powderfreak Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Wow that sunset pic is one of the best shots I've ever seen posted on here, JSpin. And yes the powder is almost getting better with age. It seems to have lost the wind skim coat on top and its now just sparkling fluff. Loving the low angle hardwood woods right now over near the Mansfield triple. Just great noodle turns through the trees in boot deep fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Not quite as cold here as yesterday, but still about -12 or so. Seemed just as clear and calm, and was -4 last eve at 9, 2F colder than the night before, so I expected to be in the 15-20 below range again. Had 7/-17 yest, by about 10F the coldest daily mean this season. About time, and I'm still about +2.4 for the month. Looks like a couple inches of frozen stuff tomorrow/Wed, maybe a dusting late week. Hope next week's torch is less than advertised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 We were at mt Ellen yesterday morning. It was a bit on the chilly side. Minus 18 at the summit. First run was a groomer and it was just too cold to go at any speed. So we hopped into the woods and warmed ourselves working it in there. Once I got the juices going it was ok, but definitely an extra layer day. No crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Was -15F this morning. 17F now. Feels balmy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Some photos from today... just a spectacular day in NNE. The Mansfield ridgeline connects where I'm standing with the far end on the other side (the "Chin")... standing high above the rest its easy to see how this wall produces so much orographic snow. Looking north through the Notch with Jay Peak on the horizon right of center. Mount Mansfield's Chin... my snow board measuring spot is located in the bottom right hand corner of this photo at 3,000ft, which is 1,300ft lower than the summit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Great pics. Anyone know about how much rain we're supposed to get tomorrow nite? Wasn't paying much attn last couple days and NWS has sleet to rain tomorrow afternoon/nite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 -18F here last night. Back at LSC for the Spring semester. Snow depth of 5" of campus at 1,100ft. Looks like a period of light snow and sleet (possibly 1-2") then a period of freezing rain and over to plain rain by 0z-6z Wednesday before temps crash back down. Keeping an eye on the Thursday clipper and Saturday storm. Looks like Thursday will be high ratio snows (maybe 1-3" plus orographic stuff) then Saturday depends on the amplitude of the shortwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Great pics. Anyone know about how much rain we're supposed to get tomorrow nite? Wasn't paying much attn last couple days and NWS has sleet to rain tomorrow afternoon/nite. Probably only like a couple tenths of cold rain. Our snow isn't going away. In fact, this will armor it even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Well, it's 37 degrees warmer now than it was 24 hours ago. 20F and light snow. Not much snow--looks like around a half-inch or so. Margaritas on the beach later this afternoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Event totals: 0.2” Snow/0.01” L.E. We had a little snow overnight at some point, but it was just cloudy when I was taking my observations this morning. Some details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations are below: New Snow: 0.2 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 20.0 Snow Density: 5.0% H2O Temperature: ~27 F Sky: Cloudy Snow at the stake: 9.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 0.6" of fluff this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 0.6" of fluff this morning. Nice. I had 0.2" at 5.30am at Barnes Camp snow board up here at the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 .4" overnight with just some flurries/-SN falling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 that sunset pic is friggin awesome J. thanks for sharing that one. Wow that sunset pic is one of the best shots I've ever seen posted on here, JSpin.And yes the powder is almost getting better with age. It seems to have lost the wind skim coat on top and its now just sparkling fluff. Loving the low angle hardwood woods right now over near the Mansfield triple. Just great noodle turns through the trees in boot deep fluff. Thanks for the comments on the photo guys; the slopes of Bolton Valley are great for those westward views. I was near the top of my ascent when I noticed that the sun was just about to start slipping behind the horizon, so I knew I’d better get a shot before it was gone. We were out at Stowe yesterday for turns, and as PF mentioned in the ski thread, those early morning lows were not all that inspiring for an early start. Knowing the forecast for great temperatures in the afternoon, we were probably like many folks; we didn’t start until late morning and focused on the second half of the day. There were actually some pretty amazing on piste conditions on the hill – I’m usually less than impressed with the conditions on the snowmaking trails because of how the snow turns to ice with skier traffic, but conditions on many of those trails were head and shoulders above what I’ve seen on them in quite a while. For whatever reason, perhaps the good combination of dense snow/mix followed by fluff, there was a layer of natural snow that really had staying power to mask the manmade stuff underneath - runs like Centerline and Hayride come to mind (I think they’ve both got snowmaking). The steepest pitches still got down to that slick stuff, but wow, that was a good storm for producing some packed powder conditions. Coverage was quite impressive as well – at one point my wife said she couldn’t believe that we were in the midst of a low snowfall season. One thing that impressed me in that regard was the fact that the top section of Waterfall was open – with plenty of coverage and great packed powder. I’m not sure if it’s just my timing, but that area never seems to be open, so that says something about the coverage and snow quality. The