dryslot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 It generally gets disrupted by the mountains, but occasionally a piece breaks off and survives the trek. Where, is hard to say, but we'll know shortly when it hits IZG. Can see that happening now on radar as some of that line is falling apart as it moves over the mtns into the foothill region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Still looks like we may catch a brief one here, Will know within the next half hour or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Any idea what the southern White Mountains (NH) might get with these squalls? If you're talking Thornton, it should be right on the doorstep. How strong it will be is a different story, radar doesn't perform well in that area. But gusty winds and a nice temp drop is in store aside from snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Those weekend waves are progged to track further south a week ago. But over the last few days the models have been consistent, keeping those waves just to our north. The event on sunday does look like a pretty classic 2-4, 3-5 type event. The front sparks some snow showers as it moves through and the back flow keeps it all going through the day. Obviously I'd like to see it track over the greens and make a pow, but we'll just build back with what we get slowly but surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Awesome! Watching the snow accumulate at home while at work. Now that's solid. What's the triangle block for? I'm assuming that one is painted in 2" increments while the other one is 1"? Yep, you got it, the tiny one (piece of a porch post I believe) has 1” increments alternating in black and white, and the triangle block is a piece of leftover pressure treated wood with 2” increments alternating in brown and white. I’ve got a couple of those and I’ll place them in different spots to corroborate the measurements. I also have one more made on a scrap piece of pressure treated 4 x 4 that has 3” increments and goes up to about a foot – that’s good if we’re going to be out of town and a larger storm is coming etc. I had been using the web cam on my wife’s computer for a couple of years when we would travel, but that’s been a bit finicky lately (and it’s a hassle moving the entire computer around), so I bought a Dropcam. They’re indoor cams, but for only about $150, you’ve got real time HD video of whatever you want (with sound, but I have that turned off since I don’t need it for snowfall observations). It’s super simple to set up (it’s basically a camera with a AC plug on the end) and it connects to the wireless network in your house. But yeah, aside from being able to monitor accumulations (during travel, storms where the snow may melt before I have time to measure, etc.), it’s also kind of nice to be able to pop open a window with HD video of the snow falling at the house. I don’t have a smart phone or tablet or anything, but you can also watch it on those. Today I was just sort of curious how things would go with the frontal passage, so I hooked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Front through here. No big deal. Flurries and a brief snow squall giving a dusting. Temp high was 33.4F. Now 20 minutes later with brighting skies its 30F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Nice SPS OceanSt...pretty much spot on with what happened here. Brief 1/4sm +SN and 30-35mph gusts with right around an inch of snow in town at 750ft. Roads are quite slick here with dropping temps. Looks like the initial snow was melting on the treated roads but now that's freezing up as it drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Nice SPS OceanSt...pretty much spot on with what happened here. Brief 1/4sm +SN and 30-35mph gusts with right around an inch of snow in town at 750ft. Roads are quite slick here with dropping temps. Looks like the initial snow was melting on the treated roads but now that's freezing up as it drops. I'm not so much concerned with 1/4SM down here on the coastal plain, but with any snow crossing the interstate, melting, and re-freezing behind the front I wanted to have a statement out for motorists. I can't stop all the accidents, but maybe a couple people think twice before continuing along at highway speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I'm not so much concerned with 1/4SM down here on the coastal plain, but with any snow crossing the interstate, melting, and re-freezing behind the front I wanted to have a statement out for motorists. I can't stop all the accidents, but maybe a couple people think twice before continuing along at highway speed. That is key, Its coming thru here now, -SN and winds have picked up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 flurries here but not on radar...flurries though not a squall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 flurries here but not on radar...flurries though not a squall. Pretty fractured at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Front through here. No big deal. Flurries and a brief snow squall giving a dusting. Temp high was 33.4F. Now 20 minutes later with brighting skies its 30F. What was your total yesterday and YTD? I'm trying to keep track of both Plymouth State and my house this winter but I've been keeping track of Plymouth from a distance since 12/21. I have them at 22.1". I'm sure your total is higher with elevation, but is it within 5-8"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 actually pretty heavy squall here, def will cause some road problems...sort of popped up out of nowhere on the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 A yawnsquall came through a little while ago...I'd give it a 4 out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Quick (<5 min) flurry here in AUG briefly dropped vis to under 1/2 mile about 12:30, left only a dusting. GYX radar as shown on wunderground skips from about 10:05 to 12:50, so I don't know how good the line looked as it passed over MBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 First Connecticut Lake site dropped 17 degrees (high of 28) in 4 hours so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 nice snow shower/squall here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Pretty fractured at this point. Yep, I think I saw a total of 3 lonely flakes by the time the remnants reached here. Temp doesn't seem to be dropping much either, although I have seen some of those upstream changes. Pretty bummed about the pull-back from what was at one time billed as a true Arctic outbreak next week. A couple days ago it looked like teens for highs on MLK Day, and now the point-and-click has upper 20s here. I guess we'll have some cold nights before we moderate again, but nothing too remarkable. Hopefully the parade of rainstorms shown by the last couple GFS runs won't come to pass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Looks like several chances for snow over the next 5 days or so... Warm front lifts north on Friday night bringing light snow (BTV has 1-3" in the zone forecast), then cold front and CAA behind clipper system on Sunday looks pretty robust on the NAM, especially in the northern Adirondack and northern Green Mtn upslope zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Brrrrr.... