Lava Rock Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 28.8F at mid day. 1" new 65.25" on the season56" for our house. I predicted 62" in Jan, so not far off. What a crappy winter accept for northern areas. I can't believe we may sail through this month without one storm >1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Was a bit surprised to find an inch new at home, similar to the most I saw on Mile Hill, 6 miles south but 400' higher. Most accumulation came 1-4 PM and max temp was 32, after the 31/5 on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Nice visible satellite image this Wed AM. You can clearly see where the snow line is. The Northern part of Lake Winn. is white while the Southern part is not. About 15-20% snowcover remains in my hood. Bluebirds have arrived and are seeking out our birdhouses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said: Nice visible satellite image this Wed AM. You can clearly see where the snow line is. The Northern part of Lake Winn. is white while the Southern part is not. About 15-20% snowcover remains in my hood. Bluebirds have arrived and are seeking out our birdhouses. The Rangeley area lakes show up bright and white, but not the Belgrade lakes, which also remain almost totally ice covered. Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Thursday mornings snowfall is about over as I'm up to 32.8F Snow total 1.25" Season total 66.25" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Event totals: 0.2” Snow/0.08” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.2 inches New Liquid: Trace Temperature: 25.2 F Sky: Flurries/Light Snow (2 to 10 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: Trace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I’ve got the latest BTV NWS maps for the current storm, which has been given the name Winter Storm Quincy by TWC. There aren’t really any winter weather alerts this far north in the state, but I have seen some fairly steady snow this afternoon in the Burlington and Waterbury areas. The projected accumulations map has us in the 3-4” range, and the point forecast suggests something in the 2-4” range, so the agreement is fairly good there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Event totals: 2.3” Snow/0.21” L.E. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 2.3 inches New Liquid: 0.21 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 11.0 Snow Density: 9.1% H2O Temperature: 30.9 F Sky: Snow (2 to 10 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 2.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I saw this band approaching on the radar, and the snowfall rate turned out to be pretty robust as it came through here. I’d cleared the snowboards at 6:00 P.M., and as of 6:30 P.M. there was already an addition 2.6” of accumulation, so the snowfall was in excess of 5”/hr. during that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 39 minutes ago, J.Spin said: I saw this band approaching on the radar, and the snowfall rate turned out to be pretty robust as it came through here. I’d cleared the snowboards at 6:00 P.M., and as of 6:30 P.M. there was already an addition 2.6” of accumulation, so the snowfall was in excess of 5”/hr. during that period. Nice J.Spin! I was thinking at least 2" in a half hour with that band. BTV and MVL both reported the extremely rare M1/4 visibility as it is very tough to get those automated stations to show "under 1/4 mile" in heavy snow. Looked like MVL and MPV put up 0.17-0.22" water in that band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I got a text alert around 7:30 P.M. that we’ve been put under a Winter Storm Warning here in Washington Country, no doubt due to the continued heavy snowfall. The BTV NWS has updated their maps as well, which I’ve included below. Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 758 PM EDT Mon Mar 23 2020 NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... As of 748 PM EDT Monday...Well its been an extremely busy evening here at the office, as we expanded the advisories north to the international border and placed central/southern cwa into winter storm warnings. Expecting storm total of 2 to 6 inches advisory and 4 to 8 inches in warnings, with many reports of 6 inches or so from Newcomb to Port Henry to Orwell to Bridport. A meso- band developed and moved further north than anticipated, causing snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour. We picked up 2.9 inches in 1 hour here at BTV during this band. Moving forward expect this initial band to lift northeast of our cwa by 02z, however, some additional lighter bands of snow will continue to impact central/southern cwa thru midnight or so. Have updated snowfall maps and qpf to match our thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I just measured 7.5 inches which means we got 7 inches over the last 3 hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Event totals: 8.1” Snow/0.65” L.E. Details from the 12:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 5.8 inches New Liquid: 0.44 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 13.2 Snow Density: 7.6% H2O Temperature: 30.2 F Sky: Light Snow (2 to 12 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 8.5 inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Event totals: 8.7” Snow/0.70” L.E. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.6 inches New Liquid: 0.05 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 12.0 Snow Density: 8.3% H2O Temperature: 31.8 F Sky: Light Snow (1 to 4 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 9.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 34F OVC with snow grains falling--all of VT socked in looking at this VIS sat, maybe we can get some peeks of sun later and warm it up some. 8.2" final. Season at 84", which is probably close to normal give or take a few inches trying to gather historical COOP data taking into account micro climate biases. Man, time goes quick, already been 6 winters here in VT. 6 year average 92" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 With the fresh powder from Winter Storm Quincy, my younger son and I headed out for a ski tour at Bolton Valley yesterday, so I can pass along some snow updates and images. Depth checks of the new snow at 1,500’, 2,000’, and even up above 3,000’ were all essentially the same in the 7 to 8” range. That’s essentially the same as what we picked up at the house, so overall, there really didn’t seem to be much change in accumulation around here from 500’ on up to above 3,000’. Temperatures stayed well below freezing even at 2,000’, and probably even down to 1,500’, so the turns were very nice. The powder was of medium to perhaps slightly higher density, the snow had a nice surfy consistency, with enough buoyancy for bottomless turns on even steep pitches in the black diamond range. You could certainly hit bottom on the very steepest pitches, but we focused on medium-angle terrain and it was bottomless all the way. With many people not going to work right now as the state strives to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and