Nittany88 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I'll tell ya what, those uber-juicy ARW (NAM family?) were right, haha. Like 2-3" of liquid equivalent up here over a wise area. Luckily winds have been pretty light or fairly non-existent or else power outages would be a widespread issue. Even the summit was pretty calm relatively speaking for that height and a storm like this. Had we had any real gusty winds, the power issues would've been much worse. As it is, there are a decent amount of folks without power tonight...and a bunch more last night. I've seen several social media posts of people without power. Funny, no power but can still take a photo and share it with the world on the cell network. Last night RT 100 was closed for about an hour for a large downed tree, and this evening it was closed due to 2 stuck tractor-trailers on a hill coming into Stowe from Waterbury. Up here we aren't used to this real heavy wet snow with like 5:1 overall ratio due to sleet, rain, drizzle, freezing drizzle, etc mixing in at times during the storm. The WRF ARW is an underused model in my opinion for the short-term, within 24 hours. I've seen it nail cutoffs, precip banding, and precipitation shield structure. Of course it has its busts too, and one caveat is that it usually overdoes QPF by quite a bit, like most wrfs. It was also one of the few models to show just how large the extent of warming there was on Tuesday with rain up to us and Binghamton, and the massive bust in the Poconos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 More rain. Someone shoot me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The second one is definitely a Christmas Card or something along those lines. It was definitely alot less concrete like than last night and alot drier. It was blowing around quite a bit. I hope for some good shots in the morning around here in daylight. the snow in Burlington was definitely lighter than the stuff in Waterbury last night. More of it, too, from my estimation. Colder air aloft to the north and west? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 More rain. Someone shoot me now Good news, dual-pol says it's mixing and changing to snow around 500 feet over your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Was mixing with snow when I left around 615. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Good news, dual-pol says it's mixing and changing to snow around 500 feet over your head.Hope it gets to surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hope it gets to surface As Brian just said, it's already starting to mix and changeover in southern NH. It'll get here eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 As Brian just said, it's already starting to mix and changeover in southern NH. It'll get here eventually.How much does long island have? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 How much does long island have? Lol The ocean effect streamers looks like they might be dumping a little surprise on Point Judith, RI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I took a few shots this morning and it certainly looks like a double digit depth in places. I don't have a ruler handy but 10 inches is a safe bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 13.7 inches since yesterday, for a two-day storm total of 19.4 inches. i haven't melted the snow yet from yesterday's storm, but it may be an underestimate, as the cylinder was over-topped by 4 inches and may have missed collecting snow. It's absolutely impressive out, with trees cracking every now and then under the weight of the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 13.7 inches since yesterday, for a two-day storm total of 19.4 inches. i haven't melted the snow yet from yesterday's storm, but it may be an underestimate, as the cylinder was over-topped by 4 inches and may have missed collecting snow. It's absolutely impressive out, with trees cracking every now and then under the weight of the snow. It really is! I will be posting a picnic table shot as well for Powder once I am done with my morning round of work. The park I went to had quite a bit of tree damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I measured a 10.5 inch depth at the house and it was a bit deeper in the park where I didn't get to measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Storm total 2.70" as of 7 AM. Saw a patch of blue and peek of sun as I reached AUG this morning, but it's back to mid-30s RA, with radar showing globs of precip coming in off the Atlantic. We'll probably see flakes before the end, but my area almost never bags anything from wraparound. Still 9" at the stake, probably about 3:1 ratio by this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 fog lifting a bit now, misery mist continues with an inch that fell last night. clearing the rink is the new crossfit WOD as the crust here at 1080' is over a 1/4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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powderfreak Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Nice shots Apache! Great to see the Champlain Valley caked in snow. Fun to have 2 warning criteria storms over the area prior to mid-Dec when last winter it took till February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApacheTrout Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 thanks, PF! This is delightful, really packable snow. Remarkably, this puts me at 37 inches for the year, which is more than the entire 2012 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Nice shots for sure! Here are a few I grabbed during the 7am hour in Winooski: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 We've been stuck in the in-between zone around here--waffling back & forth between snow, sleet, ZR and plain rain. 5" of "snow" thus far with a liquid content of 1.77" The real kicker has been that we've been out of power for two days now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 We've been