dryslot Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 That squall is moving thru here now, Vis has been reduced to 1/4 mi.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 complete whiteout in PWM And it's already over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Wet snow blowing sideways here on 95 started as rain. We are in biddeford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Stil rippin' here on Monument Square ... instant coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Here are a few pics from around 12pm... Visibility was well below a 1/4 mile. I see that even the ASOS at Montpelier recorded <1/4sm which is very hard to do at an ASOS. Also, like I said, this is around midday/12pm and it was incredibly dark out there. When the wind blew, visibility was so low it was almost disorienting... like someone threw a sheet over your eyes (see the second pic which was captured during a strong gust coupled with heavy snow). The Mansfield base lodge on the right side of the photo is only 80-100 yards away at best. Visibility at the height of this was probably only a couple hundred feet. After I left work around 2pm and got down into town, I found about an inch of new snow and the telltale signs of high winds + snowfall... trees that are plastered from top to bottom on the northwest facing sides of the trunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Been snowing for a while at home per webcams. Don't know how much has fallen but I have a hunch that there's an inch or two...which'll put me over 90". Lyndon time lapse--way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Here are a few pics from around 12pm... Visibility was well below a 1/4 mile. I see that even the ASOS at Montpelier recorded <1/4sm which is very hard to do at an ASOS. Also, like I said, this is around midday/12pm and it was incredibly dark out there. When the wind blew, visibility was so low it was almost disorienting... like someone threw a sheet over your eyes (see the second pic which was captured during a strong gust coupled with heavy snow). The Mansfield base lodge on the right side of the photo is only 80-100 yards away at best. Visibility at the height of this was probably only a couple hundred feet. After I left work around 2pm and got down into town, I found about an inch of new snow and the telltale signs of high winds + snowfall... trees that are plastered from top to bottom on the northwest facing sides of the trunk. Is there more coming through your area now? Radar looks like there is another batch your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Is there more coming through your area now? Radar looks like there is another batch your way. We just had another burst, but it was nothing spectacular down here in town...maybe 15-20 minutes of 1-2 mile vis snow. The mountain is still obscured from view (I can usually see some ski trails from my window) so it is probably still snowing up there. It looks like the batch of that burst went from BTV southeastward and we caught the NE edge. It looked to go right over Camels Hump/J.Spin/Sugarbush/MRG area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 We just had another burst, but it was nothing spectacular down here in town...maybe 15-20 minutes of 1-2 mile vis snow. The mountain is still obscured from view (I can usually see some ski trails from my window) so it is probably still snowing up there. It looks like the batch of that burst went from BTV southeastward and we caught the NE edge. It looked to go right over Camels Hump/J.Spin/Sugarbush/MRG area. it looks like it will miss me to the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Nice squall moved through here before I got home. There was still 0.6" snow on the driveway. It may have been more than that too. 12z EC is still interesting for C NH on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Squall incoming here. Getting very dark out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I love snow squalls. vis must be under 1/8 of a mile. starting to stick to the parking lot I'm looking at finally. It was 36 when it started so it took a bit to accumulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 WOW, awesome snow squall just before 1600. Visibility was less than 100 yards and received a quick coating. Temp plummeted from 38°F to 32°F in short order and it was snow the whole time. High wind speed was 35.0 mph. Saw on WGME at 5 p.m. that an ice arena collapsed in Hollowell today. No one hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Another great squall here. I may sneak 1" out of today. Looks like more upstream too. Nice. 27.6F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 0.9" today. Looks like it may have melted a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 This is the heaviest snow yet of this squall yet radar indicates it has mostly passed to my SE. I can't see the trees in my backyard. Probably down to about 1/8SM now. 26.5F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 A little -SN BLSN now as skies are beginning to clear. 1.2" new snow on the day with 0.07" water equiv. Down to 24.9F. It's hard to believe SE NH and SNE are in the mid/upper 30s right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Had some briefly intense snowfall with swirling winds twice today, just a coating overall despite the how heavy it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Can't find any evidence of snowfall at mi casa. I know it happened but it either melted or blew away. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 A little -SN BLSN now as skies are beginning to clear. 