Tulip Trouncer 5........The Comeback

[MarkO]

Supposedly the Bourne Bridge is closed.

[CoastalWx]

Looks like some sort of accident or spin out on Messenger's weenie webcam on the rotary. Wow, at the snow there.

[Typhoon Tip]

1.1" on the car top... Lawn whitened now in Ayer. trees turning cake white, too... Aggregate size has decreased - no longer any large "clumping", but individual hexagon plates are noted alone with smaller aggregate clusters. Plating with small stellular arms extending means it is cold aloft. This may earn me a hot dog but if you know your Meteorology, you can almost guess what the temperature is at 850 by whether you have needles/columns, plates, or true dendrites.

[MarkO]

That's really a stretch.

Well it IS the best mountain in MA.

[CoastalWx]

It is CoastalWx(Scott?)

I think the accumulation is over here.. that 2.9 will likely be 1.9" very shortly. lol

That's good. What a nice surprise. Maybe you can flip back in the morning.

[ski MRG]

Well it IS the best mountain in MA.

Wrong, Berkshire East is a far superior hill. Jiminy Peak is third place behind Catamount.

[weatherMA]

Snowing good here. All non paved surfaces getting covered. Even the shady parts of my driveway are coated.

Final call:

MBY. 8.5"

ORH Will. 7.5"

KRAY. 5.0"

Dom. 11"

Sam. 12"

keV. 4"

Pete. 9.5"

Ginx. 3.5"

WeatherMA 4"

Scooter 1.5"

Dryslut 13.5"

Jayhawk 12"

Dendrite 14.7"

Gonna bust low me thinks.

1" on the grass so far, 33.1F, but not sticking on pavement so far. Hoping that starts soon...

[ORH_wxman]

The branches are already drooping pretty good even though we probably only have between 1-1.5" of snow.

[Clinch Leatherwood]

Scott sleet and snow much lighter.

Ruc kind of nailed this early band. Let's hope it's a little warm in error. 2.6 or 2.7....I expected zero. Cool stuff. Photos of flakes later some were enormous. I went out back to measure and it was the proverbial wall of snow falling.

I figured that was bright banding not s++.

[weatherwiz]

Supposedly the Bourne Bridge is closed.

Where did you hear this?

[ORH_wxman]

1.1" on the car top... Lawn whitened now in Ayer. trees turning cake white, too... Aggregate size has decreased - no longer any large "clumping", but individual hexagon plates are noted alone with smaller aggregate clusters. Plating with small stellular arms extending means it is cold aloft. This may earn me a hot dog but if you know your Meteorology, you can almost guess what the temperature is at 850 by whether you have needles/columns, plates, or true dendrites.

We had larger aggregates too when the heavier band came over, but flakes are smaller again now that its just back to moderate or high end light.

[SouthCoastMA]

CoastalWx: its funny as its now flipped back to snow pellets..maybe be able to squeeze out another tenth or so.

I think u will do fine up there. Good luck man

[OKpowdah]

Sticking to grass, cars, and powerlines now. Here we go.

right on time

[HoarfrostHubb]

That's obscene. I've never had to pay for a ticket at Stowe and at those prices I wouldn't. Not worth the price of admission. MRG at half that is unbeatable.

One of my students uses some Vermont value pass thing. He is addicted to VT skiing.

On a recent project he plastered it with Stowe and MRG logos

I show him Powderfreaks pics and he gets big eyed.

I still like my under $6 per visit WaWa deal. Wish it could go forever

[weatherMA]

The branches are already drooping pretty good even though we probably only have between 1-1.5" of snow.

Just grass/deck or is it sticking to pavement up there?

[Ginx snewx]

The branches are already drooping pretty good even though we probably only have between 1-1.5" of snow.

Noticed that, liking how the bright banding washes out over me. Heading out for a ride up the hill to check the 612 elevation.

[MarkO]

Wrong, Berkshire East is a far superior hill. Jiminy Peak is third place behind Catamount.

Jimney is higher in elevation (more snow), I believe it has the highest vertical drop and more black and double black.

[powderfreak]

You should flip then as soon as that heavy band to the south moves north..maybe 20 mins? 31.8 and snow

Man this is where the hills really do matter. And its funny, these events seem to go "ok" for the coastal plain at low elevations, but they always blow goats in the larger, interior valleys. Growing up in the Hudson Valley like two towns over from Rick/Logan11, these spring events would always be rain/snow mix with 3" at 200ft, while there's 8-10" at 1,000ft blowing sideways off Rick's field. It was the same in the Champlain Valley... down at 200-300ft its a struggle the whole storm, while 1,000ft is ripping and sticking sideways to everything.

I'm not sure if the coastal plain is just closer to better dynamics, or if its that ENE wind causing some slight cooling from convergence as the wind hits land and gently sloping terrain... or if its the fact that the interior valleys need to downslope from somewhere regardless of what direction the wind comes from, and that slight downsloping component keeps things slightly more marginal than even a lower elevation on the coastal plain.

