MainePhotog Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Yep. It sucks over here. Big bare spots. Some of the coastal plain is bare, but still 12" - 16" of snow cover here. Some spots around trees are bare and on south facing hills, but overall, still a nice snow cover on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Some of the coastal plain is bare, but still 12" - 16" of snow cover here. Some spots around trees are bare and on south facing hills, but overall, still a nice snow cover on the ground. Although I should say that after this next system, maybe no so much will be left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Yeah I'm very curious as well. I've been talking with Greg Hanson, the senior hydrologist at WFO BTV, because we are going to try and do liquid measurements next year off our snow boards... but for this spring he's trying to get us an Adirondack Snow Sampler so we can give him some liquid equivalents at our snow study areas. He said they gave all there's out UVM and Lyndon State geography/met students so they can do an analysis for a school project. I've seen some of those kids out on Mansfield so I'm hoping to get my hands on their data. Next season we are going to do a bi-weekly snowpack assessment for BTV but I'd like to try it out this spring just because we have such a solid snowpack (ranging from 40" to 90", bottom to top) that has got to have a lot of liquid in it. Hopefully all of this releases slowly because even the lowlands io the Champlain Valley have over 30" on the ground. This would be awesome. I'd love to get a more detailed snow analysis going next year. Anything I or my skiing friends (who you know) can do let us know. As you are aware...we're everyhwere....(insert evil laugh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 It's gonna be interesting when all this deep snow starts to let go over the next month. Lots of water locked up. I've been thinking of doing a core to see what the snow/water equivelent is here--maybe 6" or more...? I'll take the over... After the Feb thundersnow, I had 4.7" LE in 23" snowpack. Since then I've had nearly 3" frozen precip (about .5" is ZR) and about an inch of plain old rain, but with surprisingly little signs of runoff. I'm guessing that my 22" - significantly less than your depth - has around 7" water. I could've sampled it Monday morning like cocorahs wants (my earlier sample was taken on Sunday aft, when I had time to do it and melt it), but I was more interested in getting out of my driveway and down the sleet-over-mud gravel road. That 2" sleet/ZR layer is armorplate now and all but impossible to core. Maybe if it softens enough Friday? Given that snowdepths over 12-14" require multiple cores, which must then be emptied into a separate container, I do the melting by adding a known quantity of hot tapwater, which can then be deducted from the total. Much the quickest method for an accurate reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Thanks for all the great pictures Scott, absolutely agree about the day. Started off clear and cold with single digits, and went right into clear and warm at around 30 F. I was up skiing with Dylan at Stowe yesterday and it was a great one to be out. BTV has their storm total summary out, and I hadn't seen it posted yet so I've added it below. The highest listing on there for snowfall is 3 SW Jay at 34.0", and for snowpack it’s Mt Mansfield at 90.0” of course, but there is also Jay Peak at 78.0”, then 4 N Walden at 49.0”. In our neck of the woods in Washington County we’re 3 NW Waterbury, and it looks like there were several Waterbury sites right in that 2-foot accumulation range like us. It is interesting to note that the other two Waterbury sites listed in the snowpack section of the table, which are both NE of town, had notably lower values for snowpack. Those spots would be much more removed from the spine, so I’m sure our location gets a lot more upslope snow, but as we discussed earlier in one of the threads, that doesn’t really amount to much in terms of snowpack building. The discrepancy certainly wasn’t from this synoptic event with those sites receiving 22.2” and 24.2” of snow, so it must have been in the past with another event or it could have been during consolidation during one of the warm spells. [size="2"]NOUS41 KBTV 081518 PNSBTV NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-090315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1015 AM EST TUE MAR 08 2011 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 27 HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE AND COCORAHS OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...CLINTON COUNTY... 