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2 hours ago, MBRI said:

Told ya so...   whats your totals for storm?

11.5. I'm at dinner in Hart's location though at the bottom of Crawford Notch towards Bartlett and our depth pales compared to down here. Looks like at least 40"

Off topic but I went snowmobiling in the Notch today. Man that was fun. Now I really want a snowmobile lol

127.5" for the season; a bit ahead of last year's 110.4" so far in the season, but not a huge difference 

Moderate snow again 

Ended up with 10.5 total, with more than half of it coming on the backside. Stake back yo to 27"

2.75" so far today, and snowing moderately again after a bit of a lull. I realized how heavy it was when I went skiing - the overnight stuff is cement!

Best snow of the day in the past 2 hours. About 1.5" with calm wind and fat flakes. 28F

Just 5" here and wind still ripping

We drift

I think Gene had a good point about the wind here. From a precip perspective, it doesn't seem like downsloping is much of a factor. Makes me wonder if he was right about the wind funneling up Crawford Notch. We are right at the entrance of that tunnel after all, and I've seen some cool days in the fall especially when a foggy myst pours in from the notch. The wind is exactly aligned with that direction b

moderate to heavy snow and 15-25 mph wind. Getting some good drifts out there

Snowing harder now and wind seems to have died down considerably 

13 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Dead calm here on the eastern side of the Spine with air filled thick with flakes.... while a Wind Advisory is in effect on the west side for gusts to 50mph.

Calm on the upslope (the low level jet is rising to get over the mountains), strong winds mixing down on the downslope.  Which is why we get high winds in Stowe on NW flow.

Edit: Not sure why that graphic is so small, ha.

This is a great explanation, THANK YOU!

9 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

13.4F  SN-  2"   Fair snow growth.  Very light winds

Really??? How is it that it's a tornado up here and you have light wind? 

Make the wind go away lol

30 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Your area will be interesting.  All models show severe downsloping NW of the Whites with like 50kt gusts.  

It's snowing nicely but it's like a blizzard because of the wind. It just blows everywhere. I'm not a fan of wind lol

Really light snow here so far and howling winds. End result - doesn't even look like anything has fallen. 

The DP certainly has a long way to go.  Currently -19

1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Upfront costs for a heat pump make them unecomomical for contractors to put in.

They are becoming pretty common. I just built 3 houses and all 3 have hybrid heat pump/propane systems and it's awesome. The thermostat has an outdoor temp sensor, and automatically switches from heat pump to propane heat when the temperature drops below a certain level. It's awesome!

2 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Can't lose this season apparently....

Looks like the EURO/GGEM/GFS all have over 1" QPF as snow.

Just wait for Friday

45 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Probably mostly focused on the midweek system.

But I didn't say it wouldn't rain on the overnight shift last night:

WE STAY ACTIVE BEHIND THAT SYSTEM...WITH ANOTHER TROF FOLLOWING FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. THIS TIME MODEL GUIDANCE AGREES THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A FAVORABLY POSITIONED HIGH PRESSURE TO HOLD COLD IN PLACE. WE DO HAVE DIFFERENCES IN TRACK HOWEVER...WITH THE 09.00Z ECMWF TAKING A SRN TRACK AND WHILE IT IS STILL ON THE MILD SIDE HAS MORE COLD AIR THAN THE 09.00Z GFS. A HIGH POP FORECAST BUT LOW CONFIDENCE PTYPE.

Yep. But today it reads:

"The progressive pattern continues with high pressure building immediately back into the region on Thursday allowing for sunshine and high to reach above freezing. Another chance for snow moves in late Friday into Saturday."

I'm not trying to be annoying but it seems weird if anything that today's shift would just ignore last night's AFD, combined with model trends, and not mention the possibility at all. I get the need to focus on this first system, but it's not like anyone is asking for an hour by hour play. With rain being more likely than snow as it seems right now, it seems sloppy not to even mention the possibility. Just some feedback. That's all.

How is it that GYX doesn't even mention the possibility of rain late next week? 

Over to snow here after quite a bit of ice. 29/23

Just got back from the Ice Castles in Lincoln. Holy cow what a mess 

29/15 here

42 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I'm down to about 18" in the yard now.  

Did the NWS snow survey today and had 36" at 1500ft.  Down from 45" last week.  13" of water in that 36" of snow.

Down to 17" now! Big melt day today. Amazing how well we torch with these conditions though; down into the notch towards Hart's Location/Bartlett the snowpack is MUCH deeper even though they get much less snow. Felt so good to be outside though... Almost makes me wish it was spring! I know, I know, how sacrilegious...