EMontpelierWhiteout

8” new as of 8 AM, probably compacted.  Had 1-1/2” at 10:30 last night so big thump in early AM.  Light snow now, minimal wind.  30F.  It was much windier here yesterday before precip started.  Looks like a more impactful band is moving north after a little lull. NWS predicting another 3-8” in Montpelier through Sat AM, which would get us to upper end of predictions yesterday.  With April sun angle don’t see this playing out as depth on the ground.

31 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Eyeballing about 2”. 31.6°

You’re a little ahead if me.  Maybe 1.5” but heavy snow now.

First stray flakes in N. Central VT.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah, not sure why it’s a bad take that the valley won’t get 9”. 

The data has been very stable in showing how this works out.  Biggest gradient from 500-1500ft.

Anecdotally, my friend who lives at 650’ in Montpelier has been all snow for the event.  Up the hill here at 1200’ we have 2” down and dumping big fatties.  

17 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Light snow has begun.

Here too in East Montpelier.  Expected at least a bit of rain before changeover, so promising.

6 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Light snow has begun.

After a bleak stretch, just what the doctor ordered.  Spine looks to get blasted with heavy wet then increasingly higher ratios in upslope portion of storm.

Around 3” here in East Montpelier, the majority overnight.  Snow was in the air all day but didn’t amount to much more.  Mountains needed this boost heading into the Holiday weekend.

Finally a little Northern Greens refresh.  Looks like 3-6 for mountains with Thursday’s clipper too.

3 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

0.5” ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE OF GRASS OR PLASTIC!!  0.5”!?  And You people have 6”-10”??  

F*** THIS STORM!  In the past 9 days I’ve had to deal with the Chiefs Winning, Mahomes winning a Historic Game WITH an OT coup to boot, Narcissistic Swift & Asshat Kelce taking over the God Dang World seeing unprecedented records and power, my industry has gone So Woke at the Grammys you can’t recognize it, Brandon doesn’t know he’s flipping Alive as President, and now ANOTHER Failed storm like the last 7 “big ones” in a Row here the past 2 years??  

This is a weather forum. Not interested in your politics. 

The axis of the snow shield on radar and satellite has definitely shifted more SW/NE than W/E.  Is northern stream interaction helping here more than expected?

15 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Possibly.  Wasn’t wearing my glasses.  Just trying to stay entertained.  No skin in the game up in the North Country.  Just rooting for you all.

8 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

it's a little early but downstream radar looks good for that precip into Ohio Will was talking about, let's hope it pans out

Also, center of circulation appears to be more in western third of Tennessee rather than eastern half depicted by 7:00 PM GFS and Euro modeling position.  

Time to start focusing on actual storm evolution on satellite and radar.  I like the SW Ohio marker discussed earlier.

15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Blows for BOS. You aren't getting 10:1 snows. It's probably like 2-3" at BOS.

Time to grab the ski gear and head for the high point on Nantucket

2 hours ago, mreaves said:

I don’t care about the back and forth between SNE posters or jackpotting or even getting advisory level snows. I would, however, like a couple of inches like this shows just to reestablish a wintry vibe. There is no denying that it’s been an out and out torch but I’ve been surprised how resilient the snowpack has been here in my immediate area. It would be nice to pretty it up a bit.  

Same sentiment here. Happy for those south of the VT border finally cashing in, but just a bit to freshen things up would be nice.  Seems like storms with the right airmass to get both a northern and southern NE hit is a thing of the past. 

19 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

For once trends are favorable as we get close 

The late in the game NW trends on these southern streamers have all been within 96 hours.  Too soon to spike the football.

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

He likes to forecast the opposite of what everyone thinks and/or wants. Pretty predicatable.

I’d love NNE mountain jackpot to verify. 

20 minutes ago, jaf said:

6z GFS is almost a complete whiff

Still too early and with a lot of model spread on amount of phasing and resulting track. I remember the days of yore when the Euro ruled in these events at this timeframe and nail biting in this case for a whiff would have been far less. NW trends in GFS as coastal events approach have been pretty reliable this year as SNE forum members know all too well. 

19 minutes ago, weathafella said:

CMC says it’s crap for everyone 

I kind of like it. 

I find the Stowe snow report to be pretty accurate to conditions. No real bs making it sound better than it is like some other resorts.   Yes, a “fun challenge” has been the pretty common “not so great but you are not going to die” refrain for some of these post-marginal events or dry periods. 

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

It depends on the shifts.  Since Perry Merrill is the evening uphill route for skinning, that pod gets done after midnight every day.  FourRunner blue terrain is largely before midnight.

Some of that isn’t operator either, but stuff groomed earlier in the night is firmer as a rule because it has time to cool and set.  Gondola stuff is usually good because it’s been groomed under 5 hours to open and sometimes just an hour before opening.  That stuff is freshly tilled with more air in it as it hasn’t had time to set.  So it skis softer.

Thanks for the info on this. Interesting and good to know. 

34 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Perry Merrill has been the trail of the season since it opened.  Just pristine every day.  Veteran groomer on that most mornings with like decades of experience.

Yes, I’ve noticed a huge grooming difference Gondala runs versus blues off Forerunner this year. Interesting to hear groomers have their set trails. 

56 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There 5-6 feet on the level all across E Nova Scotia. With several more feet into tomorrow. Their all time snowstorm 

Environment Canada says another 25 cm. That’s 10”. 

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

What a day.

It was just spectacular scenery on the mountain today, and although certainly not the best snow conditions, the morning was pretty good, especially on Perry and Gondolier. 

10 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

I skied at Ski Sundown last night for my adaptive skiing lesson.  At first I tried a mono ski.  But I couldn't balance myself with my arms and kept falling over. So we switched over to there brand new Rossignol Snow Cart.

This cart let's me lye down and control the ski's with poles.  I can snowplow,  turn and brake to control my speed.  Unfortunately I can't use it solo as the base is spring loaded for boarding a chairlift.  The chairlift has to be stopped for loading. 

We took 3 Runs down from the summit.  Tom's Treat, Canyon and Nor'Easter. It felt good to ski these trails again. I got some speed on these trails. There a nice group of people.  Very friendly and Patient.  My next lesson is on February 7th. 

 

Thanks for the post.  It put a smile on my face. So great that you are out there on the mountain.