1 W PERU 24.0 736 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO PLATTSBURGH 22.0 1100 AM 3/07 CHANNEL 5 MORRISONVILLE 22.0 1100 AM 3/07 PUBLIC PERU 22.0 731 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO 4 ESE PERU 18.5 931 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...ESSEX COUNTY... BLOOMINGDALE 32.0 738 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO 3 N WESTPORT 27.0 911 AM 3/07 WESTPORT 27.0 930 AM 3/07 SPOTTER 1 N LAKE PLACID 23.0 440 PM 3/07 COCORAHS OBSERVER MORIAH 22.5 909 AM 3/07 UPPER JAY 22.0 840 AM 3/07 ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... TUPPER LAKE 29.0 909 AM 3/07 SPOTTER SARANAC LAKE 29.0 1115 AM 3/07 PUBLIC CHASM FALLS 26.4 1112 AM 3/07 PUBLIC MALONE 24.0 735 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO 1 WSW MALONE 23.0 928 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ST. REGIS FALLS 23.0 733 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO 5 S MALONE 22.0 735 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO WHIPPLEVILLE 17.4 1134 AM 3/07 SPOTTER ...ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY... POTSDAM 9.0 747 AM 3/07 SPOTTER EDWARDS 6.5 733 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO 1 NW EDWARDS 4.0 932 AM 3/08 COCORAHS VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... 2 NW LINCOLN 24.0 914 AM 3/08 COCORAHS BRIDPORT 24.0 100 PM 3/07 SPOTTER SALISBURY 23.8 541 PM 3/07 PUBLIC 1 WNW ORWELL 23.0 535 PM 3/07 COCORAHS CORNWALL 22.0 1030 AM 3/07 SPOTTER SOUTH LINCOLN 21.7 916 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...CALEDONIA COUNTY... 2 SW SUTTON 24.2 920 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 N SUTTON 23.5 921 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 NNW SHEFFIELD 23.2 921 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 4 N WALDEN 21.2 921 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER LYNDONVILLE 21.0 1215 PM 3/07 LYNDON STATE ST. JOHNSBURY 20.3 922 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... JERICHO 30.0 1136 AM 3/07 TOWN HIGHWAY 1 ENE NORTH UNDERHIL 27.0 928 AM 3/08 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 N ESSEX JUNCTION 26.7 957 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NW WESTFORD 26.0 330 PM 3/07 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 NE SOUTH BURLINGTO 25.8 823 PM 3/07 NWS OFFICE HINESBURG 24.5 400 PM 3/07 PUBLIC 1 ESE NASHVILLE 23.4 714 PM 3/07 NWS EMPLOYEE SOUTH BURLINGTON 23.0 737 PM 3/07 AMATEUR RADIO 3 SE SOUTH BURLINGTO 21.0 916 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 E COLCHESTER POINT 17.0 742 PM 3/07 NWS EMPLOYEE ...ESSEX COUNTY... ISLAND POND 20.0 947 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... HIGHGATE CENTER 22.5 400 PM 3/07 PUBLIC SWANTON 22.2 400 PM 3/07 PUBLIC ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... 1 ESE PLEASANT VALLE 30.0 400 PM 3/07 SPOTTER 1 NW SOUTH CAMBRIDGE 28.2 819 PM 3/07 TRAINED SPOTTER 3 SSE JEFFERSONVILLE 28.0 923 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER MORRISVILLE 27.5 458 PM 3/07 PUBLIC STOWE 27.0 1245 PM 3/07 PUBLIC 2 S EDEN 24.0 923 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 ESE NORTH HYDE PAR 24.0 531 PM 3/07 COOP 3 NE HYDE PARK 19.8 923 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 8 NW STOWE 16.0 600 PM 3/07 MOUNT MANSFIELD COOP ...ORANGE COUNTY... 2 E CORINTH CORNERS 10.2 924 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NNW CHELSEA 10.0 957 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 NNW UNION VILLAGE 3.0 958 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ORLEANS COUNTY... 3 SW JAY 34.0 924 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER WESTMORE 30.0 910 PM 3/07 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 WNW WESTFIELD 29.5 924 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 NE NEWPORT 29.0 924 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 7 SE MORGAN 25.0 925 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 3 ENE BARTON 25.0 925 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 WNW STANNARD 18.7 500 PM 3/07 SPOTTER ...RUTLAND COUNTY... 1 N RUTLAND 12.2 925 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER WALLINGFORD 10.0 839 AM 3/07 GENERAL PUBLIC ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... 