powderfreak Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 29 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: @powderfreak you will like this. https://www.facebook.com/100000284395518/posts/5184527571566671/ Dude that’s wild! Man talk about being at the right spot at the right time. Dam burst there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Looks great guys. Solid event up there. I hated this event..ha. 60 mph gusts, lost a good chunk of shingles, another screwgie in SVT. Every event seems to screw us down here somehow this year. Had some OK snow once winds went calm this afternoon..total was about 5" between wind blown dense stuff and post wind stuff.. Snow growth was really never good. I think Mitch only had little over 6" and so did the local cocorahs guy at 1800' past Bromley near me as of 430pm, stuck between the forcing in Mass and the mid levels up north I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jculligan Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Just about done here I think. We'll end up a little shy of 9" by the time all is said and done. So many of our storms this season have featured dense low ratio snow, it was nice to have a low density event for a change. Easiest shoveling of the winter. Depth is back up to 17 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Event totals: 11.6” Snow/0.64” L.E. Details from the 6:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 6.9 inches New Liquid: 0.22 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 31.4 Snow Density: 3.2% H2O Temperature: 12.4 F Sky: Snow (5-20 mm flakes) Snow at the stake: 18.0 inches 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 7.25” storm total depth here at home. Seems about the normal reduction from 9” at the mountain. No intermediate readings. Absolutely beautiful snow, stacked on every object with zero wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 9.2 inches here, clearing the board showed clearly how we went from dense sand in the first half to fluff in the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 About 10” here. Great event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: @powderfreak you will like this. https://www.facebook.com/100000284395518/posts/5184527571566671/ Wow! I’ve never seen ice jams release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I measured 5.5” when I cleared my board at 7:30. My first clearance was 6.25” at 1:30. I measured 2” at 7:30 am but left that until the 1:30 clearing. This the closest I have ever come to doing an “official” type of measurement, with the clearing every 6 hours. So 11.75” so far. There is probably the .25” I need for a foot out there but I’ll wait til morning to figure that out. Overall, a nice event and an over performer for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 6 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: @Ginx snewxwatching the news report on this now. 30 cars involved, one death and 7 injured. Part of 89 northbound still closed. Nasty accident, had to be terrifying. Your wife was involved in a big one a few years ago wasn’t she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 VERMONT ...Addison County... Addison 9.0 500 PM 2/25 Public Ferrisburg 8.3 400 PM 2/25 Public Monkton 8.0 530 PM 2/25 Public Middlebury 6.3 255 PM 2/25 Public ...Caledonia County... Groton 8.0 445 PM 2/25 Public Sutton 7.9 735 PM 2/25 Co-Op Observer West Danville 7.5 440 PM 2/25 At 1600 ft elevation. 1 NW Kirby 5.0 600 PM 2/25 Public East Hardwick 5.0 205 PM 2/25 Public East Burke 4.8 440 PM 2/25 Public ...Chittenden County... 1 NNW Burlington 9.2 700 PM 2/25 NWS Employee 2 NW Westford 8.9 718 PM 2/25 NWS Employee Charlotte 8.0 500 PM 2/25 Public 1 SW Milton 8.0 515 PM 2/25 NWS Employee Hinesburg 8.0 445 PM 2/25 Broadcast Media 1 NE South Burlingto 7.9 700 PM 2/25 NWS Office 1 S Essex Center 7.9 745 PM 2/25 NWS Employee 1 SW Hinesburg 7.8 305 PM 2/25 Public 2 SW Milton 7.8 609 PM 2/25 NWS Employee 1 S Burlington 7.5 430 PM 2/25 Public 2 NNW Williston 7.4 615 PM 2/25 NWS Employee Essex Center 7.0 400 PM 2/25 NWS Employee Burlington 6.4 215 PM 2/25 Public 1 E Nashville 6.0 458 PM 2/25 NWS Employee 1 SSW Underhill 6.0 530 PM 2/25 Public 4 NNE Underhill 5.5 234 PM 2/25 CoCoRaHS 1 E Jericho 5.5 300 PM 2/25 Public ...Essex County... Maidstone 7.4 545 PM 2/25 Public ...Franklin County... 