eyewall Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Miss you guys up there already! Good to see some snow back in the picture! FInally we are getting a shot in NC here tomorrow. Could be an interesting deformation band with dare a say a few reports of TSSN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 2.5 inches on the board when I got home. Looks like Eyewall is bringing the snow juju down home in NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 2.0" of fluff when I got home tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowfall total as of 6 pm: 5.25 inches. I was pleasantly surprised. My wife took a measurement at noon and cleaned off the board. I did the same at 6 pm. Very nice! A few days ago I was expecting little to nothing. Will post a pic or two shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 About 3" here. Just enough to fully cover the grass to make it look like winter again. With Newfound Lake still unfrozen some nice cloud formations over the lake. Took this picture yesterday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Had 4.0" on the nose from 0.28" liquid. 27.6F and spitting snow grains now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Nice shot wxeyeNH. Newfound's a beautiful lake. Surprised to see it largely ice-free though (looks like there's a little in the cove). And yeah, arctic front (polar?) on the way. We usually cash in a little bit with those. One of my weather faves, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Picture taken in the backyard just before dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Still snowing here, Last 1.5 hrs has been SN, Going out for a measurement as soon as it wraps up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 2.75" total here at the house. Sure glad we got something. Looks like mid-winter out there again. Well, after reporting a 47° reading at 5pm they finally took the Montpelier thermometer off line. Trouble is the wind chill now shows -13°. Guess they're getting tomorrow nights readings out early...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Picture taken in the backyard just before dark. Awesome... Congrats on the 5-6". I love paste snows like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 2.75" total here at the house. Sure glad we got something. Looks like mid-winter out there again. Well, after reporting a 47° reading at 5pm they finally took the Montpelier thermometer off line. Trouble is the wind chill now shows -13°. Guess they're getting tomorrow nights readings out early...lol Yeah...there's been temp issues there all day. There's no temp obs now so there should be no wind chill obs either. I'm guessing the site where you get data is using no temp as a temp of 0F. I'd assume they get it fixed in the next day or so. MPV is a fairly important climo station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 2.75" total here at the house. Sure glad we got something. Looks like mid-winter out there again. l Yeah very happy to have the snowbanks white along with the trees. The 2" here went a long way towards freshening up the old snow. Depth here is just over 6.5" and that bottom 5" is as rock hard as snow can possibly get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yeah...there's been temp issues there all day. There's no temp obs now so there should be no wind chill obs either. I'm guessing the site where you get data is using no temp as a temp of 0F. I'd assume they get it fixed in the next day or so. MPV is a fairly important climo station. Yeah, I'm showing 0° here I see. The page I use for hourly observations for the past 3 days is here: http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KMPV.html You can see when the thermometer started going haywire...and where I got the bogus windchill report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 just catching up on the thread we lost all of our snow in st albans to burlington vermont corridor during the thaw. only some snow piles remained. i finally took the drive back to ottawa yesterday for the first time this winter. no snow at the border, and very little S of montreal. as i drove into S burbs and downtown montreal, there was a covering with some open patches. as i headed west to the West island, coverage and depth increased dramatically and i could see how the airport near dorval had such a large snowfall a couple weeks back, because the coverage and depth was solid even along the highway. then it got dark between montreal and ottawa lol. but there was a solid snowpack all the way. as i pulled into ottawa, i was shocked at the amount of snow still on the ground despite the recent 4 day thaw. basically 95% + coverage except where snow gets windblown and doesnt pile up well. otherwise looks about a foot + of solid glacier on the ground, and driveway piles topping out to 5 feet in spots. i can only imagine how much snow was on the ground before the thaw! my dad tells me that at least 50% of the snow melted, probably closder to 2/3rds!! ill post up some pics tomorrow after a day walk....defintely was not expecting to see a mid winters scene after the snow got blasted away in northern vermont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yeah very happy to have the snowbanks white along with the trees. The 2" here went a long way towards freshening up the old snow. Depth here is just over 6.5" and that bottom 5" is as rock hard as snow can possibly get. Yep...total fluff over stuff that could possibly support the weight of my ex-wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 