#NoPoles Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: That’s the shed where awful things keep happening to the SNE weenies. Omg, you completely win the internet, today! That was brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Nice steady light snow this afternoon. The number of days it has snowed has to be almost as impressive as the totals and depth. It's hard to fathom how it snows 5 days a week (if not more) up here while 150 miles south can't buy flakes. But even in this event there's a sharp gradient from NVT to even C.VT. I do hear it from friends though that get around a bit skiing... that even the ski areas like MRG and Sugarbush have half the snow on the ground when compared with Stowe and Smuggs. A former poster here was saying the difference between Stowe and Sugarbush is eye-opening... like 1500ft snow depth at Stowe (40"+) is more like 3000ft down there. There's a sharp gradient even in the mountains along the Spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Nice steady light snow this afternoon. The number of days it has snowed has to be almost as impressive as the totals and depth. It's hard to fathom how it snows 5 days a week (if not more) up here while 150 miles south can't buy flakes. But even in this event there's a sharp gradient from NVT to even C.VT. I do hear it from friends though that get around a bit skiing... that even the ski areas like MRG and Sugarbush have half the snow on the ground when compared with Stowe and Smuggs. A former poster here was saying the difference between Stowe and Sugarbush is eye-opening... like 1500ft snow depth at Stowe (40"+) is more like 3000ft down there. There's a sharp gradient even in the mountains along the Spine. Is Lake Champlain frozen yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Managing a few flakes this evening. Looking forward to the thaw. I would like to melt some of the snow on this roof to reduce weight and make room for more storms over the next 6 weeks. Today was the last sunset before 5pm. Average temps are now rising. Perhaps the backbone of this winter has been broken? This is the time of year the sun angle starts eating away at the snowbanks. We have to head down to Rhode Island for a couple of days early this week. Will be nice to bring the car through the carwash and get rid of the salt. Also will be nice to see some bare ground, it has been way too long. Glad SNE's don't bother reading this thread about the winter they didn't (yet) have. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 U 3 hours ago, powderfreak said: Nice steady light snow this afternoon. The number of days it has snowed has to be almost as impressive as the totals and depth. It's hard to fathom how it snows 5 days a week (if not more) up here while 150 miles south can't buy flakes. But even in this event there's a sharp gradient from NVT to even C.VT. I do hear it from friends though that get around a bit skiing... that even the ski areas like MRG and Sugarbush have half the snow on the ground when compared with Stowe and Smuggs. A former poster here was saying the difference between Stowe and Sugarbush is eye-opening... like 1500ft snow depth at Stowe (40"+) is more like 3000ft down there. There's a sharp gradient even in the mountains along the Spine. I was up at Cole’s Pond today, former home of the famous weather camera (RIP) and the amount of snow at 2200’ was astonishing. I didn’t get a chance to take pictures but Simone I was with did and when I get some I’ll try and post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Event totals: 1.4” Snow/0.10” L.E. Details from the 8:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.4 inches New Liquid: 0.10 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 14.0 Snow Density: 7.1% H2O Temperature: 18.7 F Sky: Light Snow (2 to 8 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 31.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Looks like 1.4" or so at home from the light snow this afternoon. More than 1.25 and less than 1.5", ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Event totals: 1.7” Snow/0.10” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.3 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 20.5 F Sky: Cloudy Snow at the stake: 31.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 2/1/2019 at 8:32 AM, J.Spin said: January totals: 66.5” Snow/6.22” L.E. This January was notable at our site in that the last time we had one with above average snowfall was eight seasons ago (January 2011 with 55.5”). My data set only covers about a dozen years, but January is still the snowiest month at the climate sites around here. So, unless the monthly distribution in the mountains here varies dramatically from those sites, that stretch was presumably not the norm. As a skier, this January was much closer to how you’d write it up though – lots of moisture, plenty of fresh snow, and none of that sitting under dry, frigid arctic air for a week at a time. Well, as an interesting follow up to last month’s snowfall data and the strange dichotomy of January snowfall we’ve had in this area, I noticed something when I was entering my monthly numbers. This past January had essentially as much snow (66.5”) as the past three Januarys combined (67.1”). And, the previous three Januarys to those produced pretty much that same result (67.2”). January snowfall had really been running on idle around here for quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 hour ago, J.Spin said: Well, as an interesting follow up to last month’s snowfall data and the strange dichotomy of January snowfall we’ve had in this area, I noticed something when I was entering my monthly numbers. This past January had essentially as much snow (66.5”) as the past three Januarys combined (67.1”). And, the previous three Januarys to those produced pretty much that same result (67.2”). January snowfall had really been running on idle around here for quite a while. January has been a tough month since 2011. I think that was the last respectable January. We were due. I know you and I always talked about how January seemed to be the worst snowfall month of the winter (I always speculated the seasonal jet gets so far south in the dead of winter that we get suppression) but it was fun to finally get one to go nuts. It seemed to snow every day all January. How many days did you have a trace or more in the 24 hour periods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 The season of over-performing snows