J.Spin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Event totals: 6.8” Snow/0.19” L.E. Details from the 1:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.5 inches New Liquid: 0.03 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 50.0 Snow Density: 2.0% H2O Temperature: 28.8 F Sky: Light Snow (2 to 8 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 8.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 BTV AFD..some nice disco...ha. Awesome though for you guys and resorts up North. As of 1236 PM EST Saturday...Report from nws employee at local resort in the northern Green Mtns continues to indicate light snow with some accumulation occurring. Have continued to mention likely pops with total daytime snowfall accumulation of an inch or two possible from Mansfield to Jay Peak. The localized BTV snow machine is having difficulties finding the off switch, which is not a bad thing, especially when some are having fun with product testing. Otherwise, flow becomes unblocked this aftn and depth of moisture decreases by 21z, which will result in decreasing areal coverage of snow shower activity. No significant changes to crnt fcst. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 9 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: BTV AFD..some nice disco...ha. Awesome though for you guys and resorts up North. As of 1236 PM EST Saturday...Report from nws employee at local resort in the northern Green Mtns continues to indicate light snow with some accumulation occurring. Have continued to mention likely pops with total daytime snowfall accumulation of an inch or two possible from Mansfield to Jay Peak. The localized BTV snow machine is having difficulties finding the off switch, which is not a bad thing, especially when some are having fun with product testing. Otherwise, flow becomes unblocked this aftn and depth of moisture decreases by 21z, which will result in decreasing areal coverage of snow shower activity. No significant changes to crnt fcst. Some of the models did show the snowfall hanging around today – it was really just a blip of blue along the spine of the Northern Greens, but when ratios are like what we’ve had, it doesn’t take much moisture to stack up. You can see that northwest flow still cruising into the spine on the radar – it’s more cellular now as the radar image below shows, but the snowfall doesn’t seem to stop, it just waxes and wanes and at times you’ve got the sun shining with fairly decent accumulation at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 58 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: BTV AFD..some nice disco...ha. Awesome though for you guys and resorts up North. As of 1236 PM EST Saturday...Report from nws employee at local resort in the northern Green Mtns continues to indicate light snow with some accumulation occurring. Have continued to mention likely pops with total daytime snowfall accumulation of an inch or two possible from Mansfield to Jay Peak. The localized BTV snow machine is having difficulties finding the off switch, which is not a bad thing, especially when some are having fun with product testing. Otherwise, flow becomes unblocked this aftn and depth of moisture decreases by 21z, which will result in decreasing areal coverage of snow shower activity. No significant changes to crnt fcst. Best office in New England... sorry Legro . By far the most skiing and riding discussions in the AFDs of any office. Warms the heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, powderfreak said: Life in the snow globe. Another one converted to upslope way of life! Stacked up on every little twig today. Such a beautiful drive through town to the mountain. Hollywood movies spend a million dollars to recreate these scenes with perfect dendrites fluttering down and stacking on everything. Yeah, this was by no means a big upslope storm for around here, but it was a nice subtle bread and butter event with little wind, and it definitely put a nice shot of picturesque into the landscape. I had a bit of time this morning, so I pulled out some telephoto lenses and shot a bunch of images from the house of things in the yard with the fresh snow. I’ve got a couple below for now, and I’ll try to get a few more up when I get a chance. A look at how that 50:1+ snow can behave sometimes: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Snagged 1.75" of pure fluff last night. Hurry up and get Mon/Tues behind us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 5 hours ago, diviningweather said: Often when the Sky is clear, and the temperatures are dropping, (true especially when reaching towards or passed 0 deg. F. ) what little there may be, is crystallized it into snowflakes. When we lived in northern Maine, occasional cloudless and calm mornings with temps -20 or colder would feature tiny sun-reflecting crystals seemingly coming from nowhere as the intense cold was wringing out the last tiny bit of moisture from the air. This generally occurred within an hour or so of sunrise. The French had a term for it that translates as "the cold coming down." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 5 hours ago, powderfreak said: Hollywood movies spend a million dollars to recreate these scenes with perfect dendrites fluttering down and stacking on everything. A few more from around the house this morning: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 It seemed like this event was tapering off, but my wife just got home and I saw that we’ve got big flakes pouring down again. Sometimes there can be a diurnal component to these events, but the BTV NWS hasn’t said much in their discussion other than that they were expecting the snowfall to generally slow down as the lapse rates stabilized and moisture decreased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 hour ago, J.Spin said: It seemed like this event was tapering off, but my wife just got home and I saw that we’ve got big flakes pouring down again. Sometimes there can be a diurnal component to these events, but the BTV NWS hasn’t said much in their discussion other than that they were expecting the snowfall to generally slow down as the lapse rates stabilized and moisture decreased. It is nuking at the mountain still. Huge flakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Event totals: 8.3” Snow/0.22” L.E. Details from the 7:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.5 inches New Liquid: 0.03 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 50.0 Snow Density: 2.0% H2O Temperature: 21.2 F Sky: Snow (3 to 20 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 9.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 7 minutes ago, powderfreak said: It is nuking at the mountain still. Huge flakes! Yeah, we had some pretty large flakes here when I was out doing 7:00 P.M. observations and analysis, some up to 20 mm across. I assume it was when the ~30 db portion of that streamer pushed through the Winooski Valley: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 That snow machine even got over this way. It snowed for most of the morning and stayed cloudy just about all day. Not as much as you guys got but wintry appeal ruled the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Event totals: 8.4” Snow/0.22” L.E. Skies have really cleared out overnight, so it looks like that will mark the end of this event. This Clipper has now taken the top spot for accumulation on the season, edging out the 11/7/2019 short wave/cold front that brought 7.1” exactly a month ahead of this one. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.1 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 0.7 F Sky: Clear Snow at the stake: 8.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 -7F, but sun!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Alex, like you said, finally sun. Now a couple of days of rain/fog/darkness. Pack takes a hit but then a couple of days of upslope to give you a refresher. Wonder when your next sunny day will be? Hope you and the family are enjoying the sunshine. Looks nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I just noticed that the totally clear skies we had this morning have clouded over again, and the sky is starting to look like it has the potential for snow. I see on the radar that there is moisture coming into the area, and the BTV NWS suggests that it’s in association with the warm front ahead of this next system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 From -7 degrees in the morning directly to WAA and rain...what a ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Man what a sunset. Out walking with the dog but Elmore Mountain and the entire Worcester Range just went bright pink....upper elevations plastered white going pink with alpenglow is one of the best scenes in the mountains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 26 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Man what a sunset. Out walking with the dog but Elmore Mountain and the entire Worcester Range just went bright pink....upper elevations plastered white going pink with alpenglow is one of the best scenes in the mountains. Unfortunately we are 100% overcast, but I did take this earlier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 11 minutes ago, #NoPoles said: Unfortunately we are 100% overcast, but I did take this earlier We were overcast and even had some flurries float down, but must've been just enough clearing to the SW over the southern Champlain Valley for the sun to sneak some rays under the OVC deck and above the Spine. Very narrow window there, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Just now, powderfreak said: We were overcast but must've been just enough clearing to the SW over the southern Champlain Valley for the sun to sneak some rays under the OVC deck and above the Spine. Very narrow window there, ha. I'm still waiting to see Alpine Glow on the presidentials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 How bad does this cutter look for NNE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 5 hours ago, #NoPoles said: How bad does this cutter look for NNE? 1 hour ago, dryslot said: Bad LOL, that’s a pretty vague response, but I think he’s just pulling your leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I was prepared for the spitting rain this morning, not so much for the 3” of new snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 53 minutes ago, borderwx said: I was prepared for the spitting rain this morning, not so much for the 3” of new snow Nothing at all down here. I was expecting a little rain/mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 0.8” overnight here. Now, it’s rain time (or almost. Currently 29.7 with no precip) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 12 hours ago, dryslot said: Bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Dusting of gritty flakes earlier at my place. Now awaiting the bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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