ApacheTrout Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Truly great pics. What a fantastic setup for a pretty small geographic area. That's CoC winter weather for you, right there. Now, back to reality. BTV is giving the heads up for a dreadful mess on Tuesday/Wednesday. .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 344 AM EST Saturday...Main concern in the extended is the Tuesday through Wednesday night time period. Everything remains on track for a widespread precipitation event...especially Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. With main low pressure system remaining to our west and little secondary development along the coast to hold colder air in longer...it looks like snow at the onset before changing over to sleet...freezing rain...and rain. Based on the thermal profiles it appears we could be seeing a bit more freezing rain from the Green Mountains westward with the warmest air aloft moving in and sleet holding in a bit longer east of the Greens before going over to freezing rain and eventually rain by Wednesday. No matter what it definitely looks like messy weather. On Wednesday everyone should see rain for the most part with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 That's pretty funny. AN snow on Mansfield and unprecedented streak there at BTV. That's mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 14 hours ago, CoastalWx said: You can get dry aggs too. I saw those a few times. It's definitely in ideal SG conditions with the dendrites locking and clinging as they fall. Maybe those dry ones come together due more to molecular attraction than from moist stickiness, which would be in short supply at dendrite-friendly temps around 5F. Biggest single dendrites I've seen were about 1/4" wide. In the snowflake book we gave to our snow-loving granddaughter for b-day #9 (has incredible high-mag pics - Snowflake Bentley updated with 21st century tech), the author/photographer noted that the biggest he'd observed in decades of study were about 10 mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 My Jan stats. Pretty warm. Averages\Extremes for the month of January 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average temperature = 27.4°F Average humidity = 70% Average dewpoint = 18.2°F Average barometer = 29.533 in. Average windspeed = 1.0 mph Average gustspeed = 2.2 mph Average direction = 309° ( NW) Rainfall for month = 0.020 in. Rainfall for year = 2.960 in. Maximum rain per minute = 0.040 in on day 25 at time 13:55 Maximum temperature = 51.3°F on day 11 at time 14:36 Minimum temperature = -0.6°F on day 09 at time 06:53 Maximum humidity = 100% on day 13 at time 06:06 Minimum humidity = 27% on day 13 at time 13:32 Maximum dewpoint = 47.7°F on day 12 at time 17:52 Minimum dewpoint = -11.7°F on day 09 at time 7:21 Maximum pressure = 30.24 in. on day 14 at time 03:29 Minimum pressure = 28.70 in. on day 26 at time 17:53 Maximum windspeed = 9.2 mph from 023°(NNE) on day 24 at time 17:50 Maximum gust speed = 31.1 mph from 270°( W ) on day 27 at time 10:57 Maximum heat index = 51.3°F on day 11 at time 14:36 Avg daily max temp :34.8°F Avg daily min temp :21.0°F Total windrun = 765.1miles Frost days= 28 Ice days= 11 Very cold days= 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 That's pretty funny. AN snow on Mansfield and unprecedented streak there at BTV. That's mind boggling.1000 days is on the table.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 5 hours ago, CoastalWx said: That's pretty funny. AN snow on Mansfield and unprecedented streak there at BTV. That's mind boggling. I can't believe it's essentially the same county. 76" snow depth vs bare ground all winter. Even with the elevation factored in it's like 15 miles apart. Anyway, snowing nicely out at home. Probably in the 1sm -SN range. Ill have to look but these patterns this year have led to some ridiculous like 2 week long stretches of flakes every day. It doesn't add up to much but there's a psychological effect of it feeling "snowy" when at least once a day there's a couple hours of flakes falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 3 hours ago, eyewall said: 1000 days is on the table. Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk What would 1,000 days be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 1 minute ago, powderfreak said: What would 1,000 days be? Sometime in dec 2017 or early jan 2018 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 1 hour ago, eyewall said: Sometime in dec 2017 or early jan 2018 I think. Oh jeez... I wouldn't say that's on the table...still a long way to go this season. BTV had like 6" as late as April 27th, 2010 or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Oh jeez... I wouldn't say that's on the table...still a long way to go this season. BTV had like 6" as late as April 27th, 2010 or something like that. I know. I am hoping to eat crow.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Wow, Just catching up on this thread. Crazy pictures. Crazy upslope. Nothing here the but a flake or two the last couple of days so didn't pay much attention to VT. Congrats on a great experience up in the Greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 fyi to Chris at GYX....that precip for CON on 1/31 in the F6 looks way too high. Not sure if you use the observer's number or the ASOS, but the ASOS has 0.01" IIRC. The F6 has 0.30". I'm pretty confident most of us pulled 0.10"-0.20" in that light fluff event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 The biggest single snowfall since I have lived in Winooski was 18 inches,and that was March 2014 so I have to remember that.