mreaves Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Had 3" here or just a hair under at the house from last night's event...but didn't go downtown today to see how it was. What did you get, mreaves? 3" on the nose. Downtown looked a little less, maybe 2" - 2.5". Not a good year when I'm boasting about beating downtown Montpelier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Snowfall rates have decreased quite a bit suddenly and you can see its losing punch on radar. Down to 1/2-1" per hour instead of 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Snowfall rates have decreased quite a bit suddenly and you can see its losing punch on radar. Down to 1/2-1" per hour instead of 2". I feel bad for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Winter Storm Warning now for 8-14" Winter Storm Warning Expires 4:00 PM EST on February 21, 2013 Statement as of 8:06 PM EST on February 20, 2013 ... Winter Storm Warning in effect until 4 PM EST Thursday... The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a Winter Storm Warning for snow... which is in effect until 4 PM EST Thursday. The Winter Weather Advisory is no longer in effect. * Locations... the western slopes of the Green Mountains to include the western portions of Orleans... LaMoille and Washington counties. * Hazard types... moderate to occasionally heavy snow. * Accumulations... 8 to 14 inches of dry fluffy snow. * Maximum snowfall rate... 1 to 2 inches per hour... mainly tonight into Thursday morning. * Timing... moderate to occasionally heavy snow tonight will gradually taper off Thursday afternoon. * Impacts... difficult travel due to snow covered roads and reduced visibilities. * Winds... northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Temperatures... lows 13 to 17. Highs in the mid 20s. * Visibilities... less than one half mile at times in moderate to occasionally heavy snow. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of snow are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in an emergency. If you must travel... keep an extra flashlight... food... and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. Please stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio... your local media... or go to www.Weather.Gov/Burlington for further updates on this weather situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Looks like it might be backing up and rolling into the western slopes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 3.7" as of 2030. Snowing very hard. Just drove to Stowe from South Burlington. Absolutely nothing in Chittenden County. Started seeing snow just outside of Waterbury and then 100 from Waterbury to Stowe had at least thrre inches on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Bands seem to be shifting to a more north to south orientation the last 45 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Snowfall rates have decreased quite a bit suddenly and you can see its losing punch on radar. Down to 1/2-1" per hour instead of 2". Yeah, same thing happened here, so I don’t think it was a big change in the blocking, I think it’s more like the end of that pulse of moisture based on the intensity shown on the radar. Winter Storm Warning now for 8-14" Nice, storm total so far here is just shy of 7” - updated maps below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Yeah, same thing happened here, so I don’t think it was a big change in the blocking, I think it’s more like the end of that pulse of moisture based on the intensity shown on the radar. Nice, storm total so far here is just shy of 7” - updated maps below: I like that map. I'll take the 2" - 4" leftovers from the upslope bonanza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 That 8-14" is from upslope only, not including last night's. Blocking regime should change sometime after 06z tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Still coming down steadily here with nice flake size... 2.5" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 AS OF 848 PM EST WEDNESDAY...BASED ON SNOWFALL REPORTS THISEVENING AND LATEST RADAR TRENDS...HAVE UPGRADED WINTER WEATHERADVISORIES TO WARNINGS FOR THE WESTERN SLOPES REGION INCLUDINGORLEANS/LAMOILLE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AMOUNTS HIGHLY VARIABLEACROSS THE WARNING AREA SO FAR RANGING FROM JUST A COUPLE OFINCHES TO 8+ INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TO THISPOINT HAVE GENERALLY BEEN ALONG AND EAST OF THE SPINE OF THEGREENS WITH UNBLOCKED FLOW. AS FLOW BECOMES MORE BLOCKED LATERTONIGHT...EXPECT THE WESTERN SLOPES TO SEE THE HIGHER AMOUNTSLATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT TOTALS IN THE WARNINGAREA BY LATER THURSDAY TO RANGE MOSTLY FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES...BUTGIVEN THE HIGH FLUFF FACTOR WITH RATIOS AROUND 30:1...THERE MAY BESOME LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILLCREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL.SNOW ALSO FALLING ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND ADIRONDACKSTHIS EVENING...AS WELL AS ACROSS NORTHEAST VERMONT...BUT INTENSITYLIGHTER IN THESE REGIONS SO ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE SOME SNOW LATERTONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS LLVL FLOW TURNS FROM WEST INTO A MORENORTHERLY DIRECTION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 3.7" as of 2030. Snowing very hard. Just drove to Stowe from South Burlington. Absolutely nothing in Chittenden County. Started seeing snow just outside of Waterbury and then 100 from Waterbury to Stowe had at least thrre inches on it. Only 3.7"? 