3 NNE St. Albans 10.0 730 PM 2/25 Public St. Albans 9.5 545 PM 2/25 Public Georgia Center 8.7 445 PM 2/25 Public Lake Carmi State Par 8.2 400 PM 2/25 Public 2 E St. Albans 8.0 315 PM 2/25 Public North Fairfax 7.0 340 PM 2/25 Public Franklin 7.0 211 PM 2/25 Public 2 SSE St. Albans Bay 7.0 315 PM 2/25 Public 1 S Fairfax 6.5 400 PM 2/25 Public ...Grand Isle County... Alburgh 10.5 500 PM 2/25 Public ...Lamoille County... 2 ESE Underhill Stat 9.0 600 PM 2/25 Elevation 3000 ft Morrisville 8.5 640 PM 2/25 Public Jeffersonville 8.0 430 PM 2/25 Public 1 SSE Smugglers Notc 7.0 300 PM 2/25 Public Johnson 7.0 330 PM 2/25 Public 1 NW Stowe 7.0 615 PM 2/25 Elevation 750 ft Cambridge 4.5 230 PM 2/25 Public ...Orange County... Washington 11.0 708 PM 2/25 Public Williamstown 11.0 430 PM 2/25 Public Orange 10.5 614 PM 2/25 Public Brookfield 10.0 525 PM 2/25 Public Chelsea 9.5 620 PM 2/25 Public Randolph 9.0 544 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter Tunbridge 8.6 530 PM 2/25 Public Bradford 7.0 445 PM 2/25 Public ...Orleans County... Newport 8.5 400 PM 2/25 Co-Op Observer Derby Line 8.5 415 PM 2/25 Public Newport Center 8.0 215 PM 2/25 Public 4 NNE Greensboro 7.4 439 PM 2/25 CoCoRaHS Craftsbury 7.0 215 PM 2/25 Public Coventry 6.7 435 PM 2/25 Public ...Rutland County... Forest Dale 7.0 530 PM 2/25 Public 2 SSE Pittsford 7.0 540 PM 2/25 CoCoRaHS 1 NE Brandon 6.0 300 PM 2/25 Public Castleton 6.0 230 PM 2/25 Public Brandon 5.0 215 PM 2/25 Public 3 ESE Shrewsbury 4.5 415 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter South Wallingford 4.5 335 PM 2/25 Public West Haven 4.0 215 PM 2/25 Public 3 SSW Wallingford 3.3 230 PM 2/25 CoCoRaHS ...Washington County... 1 SW East Barre 12.2 530 PM 2/25 NWS Employee Moretown 12.0 605 PM 2/25 Public Barre 10.5 600 PM 2/25 Public South Barre 10.5 500 PM 2/25 Public Northfield 10.5 635 PM 2/25 1500 ft elevation Calais 10.0 725 PM 2/25 Public Waitsfield 10.0 339 PM 2/25 At 1500 ft elevation. Plainfield 8.5 530 PM 2/25 Public 1 NW Waitsfield 8.0 300 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter 1 NW Calais 8.0 415 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter 1 SSE Walden 8.0 400 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter East Calais 7.5 610 PM 2/25 Public 4 ESE Marshfield 7.5 419 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter ...Windsor County... Rochester 9.0 600 PM 2/25 1700 ft Pomfret 8.5 605 PM 2/25 Public Woodstock 8.0 530 PM 2/25 Public 1 NNE Pomfret 7.9 747 PM 2/25 Public 5 NNW Hartland 7.7 747 PM 2/25 CoCoRaHS 3 S Ludlow 7.5 730 PM 2/25 Trained Spotter 1 W South Royalton 7.5 400 PM 2/25 At 900 ft elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 8 hours ago, mreaves said: @Ginx snewxwatching the news report on this now. 30 cars involved, one death and 7 injured. Part of 89 northbound still closed. Nasty accident, had to be terrifying. Your wife was involved in a big one a few years ago wasn’t she? 2015 Yes 42 car 6 tractor trailer on NJ Turnpike. The car she was in was hit 4 separate times. No injuries, they were on their way to pick up 16 rescue dogs behind the transport van which wasn't hit. We still have one of those rescues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Event totals: 12.0” Snow/0.65” L.E. The skies cleared out overnight, so that marks the end of Winter Storm Oaklee, and the above totals are the final numbers for here at our site. The total liquid picked up here was right in line with the modeling consensus, and kudos to the BTV NWS for their usual great forecasting – their 8-12” range that was forecast in this area was right on track. With the given liquid, those higher snow ratios were required to get into that accumulation range, but those ratios went way up as the storm progressed. Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.4 inches New Liquid: 0.01 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 40.0 Snow Density: 2.5% H2O Temperature: -2.4 F Sky: Mostly Clear Snow at the stake: 17.