powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Zilcho here in Colchester, snowing at maybe 8 flakes per hour haha Its weird because it doesn't seem like its snowing that hard (but it is adding up to some degree) but the visibility is way down. I see MPV hasn't gone above 1/2sm in a couple hours and we've been the same up here at the mountain...its a steady 1/4-1/2sm snow of little flakes. I see even MVL is now down to 3/4sm so its saturating in the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Zilcho here in Colchester, snowing at maybe 8 flakes per hour haha Unless something changes "little or none" is a good forecast for us in the valley on this one. You know its bad when even a clipper busts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Its weird because it doesn't seem like its snowing that hard (but it is adding up to some degree) but the visibility is way down. I see MPV hasn't gone above 1/2sm in a couple hours and we've been the same up here at the mountain...its a steady 1/4-1/2sm snow of little flakes. I see even MVL is now down to 3/4sm so its saturating in the valley. Agreed, the snowfall rate is very deceptive, but it seems to keep chugging along at about ½” per hour. Perhaps it’s the small flakes (1-2 mm diameters here) that we’re not as used to seeing relativel to bigger upslope dendrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 2.0" in town right now, and 2.5" up at 1,500ft the base of the ski area. Some photos from my few mile drive home... actually snowing moderately to heavily during my drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 While I had a break I drove over to the Richmond exit and the visibility crashed to 1/2 mile or so. I am in Williston at my parent's to do laundry and the vis is under a mile here (no washer and drier at the apartment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 While I had a break I drove over to the Richmond exit and the visibility crashed to 1/2 mile or so. I am in Williston at my parent's to do laundry and the vis is under a mile here (no washer and drier at the apartment). Visibilities have been quite low, even though the snowfall isn't all that excessive. Radar shows the Lake Champlain downslope and then upslope again into the mountains. Obviously judging by obs elsewhere around VT and MPV, the snow is extending eastward but the beam is just getting too high to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Visibilities have been quite low, even though the snowfall isn't all that excessive. Radar shows the Lake Champlain downslope and then upslope again into the mountains. Obviously judging by obs elsewhere around VT and MPV, the snow is extending eastward but the beam is just getting too high to see it. Yeah it appears Burlington Downtown/Winooski/Colchester may get entirely blanked until maybe a passing snow shower with the front itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Just touching 1.5" here as of 3:15 pm. It's been steady and persistent, but flake size is abysmally small. It could be the beautiful, snow-white sands of Panama City Beach falling from just the look of it. What does a weenie have to do to get a decent dendrite this winter??...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 A little less than Cardinal Winds but it has been pretty windy at times and my snowboard is blown clear so measuring there wouldn't do much good. Could be anywhere between .25 and an inch. Glad I waited until today to change the tire on my snowmobile trailer, 19F felt downright balmy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 0.4" in the last hour with steady snow. 2.4" total. Judging by J.Spin's web cam, he may have a touch more, in the 2.5-3.0" range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wow, Smuggs just came in with 4-6" of snow today on the other side. Jay Peak with 5-7", but they reported 3-4" as of 11am... but Smuggs didn't show any snowfall until 4pm when they went to 4-6". Meanwhile Bolton reported 1" at 4pm. Very interesting ski area reports this afternoon, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It looks like in the CPV it will be another downslope screw job with similar wind directions, so not expecting much. Hopefully February delivers. It is good to see the ski areas getting something. Unfortunately I won't go tomorrow as planned with brutal wind chills anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 So Mountain Ops just updated me at 5pm that there's a solid 4" at the base and 5-6" at the top of the Gondola. If its snowing at around 1/2" per hour here at home, that would make sense going from 2.5" to 4" between 2:30pm and 5pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Event totals: 1.8” Snow/0.13” L.E. I cleared the boards and ran an analysis on the snow at 2:00 P.M. – at 7.2% H2O, the accumulation was actually loftier than I would have thought with the small flakes. We headed up to the mountain after that, and I’d say there was probably 2-4” new by the time we got there – I suspect they’ll update their most recent 1” report by tomorrow. It was definitely tricky driving coming down the Bolton Valley Access Road, and Route 2 through Bolton Flats toward Waterbury was filled with quite a good shot of snow as well – I’m not sure it’s been plowed much. As of 5:00 P.M. there’s another 1.7” of snow down here on the snowboard, and I’ll run an analysis on that later this evening. The flake size has definitely increased as of late, so the next round of snowfall might come in drier. I doesn’t look like there will be any problem reaching the 2-5” range in the BTV NWS forecast, since there’s 3.5” down already. It’s interesting to note that this is now the largest storm of the month for our location. Details from the 2:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.8 inches New Liquid: 0.13 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 13.8 Snow Density: 7.2% H2O Temperature: 20.5 F Sky: Snow (1-2 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 6.