6.25" here about a half hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Total for the day is 5.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Was up at the mountain too and there was over 7" in the parking lot and absolutely ripping snow at 9pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Total for the day is 5.5" Huh...I'm around 8" on the day with 6.25" since like 5pm. So weird how variable these can be. I think you got me by over 2" in the SNE blizzard of 2013 (haha) but looks like I'm making it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Crush job on nam. Lots of qpf and going strong at 84 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Overperformer on the rock pile! KMWN 210255Z 30075G85KT 0SM -SN FZFG BLSN VV000 M18/M18 RMK PK WND 30089/27 VRY LGT ICG You can't even breathe when it's that windy. Sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Crush job on nam. Lots of qpf and going strong at 84 hours. And is Pittsburgh getting pasted right now? The Greens can't be stealing all the goods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 What an awesome night...just beautiful out there. Snow depth back up over a foot which is nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Huh...I'm around 8" on the day with 6.25" since like 5pm. So weird how variable these can be. I think you got me by over 2" in the SNE blizzard of 2013 (haha) but looks like I'm making it back Just went and doubled checked by measuring the snow on the deck and 5.5" as of 2030 is accurate. We need to get someone measuring up on Elmore Mountain Road. It would be interesting to see how that area matches up. It amazes me the difference that being 5 miles east of of the mountain makes in our snow fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just went and doubled checked by measuring the snow on the deck and 5.5" as of 2030 is accurate. We need to get someone measuring up on Elmore Mountain Road. It would be interesting to see how that area matches up. It amazes me the difference that being 5 miles east of of the mountain makes in our snow fall. I know a guy who lives on Elmore Mt. Rd. Great views up there. Elmore in general seems pretty snowy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just went and doubled checked by measuring the snow on the deck and 5.5" as of 2030 is accurate. We need to get someone measuring up on Elmore Mountain Road. It would be interesting to see how that area matches up. It amazes me the difference that being 5 miles east of of the mountain makes in our snow fall. Yeah, I've noticed this season that you've done better than me in the larger synoptic storms by a couple inches, but the meso-scale events I seem to have more. Just an odd observation but as BTV mentioned, amounts have been highly variable so far. I always wonder if being directly downwind of Mansfield's ridgeline (on a NW or WNW flow) helps this area of the Mountain Road in these events. It happened in last week's event too, the orientation of RT 108/Mountain Road is NW-SE directly downstream of Mansfield in the West Branch drainage. Might happen to place this road/drainage just downstream of the maximum lift? Who knows, haha. Anyway, snowfall has definitely slowed down from the 2"/hr rates of earlier, but still coming down as a steady light snow with phenomenal snow growth so accumulating efficiently as you are going to get under these echos. Continues to snow on the east slopes as of 11am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom MA wx Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Jay Peak is getting destroyed...HOLY COW. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=559954047357483&set=a.107787602574132.12633.107288149290744&type=1&theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Crush job on nam. Lots of qpf and going strong at 84 hours. Nam was just starting up here.................lol, Even the meh 0z GFS is a decent hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Jay Peak is getting destroyed...HOLY COW. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=559954047357483&set=a.107787602574132.12633.107288149290744&type=1&theater yeah... very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why do I live where I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why do I live where I do? I'm guessing you have a job and/or family ties there. I moved up here from Panama City, Fl. in 1998 after living there for 18 years and haven't regretted it for one second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 The 00z GFS would work for this weekend system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 The 00z GFS would work for this weekend system... gfs00z.jpg I'll appreciate everything we can get for the next month...then I'm ready for spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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