4 ENE CABOT 26.7 1005 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 WNW WEST DANVILLE 26.0 925 AM 3/08 SPOTTER 1 ESE WAITSFIELD 25.6 926 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 SE WAITSFIELD 25.6 928 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 NNE WATERBURY CENT 25.5 435 PM 3/07 SPOTTER 3 NW WATERBURY 25.0 930 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 3 NE WATERBURY 24.2 930 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 WNW WORCESTER 22.5 927 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 5 NNE WATERBURY 22.2 928 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 NW EAST WARREN 22.0 500 PM 3/07 4 WNW BERLIN 19.8 1005 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 4 ESE MARSHFIELD 18.5 150 PM 3/07 SPOTTER 1 SSW NORTHFIELD FAL 17.0 926 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 5 SW MARSHFIELD 16.7 929 AM 3/08 COCORAHS MONTPELIER JUNCTION 16.0 925 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 SW EAST CALAIS 14.5 929 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 ESE PLAINFIELD 14.0 926 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...WINDSOR COUNTY... 3 WNW EAST BETHEL 15.7 927 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 S ROCHESTER 14.0 927 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 N POMFRET 11.5 926 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 ENE WOODSTOCK 8.0 931 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 WSW LUDLOW 4.6 927 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 3 S LUDLOW 2.3 1004 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ***********************SNOW ON GROUND*********************** LOCATION SNOW TIME/DATE COMMENTS ON GROUND OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...CLINTON COUNTY... 4 ESE PERU 26.5 600 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...ESSEX COUNTY... 2 N LAKE PLACID 43.0 745 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... 1 SW MALONE 25.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY... SW HANNAWA FALLS 15.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 NW EDWARDS 7.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... SOUTH LINCOLN 29.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NW LINCOLN 27.5 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...CALEDONIA COUNTY... 4 N WALDEN 49.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 NNW SHEFFIELD 40.5 600 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 SW SUTTON 37.0 705 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NE SUTTON 28.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ST JOHNSBURY 25.0 400 PM 3/07 CO-OP OBSERVER ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... 4 NNE UNDERHILL 39.0 800 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 E NASHVILLE 32.0 645 AM 3/08 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 N ESSEX JUNCTION 30.0 800 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 SE SOUTH BURLINGTO 28.0 600 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...ESSEX COUNTY... 1 N ISLAND POND 31.0 1030 AM 3/07 CO-OP OBSERVER ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... MOUNT MANSFIELD 90.0 400 PM 3/07 CO-OP OBSERVER 5 N JEFFERSONVILLE 42.0 730 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 S EDEN 40.0 849 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER SW STOWE 35.0 730 AM 3/07 COCORAHS 3 NE HYDE PARK 27.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...ORANGE COUNTY... CORINTH 33.0 620 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NW CHELSEA 33.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER UNION VILLAGE DAM 21.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ORLEANS COUNTY... JAY PEAK 78.0 600 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER NEWPORT 44.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NW DERBY CENTER 35.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 1 WNW WESTFIELD 33.0 800 AM 3/07 COCORAHS 3 ENE BARTON 33.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...RUTLAND COUNTY... 1 N RUTLAND 24.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 N WEST RUTLAND 14.2 900 AM 3/07 COCORAHS DANBY FOUR CORNERS 8.0 920 AM 3/07 CO-OP OBSERVER ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... 4 ENE CABOT 40.0 900 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 3 NW WATERBURY 39.5 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 3 ENE MIDDLESEX 35.0 730 AM 3/07 COCORAHS 2 SW EAST CALAIS 35.0 600 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 W WAITSFIELD 33.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 SE WAITSFIELD 33.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 5 NNE WATERBURY 31.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 2 W WORCESTER 31.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER PLAINFIELD 27.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 N NORTHFIELD 26.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 SW MONTPELIER 26.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 NE WATERBURY 24.0 600 AM 3/08 COCORAHS 5 SW MARSHFIELD 24.0 545 AM 3/08 COCORAHS ...WINDSOR COUNTY... 