Lava Rock Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 The ground is whitening here, too. In regards to this upcoming storm, my sentiments are 'stay the f*k away'. Mother Nature's had all season to bring meaningful snow to the party and never bothered to show, much less even call to say she was delayed and on her way. Not only is the party over, but the hosts are in the barn pulling out the summer chairs, having already dusted off the margarita glasses. This has the makings of a rude and very uncomfortable moment if she comes gliding in, demanding hors d'oeuvre and someone to put away her coat. Lol, good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 First snow in more than 3 weeks, no stickage on anything. Just want to add I've seen enough Graupel this year to last a lifetime, so I'm all set in regards to that, thanks. Currently I have had just a T for snowfall in MAR. I was looking at as much local CO-OP data as possible, and there has never been less than 1" here locally for March--well at least I went back 50 years and stopped at that point( probably could go another 50 years if I kept checking). So if the coastal whiffs and the last 10 days of March shoot blanks, it will truly a once in a lifetime event and just add the to futility lore of 15-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 First snow in more than 3 weeks, no stickage on anything. Just want to add I've seen enough Graupel this year to last a lifetime, so I'm all set in regards to that, thanks. Currently I have had just a T for snowfall in MAR. I was looking at as much local CO-OP data as possible, and there has never been less than 1" here locally for March--well at least I went back 50 years and stopped at that point( probably could go another 50 years if I kept checking). So if the coastal whiffs and the last 10 days of March shoot blanks, it will truly a once in a lifetime event and just add the to futility lore of 15-16. I'd easily believe that. I don't think southern VT on the west slope (or anywhere even in the pit of Bennington) has ever gotten through an entire March without 1.0" of snowfall. I mean that's avoiding every possible reason to snow in any capacity. I'm sure there have been years with like 3" or something in a real bad month but under 1" has to be near impossible to do at around 1,000ft in southern VT in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Snow totals going up at area ski areas: Jay Peak now reporting 3-5" at the summit. Smuggs with 4". Bolton with 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Ice Out on Winnipesaukee. Earliest ever! http://www.wmur.com/escape-outside/earliest-ever-iceout-declared-on-lake-winnipesaukee/38582070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Ice Out on Winnipesaukee. Earliest ever! http://www.wmur.com/escape-outside/earliest-ever-iceout-declared-on-lake-winnipesaukee/38582070 Sunapee too. Not insignificant periods of record either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Well with the latest miss upcoming I think we can truly call a time of death on this winter and at least here call it a complete and total failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Well with the latest miss upcoming I think we can truly call a time of death on this winter and at least here call it a complete and total failure. Eyewall, generally speaking, what are you your thoughts on the winter of 15-16? There is a coastal brewing on the 300hr+ GFS around 4/1..there ya go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Well with the latest miss upcoming I think we can truly call a time of death on this winter and at least here call it a complete and total failure. You're still in the anger stage...for like 3 months running now . Anyway, it was worse than what you experienced down in SVT/WMA/ENY. Just remember that. ALB hasn't seen a 2" snowfall in over 400 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 You're still in the anger stage...for like 3 months running now . Anyway, it was worse than what you experienced down in SVT/WMA/ENY. Just remember that. ALB hasn't seen a 2" snowfall in over 400 days. That's pretty remarkable. 400 days. I wonder what the long term odds are for not seeing at least a 2" snowfall for the rest of the season. Sunday night should be a miss and nothing this week and by then we are into the last days of March. I did not record a 6" snowfall this winter which is amazing for me. More amazing is that probably many places in the Whites didn't get more than a 6" snowfall this winter either. On another note my pond is finally full. Usually I have the mid April snow melt off to keep it full. It will be interesting to see what happens as the spring runoff season has already happened. Soon I will be whinning about drought and missing T storms. A resolution this year is to keep that at a minimum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 You're still in the anger stage...for like 3 months running now . Anyway, it was worse than what you experienced down in SVT/WMA/ENY. Just remember that. ALB hasn't seen a 2" snowfall in over 400 days. Yeah they definitely deserve a redemption storm the most. Anyway here is what the western slopes looked like this evening: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I thought the upslope would be decent. Good to see. Late season turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Well with the latest miss upcoming I think we can truly call a time of death on this winter and at least here call it a complete and total failure. No ****. Only thing left is the funeral. 