jculligan

5.3" of snow here in Jackson with a settled depth of 33" OTG. Snow continues to fall but it's up to 34 and the roof avalanches have begun. Deep winter out there either way.

Haven't really been tracking this one closely - had family from Georgia visiting this weekend, and I'm actually down in Massachusetts until tomorrow morning. It'll be interesting to see how much snow is waiting for me when I return north! This should get our pack up and over the 30" mark.

Late to report my final tally but I measured 14" total here. We have about 28" of snow OTG right now, which exceeds last year's peak depth by about 5 inches. Looking forward to the next event on Tuesday!

10" new here in Jackson NH. 23 degrees with steady light snow.

It was a 2.9 magnitude quake centered in Gorham. We felt it here in Jackson too. My whole cabin shook and there was a rumbling noise outside like I've never heard before. Confirms that I don't ever want to experience a moderate or large earthquake lol. Back on the weather side...I measured 4.5" at 1am and a whole lot more fell overnight. I'll go out for an updated measurement around 6:30. 24F with steady snow at the moment.

I'm down in Massachusetts at the moment, heading up north around 6pm this evening. Model output looks unanimously good for me, Phin, and a lot of the VT posters in here. Precarious forecast for the Lakes region and points south - the cutoff in snowfall amounts could be quite cruel for those caught on the wrong side of it. I've been away from the board for the last several days, and I'm sure there's been discussion of the icing potential in southern NH in the actual storm thread. To me, this does have the classic look of an ice storm where perhaps some of those "weenie maps" won't be too far off (normally I reduce those maps by at least 50 percent). But the fresh input of cold, dry arctic air feeding into the system and a couple waves of low pressure rippling along a stalled frontal boundary with many hours of light to moderate precip looks like a classic setup for someone to get a heavy glazing. Worcester Hills, Monadnocks, and Merrimack Valley perhaps? Either way...keep that stuff south of us!! This is the mid-season kick our ski season has been so desperately needing up north.

I was away for the weekend down at Okemo VT, where we had a whopping 0.3 inches. I got back to Jackson late this afternoon and it definitely snowed here, but very hard to say how much. My front walk had anywhere from 2" to 7" depending on where I stuck the ruler, but this was a good 18 hours after the storm ended. It looks like a handful of coop observers in the area measured anywhere from 2-3" so I'm going to have to rely on their measurements for this one. Looking forward to Thursday night/Friday now...

Can't help but feel giddy watching the trends today...especially the most recent NAM. I certainly wouldn't hang my hat on that model more than 24 hours from the event, but it's fun to look at and imagine how things COULD unfold ha. I won't be observing this event from my normal location in Jackson; my girlfriend's son is turning 10 this weekend and we're spending tomorrow through Sunday at an Airbnb near Okemo VT. Jackson looks to be in better position synoptically, but maybe the Green Mountain spine can work its magic and provide just enough enhancement to tack on a few more inches in that location. One can dream.

It was a slow climb for most of the day, but after starting at -3F we eventually crept up to 32F about an hour ago. It has since settled back to 31F and we'll probably hover in this vicinity until close to sunrise. It's in the mid teens down in the valley, but I'll take the inversion as long as it stays near/below freezing. About 14-15" of snow OTG here. After Monday's dense snowfall, I'm giving the Sherbie an attempt in the morning. I'm sure there will be some rocks and water bars to be aware of, but in general it's probably skiing fairly well now. Hopefully I can snag a lap just before temps take a nosedive as the arctic air moves in tomorrow.

Hard to say how much we ended up with here. The wind was insane, so drifting was quite an issue. Depending on where I stick the ruler, I'm getting anywhere from 7-16 inches. Taking the mean measurement, it looks like something in the vicinity of 10-11" is probably most accurate. It sure was pounding for a time, just didn't last as long as I had hoped!

Hard to say how much we ended up with here. The wind was insane, so drifting was quite an issue. Depending on where I stick the ruler, I'm getting anywhere from 7-16 inches. Taking the mean measurement, it looks like something in the vicinity of 10-11" is probably most accurate. It sure was pounding for a time, just didn't last as long as I had hoped!

-9F for the low here. We've had as many sub-zero mornings this week as we had all of last winter. Looks like plenty more to come, too. Not going to fret over the NAM with an event that is still 48 hours away, but man...that is a warm look. At face value we'd flip to rain at 35F by midday Monday. The gfs and Euro are certainly colder, so I would imagine the NAM will adjust as we get closer, but it's hard to brush it off completely when we've had such rotten luck these last two seasons. It has become quite easy to look for ways to be disappointed lol.

