MaineJayhawk Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The storm came at a poor time for me if I wanted to head to the mountains. Spending quality time with my shovel digging the car out and then snowshoeing until dark seemed like an exhausting day. Instead, I decided to strap on the snowshoes on my front step and head over to the river and lake where a couple of snowmobile trails were waiting to be explored. The bulk of the snow had fallen (measured 9.2" upon my return), but it was still coming down at a light to moderate clip. My route down the road happened to place me in a headwind, and it was cold! Snow was pelting my face, and I later noticed ice chunks stuck in my week-old stubble. It was serene on the trail - nary a sound aside from the snow falling and wind rustling. I went perhaps 3/4 of a mile down the trail before heading back. Along the way I bushwhacked to the water's edge to see what I could see. My route was perhaps 4 miles or so in length ... a nice workout for the first 'shoe of the season. Hopefully I can get back to the Whites next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 up to 8" now. mountain was about the same. steady snow as she goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Freak...what did the 4k BTV WRF give you for QPF?What run, lol?We are doing much better now with these huge fluffy backside flakes, but on the whole it had us 0.5-1" depending on the run in town, with up to 1.5" on the peak. It looks like we did a lot better than the other side of the mountain... A friend in Fletcher (west slope further north between Stowe and Jay) had 1.5" this morning with gusty downslope winds, and another friend from Cambridge/Underhill had 2 to maybe 3" he said. We must've just been in a lull area...the east side got less than other east side areas south of here, but the west side got significantly less. Either way, the snow is a lot denser than I would've thought...probably not far from 10:1 ratios. No idea in town but we are in the 6.5-7" range now at 1500ft, 8-9" at 3000ft and it's snowing nicely. I've got no reason to complain at this mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 the webcam at the maple research center had but an inch or so this morning. Much more white now over the past hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Wow, still only 10F here about to go out and measure. Yeah, just looked at the temps spread--pocket of cold stuff hanging around in your area. Up to 21 now and got pretty warm shoveling just a bit ago! Still snowing lightly and maybe a half-inch tacked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The storm came at a poor time for me if I wanted to head to the mountains. Spending quality time with my shovel digging the car out and then snowshoeing until dark seemed like an exhausting day. Instead, I decided to strap on the snowshoes on my front step and head over to the river and lake where a couple of snowmobile trails were waiting to be explored. The bulk of the snow had fallen (measured 9.2" upon my return), but it was still coming down at a light to moderate clip. My route down the road happened to place me in a headwind, and it was cold! Snow was pelting my face, and I later noticed ice chunks stuck in my week-old stubble. It was serene on the trail - nary a sound aside from the snow falling and wind rustling. I went perhaps 3/4 of a mile down the trail before heading back. Along the way I bushwhacked to the water's edge to see what I could see. My route was perhaps 4 miles or so in length ... a nice workout for the first 'shoe of the season. Hopefully I can get back to the Whites next weekend. 2013-12-15 07.42.28-1.jpg 2013-12-15 07.51.47-1.jpg Fantastic Eric! Best year round hikes in world in NNE - a different view and feeling each season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toller65 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 12 inches and still coming down at Sugarloaf in tbe western ME mtns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 the webcam at the maple research center had but an inch or so this morning. Much more white now over the past hour or so. Snowfall reports so far...you can see here in Lamoille County for whatever reason snowfall has been lower, and Jeffersonville is a mere two miles on the other side of the Notch and only had 2" this morning while it was near 6" on this side. I think the usual upslope/downslope occurred but we just had issues getting moisture here or the better moisture slid eastward out towards Lyndonville and the NEK instead of due north up the Spine. You can tell when the places like Jeffersonvill/Bakersville/Enosburg Falls are all low that something happened (downsloping to some degree) but those are high snowfall areas, that