gravitylover Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I was hoping for something like - somebody ripping monster gs turns down Perry Merrill with a big old rooster tail behind or maybe the trees off chin clip but I'll take 8' drifts and be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 22.4F now with gusting NW winds. It's been spitting flurries all evening. We had a steadier snow earlier that gave a dusting, but nothing big. Had 2.59" of precip from the event. The manual gauge was a few tenths less, but similar...so quite a soaker. The snow depth took a hit, but it still stands at a healthy 22"...so we lost about 8-10" like I figured. It still looks like the heart of winter outside...you wouldn't know we just had 24hrs of 45-50F temps with 2.50"+ of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 This is basically the story of today...big, big snow. Awesomw pic, keep em coming big winter up there, big big winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Good thing it's a Subaru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Here's a pic... this trail was groomed around midnight last night, flat from side to side. At 9am one half of the trail was covered in 5-8 foot drifts, the other half of the trail was passable. I should've gotten a skier passing by for reference, but the drifts on the left dwarfed skiers/riders. The tallest one is easily 8 feet deep above the groomed surface below. This is basically the story of today...big, big snow. Wow, that's impressive Scott Even the CPV must have 30" on the ground now, maybe more in protected higher areas like Snake Mtn or Chitman Hill... BIG Winter, big big winter The man called it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 i cant wait to see the pics my dad has taken when he actually can make it home lol state of emergency declared in the eastern townships and around sherbrooke. people trapped in cars and police not responding to 911 calls reports of 80cm locally / 32 inches a historic storm for them. here is a pic i grabbed off the Radio-Canada site from Sherbrooke 70cm at sherbrooke at 3pm as per Env Canada ....estimated due to weight of snow breaking the equipment at Sherbrooke airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 There are skiers in both of these photos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 There were some large drifts in the woods. A storm that transforms the landscape. Old work trucks. 42" of wind-packed snow depth at 1,500ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 add 8-10 from this morning, looks like 26-28 here. PF said it, a storm that transforms the landsape. biggest since the valentine blizzard in 2007. awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 There were some large drifts in the woods. A storm that transforms the landscape. Old work trucks. 42" of wind-packed snow depth at 1,500ft. Nice pics Pow, thanks, congrats man, absolutely epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 There were some large drifts in the woods. A storm that transforms the landscape. Uggh Wanna switch locations for a day? You can come down to the tropics and pump my basement for a day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 We picked up another 4" of snow today when it finally turned completely over to snow. That brings the storm total to 6.3" of snow and sleet and .2" of glaze, snow depth is back up to 26.5". Went for a snowshoe with the family right at sunset it was beautiful with the glaze and snow covered trees. It was a bit tough at times as even with the snow shoes you would break through the crust and sink quite a bit, great exercise though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtWeatherWatcher Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 cleaning up in Moretown bring out the heavy equipment Roadsign is full oh and the skiing was nawt tooo bahhhd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 There were some large drifts in the woods. A storm that transforms the landscape. Old work trucks. 42" of wind-packed snow depth at 1,500ft. Only a sick weenie such as myself would notice this, but take a look at the texture of the snow. Those are some mighty fine dendrites there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 My wife saw PF's skier photos and was convinced that was the top of a snowmobiler. I told her, nope that's a skier's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mica Vim Toot Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Yeah, Me, Its back in the trailer......... Good place for it. I have a feeling there may be a washout or two around S & C ME. Just rode here. Hubba hubba. Vim Toot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Added 4.3" during the day today fora storm total of 20.3". I suspect I lost a little accumulation to the wind. Had my scariest ride ever on the Quad at Stowe. Was one of the last chairs up before it closed. Wind was at least 25 knots. Trails were wind scoured powder; woods were amazing. Best.run.ever.in.the.riverbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Couple pics of the Pemi from this afternoon. Crested at 17.03ft (flood stage is 13ft), which is the 16th highest on record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Couple pics of the Pemi from this afternoon. Crested at 17.03ft (flood stage is 13ft), which is the 16th highest on record Excellent pics, looks so neat to see all that ice flowing down. Any flooding down at the PE Center? I fondly recall the ice jam back in Dec of 2003 when many cars got destroyed in that one...thankfully not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Only a sick weenie such as