alex Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 And snowing heavily again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 It is snowing so obscenely hard right now here on the County Line at 1500ft. Has to be over 2"/hr. High Road Plot had 8" cleared yesterday and then another 6" by 9am this morning for storm total 14" and rising fast. This is like being in a deform band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Event totals: 7.7” Snow/1.44” L.E. The snow definitely dried out substantially with this morning’s round of precipitation – it’s certainly down into upslope snow territory at 3.3% H2O. Details from the 12:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 1.5 inches New Liquid: 0.05 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 30.0 Snow Density: 3.3% H2O Temperature: 33.4 F Sky: Light Snow (2-12 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 10.5 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 The difference in skiing is amazing. First time skiing glades without stumps and branches everywhere. The stuff is like Sierra cement, couldn’t ask for a better base. Still snowing “in waves” but still not very “fluffy” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 12+ at 3K, windy, wild, and welcomed, skin track refills, and honking snow when we scooted out at 1 In typical fashion, 2” at the house, but it’s coming down steady now, bless the NW winds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Still lightly snowing on and off. Enough to make I-89 a little slick. I was on my way back from W. Lebanon and had a car spin out in front of me between exits 5 and 6. The guy did a good job keeping it between the guardrails without hitting anything. I bet he wanted to change his pants afterward, I almost had to. Luckily we were both going only 55 or so and I was keeping some distance between us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Event totals: 8.1” Snow/1.45” L.E. There’s still a bit of snow falling out there, so we’ll see if there’s anything else to add to this event overnight. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.4 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 40.0 Snow Density: 2.5% H2O Temperature: 30.9 F Sky: Light Snow (1-2 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 10.0 inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I measured 18” in several spots so I believe the Randolph observer’s numbers. Lines up well here after a whole day of settling. It’s a thick layer of beastly cement with some fluff on top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 This is the densest upslope I have ever witnessed. Also, this the greatest amount of upslope I have witnessed...so far... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, PhineasC said: I measured 18” in several spots so I believe the Randolph observer’s numbers. Lines up well here after a whole day of settling. It’s a thick layer of beastly cement with some fluff on top. Crushed. That ain't going anywhere for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Only one type of event will wipe this base out...hopefully we don't see it again until 2030. Might be a normal climo type storm by then..lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Wildcat was so much fun yesterday and even today. Much better than a few weeks ago. The storm was very elevation dependent, and I saw a huge difference between 800' in Gorham, and 1500' around Pinkham Notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 The family was up at Bolton Valley for a ski session this morning, and I’ll pass along a few updates. The mountain reported an additional 6” of snow as of their early report today, making for a 14” storm total at that point. That will probably go up a bit more for tomorrow since it was still snowing while were there, and indeed the snowfall was heavy at times. They had a resort-wide power outage in the morning (presumably some heavy, wet snow and/or winds brought something down on the Bolton Valley Access Road), so that delayed opening a bit. We’d planned to just do lift-served skiing on alpine gear today, but catching wind of the power outage via the snow report, we brought Telemark gear as well, and ascended via the Timberline uphill route to make a quick run there while we waited for the Timberline Quad to open. We switched over to alpine gear once the Timberline Quad started loading, and the skiing was great. While we were hanging out, we checked total snowpack depth on the Spell Binder trail at around the 2,000’ elevation mark, and generally got depths of 18-20”. Due to high winds, the uppermost lifts (Vista Quad and Wilderness Double) never opened, so we ended up skiing in just the 1,500’ to 2,500’ elevation range on Timberline. I know from my experience at the resort yesterday that the snow was notably drier on the upper mountain, so what we skied today in those lower elevations was a bit on the denser side. The powder had certainly become drier overall with the overnight addition of upslope snow vs. just the dense snow from yesterday, but I bet the snow is even drier in the upper elevations of the main mountain. With that said, the snow at Timberline was still fantastic, with lots of untracked powder available as ski patrol did their checks and other work to get new trails open. The mountain is planning to run all the lifts tomorrow as long as the winds die down, so there could be some nice turns on the lifts that didn’t open at all today. A few shots from this morning: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Days and days... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 17” as of 4pm today about 2/3rds of the way up the mountain. 6 hours later at 10:30pm it’s still snowing lightly on Mansfield and here in town there’s been another half inch or so this evening. Might be a couple extra inches by morning up on the hill since 4pm but radar looks to finally be dying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 A buddy is reporting a quick 4” in Burlington this morning, ha. Looks like NWS is on it. We had another 1” overnight in Stowe Village. NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 542 AM EST Monday...Forecast is playing out nicely but had to make some adjustments upward on morning snow totals as snowfall rates of 1-2"/hr were observed locally here at BTV for couple of hours as the flow became highly blocked. Locally across western portions of Chittenden county you`ll likely find a solid 3" of snowfall as the sun rises, and probably a few spots closer to 4". Issued a special weather statement earlier to highlight a slippery morning commute. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Event totals: 11.2” Snow/1.56” L.E. I guess we weren’t nearly at the end of the system yet, because we woke up to another solid accumulation of champagne flakes here. The mountain reported similar accumulations to bring their storm total to 19”. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 3.1 inches New Liquid: 0.11 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 28.2 Snow Density: 3.5% H2O Temperature: 30.9 F Sky: Snow (2-10 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 13.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: A buddy is reporting a quick 4” in Burlington this morning, ha. Looks like NWS is on it. We had another 1” overnight in Stowe Village. NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... As of 542 AM EST Monday...Forecast is playing out nicely but had to make some adjustments upward on morning snow totals as snowfall rates of 1-2"/hr were observed locally here at BTV for couple of hours as the flow became highly blocked. Locally across western portions of Chittenden county you`ll likely find a solid 3" of snowfall as the sun rises, and probably a few spots closer to 4". Issued a special weather statement earlier to highlight a slippery morning commute. Yeah, I was even wondering if we were going to get anything overnight, but there was 3”+ on the boards at observations time, and it’s still be coming down fairly steadily. Snow density analysis came in at 3.5%, so this is great topping – even the BV snow report commented on it. We know what this is alright… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Finally looking like it should around these parts. Don’t get too close to the edge of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Solid fluff bombing here this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Added 1.5” since I woke up. It’s coming down! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Temp dropping to 23 degrees now. Nice chilly day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Temp dropping to 23 degrees now. Nice chilly day. Down to 23.7° here. Still occasional flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Lunar moonscape feel out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 That’s what it should look like! 2010 in Maryland all the time, ha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 36° with overcast skies after a sunny morning. Not very wintry down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, dendrite said: 36° with overcast skies after a sunny morning. Not very wintry down here. 32.9F with occ. very light snow/flurries. Brighter to the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, PhineasC said: Temp dropping to 23 degrees now. Nice chilly day. I'm sitting at 32F which is slightly above average. Just a guess but 23F is slightly above average for you on the coldest week of the year. Just a guess. Wish there was better long term data in the Whites. Maybe someone knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: I'm sitting at 32F which is slightly above average. Just a guess but 23F is slightly above average for you on the coldest week of the year. Just a guess. Wish there was better long term data in the Whites. Maybe someone knows? Pretty sure it’s above average here but still cold compared to how it’s been. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 This snow is crazy dense. Blue snow everywhere in my piles too. Loaded with moisture. Would take a mighty grinch indeed to melt this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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