Either way, it sounds like the hills around the HFD-BDL area already have a 1"+ lead on the valley. That first inch is a biggie (what did she say?) because accumulations come easily on snow.

[ORH_wxman]

Just grass/deck or is it sticking to pavement up there?

Its beginning to stick to the roads...but not in the middle...its at the stage where the sides of the road are getting accumulation but the middle is still mostly wet with maybe some transparent slush.

[CT Rain]

Man this is where the hills really do matter. And its funny, these events seem to go "ok" for the coastal plain at low elevations, but they always blow goats in the larger, interior valleys. Growing up in the Hudson Valley like two towns over from Rick/Logan11, these spring events would always be rain/snow mix with 3" at 200ft, while there's 8-10" at 1,000ft blowing sideways off Rick's field. It was the same in the Champlain Valley... down at 200-300ft its a struggle the whole storm, while 1,000ft is ripping and sticking sideways to everything.

I'm not sure if the coastal plain is just closer to better dynamics, or if its that ENE wind causing some slight cooling from convergence as the wind hits land and gently sloping terrain... or if its the fact that the interior valleys need to downslope from somewhere regardless of what direction the wind comes from, and that slight downsloping component keeps things slightly more marginal than even a lower elevation on the coastal plain.

Either way, it sounds like the hills around the HFD-BDL area already have a 1"+ lead on the valley. That first inch is a biggie (what did she say?) because accumulations come easily on snow.

Not really. The hills west of here have virtually no accumulation. The precip just hasn't been that heavy here. We've only picked up a couple hundreths. Areas on the east side of the valley do have a jump start not so much because of elevation but because of heavier precip rates.

[MaineJayhawk]

Flakes mixing in with the rain now.

34.1F

[40/70 Benchmark]

Man this is where the hills really do matter. And its funny, these events seem to go "ok" for the coastal plain at low elevations, but they always blow goats in the larger, interior valleys. Growing up in the Hudson Valley like two towns over from Rick/Logan11, these spring events would always be rain/snow mix with 3" at 200ft, while there's 8-10" at 1,000ft blowing sideways off Rick's field. It was the same in the Champlain Valley... down at 200-300ft its a struggle the whole storm, while 1,000ft is ripping and sticking sideways to everything.

I'm not sure if the coastal plain is just closer to better dynamics, or if its that ENE wind causing some slight cooling from convergence as the wind hits land and gently sloping terrain... or if its the fact that the interior valleys need to downslope from somewhere regardless of what direction the wind comes from, and that slight downsloping component keeps things slightly more marginal than even a lower elevation on the coastal plain.

Either way, it sounds like the hills around the HFD-BDL area already have a 1"+ lead on the valley. That first inch is a biggie (what did she say?) because accumulations come easily on snow.

Absolutely true and this is why I usually do well, despite having 111' of elevation...there are no hills around me.

The rule is if you aren't IN the hills, then you want them nowhere near you.

[ChrisM]

Shoulda stayed at Uconn

Why?

I should have came to your house tonight.

So you could watch my deck barely get coated with snow? haha

It's light rain it's not nearly heavy enough to flip us over

snowing on top of avon mtn

[Arnold214]

The branches are already drooping pretty good even though we probably only have between 1-1.5" of snow.

Ya I'm not so crazy anymore am i? Lol. 1/14 snotstorm in attle.

[CT Rain]

snowing on top of avon mtn

yeah i know not surprised

[Professional Lurker]

Well it IS the best mountain in MA.

wow...

[free_man]

SnowNH dripping with light rain/snow mix in MHT, 4 mi vis , all snow here and 3/4 mi vis at 500'.

[ORH_wxman]

Ya I'm not so crazy anymore am i? Lol.

I'm gonna start getting shotgun blasts when we crack 2" like you did on 1/14/08.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Its beginning to stick to the roads...but not in the middle...its at the stage where the sides of the road are getting accumulation but the middle is still mostly wet with maybe some transparent slush.

Shrubs drooping a little, but these are pretty big flakes...seems powdery

[powderfreak]

That's obscene. I've never had to pay for a ticket at Stowe and at those prices I wouldn't. Not worth the price of admission. MRG at half that is unbeatable.

Hey ya don't have to tell me twice, lol. I can never blame people for not wanting to pay that. They give me a pass and pay me to ski, haha, so I consider that a win. But the more mind-boggling thing is that during holiday periods and kids vacation periods, that place is packed to capacity. Literally filled parking lots, annoying lift lines (not as bad as Killington or S.VT), and just a lot of people (busy day is 9,000-10,000 people) everywhere. All at $84 lift tickets. That's a lot of revenue. And during vacation periods, supply and demand says ticket prices should be higher!