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Going to be some pasty elevation snow somewhere on the northern fringe if it plays out like this...

27 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

That's awesome.  I love those differences, even when I'm on the lower end of that, ha.  I love how narrow the difference in appeal can be in elevation snow.  That's a big difference in vibe there...from gray/wet to white/bright.

Yea, for sure. Still being in the valley I will end up on the wrong end of elevation events as well. In Manchester itself though there is pretty much nothing above 1250' house wise. Lots of  stuff available near or above 2k though up the hill in the Bromley/Stratton corridor.

Funny picking the kids up from school in center of town and doing the 4 minute drive home and them being shocked and excited to see the fresh blanket of white compared to the gray/wet (as you aptly put it)they had at school all day.

2 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Who has gotten snow today?   

Just posted over in NNE thread. 1.6" today.

As Gene mentioned, definitely one of those early season elevation dependent events, not a huge snow maker, but big difference just down the road from my place into middle of Manchester. My temp was right around 31- 32F all day.

Measured 1.6" new here and about 1-2 miles and 300-400 ft lower down into town white rain all day.

In town:

Here:

5 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

So, this is the most dead morning in a November discussion thread in the history of the board.

No kidding, I though the forums were down.

31F with some type of snizzle----drizzle/snow grains

2.0" here on .25" LE

Some massive aggregates at times, only added up to the 2" though. Ground was totally bare  before this morning..only some patches in woods.

Some Sierra cement falling now, 32F with some massive  gloppy flakes. Overnight was 32-33f rain/ZR for the most part, just flipped about 10 minutes ago. Should be moving out quickly, maybe a quick inch I think at best

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

want to build a snow table. Are there some instructions/guidelines around? How far off ground, how big, how close to house/trees, etc?

Pretty simple, just get a 2' x 2'(or similar size) white board. Some attach a a measuring pole to the snow board, Dryslot/Jspin I think have one.  PF has one at Stowe and some other resorts do as well.

https://www.weather.gov/media/ffc/snow_measurement_guidelines.pdf

https://www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=MeasureSnow#equip

Quick  2.3"  in about 2-3 hours before it moved out.  Now 21F.  Liquid was .22"

Noticed this new trend last year with the kids school, they always close and never seem to ever do a 2 hour delay anymore.   Same with today when it was pretty well established this would be  quick hitter this morning--still closed.

Had some moderate ZR at 30F earlier this morning before the flip to SN.   Been coming down pretty nicely since 630 or so, should be enough to cover the grass at least, so guess that's a win.

Probably end with about 2" or so before it moves out.

30F with freezing drizzle.....awesome.

Definitely a mid winter feel(sans pumpkins ) out there with temps mid 20s and on and off snow.

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Nah his place is the real weenie deal. That's awesome. Wish we were there. 

Yea, we all know that on here and understand why.  It was funny reading that exchange though on that other site when someone doesn't understand the nuances of the terrain influences and just says "nope, cant be true".

2 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

People are posting about that band on I-89 right next to JSpin’s house.  

The comments of “that place is a huge snow belt, it’s always snowing on 89 there” are hilarious.  

 Ha.  

I was reading some ski forum a few years ago that I think JSpin and you used to post in(maybe still do?) I think JSpin has it linked somewhere on his page,  but anyways there was a guy on there that was blasting JSpin about his snowfall numbers because of his low elevation in relations to some other 1k+spots that don't get as much.  I cant recall the whole exchange, but he basically was calling him a liar and that there was a 0% chance he was getting that much snowfall.  I may be off a bit in my memory, but it was along those lines I think.

Magical Hollow.

32 minutes ago, alex said:

3/4” here. First snow at my new house. It’s definitely a weenie house. I had the electrician put in a bunch of high powered flood lights all around the house and I love it. So awesome to watch the snow fall from the big windows. Sitting in the dining room is like being in a snow globe  

 

Lol, its definitely an underrated aspect in selecting a house---flood light coverage for pure weenieism   You certainly look to have adequate coverage.

Picnic tables..

32F now with snow.  Upper 30s most of day with rain.

Looks to be ripping pretty good on Stratton Summit cam at the moment.

16 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

I guess the "Ditch the Switch" movement is growing.  Another words staying on Daylight Saving Time year round.  Sounds great, sunsets an hour later in the morning.  Down side is later sunrises.  Since New England is on the eastern side of the Eastern Time Zone we really would get shafted in the AM.  Sun rises after 815am in December.  It was tried in the 1970's.  People thought is was a great idea and then people hated it.  What do you think, should we not move the clocks forward tonight?  Personally I hate dark mornings  (ha, models would come in an hour later too!)

The ones shafted in the AM in the Eastern time  zone would be the people out in Indiana,etc if we dropped DST. They would get sunrise after 9am in DEC. That would be rough 

FROPA of yore...half town lost power. Mine went out for about 2 hours this morning, just got back on. Have to say, Green Mountain power normally does a good job of getting power restored quickly, at least in my area.

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

DDH is a long way from you then... down west of Bennington.  That’s a good spot you have there right on the start of the high terrain.  Didn’t realize how close you are to Bromley.

Sorry, meant DDH is a few miles west from the  immediate Western Slopes of Greens, not from me.

Right @powderfreak you cant get much closer to the western slopes than where I am now.  DDH is a mile or two away I think. 

Just want to keep the NNE thread alive and kicking

Winds were intense today-I was chatting with Dendrite a few months ago about anemometers as I want to get one on my roof, haven't picked one up yet, wish I had it today.

Solid 8 hours of freight train roars and wind. Had to be in the 50-60mph range in gusts.(Maybe I'm overestimating which I know is easy to due with winds-thats why I need the anemometer)Its just constant hour after hour. It's amazing how much the trees can bend without breaking--must be some acclimation as its windy often here from that direction.

Somehow had 1.31" in the gauge even with those downsloping winds, I thought the rain was blown to Syracuse..ha.  

1 hour ago, dryslot said:

fyp

Yep, I think this is the first year VT has officially changed it. My wife told me that the other day, I had no clue.

Seemed pretty busy around town with some post Columbus day weekend peepers invading---they are going to be pretty disappointed. Unless they enjoy some Brownish/yellow Beech leaves hanging on.