BostonWX Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I would go a general 2-5 over the Lakes region as of now. If things break right then close to 6, but thats a stretch. But I'm expecting a lot of 3-4 inch totals in the Lakes region. I expect very little if anything for CON or MHT. Monads I would go 2-5 as well. Biggest bust potential imo is the Monadnocks/Lakes. T-2 elevated N ORH county at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I'm at mount snow kinda wish I went further north but this was planned months ago. I was amazed on the way up there was a good amount of remaining snow further south from here. I have a feeling we could see a situation where it starts as rain at the base and snow at the summit. The base changes to snow in the evening with 6-8" at the summit and 3-4" at the base. Such a marginal event any extra elevation should help Did you take 112 up? You weren't too far from the Pit as you headed through Shelburne. Good luck getting some snow! I dunno, NWS Albany pretty bearish for S VT. Not even advisories S of Rutland. Hey, Chris--I was down in your neck of the woods today and posted a couple shots in the obs thread. Deep winter down along the Green! I'll be out tomorrow-Tuesday. If you head up the hill at any point after the storm, can you post (or text) if we got any snow up here. All the NWS 'meh' is lowering my expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Did you take 112 up? You weren't too far from the Pit as you headed through Shelburne. Good luck getting some snow! Hey, Chris--I was down in your neck of the woods today and posted a couple shots in the obs thread. Deep winter down along the Green! I'll be out tomorrow-Tuesday. If you head up the hill at any point after the storm, can you post (or text) if we got any snow up here. All the NWS 'meh' is lowering my expectations. If i was Chris id take the weenie drive west on route 2 , out to 2200'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 If i was Chris id take the weenie drive west on route 2 , out to 2200'. If Chris were doing that, he'd pass by on his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Albany's doubled down with updated map that just came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Why do the WPC maps issued last nite have frz rain on them for tomm eve for nh and maine up into central areas? Point and clicks also have sleet well into nh as well, sleet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 It is warm out there right now... most spots a little above freezing, especially the ASOS stations in BTV's CWA. SLK is 32F at 1,700ft, while MPV is 37F at 1,200ft. Only 25F at 4,000ft, so under normal lapse rates tomorrow it'll be pushing 40F in a lot of areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Albany's doubled down with updated map that just came out. Has box updated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Why do the WPC maps issued last nite have frz rain on them for tomm eve for nh and maine up into central areas? Point and clicks also have sleet well into nh as well, sleet ? Its just such a marginal situation... read the great AFD from BTV. These are the types of forecast discussions we love, long and in-depth: && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 315 PM EST SATURDAY...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EASTERN ADDISON...EASTERN RUTLAND...EASTERN CHITTENDEN...LAMOILLE... WINDSOR...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...CALEDONIA...AND ESSEX COUNTY VT FROM 18Z SUNDAY THRU 18Z MONDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW. EASTERN DACKS...NORTHERN VT....AND SLV/CHAMPLAIN VALLEY A WET HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. EXPECT RAIN TO DEVELOP BTWN 18Z-21Z SUNDAY WITH TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 30S...BUT AS THE HEAVIER PRECIP ARRIVES AFT 21Z...RAIN WL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 800 FEET...ACRS SOUTHERN...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN VT...LESS AS YOU GO WEST INTO THE DACKS/SLV. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ADD EXTRA WEIGHT TO TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SOME ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXTREMELY CHALLENGING FCST WITH REGARDS TO RAIN/SNOW MIX AND POTENTIAL HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACRS OUR PORTIONS OF OUR CWA FROM 18Z SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER TRRN WL SEE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND THE BETTER CHC FOR A MODERATE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATION BY MONDAY MORNING. UPCOMING EVENT WL BE 6 TO 10 HOURS IN DURATION...WITH PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIP EXPECTED BTWN 5PM SUNDAY AND 1 AM MONDAY. THERMAL PROFILES ARE EXTREMELY TRICKY FOR UPCOMING EVENT...ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED PTYPE. SOUNDINGS SHOW DEEP DRY LAYER BTWN 900 AND 600MB ON SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH AS PRECIP ARRIVES SHOULD COOL SIGNIFICANTLY TO NEARLY 0C BY 00Z MONDAY. SOUNDINGS SHOW A DEEP LAYER BTWN SFC TO 700 MB NEAR 0C THRU THE EVENT...A DEGREE WARMER/COOLER WL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON PTYPE. ABOVE 800 FEET THINKING PRECIP MAY START AS A LITTLE RAIN...