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Nice JSpin...same amount here, almost 3.5" now and almost an inch in the past hour. It is dumping big fat flakes...noticeable different from a couple hours ago. This is more upslope style flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nothing in Burlington today, really. Definitely a downslope event. The sky looked ready to go at times, but the 'dacks foothills came in and out of view as flurries came and went in and around Burlington. It seemed we never really had a chance today in the valley. It's weird to convince friends that it's snowing in the mountains, that there is a snowstorm occurring- just not here in the Valley. It happens. But good reporting by the resorts and webcams showing the snow helps a lot. The BTV forecast is a bit bullish on the point forecast with 3-5" possible overnight for higher terrain around Smuggs/Mansfield. In any event, it seems the forecast busted low for the Champlain Valley and is already above the high-end forecasted accumulations for the mountains. I would have loved an inch or so of mood flakes, but I'd rather see near half-foot in the mountains on the ground, and potential for another several inches tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I am up to 4.2" so far as of 8pm. Snowfall has slowed to 1/3rd of an inch per hour or so. Lamoille County totals that are now several hours old. No surprise the coop is low, high winds today probably made it difficult to catch in the can. ..LAMOILLE COUNTY... JEFFERSONVILLE 6.0 453 PM 1/25 1500 FEET JOHNSON 4.0 453 PM 1/25 PUBLIC STOWE 3.5 555 PM 1/25 PUBLIC 2 SSW JEFFERSONVILLE 3.5 458 PM 1/25 PUBLIC MOUNT MANSFIELD 2.6 400 PM 1/25 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 SSE SMUGGLERS NOTC 2.5 300 PM 1/25 STOWE MOUNTAIN RESORT HYDE PARK 2.0 442 PM 1/25 PUBLIC MORRISVILLE 1.5 537 PM 1/25 PUBLIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nothing in Burlington today, really. Definitely a downslope event. The sky looked ready to go at times, but the 'dacks foothills came in and out of view as flurries came and went in and around Burlington. It seemed we never really had a chance today in the valley. It's weird to convince friends that it's snowing in the mountains, that there is a snowstorm occurring- just not here in the Valley. It happens. But good reporting by the resorts and webcams showing the snow helps a lot. The BTV forecast is a bit bullish on the point forecast with 3-5" possible overnight for higher terrain around Smuggs/Mansfield. In any event, it seems the forecast busted low for the Champlain Valley and is already above the high-end forecasted accumulations for the mountains. I would have loved an inch or so of mood flakes, but I'd rather see near half-foot in the mountains on the ground, and potential for another several inches tonight. It is going to be a tough stretch in the CPV. If the next clipper doesn't produce due to downsloping there isn't much ahead for awhile. Hopefully there will be something with the front itself tonight. I am glad the mountains are getting some though for the ski conditions. I only wish the conditions on the summits were going to be much less harsh tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nice JSpin...same amount here, almost 3.5" now and almost an inch in the past hour. It is dumping big fat flakes...noticeable different from a couple hours ago. This is more upslope style flakes. As of 9pm I have 2" even for the day. Still coming down, though very light. Flakes still small, though. No fatties this far east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Mansfield stake is reporting in at 36", which is getting very close to the 40" mark. But given recent observations in and about the 1800- 2000' level, the backcountry is far from ready. Maybe 2500-3000'+ elevations are good, but one must still contend with some run-outs, which needs another foot or two to be safe. There's still not much of a base. A nor'easter/synoptic foot would really be the game changer- though a bunch of these clippers will make up the difference given enough time. Maybe that's what we're looking at- these over performing clippers for now. We're looking at 6"+ at elevation of moderate fluff. That works. Nickel/Dime, repeat. Let the good times roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Snow finally began at 7 PM, and by then mid-coast areas had 2" (except right on the coast where it was upper 30s.) Measured 0.5" at 9 PM, and radar echoes have now moved beyond here, though flakes are still drifting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Event totals: 3.8” Snow/0.30” L.E. I cleared the snowboard at 10:00 P.M. and there was an additional 2.0” of snow on it; no precipitation was falling and I could even see some stars in the sky. Details from the 10:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 2.0 inches New Liquid: 0.17 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 11.8 Snow Density: 8.5% H2O Temperature: 19.2 F Sky: Partly Cloudy Snow at the stake: 8.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Finally managed a quick couple of tenths tonight in a very fast moving snow shower with the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Looks like 4.4" total at home. First board clearing was 2.0" yesterday late afternoon, and this morning 2.4". The uptick in flake size certainly helped yesterday evening. I see on the PNS that there was a report from Moscow (which is in the town of Stowe) of 5.8" so someone just south of here must've gotten it a bit harder than here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Couldn't even eke out an inch over here. 0.8" will do it. Not sure what happened but I do know that whatever did, it wasn't much. Back below zero this morn. -1F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 0.5" last night. Not looking like much tomorrow. Off to Dallas for a couple days. Looking pretty cold down thereby Dallas standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Really cheap midnightish high of 20F. Currently 5.8/-11.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Event totals: 3.9” Snow/0.30” L.E. There was a final 0.1” of snow on the board this morning to finish off the event. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.1 inchesNew Liquid: Trace Temperature: -3.1 FSky: ClearSnow at the stake: 8.0 inches With this storm complete, I added the north to south listing of storm totals I’ve seen from the Vermont ski areas below. It looks like the storm wasn’t focused on just the northern areas, with another peak in accumulations around Killington, and decent numbers all the way south to Mount Snow. Being near the spine of the Greens may have been important for this event, as off to the east, Burke was the odd man out, reporting just an inch of new snow. Jay Peak: 10”Burke: 1”Smuggler’s Notch: 8”Stowe: 7”Bolton Valley: 6”Mad River Glen: 5”Sugarbush: 5”Middlebury: 5”Pico: 10”Killington: 10”Okemo: 5”Bromley: 6”Magic Mountain: 4”Stratton: 6”Mount Snow: 5” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Up to 4.1" - for January. I've had 13 days with at snowflakes this month and 7 with measurable. Largest calendar-day accum was 1.1" on the 3rd; storm total was 1.9", which looks to finish as the month's biggest. Temp is at -2.8 thru yesterday and will probably finish between 3 and 4F below my avg, while total precip is 130% of my avg for the full month. Different... Edit: My cheap high came at my 9 PM obs time, with 21. Down to about 2 at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Another wasted weekend of no riding, .5" here, .5" their not going to cut it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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