MaineJayhawk Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 It's been snowing very lightly here since this morning. The temp has crept up to 32. Measured just under a half inch after a morning of shopping, but it's wet and likely compacted a bit. For tomorrow's event, my point and click forecast started at 4-8 inches when I woke up, moved to 5-9 before I left for shopping and now the forecast stands at 6-10. I'm liking this trend. Heavy crushing for red this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Putting up the tree .. glanced outside and discovered very light snow falling. Festive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Heavy crushing for red this week. Given the sharp cutoff I'm not confident that the forecast verifies but I'm encouraged by the trend for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Oh, that looks nice! I love when the conifers get loaded with snow. Hopefully by this time next weekend us flatlanders will get some of that action too. Yeah man I really hope you guys can pick up some snow next weekend with the clipper/Miller B. I think we'll see a more widespread snowfall distribution as this snowfall here in Stowe is very localized. Looking at BTV's cooperative observer list, no one else saw anything more than 1-2" last night. However, somehow, we lucked out and there's a localized area here in Stowe that picked up a solid 2-4"... and this time of year, that amount of snowfall seems pretty decent, haha. Grass is covered and now we wait to see if we pick any more up with some upslope snow showers over the next 72 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Given the sharp cutoff I'm not confident that the forecast verifies but I'm encouraged by the trend for sure. You seem to be in a decent spot for this next one... hopefully you can clean up! Good luck man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Since this is the first real snow, here are a couple more pictures from down in Stowe village today: This was this morning when I was driving around during a decent burst of moderate to heavy snow: This is this afternoon... snow has stopped except for a few stray flurries. But it certainly looks like winter out there now... a classic VT scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Yeah man I really hope you guys can pick up some snow next weekend with the clipper/Miller B. I think we'll see a more widespread snowfall distribution as this snowfall here in Stowe is very localized. Looking at BTV's cooperative observer list, no one else saw anything more than 1-2" last night. However, somehow, we lucked out and there's a localized area here in Stowe that picked up a solid 2-4"... and this time of year, that amount of snowfall seems pretty decent, haha. Grass is covered and now we wait to see if we pick any more up with some upslope snow showers over the next 72 hours. I am at the library at Johnson State today. They have an inch or two on the ground, a little bit more than what I have back home in Barre. On my way up here, the mountains were in continuous snow. There is a great view from the Johnson State campus south to what I am guessing is the part of the spine that includes Mansfield, maybe Sterling Mt.? Anyway, it was completely obscurred when I got here. Just a few flurries falling outside the at the moment. These are my favorite type of days, overcast, some snow and pretty cold. Hopefully we can start building snowpack this week. P.S. I don't know who decided on the location of the colleges in the VT State College system, but boy did they do a good job. Johnson, Lyndon and VT Tech are all situated on the top of hills with some great views. Only Castleton comes up short in this department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I am a little perplexed by BTV's forecast for me for tomorrow... this is the point 'n click for 800ft in Stowe and they have 2-4" now in the grids for tomorrow. 12z GFS gave us .25-.5" of QPF from Monday evening through Tuesday so I could see maybe 2-4" Monday night or Tuesday morning but not during the day tomorrow. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.479850447910444&lon=-72.7130126953125&site=btv&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text Monday: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 27. West wind between 6 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Monday Night: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 16. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tuesday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 28. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Got above freezing and the snow is melting fast but still looks good in the trees behind the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I am a little perplexed by BTV's forecast for me for tomorrow... this is the point 'n click for 800ft in Stowe and they have 2-4" now in the grids for tomorrow. 12z GFS gave us .25-.5" of QPF from Monday evening through Tuesday so I could see maybe 2-4" Monday night or Tuesday morning but not during the day tomorrow. http://forecast.weat...n&FcstType=text Monday: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 27. West wind between 6 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Monday Night: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 16. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tuesday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 28. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. how are natural snow trails looking up there? still need a good foot or two more to really start opening those or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Warnings are flying now! 8-13 is the forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 how are natural snow trails looking up there? still need a good foot or two more to really start opening those or what? Yeah... there's a general 3-6" of natural snow coverage. I bet 12"+ would open most lower angle or intermediate trails. 18"+ would probably be needed to get patrol to officially open the expert terrain... but with a foot you could probably ski that stuff, but I doubt it would be enough to officially open it to the masses. We are nickle and diming our way to to snow cover... and I bet another 6" or so could fall in the next 48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Yeah... there's a general 3-6" of natural snow coverage. I bet 12"+ would open most lower angle or intermediate trails. 18"+ would probably be needed to get patrol to officially open the expert terrain... but with a foot you could probably ski that stuff, but I doubt it would be enough to officially open it to the masses. We are nickle and diming our way to to snow cover... and I bet another 6" or so could fall in the next 48 hours. Never did buy those feet forecasts from BTV, not the best setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Warnings are flying now! 8-13 is the forecast. Heavy heavy upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mica Vim Toot Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Warnings are flying now! 8-13 is the forecast. This thing is cooking off! We're gonna see lots of 24"+ reports out of this. Vim Toot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Never did buy those feet forecasts from BTV, not the best setup. Ehh, verbatim a couple days ago it would've been feet of snow... I still think the next 72 hours looks pretty good for upslope. I still think the mountains could pull off a surprise or two this week. All it takes is one good 6-10 hour period and as you like to say, we can review it after the event but it hasn't even taken place yet, lol. Its funny we never hear of a pessimistic post from you Ginx (if it regards SNE snowfall) haha, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Warnings are flying now! 8-13 is the forecast. You guys are going to get crushed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 You guys are going to get crushed good luck up there. I'm so envious. our forecast is for "clouds" tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 good luck up there. I'm so envious. our forecast is for "clouds" tomorrow. Nice to see you here. Saw you on Eek's mesomap so I knew you had found your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Nice to see you here. Saw you on Eek's mesomap so I knew you had found your way. took me awhile to get caught up with this new site. where's the mesomap hiding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 took me awhile to get caught up with this new site. where's the mesomap hiding? Click me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Click me cool. looks like there are a few of us around sebago. i need to adjust my cam for weatherunderground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Snowing up and down the maine coast on the pike. Light snow here at kennebunk rest stop. Looks like OES feature is enhancing off coast. Interesting to see if driving gets any interesting towards portland. Upslope near foothills possible later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crownweather Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 You guys are going to get crushed Yeah, we are going to be crushed by this one. Just updated our forecast and am going with storm snow totals of 13 inches in Caribou, 15 inches in Presque Isle, 18 inches in Houlton and 20+inches just south of Houlton. I have a suspicion that these snow totals may be underdone, especially from Caribou-northward. I'm becoming less and less convinced that it'll change to rain midday Monday. I suspect that the intense snow rates tomorrow morning (2-3 inches per hour quite possible) may cause dynamical cooling and keep things all snow through the entire event. Bring it on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtWeatherWatcher Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 X=253, Y=458 Light flurries, cold. Snow hasn't covered the grass yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Picked up another 0.8 during the day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 -S currently ... surfaces are getting coated. Radar is up again and says some minor accumulations may occur with this. w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 -S currently ... surfaces are getting coated. Radar is up again and says some minor accumulations may occur with this. w00t Radar was never down on wunderground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Radar was never down on wunderground It was earlier unless there was no precip falling on North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Perfectly formed dendrites dropping from the sky. A better camera than mine would provide some nice pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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