Lava Rock Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 A few after shots from this one from the Banana Belt and an obligatory Jericho Old Mill shot (facebook sourced): Does that Mill have a pub inside?Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Does that Mill have a pub inside?Sent from my XT1254 using TapatalkI don't believe so but it should for every photographer who takes this shot Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I don't believe so but it should for every photographer who takes this shot Sent from my VS995 using TapatalkLol, I was envisioning having a pint there. what a nice placeSent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Nice warning criteria event. Some shoveling to do when I got home this evening. It was still snowing nicely on arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 hours ago, alex said: thinking of hiking up to hermit lake on sunday. should be spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 14 hours ago, powderfreak said: I can't wait to see what the high terrain looks like after this latest storm, and wind, moves on. I figured you’d enjoy this image PF – the mountain snowpack is looking pretty nice after this recent storm. This year’s pack isn’t quite where it was last year, but it looks like it’s actually only a few inches behind, and that’s a pretty darned good place to be. It’s interesting to note that last year the pack was coming up on a bit of a consolidation somewhere in the Dec 15th –Dec 20th range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 https://www.skitheeast.net/blogs/videos/ste-snowcast-12-13-17-it-is-going-to-be-big-its-going-to-be-deep?utm_campaign=Dec.+14+-+TK+4+%2B+R2R+(KtdZ5S)&utm_medium=email&_ke=aHRyZXBwQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3D%3D&utm_source=All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 A cold but awesome day in the Nebraska Valley. The wind made for a challenging flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 10 hours ago, eyewall said: I love this shot... that's an angle I've never seen before of the Mansfield Trout Club and Spine. I've always thought Nebraska Valley there and up to Lake Mansfield is one of the snowier spots in the state for being 1,000ft and less in elevation. It's location just gets so much orographic lift and it seems to always be snowing up in that little notch. I have a friend that lives just down the road there and I'll have a dusting and he'll get 3-4" overnight. The J.Spin effect. I'm also sure that Lake, when it goes calm, is the coldest spot in Stowe. I think that topographic hole there would make MVL look warm on some mornings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 23 hours ago, alex said: Plenty of snow on the picnic tables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Good band of lake effect clouds seen out in the Champlain Valley from the high elevation picnic tables this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 hour ago, dryslot said: Plenty of snow on the picnic tables! Yes! Would be great to add some more to it... but bad things happen when you get greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 minute ago, alex said: Yes! Would be great to add some more to it... but bad things happen when you get greedy. Yeah, lol, Looks great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Checking the BTV NWS forecast discussion, it looks like we’ve got a fairly active pattern coming up, with a few chances for snow as we head through the weekend and into next week. Tonight into Saturday - a weak low pressure system and upper level trough swings through. The BTV NWS has this broken out into a couple of instances, but the second part seems pretty minor and on the models it seems to show up as a continuous event. Monday afternoon – warm advection shortwave Tuesday - trough of low pressure swinging through the area that brings some warmer air and snow levels to 2,000’ or so. Wednesday – Cold front with northwest flow aloft and orographic snow showers Obviously the events farther out in time are subject to more change, but there are certainly a number of chances coming for freshening up the slopes and adding a bit to the snowpack. I’ve added in some relevant sections of the BTV NWS forecast discussion below. Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 940 AM EST Fri Dec 15 2017 .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... Upper level trough swings across our forecast area tonight and brings a better chance for light snow showers, especially in the higher elevations. Temperatures will be closer to seasonal normals overnight with clouds and snow, as well as winds. Best chance at some accumulations will be along the Saint Lawrence river with lake effect bands, then in the northwest upslope regions of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains tonight into Saturday, generally 1-3". The rest of the area should only have an inch or less of snow with the widespread scattered light snow showers. .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 343 AM EST Friday...Quiet weather is expected through Saturday night and Sunday as a 1030mb high drifts to the east over southern Quebec. The flow aloft will remain northwest as weak ridging occurs aloft. There`s a slight chance of some western slope snow potential as the hires models are keying on some 10-15dbz`s in along the western slopes of the Greens. The safe bet is we`ll see some flurries but very little in the way of accumulation. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 410 AM EST Friday....Coming out of the weekend we still anticipate a fairly active pattern. The medium ranged guidance still offers different ideas for how Monday shapes up. The GFS is still the outlier with a dry forecast so I continued the trend towards the CMC/EC with a weak warm advection shortwave that brings some light snow to the region Monday afternoon. By Tuesday the general consensus from the global models is that we`ll have trough of low pressure swing through the North Country. We`ll be under strong warm air advection in the morning and we`ll see temps warm enough to see rain at elevations below 2000ft with some rain/snow mix in the 2000-3000ft range. The higher peaks will most likely stay as snow. Of course timing differences in when the precip arrives will have fairly large consequences on p-type so well just need to monitor and update as a single solution emerges. Regardless of the timing, a cold front will swing through which leads to colder temps on Wednesday. We`ll be looking at northwest flow aloft with westerly flow at the surface, so we should see mainly orographic snow showers along with some lake effect snow developing. The temps should be in the upper 20s to around 30 on Wednesday falling to the single digits to low teens overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I see that there are some flakes falling outside, so I guess the effects of that weak low pressure system are approaching the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Beautiful sunrise with light snow falling and the sun peeking through at a distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Surprisingly heavy snow now - big fat flakes and no wind, very snowglobey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Just now, alex said: Surprisingly heavy snow now - big fat flakes and no wind, very snowglobey Same here. 1-2" already at the ski resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Event totals: 0.2” Snow/0.01” L.E. This morning there were a couple tenths of new snow on the board from the surface low/upper-level trough affecting the area. We just had a nice burst of snow with big flakes that dropped another 0.4 inches as well. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.2 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 20.0 Snow Density: 5.0% H2O Temperature: 12.4 F Sky: Flurries Snow at the stake: 9.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Surprise 3.5" at High Road. Pure Champlain Fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Frickin mountains. Just a boring partly cloudy day just south of the mountains...nothing to report. Newfound Lake is rapidly freezing ova... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Event totals: 1.1” Snow/0.02” L.E. Details from the 12:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.9 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 90.0 Snow Density: 1.1% H2O Temperature: 27.3 F Sky: Light Snow (3-12 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 10.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 2 hours ago, powderfreak said: Surprise 3.5" at High Road. Pure Champlain Fluff. Pfreak, is alpine terrain off limits this year after the October wind storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 51 minutes ago, Hoth said: Pfreak, is alpine terrain off limits this year after the October wind storm? No the mountain saw very little damage, if any. All the damage was down in the valleys and lower elevations (like pretty much every white pine below like 1,000ft seemed to come down, ha). Very odd but there was no real noticeable damage up in the higher terrain. The vegetation is stronger and my guess is the herd was thinned out long ago with the number of heavy wet snows, ice storms, and wind the elevations already see on a regular basis. Town almost never sees any wind, so 50mph was a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Another 2" or so today of cotton candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 A very heavy snow squall just went through here. About 1/4" in 10 minutes. Vis briefly dropped down to 1/8 mile stuff. Now the sun is back out...I love snow squalls. While they are usually very brief in my area the snow is heavier than just about any synoptic type event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 1.5" at home today. Some graupel on top too. Got some photos of what are like summer time t-storm looking vertical development with these squalls. Must be some instability out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 On 12/15/2017 at 9:48 AM, powderfreak said: Good band of lake effect clouds seen out in the Champlain Valley from the high elevation picnic tables this morning. That is an awesome shot. I always love it when you get steam devils on the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 On 12/15/2017 at 9:48 AM, powderfreak said: Good band of lake effect clouds seen out in the Champlain Valley from the high elevation picnic tables this morning. That is an awesome shot. I always love it when you get steam devils on the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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