Hitman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm having misgivings about only giving the winter a B+. I mean, 2 months straight of cold with an excellent quality snowpack is not something I recall having without interruption. No freakin cutters was the biggest blessing of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm having misgivings about only giving the winter a B+. I mean, 2 months straight of cold with an excellent quality snowpack is not something I recall having without interruption. No freakin cutters was the biggest blessing of all. Each week this lousy snow remains on the ground I will deduct a another third of a grade off the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Each week this lousy snow remains on the ground I will deduct a another third of a grade off the winter. Can't say I haven't heard that sentiment lately. We still have snow otg down here where it's worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Can't say I haven't heard that sentiment lately. We still have snow otg down here where it's worthless. Definitely getting a little antsy. I spent part of the afternoon chipping ice off the deck so I can reach the grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Hey! I just got a quick .75" of snow. For a minute I thought I was living in Weymouth, MA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Nice surprise last night... 2.3" of dense snow in the base area. Reports of 4-5" above mid-mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Hey! I just got a quick .75" of snow. For a minute I thought I was living in Weymouth, MA. Glad my town is famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Nice surprise last night... 2.3" of dense snow in the base area. Reports of 4-5" above mid-mountain.Yeah, looking out the window and it seems like a couple of inches of paste here too. Truthfully, I had pretty much checked out so this is a bit of a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yeah, looking out the window and it seems like a couple of inches of paste here too. Truthfully, I had pretty much checked out so this is a bit of a surprise. I had 0.9" at home this morning. But yeah definitely a little whitening. MPV down near you reported a couple rounds of moderate snow, some good bursts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Event totals: 1.8” Snow/0.20” L.E. We picked up a couple inches of snow overnight, with a bit of light snowfall continuing as well, so I’ll report that in the next round of observations. Accumulations definitely tapered as you headed west out of the mountains, with roughly a dusting in Richmond, and in Burlington there are only the faintest hints that anything fell. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.8 inches New Liquid: 0.20 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 9.0 Snow Density: 11.1% H2O Temperature: 29.7 F Sky: Light Snow (2-3 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 11.0 inches Here’s the north to south listing of available snowfall totals from the Vermont ski areas that I’ve seen so far for this event. Accumulations pretty much fell off south of Sugarbush, although there were a couple reports of an inch or two in the southern part of the state. Jay Peak: 3” Smuggler’s Notch: 4” Stowe: 4” Bolton Valley: 4” Mad River Glen: 4” Sugarbush: 3” Pico: 0” Killington: 0” Okemo: 0” Bromley: 1” Stratton: 0” Mount Snow: 2” It’s still snowing at the house, so I don’t have the final numbers for March snowfall, but it looks like it’s coming in around 17-18” for the monthly total. That will be another month that comes in well below average this season, and well behind March for the previous two seasons of 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, which were both 30”+. Those good March numbers are a big part of how this season’s snowfall fell behind the pace of those two. Next up comes April though, so we’ll see how snowfall goes there. When I was listening to Roger Hill’s forecast this morning, he was once again hinting at the potential for snow this weekend from a nor’easter, saying that there was some agreement from the models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I had 0.9" at home this morning. But yeah definitely a little whitening. MPV down near you reported a couple rounds of moderate snow, some good bursts. Yeah, I witnessed one just before I went to bed around 11:30. Actually ended up about 3.25" according to the tape measure stuck into the snow on my deck. A little bit less down here in Montpelier, maybe 2"? Edit: I see JSpin just added his total of 1.8" which seems in line with downtown Montpelier. I have elevation on my side at home as I sit around 1200'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yeah, I witnessed one just before I went to bed around 11:30. Actually ended up about 3.25" according to the tape measure stuck into the snow on my deck. A little bit less down here in Montpelier, maybe 2"? Edit: I see JSpin just added his total of 1.8" which seems in line with downtown Montpelier. I have elevation on my side at home as I sit around 1200'. Nice yeah the Winooski Valley may have had a good streamer or something. Be interesting to see an overnight radar. 