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THRU THE ENTIRE EVENT. MEANWHILE...BL TEMPS ACRS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BLW 800 FT STAYS BTWN 0C AND 1C...DURING THE EVENT...LEADING TO PTYPE ISSUES. VALLEYS BLW 800 FT THINKING A COLD RAIN TO START...BUT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY EVENING...BEFORE ENDING AS A LITTLE LIGHT RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TEMPS WL COMING CRASHING DOWN BY 09Z SLV AND BTWN 12Z-15Z MONDAY...WITH A FLASH FREEZE LIKELY AND POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW RATIOS WL VARY GREATLY DEPENDING UPON ELEVATION BUT NEAR 6 OR 8 TO 1 IN THE CPV TO 12 OR 14 TO 1 ABOVE 1500 FEET...GIVEN THERMAL PROFILES FOR THE UPCOMING EVENT. MEANWHILE...ACRS EXTREME NORTHERN CPV AND THE NORTHERN SLV...LOCAL 4KM AND NAM 12 SHOW NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING AND LLVL COLD AIR DRAINING INTO THIS REGION...CAUSING THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. HAVE TRIED TO SHOW IN GRIDS AND AN ICE ACCUMULATION WL BE MINIMAL WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE U20S. WATER VAPOR SHOWS POTENT CLOSED 5H/7H CIRCULATION ACRS CENTRAL/NORTHERN TEXAS THIS AFTN...WITH DEEP SUB TROPICAL MOISTURE ADVECTING AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ACRS THE MS VALLEY/GULF COAST. THIS HAS RESULTED IN PWS JUMPING BTWN 0.81 AND 1.40" ACRS THE NORTHERN GULF...WHICH IS 100 TO 175% OF NORMAL. THIS STRONG AND DEEP MOISTURE ADVECTION WL CONT AS SYSTEM MOVES ALONG THE GULF COAST TONIGHT AND UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD ON SUNDAY...WITH PW VALUES BTWN 0.50 AND 0.80" OR 200% OF NORMAL ACRS OUR REGION. OVERALL MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH LARGE SCALE SYNOPTIC PATTERN ACRS THE EASTERN CONUS...WITH POTENT 5H ENERGY EJECTING FROM EASTERN TEXAS TONIGHT AND RACING INTO THE SE CONUS...BEFORE QUICKLY LIFTING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY 18Z SUNDAY AND OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY 06Z MONDAY. PRIMARY SFC LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR GA/SC BORDER AT 12Z SUNDAY AND RACE TO NYC BY 00Z MONDAY...BEFORE TRACKING INTO EASTERN CANADA BY 12Z MONDAY...WHILE SECONDARY SFC LOW PRES TRACKS ACRS THE CENTRAL/EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS TRACK PLACES A TIGHT SE TO NW QPF GRADIENT ACRS OUR CWA...WITH HEAVIEST VALUES ACRS OUR SE ZNS AND LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE SLV. A SLIGHT SHIFT EAST OR WEST...WOULD GREATLY SHIFT THE ANTICIPATED QPF ACRS OUR CWA FOR THIS EVENT. WL USE A MODEL BLEND BTWN THE DRIER ECMWF/GFS SOLUTIONS AND THE WETTER NAM/GEM MODELS WITH SOME LOCAL HIGH RESOLUTION DATA TO HIGHLIGHT MTNS. SOUNDINGS SHOW A RELATIVELY WEAK 1000 TO 700MB WIND FIELD ACRS OUR CWA...SO EXPECT LITTLE IMPACT FROM SE DOWNSLOPE FLW AND THE RESULTING SHADOWING EFFECTS OF THE QPF. LATEST DATA SHOWS WIND SPEEDS BTWN 10 AND 20 KNOTS AT 85H DURING THE HEAVIEST QPF...WHICH WL HAVE LIMITED IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRRN. NAM/GFS SHOW BAND OF STRONG 7H FGEN FORCING...ALONG WITH A DEEP VERTICAL PROFILE OF 850 TO 500MB UVVS LIFTING ACRS EASTERN NY INTO SOUTHERN/CENTRAL VT BY 00Z MONDAY...BEFORE QUICKLY SHIFTING EAST OF OUR CWA BY 06Z MONDAY...ALONG WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIP. GIVEN THE DYNAMICS AVAILABLE AND POSITION OF RRQ OF 150 KNT JET ACRS SOUTHERN CANADA...STRONG ULVL DIVERGENCE WL BE PRESENT ACRS OUR CWA...BTWN 00Z MONDAY AND 06Z MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS ALOFT AND LLVL FORCING...WL CREATE A MESO TYPE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIP ACRS OUR CWA ON SUNDAY EVENING. EXPECT BAND TO DEVELOP ACRS SOUTHERN CWA BTWN 21-00Z SUNDAY...AND INTO CENTRAL/EASTERN VT BTWN 00Z-03Z...BEFORE LIFTING NE OF FA BY 06Z MONDAY. GREATEST IMPACTS FROM BAND WL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE CPV...WITH MUCH LESS QPF EXPECTING ACRS THE SLV/NORTHERN DACKS. BASED ON POSITION OF DYNAMICS/MOISTURE QPF VALUES WL RANGE BTWN 0.05 TO 0.15 SLV/WESTERN DACKS TO 0.20 TO 0.40 EASTERN DACKS/CPV/NORTHERN VT TO 0.50 TO 0.90 CENTRAL/EASTERN/SOUTHERN VT. TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 30S TO NEAR 40F ON SUNDAY...WL COME CRASHING DOWN ON MONDAY MORNING WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS SLV/WESTERN DACKS TO NEAR 30F VSF...CREATING A FLASH FREEZE POTENTIAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Nice powderfreak ...ya lower elevations should have Ptype issues till precip thumps and even then elevations should do better but its so damn dicey. I bet we see 40 in a lot of areas into cne tommorrow prior to precip , just imo but models were too cold w 2m temps today and airmass is not cooler at 0z monday. I see alot of wet glop slop potential tmrw pm due to BL issues. As btv says elevation maybe king, maybe dentrite cleans up but its gonna come down to a degree or two makin all the difference imo even w lift for a bit. I'd me much more confident AOA 1k for accums in CNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thanks pwfreak looking forward to an interesting day At snow tomorrow! I fully expect a wild ride in the afternoon with snow high and rain low transitioning to all snow be evening throughout. Climatologicaly elevation has always helped in marginal events like this while 3500 is far from super high ithe extra couple degrees colder should do the trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Nice