conditions were great just about everywhere we ventured on natural snow terrain, although that’s usually par for the course as long as the weather hasn’t been too warm. I added one image below from when I was parking the car – each time I park over at Spruce Peak in a different location it seems as though there’s another inspiring angle of the Stowe Mountain Lodge with Mt. Mansfield towering above. It was great having ski conditions as good as the scenery: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Lets talk about the next storm on saturday...looked like a lakes cutter. latest GFS keeps it weak on the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 J.Spin, you are correct about Waterfall under the Gondi and upper Switchback there... those are always wind scoured and closed. I posted a pic in the ski thread of that trail yesterday, haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Definitely prefer weak and on the coast, but how much do I trust the GFS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Just did my snow survey at 3,000ft... First off, 0.6" is the new snow from this morning up on that snow board. Snow depth has settled to 33". Liquid in that snowpack is 6.5", which is 1.25" above what we were exactly 7 days ago. That 1.25" of liquid brought us 19.5" of snowfall this week. Given that a good bulk of that snowfall occurred in 72 hours and half of that was very fluffy upslope snow, I think the numbers make sense. I felt comfortable with that data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Just did my snow survey at 3,000ft... First off, 0.6" is the new snow from this morning up on that snow board. Snow depth has settled to 33". Liquid in that snowpack is 6.5", which is 1.25" above what we were exactly 7 days ago. That 1.25" of liquid brought us 19.5" of snowfall this week. Given that a good bulk of that snowfall occurred in 72 hours and half of that was very fluffy upslope snow, I think the numbers make sense. I felt comfortable with that data. Rooting around would concur that you have about 3 feet of base snow in wind proteced areas. Water wise seems about right given what we've seen fall from the sky. Very interested to see what this little wave does over on Mansfield. Models keep Mansfield above freezing from the afternoon until 9z tomorrow am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Rooting around would concur that you have about 3 feet of base snow in wind proteced areas. Water wise seems about right given what we've seen fall from the sky. Very interested to see what this little wave does over on Mansfield. Models keep Mansfield above freezing from the afternoon until 9z tomorrow am. I'm curious too... when that burst of precipitation gets in here, it'll be very close. I think we may see the bulk of that fall as sleet or literally a mix of everything. RUC and models today have been lifting the H85 freezing line just north of Mansfield but then when that 2-3 hour shot of precip moves in, there's a kink at H85 as it dynamically cools back to near or even just below freezing for a period at this latitude. I've seen this happen before where I'm expecting rain just by a quick glance at the 3-6 hour snapshots, but it ends up being mostly frozen or freezing then warms up to drizzle right as precip ends. We could be sleeting at the base and raining at the summit though. I've seen that one before, too, as this east side pocket between here, the Notch, and Sterling Ridge just holds a nice 2,000ft thick layer of cold that changes RN/ZR at 4K feet to sleet down at 1,500-2,500ft. I highly doubt our weather station at the Liftline booster system goes above freezing at 2,500ft tucked in on the east side of the ridge. Right now that is the coldest part of the mountain. Its 26F at 4,000ft...24F at the 2,500ft snowmaking booster...and 29F at 1,500ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 VERY dangerous ice situation on NH big lakes today. Before this weekends cold wave most of the big lakes where still open except for sheltered harbors and bays. There the ice is thick enough to walk on. Wind kept the big lakes mostly ice free till Sunday night when calm conditions allowed large areas of the big lakes to freeze over thinly. I was around Newfound and Winnepeaskee yesterday and saw vast amounts ofvery thin ice that had just formed. The thicker snowcovered ice and thin ice lines were clearly visable. Last nights 1" snow covered everything up so today it looks like the lakes are well frozen but they are not. Anyone out on the ice will not know where the thin ice begins. I fear there may be some bad situations the next several days with people not realizing this. Perhaps Wednesday and Thursdays cold will thicken the new ice some but right now watch out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 29.8F Freezing rain. Ground is very cold so will glaze untreated roads rapidly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 29.8F Freezing rain. Ground is very cold so will glaze untreated roads rapidly! Yep, sub-freezing here in Hanover, NH and it's raining. Looks to be about the same up at home from what I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Mod to hvy freezing rain here...everythings glazed up. 28.4F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 31F and ZR...icy roads and walkways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm actually surprised we don't have an advisory for this. It is steady rain and now down to 30F. You can see the glare ice on paved surfaces which have been primed from days of subzero temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 34F and plain mod/hvy rain. Useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 30 and light rain here in St. J. Quite a lovely day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Wow we are mixing back to parachute flakes..sleet now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Wow. At 3pm it was 28.8F with mod freezing rain and .05 glaze, now after my workout, its 29.9F and HUGE flakes mixed with sleet and accumulating fast. Amazing spectacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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