3.3" is a nice total for last night.Skiing is awesome this morning...as JSpins liquid shows (.2") there was some heft to it, and up high where there's 3-4" it feels like a solid little QPF dump last night. Skis like 8" of champagne lol, probably has the same total moisture content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 2 inches new overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 This may be the last time of the season for this... but just huge dendrite currier and ives snow falling steadily still despite weak radar returns. Snow globe stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 We've gotta give Nittany some credit this morning... I was very skeptical of overnight snowfall but his AFD yesterday afternoon was all over it. Nittany also called the "unblocked" flow in his AFD yesterday, and that's exactly what happened with snow falling from the Spine eastward. DISCUSSION FROM 336 PM... INITIAL FRONTAL FEATURE ANDWIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST HAS CROSSED THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ASECOND WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND A STRONGER SURGE OF COLDERAIR LIES BACK NEAR OTTAWA AND WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSSTHE REGION THIS EVENING. THERE ARE SOME SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOWSHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND COVERAGESHOULD INCREASE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY FRONT.SOME OF THE HI-RES MODELS ALSO INDICATING A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZEDLINE OF RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP DIRECTLY WITH THE FRONT ANDCROSS THE AREA FROM 21-03Z. BEHIND FRONT AS WINDS TURNNORTHWEST...A PERIOD OF UNBLOCKED UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ENSUE WITHSNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS/ADIRONDACKS THROUGHTHE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE LARGERCHAMPLAIN...SAINT LAWRENCE...AND CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEYS...ANDONLY A T-1" AT MOST IN THE REMAINDER OF THE LOWER TERRAIN. HOWEVERSOME OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS MAY FIND SEVERAL INCHES BY MORNING.LOWS WILL OCCUR LATE...GENERALLY IN THE 20S. And this is just classic unblocked flow snow distribution with the heaviest falling well downwind of the Spine. Chittenden County to the west of the Spine with less than an inch, and east of the mountains 1-4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Things are looking a little interesting for this weekend. Winter may not be done just yet. The Euro has a solid hit on Saturday in the North Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Nice surprise last night... 2.3" of dense snow in the base area. Reports of 4-5" above mid-mountain. We've gotta give Nittany some credit this morning... I was very skeptical of overnight snowfall but his AFD yesterday afternoon was all over it. Nittany also called the "unblocked" flow in his AFD yesterday, and that's exactly what happened with snow falling from the Spine eastward. DISCUSSION FROM 336 PM... INITIAL FRONTAL FEATURE AND WIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST HAS CROSSED THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND A STRONGER SURGE OF COLDER AIR LIES BACK NEAR OTTAWA AND WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THERE ARE SOME SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY FRONT. SOME OF THE HI-RES MODELS ALSO INDICATING A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP DIRECTLY WITH THE FRONT AND CROSS THE AREA FROM 21-03Z. BEHIND FRONT AS WINDS TURN NORTHWEST...A PERIOD OF UNBLOCKED UPSLOPE FLOW WILL ENSUE WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS/ADIRONDACKS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE LARGER CHAMPLAIN...SAINT LAWRENCE...AND CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEYS...AND ONLY A T-1" AT MOST IN THE REMAINDER OF THE LOWER TERRAIN. HOWEVER SOME OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS MAY FIND SEVERAL INCHES BY MORNING. LOWS WILL OCCUR LATE...GENERALLY IN THE 20S. And this is just classic unblocked flow snow distribution with the heaviest falling well downwind of the Spine. Chittenden County to the west of the Spine with less than an inch, and east of the mountains 1-4". March_31.gif Haha thanks! Glad it worked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Haha thanks! Glad it worked out! Your several inches in the mountains worked out nicely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Haha thanks! Glad it worked out! not to appear ungrateful for last nights bounty, but how about you score us some goods for saturday. Last hurrah and we are still in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yeah, looking out the window and it seems like a couple of inches of paste here too. Truthfully, I had pretty much checked out so this is a bit of a surprise. Sprinkling of graupel here. Typical - we're managing to evade even the penny-nickel events in recent weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Couple shots from HI. Just gorgeous landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Couple shots from HI. Just gorgeous landscape.IMG_20150330_131651688.jpg Hmmm, those mountains would look better covered in snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Couple shots from HI. Just gorgeous landscape.IMG_20150330_131651688.jpg 0 riding to be had there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Couple shots from HI. Just gorgeous landscape.IMG_20150330_131651688.jpg which island? man, i luv that place. enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 which island? man, i luv that place. enjoy! Oahu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 And now the fun starts up this way: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Oahu. Wrong island for snow. They ski on Mauna Kea, but I doubt they would let Jeff ride his sled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Amazing day up here on the border, PF, I think you call these brochure days ... mid winter conditions up high Plenty of reasons to stop and admire the NEK, 100+ mile views today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeepowderhunter Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice pic....river quai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Oahu. Never been to Oahu, other than layover at airport. Are you hitting any of the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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