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Vermont going as far as closing the courts in the northern half of the state for the day. I assume most court offices will follow suit. No they aren't closing Thursday for the storm. https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/news/public-notice-regarding-courthouse-schedules-april-8 April 01, 2024 Public Notice Regarding Courthouse Schedules on April 8 Due to the upcoming solar eclipse event with anticipated road closures and high traffic volume, courthouse schedules will vary by location on April 8. Courthouses in the following counties in the northern part of the state will be physically closed to the public on April 8: Chittenden; Franklin; Grand Isle; Lamoille; Orleans; Caledonia; Essex and Washington. Persons wishing to apply for a relief from abuse order in those counties on April 8 during regular courthouse hours may call 1-800-540-9990. Courthouses in the remaining counties will be open to the public on April 8 (except between 3:15 - 3:45 pm when all courts will be closed): Addison; Orange, Windsor, Rutland, Bennington and Windham.

BTV discussion this morning: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BTV&issuedby=BTV&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1 We know everyone wants to know what the forecast is going to be on Monday. Drum roll please. The forecast for Monday is looking spectacular across the North Country. A strong upper level ridge is slated to move across New England Sunday night with surface high pressure not far behind. With deep layer ridging building on Monday, we should see strong subsidence in the mid to upper levels which is typically tied to drier and more stable conditions. This upcoming ridge will be no exception. Model soundings are beginning to show a plethora of dry air in the mid levels Monday afternoon. We will still likely see a few fair weather cumulus clouds as we should have a weak layer of lift in the low levels but these clouds will likely have limited vertical extent given the subsidence aloft. This should make for great viewing conditions as mostly clear skies are now in the forecast around eclipse time. Dry weather is expected to continue into Tuesday before clouds and precipitation chances begin to increase late Tuesday as another low pressure system tracks toward the Northeast.

I think Powderfreak has been writing the BTV discussion:https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BTV&issuedby=BTV&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1 The biggest change as we enter into the temporal realm of higher-resolution mesoscale and Convection- Allowing Models (CAMs) time range has been a delayed onset of winter precipitation as well as snowfall accumulation. While it is tempting to use straight 10:1 SLRs or kuchera snowfall amounts, the fact that we are two weeks after the start of astronomical spring warrants a closer look at the thermal profiles. While it is not impossible to accumulate snow at 34 degrees with mesoscale banding, the snow does have to come down fast and furious in the valley locales. Besides the sun angle, there is also the potential for a prolonged duration of sleet, which will significantly cut down snowfall amounts in the valleys. All things considered, a better proxy for this upcoming late season winter storm is the positive snow depth change. While far from perfect, it should provide better context on what would most likely occur compared to low probability worst case scenarios depicted by straight 10:1 or kuchera snowfall outputs.

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When asking where will jackpot in virtually any NE storm, Woodford VT is often the answer.

I had that once when living in Peacham. It was in the upper 20s. It was rather annoying thinking what could have been,

I better go buy shear pins tomorrow morning. I used my last ones with last weekend.

In the reverse jinx category, I am having my winter tires switched off of my daily driver on Monday (not my choice as a bent strut lead to two first-season Nokian snows getting 6" slashes in them since Wed night. Good times)

a depressed economy

We are out moose peeping. They are coming out to lick the salt from the side of the roads.

Except on the weekends. Is everyone in Mass required to leave the state boundaries on the weekends?

No you need Rain in the Summertime (it even has running lyrics):

Nice to see she has the face palm down.

If you think that is wild, check out the 3k clown and this is only at hour 53!

3k N?AM tells Vermonters to go to the banks of the Connecticut and watch the snow accumulate on the other side of the river. Quite the remarkable cutoff Edit: I like the typo in NAM, I am going to leave it.

Clown map clearly about 25 miles too far east

Hello GFS, you have my attention

From the cleanup:

I guess my 24.5" report wasn't map worthy.

Labs keep on losing their tennis balls by letting go of them into the snow (which has no weight to it)

I'll what I can get when the light gets better.