myself would notice this, but take a look at the texture of the snow. Those are some mighty fine dendrites there. Classic deform snows pretty much all day... that storm really slowed to a crawl passing our latitude. That certainly helped in prolonging today's snows and bumping amounts that extra 3-6" to really boost the totals. All the good storms always have a solid, long-duration H7 deformation band snows. Its a bummer that more folks couldn't partake in this event, especially further south in CNE/SNE, but March 6-7, 2011 will be remembered in these parts...well at least till the next big one comes along. A few more shots... This was the scene out the backdoor of the office around daybreak this morning with 14" on the ground and absolutely pounding 2"/hr snows. It was just pouring snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Couple pics of the Pemi from this afternoon. Crested at 17.03ft (flood stage is 13ft), which is the 16th highest on record Impressive... that is an incredible amount of ice moving downstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 cleaning up in Moretown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Excellent pics, looks so neat to see all that ice flowing down. Any flooding down at the PE Center? I fondly recall the ice jam back in Dec of 2003 when many cars got destroyed in that one...thankfully not mine. The flooding wasn't too bad by the PE Center. They put in a new ice rink last year, right by the Pemi, and that's where most were worried about. Rt 175A is closed, and they were talking about evacuations along River St. It was such a cool sight! Those are huge slabs of ice too. It's incredible to think about the force that was required to upend a few of them. Took some large branches with it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Classic deform snows pretty much all day... that storm really slowed to a crawl passing our latitude. That certainly helped in prolonging today's snows and bumping amounts that extra 3-6" to really boost the totals. All the good storms always have a solid, long-duration H7 deformation band snows. Its a bummer that more folks couldn't partake in this event, especially further south in CNE/SNE, but March 6-7, 2011 will be remembered in these parts...well at least till the next big one comes along. A few more shots... This was the scene out the backdoor of the office around daybreak this morning with 14" on the ground and absolutely pounding 2"/hr snows. It was just pouring snow. That's making me drool..lol. Awesome. That area was pegged for some good banding. It worked out fairly well. That added moisture from the Lake, and banking up against the higher terrain probably boosted the totals a few inches too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Very cool phenomena all along the Connecticut River. That puppy was blue--the ice, the thaw, the rain, the ZR, the sleet, the snow, lot-a friggin water flowing south right now under the still iced-over river. As seen from the bridge between Thetford, VT and Lyme, NH: I thought it looked blue this morning, but light was just breaking so wasn't completely sure. Certainly saw it on the way home, very cool looking. I was kind of suprised the water levels weren't higher with that jam down river in West Leb, they did drop the flooding, so maybe it had receded by the time I went by today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 No pictures to post but others have put some nice ones up. I do have a casualty to report though. My trusty mailbox who had made it through numerous snowstorms, including V-Day 07, being hit by several drive-by beer bottles and at least one direct hit by a pumpkin, finally succumbed to the plow tonight. Totally decapitated. Couldn't fix it tonight, 4 foot snowbank, darkness and all. Hopefully the bills won't come until I can fix it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Man, 3 of the top 5 snowstorms of all time at btv occur in the last 4 years. 24"+ storms seem a dime a dozen up there nowadays. They should make the city motto "go big or go home". i think I've gotten more epic snowfall pictures from friends in btv in the last 5 years than anywhere else, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Man, 3 of the top 5 snowstorms of all time at btv occur in the last 4 years. 24"+ storms seem a dime a dozen up there nowadays. They should make the city motto "go big or go home". i think I've gotten more epic snowfall pictures from friends in btv in the last 5 years than anywhere else, actually. The Champlain Valley has been incredibly fortunate the past few years. Middlebury, where I went to college, has had above average snowfall EVERY season since 06-07, amazing run. We can't seem to score a bad year. Remember, another historic storm for the BTV area was March 2001, so that's like 4 of the best storms ever in a decade. Sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 The Champlain Valley has been incredibly fortunate the past few years. Middlebury, where I went to college, has had above average snowfall EVERY season since 06-07, amazing run. We can't seem to score a bad year. Remember, another historic storm for the BTV area was March 2001, so that's like 4 of the best storms ever in a decade. Sick. Yeah, todays storm basically came on the 10th anniversary of the 2001 storm. A friend of mine who used to work at the btv nws office said that the march 2001 storm up in btv was his 2nd favorite storm of all time (behind the blizz of 78). He left btv for box about 5 yrs ago and is pretty pissed, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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