powderfreak Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 hate to say it, but IMO that 11/9-11/11 system was the storm of the season. absolutely buried mansfield head to toe I agree with you...although the mid-March system I think may have beat it out with like 20" on top of a good base. That was my favorite ski day of the season at least...had a powder day "off" from work and free to roam the wilds without a radio or meetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Actually, speaking of November snow events... the one storm that I can actually remember whetting my appetite for upslope snow was the November 2003 event. That was my freshman year at UVM, and this event made me realize the difference between the Champlain Valley and the mountain communities. November 13-14, 2003... looks like a classic unblocked Froude 1< orographic precipitation event with the heavy snow east of the Spine. Amazingly, significant upslope snow reached all the way to Brookfield, VT (11") southeast of MPV. .LAMOILLE... STOWE - 3N 17.0 EDEN 14.0 STOWE VILLAGE 10.0 MORRISVILLE 9.0 45 MPH .WASHINGTON COUNTY... WORCESTER 15.0 MAD RIVER GLENN 14.0 WARREN 13.0 MONTPELIER 8.0 43 MPH PLAINFIELD 7.0 WAITSFIELD 2.0 The main thing I remember from this event, was sitting in a UVM dorm in Burlington, watching the weatherchannel with other skiers, and seeing MVL and MPV report hour after hour of Heavy Snow 1/4sm visibility, while BTV is showing scattered clouds haha. We first thought it must be squall line or something, but like 6 hours later nothing changed. The ASOS at MPV/MVL kept ripping SN+ obs while BTV was seeing breaks in the overcast. I've went back and looked at the obs on WU, and its pretty funny to compare the three sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Well up at the lake, hoping for some good storms tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Well up at the lake, hoping for some good storms tomorrow. Certainly in a good spot for them there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Anatomy of mountain cumulus on a summer day... it always amazes me how fast this happens around late-morning into early afternoon. I would love to take a time-lapse loop of this vantage point, looking south down the Spine, as it goes from cyrstal clear to a few cumulus in like 15 minutes...and then to mostly cloudy over the Spine like an hour later. 10am... bluebird. 10:30am...ignition. Noon/12pm...almost turning mostly cloudy over the high terrain while Champlain Valley (to the right of the photo), and interior VT (to the left) is mostly sunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Taste of Newfound is tomorrow night here on Newfound Lake. 1000 people outside tasting food from all the local area restaurants. Lots of outdoor tents and people. 4:30 to 8pm. Hum, this could turn into a quagmire! Maybe can get the line through here first but doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Camping in Lake George for a coue of days. Freaking hot today setting up the camper. As soon as we were done we hopped back in the car for a ride just to sit in some AC. Really wishing I had use for sweatpants and a hoodie right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Almost smells like forest fire smoke this morning with a nasty haze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I have to drive up to Twin Mountain today at 4. Am I going to die in the storms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 My Facebook peeps have seen this, but I figure this is interesting for many here. While hiking over and around the enormous boulders in Huntington Ravine yesterday, I felt occasional cool bursts. Peering into the crevices between boulders I spotted slabs of ice that are remnants of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I have to drive up to Twin Mountain today at 4. Am I going to die in the storms?It depends. What are your cholesterol levels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 It depends. What are your cholesterol levels? Pretty high... was like 240ish back in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Pretty high... was like 240ish back in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Pretty high... was like 240ish back in 2009.you need to lay off of those Wendys pretzel burgers. 87.0....it's hot. Hopefully we get some rain tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 82/72F Timing looks good for C NH, 5-6pm? Line is starting to produce a ton of lightning in N VT. I guess it's what happens further down into NY state. Line looks like it will take its time coming through so hopefully some nice rain totals. My pond is down to its last foot or two! Its never gone dry but since we moved the house 2 years ago the grades are all different out back and less water to fill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 My Facebook peeps have seen this, but I figure this is interesting for many here. While hiking over and around the enormous boulders in Huntington Ravine yesterday, I felt occasional cool bursts. Peering into the crevices between boulders I spotted slabs of ice that are remnants of winter. iceicebaby.jpg Cool (literally.) Reminds me of the spruce-from-boulders area behind the NW shoreline of Deboullie Pond, about 20 miles SW of Fort Kent. The "cold-air boulders" are those with no air drainage, and though I've seen ice during July 4th week (and actual snow in mid-June), I'm not sure it would hold as late as yesterday. If following any recent winter, this past would be the one, however. As a trivia note, researchers from UM-PQI found summered-over ice several yards down into the talus slope below the north-facing cliffs of Gardner Mt, a mile west of the Deboullie site. They think it might be relict ice from the last glaciation, which I find ultra-cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 80/74 Should be storming within an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 WMUR caught my webcam live as the shelf cloud was moving overhead. Impressive picture, I was not home to catch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Nice, Gene, would love to see the image if you can get it. I posted this in the other thread, but this is a panoramic of Mansfield's east slope as that severe storm moved in from the NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Good shelf cloud. Meh storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Line looked so impressive on radar but like coastal said nice shelf cloud but other than some light rain and a few bolts of lightning, nothing else. .13" rain total with the line. As its now past seems to be lots more action to my SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Line looked so impressive on radar but like coastal said nice shelf cloud but other than some light rain and a few bolts of lightning, nothing else. .13" rain total with the line. As its now past seems to be lots more action to my SE. There are a ton of warnings, but outflow racing ahead of storms. Not sure why so many warnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Nice rain here...not much lightning though. 26mph and 0.53" so far. A comfy 67.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 1.11" and counting...love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 .35" here Ended up punching through the line of storms at Franconia Notch. All the swirly clouds were super ominous looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 There are a ton of warnings, but outflow racing ahead of storms. Not sure why so many warnings. Saw that outflow boundary well south of the storms in Maine and knew the real severe threat was cooked. You can still pull isolated gusts out of that set up, but not a widespread deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Saw that outflow boundary well south of the storms in Maine and knew the real severe threat was cooked. You can still pull isolated gusts out of that set up, but not a widespread deal.Leading edge gust front was pretty good. Enough to scramble boaters to shore on the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 1.37" final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Grand total yesterday....... .42" final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I finally emptied the rain gauge this morning and found a whopping 2.06" from yesterday's storms. I knew it was over 1" because it had spilled out of the initial column, but never got around to actually emptying it till this morning. That's my largest rain event of the season, and couldn't believe when pouring the contents of the outter cylinder out, that it filled up a whole other inch worth of liquid and then some. I then had to look at CoCoRAHS to see if this was even close to what other places had...and looks like the Stowe Village guy 1 mile away had even more with 2.22" reported. That was quite the soaker yesterday, and brings the monthly rainfall to 5.34" locally. Good soaker state wide from the Spine and east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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