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 10 hours ago, mreaves said: I measured 5.5” when I cleared my board at 7:30. My first clearance was 6.25” at 1:30. I measured 2” at 7:30 am but left that until the 1:30 clearing. This the closest I have ever come to doing an “official” type of measurement, with the clearing every 6 hours. So 11.75” so far. There is probably the .25” I need for a foot out there but I’ll wait til morning to figure that out. That’s great to hear about the snowboard and getting in some 6-hour collection intervals for the storm. It seems like your accumulation numbers were right on track with what I was getting here. Now all you need to do is join CoCoRaHS, and start getting accumulation cores so you can report liquid. Just ask Ginx, he’s a big advocate for getting people join. Plenty of people just get snow depths though and don’t necessarily do cores for winter storms. CoCoRaHS had sent me a couple of extra Stratus gauges for backup/replacement, so my wife took one of those and now reports from her school site in Morrisville with her first grade class. Her students had been doing daily weather observations for years, but now they get to work on their numbers as part of their daily weather routine with the liquid from the gauge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Looks like you northern Vermont guys should get a refresher Sunday with that front coming through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Looks like you northern Vermont guys should get a refresher Sunday with that front coming through. GFS looks pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, DavisStraight said: Looks like you northern Vermont guys should get a refresher Sunday with that front coming through. It actually looks like there’s a bit of NNE bread and butter style pattern setting up on the heels of Winter Storm Oaklee. Next up in the storm queue appears to be a low pressure system moving through Quebec tonight and coming into the area tomorrow afternoon, with squalls and a reinforcing shortwave. The forecast suggests accumulations of 1-3” around the area. After that, there’s a clipper-type system shown in the models for Tuesday night into Wednesday. The BTV NWS mentions the next potential system for Wednesday night into Thursday as part of their discussion, but they say that one lacks upper level support and would probably only be flurries or a dusting. Some of the models do more with it though, so it’s certainly something to keep an eye on. Then, the models are showing possibility for next weekend, but the suggestions right now would be for a larger system that might be associated with some warm air, so not really a northern stream bread and butter type system. Still, that’s four potential systems in about a week, so there’s a lot of potential in the immediate future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Latest GYX disco points to a “snowy week” ahead for the mountains given the persistent NW flow and disturbances moving through one after the other. Would be nice to finally get a good run of upslope days to stack up some powder. Happy to take a break from synoptic stuff and just let climo and geography take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 14 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: @powderfreak you will like this. https://www.facebook.com/100000284395518/posts/5184527571566671/ Think I might've backed a little farther from the river. Reminded me of my first spring (1976) in Ft. Kent, with bedroom-size ice chunks 3-4' thick were thudding against the base of the 3' diameter elm on river's edge. That tree had been debarked 6-7 feet higher on the river side 2 years earlier when a week-long jam 30 miles upriver at Dickey let go. The water rose 20' in 2-3 minutes in Ft. Kent, with ice chunks on Main Street breaking the plate glass storefront windows. Two summers later work began on the dike to protect West Main up to a 32' flood. The 2008 flood reached 30.8 and did lots of damage on the unprotected east side. Finished with 6.2" of 14:1 fluff. The new snow plus clear and calm allowed the temp to radiate down to -17 this morning. Mid -20s in Aroostook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I just put seed out for the birds, I was really surprised how much powder there was. I thought the sand base would have made up more of a prominent layer. BTV has a map out for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 GYX map is healthy for the NH upslope spots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 1 hour ago, J.Spin said: That’s great to hear about the snowboard and getting in some 6-hour collection intervals for the storm. It seems like your accumulation numbers were right on track with what I was getting here. Now all you need to do is join CoCoRaHS, and start getting accumulation cores so you can report