a fresh dump of powder on the slopes, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised at how many people were out for turns. The number of people touring seemed notable though – between Timberline and the Village, there were at least several dozen cars out there. Despite the number of people up at the resort, it was clear that even resort ski touring is still a great activity for social distancing. As is typically the case, we actually saw only a few people while we were out on the hill, and you still never had to go within 50 feet of anyone if you didn’t want to. A few shots from the tour: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Only a couple inches up here J. Still made for decent Gilpin turns. maybe the earliest I have seen our tulips popping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, borderwx said: Only a couple inches up here J. Still made for decent Gilpin turns. Nice, glad to hear you got out into the backcountry. I was actually thinking of touring on the Bolton BC Network when we were out the other day – with so many people off from work, the resort trails are getting more traffic than usual. The snowpack at the Mt. Mansfield Stake is still 60 inches, and the forecast shows various chances for snow in the higher elevations over the next week. Even if none of the snows are very substantial, there don’t seem to be any overly warm temperatures, so the snowpack at elevation shouldn’t be going anywhere. I’m hoping we get some more rounds of spring storms with accumulations like this last one – it’s kind of strange having the resorts closed here in March, but it’s presenting some unique opportunities. The time of year is always so great with the deep snowpack and longer days, and the warm spring skiing is certainly fun, but the spring powder days have such a cool vibe – you get a piece of winter sort of transplanted into spring, atop what is typically the deepest base of the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Went for a bike ride today. Realized we will go through March without a decent snowfall up here(6+). Times are certainly strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 38F light rain on this Sunday morning... It's pretty unclear to me what will happen in my hood. Change to light ice or snow overnight? Not looking for much but some white or icing might keep my mind occupied. 24/7 COVID info is not good mentally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Why not. A 39F thunderstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Enjoyed last nights thunderstorms. We had a couple move through during the evening. The best one was late evening. Temp at 33F with heavy rain turning to heavy sleet. Enough to whiten the ground. At first I thought it was hail and maybe under certain unique weather conditions both could fall if there was enough convection above the cold lower layer. That's a question for the Mets... Looking forward to some snow this afternoon and then we are under the wheel of misfortune for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said: Enjoyed last nights thunderstorms. We had a couple move through during the evening. The best one was late evening. Temp at 33F with heavy rain turning to heavy sleet. Enough to whiten the ground. At first I thought it was hail and maybe under certain unique weather conditions both could fall if there was enough convection above the cold lower layer. That's a question for the Mets... Looking forward to some snow this afternoon and then we are under the wheel of misfortune for awhile We had both here. The first set of cells was all small hail. There was a layered look to the hydrometeors and some were a little smaller than peas. That last line started as hail, but transitioned over to regular sleet and the temp responded with a quick drop from 35F to 33F. Some of the colder surfaces still had a coating of it remaining this morning. There was some decent hail here near the CON-Pembroke line as well as I saw large piles of it built up near storm drains and other runoff areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I'm starting to get that itch to start working on my yard and plant things. Then I checked last year records to see the last frost and realized we were at 35F in late June. That's 3 months away. Just shoot me... Sap is going strong though so at least there's that. 0.8" of cement last night; made it easier to carry the sap sled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 34.2F Light snow vis about 1 mile 515pm. Looking at webcams in my area it looks to be rain down where most people live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 folks at sugarloaf said they got about 7" last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Exploring the higher terrain in some nice steady snowfall today. Ended up with only a dense half inch coating on colder surfaces at 1,500ft but a few inches up higher. Yesterday had some serious freezing rain though... pure icestorm with 1/2" of ice above 2,500ft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 March Totals Accumulating Storms: 7 Snowfall: 12.9” Liquid Equivalent: 3.34” March mean and median snowfall here at our site are both right around 30 inches, so this March was definitely somewhat lean in that department, running 0.86 S.D. below average. This March certainly won’t go down as a “middle of the pack” type of month, but it’s definitely not in with the “bottom of the barrel” type seasons like ‘09-‘10 (2.1”) and ’15-‘16 (5.7”) either. It even edged out ‘08-‘09 (12.6”), although it certainly falls in that group with seasons like ’11-‘12 (14.2”) and ’14-‘15 (17.2”). Total liquid for the month was a bit below the mean (3.67”), but pretty typical overall. The total number of accumulating snowstorms was actually right about the average (~7.5). Now that we’re on to April, the yard snowpack is dwindling and I suspect the last vestiges will be gone within a few days. It will likely disappear earlier than average (4/15), but it already looks like it’s going to persist longer than some of the very early seasons like ‘09-‘10 (4/3). This season had a very early snowpack start though (11/8), so the duration of the continuous winter snowpack here in the yard is already at 148 days and beyond the average duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 March snowfall here (15.5") was below the mean of 17.5" but above the median of 14.9" - getting 55.5" in 3/01 skews the average a bit. Ground's been white from 11/11 onward but with only 7" this morning it's only got a few more days. Current consecutive run is 145 days, and amazingly given the quality of this winter, that trails only last winter and is 4th for total 1"+ days. We'll pass 2002-03 (another low-snow winter, but due to suppression) on Sunday and would tie 2014-15 at 150 if the cover survives until Wednesday evening - I think not. SDDs are well below both average and median, same as 02-03 though we're a bit higher than that winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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