MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I knew Haby would have something on it that would explain it better than I could. http://www.theweathe.../habyhints/239/ Cool, thanks for the link. So, when I see a flock of seagulls on a radar, I'm not imagining things. Neato! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Event totals: 3.0” Snow/0.24” L.E. Saturday 1/8/2011 12:00 P.M. update: It was snowing decently with some larger flakes at the house in the mid to late morning period, so I decided to head up to the mountain to make some turns and see what conditions were like. The powder depths I observed up there are actually a combination of the fluffy snow from the clipper earlier in the week, with this denser snow from the current Great Lakes ULL/inverted trough on top of it. In Bolton’s Timberline area up to the mid station (1,500’ to 2,250’) I found 4 to occasionally 5 inches of powder, but up at the Timberline summit there was a consistent 5 to 7 inches atop the consolidated snow from before the warmth. On the main mountain at around 2,300’ I found 6 inches of powder, and even up at the Vista Summit (3,100’) I never found more than 7 inches. Toward the end of the day we went out for a tour on the Nordic/backcountry network and I found generally 6 inches of loose snow in the 2,000’ to 2,500’ range. Down at the house (495’) we picked up some additional snow during the morning, and with some larger flakes, at least at times, the snow density dropped another couple of percent down to 6.9% H2O. By that point we’d received about a quarter inch of liquid for the event. Some details from the noontime observations are below: New Snow: 1.6 inches New Liquid: 0.11 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 14.5 Snow Density: 6.9% Temperature: 27.3 F Sky: Light Snow (1 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 8.0 inches After noon, the snow really shut off, and we even had a few breaks of sunshine. Up on the mountain there was a burst of snow when we started our backcountry tour at around 3:00 P.M., but for the most part the snow was very light until we were leaving around 4:30 – 5:00 P.M. and it picked up a little. Flakes were very small (1-2 mm) on the mountain the entire time. Since noon there’s only been a couple of tenths of additional snow accumulation here at the house, and most of that seems to have come from this evening where we’ve had some slightly larger flakes falling. Looking ahead to tomorrow, BTV has new advisories up for the western slopes from 5:00 A.M. tomorrow through 10:00 A.M. Monday for upslope snow, and the focus of the expected snowfall is very clear on the storm total snowfall maps. Washington County isn’t actually in this advisory, but our NWS point forecast calls for 2 to 6 inches through tomorrow night and the storm total map has the Chittenden County/Washington County border in our area at around 6 inches. I added a bit of the afternoon NWS discussion along with their warning and accumulations maps below: .SHORT TERM /7 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 315 PM EST SATURDAY...ANOTHER INTERESTING SETUP TAKING SHAPE ONCE AGAIN DURING SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME AS UPPER LOW SHIFTS EAST/OFFSHORE... MARITIME CYCLONE OCCLUDES AND NORTH/NORTHWESTERLY FLOW DEEPENS. THIS WILL ALLOW CONTINUED OROGRAPHICAL ENHANCEMENT OF LIGHT SNOWS ACROSS THE NWRN DACKS/NWRN GREENS AND PORTIONS OF THE VT CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. INDEED...MODELS DEPICT TO VARYING DEGREES AT LEAST A PERIOD OF MORE ENHANCED ACTIVITY DURING 18Z SUN TO 06Z MONDAY TIME FRAME AS STRONGER UPPER SHORTWAVE PASSAGE COMBINED WITH MOISTURE OF MARITIME ORIGIN WRAPS BACK SOUTH/SOUTHWESTWARD INTO OUR AREA. BASED ON HISTORICALLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL SNOW TO LIQUID SNOW RATIOS FOR THESE SCENARIOS (AROUND 20:1 OR A TAD HIGHER) HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A WINTER WX ADVSY FOR THE NWRN SLOPES OF THE ADIRONDACKS...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NRN GREENS AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF NRN VT DURING THIS TIME FRAME. MAINLY LOOKING AT A PROLONGED LIGHT SNOW EVENT HERE...OFFERING 3-7 INCHES IN THE NWRN DACKS...AND 4 TO 8 ACROSS THE VT PORTIONS OF THE ADVSY (LOCALLY HIGHER)...THOUGH HEAVIER ACCUM HERE SHOULD BE GENERALLY EAST OF BURLINGTON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Got a band that popped up that looks to come thru here with some-SN.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Got a band that popped up that looks to come thru here with some-SN.. Nice! Looks like there might be more out over the open water that could swing through here several hours from now. Meanwhile, Mark's snow band has given up the ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Nice! Looks like there might be more out over the open water that could swing through here several hours from now. Meanwhile, Mark's snow band has given up the ghost. -SN now, I don't think it will amount to much, Its pretty weak, My focus is on next weds, Waiting on the Nam...