often lead the PNS reports. VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... MIDDLEBURY 4.5 316 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...CALEDONIA COUNTY... WHEELOCK 9.5 715 AM 12/15 PUBLIC LYNDONVILLE 9.5 845 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 2 SW SUTTON 8.2 702 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER 4 N WALDEN 8.2 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NE SUTTON 7.6 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER HARDWICK 7.0 636 AM 12/15 BROADCAST MEDIA ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... WINOOSKI 4.9 600 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 2 SE SOUTH BURLINGTO 4.8 750 AM 12/15 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 NE SOUTH BURLINGTO 4.5 750 AM 12/15 NWS OFFICE MILTON 4.0 901 AM 12/15 ARROWHEAD LAKE AREA 2 NNW WILLISTON 3.5 815 AM 12/15 NWS EMPLOYEE ...ESSEX COUNTY... GILMAN 5.0 600 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... MONTGOMERY 6.0 316 AM 12/15 PUBLIC SWANTON 4.3 630 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER RICHFORD 3.0 630 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 WNW ENOSBURG FALLS 2.0 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER BAKERSFIELD 1.8 756 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... JOHNSON 7.0 601 AM 12/15 PUBLIC MORRISVILLE 6.2 640 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 1 SSE SMUGGLERS NOTC 5.7 542 AM 12/15 PUBLIC STOWE 4.9 542 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 5 N JEFFERSONVILLE 2.0 730 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ORANGE COUNTY... WASHINGTON 15.0 835 AM 12/15 PUBLIC CHELSEA 13.0 713 AM 12/15 PUBLIC BROOKFIELD 12.0 545 AM 12/15 PUBLIC CORINTH 11.5 750 AM 12/15 PUBLIC NEWBURY 10.0 745 AM 12/15 PUBLIC STRAFFORD 10.0 902 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER ...ORLEANS COUNTY... NEWPORT 6.0 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER MORGAN 4.5 553 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...RUTLAND COUNTY... PITTSFORD 8.0 545 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 N RUTLAND 7.4 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER KILLINGTON 7.0 314 AM 12/15 PUBLIC HYDEVILLE 6.8 700 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... EAST MONTPELIER 12.0 851 AM 12/15 PUBLIC NORTHFIELD 12.0 829 AM 12/15 AT 1300 FEET PLAINFIELD 10.5 820 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 2 NNE WATERBURY CENT 9.0 745 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER WATERBURY CENTER 8.5 730 AM 12/15 AMATEUR RADIO MIDDLESEX 8.0 845 AM 12/15 AT 1200 FEET BARRE 8.0 308 AM 12/15 PUBLIC WAITSFIELD 4.5 314 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...WINDSOR COUNTY... SOUTH ROYALTON 14.0 836 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 1 S ROCHESTER 14.0 650 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 S LUDLOW 13.3 846 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER BRIDGEWATER 13.0 818 AM 12/15 PUBLIC SPRINGFIELD 10.0 800 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER LUDLOW 10.0 317 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ROCHESTER 9.0 630 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ***********************PEAK WIND GUST*********************** LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS GUST OF MPH MEASUREMENT VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... BREAD LOAF 50 354 AM 12/15 MESONET ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... 1 S HUNTINGTON 48 449 AM 12/15 MESONET HUNTINGTON 48 456 AM 12/15 MESONET 2 ENE UNDERHILL CENT 47 333 AM 12/15 MESONET 1 E NASHVILLE 45 425 AM 12/15 NWS EMPLOYEE BOLTON 41 256 AM 12/15 MESONET 2 WNW BOLTON 40 335 AM 12/15 MESONET 1 S JERICHO CENTER 38 1256 AM 12/15 MESONET ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... 8 NW STOWE 56 315 AM 12/15 MT MANSFIELD SUMMIT ...RUTLAND COUNTY... 2 SSE DANBY FOUR COR 50 214 AM 12/15 RAWS 3 SSE NORTH CLARENDO 47 315 AM 12/15 AWOS DANBY 37 156 AM 12/15 MESONET 1 NE MENDON PWS 37 256 AM 12/15 MESONET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 8.4" with light snow falling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ended with between 9" and 10". Pretty much exactly as expected, great storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 6.2" looks to be the total here. A little under the forecasts but not terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxjim207 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Snowfall reports so far...you can see here in Lamoille County for whatever reason snowfall has been lower, and Jeffersonville is a mere two miles on the other side of the Notch and only had 2" this morning while it was near 6" on this