4 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 just catching up on the thread we lost all of our snow in st albans to burlington vermont corridor during the thaw. only some snow piles remained. ill post up some pics tomorrow after a day walk....defintely was not expecting to see a mid winters scene after the snow got blasted away in northern vermont. Ahhhh life in the Champlain Valley during winter. Not really a snowpack area. I'm pretty sure everyone east of the Spine kept their snow cover, and even some spots survived with double digit snowpack like you found in Ottawa. It was always startling to me how fast the CPV can lose snow, especially Vergennes-BTV-St Albans corridor and the islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Awesome... Congrats on the 5-6". I love paste snows like that. I will take another measurement at 9 pm. It has been alternating between SN and SN- since I made the last measurement at 6 pm. Looks like maybe another inch. Love it when snow is pasted on everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Ahhhh life in the Champlain Valley during winter. Not really a snowpack area. I'm pretty sure everyone east of the Spine kept their snow cover, and even some spots survived with double digit snowpack like you found in Ottawa. It was always startling to me how fast the CPV can lose snow, especially Vergennes-BTV-St Albans corridor and the islands. you can add the southern Champlain Valley to the list of places with rapid snow melt. We lost 15 inches of snow from Friday to Monday. But it's usually not because we're buffered by the lake, but that we are vulnerable to warm southerly flow. I've lived in Orwell since 04 and found that on occasion we are 10-15 degrees colder than towns along the northern half of Champlain (where the width of the lake allows true buffering) and towns along the base of the Greens (Moddlebury on souh to Rutland). My theory is that those spots often experience mixing of winds, which then push the coldest air to the lowest places, which would include Shoreham, Orwell, and Benson. So much microclimate for such a small state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 you can add the southern Champlain Valley to the list of places with rapid snow melt. We lost 15 inches of snow from Friday to Monday. But it's usually not because we're buffered by the lake, but that we are vulnerable to warm southerly flow. Yeah it's definitely due to southerly flow exposure. In fact, the way the terrain funnels air northward between the Dacks and Greens, you actually get south winds that are accelerating/enhanced. I lived in BTV for 6 winters and Jonesville/Richmond for one, and any spot west of the Spine is really prone to full mid-winter melt outs. Oftentimes you'd see snow reappear around JSpins area and that was sort of the mouth to eastern VT in the I89 corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Ahhhh life in the Champlain Valley during winter. Not really a snowpack area. I'm pretty sure everyone east of the Spine kept their snow cover, and even some spots survived with double digit snowpack like you found in Ottawa. It was always startling to me how fast the CPV can lose snow, especially Vergennes-BTV-St Albans corridor and the islands. yeah im finding out that snow melts very quickly here.....deifnitley not a snowpack area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 yeah im finding out that snow melts very quickly here.....deifnitley not a snowpack area. Hope life in St. Albans is treating you well. Looks like you may be in for quite the shot of arctic air tonight. Did you know that St. Albans played a role in American and Canadian history? There was a bank robbery there in the Civil War by Confederate agents who proceeded to flee to Montreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 3.8" snow total, .43" liq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Event totals: 2.4” Snow/0.08” L.E. Today’s snow was the first in nine days, which is definitely a long spell for around here. It sounds like there’s the potential for some additional accumulation tonight with the arctic frontal passage. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 2.4 inches New Liquid: 0.08 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 30.0 Snow Density: 3.3% H2O Temperature: 27.0 F Sky: Partly Cloudy Snow at the stake: 6.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Hope life in St. Albans is treating you well. Looks like you may be in for quite the shot of arctic air tonight. Did you know that St. Albans played a role in American and Canadian history? There was a bank robbery there in the Civil War by Confederate agents who proceeded to flee to Montreal. It was the furthest north action of the Civil War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlacroix4 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 5.2 event total here, not too bad I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I will take another measurement at 9 pm. It has been alternating between SN and SN- since I made the last measurement at 6 pm. Looks like maybe another inch. Love it when snow is pasted on everything! What did you end up with, Jeb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Another coating overnight brings the storm total to 5.4". Snow still sticking to every branch on the drive in this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 4.0" Bring on the arctic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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