J.Spin Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'd been busy inside, but I just checked the web cam and it looks like we picked up about a half inch of snow at the house: I'm guessing at least part of the snow was from those returns that recently pushed through: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 A quick inch fell here... with 1.4" falling in the last 24 hours including 0.4" through this AM. I saw MVL went down to SN+ for a time...it was really coming down. My co-worker has 3.5-3.75" at 3,000ft as of 12pm she said. KMVL 071654Z AUTO VRB06KT 1/4SM +SN VV010 M09/M12 A2971 AO2 SLP077 P0000 T10941122 TSNO Here's outside in town right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Nice Powder! Looks like we will have to wait for Fri for the next chance to get snow back on the ground here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The squalls busted here but it looks like some upslope ongoing at Bolton on the cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 It was a big nothing here. I charged the camera for nothing LOL. Oh well, it was about 5 minutes of 3/4 mile vis and that was all. I wish I would have time to head up toward Milton/St. Albans where it looked more robust. Similar here in St. J. It moved through about 12:45 while I was out running. Visibility was about 50 yards for about a minute but all in all it left less than a tenth of an inch in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The squalls busted here but it looks like some upslope ongoing at Bolton on the cam. Yea, it looks pretty robust up there; it's actually hard to see the Mid Mountain Chair at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We have some arctic dust in the air here now as temps fall through the single numbers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 6F at 5pm. Coles Pond VT at 2200 is showing -9F. Seems kind of low but the cold air comes in high first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 12Z MET had -37F on the Rockpile tonight. Had another SHSN come through and now we're dropping quickly behind it. 9.7/-4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 6F at 5pm. Coles Pond VT at 2200 is showing -9F. Seems kind of low but the cold air comes in high first That's legit based on Mansfield's obs which are negative teens right now. Currently... 4000ft...-16F 1,600ft...-7F 750ft...-2F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Steady light snow continues...it's like arctic sand and dust. Very squeaky under-foot haha. MVL has had persistent -SN obs since 930am. Good snowy appeal to the day and tonight is pure Barrows Alaska with snow packed roads, blowing and drifting snow, air filled with tiny flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The arctic dust is appearing every now and then here. They backed off lows a bit but overall still very cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Mansfield stake hit an important marking today at 40" of depth...that's sort of a general benchmark for off-piste skiing & riding when the woods become decently ok to ski. Once we hit 60" everything is in, but at 40" you can really start to explore a bit more. The snow depth has gone up 4" in the past day or two (despite only capturing 1.4" of new snow), so the new snow is helping. We ended the day with 3.75-4.0" at 3,000ft over 24 hours which would match the snow depth increase a bit better. STATION PRECIP TEMPERATURE PRESENT SNOW 24 HRS MAX MIN CUR WEATHER NEW TOTAL SWE ...VERMONT... MOUNT MANSFIELD 0.13 0 -16 -16 1.4 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Wundermap has everyone in my area at -2 to -4 or so pretty consistently with -13 at 2100ft at the Bolton Valley base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Thanks. Yeah going to be cold this week but it seems like a standard January cold shot...well below normal but not record stuff and short duration. Luckily it seems like only one or two days may be a bit miserable...particularly Thursday morning will be brutal. But again, northern mountains in mid January, it's sort of expected to some degree. Yeah this seems to happen at least once per year (except 11-12 where it struggled to get to zero once) where there's a nasty stretch of a couple of days and we need Wind Chill Warnings. Of course last year was several times! Although I guess it remains to be seen how cold it actually gets. EDIT: Just to clarify I'm talking about Northern New England. It's obviously more rare elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 -6F now with light snow continuing to fall. Been surprised at how tenacious this snow is...been snowing lightly since 9-10am. Of course only 1-2" in town of wind-blown arctic sand but adding to the wintery feel to have constant flakes falling. Oh and it's -21 now on Mansfield and the bottom is falling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Keep that snow coming up on the mountain PF! looking forward to getting up there tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 It is a different world just 40 minutes away that is for sure but we do have the cold as well of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 temp dropping like crazy -11.9 F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 -6F now with light snow continuing to fall. Been surprised at how tenacious this snow is...been snowing lightly since 9-10am. Of course only 1-2" in town of wind-blown arctic sand but adding to the wintery feel to have constant flakes falling. image.jpg Oh and it's -21 now on Mansfield and the bottom is falling out. image.jpg Nice. Wish we had snow here , but shot is pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Keep that snow coming up on the mountain PF! looking forward to getting up there tomorrow You skiing tomorrow or just getting up here in the evening? I'll be available for a few runs on Friday, then my folks are in town for the weekend so I'll be entertaining them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 You skiing tomorrow or just getting up here in the evening? I'll be available for a few runs on Friday, then my folks are in town for the weekend so I'll be entertaining them. Getting up there tomorrow evening and skiing Friday and Saturday. Can't wait to get up there... Conditions should be decent I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Getting up there tomorrow evening and skiing Friday and Saturday. Can't wait to get up there... Conditions should be decent I think.My fear is that it's getting scoured hard tonight...the high winds make it hard to put today's snow to use as it's probably all in the woods now haha. Fridays clipper should drop another 2-4" though so hopefully we can have something decent for a surface. But the cold temps like this just creat a for surface on their own...it's not ice, but more just really firm, hard, cold snow. It'll get nice when it warms up a bit because even at 20F (which is 40 degrees warmer than it is now up there) the snow will loosen up a bit and it'll push around a bit better. And there's not a huge snowpack (I think it was 7.5" this morning on the CoCoRAHS report) but it's something and it looks like winter in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 -14.6 f now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 My fear is that it's getting scoured hard tonight...the high winds make it hard to put today's snow to use as it's probably all in the woods now haha. Fridays clipper should drop another 2-4" though so hopefully we can have something decent for a surface. But the cold temps like this just creat a for surface on their own...it's not ice, but more just really firm, hard, cold snow. It'll get nice when it warms up a bit because even at 20F (which is 40 degrees warmer than it is now up there) the snow will loosen up a bit and it'll push around a bit better. And there's not a huge snowpack (I think it was 7.5" this morning on the CoCoRAHS report) but it's something and it looks like winter in town. I just weenied out and drove up to Bolton and the "arctic dust" was coming down at a good clip with the moon fully out. It was sticking to the road quite effectively and there was definitely a solid new covering in the woods on the way up. As you said the wind was scouring things to be sure. My car read -14 in the parking lot but compared to wundermap readings it was consistantely a degree or two too warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 -9F at MPV, -8F at my house with a bit of snow falling, dust really. It's all good though, nice deep winter feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 -15.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 -15.9 I have to say I am impressed with nothing close to ideal radiational cooling out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I have to say I am impressed with nothing close to ideal radiational cooling out there.Peacham is a cold spot. Right on the edge of the NEK. Allenson calls that area of Peacham - Groton the Near Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I have to say I am impressed with nothing close to ideal radiational cooling out there. I doubt there's really any radiational cooling going on right now. Probably pretty well mixed and the coldest temps should be elevational dependent. Also wouldn't be surprised to see a little rise in temperatures later tonight as the core of the cold air moves out. Then IF anyone can decouple maybe they can fall again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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