J.Spin Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: Totally nitpicking here, but given the general uniform snow totals with this event from mountain peaks to lower elevations, two spots stand out. The ski areas giving a large range don’t really make sense to me when the others are showing tight 0-1” ranges from top to bottom. MRG said 4-8”, which sounds more like a forecast than a snow total and Smuggs said 6-9”. I’m definitely OCD () but those feel like “mailing it in” reports. How much snow is out there? “Ehh it’s somewhere between 4 and 8 inches.” Or the old “we have 6 at the bottom so add a couple/few for the top.” Oh, I totally agree that those stood out, even in just reporting the upper elevation numbers as I usually do for my lists. It’s one of the reasons I like to put these north to south summaries together though – it lets one see the snowfall trends and deviations around here with respect to latitude. Sometimes the ups and downs make sense, and sometimes they’re not as straightforward. It’s really cool to have the spine of the Greens running 250 miles with all the resorts giving high elevation observations though. They’re not going to have the rigor of something like a first-order station in their observations of course, but they give a decent idea of what went on with each storm up and down the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Melted 0.61" here in the valley on 5.5" snow. Pretty consistent with models showing 0.5-0.75" QPF. Wow, that's pretty darned consistent with what I got - essentially the exact same 9 to 1 snow to L.E. ratio for the overall storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 13 minutes ago, J.Spin said: Wow, that's pretty darned consistent with what I got - essentially the exact same 9 to 1 snow to L.E. ratio for the overall storm. Noticed that. I also think the consistency is pretty much identical at the mountain. The drive from the ski area to town didn't seem to change at all right after the snowfall. I think it was pretty uniform.. 5-7" swath. Similar water equiv over a large area? The models had a large area of uniform QPF, more so than usual IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Mount Mansfield snow depth at the COOP stake went from 10" to 16" in the daily records. That fits with most snowfall observations, with a hearty half a foot of snow. Probably won't settle much. Still a very low tide snowpack on the whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 26f and snowing again. Solid dusting In The last half hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 34 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Mount Mansfield snow depth at the COOP stake went from 10" to 16" in the daily records. That fits with most snowfall observations, with a hearty half a foot of snow. Probably won't settle much. Still a very low tide snowpack on the whole. 16”, man that’s weak for the beginning of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, mreaves said: 16”, man that’s weak for the beginning of January. It's bottom bucket stuff for snow depth. That Grinch cutter just decimated any chance of a snowpack and it hasn't come close to average snowfall (which can be 2-3" per day up high). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: It's bottom bucket stuff for snow depth. That Grinch cutter just decimated any chance of a snowpack and it hasn't come close to average snowfall (which can be 2-3" per day up high). Is the worm gonna turn? Do I need to leave for a while? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Above the clouds this morning (not my photo though). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 That's beautiful PF! So, since nobody cares in the other forums... what's the thinking on upslope this week? Looks like we are mostly out of synoptic threats, but with low pressure heading up the GoM I would think there is some upslope chances. Gyx doesn't seem enthusiastic. Thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Not a good winter pattern this year for synoptic or upslope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, #NoPoles said: Not a good winter pattern this year for synoptic or upslope. Usually when my chickens are enjoying winter the weenies on the forum are losing it....a definite negative correlation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 That Tuesday system just got pushed so far ESE that by the time it curls NE /barely N it’s not even in GOM. It’s basically south of nearly Halifax And not backing it up . Hose job on upslope . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Looks like a very quiet weather week. At least I have snow cover again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 4 hours ago, alex said: So, since nobody cares in the other forums... what's the thinking on upslope this week? Looks like we are mostly out of synoptic threats, but with low pressure heading up the GoM I would think there is some upslope chances. Gyx doesn't seem enthusiastic. Thoughts? As others have noted, it looks like that system will be too far east to really push much upslope back into NNE, but there’s potential snow associated with the front side of the system tonight, and the BTV NWS discusses the chances for snow showers for the first half of the week. Looking at the models, they’re apparently referring to the bit of moisture that the storm does push back this way even though it’s relatively far off shore. Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 936 AM EST Sun Jan 3 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Dry for much of today, then another storm system will bring the chance for some light snow tonight into Monday. Most will see less than an inch, with parts of south central Vermont seeing around 1 to 3 inches. The potential for light snow showers will continue through mid-week, along with temperatures near seasonal normals. Chances for snow showers diminish across the latter half of this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Great views on the hill today. Solid undercast. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nice views here too. Not quite as undercast though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 zzzzzzzz pattern this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Seeing ice even on the big lake here but I think it’s been the days and days of clouds given it hasn’t been cold, looks like a very grey week upcoming with little range in temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Well, at least BW is back to making snow again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 hours ago, qg_omega said: Seeing ice even on the big lake here but I think it’s been the days and days of clouds given it hasn’t been cold, looks like a very grey week upcoming with little range in temps Most lakes have ice on them, not sure how thick, haven't tested yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 27 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Most lakes have ice on them, not sure how thick, haven't tested yet. Newfound Lake, NH's 5th largest lake is wide open. It's a deep lake but usually is icing over by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just looking at my snow stats for this year, outside of the freakish 32" event, been a total dud so far here. 1.6" is my largest single event outside the mid DEC bomb--not even a nice little 3-4 inch event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 It's snowing the finest snow ever (and I don't mean as in "this is a fine snowfall). it's like diamond dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 13 minutes ago, alex said: It's snowing the finest snow ever (and I don't mean as in "this is a fine snowfall). it's like diamond dust 25.5F Snowing pretty good down here. Some good snow growth too. Almost 1/2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 This looks pretty interesting all the sudden. Those are some solid returns coming up from the south for this great snow growth. I bet J.Spin is now seeing 1"/hr rates at least as it just moved over the Interstate/Winooski Valley corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: Newfound Lake, NH's 5th largest lake is wide open. It's a deep lake but usually is icing over by now Slept at our cottage last nite on winnisquam (#4), no ice. Waukewan had significant amount of ice and Wickwas seemed to fully closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 24 minutes ago, powderfreak said: This looks pretty interesting all the sudden. Those are some solid returns coming up from the south for this great snow growth. I bet J.Spin is now seeing 1"/hr rates at least as it just moved over the Interstate/Winooski Valley corridor. That reached us as well. I was driving back from grocery shopping and the roads got pretty slick. 2” measured when I got home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, mreaves said: That reached us as well. I was driving back from grocery shopping and the roads got pretty slick. 2” measured when I got home. Awesome, looks just like a wall of snow moved up through central VT. Really snowing out here now. Seems very high ratio stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 37 minutes ago, powderfreak said: This looks pretty interesting all the sudden. Those are some solid returns coming up from the south for this great snow growth. I bet J.Spin is now seeing 1"/hr rates at least as it just moved over the Interstate/Winooski Valley corridor. We’ve definitely had some solid snowfall rates at times this evening – I’d look out and see what definitely looked like 1”/hr snow. We haven’t had that rate consistently of course, but I see 1.5–2” of accumulation on the boards since this event started and we’ve got snowfall that seems pretty close to 1”/hr at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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