1.2" new snow on the day with 0.07" water equiv. Down to 24.9F. It's hard to believe SE NH and SNE are in the mid/upper 30s right now. 21.1F light snow here in SNE (or CNE as per Mr. Vim Tootalage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Pure winter outside, missed some great squalls while in Dover and Boston today. At least an inch, maybe 2 here...shocked to come home to that. Lots of blowing snow and even drifting on the back roads here. Heavy winter conditions and maybe more to come!? I believe we end up with some decent snow between Friday night and Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Event totals: 0.9” Snow/0.07” L.E. Wednesday 3/2/2011 6:00 P.M. update: There were some snow squalls in Burlington today, and although I could only check occasionally, based on the lack of accumulation I don’t think there was anything of the intensity that people were reporting from the mountains. I found 0.9 inches on the snowboard when I got home around 6:00 P.M. this evening, and as j24vt mentioned, some melting probably took place during the warm part of the day. Some details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations are below: New Snow: 0.9 inches New Liquid: 0.07 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 12.9 Snow Density: 7.8% H2O Temperature: 19.2 F Sky: Partly Cloudy/Flurries Snow at the stake: 26.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 -12 up top, and -2F here outside the office at 1,500ft. Makes me cold just thinking about going up there into another day of -30F windchills. Time listed there is UTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 MAV temps for tonight in NH... LCI -9F CON -17F HIE -29F BML -30F The MET is warmer, but still below zero. High pressure will be cresting over us overnight and with a deep snowpack I could see the cold winning out once we decouple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Event totals: 0.9” Snow/0.07” L.E. Wednesday 3/2/2011 6:00 P.M. update: There were some snow squalls in Burlington today, and although I could only check occasionally, based on the lack of accumulation I don’t think there was anything of the intensity that people were reporting from the mountains. I found 0.9 inches on the snowboard when I got home around 6:00 P.M. this evening, and as j24vt mentioned, some melting probably took place during the warm part of the day. Some details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations are below: New Snow: 0.9 inches New Liquid: 0.07 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 12.9 Snow Density: 7.8% H2O Temperature: 19.2 F Sky: Partly Cloudy/Flurries Snow at the stake: 26.5 inches Yeah there might have been a little melting but not much... temps dropped real quickly into the upper 20s with the squalls and it got windy. I'd think the colder/drier air might have settled it a bit, if anything. Anyway, I wasn't able to check the snowstake at 3,000ft yesterday afternoon but did do the one at 1,500ft. Had 1" there, depth of 31". Estimated 3" up high because I saw Bolton report 3" and Smuggs 4"... however, ski patrol sent me a message that they only had 2" new on the snow board at 3,000ft (depth of 56"). Mansfield co-op came in with 1.5" and a 2" increase in depth, so 2" sounds about right given the data I have to work with. It certainly felt like more snow, but I think that's usually the problem with snow estimates. I've noticed that at the mountain (and other ski areas and the public in general) that "estimates" are usually on the high side... but either way I dropped our 3" top amount down to 2" in the last 24 hours this morning to match our snow board data. I'd be curious to know if Smuggs really did get 4" because judging by the radar we got hit just as good, if not better.. and that has to be an upper mountain measurement because there's no way Jeffersonville ended up with 4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 -5 this morning This picture is soooooo 5 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Ended up with 0.5" with the squall from yesterday, Model runs look ugly......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 From the MARCH thread... figure I'd post it in here, too as its NNE oriented. This is Tim Kelley's 20 second clip of the conditions at 3,000ft during the WINDEX event yesterday. Weir Lundstedt enjoying the event he named... oh and by the way, conditions are as harsh as Weir looks uncomfortable. He's standing fully exposed at the top of the chute to brutal NNW winds. We clocked some 50mph gusts at the ski area with this squall line. http://surfskiweathe...index-at-stowe/ Temp this morning is -12F up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Topped out at 35F yesterday and down to -10F at the moment. Pretty sweet 45 degree plunge right there. 1.7" of new snow, 0.08" LE. 31" at the stake, 91.3" for the season. Solid winter, solid solid winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Topped out at 35F yesterday and down to -10F at the moment. Pretty sweet 45 degree plunge right there. 1.7" of new snow, 0.08" LE. 31" at the stake, 91.3" for the season. Solid winter, solid solid winter. This shows the difference between the snowfall at the fluffy upslope region vs. the deeper interior. Given that you are at 1,200ft and I've got a 1,500ft snow board, the elevations are close enough to compare. At 1,500ft on Mansfield we have exactly the same snow depth of 31", but we have tallied 145" of snow-to-date. We did have that 23" upslope fluff storm in early December that was 90% melted off less than 5 days later by a rain storm... but like J.Spin's data, this area gets a lot of "snowfall" but snow depths wouldn't necessarily indicate anything too special because a lot of that snowfall is very low water content. I bet if you had gotten 145" so far, your snow depth would be like 48-50" because most of your snow is of the synoptic variety that won't just dissolve as soon as it settles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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