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Nice burst of SN to SN+ here too. 24F

VIS certainly looks reduced out there on 787: Virga here still.

I really wish the eastern forum archives were around somewhere..I would love to read some of those threads when all you weenies were in the same one. Must have have been some nice melts and battles.

Something is definitely wrong with your smell senses then...ha. They most certainly have a distinct odor--even just one crushed would stink up a small room in my house.

2010 stink bug infestation was outrageous in Mid Atlantic--I had thousands in my attic..and hundreds getting in the main part of my house. My old neighbor had a 200-300 year farmhouse with cracks and crevices eveywhere..they had trash bags full of those suckers. Warm fall sunny days and the side of my house looked like some movie set with an insect invasion. Nasty. Seen a few even here in VT, but just random one or two.

Right, I only had a trace on the ground a week ago. Glad we live here?

Right, not meaning a pattern where 3-4 SWFE storms were gradient in nature below the VT/NH border. Obviously it's not great in the Dendrite/lava/dryslot land. I guess my point is a mid JAN elevation event seems more rare followed by a week of upslope with bare ground everywhere outside of the mountain area's. I guess it's not really pattern as more of a one off event followed by 7 days of orographic snows. Still seems a bit unusual, but maybe I'm off here.

I'm in the other camp from you and PF. If you had that plowed it would look twice as weenie-ish. The crisp snowblower cuts don't look as substantial IMO. Once you get up to 3ft or so I think then it doesn't matter what you do. I'll bun myself for that one..ha

Any long timer NE residents know of such a mid JAN discrepancy between NNE and SNE? I mean normally tree's caked and glades skiing would also mean SNE would have some decent snow cover too. Seems more like a shoulder season vibe right now.

Damn, that's awful. LaGrangewx mentioned about the avalanche warning too a few hours ago.

Makes sense. More members they continue to get the more sponsors they get and maybe put a little more money into some of that. Even the 45 day interactive map is new and an upgrade.

Oh--yep, thanks. More than 45 days would be nice like you said. I'm no software engineer, but think it wouldn't have been difficult to increase the date range to a year or so.

I don't even see how you guys are getting the snowfall numbers in map form for more than 1 day? I only see precip and then things like Snow depth and snow water content.

Wish with the new mapping feature you could do a running seasonal snowfall total over a specific date range and view it in map form. That would be a nice feature to be able to view the nuances in totals across the region.

Their not very far from me and at almost 1900'. They definitely get alot of snow, of course that mid DEC storm is skewing the numbers high for us down here.

I think the Woodford spotter is almost 90 years old, so guess we will give her a little leeway. But, may also explain some of the discrepancies.

Didn't even realize that had a report--that can be a reference check like you said. They have base depth as 9-12" which is a little strange. Could be just that much of an extreme microclimate ala JSpin. My gut says a little weenie-ish.

Tossed.

Mitch just tossed the Woodford observer under the bus on twitter...lol.

Mitch only reported 4.8" over the past 24 hrs. Woodford reported 4" at 8am today, so that means 18" since 8am--no way(radar was better up here for much of the morning) So that seems pretty slant-sticky. I think maybe they were just reporting mutli -day totals in a weird way? For reference I've had 18" of upslope the past 6 days---so a 22" total for Woodford would be realistic over the that span--maybe they just reported it strangely. I dont know, it's a very mysterious place...lol. I did see that NWS asked Mitch on twitter if he thinks the Woodford total is legit.

I saw that. Think that is a running total for at least 3-4 days if not the week. I noticed they haven't reported anything in a few days. There is no way in heck that is 24 hours. Nevertheless, conditions are really good up and down VT right now.

Upslope building pre-arctic front in SVT and Western Mass. 5-6" new past 24 hours here.

Just need a "Feel the Bern" sticker on the back to complete the package. Wonder if Phin would like one of those?? lol How are studded tires on dry highway?

Growing up in PA I don't think I even knew snow tires existed I never knew anyone who had those in the Philly suburbs--doesn't really make sense down there, lack of snow and everything is paved. Even when we did weekend Pocono trips, never recall any issue--whether FWD, RWD, AWD.

I have snows on my car and wife has all seasons..both AWD. Never really had an issue here in the valley. Kind of sketchy at times heading up the mountain to Bromley/Stratton area if its coming down--but I will say the road crews do a really good job for the most part and never had too much of an issue. When we were house shopping a few years ago we looked at a few places that were in the 1800-2200Kft range on the east slopes. Some of these places were isolated and tucked away up hilly driveways/back roads. AWD and snow tires would be an absolute must in some of those areas if you were trying to get in and out on daily basis. A couple I had trouble with in my car with snows and AWD---tucked away in deep evergreen shaded roads that became pure ice without snow cover.