2-4” for Mt. Mansfield. They also really seem to like the combination of wind direction, moisture up to 700 mbar, 850 mbar temperatures, and omega. It sounds that laundry list of parameters that PF mentions in upslope discussions, and I see that he’s already checked it out, but I highlighted a couple of section from the discussion below: FCST CHALLENGE TODAY WL BE POTENTIAL FOR UPSLOPE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTN FOLLOWED BY TEMPS/WINDS. SFC ANALYSIS PLACES COLD FRNT ACRS CENTRAL NY ATTM WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 KNOTS OBSERVED BEHIND THIS FEATURE. ALSO...NOTED SECONDARY 5H VORT DROPPING ACRS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WITH PLENTY OF MID/UPPER LVL MOISTURE IN TROF AXIS...WHICH WL IMPACT OUR CWA THIS AFTN. SOUNDINGS SHOW FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ACCUMULATING UPSLOPE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTN/EVENING...WITH GOOD MOISTURE FROM SFC THRU 700MB...FAVORABLE 270 TO 290 FLW OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS...AND SOME ENHANCED 1000 TO 700MB OMEGA...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE WESTERN SLOPES/NORTHERN DACKS BTWN 18Z-03Z. SOUNDINGS SHOW THE FREEZING LEVEL DROPPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS STRONG LLVL CAA DEVELOPS AND PROGGED 85H TEMPS FALL BTWN -8C AND -10C. THINKING THIS WL RESULT IN TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 20S ACRS THE MTNS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED DOWN TO 1200 FEET EXPECTED BY THIS AFTN/EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WL RANGE BTWN 3-5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET BY 06Z TONIGHT WHERE RATIOS WL BE HIGHER TO A DUSTING TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 1200 FEET...WITH LOWER SNOW RATIOS ASSOCIATED WITH WARMER BL CONDITIONS. ONCE AGAIN THIS ACCUMULATIONS WL BE BY 06Z SUNDAY. WL MENTION LIKELY TO CAT POPS ACRS THE WESTERN SLOPES FROM SUGARBUSH TO STOWE TO JAY PEAK AND ACRS THE NORTHERN DACKS...WITH BEST TIME PERIOD FOR PRECIP BTWN 18Z-03Z. WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE FLW WL LIMIT PRECIP/QPF ACRS THE CPV AND LWR CT RIVER VALLEY TODAY...THEREFORE WL MENTION CHC POPS. EXPECTING MAINLY CLOUD SKIES WITH UPSTREAM SATL PICS SHOWING PLENTY OF STRATUS CUMULUS CLOUDS. TEMPS WL BE TRICKY WITH LLVL CAA...BUT THINKING L/M 40S VALLEYS TO TEMPS FALLING INTO THE U20S/L30S MTNS ABOVE 1200 FT. IN ADDITION...THE LLVL CAA WL BE ASSOCIATED WITH BREEZY TO GUSTY WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE ALIGNED VALLEYS AND EXPOSED TRRN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Sunday River this morning, lowest base shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Sugarloaf If you thought winter was over, guess again. Sugarloafers woke up to a winter wonderland this morning, with 4-6 inches of new snow on the ground and even more being reported up on the hill. We certainly won't complain about MORE snow, because in addition to the awesome freshies just waiting to be skied this morning, the heavier accumulation will make a great addition to our bumps, glades, and the Backside Snowfields, hopefully allowing that terrain to remain open longer into the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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