powderfreak Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Here are some fun facts regarding this winter and February for the BTV airport... I did not realize just how snowy this month had been! Burlington (BTV) has picked up 41.5" of snow so far in February. Record snowfall in February is 42.3" (2008). BTV will likely break the record with this light snow tonight and tomorrow morning, with 1-3" expected... making February 2011 the snowiest Feb on record. 4 of the top 10 snowiest February's have occurred in the past 6 years. That is incredible given BTV's period of record dates back to the late 1800s. BTV's seasonal snowfall now stands at 96.7" (average to date is 60.5", for a positive departure of 36.2" so far). Average snowfall for the entire season at BTV is 80-85" I believe (haven't confirmed that), and if we have a big March, we would certainly be in top 10 snowiest winters territory. We are on pace to get into that top 10. We may not have as large of departures as SNE, but even if winter were to end today, this would be a snowier than average winter. Given that March usually brings some good snows, this will likely be a much above snowfall winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slknight Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks like I was the big loser with only 5" yesterday. My snow depth is not nearly as impressive as any of the pics here. It was definitely deeper earlier in the season. Still, it's nice to have some fresh white stuff to cover the grey piles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks like I was the big loser with only 5" yesterday. My snow depth is not nearly as impressive as any of the pics here. It was definitely deeper earlier in the season. Still, it's nice to have some fresh white stuff to cover the grey piles. Are you in Kennebunkport? I'm just remembering GYX's point forecast yesterday morning that gave K'port the big squadoosh ... wondering how it ended up. I saw Kennebunk had nearly 5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 With 2-5 inches a good bet, I'm surprised that BTV didn't trigger a WWA for at least Rutland and Windsor counties. Final total from Friday... 9.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slknight Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Are you in Kennebunkport? I'm just remembering GYX's point forecast yesterday morning that gave K'port the big squadoosh ... wondering how it ended up. I saw Kennebunk had nearly 5". I'm east of route 1 in Kennebunk - less than a mile from the Port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 With 2-5 inches a good bet, I'm surprised that BTV didn't trigger a WWA for at least Rutland and Windsor counties. Final total from Friday... 9.5". Don't think it meets the criteria for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Don't think it meets the criteria for one 4" over a twelve hour period for BTV.... a good chance, I guess. Seems a bit conservative to me. If we weren't right on the heels of a warning event, I'm willing to bet one would have been issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Looks like I was the big loser with only 5" yesterday. My snow depth is not nearly as impressive as any of the pics here. It was definitely deeper earlier in the season. Still, it's nice to have some fresh white stuff to cover the grey piles. nope, we might have picked up 5" if you rounded up. it almost filled the deer postholes in the ski trail out back. no complaints though, the sledding and skiing on the hill here was perfect. went over to westmore to ski today and as usual they doubled our snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Westmore is beautiful..... love Willoughby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 4" over a twelve hour period for BTV.... a good chance, I guess. Seems a bit conservative to me. If we weren't right on the heels of a warning event, I'm willing to bet one would have been issued. Its the same here in Maine, Southern Maine is looking at those totals and there is not one up here either, And they may get to 6" in some spots........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Westmore is beautiful..... love Willoughby! from today VTT. got suckered pretty hard, blue skies at the start turned to greybird pretty fast. big fishing tourney up here this weekend (pardon the size everyone, still working out some kinks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 from today VTT. got suckered pretty hard, blue skies at the start turned to greybird pretty fast. big fishing tourney up here this weekend (pardon the size everyone, still working out some kinks) I miss my drives up to Willoughby when I use to live in Lyndonville. Definitely one of my top favorite spots, I did a bunch of diving there as well. It is great for going down deep, as those cliffs continue pretty much straight down under the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchel Volk Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I