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Came up to Quebec City for the weekend. What a weenie place. Would love to live here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I’m passing along an update from Bolton Valley today. We spent the morning at Timberline in the 1,500’ to 2,500’ elevation range and even though I’m sure the powder has settled somewhat compared to yesterday, we still found a foot of powder above the subsurface. I thought the powder skiing would be pretty modest after the settling of such light Champlain Powder™, but it was still going strong – after two runs a swapped out my mid fats for my full fats because that’s what the snow called for. The sun was often out and we had some great light. I’ve added a few shots below and the full report is available at our website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 00Z GFS is significantly colder for Tues-Wed event. But not in a good way. Looks like a freezing rain event now for a large portion of the BTV CWA and esp the mtns. Would greatly prefer straight rain to a round of heavy ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 hour ago, adk said: 00Z GFS is significantly colder for Tues-Wed event. But not in a good way. Looks like a freezing rain event now for a large portion of the BTV CWA and esp the mtns. Would greatly prefer straight rain to a round of heavy ice. I'm with you...the freezing rain layer from 10 days ago is that blue ice that shows itself occasionally in the skied off areas. That's why we leveled and groomed Centerline last night for only like the 3rd time this season. The stuff between the bumps isn't your normal ice...its aqua in color. I'm with you, sleet or snow or plain rain. Freezing rain, well, freezes to the surface of the snow. Plain rain will drain and at least get further down in the pack before it locks up. We've got plenty of snowpack (76" at the COOP stake and 30" at the base)...we don't need freezing rain to protect and preserve it. Much rather have it rain and drain than rain and freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 17 hours ago, dendrite said: fyi to Chris at GYX....that precip for CON on 1/31 in the F6 looks way too high. Not sure if you use the observer's number or the ASOS, but the ASOS has 0.01" IIRC. The F6 has 0.30". I'm pretty confident most of us pulled 0.10"-0.20" in that light fluff event. Hmm, looks like a fat finger maybe. Our observer had the same 0.01" but here's the key 0.3" snowfall. I'm guessing someone put the snow in for the precip by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 15 hours ago, J.Spin said: I’m passing along an update from Bolton Valley today. We spent the morning at Timberline in the 1,500’ to 2,500’ elevation range and even though I’m sure the powder has settled somewhat compared to yesterday, we still found a foot of powder above the subsurface. I thought the powder skiing would be pretty modest after the settling of such light Champlain Powder™, but it was still going strong – after two runs a swapped out my mid fats for my full fats because that’s what the snow called for. The sun was often out and we had some great light. I’ve added a few shots below and the full report is available at our website. Pretty sure I saw this guy at Stowe today, haha. Was loading the Quad and he skied Lower Liftline and for the life of me couldn't figure out why he looked so familiar...then I realized I had just saw this post a couple hours earlier ha. The BV sticker gave it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 This is crazy. I saw a few flurries falling at home now and looked at the radar. This same radar signature was bringing like 1-3"/hr snowfall rates on Friday. Today its looks like its probably snowing decently above 3,000ft but not much is happening below that. Unless all the sudden it just starts dumping this is one of the stronger virga situations I've seen in a while. Usually this radar look is pounding snow. That donut hole around BTV is normal in these events as SW flow downslopes off the Adirondacks and then upslopes into the Greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Looks like BTV is going 2-5 on the front end here in the zones for Mon Night-Tues. We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 While eyewall is bemoaning the lack of winter in BTV, just like my friend who lives in Essex, on this side of the spine, there is winter to be found. This picture is take from a lookout in Stannard, VT. Its is above Cole's Pond at the top of Stannard Mt. I think it's around 2500'. Looking east, you can see that Mt. Washington was socked in a bit but the view was still spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 While eyewall is bemoaning the lack of winter in BTV, just like my friend who lives in Essex, on this side of the spine, there is winter to be found. This picture is take from a lookout in Stannard, VT. Its is above Cole's Pond at the top of Stannard Mt. I think it's around 2500'. Looking east, you can see that Mt. Washington was socked in a bit but the view was still spectacular. Very cool and I am grateful the mountains have cashed in. I also won't forget the epic day on Friday. I saw warning level snow fall just not imby. I was able to ski it as well.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 minute ago, eyewall said: Very cool and I am grateful the mountains have cashed in. I also won't forget the epic day on Friday. I saw warning level snow fall just not imby. I was able to ski it as well. Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk I'm just kidding with you. It's been frustrating here too, though not nearly to the same level. Check out the drifting in this picture from just down the mountain in Wheelock. Ginxy would approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 minute ago, mreaves said: I'm just kidding with you. It's been frustrating here too, though not nearly to the same level. Check out the drifting in this picture from just down the mountain in Wheelock. Ginxy would approve. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I'm just kidding with you. It's been frustrating here too, though not nearly to the same level. Check out the drifting in this picture from just down the mountain in Wheelock. Ginxy would approve. Haha no worries. 2-5 on the front end of this next one will feel like 10 lol.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, eyewall said: Haha no worries. 2-5 on the front end of this next one will feel like 10 lol. Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk I'm not sold on 2-5" at BTV... 1-3" would be what I'd expect. Prepare for a Dusting to 2" and be happy with anything more. But don't have to tell you, you're a Met and know what the models show, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Realistically you are correct.Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 ALY going 4-6" here as a early call. Might be a little high knowing how easy it is to get warm air aloft here. Most models do keep 2M temps cold for most of the heavier precip though. Another pretty tough forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 7 minutes ago, eyewall said: Realistically you are correct. Yeah I wouldn't go into this expecting anything more than 2" for BTV honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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