CoastalWx Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Jspin and PF...any idea of water content in your snowpack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Bolton and Stowe are probably picking up a couple more as we speak on top of those totals. We had about 1.5 inches here I would say (eyeballing, didn't get a chance to measure because of work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Bolton and Stowe are probably picking up a couple more as we speak on top of those totals. We had about 1.5 inches here I would say (eyeballing, didn't get a chance to measure because of work). About 1.5" - 2.0" here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 This doesnt sound too bad to me but what do I know. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN APPROACH FROM NORTH OF THE GREATLAKES REGION...PASSING WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT.SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS ON TUESDAY AS SURFACE HIGHSLIDES EASTWARD...A SURGE OF WARM AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE NORTHCOUNTRY TUESDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ADVECTION SNOW WILL DEVELOPTUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW FROM ABOUT 00-06ZWEDNESDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 20S.COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS OUR AREA AROUND 06Z WED.GENERALLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOMEISOLATED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS...AND PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXING INBRIEFLY. OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS WILL BE PRETTY MILD DUE TOPRECIPITATION AND AMPLE CLOUD COVER. DRY SLOT MOVES INTO THE AREAWEDNESDAY MORNING SHUTTING DOWN PRECIPITATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 anyone figured out why GYX is calling for "no heavy precip events" and light mixed precip tuesday night in the discussion but then in the zones, many have "heavy accumulation" or "moderate accumulation"? What is there actual thinking - anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I dug a hole outside our house today. ~24" , but nearly all powder. Where the sun hits, the top layer is crust, but just below that, soft powder. I wonder if this march will be like last. Going to Hawaii last weekend of the month, bit sure would be nice to lock in three more solid weekends for sledding and skiing. March can be dicey. No guarantees. My 26" had 5.69" SWE when I took a core Saturday. Last year I cored a 26" pack on March 1 and found 8.02", with a major ice layer at about 10", legacy of the pre-Christmas IP/ZR event. This year's pack is undifferentiated sugar down to the bottom 4", with that base being the leftovers from the late Dec Grinch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 This doesnt sound too bad to me but what do I know. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN APPROACH FROM NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION...PASSING WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS ON TUESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH SLIDES EASTWARD...A SURGE OF WARM AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY TUESDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ADVECTION SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW FROM ABOUT 00-06Z WEDNESDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 20S. COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS OUR AREA AROUND 06Z WED. GENERALLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME ISOLATED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS...AND PERHAPS SOME SLEET MIXING IN BRIEFLY. OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS WILL BE PRETTY MILD DUE TO PRECIPITATION AND AMPLE CLOUD COVER. DRY SLOT MOVES INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING SHUTTING DOWN PRECIPITATION. It is a lot better than it looked early on. Now it is essentially a minor to non event for most up here. A few hours of warmth will soften the snow some but it shouldn't do too much damage. I still have my fingers crossed for a big ticket before time is up. We obviously have been seeing mostly nickle and dimers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Jspin and PF...any idea of water content in your snowpack? That's definitely an analysis I've not gotten around to because it's a bit of a chore – but your inquiry will probably make me get around to it now; I'm sure CoCoRaHS and the NWS would be happy to get a sense for where it’s at in our area. The pack has been around now since November 27th, with some notable ups and downs through December. But I think January and February haven’t seen much in the way of loss due to warmth, and total liquid for those months was 2.78" and 2.44" respectively. I'm sure there's been some loss to sublimation, but I've got to think the water in there is somewhere in the 3-5" range. I'll let you know as soon as I run the actual analysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Bolton and Stowe are probably picking up a couple more as we speak on top of those totals. We had about 1.5 inches here I would say (eyeballing, didn't get a chance to measure because of work). We've got a solid 4" as of 11:30am. Starting to get closer to 5" up top. Its pretty much total fluff now with weak radar returns bringing big dendrites. 2-3" through 6am and another 1-2" today is probably how it'll shake out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 We've got a solid 4" as of 11:30am. Starting to get closer to 5" up top. Its pretty much total fluff now with weak radar returns bringing big dendrites. 