borderwx Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Expected the 40 this morning Did not expect the lightning show and thunderstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, borderwx said: Expected the 40 this morning Did not expect the lightning show and thunderstorm Some absolute house shakers and lightening here as well with some pretty decent rainfall rates. That will get the kids out of bed this morning..ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 16 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: Some absolute house shakers and lightening here as well with some pretty decent rainfall rates. That will get the kids out of bed this morning..ha. The much feared EML strikes again. Better alert Ekster and Banacos to update their paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Some serious snowpack damage yesterday - stake down to 20" - but man the 60s felt amazing. Moderate snow now which just doesn't have the same appeal after a day in the 60s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Some serious snowpack damage yesterday - stake down to 20" - but man the 60s felt amazing. Moderate snow now which just doesn't have the same appeal after a day in the 60s You know how the snow held up in Jackson? Was thinking of coming up tomorrow to snowshoe around the xcountry areaSent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Big hit to the pack in elevations. Newbury cocorahs is down to 8”. Lower els are a foot or more. A torched early yesterday and for much longer overnight than the lower els. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 We’ve had on and off snow much of the morning, but it’s only been the past hour or so that it actually started accumulating as temperatures have come down. This is the back side snow of Winter Storm Ulmer, which was that impressive bomb cyclone out in the plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 In the car heading back from Balt. Looking at the webcam snowpack down to 10". No bare spots showing yet on south facing slopes. 2 days of 75 to near 80F felt amazing on the trip. With the dews yesterday it felt hot. Glad we have the pack to melt or I would already be whining that we are going to dry out too early this spring. Jeez I've lived away from cities too long these drivers are nuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Lava Rock said: You know how the snow held up in Jackson? Was thinking of coming up tomorrow to snowshoe around the xcountry area Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Not sure - haven't been down but they had a lot of snow to start and they tend to stay much colder than the higher elevations, so I imagine they're in pretty good shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Lava Rock said: You know how the snow held up in Jackson? Was thinking of coming up tomorrow to snowshoe around the xcountry area Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Might be crust over corn by tomorrow morning. Lost 2" pack yesterday (high in 40s, <0.1" RA) and probably another 2 today (to 34") between sunny low 40s and wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Still about a foot here. I’ll measure it the morning. I had 12” this morning so maybe 11ish? Down to 33° so the puddles are getting some skim ice. The roof is almost entirely clear and dry now minus one tiny patch in a sheltered spot on the north side of the garage. So hopefully we slow down the melt this week with the 35-40° days and 15° nights. With sun and lower RH we should be able to sublimate and evaporate some of it away too. Guess we have to keep an eye on late week for a late bloomer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 On and off light snow showers in SVT. Still over a foot pack which has survived non stop since I started coming up in mid November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It's actually been snowing pretty good for the past 30-45 minutes. Perfect dendrites, big feathers. They are slow to fall but there are a lot of them. Seems to be a Lake Ontario connection...could be a couple/few inches for the mountains if they are seeing this snow growth, but it's the true meaning of dust on crust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, powderfreak said: It's actually been snowing pretty good for the past 30-45 minutes. Perfect dendrites, big feathers. They are slow to fall but there are a lot of them. Seems to be a Lake Ontario connection...could be a couple/few inches for the mountains if they are seeing this snow growth, but it's the true meaning of dust on crust. I’m not sure when it started snowing, but I just checked and there’s over an inch out there. It’s not quite as intense as that 2.5”/hr. Wednesday night blast, but still fairly heavy snowfall with large flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 BTV down to 1/2sm moderate snow... likely closing in on 2" of fluff here now. KBTV 170254Z 34007KT 1/2SM R15/5500VP6000FT SN FZFG BKN014 OVC024 M03/M04 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP158 P0001 60001 T10281044 52013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Event totals: 1.7” Snow/0.06” L.E. Details from the 11:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.6 inches New Liquid: 0.05 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 32.0 Snow Density: 3.1% H2O Temperature: 29.7 F Sky: Snow (2 to 15 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 25.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, powderfreak said: It's actually been snowing pretty good for the past 30-45 minutes. Perfect dendrites, big feathers. They are slow to fall but there are a lot of them. Seems to be a Lake Ontario connection...could be a couple/few inches for the mountains if they are seeing this snow growth, but it's the true meaning of dust on crust. That’s awesome and why northern Vermont is great. Anything will help for tomorrow. We will lucky to get a dusting in svt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Event totals: 3.3” Snow/0.13” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.6 inches New Liquid: 0.07 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 22.9 Snow Density: 4.4% H2O Temperature: 22.5 F Sky: Cloudy Snow at the stake: 25.5 inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Just a dusting in southern VT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 9 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: That’s awesome and why northern Vermont is great. Anything will help for tomorrow. We will lucky to get a dusting in svt There are of course instances where the SVT resorts get more snow, but throughout the course of an entire season, there are a lot of these impromptu events in the north, and they really add up. If you look at the typical reported averages for annual snowfall here along the spine, the values for the northernmost resorts are more than double those for the southernmost resorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasingFlakes Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 14 hours ago, J.Spin said: I’m not sure when it started snowing, but I just checked and there’s over an inch out there. It’s not quite as intense as that 2.5”/hr. Wednesday night blast, but still fairly heavy snowfall with large flakes. Three separate 1 hour+ drives I made throughout last week were through heavy 1.0-2.0+inch bands. The first was through the fronto band of the cutter Sunday morning driving from my buddies in Springfield, MA to Dover, VT. Then Sunday afternoon, driving from Dover to Jay(Montgomery Center), near montpelier the snow switched back from rain and the rates were easily 2+ once I got closer to Jay. We obviously got a lot up at Jay this week, they reported around 21-24" in 48 hours. I dont have screenshot of radar from Sunday night the 10th, but I took this one on Monday evening at 9pm. We picked up 4" in two hours between 8-10pm in Montgomery Center, and another 4-5" overnight. When I left Wednesday night to drive down to a friends cabin in Wilmot, NH, we drove through those 2.5"+ bands coming out of Jay and through Stowe and your hometown. The snow follows me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I had never heard of mud season when I lived in the Boston area. Boy I know what it is now. Our road is a total mess. Without 4 wheel drive and a truck its almost impossible to get up. Thankfully it firmed up last night and more thankfully no storms this week and a freeze/thaw temps will help. If the thaw had continued with an inch or two of rain thrown on top it would have been a disaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said: I had never heard of mud season when I lived in the Boston area. Boy I know what it is now. Our road is a total mess. Without 4 wheel drive and a truck its almost impossible to get up. Thankfully it firmed up last night and more thankfully no storms this week and a freeze/thaw temps will help. If the thaw had continued with an inch or two of rain thrown on top it would have been a disaster. How does the Crosstrek do in that stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 17 hours ago, powderfreak said: It's actually been snowing pretty good for the past 30-45 minutes. Perfect dendrites, big feathers. They are slow to fall but there are a lot of them. Seems to be a Lake Ontario connection...could be a couple/few inches for the mountains if they are seeing this snow growth, but it's the true meaning of dust on crust. The pics I saw from Smuggs this morning were pretty inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 46 minutes ago, gravitylover said: How does the Crosstrek do in that stuff? Good question. I took the truck today. Tomorrow will be the Crosstrek's turn. Over this winter, in the snow that Crosstrek was a beast. Fantastic handling and high clearance. With only 2000 miles on the new car I really don't want to drive it through the deep mud but its inevitable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Here’s the north to south listing of available 24-hour snowfall totals from the Vermont ski areas, which should represent the totals from the back side of Winter Storm Ulmer. Jay Peak: 4” Smuggler’s Notch: 5” Stowe: 4” Bolton Valley: 4” Mad River Glen: 1” Sugarbush: 1” Pico: 0” Killington: 0” Okemo: 0” Bromley: 0” Magic Mountain: 0” Stratton: 0” Mount Snow: 0” The totals fell of pretty precipitously once outside the Northern Greens with this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, J.Spin said: Here’s the north to south listing of available 24-hour snowfall totals from the Vermont ski areas, which should represent the totals from the back side of Winter Storm Ulmer. Jay Peak: 4” Smuggler’s Notch: 5” Stowe: 4” Bolton Valley: 4” Mad River Glen: 1” Sugarbush: 1” Pico: 0” Killington: 0” Okemo: 0” Bromley: 0” Magic Mountain: 0” Stratton: 0” Mount Snow: 0” The totals fell of pretty precipitously once outside the Northern Greens with this event. That has to be wrong, Jay didn’t get the most? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, gravitylover said: The pics I saw from Smuggs this morning were pretty inspiring. It was great photo snow, fluffy pow. But if you added in sound it was very loud pow. That firm base was 100% there on every turn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 hours ago, J.Spin said: The totals fell of pretty precipitously once outside the Northern Greens with this event. It was a classic Northern Greens set-up that may barely show up on QPF/precip plots because of how minimal it is... but snow growth is aligned well for orographic snows, with -12C to -18F just above the ridges and peaks. So the fluid westerly flow hits a speed bump, like water rippling over a dam of rocks, and that turbulence/upward motion brings snow to the surface. A subtle WNW CAA undercutting the flow aloft also wouldn't cause snow because it's usually denser, sinking air. But the terrain says it needs to go up as well. In the end, you get a fluffy 2-3" and nice few hour period of snow around the Spine, with 4-5" at the ski resorts. Hard to believe not getting a tenth in the Upper CT River Valley despite being in the moisture flow axis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 19 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: I had never heard of mud season when I lived in the Boston area. Boy I know what it is now. Our road is a total mess. Without 4 wheel drive and a truck its almost impossible to get up. Thankfully it firmed up last night and more thankfully no storms this week and a freeze/thaw temps will help. If the thaw had continued with an inch or two of rain thrown on top it would have been a disaster. Impressive ruts, but fortunately no spring-holes (yet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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