25f here. Happy to see some patches of snow on the ground. Should lock up tight tonight. You can't make this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Snow totals going up at area ski areas: Jay Peak now reporting 3-5" at the summit. Smuggs with 4". Bolton with 2". Here’s what I pulled together for the totals for this storm from the Vermont ski areas; the north to south listing is below, and you can really see that typical accumulation gradient that plays out with a lot of these types of cold fronts: Jay Peak: 5” Smuggler’s Notch: 4” Stowe: 5” Bolton Valley:3” Sugarbush: 2” Middlebury: 2” Killington: 1” Okemo: 0” Bromley: 0” Stratton: 0” Mount Snow: 0” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 A couple photos from yesterday's elevation dependent snowfall... I love how when you hit the near freezing layer the snow gets much wetter and plasters to the trees. So there was this like band of really caked trees towards the base of the mountain. And here's a shot of the Sterling Ridge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The winter that keeps on giving. Another SNE hit. What **** luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The winter that keeps on giving. Another SNE hit. What **** luck. It took until almost April, but congrats on finally melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The winter that keeps on giving. Another SNE hit. What **** luck. It is quite an amazing streak. Last winter too. You were a bit closer to the big storms last year so got more snow than me but its crazy how we just can't get something up here. Either way its getting to the end of March so who cares, its just laughable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The winter that keeps on giving. Another SNE hit. What **** luck. I'll switch to the NNE thread for next winter seeing as how WNE is in the same club for snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I'll switch to the NNE thread for next winter seeing as how WNE is in the same club for snowfall. Haha, its almost like west of a BDL-ORH line in SNE should join the NNE thread, and folks like Dryslot and the Maine coastal plain should join the SNE thread. For the past several years coastal Maine has more in common with BOS and PVD than it has with the rest of NNE, haha. Likewise, west of ORH-BDL has had a lot more in common with the NNE west of say LEW-CON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Haha, its almost like west of a BDL-ORH line in SNE should join the NNE thread, and folks like Dryslot and the Maine coastal plain should join the SNE thread. For the past several years coastal Maine has more in common with BOS and PVD than it has with the rest of NNE, haha. Likewise, west of ORH-BDL has had a lot more in common with the NNE west of say LEW-CON. Sensibly speaking, NW MA is more CNE than SNE, especially in cold season paradigms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Sensibly speaking, NW MA is more CNE than SNE, especially in cold season paradigms. Well if you divide New England into thirds... NW MA is comfortably in the CNE block. But so is all of northern MA. I do think it could almost be divided better on a SE to NW type axis rather than just due north-south, especially recently with the average storm track the past few seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I'm curious PF, would you consider me CNE or NNE? 1 town south of Plymouth NH.... My Dad just called from Baltimore. Snowing again. He's called me a few times this winter to rub it in. He's had more snow than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 12f here. What a messed up winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Well if you divide New England into thirds... NW MA is comfortably in the CNE block. But so is all of northern MA. I do think it could almost be divided better on a SE to NW type axis rather than just due north-south, especially recently with the average storm track the past few seasons. You mean SW to NE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 You mean SW to NE I mean there's a NW third, a central third, and then a SE third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I mean there's a NW third, a central third, and then a SE third.Gotcha. I think the axis would technically be SW to NE though? I'm not a geometry expert by any means, but I picture the axis as the dividing line itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Gotcha. I think the axis would technically be SW to NE though? I'm not a geometry expert by any means, but I picture the axis as the dividing line itself. Ahh yes you're right... the physical line would be SW to NE. I guess axis was the wrong word... maybe gradient would've been better. A NW to SE gradient, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Anyway, another stunning day out there. Not a cloud in the sky. Yesterday there were a couple clouds, and it was cold, but still a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Anyway, another stunning day out there. Not a cloud in the sky. Yesterday there were a couple clouds, and it was cold, but still a beauty. Cool pic, Something about the colors makes it look like an artist's rendering or something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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