ryanjn Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 What is up with that blob Juuust South of Rutland, VT? It just sits there and is intensifying even though the storm is constantly moving onward. Odd. Bright band. It's on the KALB radar cause at that height the beam is passing through a layer of melting/wet snow and graupel. This usual gives apparent higher reflectivities but it probably isn't any heavier by the time it makes it to the surface. It sits there cause the freezing level is static. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Congrats Bob, Messenger etc... Nice! That line came through here around 6 as we were ready to leave church. We decided it was best to spend a little more time in the church. Two distinct TS's here today. I'm not sure we had 2 last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Up to 33.4F...Sanbornton is beginning to mix out a bit too. Warner RWIS is holding strong at 32.4F. Impressive in-situ CAD today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 It may be insane, but I'd live there. We usually stay up near Jackson 2 - 3 weeks out of the year. If I lived there, I'd probably prefer to be closer to town (at least Mrs. Northshore would). You should come up and ski Wildcat with me next month.let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Pretty slick roads here ... Sand truck came up my road in reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Pretty slick roads here ... Sand truck came up my road in reverseLol you know it's slick when that happens, gee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Just jumped from 33F to 40F in 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 46.0F Torch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 46.0F Torch Glad you could take part in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 46.0F Torch Welcome to the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Finally below 50F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Bright band. It's on the KALB radar cause at that height the beam is passing through a layer of melting/wet snow and graupel. This usual gives apparent higher reflectivities but it probably isn't any heavier by the time it makes it to the surface. It sits there cause the freezing level is static.Part of the higher intensity reflectivity is probably because of the strength of the southerly LLJ. This is enhanced by the geography of the Champlain Valley, which is completely exposed to the south but surrounded by mountains on both its western and eastern flank. Therefore, you have more forcing from that channeling effect in the Champlain Valley, intensifying precipitation. I remember this in the 2/24/10 snowstorm when I was a student at Middlebury College...we had southerly flow which led to localized areas of heavy wet snow in the Champlain Valley. We received 20" in that storm. The effect was also evident in the freak 1/3/10 storm that dropped 35" at BTV and again 20" at Middlebury just to the south. There were a lot of other factors at play in the latter storm, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Glad you could take part in this. Welcome to the party.This is like showing up to the party at midnight ready to party when everyone else is already hungover and puking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 This is like showing up to the party at midnight ready to party when everyone else is already hungover and puking.Looking at the remnants of my snowpack, puking is appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 This is like showing up to the party at midnight ready to party when everyone else is already hungover and puking. Yup, just broke into the 40's past hour. 42F. The melt is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Yup, just broke into the 40's past hour. 42F. The melt is on. Congrats on keeping your snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 And we have come full circle...snowing lightly with a slight dusting of white coming up the Mountain Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 And the mother nature blow dryer drying things nicely here, let's see what Wed event brings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 And we have come full circle...snowing lightly with a slight dusting of white coming up the Mountain Road. Phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Phew There was a caravan of reindeer sweaters tied to the gondola, waiting for Powderfreak to turn on the chairlift, but the dusting saved them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Phew lol Or in your terms... "its ripping" 1/4" per hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 First of all how often does a wind advisory happen over the interior and not the coast in these setups....second of all, another contradiction again with criteria. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM ESTTHIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINDADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM ESTTHIS EVENING.* LOCATION...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY. AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.* IMPACTS...WESTERLY WIND GUSTS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDSTHIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS ANDBRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CANALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.&& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 There was a caravan of reindeer sweaters tied to the gondola, waiting for Powderfreak to turn on the chairlift, but the dusting saved them. Back to the SOP for thaws, ending with an upslope response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 First of all how often does a wind advisory happen over the interior and not the coast in these setups....second of all, another contradiction again with criteria. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM ESTTHIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINDADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM ESTTHIS EVENING.* LOCATION...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY. AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.* IMPACTS...WESTERLY WIND GUSTS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDSTHIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS ANDBRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CANALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.&& It's been gusting over 40 here since 5:00 AM..You either issue one for everyone or yo don't issue any in a setup like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Temps down to 36.7..brrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Temps down to 36.7..brrr Did you get thunder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Temps down to 36.7..brrrI wonder if they'll issue a special weather statement for the flash freeze potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I wonder if they'll issue a special weather statement for the flash freeze potential. They were salting the roads in NH with temps in the low 40s. Gotta get that salt on the roads when the temps are 10F above freezing and roads blown dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 They were salting the roads in NH with temps in the low 40s. Gotta get that salt on the roads when the temps are 10F above freezing and roads blown dry.It seems like everyone's gone soft this year, roads were closed during a run in the mill snowstorm and many schools were closed during the last cold snap, roads are salted daily and I actually heard someone say that global warming forced the Polar Vortex away from it's usual nesting grounds, the north pole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 First of all how often does a wind advisory happen over the interior and not the coast in these setups....second of all, another contradiction again with criteria. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM ESTTHIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINDADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM ESTTHIS EVENING.* LOCATION...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY. AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.* IMPACTS...WESTERLY WIND GUSTS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDSTHIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS ANDBRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CANALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.&& Yeah---put this in the obs thread. Today: Mostly sunny and blustery. Cooler. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph...diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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