alex Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 It’s raining and they’re making snow. Never seen that lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, alex said: It’s raining and they’re making snow. Never seen that lol Ha same here! It's rare to have rain with wet-bulbs under 26F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 19 with light wintry mix. I think I see some more flakes trying to get in there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Mostly sleet here but the ski trails are absolutely amazing. It feels like skiing on butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Nice article about Rangeley and Saddleback in the Globe this morning. Here’s the link but I realize it’s probably paywalled for most. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/08/metro/with-its-ski-resort-open-again-everyone-is-rooting-rangeley/?et_rid=745095886&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Event totals: 0.3” Snow/0.12” L.E. The precipitation this morning has generally been sleet, but there’s certainly been some freezing rain as well that has promoted bonding of the sleet together into a frozen mass. It’s one of those days where coring the samples off the snowboards is really impractical, so the cores are best obtained by melting down the accumulation in the rain gauge outer cylinder. Scraping down the snowboards is likewise a huge amount of work, so it’s a day for the technique of putting fresh boards in place and melting down the accumulations from the previous round inside. Also of note is that this event has already brought more liquid equivalent than the 0.08” total suggested from the recent forecast, so it’s been more potent in that regard. Details from the 12:00 P.M. Waterbury observations: New Snow: 0.2 inches (sleet) New Liquid: 0.11 inches Snow/Water Ratio: 1.8 Snow Density: 55.0% H2O Temperature: 26.6 F Sky: Cloudy Snow at the stake: 5.0 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 Getting windy and temp spiked to 31 in a real hurry. OK, move along now little storm. Go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 The 6" pack here is super dense with a layer of thick ice at the bottom. The temps the next few days should really lock it in. Barring any Grinch 2.0 stuff, this should be the base going forward. Now just need 3 feet on top of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 2 hours ago, PhineasC said: OK, move along now little storm. Go away. Whoa… whoa… whoa… are you sure it’s good to push the storm out of here so quickly? Don’t you want the usual backside snows? I don’t think we’d want to miss out on that, and many of the models suggest there could be some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, J.Spin said: Whoa… whoa… whoa… are you sure it’s good to push the storm out of here so quickly? Don’t you want the usual backside snows? I don’t think we’d want to miss out on that, and many of the models suggest there could be some. Is the cold front coming through there yet? Hopefully that gets things going with some snow showers. I actually received very little precip today, but I just don't like temp spikes. Drip drip drip drives me nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Temp spiked here too! Cold front must be close by. Ended up with 0.8” of sleet/zr, so actually not a bad thing all in all and better than the forecasted <1” of snow. I’ll take an inch of sleet over an inch of snow lol from a skiing base building perspective. Forecast does call for snow showers overnight and again tomorrow night, we’ll see how that goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 8 hours ago, powderfreak said: Ha same here! It's rare to have rain with wet-bulbs under 26F. How did the mountain do? Was it enough freezing rain to make tomorrow crazy icy, or just a light glaze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Just now, bwt3650 said: How did the mountain do? Was it enough freezing rain to make tomorrow crazy icy, or just a light glaze? Not sure Stowe but here it shouldn’t have caused any issues, it was mostly sleet. PF - Let us know when the snow starts in Stowe so we have our one hour warning that the upslope is starting! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, bwt3650 said: How did the mountain do? Was it enough freezing rain to make tomorrow crazy icy, or just a light glaze? Below 2500ft I found a zipper crust that was noticeable in untracked off-piste areas. Can see a plate of crust on my skis for example. Up higher it skied much better… dense but sand-like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I was just returning some thawed snowboards outside and the precipitation seems to be mainly snow now in this area. The flakes are small – generally a mm or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, J.Spin said: I was just returning some thawed snowboards outside and the precipitation seems to be mainly snow now in this area. The flakes are small – generally a mm or two. Thanks, was waiting for some obs to my west. What's your temp? Radar looks pretty healthy for some snow showers/squalls