4 N BETHEL 39.0 700 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 N POMFRET 35.0 700 AM 3/08 COCORAHS CAVENDISH 22.0 730 AM 3/07 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 S ROCHESTER 20.0 746 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER WOODSTOCK 18.0 800 AM 3/08 CO-OP OBSERVER $$ LAHIFF/BOYD[/size] wow Malone NY got 23 inches and i only got 7-8??? that is a bitter, bitter pill. 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Organizing Low Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 well we should get 4-8 inches here tonight and tomorow before the rain. i'll probably surpass my seasonal peak of a rather meh 25 inches depth early tomorrow morning......i have 21 currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Winter is pretty much rolling to a close in non elevated areas. Snowpack at my school is definitely taking a huge hit with these rainstorms and my house is just plain nasty and disgusting right now in terms of just dirty street and no snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Winter is pretty much rolling to a close in non elevated areas. Snowpack at my school is definitely taking a huge hit with these rainstorms and my house is just plain nasty and disgusting right now in terms of just dirty street and no snow. Just about time to put a fork in it down this way unless like you said you live in elevated areas, We will be taking another hit this week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 From ineedsnow's post...do you know what area/towns this is referring to? "eastern townships at 1800 feet is the real gods country" Is this in the U.S., near Derby VT? Or, further east? Or, in Canada? Thanks in advance. I'm in awe of the incredible snow depths in the NEK this winter...good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 well we should get 4-8 inches here tonight and tomorow before the rain. i'll probably surpass my seasonal peak of a rather meh 25 inches depth early tomorrow morning......i have 21 currently. I just saw that BTV has winter weather advisories up for the coming event. They're suggesting 2 to 4 inches of snow, then some mix/frozen stuff, just like Powderfreak said he was thinking in the "Turn out the lights" thread. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 215 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011 VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-101000- /O.NEW.KBTV.WW.Y.0012.110310T0500Z-110311T0000Z/ ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON... STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION 215 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS THURSDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN SHELTERED VALLEYS. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY...PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN SNOW DURING THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 From ineedsnow's post...do you know what area/towns this is referring to? "eastern townships at 1800 feet is the real gods country" Is this in the U.S., near Derby VT? Or, further east? Or, in Canada? Thanks in advance. I'm in awe of the incredible snow depths in the NEK this winter...good stuff. The Eastern Townships basically cover the area due north of the VT, NH and western most ME section of the border between the US and Quebec . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Just about time to put a fork in it down this way unless like you said you live in elevated areas, We will be taking another hit this week.. Hope not - the March (and April, though not much can be expected there) disappointments are getting old. March, last three years: 2008: Mediocre. Anticlimax to a great winter 2009: Bad. Winter absolutely dead 3/3 on. 2010: Historically awful, but winter had been a rotting corpse for some time already. 2011? Right now, looking at the 16-day guesswork, I'm thinking 2009-like, but with a different date of decease. However, March at my current location has been pretty much feast or famine.. 1999: Great. Though mild, had 32" with two 14" storms 2000: Poor, like rest of that winter. 2001: Wow!! Storms of 19", 16", 9.5", 7", 4". 48" OG on 3/31. Hit -25, too. 2002: See 2000. 2003: Fair. Cold and dry, like rest of winter. 2004: About like 2009. 2005: Great, 31" and cold, though the snow machine died after 3/13. 2006: Would be "historically awful" but 2010 took that title. 