dendrite Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Slip and slide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 What a weird start to January. Thru 1/11 the mean temp is 3.8, which is 12.8 below my 16-yr avg. However, I've had more precip (2.53") than snowfall (2.1"), and that imbalance appears likely to continue for a while. At least the "snow"pack is still around 16". Unfortunately, it's about 4" on the driveway and 1-2" on the porch stairs. Tried to attack the latter in today's warmth (upper 30s), and chipped off some but was also nicking up the wood steps so there's still about half the ice layer remaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Slip and slide That's how it is all over my area. Driveways are impassable. Main roads and most side roads are fine but driveways are another story. I don't think a few days of above freezing will help much. What we need is an inch or two of wet snow to cling to the ice and then some below freezing temps to solidify the layer. Everyone seems out of ice melt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Winter roaring back with a vengeance around here, I must have at least 200 graupel balls on my snowmobile cover. Just got back from W. Leb, NH, in a rare occurrence, there is more snowpack remaining down there than around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 What a weird start to January. Thru 1/11 the mean temp is 3.8, which is 12.8 below my 16-yr avg. However, I've had more precip (2.53") than snowfall (2.1"), and that imbalance appears likely to continue for a while. At least the "snow"pack is still around 16". Unfortunately, it's about 4" on the driveway and 1-2" on the porch stairs. Tried to attack the latter in today's warmth (upper 30s), and chipped off some but was also nicking up the wood steps so there's still about half the ice layer remaining. lol similar boat here. This will go down as one heck of an odd first half of winter. Very rare to get this combination of well below average temperatures, above normal precipitation, but below normal snowfall. That is hard to compute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 lol similar boat here. This will go down as one heck of an odd first half of winter. Very rare to get this combination of well below average temperatures, above normal precipitation, but below normal snowfall. That is hard to compute. At least its cold, i mean w/out snowmaking mountains would really be ...well ...look at MRG. But ya its cold dry and not ideal. Perhaps a warm week in florida powderfreak will give you a nice break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Don't worry about the dry look to the pattern next week, PF...I'll be in Florida the 18th - 25th so I guarantee at least one warning criteria storm up here that week...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I amazed to still be waiting for a warning criteria event this far into the season here as the December storm came up short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 MOS fail this morning. It had CON near 20F for a low...28F so far and currently 30F. 28.8F here. Snow depth is down to 10". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 lol similar boat here. This will go down as one heck of an odd first half of winter. Very rare to get this combination of well below average temperatures, above normal precipitation, but below normal snowfall. That is hard to compute. Impossible to compute. Since that ice-storm in mid-december I've pretty much been utterly flummoxed by the weather. Flummoxed bordering on furious. I feel terrible for the mountain ops guys..." So it's going to be -15F today, and rain two inches tomorrow. You all gonna have the mtn ready?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Nice surf yesterday. Hang ten, dudes .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Event totals: 0.1” Snow/1.05” L.E. Despite mostly non-accumulating flurries of fluff yesterday, we did manage to get some more robust graupel or something similar, so there was a tenth of an inch of accumulation for the tail end of that storm. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.1 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 27 F Sky: Mostly Clear Snow at the stake: 5.0 inches For current seasonal stats, snowfall stands at roughly 22” on the lean side, and 68.7% of average. It is however still within one standard deviation of the mean at -0.82 S.D. In comparison to other recent seasons in my records, one item of note was that as of today, season snowfall to date has just fallen behind 2011-2012, and the season now sits ahead of only 2006-2007. The next opportunities for snow in the area appear to be tomorrow into Wednesday, and then Friday/Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Impossible to compute. Since that ice-storm in mid-december I've pretty much been utterly flummoxed by the weather. Flummoxed bordering on furious. I feel terrible for the mountain ops guys..." So it's going to be -15F today, and rain two inches tomorrow. You all gonna have the mtn ready?" The good news is that 3000ft picked up a fresh 0.8" yesterday from the upslope "event." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I amazed to still be waiting for a warning criteria event this far into the season here as the December storm came up short. In the 2011-2012 "winter" we never had one (never even issued one) in the Champlain Valley (max snowfall from any single event was 4"), so it's been done before lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Nice surf yesterday. Hang ten, dudes .. DSC_0216r.jpg damn, that's impressive. Every time I'm down at the water during the summer, the waves are usually small; even at high tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Nice surf yesterday. Hang ten, dudes .. DSC_0216r.jpg lots of folks did yesterday, classic NE winter surf day, great picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 damn, that's impressive. Every time I'm down at the water during the summer, the waves are usually small; even at high tide. Here's another one. Next time we have a "big wave" day, I'm gonna hustle my butt down to Prouts Neck. I could have sat there all day watching the waves crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 In the 2011-2012 "winter" we never had one (never even issued one) in the Champlain Valley (max snowfall from any single event was 4"), so it's been done before lol. At least this season has had a Winter Storm Warning issued, so it’s ahead of 2011-2012 in that department, even if it’s now falling behind in snowfall. Looking in my archives from this season, that’s actually the only one I’ve seen for our county, but appropriately it did coincide with our largest storm of the season at 10.4”. Although accumulations may not have verified everywhere, the Winter Storm Warnings for that event were certainly widespread: It would be nice to see more of that as the season moves forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Only down to upper 20s this morning. Yesterday's relative warmth had little/no effect on snowpack, as it was fairly low RH and more clouds than sun. Even as the ash-covered porch steps were softening (not enough, however), the snowpack was generating its own cold and re-crisping whenever the sun was hidden. 4th rain event in 3 weeks tomorrow? With temps running 8F below my avg during that period? Seems more appropriate for Miami than Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 At least this season has had a Winter Storm Warning issued, so it’s ahead of 2011-2012 in that department, even if it’s now falling behind in snowfall. Looking in my archives from this season, that’s actually the only one I’ve seen for our county, but appropriately it did coincide with our largest storm of the season at 10.4”. Although accumulations may not have verified everywhere, the Winter Storm Warnings for that event were certainly widespread: It would be nice to see more of that as the season moves forward. Yeah it didn't not verify here for sure and you know its bad when we start thinking of 2011-2012. 6" below normal at BTV now and 15" off last year's pace. There are no big ticket chances on the horizon (well maybe around the 19th but that is iffy right now). I sure hope February delivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yeah it didn't not verify here for sure and you know its bad when we start thinking of 2011-2012. 6" below normal at BTV now and 15" off last year's pace. There are no big ticket chances on the horizon (well maybe around the 19th but that is iffy right now). I sure hope February delivers. Our negative departures in temperatures will be wiped out this week too. Only -1.8F now for the month and probably +15F again today, tomorrow, and Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 More rain tomorrow. It's almost comical at this point, as PF has pointed out in his neck of the woods. At some point the snow won't survive, but hopefully we get some white on thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 #pitiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yeah it didn't not verify here for sure and you know its bad when we start thinking of 2011-2012. 6" below normal at BTV now and 15" off last year's pace. There are no big ticket chances on the horizon (well maybe around the 19th but that is iffy right now). I sure hope February delivers. so we are "due". trying to stay positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 MRG suspended midweek operations due to no snowcover and will reopen on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 MRG suspended midweek operations due to no snowcover and will reopen on the weekend. Yeah they did the same last week. I guess The Point's Ski and Ride will be cancelled this week as they were supposed to go to MRG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 hang in there, everyone. while snow totals are similar to 2011-2012, this winter is quite different. For one, there's a snowpack that's been around since early December. Granted, it's an ugly, glacier resistant to even salt (until today), but it's still here in the lower Champlain valley. That's remarkable. The outstanding cold is another reason this is different. For BTV, November was below normal, and December would have been but for that bizarre +15 on the 29th. So two much colder months than in previous years. Lastly, this year's weather pattern has been highly amplified, where previous years were pretty zonal and dominated by Pacific air. Amplified patterns, in my opinion, are far more likely to be snow producers than zonal patterns. Sure, that sometimes cuts off the upslope events, but that's bound to change if the amplification slides to the east and the lows that cut to our west from due south can slide up the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 #pitiful Pretty easy to pick out the cutoff to that gradient look of the winners and losers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 It's been a good winter here. Not epic, but some fun events, good cold, and prolonged deep cover. You VT guys will catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 It's been a good winter here. Not epic, but some fun events, good cold, and prolonged deep cover. You VT guys will catch up. Who wants it at the end of winter though! I'd much rather have the snow the 1st half of winter giving way to an early spring rather than the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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