side. I think the usual upslope/downslope occurred but we just had issues getting moisture here or the better moisture slid eastward out towards Lyndonville and the NEK instead of due north up the Spine. You can tell when the places like Jeffersonvill/Bakersville/Enosburg Falls are all low that something happened (downsloping to some degree) but those are high snowfall areas, that often lead the PNS reports. VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... MIDDLEBURY 4.5 316 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...CALEDONIA COUNTY... WHEELOCK 9.5 715 AM 12/15 PUBLIC LYNDONVILLE 9.5 845 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 2 SW SUTTON 8.2 702 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER 4 N WALDEN 8.2 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NE SUTTON 7.6 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER HARDWICK 7.0 636 AM 12/15 BROADCAST MEDIA ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... WINOOSKI 4.9 600 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 2 SE SOUTH BURLINGTO 4.8 750 AM 12/15 NWS EMPLOYEE 1 NE SOUTH BURLINGTO 4.5 750 AM 12/15 NWS OFFICE MILTON 4.0 901 AM 12/15 ARROWHEAD LAKE AREA 2 NNW WILLISTON 3.5 815 AM 12/15 NWS EMPLOYEE ...ESSEX COUNTY... GILMAN 5.0 600 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER ...FRANKLIN COUNTY... MONTGOMERY 6.0 316 AM 12/15 PUBLIC SWANTON 4.3 630 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER RICHFORD 3.0 630 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 WNW ENOSBURG FALLS 2.0 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER BAKERSFIELD 1.8 756 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... JOHNSON 7.0 601 AM 12/15 PUBLIC MORRISVILLE 6.2 640 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 1 SSE SMUGGLERS NOTC 5.7 542 AM 12/15 PUBLIC STOWE 4.9 542 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 5 N JEFFERSONVILLE 2.0 730 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ORANGE COUNTY... WASHINGTON 15.0 835 AM 12/15 PUBLIC CHELSEA 13.0 713 AM 12/15 PUBLIC BROOKFIELD 12.0 545 AM 12/15 PUBLIC CORINTH 11.5 750 AM 12/15 PUBLIC NEWBURY 10.0 745 AM 12/15 PUBLIC STRAFFORD 10.0 902 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER ...ORLEANS COUNTY... NEWPORT 6.0 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER MORGAN 4.5 553 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...RUTLAND COUNTY... PITTSFORD 8.0 545 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 N RUTLAND 7.4 700 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER KILLINGTON 7.0 314 AM 12/15 PUBLIC HYDEVILLE 6.8 700 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... EAST MONTPELIER 12.0 851 AM 12/15 PUBLIC NORTHFIELD 12.0 829 AM 12/15 AT 1300 FEET PLAINFIELD 10.5 820 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 2 NNE WATERBURY CENT 9.0 745 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER WATERBURY CENTER 8.5 730 AM 12/15 AMATEUR RADIO MIDDLESEX 8.0 845 AM 12/15 AT 1200 FEET BARRE 8.0 308 AM 12/15 PUBLIC WAITSFIELD 4.5 314 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ...WINDSOR COUNTY... SOUTH ROYALTON 14.0 836 AM 12/15 PUBLIC 1 S ROCHESTER 14.0 650 AM 12/15 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 S LUDLOW 13.3 846 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER BRIDGEWATER 13.0 818 AM 12/15 PUBLIC SPRINGFIELD 10.0 800 AM 12/15 TRAINED SPOTTER LUDLOW 10.0 317 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ROCHESTER 9.0 630 AM 12/15 PUBLIC ***********************PEAK WIND GUST*********************** LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS GUST OF MPH MEASUREMENT VERMONT ...ADDISON COUNTY... BREAD LOAF 50 354 AM 12/15 MESONET ...CHITTENDEN COUNTY... 1 S HUNTINGTON 48 449 AM 12/15 MESONET HUNTINGTON 48 456 AM 12/15 MESONET 2 ENE UNDERHILL CENT 47 333 AM 12/15 MESONET 1 E NASHVILLE 45 425 AM 12/15 NWS EMPLOYEE BOLTON 41 256 AM 12/15 MESONET 2 WNW BOLTON 40 335 AM 12/15 MESONET 1 S JERICHO CENTER 38 1256 AM 12/15 MESONET ...LAMOILLE COUNTY... 8 NW STOWE 56 315 AM 12/15 MT MANSFIELD SUMMIT ...RUTLAND COUNTY... 2 SSE DANBY FOUR COR 50 214 AM 12/15 RAWS 3 SSE NORTH CLARENDO 47 315 AM 12/15 AWOS DANBY 37 156 AM 12/15 MESONET 1 NE MENDON PWS 37 256 AM 12/15 MESONET When I reported that 9.5" in Lyndonville this morning I was shocked I must admit. I didn't believe my ruler at one point! haha Usually for whatever the case mesoscale reason we usually get less snowfall. However, it was right in my forecast of 6-10" for this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 My 6-9" and 9-12" worked out generally. Man that really sucks PF. You'll make up for it when you get 30" upslope and I get 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 12z MAV BML -30 HIE -29 1V4 -22 MVL -21 HUL -21 IZG -19 LEB -18 BTV -15 CON -13 LCI -10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ended with 11". I slept through most of it though. Wished I had set the alarm around 2am. Must have been rippin' at that point. This is a great start to winter so far. More snow tues? No grinch storms please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxjim207 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Good morning Jim! Next door here in Bath, total snowfall at 8:00 am was 11.75". 