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 -SN now, I don't think it will amount to much, Its pretty weak, My focus is on next weds, Waiting on the Nam...... Yeah, no accums tonight. That's a given. Ditto on NAM. Thinking I'll stay up for the GFS as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah, no accums tonight. That's a given. Ditto on NAM. Thinking I'll stay up for the GFS as well. Yeah, I amy even make it for the Euro, We will see what happens, But i like this one as long as it dooes not try to escape east once it reaches ACK...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 We ended up with about 4 inches with the snow slowing down significantly around noon, though there have been consistent flurries/light snow most of the day. I had to go to Newport, VT today and the accumulating snow really dropped of the further north I went. Basically just a dusting by the time I got past Danville and almost nothing from St. Johnsbury north. Back to on and off light snow again. Would like to get some more as the week progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 That northern end of that band over Lewiston is blossoming nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 That northern end of that band over Lewiston is blossoming nicely. Yeah...i didnt see that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah...i didnt see that coming. Surprise snow is a great thing. The downside is that it'll reach me after midnight and I'll be happily drooling on my pillow by then. Beggars can't be choosers, as they say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Surprise snow is a great thing. The downside is that it'll reach me after midnight and I'll be happily drooling on my pillow by then. Beggars can't be choosers, as they say! Its coming pretty fast. Here on little sebago i can still see tons of stars while the band is currently already on the other side of town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Also, this area of snow is precisely where i had the lowest PoPs going overnight. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Its coming pretty fast. Here on little sebago i can still see tons of stars while the band is currently already on the other side of town! Few flakes flying here. Hopefully we'll at least get a nice little burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Keep her coming west and healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Its coming pretty fast. Here on little sebago i can still see tons of stars while the band is currently already on the other side of town! Yeah, I guess it could hit me at about the time I see if the GFS gives us a shellacking next week. I see PWMan is here ... looks like decent snow is headed your way shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Also, this area of snow is precisely where i had the lowest PoPs going overnight. Lol Yeah, 20%, I am impressed, We are under 20-25 dbzs, Already have 0.3" on the ground..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Few flakes flying here. Hopefully we'll at least get a nice little burst. May have to brush an inch or two off my car in the morn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah, I guess it could hit me at about the time I see if the GFS gives us a shellacking next week. I see PWMan is here ... looks like decent snow is headed your way shortly. The hatches have been battened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Keep her coming west and healthy. Looks to be expanding, Got to like these pesky to forcast troughs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 IWI reporting a 1/2 mile mod now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 plenty of snow out there in Hanover, NH (say 4-5 inches) from the last 2 days... snow has no water in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I wish JEB was here giving obs .. probably busy filling the bird feeders for tomorrow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 It's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Some 35 dBZ maxes in there. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Some 35 dBZ maxes in there. Nice! Yeah there should be a few brief bursts of 1/4 mile S+ in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah there should be a few brief bursts of 1/4 mile S+ in there. Hopefully it doesn't take out 50 cars and 2 busses like my snow burst did today. I noticed in the pics that most of the vehicles had Mass plates though so that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hopefully it doesn't take out 50 cars and 2 busses like my snow burst did today. I noticed in the pics that most of the vehicles had Mass plates though so that makes sense. *a knowing nod* PWM is in the snow. I think those dudes in NE Mass should keep an eye open for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 lol ... looks like the band is splitting and may for the most part pass me on both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Nothing here yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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