CoastalWx Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Wish we were there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Some of the hardest snowblowing I’ve done in a long time. Ended up with 9” or so from both parts. The thick crust in the middle was a bitch. The snowblower would ride on the crust and then break through so I’d have to back up and go through again. Pretty out and wintry looking. 10F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Light snow showers here attm. 26F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Yards are treacherous, glacial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Yards are treacherous, glacial. My driveway yard and parts of our road are insanely icy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: My driveway yard and parts of our road are insanely icy. Took a drive this morning and the freezing rain line for Thursday night was up around 900 feet or so here. The very top of the hills surrounding Greenfield are white but it’s only for maybe 50 to 100 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, mreaves said: Some of the hardest snowblowing I’ve done in a long time. Ended up with 9” or so from both parts. The thick crust in the middle was a bitch. The snowblower would ride on the crust and then break through so I’d have to back up and go through again. Pretty out and wintry looking. 10F Same here, with some of the same issues. Blower would hit crust and wheels would dig a hole, requiring a backup, and as there had been a lot of ice on the driveway pre-storm, occasionally my feet would slide sideways adding to the fun. Usually takes about an hour or so to clear a 10-12" storm with equivalent LE but this 5" one took just under 2, most time needed since needing 3 hours to clear the Jan 27-28, 2015 blizz, which had 2.17" LE compared to 1.09" from this one. That storm was 9:1 sand and had 12 hours of settling before we got back from SNJ but it also had no crust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 This storm left some really nice scenery with the sun now poking out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Beautiful. The only snow on the trees here is the final inch, after 7 hours of sandblasting had cleaned everything off the branches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Engaging in Spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Stealing from a friend in Stowe Village. What a caking snow. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 From my daughter in upstate NY near the Canadian border 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Still no interwebs or wind speed. Lots of branches down around town. At least we never lost power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: From my daughter in upstate NY near the Canadian border Deep winter up there...so close and yet so far for us. Having snow pack helps the maple season and this cold is helping producers down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Some of the hardest snowblowing I’ve done in a long time. Ended up with 9” or so from both parts. The thick crust in the middle was a bitch. The snowblower would ride on the crust and then break through so I’d have to back up and go through again. Pretty out and wintry looking. 10FLol at the redo over the driveway. Kept breaking through as well. Told my wife I wouldn't be long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: 5 hours ago, mreaves said: Some of the hardest snowblowing I’ve done in a long time. Ended up with 9” or so from both parts. The thick crust in the middle was a bitch. The snowblower would ride on the crust and then break through so I’d have to back up and go through again. Pretty out and wintry looking. 10F Lol at the redo over the driveway. Kept breaking through as well. Told my wife I wouldn't be long.... Same. Two passes just about covered it except where I had to drive over it to and from work. Better than a sheet of ice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Icy in Gardner and Westminster MA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogmios Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 We got several hours of freezing rain after about 5 cm (2 inches est) snowfall before it turned to rain and got upto 48 (+9) degrees but it did not melt all the ice and the snow as it was a quick warm-up followed by a quick cold shot. Currently sea effect snow, with a few cm or a 1-2 inches on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 1:03 PM, klw said: Just starting to get a few fat flakes now. There is a good 1/4 inch ice on everything. It really is just a matter of time until the power goes out. Sure enough we ended up losing power a little after 3pm . We were out for about 23 hours. We ended up getting 3.5 inches more after the changeover to give up 7.5 inches plus the ice. Branches down up and down our road. I will have to go into our woods to see what that looks like but may wait until the ice melts off the trees first. Got a few pictures but the camera battery died From yesterday before the change: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Such a different looking landscape here on the coast. Hardly any winter debris to clean up. Let’s just turn up the heat and spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 6 hours ago, alex said: This storm left some really nice scenery with the sun now poking out Beautiful, heading up to your hood next weekend, glad its going to look like winter. Heading over the PowderFreak land two weeks after that, glad there's winter somewhere in New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Remarkable story really speaks to the power of the intense banded snow that moved through , btv airport closed for the first time In nearly 20 years. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/weather-closes-burlington-airport-for-first-time-in-nearly-20-years/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Final totals appear to be : BTV area 14-18 inches CYUL Montreal 36 cm / 14 inches Montréal island in general ranged 14-18 inches also CYOW Ottawa 26 cm / 10 inches highest total I’ve seen from NWS btv and environment Canada is Malone NY 22 inches. That fits well with where the expected jackpot was going to be ... MBY I’ll say approx 17 and call it a day. There is a LOT of dense snow out there (giant piles and extended clean up in process ) .....agree with many that it’s one of the most picturesque snows in quite some time caked to everything (scenes right out of those sappy Holiday movies). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, Organizing Low said: Remarkable story really speaks to the power of the intense banded snow that moved through , btv airport closed for the first time In nearly 20 years. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/weather-closes-burlington-airport-for-first-time-in-nearly-20-years/amp/ They didn’t close for that big blocked flow event a decade ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, dendrite said: They didn’t close for that big blocked flow event a decade ago? It was most certainly due to the evolution of the storm. I’d call it one of the worst road surfaces you’ll see here... washboard ice. Like a mud season rumblestrip but made out of ice and melt/compression holes. The first event probably made it wintry, but then there was prolonged light freezing rain at 23-25F in BTV that got real icy. It was icy around here with ZR at at higher 28-31F temps here. But low/mid 20s liquid gets icy on plowed stuff in a hurry. Top it off with a decent period of 1-2”/hr that drops a quick 8-10” at the airport... I bet that’s a tough combo to battle, prolonged light icing the heavy thump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Nice storm, great pics. I bet Stowe and Jay are beautiful this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 8 hours ago, powderfreak said: It was most certainly due to the evolution of the storm. I’d call it one of the worst road surfaces you’ll see here... washboard ice. Like a mud season rumblestrip but made out of ice and melt/compression holes. The first event probably made it wintry, but then there was prolonged light freezing rain at 23-25F in BTV that got real icy. It was icy around here with ZR at at higher 28-31F temps here. But low/mid 20s liquid gets icy on plowed stuff in a hurry. Top it off with a decent period of 1-2”/hr that drops a quick 8-10” at the airport... I bet that’s a tough combo to battle, prolonged light icing the heavy thump. Excellent analysis PF thanks i wasn’t Living here for the blocked flow event, but I do remember watching it unfold in Ottawa on the old forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 9 hours ago, powderfreak said: It was most certainly due to the evolution of the storm. I’d call it one of the worst road surfaces you’ll see here... washboard ice. Like a mud season rumblestrip but made out of ice and melt/compression holes. The first event probably made it wintry, but then there was prolonged light freezing rain at 23-25F in BTV that got real icy. It was icy around here with ZR at at higher 28-31F temps here. But low/mid 20s liquid gets icy on plowed stuff in a hurry. Top it off with a decent period of 1-2”/hr that drops a quick 8-10” at the airport... I bet that’s a tough combo to battle, prolonged light icing the heavy thump. Wet snow followed by wicked cold can make a real mess. In Jan 1994 in the BGR-area +SN changed to RA then back again as temps dove to subzero. I-95 south of the city had immovable ice clumps 2-4" thick such that going much over 15 mph was hazardous to one's suspension. Even the big graders couldn't scrape off much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Add to the fact that road crews leave some accumulation on the roads to soak up sleet and rain, when it gets real cold afterwards that stuff gets welded to the road. It’s like driving on slippery corduroy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 It’s a photographers dream out there. Some Iphone pics from a morning drive on I-89 between saint Albans and BTV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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