8.1°F Nice a perfect correlation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hard to get an exact measurement here on campus...I'd have to go somewhere more open but from some measurements and surrounding reports I'd say 10.25" is the rough total here. Still some -SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 My 6-9" and 9-12" worked out generally. Man that really sucks PF. You'll make up for it when you get 30" upslope and I get 2". Well it's bound to happen sometime up here with a relative screw zone. I have no reason to complain. We've weaseled our way up to 7.3" at the base of the mountain, with a touch over 8.5" at 3000ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well it's bound to happen sometime up here with a relative screw zone. I have no reason to complain. We've weaseled our way up to 7.3" at the base of the mountain, with a touch over 8.5" at 3000ft. No complaining at all. Still solid for mid December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 No complaining at all. Still solid for mid December. In rough rounding summary, I'll say 6" or so in town and 7-9" on Mansfield east side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 10" here. Seems to be the magic number. Will clipper get us Tuesday??. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'm pretty willing to bet the clipper out performs this storm on Mansfield. Wind hammered snow for sure above 2500ft. SE winds don't make friends with east facing slopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'm pretty willing to bet the clipper out performs this storm on Mansfield. Wind hammered snow for sure above 2500ft. SE winds don't make friends with east facing slopes. Is there still a clipper in the mix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Clipper seems pretty low impact IMO. More of a SNE thing I think...maybe Maine gets into some decent snow as it develops east of New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Picked up an additional 0.7"/0.08" from weenie snows after 6am. Grand total was 11.7"/0.95". Salisbury COOP weighted gauge was 0.93" and CON had 0.88" so we're all close. I passed Salisbury after 12z. Maybe we can get a little 1-3" refresher Tuesday before the warmup late week. The Euro CADs us on Friday and brings the cold fropa through Fri night so we never really torch. Then we get on the cold side of the boundary with a few waves moving through. Details to be determined, but there's a lot of risk/reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 11.75" snowfall as of 8 am and another .50" since, for a total of 12.25" of new snow. 12.9°F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 10" on the nose IMBY...1.75 miles NW downtown Montpelier at 875'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 as it turns out, had a board down at the rink, inspired by Jspin, will now be using it and the yardstick. We were 6" for the storm, not 8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I am always nervous about coming in at the top of measurements around the BTV area of the county (of course some didn't update after earlier in the morning), but I just did what you are supposed to, and took and average of what I measured. Anyway I took this at the somewhat frozen Winooski river near downtown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Event totals: 9.1” Snow/0.81” L.E. We had 1.1” of snow in the 6:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. block today, and it continues to be fairly dense – this batch came in right at 10% H2O. It’s easy to see that this snow isn’t settling much, because that black/brown transition on my larger block is right at 9 inches, and that’s essentially the current storm total: Details from the 3:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.1 inches New Liquid: 0.11 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 10.0 Snow Density: 10.0% H2O Temperature: 23.2 F Sky: Light Snow (1-2 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 11.5 inches There’s still light snow falling out there however, and radar returns upstream, so there may be a bit more accumulation to report later on: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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