Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 33 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Franklin Co an N ORH Co right up through Monafs and into C NH was a huge dry slot today. I didn't even break .25" of rain. 0.70" here today with some snowfall this morning that didn't accumulate. 2.73" of rain last week, so the ground is very saturated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 That was the hairiest approach on a plane I've ever had. Kids crying, plane jumping what felt like 10-20 feet at a time, pilot circled and came in from SE into the NW wind. Dumping snow in the wing lights...like end of the world scene at 2-4kft based on flight info screen. Had 65mph headwind at 4,000ft. Pilot came on and was like "Folks don't mess around. Make sure your seat belt is tight." Pilot f'ing nailed it though. Couple inches of grease it looks like on the runway with snow falling sideways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Just now, powderfreak said: That was the hairiest approach on a plane I've ever had. Kids crying, plane jumping what felt like 10-20 feet at a time, pilot circled and came in from SE into the NW wind. Dumping snow in the wing lights...like end of the world scene at 2-4kft based on flight info screen. Had 65mph headwind at 4,000ft. Pilot came on and was like "Folks don't mess around. Make sure your seat belt is tight." Pilot f'ing nailed it though. Couple inches of grease it looks like on the runway with snow falling sideways. Thanks for the PIREP! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Powderfreak would storm the cockpit if the pilot refused to take off from Albany , that would cause a nice scene . Children crying , powderfreak in his reindeer sweater shaking the pilot screaming about upslope “on the spine” and BTV Landing will be fine 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Thanks for the PIREP! LOL. Ha the kids crying from the turbulence added to the ambiance and man did those flakes look huge at 4000ft in the wing lights. Like a movie scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 BTV is a mess...not a lot of snow but it's pure water blue paste on the roads. Maybe 2-3" at most but that's why I was leaning low for accums here this time of year in a marginal air mass. It's like stuck sideways to everything though. I know some thought my ideas for BTV were conservative but it feels like 5:1 ratios if not less. This time of year you lean conservative in the valley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Franklin Co an N ORH Co right up through Monafs and into C NH was a huge dry slot today. I didn't even break .25" of rain. Yup. KFIT 0.34” total precip so far. Mood flakes now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Ha the kids crying from the turbulence added to the ambiance and man did those flakes look huge at 4000ft in the wing lights. Like a movie scene. Jesus H radar looks sweet there. So jelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 minute ago, powderfreak said: BTV is a mess...not a lot of snow but it's pure water blue paste on the roads. Maybe 2-3" at most but that's why I was leaning low for accums here this time of year in a marginal air mass. I know some thought my ideas for BTV were conservative but it feels like 5:1 ratios if not less. This time of year you lean conservative in the valley. Glad you made it home safely. The crushing has been going on over here up through the NEK and over through Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob40 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 minute ago, mreaves said: Glad you made it home safely. The crushing has been going on over here up through the NEK and over through Alex. How much in Waterbury ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Just now, scoob40 said: How much in Waterbury ? Not sure about there. I’m 20 miles east and have over 12” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob40 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, mreaves said: Not sure about there. I’m 20 miles east and have over 12” Nice ! Hopefully you'll be teeing up before the end of April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Flurries here, 37.6F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombsAway1288 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 52 minutes ago, powderfreak said: That was the hairiest approach on a plane I've ever had. Kids crying, plane jumping what felt like 10-20 feet at a time, pilot circled and came in from SE into the NW wind. Dumping snow in the wing lights...like end of the world scene at 2-4kft based on flight info screen. Had 65mph headwind at 4,000ft. Pilot came on and was like "Folks don't mess around. Make sure your seat belt is tight." Pilot f'ing nailed it though. Couple inches of grease it looks like on the runway with snow falling sideways. Delta is always the last of pretty much all the airlines that will hold out from cancelling a flight because of a storm. You fly wisely. Nice landing btw. I belong in the much less than 1% of the population that would enjoy what you went through on approach haha. You had a very skilled pilot who's probably flown into BTV many times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 It’s a full on flizzard here right now. Flakes are about as small as I have ever seen almost like dust. They aren’t amounting to much however. Only about an inch new this evening on top of what’s left of the 3” from this morning. It will be interesting to see what’s up high