later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, J.Spin said: I was just returning some thawed snowboards outside and the precipitation seems to be mainly snow now in this area. The flakes are small – generally a mm or two. Noticed on radar that the real cold front boundary seems to be creating some squalls. That looks like some squally snows... wind is roaring here at times. That gusty WSW flow ahead of a FROPA is classic. Then we'll get a brief heavy burst of snow and wind.... followed by some brutal cold coming tomorrow night through Tuesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Thanks, was waiting for some obs to my west. What's your temp? Radar looks pretty healthy for some snow showers/squalls later. Looks like it's snowing pretty good on the Pittsburg web cams, so it probably won't be too much longer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Below 2500ft I found a zipper crust that was noticeable in untracked off-piste areas. Can see a plate of crust on my skis for example. Up higher it skied much better… dense but sand-like. Thanks…heading up for a few weeks tomorrow and going to try to brave the cold, but wanted to see what conditions were. Jay is guaranteed to have holds so I’m hoping k-mart or stowe has something to the upper mountain, even if I only get a couple hours in. Tuesday may be a no go anywhere with temps, though if the wind dies down enough, below zero doesn’t bother me. Weds may be the day at jay before the mlk crowds start to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Thanks, was waiting for some obs to my west. What's your temp? Radar looks pretty healthy for some snow showers/squalls later. The temperature I'm currently seeing here is 33.4 F; I haven’t been following it too closely, but I did see it up around 35 F earlier today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: Thanks…heading up for a few weeks tomorrow and going to try to brave the cold, but wanted to see what conditions were. Jay is guaranteed to have holds so I’m hoping k-mart or stowe has something to the upper mountain, even if I only get a couple hours in. Tuesday may be a no go anywhere with temps, though if the wind dies down enough, below zero doesn’t bother me. Weds may be the day at jay before the mlk crowds start to build. I won't lie, snow conditions do not improve when the temperature drops to -30C at H85 level. It just doesn't. Snow becomes slow, crystals are grabby. Any residual moisture is frozen solid in an absolute way. It's just cold and the snow surface changes. Unless there is decent snowfall right ahead of it or with it, I do think turning conditions will be variable on the firm/crusty side. Snow conditions often improve greatly on the rebound side of the arctic shot. When it goes arctic, and then moderates to like 25F, the snow seems to loosen up very nicely. Best turns IMO will be on the rebound side of the cold shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Thanks, was waiting for some obs to my west. What's your temp? Radar looks pretty healthy for some snow showers/squalls later. 34° here after a high of 36.6° 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Snowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, mreaves said: 34° here after a high of 36.6° And it’s snowing. Sqaually like PF said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Temp crashing - nonetheless, we’ve had snow at 40F and rain at 19F. OyVey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Wind is cranking. Just a roar moving through at times. Inversion broke. Well mixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 59 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: Thanks…heading up for a few weeks tomorrow and going to try to brave the cold, but wanted to see what conditions were. Jay is guaranteed to have holds so I’m hoping k-mart or stowe has something to the upper mountain, even if I only get a couple hours in. Tuesday may be a no go anywhere with temps, though if the wind dies down enough, below zero doesn’t bother me. Weds may be the day at jay before the mlk crowds start to build. You may not care and that’s your choice but FYI….if you go to Killington you may not want to refer to it as K-mart if you want to get along with locals. It’s not well received here. Again, maybe you don’t care. And I doubt anyone would correct you or say anything to you if you say it. But it definitely defines you as an outsider here because none of us would ever call it that since it’s derogatory. If you really want to shorten it then K-town is OK or just K is fine. We jokingly call it Killingtime occasionally. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 33 with snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Quick drop to 30 and pounding snow. Quick coverage on any bare surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Not sure what’s going on with my pws. Says 37F but literally every station around mine is at about 30F and the snow is sticking just fine with no melting. Usually it seems accurate… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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