continues. While only 1.6" in the end here, just north of me in NVT it was a widespread 3-5" snowfall. I mean, who would've looked at the models and thought the northern tier of VT would get an advisory event yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: January has been a tough month since 2011. I think that was the last respectable January. We were due. I know you and I always talked about how January seemed to be the worst snowfall month of the winter (I always speculated the seasonal jet gets so far south in the dead of winter that we get suppression) but it was fun to finally get one to go nuts. It seemed to snow every day all January. How many days did you have a trace or more in the 24 hour periods? I just checked, and we had a trace or more of snow on 26 out of 31 days, so ~84% of them. Actually, it just started snowing here while I was writing this – I guess it’s associated with that little impulse coming into the area: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 We headed to RASTA’s backcountry skiing network at Brandon Gap yesterday, so I can pass along some info and images. Temperatures were very comfortable at around 20 F, and skies were cloudy until about midafternoon when it started to snow in association with yesterday’s system. The network there is generally in the 2,000’ to 3,000’ elevation range or so, and the snowpack is quite prodigious. It’s too deep for me to easily estimate based on any pole measurements, but there really aren’t any deficiencies and everything you could possibly want to be covered certainly is. Surface powder depths we encountered were generally 12 to 24 inches, with the highest reading I obtained at 26 inches. The composition of the subsurface was pretty inconsequential because you just weren’t having to get near it with just backcountry traffic, but from what we could tell didn’t seem overly crusty. Even down there the snowfall was fairly vigorous, definitely up around 3,000’, although I’m sure they didn’t quite pick up the accumulations PF showed along the northern tier. In any event, base depths and surface conditions are excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Long tour today. No winds, 3-5” of ultra fluff over 2500’, some serious snow out there Big brooks showing signs from the last thaw making for interesting crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 6 hours ago, powderfreak said: The season of over-performing snows continues. While only 1.6" in the end here, just north of me in NVT it was a widespread 3-5" snowfall. I mean, who would've looked at the models and thought the northern tier of VT would get an advisory event yesterday? didn't it snow up there today too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Another beautiful winter day in east-central Vermont. This is overlooking the village of Chelsea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, Whineminster said: didn't it snow up there today too? Yeah off and on light snow. No measurable accumulation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Freezing rain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Some light snow here but just a coating. 1.25" last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Just ran out to get some food for the Super Bowl and my car said 27F with a steady freezing rain. Car was all iced up from the ZR. At leas the roads seem just snow-packed from the little light snow today, so the freezing rain has something to get absorbed by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Just ran out to get some food for the Super Bowl and my car said 27F with a steady freezing rain. Car was all iced up from the ZR. At leas the roads seem just snow-packed from the little light snow today, so the freezing rain has something to get absorbed by. Same here except I refuse to watch the Super Bowl. Go Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 U I was up at Cole’s Pond today, former home of the famous weather camera (RIP) and the amount of snow at 2200’ was astonishing. I didn’t get a chance to take pictures but Simone I was with did and when I get some I’ll try and post. What happened to cam?Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Keeps going back and forth between snow and freezing rain here. About 1/4" accumulated. 27/19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: What happened to cam? Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk I wondered what happened to that cam. So few good cams north of me to check out. That was a great cam. Looks like some frozen on the Loon cam. Watching the Super Bowl with the spot lights on but all the precip is slipping by just to my north. Looking forward to some warm weather to melt a bit of the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Not looking forward to the warm-up and some rain. Snowmobiling this weekend local was real good, but not a ton of snow everywhere so probably will take a hit.Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Lava Rock said: What happened to cam? Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk The guy who ran it passed away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Lots of snowmobile accidents making the news. I follow local SAR and NH Fish and Game. 2 first time snowmobilers crashed into trees at high rates of speed. Another snowmobiler broke through ice. No reported deaths...so far...I hope it stays that way. Watch out for eachother, out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Got 0.5" of teeny flakes last evening. Started about the same time as the SB and took until an hour or so after the game ended to pile up all that snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 21 hours ago, mreaves said: The guy who ran it passed away. I remember the guy who ran it posted a few years ago his wife past away. I can't remember if he had a blog or what. I felt bad for him. Now he is gone too. Now I see his house is on the market. A great place for a snow lover. https://waldenvt.weebly.com/?fbclid=IwAR0oJew4EJj1uJwvH1acq5HxQfRBj_xnz1bOEaokpmxRHArJOk8pPq__l3E Big snow melt day. Snowstick was around 12" earlier and down to 9" Mid 50's and stronger sun taking its toll. Lots of water running down my dirt road. Still frozen of course except the top inch or s0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Lower than forecasted tonight; forecast of 37 and it's 33 while my deck is a sheet of ice. The skiing today was awesome. Spring skiing at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now