stuck in the in-between zone around here--waffling back & forth between snow, sleet, ZR and plain rain. 5" of "snow" thus far with a liquid content of 1.77" The real kicker has been that we've been out of power for two days now.... Ouch. We did much better over in Barre, I am guessing 14". Unfortunately, I have been lax about measuring so I would say that is give or take an inch or two. We were wailed for several hours Tuesday night with a band that dropped about 6 inches in 2 hours. Hope you get your power back soon. I have friends in Woodbury that have been out since Tuesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I re-uploaded the photos to get rid of the blue cast and some overexposure. I did the same for the worst conditions shots as well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I love when evergreens have paste on them. Cool pics and nice work up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I love when evergreens have paste on them. Cool pics and nice work up north. Yeah the evergreens hold it so well in some cases that snow barely accumulates underneath them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 great shots. keep 'em coming. more on the way? ROKEN RECORD FORECAST THEN CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT ASUPPER LOW CENTER GRADUALLY DROPS SOUTH AND EAST OFFSHORE WITH MOISTNORTHWESTERLY FLOW REMAINING ATOP THE REGION FOSTERING SCT/NUMEROUSSHSN ACROSS THE NRN/NRN MTNS. COVERAGE WILL TEND TO BECOME MORE TIEDTO THE TERRAIN OVER TIME WITH GRADUAL DRYING EXPECTED IN THE LOWERELEVATIONS. WHILE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT IN ANYGIVEN 12-HR FORECAST PERIOD...I WOULDN`T BE SURPRISED TO SEEADDITIONAL 3-DAY TOTALS ACROSS THE NRN MTNS IN THE 6-12 INCHRANGE...2-5 INCHES IN THE NRN VALLEYS...AND TRACE TO 2 INCHES IN THESOUTHERN VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES REMAIN SEASONALLY COOL AND UNIFORMFRI/FRI NT WITH HIGHS/LOWS VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY/TONIGHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Just insanely beautiful out there. Speechless vistas of caked mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Just insanely beautiful out there. Speechless vistas of caked mountains. look forward to the pics and just wait until the sun comes out someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 look forward to the pics and just wait until the sun comes out someday The cover is dropping off the trees now here a bit so by the time the sun returns we shall see what we have left in them to make it photogenic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Event totals: 10.4” Snow/2.49" L.E. We picked up another 0.8" during the overnight period, and it was down to a water content of 10% H20, so the snow has been getting drier and drier in this area as this storm has progressed. That's actually a great setup for improving the skiing on the slopes. Light snow was falling at the house at observations time this morning, and as I traveled west toward the Champlain Valley it was back and forth between light snow and light mist. The Jonesville area seemed to have picked up one of the bigger shots of snow along my route, and that was evident from how low the power lines were hanging due to the heavy accumulations. The last few miles of approach to Burlington actually had the heaviest snowfall today; it was still fairly light to moderate, but the flakes were larger than anywhere else on my route. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.8 inches New Liquid: 0.08 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 10.0 Snow Density: 10.0% H2O Temperature: 30.4 F Sky: Light Snow (1-2 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 12.0" The point forecast has some additional inches shown over the next few days, so perhaps there will be more to add to the totals for this event. Speaking of totals, I checked on the storm totals for the Vermont ski areas as of this morning, and the north to south listing is below: Jay Peak: 24” Smuggler’s Notch: 16” Stowe: 19” Bolton Valley: 20” Mad River Glen: 31” Sugarbush: 20” Pico: 24” Killington: 24” Okemo: 13” Bromley: 16” Stratton: 16” Mount Snow: 15” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Event totals: 10.4” Snow/2.49" L.E. We picked up another 0.8" during the overnight period, and it was down to a water content of 10% H20, so the snow has been getting drier and drier in this area as this storm has progressed. That's actually a great setup for improving the skiing on the slopes. Light snow was falling at the house at observations time this morning, and as I traveled west toward the Champlain Valley it was back and forth between light snow and light mist. The Jonesville area seemed to have picked up one of the bigger shots of snow along my route, and that was evident from how low the power lines were hanging due to the heavy accumulations. The last few miles of approach to Burlington actually had the heaviest snowfall today; it was still fairly light to moderate, but the flakes were larger than anywhere else on my route. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.8 inches New Liquid: 0.08 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 10.0 Snow Density: 10.0% H2O Temperature: 30.4 F Sky: Light Snow (1-2 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 12.0" The point forecast has some additional inches shown over the next few days, so perhaps there will be more to add to the totals for this event. Speaking of totals, I checked on the storm totals for the Vermont ski areas as of this morning, and the north to south listing is below: Jay Peak: 24” Smuggler’s Notch: 16” Stowe: 19” Bolton Valley: 20” Mad River Glen: 31” Sugarbush: 20” Pico: 24” Killington: 24” Okemo: 13” Bromley: 16” Stratton: 16” Mount Snow: 15” that mad river total looks like an error. they are opening saturday which is way early for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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