whitemountainhiker Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Snowing like a mofo in Lyme NH. Up to over 5 inches now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Excellent! Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 2.6" as of 6pm. Snowing very hard right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 2.6" as of 6pm. Snowing very hard right nowI'm at Topnotch and it's raining haha. Someone just came in the bar and said it's snowing heavily in the village and changes to rain up here. Said the best road conditions are the higher you go up.I give up, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Looks like it's back to snow in Bartlett but hard to tell from my webcam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grambo Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 eyewall, man... you give up so easily!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 eyewall, man... you give up so easily!!!!!! I was really trying not to with this one but during what was supposed to be prime time of the event we are seeing rain and as of now it doesn't seem to be trying for a transition. There is a heavy band moving into the MPV area now and we will have to see what happens when that arrives. So far the temp is not really responding to those north winds (and creeped up a degree in the last couple of hours). Of course the new ob is due to be out any minute now. I can't help but be discouraged by what I am actually observing at the moment. As I said nobody had any real confidence in this event going in so it isn't a huge surprise. We need that high we had before this storm to be parked over Ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 snizzle with fat flakes now, whole kitchen sink coming at us since 1:30, closing in on a whopping 2", fully acclimated to winter though, 32F feels balmy see what the mountain gets in the AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 BTV has finally begun to walk down totals: http://www.weather.gov/btv/stormtotalsnow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 BTV has finally begun to walk down totals: http://www.weather.gov/btv/stormtotalsnow If you go to the zoomed in maps the totals are way up over here and the point and click here is crazy for tonight http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.32458490920509&lon=-72.16695785522461#.VIePx8mCOSN Calling for 7-11 inches tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 still rain here, with frozen nuclei starting to accumulate on the walkway. close to changeover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 still rain here, with frozen nuclei starting to accumulate on the walkway. close to changeover. I'm not at home in the village, I'm up closer to the ski area and it's still trying to switch over but it sounds like it's dumping with 3-4" in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 GYX still has Bartlett at 6-10". We've gotten maybe an inch all day. I don't get it... when is this snow supposed to arrive??? Or did they just not notice the bust??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 thick, dense, slap-you-in-the-face flakes here now. about the past 5 minutes maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I saw a post in the observations thread about an update to the BTV NWS projected snowfall graphic, so I figured it was a good time to post the latest BTV NWS advisory and projected accumulations maps. For the advisories map it looks like the changes have been to drop some winter weather advisories down south and add some flood watches: On the projected accumulations map the 10-14" areas are now along the Green Mountain spine in the Central to Northern Greens, and off in the Adirondacks: We were just outside for a walk and it's quite nice with respect to temperatures; these warm storms are fun in that way. It was also pouring huge 1" flakes down on us, so that's a fun experience as well. The flavor of the precipitation has certainly changed recently – it's very quiet now whereas before there was that sleety composition that had some noise to it. Now it's just huge wet flakes that fall straight down with little to alert you of their presence… aside from their massive size at least. We're at about 3" here for the storm total, but it's certainly a very dense 3". We've actually just about hit that low end of the 3"-5" forecast that the BTV NWS had for use today, so it hasn’t been totally off the mark. The plow just made a run through the road, which will be helpful because it doesn’t take too much of this dense stuff to make travel difficult. We'll have to see what happens this evening… On that note, I highlighted a couple of interesting parts of the latest Winter Storm Warning update below – they seem consistent with the change in the snowfall we've seen going on out there recently: NYZ029>031-034-035-VTZ006-008>012-016>019-101000- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-141210T2200Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON- ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE... TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY... TICONDEROGA...JOHNSON...STOWE...MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY... VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL... BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 633 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF HEAVY DENSE SNOW AND SLEET...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR ICING WILL BE ACROSS ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FEET IN ORANGE AND WINDSOR COUNTIES IN VERMONT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE IMMEDIATE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...MAINLY BETWEEN 9 PM AND 2 AM. * TIMING...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHTER MIXED PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY DROPPING BELOW ONE HALF MILE. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY BY ELEVATION WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...AND ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...NEARLY STEADY BETWEEN 30 AND 33 DEGREES. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT. GENERALLY 1 TO 2 MILES ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Not much to add to the ~2.0" here yet, watching the roof eve gushing water and the sky dropping parachute flakes. Nice to have the changeover all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 They seem to think the heavy band I referred to will do it here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Someone needs to tell NWS to update snow totals. I'm not getting 4-6" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 up to 37.5 wind is really starting to crank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 They seem to think the heavy band I referred to will do it here: Yeah, that band has indeed injected some vigor into the snowfall – some 2-3" diameter flakes out there. The boys and I were just out catching them and they can be quite a mouthful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Heaviest snow I've seen this winter. Insane gradient too. Like 4" at home and nuking and maybe 2" with rain snow mix closer to the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Heavy rain and some wind now here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'm usually not one to throw out hyperbolic phrases but it absolutely ripping right now, about as hard as I have ever seen. Giant flakes, almost like someone is throwing snowballs at you from the sky. Went to the snowmobile club Christmas part up the street at 6:30 and there must be close to 6" an hour and a half later. I may have to get the snowblower out now before it gets too heavy and deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Heaviest snow I've seen this winter. Insane gradient too. Like 4" at home and nuking and maybe 2" with rain snow mix closer to the mountain. What the heck is going on in Stowe to cause that PF? Seems further toward the mountain would be a bit more easterly upslope? I hope the mountain itself is Snowing, A good weenie would drive to the mountain at 1600' and capture the transition to snow ! Which I hope it's doing at the mountain base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Snowing very hard right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Heaviest snow I've seen this winter. Insane gradient too. Like 4" at home and nuking and maybe 2" with rain snow mix closer to the mountain. Yeah, that band has indeed injected some vigor into the snowfall – some 2-3" diameter flakes out there. The boys and I were just out catching them and they can be quite a mouthful. I'm usually not one to throw out hyperbolic phrases but it absolutely ripping right now, about as hard as I have ever seen. Giant flakes, almost like someone is throwing snowballs at you from the sky. Went to the snowmobile club Christmas part up the street at 6:30 and there must be close to 6" an hour and a half later. I may have to get the snowblower out now before it gets too heavy and deep. Glad to see others enjoying those massive flakes, those were some of the largest I have seen at that intensity!! 31F with just some light ice pellets and flakes. Looks like on radar it will be quiet for a bit now. Ended up spending almost an hour digging out my neighbor who slipped off the driveway. We are at 5.7" for the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Cell phone pictures don't do this justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 If you go to the zoomed in maps the totals are way up over here and the point and click here is crazy for tonight http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.32458490920509&lon=-72.16695785522461#.VIePx8mCOSN Calling for 7-11 inches tonight. Had some issue with the zoomed in maps. Even though the time stamp is updating, the maps are still old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 That Wall of snow rotating up into Central and NW Vermont is amazing on radar. Some wild Microclimates there, someone probably sees a foot in a few hours as this pivot over the Lake and into Adirondacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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