in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo1 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Sounds like sleet here in Wilmington. Just back from a unwanted trip to Florida for a sudden wake. The Jet Blue flight was great until the final descent into Logan a tad bumpy and as PF’s pilot did so did ours nailed the landing with a round of applause from the college kids coming back from break. Glad I don’t have to shovel tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Nada here, just overcast. What a dud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Finally getting some real snow (not dust). Accumulations are still fairly light but if we keep this going for a while I’ll clear 6” here at 1400’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 That was the worst drive I've ever had on I-89. Probably 1-2"/hr Easy of just huge flakes. Trees bending over the highest from the weight of the snow in places. Had to be 4-6" on the interstate itself with no plowing after midnight. Saw two vehicles hit guardrails in front of us...like right in front of us. Police were attending to at least 6-8 cars off the road scattered throughout the drive. Temps dropping to 31-32F had the road iced up under the wet paste...as slick as it comes even in an SUV with great snow tires. Wipers on full and only able to drive 30mph. Holy crap that was stressful. BTV had 2-4" at 300ft but by 800ft at the Williston Rest Area it looked like a snow bomb went off with birch bending cake. Heaviest seemed to be passing JSpin's house along the interstate. Just pure whiteout when the wind would puff up. Snow rates decreased by at least half on the east side and made for much easier travel up RT 100. Snowing good at home but probably half inch per hour instead of 1-2"/hr. There's a lot more old snow on the ground here though...still large snowpack it seems at home. 18-22" on the ground maybe in the yard? Probably only 3-4" new from this storm but about what I expected (4-7" for Town storm total by morning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I'm at work, but snowing at home now per the cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Snow here, coated, while I change heavy soiled newborn diapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 52 minutes ago, powderfreak said: That was the worst drive I've ever had on I-89. Probably 1-2"/hr Easy of just huge flakes. Trees bending over the highest from the weight of the snow in places. Had to be 4-6" on the interstate itself with no plowing after midnight. Saw two vehicles hit guardrails in front of us...like right in front of us. Police were attending to at least 6-8 cars off the road scattered throughout the drive. Temps dropping to 31-32F had the road iced up under the wet paste...as slick as it comes even in an SUV with great snow tires. Wipers on full and only able to drive 30mph. Holy crap that was stressful. BTV had 2-4" at 300ft but by 800ft at the Williston Rest Area it looked like a snow bomb went off with birch bending cake. Heaviest seemed to be passing JSpin's house along the interstate. Just pure whiteout when the wind would puff up. Snow rates decreased by at least half on the east side and made for much easier travel up RT 100. Snowing good at home but probably half inch per hour instead of 1-2"/hr. There's a lot more old snow on the ground here though...still large snowpack it seems at home. 18-22" on the ground maybe in the yard? Probably only 3-4" new from this storm but about what I expected (4-7" for Town storm total by morning). Sounds like a scene from the deep south...no plows and cars off the roads. I would expect better from VT folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Overcast and 33.6F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Looks like it's snowing good east of the river into weenie town along 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Looks like the ground is coating up at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Looks like it's snowing good east of the river into weenie town along 84. Kevin is sleeping through one of the craziest storms in a long time - 5” of snow in Tolland and near blizzard conditions with the wind and crazy snow rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, joey2002 said: Kevin is sleeping through one of the craziest storms in a long time - 5” of snow in Tolland and near blizzard conditions with the wind and crazy snow rates That's what he does. 5" new or total since yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: That's what he does. 5" new or total since yesterday? It’s all new because everything we got yesterday melted here, but the drifting is insane so the average measurement is actually about 4.7 now that I walked around more. Currently just light snow but an absolute winter wonderland out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Just now, joey2002 said: It’s all new because everything we got yesterday melted here, but the drifting is insane so the average measurement is actually about 4.7 now that I walked around more. Currently just light snow but an absolute winter wonderland out there Nice. Maybe he will pull 6-10 when all totaled lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Nice. Maybe he will pull 6-10 when all totaled lol. Drifting is wild so gonna be a tough one to measure. Fortunately on the trees it's a lighter snow that I expected, but still wet enough to coat them up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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