loved lake Willoughby when I went to LSC. I remember when it was -5 and you saw a while cloud on the other end, The wind was light, then came the white cloud and all hellbroke lose a 40mph wind and whit out conditions for 5 minuets and it would end, this when on for a couple of hours a great experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 and Lake Willoughby has a nude beach! so i'm driving on 495 in MA today by gillette stadium...and i realize i'm listening to 80's night on 95.7 wzid concord, manchester, nashua...that's some good range for a NH station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Depth up to 23" here (average) at least 25-30" in the backyard shady areas (non-drift), 14-20 in sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 This looks like Snow to Sleet to maybe a little Freezing Rain, dryslot, then cold front, and back end snow showers... doesn't really seem like much rain... at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Moderate snow...1.3" in the last hour. Up to 3.4" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 The snow hasn't ever really picked up here, according to SFM obs. 1.25sm or greater since midnight. Looks to me like the best stuff stays in SNH/NE MA. I think my 3-5 call will verify nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 So far... Maine ... Cumberland County... gray NWS office 0.9 704 am 2/27 ... York County... 2 ESE Vaughan Woods 2.3 550 am 2/27 still snowing 4 se Sanford 2.0 603 am 2/27 still snowing New Hampshire ... Merrimack County... Concord 4.9 705 am 2/27 ... Rockingham County... 2 ENE Stratham 3.5 644 am 2/27 still snowing ... Sullivan County... Sunapee 4.5 610 am 2/27 still snowing 3 NW Sunapee 4.0 707 am 2/27 So Concord had over 1" more than me at 7am. Nice for them. I was expecting some 7-8" lollies in Rockingham County, but the 6"+ may be more widespread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 So far... Maine ... Cumberland County... gray NWS office 0.9 704 am 2/27 ... York County... 2 ESE Vaughan Woods 2.3 550 am 2/27 still snowing 4 se Sanford 2.0 603 am 2/27 still snowing New Hampshire ... Merrimack County... Concord 4.9 705 am 2/27 ... Rockingham County... 2 ENE Stratham 3.5 644 am 2/27 still snowing ... Sullivan County... Sunapee 4.5 610 am 2/27 still snowing 3 NW Sunapee 4.0 707 am 2/27 So Concord had over 1" more than me at 7am. Nice for them. I was expecting some 7-8" lollies in Rockingham County, but the 6"+ may be more widespread. Best stuff stayed well south of here, Eyeballing maybe 1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 0.7" in the last hour...up to 4.1". The snow growth is decent right now, but not epic. There's some large dendrites and sectored plates mixing in, but most are moderately sized crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Event totals: 1.2” Snow/0.13” L.E. Sunday 2/27/2011 6:00 P.M. update: I think the snow started here around 11:00 P.M. last night, but that’s just my best recollection. There’s actually been a decent amount of liquid so far (0.13”) but not a lot of loft in the snow due to small, 1-3 mm flakes. Similar light snow was continuing as of observation time. Up above us in the higher elevations, Bolton is reporting 2” of new snow, Stowe is reporting the same a few miles to the north, as is Mad River Glen to our south. At the southern end of the state, Mount Snow is reporting 5” new. We passed the 150” benchmark for season snowfall with this event, so I checked my records to see where we are in terms of averages etc. The calculated average I have for this point in the season is 135.1”, so snowfall is currently 15.1” ahead of that mark. That’s the way things have been running for the past month or more, so the season has been holding pace, even if not forging ahead to any great degree. Interestingly, this season is still running behind the ’07-’08 and ’08-’09 La Niña seasons by roughly that same amount. If November this season had been like those Novembers for snowfall (~20 inches) instead of essentially nothing, ’10-’11 would be leading the pack. The next season snowfall benchmark I’d be looking for would be 200”. That is certainly not out of the question for this season, but it would take an above average March through May period based on my data; down at this elevation the average for that stretch is only a bit over 30 inches. There’s no arguing with the averages of course, but the March average snowfall number for this location has certainly been skewed downward with the past couple of season, such as last season with just 2.1 inches. Based on what March is cable of around here, that’s pretty paltry. We’ll just have to see how March plays out, but if it falls in line with the other winter months from this season (current chart below) the 200” mark is not out of the question. Also, since February is not quite done yet, it could help out as well (see next paragraph). As far as February goes in this location, as of this morning the snowfall is at 45.3 inches for