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Yea, I was talking more "backyard" snow depth optics. I went from 8-10" down here to T (about 30% coverage). Most dropped down to 1-4" like you mentioned, and even though those remaining 1-4" were totally waterlogged with pretty high LE, that is still a big hit and pretty much starting over regardless of LE. (again just "backyard" base) Now, obviously a different story on the ski hills, where all it really did was add SWE to build the base moving forward--even if there was a little snow depth decrease.

Yea, if you look at Cocorahs from Dec 21st the vast majority of sites had snow depths under 3" with most being 0, T, 1", 2" after the cutter. Montgomery went from 27" to 3" in a few days. Guessing that was mostly upslope fluff. I think as Jspin mentioned- Bolton, Stowe etc with higher El and more liquid in the pack probably held on better than most house sites which is not surprising.

Just curious, what have been your seasonal totals past seasons? Not many posters in the valleys west of the spine. I think myself, you and maybe 1 or two up in NVT maybe also.

I have been here going on 12 years now, I have NEVER seen Manchester as busy as it was yesterday, not even Columbus Day, etc. Xmas and New years weeks are normally busy, I don't know what to make of it. Maybe the cold and wind scared a lot of folks away from the mountains yesterday? Or just in general its been cold and snowy, so more peeps vacationing this week? It was strange, lots of folks commenting about locally too.

Very meh down here. Only 2.2", but just enough to guarantee a white xmas with at least 1" OTG tomorrow morning.

Even down here I have had 17 measurable snow events since Mid NOV. I'm sure that number is even higher up there(NVT). It works out to pretty much every other day if you were to average it out, which certainly makes it seems even more snowy as Froude mentioned. Edit: I see Jspin posted above and has 18 events documented, so similar.

Oh yea, that's a nice one..lol.

Yea, Im pretty bad at keeping up with that. Some years I do a little better job, but this year I haven't done any roof raking so I have more ice dams.

@WxWatcher007 why i dont have gutters, old house with crap insulation in attic = death icicles.

Surprised to get 3.7" here, definitely fluff. Really nice snow growth. 13" OTG

100% agree and same for down here, speaking mainly for my experience with W/NW orographic /upslope snow. The good producers are almost always at night here. Maybe places like Stowe or Jay it is more even, but I can say for down here there is a stark difference. I feel this has been talked about at some point maybe years ago, I just cant remember that reason. I think one of the possible reasons was during the day with the Sun it can make them more convective in nature vs at night more stratiform without the daytime heating (relative). I may be completely off on that though...lol.

Nice shot of snow for the SVT resorts. 9.2" so far at home. Residual light stuff still going.

6.2" as of 330. Zero wind, just stacking up nicely. Think the heaviest of it is over, but maybe still squeeze out a few inches more. Still coming down at maybe 1/2" hour clip.

Yea I know your in SLK, meant more that that there are probably nuances within short distances there like many terrain influenced areas of NNE.

I don't know where you are exactly, but you maybe be downsloping a bit on S/SW wind. Or maybe its just not enough lift into your area, not sure.

I think its the only stretch of road on the East Coast with a chain up requirement for Big Rigs.

Gotcha- yea, I don't think they will hit warning there TBH.

What town is she in?

I think SVT should be reasonably well with this. It's a poor man's bread and butter here with the SW flow upsloping into the Taconic's and Greens from the Hudson Valley. Well see I guess.

Not home, but looks to be hammering pretty good from that lake band into SVT https://video.nest.com/clip/b21d5e083d6447f59b8e9ecb69b36a00.mp4

100%. I dont have them, just crushed rock around the base for drainage for roof runoff. If your house has perfect insulation, than it should not be an issue with gutters, but most houses are older around here and that's not the case. Definitely have seen gutters hanging on by a thread mid/late winter after ice dams take them down.

A Trace is just snow falling and either melting on contact or less than anything measurable. So yes, you had that, but nothing measurable yet.

First flakes and first accum of the season down here as well hiding the oak leaves for now..

I have more left on my Oaks here than you do. I was in Saratoga a few days ago and Oaks were 80% full still(all brown, no green). Im guessing your hilltop microclimate matters in some way. I have been in below 32 many many times.