2007: Good. Cold and nice 8" storms 2nd, 17th. (Then 37" in April) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'll take the over... After the Feb thundersnow, I had 4.7" LE in 23" snowpack. Since then I've had nearly 3" frozen precip (about .5" is ZR) and about an inch of plain old rain, but with surprisingly little signs of runoff. I'm guessing that my 22" - significantly less than your depth - has around 7" water. I could've sampled it Monday morning like cocorahs wants (my earlier sample was taken on Sunday aft, when I had time to do it and melt it), but I was more interested in getting out of my driveway and down the sleet-over-mud gravel road. That 2" sleet/ZR layer is armorplate now and all but impossible to core. Maybe if it softens enough Friday? Given that snowdepths over 12-14" require multiple cores, which must then be emptied into a separate container, I do the melting by adding a known quantity of hot tapwater, which can then be deducted from the total. Much the quickest method for an accurate reading. Yeah, probably more than 6". I was being conservative. I'll know when I get home and it's all melted down. I just took my 8" diameter standard rain gauge and shoved it down through the snow till I hit bottom and pulled it out. Surprisingly, the snow stayed nice and packed in the cylinder (30" tall or so) and I actually reached down far enough where I saw blades of grass. I left the cylinder inside, packed with snow and with a top on it to reduce evaporation. I've never actually done a core this way and it likely isn't very scientific but it might give me a rough idea of the water content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Winter Weather Advisory in effect... BTV calling for 2-4" like J.Spin said, however my point and click would imply up to 5" is possible haha. Point and click for the ski resort on Mansfield looks very interesting over the next few days...3-6" of snow, followed by rain (although the precipitation amounts show .1-.25" and then less than .1" so BTV implies not much rain)... along with strong, and damaging winds: Tonight: Snow, mainly after 1am. Low around 20. Wind chill values as low as -4. Very windy, with a south wind 35 to 40 mph increasing to between 50 and 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Thursday: Snow before 4pm, then sleet. High near 35. Wind chill values as low as -1. Strong and damaging winds, with a south wind between 55 and 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Thursday Night: Rain and sleet, becoming all rain after 7pm. Low around 34. Strong and damaging winds, with a south wind between 60 and 70 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday: Rain, mainly before 4pm. High near 39. Strong and damaging winds, with a south wind 65 to 70 mph decreasing to between 55 and 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Had a nice ski tour this morning up & back down Gile Mountain in Norwich, VT. The skiing was excellent. The old snowpack is deep & firm under foot and there was a couple inches of powder on top to lighten & fluffen the whole affair. While we had no freezing rain at the house during the last event, not too far to the south and east of home, there was a fair bit of icing and the trees even now are pretty iced up above 700' or so. The summit of Gile is 1800' and there is a fire tower on the top. Here are a few shots... Some serious ice on the trees: Looking up the tower: With the telephoto, I was able to zoom in pretty well on Killington & Pico some 25-30 miles WSW from Gile Mountain: Looking south to Mount Ascutney, a lone pine and lots of iced up hardwoods. As you can see, there was quite a lot of haze in the air: It was a little trecherous climbing up & down the tower but I managed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Honestly, even if the snowpack takes a full 12" hit (or more) we could still have 2 feet on the ground after this event. I wandered around out back with the yardstick and that storm snow was dense and did not settle much... even after two sunny mid-March days (and a high of 35F today) there's still 36-37" of settled snow on the ground going into this next system. If we get 3" or so we'll probably hit 40" of snow depth again before the rain comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Sweet shots, Allenson. Good to see you're getting out and enjoying winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Sweet shots, Allenson. Good to see you're getting out and enjoying winter! Gotta. No need to tell you though. Yeah, WWAs are up. Tack on a couple-three more inches, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 BTV’s updated graphics are up for the coming system, so I’ve added them below. Like Scott said, the point forecasts for the mountains around here suggest a 3-5, 3-6-inch snowfall. Our point forecast in the valley suggests 2 to 3 inches of snow, which falls through tomorrow afternoon, then liquid precipitation in the Thursday night through Friday night period, then snow works back in for Saturday and Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Need 3.8" to crack 100" here, it looks like it might be close tonight and tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Need 3.8" to crack 100" here, it looks like it might be close tonight and tomorrow. That close, eh? Nice. It's a fun milestone. Even if you don't get there with this event, I'd be surprised if you didn't overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 snowfall warning has been issued for montreal city for 6-10 inches i think we will be in the 4-8 range though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 It's gonna be interesting when all this deep snow starts to let go over the next month. Lots of water locked up. I've been thinking of doing a core to see what the snow/water equivelent is here--maybe 6" or more...? Yeah I'm very curious as well. I've been talking with Greg Hanson, the senior hydrologist at WFO BTV, because we are going to try and do liquid measurements next year off our snow boards... but for this spring he's trying to get us an Adirondack Snow Sampler so we can give him some liquid equivalents at our snow study areas. He said they gave all there's out UVM and Lyndon State geography/met students so they can do an analysis for a school project. I've seen some of those kids out on Mansfield so I'm hoping to get my hands on their data. Next season we are going to do a bi-weekly snowpack assessment for BTV but I'd like to try it out this spring just because we have such a solid snowpack (ranging from 40" to 90", bottom to top) that has got to have a lot of liquid in it. Hopefully all of this releases slowly because even the lowlands io the Champlain Valley have over 30" on the ground. That would be great to have liquid analyses from the mountain Scott, the ones from the stake are nice, but based on the numbers we see for snowfall, it makes one curious if everything is being caught in their gauge. I've been wanting to do a snowpack core, and a few weeks back Chuck McGill from CoCoRaHS sent us an email encouraging folks to do them. So with the recent comments and the current snowpack it seemed like a good time. Anyway, I did one this evening and the snowpack here contained 7.84 inches of liquid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I’m not sure what time it started, but as of 11:00 P.M. we’ve got light snow falling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The Eastern Townships basically cover the area due north of the VT, NH and western most ME section of the border between the US and Quebec . Cool...thanks for the reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I’m not sure what time it started, but as of 11:00 P.M. we’ve got light snow falling here. 7.84 is a lot of w/e damn, hope your melt is slow and you stay out of the heavy tomorrow, do not need another inch absorbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Light snow falling now but only a trace by the looks of things outside. 28F Anyway, I did one this evening and the snowpack here contained 7.84 inches of liquid. My core finally melted down (didn't do the add known quantity of warm water trick) and ended up with 8.9" SWE. Damn! Glad I don't live in a low-lying, flood-prone spot but I may have to fire up the sump pump in the cellar before the month is out. And I do have a canoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 A healthy start to this system this morning.. 2.0" new at 800ft in town (snow depth 38.5") at 26F 3.1" new at 1,500ft (snow depth 45") at 25F Groomers reporting a little over 4" at the summit last night. Snowing steadily, probably 1"/hr. I'm thinking the yellow and oranges right over the Mansfield ridgeline are clutter, but it is snowing pretty hard with good dendrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 2.0" new at 800ft in town (snow depth 38.5") at 26F 3.1" new at 1,500ft (snow depth 45") at 25F Hey, that much already, eh? Pretty good. Not so over here. Guess the pricip stayed west (of here) overnight. The last system did that too--we had nothing at all last Saturday and yet I encountered a bit of rain in Jeffersonville, Cambridge, Smuggs, etc. Just took a closer look but still haven't 'officially' measured yet--looks like a tenth or two so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 20F and 2" new, snowing moderately. broke out the xc trail last night behind the house, pretty deep when 155cm poles are worthless, if you skied gently you could skim the top 12", but any pole pressure was useless, ever see a man moon walk forward , great for clearing canopy, getting limbs I could never reach without a pole saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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