12z Euro ensembles couldn't be much more ideal for my area. 60% probability of 12"+ right imby. I think we have quite the thump coming up this way.

My girlfriend and I have decided to check out the Wilderness area this coming Sunday. It's a bit of a long trek from Jackson, especially for one day...but we're itching to get into the woods for some off piste skiing, and that won't be happening in NH until after Monday's event (hopefully). It sounds like the Wilderness area is already skiing well, so we're going for it. I'm really looking forward to it!

This morning's gfs is quite robust for my area. I think my location will have the perfect juxtaposition of sub-freezing temperatures and upslope flow. Down on the valley floor, low level temps could get a bit marginal for efficient snowfall accumulations by mid to late Monday afternoon (though most of the QPF could be done by then anyway)...but here at 1500' I don't see much chance of going above freezing, and these east/southeast LLJ scenarios often result in a QPF maximum somewhere between my location and Pinkham Notch. Thinking Black Mountain could end up being the snowfall jackpot for this one, at least locally. And I would argue there isn't any mountain in New England that needs it more. It's obviously way too early to get super specific with localized minima/maxima but I have noticed Wildcat can sometimes get less if there is even the slightest southerly component to the LLJ. It happened during the 1/16 event last year when I managed 8" in my location, then noticed an immediate reduction in snowfall amounts as soon as I drove past Pinkham Notch and lost just the slightest bit of elevation on the other side. It'll be interesting to see how the models resolve the low level wind trajectories as we get closer to the event.

Quite a winter weekend shaping up between the arctic blast late tomorrow into Saturday, and the winter storm on Monday. Projected wind chills by Saturday morning are downright scary. I got out for some morning laps in the sub-zero temps this week, but I think these wind chills will be enough to keep me indoors Saturday morning lol.

Cold air hung tough in my location today. Our daytime high was only 18F after a low of -8F this morning, then it briefly slipped back down to 16F around sunset before rising back to the current daily high of 21F. Big difference between here and southern parts of the state today. Starting to feel the increasingly possibility of an eastern slope special with the upcoming MLK event. Still a few days to shift one way or another, but the models have a pretty robust easterly LLJ which often cranks out very efficient precip rates in this location. We'll see.

Managed to get up to +9F today but we have since tanked back down to -5F. Tough call in terms of how cold it'll get in my location tonight; we're radiating like hell right now, but as warm advection begins aloft my elevation could eventually level off and possibly even rise. Should be a pretty decent inversion by morning.

Made it down to -8F at my location this morning, which is the coldest I have observed in the last two winters. Last year's low temp was -3F on 1/30. Up to 3F now at noon. Cold as it was this morning, it actually was a very pleasant morning for a skin up Black Mountain NH! When I arrived in the parking lot at 7:30 it was -3F but there was virtually no wind, which was somewhat surprising. Due to Black's south-facing exposure, the sun hits the mountain early so I skinned up primarily in the sunshine. I don't think the mountain has been open these last two days, so after Sunday's freezing rain event the snow conditions were...chattery...but I always enjoy a good adventure ski every now and then lol.

It's been flurrying here, but no accumulation since the synoptic stuff shut off around noon. I think I've been between streamers for the most part. But nice to see flakes floating around out there regardless.

This is incredible insight, thank you!! I think we have made other plans for this immediate weekend, but it's likely we'll be taking the trip out there NEXT weekend. I haven't skied Bolton in years, and I've never done any uphill there. Looking forward to experiencing the mountain in a different way!

I've been wanting to check out the Wilderness Trail at Bolton, but I have a girlfriend who is a lot more nervous about skiing a thin base since she is still new to the off piste stuff. Wondering if we should give this a go this weekend, or wait for one more storm cycle. I've been itching to get off groomers and at this point I'm willing to drive a few hours if I have to!

Snow just ended here. Total accumulation 1.3 inches.

Calling it 1.1" here as of 10am in Jackson. I did a couple laps at Cranmore earlier this morning, and it seemed like there was just a tad more there. Either way...we're not cashing in like SNE, but I'll take the refresher. 22/19 with light snow continuing.

And I'm more of a backcountry skier than I am a resort skier. GBA glades, the Sherburne and Gulf of Slides ski trails on Mount Washington, the Tucker Brook ski trail on the backside of Cannon, the Doublehead ski trail right in my backyard, etc. Obviously none of that is happening right now. In time, hopefully.