The wind was just about as strong as I’ve seen today. I spent most of the day in a conference room at the Waterbury State Office Complex with a wall of windows staring directly down the Winooski valley in JSpin’s general direction. The wind felt like it was shaking the windows and it pushed rain water in. My PWS recorded its highest gust ever at 29.7 mph. Sucks to have lost such a nice beginning but it’s snowing now.
My PWS is poorly sited for wind. It’s too close to the house and gets blocked from several directions. All that said, this is the strongest wind I’ve measured since I’ve had it, almost 30 mph.
Considering how dry it had been in the weeks and months leading up to the snow blitz, it's nice to see some stored water being built up. Now lets hope we don't lose a lot to run off on frozen ground.
I don’t think they calling for even that much here and we are around 2.5”. I don’t always pay the closest attention when we aren’t supposed to get in on things but I didn’t see anything about snow here.
Even away from the mountains it’s been a pretty snowy period. Not necessarily in terms of total accumulation but just a constant light snow. I think I’ve got 5”-6” this week.