liquid. Just ask Ginx, he’s a big advocate for getting people join. Plenty of people just get snow depths though and don’t necessarily do cores for winter storms. CoCoRaHS had sent me a couple of extra Stratus gauges for backup/replacement, so my wife took one of those and now reports from her school site in Morrisville with her first grade class. Her students had been doing daily weather observations for years, but now they get to work on their numbers as part of their daily weather routine with the liquid from the gauge. Yes yes yes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 12z GFS paints a snowy week ahead for the NNE favored zones. NW flow galore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Below is the north to south listing of available snowfall totals from the Vermont ski areas for Winter Storm Oaklee. It looks like the numbers are a bit lower down to the south, perhaps due to the increased snow ratios that appeared with the latter part of the storm up north. Jay Peak: 16” Burke: 8” Smuggler’s Notch: 13” Stowe: 10” Bolton Valley: 11” Mad River Glen: 15” Sugarbush: 12” Middlebury: 12” Suicide Six: 10” Ski Quechee: 12” Pico: 9” Killington: 9” Okemo: 7” Bromley: 10” Magic Mountain: 8” Stratton: 9” Mount Snow: 9” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 My 9.25" of snow brings me up to 44" for the season. Not as much as Boston and most in SNE but at least I'm moving up on the AMWX snow board. This snow if just like all the "fake" snow you guys north of me get. The new pack is already down to 5 or 6" as it compacts, melts and sublimates. A glaciated snow cover would barely be dented on a day like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Yeah, sun is getting strong. 20 degrees but still settling and some melting. Sure would be nice to have my old 30" pack right now instead of about 8" This new pack would disappear in about 10 minutes in a cutter. Let's get some fluff on it this week at least. If I can't build pack, I'd rather it at least snow constantly and keep refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I'm ready for spring. The sun feels amazing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 This morning we headed out to the hill to check out the snow from Winter Storm Oaklee. Having clear skies, comfortable winter temperatures, and about a foot of fresh snow held the potential for some great skiing. As noted in observations here in the thread, the storm cycle progressed into some impressive 2-4% H2O champagne, and indeed what we found out there at Bolton was some very high quality powder. The denser (~10% H2O) snow from the front end of the storm cycle wasn’t too evident underfoot actually, so the only major downside of today’s powder skiing was that it wasn’t quite bottomless. Depending on the pitch, you were certainly touching down on the subsurface, but on everything except for the steepest terrain, the powder turns were quite good. On moderate angle terrain you could typically get by with 80-90% bottomless skiing, and because the powder was just so incredibly dry, you could ride it on lower angle terrain and it skied really well because of such low impedance. Measurements throughout the morning revealed plenty of 8-12” powder depths, and we just ended up staying down at Timberline for our entire session because there was rarely a lift queue of note. A lot of trails weren’t open simply because the headwalls didn’t have quite enough snow to cover them up fully, but routes were available to traverse below them, and all that terrain was just loaded with quality powder. We generally stayed on piste because there was plenty of powder available there, and it was the better option anyway. Some off piste areas are dicey because of the recent warmth, but the off piste areas that are typically protected from the warmth and are well manicured were in great shape, so we did have some nice turns in those spots. A few shots from today’s outing: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW_of_GYX Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Coldest air in New England seems to be right over my dome, weird. 3 degrees when I left Bridgton 30 min ago. Up to 25 in Gilead Maine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Nice snow showers this morning. A couple inches up at 1500ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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