powderfreak ...ya lower elevations should have Ptype issues till precip thumps and even then elevations should do better but its so damn dicey. I bet we see 40 in a lot of areas into cne tommorrow prior to precip , just imo but models were too cold w 2m temps today and airmass is not cooler at 0z monday. I see alot of wet glop slop potential tmrw pm due to BL issues. As btv says elevation maybe king, maybe dentrite cleans up but its gonna come down to a degree or two makin all the difference imo even w lift for a bit. I'd me much more confident AOA 1k for accums in CNE. To be fair it wasn't a 2m temp type of day. MOS had about 41F for CON and the max was 43F...so it maybe it was a little warmer, but nothing drastic. It definitely is a putrid airmass for late Dec though. I have some slight temp concerns for here, but I'll try not to worry like mpm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 T-2 elevated N ORH county at best I would say, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hey, Chris--I was down in your neck of the woods today and posted a couple shots in the obs thread. Deep winter down along the Green! I'll be out tomorrow-Tuesday. If you head up the hill at any point after the storm, can you post (or text) if we got any snow up here. All the NWS 'meh' is lowering my expectations. Yeah, the little Green River Valley holds the cold as well as anywhere. If i was Chris id take the weenie drive west on route 2 , out to 2200'. If Chris were doing that, he'd pass by on his way. I'll take a ride Monday morning with the boy, maybe Savoy but at least out to Charlemont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I would say, at least.2" would really surprise me. Maybe 0.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 2" would really surprise me. Maybe 0.5"youll end up with 3-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 To be fair it wasn't a 2m temp type of day. MOS had about 41F for CON and the max was 43F...so it maybe it was a little warmer, but nothing drastic. It definitely is a putrid airmass for late Dec though. I have some slight temp concerns for here, but I'll try not to worry like mpm. Just don't go out there without your blaze orange. Yeah, the little Green River Valley holds the cold as well as anywhere. I'll take a ride Monday morning with the boy, maybe Savoy but at least out to Charlemont. You'll do just as well heading to Heath, much shorter than Savoy. 32.3/27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 2" would really surprise me. Maybe 0.5"Do urself a favor and ski wa wa tomm nite! take quad to 2k and watch the transition. Lp going over cc and ne winds . The airmass is crappy but not thaaaat bad. Just get those rates going and it will dump under them at top of Wa Wa. DUMP bet ya summit is dumpin at 8 tomm eve.Not often im same temp as MPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Do urself a favor and ski wa wa tomm nite! take quad to 2k and watch the transition. Lp going over cc and ne winds . The airmass is crappy but not thaaaat bad. Just get those rates going and it will dump under them at top of Wa Wa. DUMP bet ya summit is dumpin at 8 tomm eve. Not often im same temp as MPM They shut the lifts at 10pm. Lol I don't think a flake falls before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 youll end up with 3-4. Not a chance with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 . Not a chance with this.Theres a fair chance you get more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 They shut the lifts at 10pm. Lol I don't think a flake falls before then.Why not, u think 850's are torched? Drunk?Im talkin summit / 2k .... BL much cooler there then low lands ...tons of lift...something frz will be falling. Precip looks out of there by midnite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Whoever is forecasting for ALY today apparently has no nerve. Albany's doubled down with updated map that just came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 . Not a chance with this. I think T-4 is possible. What I'm expectising is between .5-2. I wish I was going to be around to see this. Even if I get skunked, the scenario is so murky that it would be fun to experience what is (or isn't) happening and getting the input from folks here as to what's likely taking place overhead. Guess I'll just have to enjoy my heavy snow in NH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 . Not a chance with this. 32.000001F drenching interior rains, with perhaps a stray snowflake at the end amounting to less than a T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Man the NAM is juiced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 On the NAM, It's very close around where Mike lives...but one of those deals where a forecast of an inch could quickly turn into 6" if you can flip to snow during that intense six hour thump. Looks good here IMO...even ALY thinks I'm only getting 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 NAM continues to look tantalizingly close. Boy, it really trucks though, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Man the NAM is juiced. And colder up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Yeah I expected it to continue it's bow down as per usual, but it juiced up again. Man the NAM is juiced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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