2-3" through 6am and another 1-2" today is probably how it'll shake out. Nice, The refresher was definitely needed. On Bolton it was becoming a bit of a scrape fest yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 That's definitely an analysis I've not gotten around to because it's a bit of a chore – but your inquiry will probably make me get around to it now; I'm sure CoCoRaHS and the NWS would be happy to get a sense for where it’s at in our area. The pack has been around now since November 27th, with some notable ups and downs through December. But I think January and February haven’t seen much in the way of loss due to warmth, and total liquid for those months was 2.78" and 2.44" respectively. I'm sure there's been some loss to sublimation, but I've got to think the water in there is somewhere in the 3-5" range. I'll let you know as soon as I run the actual analysis. Cool. No biggie...was just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Jspin and PF...any idea of water content in your snowpack?Not at the moment. This week is a hydro week though so tomorrow morning I'm doing mountain snow-water analysis. I keep the tools in the office so usually won't core at home.My guess is the 30-something inch snowpack at 1500ft, has 8-9" of liquid. I think 2-weeks ago it was 7.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Not at the moment. This week is a hydro week though so tomorrow morning I'm doing mountain snow-water analysis. I keep the tools in the office so usually won't core at home. My guess is the 30-something inch snowpack at 1500ft, has 8-9" of liquid. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Nice. Yeah well 1500ft never fully melted out after the Thanksgiving storm...I mean there was water lost during the Grinch system, but for the most part the snowpack is holding most of the water from this winter. Something like 145" this season at 1500ft, on probably like 10-12" of liquid, of which 8-9" is still in the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Bolton and Stowe are probably picking up a couple more as we speak on top of those totals. We had about 1.5 inches here I would say (eyeballing, didn't get a chance to measure because of work). Based on what I saw on our web cam, it looks like we picked up an additional inch or so down in the valley, so the mountains should have had another inch or two easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It is a lot better than it looked early on. Now it is essentially a minor to non event for most up here. A few hours of warmth will soften the snow some but it shouldn't do too much damage. I still have my fingers crossed for a big ticket before time is up. We obviously have been seeing mostly nickle and dimers as soon as my voodoo doll finishes up with the wednesday situation, I'll start it on getting us a biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Not at the moment. This week is a hydro week though so tomorrow morning I'm doing mountain snow-water analysis. I keep the tools in the office so usually won't core at home. My guess is the 30-something inch snowpack at 1500ft, has 8-9" of liquid. I think 2-weeks ago it was 7.5". Yeah I noticed how deep the pack was even at the mountain base in Stowe. Here are a couple of grabs from there (bottom of the Toll Road area) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 81/74 all week with dews in the low 70's for the Keys.SW FL or the Keys is the place to be this time of year...not the panhandle. I love the Gulf Coast but nothing north of RSW/TPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Its really ramping up again here... down to close to 1/4sm visibility in moderate to heavy snow at the ski area. Air is just thick with large dendrites. Getting some specks of 30dbz now which is usually at least 1"/hr in these upslope events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Its really ramping up again here... down to close to 1/4sm visibility in moderate to heavy snow at the ski area. Air is just thick with large dendrites. Getting some specks of 30dbz now which is usually at least 1"/hr in these upslope g]Will and Coastal pretty much predicted this exact post from you the other day in the event thread. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Will and Coastal pretty much predicted this exact post from you the other day in the event thread. Lol Haha they were talking about 500mb fronto bands. Just crushing snow right now in these squalls. Even the MVL ASOS is showing 1/4sm +SN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Man is it coming down. These squalls mean business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah more convective snow showers/squalls vs. true upslope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Jesus. From nothing to 1/4SM +SHSN in 2 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Probably the lowest visibility of the season right now. Time sensitive. http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/cam.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I skillfully dodged every squall today. Had just a few passing flurries with that little clump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Getting pounded again...heavier than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Some of the heaviest snow I've ever seen here. Probably legit 0SM-1/16SM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 In and out faster than weatherwiz on prom night. Looks like the fan on my FARS died last night. Not sure how I'll go about replacing it with the cord buried under 2ft of snow and soldering required. May need to make a HD run for some wire nuts for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 We just got missed by the afternoon squalls Looking at the long range it appears nothing of note other than minor events as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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