WeatherEmperor Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I just ran around Burlington Vermont down near lake champlain. This is indeed correct, the snowfall rates here are absolutely insane, much like they were earlier in the week. We have 1"-2" / hour rates EASY. Its definitely a heavy wet snow though! So awesome and crazy out there! Wow! It is just crushing heavy snow out there. 5pm...snow begins 6pm...2" new, rate 2"/hr 6:20pm...2.5" total, rate 1.5"/hr +SN (ASOS's around the area seem to only be reporting moderate snow but to me, snowfall rates of this magnitude deserve heavy snow regardless of measured visibility). The Champlain Valley is also getting hit pretty good... Snow started at BTV around 4:50pm, by 5:50pm they had 0.11" of liquid, then a half hour later at 6:20pm they got another 0.10" of liquid. At 10:1 ratios that's a 2"/hr snowfall rate at BTV and the ASOS may even be under-reporting the liquid in the snow as it often does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 We were up at Bolton today, and conditions were nice. This midweek storm wasn’t entirely ultra light Champlain Powder™, so this powder has seemed to settle down and consolidate a bit quicker that some snowfalls. Temperatures were probably around 30 F, and it was really comfortable on the slopes. In the morning we had blue skies, which gradually transitioned over to clouds as the next system approached. We’re here in South Burlington at my parent’s place now, and first flakes appeared in this location right at 4:20 P.M. The intensity of the snowfall picked up fairly quickly, and as of 6:00 P.M. there were already a couple of inches of accumulation. I checked again at around 6:30 P.M. and it was closing in on 3 inches, so it’s coming down at over an inch an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 1.8" Just flipped to ZR. Gah!! Cleanup tomorrow will be a biatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Nothing but fzra now... still 27.5 degrees. Pretty much done here until the lp center gets east of my longitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 -ZR/ZR after 1.5" of snow S/IP. It's all accreting right now with a temp of 26.6F. Fortunately it's climbing as we get a little latent heat release from the glazing without any low level CAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Dang..... 30.8 degrees. Almost a three degree rise in less than a half hour. Everything glazed over outside. The cross country track around my property is going to be SLICK tomorrow! Still 100% zr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherEmperor Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Still heavy snow here in Burlington, really difficult to tell if the upper layers or whatnot will get warmed enough to flip it. If they don't, we're going to get crushed based on that radar. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Still heavy snow here in Burlington, really difficult to tell if the upper layers or whatnot will get warmed enough to flip it. If they don't, we're going to get crushed based on that radar. Any thoughts? If BTV doesn't flip within the next hour you'll probably stay all snow. Enjoy it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherEmperor Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 If BTV doesn't flip within the next hour you'll probably stay all snow. Enjoy it.... Oh I will. If it doesn't flip, I have to say I could see us approaching the 12" mark based on that radar. The rates are still insane, I don't even know where the snow is coming from anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grambo Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 About 4" of heavy paste here in Winooski, VT. Absolutely crazy out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Oh I will. If it doesn't flip, I have to say I could see us approaching the 12" mark based on that radar. The rates are still insane, I don't even know where the snow is coming from anymore! I'm going to go measure again here soon now that its been an hour or more. I'm just curious as to the hourly rates and am not clearing the snow board till 6 hours. If we stay in this deformation band on the NW flank, we are going to get crushed. I still think we see a couple pingers, but the dry slot is now moving more east than north, which means the mid-level warm air is probably doing the same. Taconic's is right, if we don't change in the next hour or so, it won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I just did another check on the snowfall, and as of ~7:00 P.M. there are almost four inches of accumulation here in South Burlington, which is up about an inch since 6:30 P.M. So as others have mentioned, the snow is coming down in the range of 2 inches per hour around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Yeowwwwwzaaahhhhhhh!!!!! 32 freakin' degrees. Torching here in Rutland. I'm so jealous of you guys just 50 miles north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Flipped to solid sleet (after a brief burst of giant aggregates) about an hour ago. Temp is creeping up. Meanwhile, thundersleet being reported throughout central NY state.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Still heavy snow here in Burlington, really difficult to tell if the upper layers or whatnot will get warmed enough to flip it. If they don't, we're going to get crushed based on that radar. Any thoughts? It is bright banding, but that doesn't necessarily mean sleet. It could be large wet aggregates in the path of the beam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grambo Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 It is bright banding, but that doesn't necessarily mean sleet. It could be large wet aggregates in the path of the beam. It's large n' wet alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 It's large n' wet alright. I love how you guys are getting a 32F heavy snowfall while I was 23F with sleet at one point. Gotta love weather sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Rubi Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 crusty more like it here, after 3hrs. of snow, accumalation of 4", it switched to fzra at 6:00pm, snow fog moving in now and at 7:30 it's 32* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 I can attest to how heavy the snow has been coming down. I was about 20 miles from home on my snowmobile when I first noticed the distant hilltops disappearing, I am guessing this was 4:15 - 4:30 or so. Within 10 minutes or so visibility was less than a mile and soon less than a half mile. The last 5 miles or so we were riding in the worst visibility that I ever have, I could see maybe 100 feet up the trail. We got back around 5:40 and there was about 4 inches in the drive way. There seemed to be some sleet mixing in at times. Still snowing pretty hard when I looked out 10 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 LOL.... thunderstorms in CNY!!!!!! This is going to flash back to snow at about 9:30 around here. Maybe 10:00. I hope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 We have switched over to light freezing rain and sleet with some light accretions. 5.4" snow and sleet before this switchover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Started here with a burst of snow but now it's over to sleet, snow and rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherEmperor Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 heavy snow let up for a few minutes, now its back again....I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I'm surprised at some of the visibilities being reported by the ASOS's around the area. BTV had .22" of liquid as snow last hour (over 2"/hr at basic 10:1 ratios), and visibilities for the hour ranged from 1/2sm to 1sm. I can't believe 2"/hr isn't producing 1/4sm or less. Its been a pretty impressive little system so far. Heading outside to enjoy it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vttaconics Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Beautiful squall line of thundersleet charging at me at crazy speed. Should be interesting. Warmth seems to have reached its maximum..... holding steady at 32 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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simpsonsbuff Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I love how you guys are getting a 32F heavy snowfall while I was 23F with sleet at one point. Gotta love weather sometimes. I was thinking exactly that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Beautiful squall line of thundersleet charging at me at crazy speed. Should be interesting. Warmth seems to have reached its maximum..... holding steady at 32 degrees. That really is an impressive little squall line and seems like it is growing a bit as it pushes east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold214 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainePhotog Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Heavy sleet at this time. Went from +SN to IP/ZR to +IP. What a night! Snowfall 2.25" 31.1°F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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