the month, which is 1.8 inches ahead of the average derived from my data. The snowfall has actually picked up here as of 7:00 A.M., so there will be some additional accumulation to add to the current small event. The last day of the month isn’t until tomorrow, and with a moderately significant system coming through, there is the chance to add a final shot of accumulation to February. It’s been difficult to get accumulation estimates for tomorrow since some mixed precipitation is expected with the event, but our current point forecast seems to suggest 3 to 5 inches of accumulation with the mixing in there. Numbers in that range would not quite get the snowfall to where February ’08 came in (54.7”), but it would still be a pretty strong February for snowfall nonetheless. I’ve added in the Vermont snowfall reports I’ve seen for our current small system in the usual north to south list: Jay Peak: 3” Burke: 2” Smuggler’s Notch: 1” Stowe: 2” Bolton Valley: 2” Mad River Glen: 2” Sugarbush: 4” Pico: 3” Killington: 4” Okemo: 4” Bromley: 5” Magic Mountain: 4” Stratton: 4” Mount Snow: 5” The southern resorts seem to have done well with the clipper, with totals in the 4-5” range. Most importantly, skiing has generally been quite good with the recent snows. Between the Friday system and this clipper, Bolton will be close to 20 inches of accumulation, so that’s a good shot of snow to end off the school vacation week. Below I added an image from yesterday on the mountain; there wasn’t much of an upslope component with this past system as far as I know, but the snow to water ratios were such that it still delivered some respectable Champlain Powder™ and that kept the boys happy. Some details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations are below: New Snow: 1.2 inches New Liquid: 0.13 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 9.2 Snow Density: 10.8% H2O Temperature: 16.9 F Sky: Light Snow (1-3 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 28.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Just realized I never updated my totals from Friday's storm. Cleared another 5.1" at 11pm which pushed the season total past he 100" mark. Storm total was 9.9". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Just realized I never updated my totals from Friday's storm. Cleared another 5.1" at 11pm which pushed the season total past he 100" mark. Storm total was 9.9". Nice... I had exactly 10" from two measurements (4.5" through 11am, 5.5" after that). Those were rounded to the nearest half inch though, so anywhere from 9.6-10.4" most likely). Just measured 1.9" out there about 20 minutes ago. I really wanted it to be 2" but it just wasn't quite there yet. Still snowing so should push over 2" by the time I head out to the mountain in a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Most importantly, skiing has generally been quite good with the recent snows. Between the Friday system and this clipper, Bolton will be close to 20 inches of accumulation, so that’s a good shot of snow to end off the school vacation week. Below I added an image from yesterday on the mountain; there wasn’t much of an upslope component with this past system as far as I know, but the snow to water ratios were such that it still delivered some respectable Champlain Powder™ and that kept the boys happy. That is an awesome shot of Dylan.... love that photo. Little ones make the snow look so deep haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Burlington (BTV) airport has just set a new record for its Snowiest February on Record. Records date back to late 1800s. As of yesterday BTV had 41.5" for the month and the record is 42.3" set in 2008. Through 7am, 1.1" had been recorded so monthly snowfall at 7am was up to 42.6" and now this month is the snowiest February in the past 120 years. ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... 1 NE SOUTH BURLINGTON 1.1 700 AM 2/27 NWS OFFICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mica Vim Toot Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nicely shot. It captures the joy. Vim Toot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nicely shot. It captures the joy. Vim Toot! Reminds me of being a kid and following my dad and his friends around the mountain... oh the joy of even 4" of powder when you're just catching the "ski bug." You can't really see his eyes in that photo but I know they are wide as saucers. It doesn't matter if you are on skis, snowboard, touring skis, snowmobile, inflatable tube, lunch tray, etc... there is something extremely intoxicating about moving through fresh powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Looks like we finish with 1.0" from this clipper, Best snows stayed south, Never had any decent snow growth being on the northern fringe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Little over 5" now, still snowing, big flakes at 23.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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