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON318 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT...A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE NORTH COUNTRYFOLLOWING PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC FRONT EARLIER TODAY. APPARENTTEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTHERNADIRONDACKS...ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY...AND NORTHEAST KINGDOM...ANDGENERALLY 5 TO 15 BELOW ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRYTONIGHT. APPARENT TEMPERATURE IS HOW IT FEELS ON EXPOSED SKIN WITHOR WITHOUT WIND. WINDS WILL BE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH THISEVENING...THEN GENERALLY LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT TONIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING...WEAR A WARMCOAT...GLOVES AND COVER YOUR HEAD TO PROTECT AGAINST FROSTBITE ANDHYPOTHERMIA. DRESSING IN LAYERS CAN ALSO HELP PROTECT YOU AGAINSTTHE COLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yep, I think I saw a total of 3 lonely flakes by the time the remnants reached here. Temp doesn't seem to be dropping much either, although I have seen some of those upstream changes. Pretty bummed about the pull-back from what was at one time billed as a true Arctic outbreak next week. A couple days ago it looked like teens for highs on MLK Day, and now the point-and-click has upper 20s here. I guess we'll have some cold nights before we moderate again, but nothing too remarkable. Hopefully the parade of rainstorms shown by the last couple GFS runs won't come to pass... Huh? Are we in a different state. I thought some pretty frigid air was coming and holding till at least next weds. Other than what looks like a miss for the tuesday event (local mets were saying potential blizzard coulple days ago. ho hum), I thought it was high and dry. Any more rain and large warm ups would suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Huh? Are we in a different state. I thought some pretty frigid air was coming and holding till at least next weds. Other than what looks like a miss for the tuesday event (local mets were saying potential blizzard coulple days ago. ho hum), I thought it was high and dry. Any more rain and large warm ups would suck. Well we when you live on the immediate coast near the warmer water i guess that's what you get for temps, I see high teens daytime and right around zero nights here over the next week after a brief couple of normal days sat-sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 I was on the road at the time but I will go out on a limb and say that the front came through St. Johnsbury a little before 10 this morning. Currently it is 15 with a dew of -7 at Fairbanks. http://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/CurrentConditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 What was your total yesterday and YTD? I'm trying to keep track of both Plymouth State and my house this winter but I've been keeping track of Plymouth from a distance since 12/21. I have them at 22.1". I'm sure your total is higher with elevation, but is it within 5-8"? Yesterday we had just under 3". I was just up in Plymouth and it looks the same. I have not been keeping a good seasonal tally since I have been out of town here and there, sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Mansfield picked up 3-4" between yesterday's light snow and this morning's squalls... really has helped to freshen up the trails prior to MLK weekend. This is right near the base where I had just a shade over 3" on the 1,500ft snow board between the two bouts of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Event totals: 1.6” Snow/0.05” L.E. The density of the snow from today’s frontal passage was very similar to yesterday’s snow – both came in at a bit over 3% H2O. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.6 inches New Liquid: 0.05 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 32.0 Snow Density: 3.1% H2O Temperature: 10.9 F Sky: Clear Snow at the stake: 6.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yesterday we had just under 3". I was just up in Plymouth and it looks the same. I have not been keeping a good seasonal tally since I have been out of town here and there, sorry! No problem haha. Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Huh? Are we in a different state. I thought some pretty frigid air was coming and holding till at least next weds. Other than what looks like a miss for the tuesday event (local mets were saying potential blizzard coulple days ago. ho hum), I thought it was high and dry. Any more rain and large warm ups would suck. Highs in the 20s in mid-January in Maine are seasonal -- even in my part of the state -- and that's nowhere close to frigid. Tuesday does look like a miss (although still plenty of time to change; just look at these last two systems), and then it looks like there's at least a possibility of one or two cutters starting about a week from now. I'm apppreciating the snow I have and will make the most of the conditions over the next few days, but I'm keeping my expectations low going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 SREFs are getting a little WAA snow in here Sat morning ahead of that first clipper. Maybe someone gets an inch or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 That would be good if we can score an inch or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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