dmcginvt

4 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Hoping we get a solution where WNE dryslots.

Ha, that would be amazing hahah! thanks for the laugh.  first time I ever heard somone ask to be dryslotted but it makes so much sense!!

GFS up to 4in

in at 84 hours in the Presidentials. 

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

That’s some serious QPF on Reggie.

Whoa thats Irene level rain in York county.  Lalaland indeed

3 minutes ago, greenmtnwx said:

NAM came in warmer at 0z so the cooling trend for NNE has stopped. 

It apparently had some sense knocked into it, LES and ADK snow gone too

It's pouring snow right now in the last 5 minutes.  Had some huge flakes for 10 minutes and then it just went bonkers with small flakes of density as if it was pouring snowflakes so small it was like rain.  But def snow.  Got about 1/2 in in 10 minutes.  Felt like valentines day for a minute there, but only a minute.  Still the same rain feeling but it's leveled off now...pouring small flakes at a lesser rate

15 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

I'm out too here, ughh. 

We are about 9in here.  6 before i cleared the board and then 3 more.  Depth is about 7 because its hvy and def compressing!  But really picked up in the last hour snowing at about 1/2'/hr now.  30f,  Seems a little drier now comparatively.  

2 hours ago, J.Spin said:

I decided to wait until the afternoon to head up to Bolton today, figuring I’d let the snow depths continue to build up through the morning, but my younger son and his friends hit the mountain around opening time.  They stayed until midday, and said that they enjoyed some nice soft conditions.  When we asked which way to lean in terms of ski width, the word was to go on the wider side. 

My older son and I headed up toward midafternoon, and temperatures were right around freezing down in the valley with the snow accumulations on the dense side, but temperatures dropped right down into the 20s F in the Bolton Valley Village.  The Bolton Valley Access Road was just wet in the lower elevations, with easy driving up to about 1,500’, and above that point it was snow covered.

With only so much terrain open, the main center portions of the runs had a bit of the new snow, but there was enough traffic that you were generally skiing on the base snow.  The sides and lower traffic areas of the trail held plenty of soft snow though – places where the snow had either been untouched or pushed there by skiers would definitely get you off the subsurface.  The snow was of course much drier than what we were getting down in the valley.  We were quickly reminded it was a storm day in mid-December when the night skiing lights started coming on not too far after 3:00 P.M., and it was getting dark enough that it was nice to have the lighting assist at that point.

I didn’t really make any attempts at officially measuring the new snow, but my son and I both estimated the accumulations at the mountain as of this afternoon were somewhere in the 6-12” range.  I’m surprised to see the mountain coming in with a report of 4-6” new, since we’d already had 6 to 7” down at the house by this afternoon, so I’d say that’s a conservative snow report based on what we encountered.  While we were up there the snowfall rate was close to an inch per hour based on what we found on our car, but nothing outrageous in terms of what the mountains can get for snowfall intensity.  The snowfall was definitely more intense up there than down the valley at our place, as the afternoon period had lighter snowfall than the morning.

 

 

Kid knows how to plant a pole, there's simply nothing more important to signal upweighting for the turn, it puts you in position to keep your body facing square to downhill.  So lucky to have his dad for so many reasons!

5 minutes ago, dmcginvt said:

That area over s ny is rotating like a low moreso than the low off the coast

is it the upper level low?

10 minutes ago, dmcginvt said:

Its snowing at about 1/4" an hour right now and seems to have long way to go still.  I think we are in good position with surface analysis showing the low pretty close to the cape although I think there is a secondary in s ny see previous post.  

That area over s ny is rotating like a low moreso than the low off the coast

21 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Not a huge event snowfall wise locally but it does get into Winter Storm Warning criteria here.  We’ll see what the 12am-6am period brings.  High QPF snows lead to a larger impact for sure than warning amount fluffy snow.

Its snowing at about 1/4" an hour right now and seems to have long way to go still.  I think we are in good position with surface analysis showing the low pretty close to the cape although I think there is a secondary in s ny see previous post.  

1 minute ago, tunafish said:

Yep, inlaws.  Is that down by the river?

Got married there.  Took my post-Thanksgiving dump in the cow pasture tree grove after that 2014 storm knocked out power (most importantly, bathroom fan).  Special place for sure.

All dumps are special whether its shit or snow!!

2 minutes ago, CT Rain said:

Yeah and the snow should be done prior to daybreak. Rt 9 can be a mess if there's an accident or a tractor trailer stuck but I'm sure it will be fine. Looking forward to it. 

RT 9 is its own special monster, it can be bad in a rain storm mid summer

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I love how I have become the face of winter time consternation. 

You wear you heart on your sleeve.  It's a good thing! I appreciate the passion!  And I lived in Methuen during a time when we got tons of snow so I know it happens, and when it doesnt, I feel your pain even though Im in Vermont now.

1 minute ago, CT Rain said:

Still puking in S VT. My drive up tomorrow AM won't be fun on Rt 9 lol

Yes it will if you love snow!!  You know Vermont, we have plows.  The issue has been on the back roads they plowed and it turned to ice once they did, but didnt lay down some dirt yet.  

1 minute ago, met_fan said:

Canceled from what?

Ha Im nobody so I cant be cancelled YAY!

Deosnt it seem like the low is in S NY, theres def cyclonic rotation there

1 minute ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Power is out now with sounds of cracking and crashing coming from the trees. We just went from beautiful and historic to a pain in the ass in SVT

Could be worse, It could be 33 and raining.  Play cards under candlelight. . although I have been in some heavy snow where the trees were going down left and right and it is frankly terrifying.  

Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I just poured myself a professionally brewed, 10% blueberry barley wine, that I helped design, so I'm feeling better about my weather situation now.

   

Man I can only think of the blueberry beer that otter creek once brewed and it was awful.  But at 10% I'll drink it!!!

2 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Nah, weather is fluid.

No question its anecdotal, but Im gonna stick with it.  It keeps me sane

Im of the opinon that once an inside runner, always an inside runner

13 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I just picked up my kid from a friends house 3 miles away and it was a completely different snow covered landscape.  

 

I'd be as pissed as Ray!!

3 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Yeah, Greenfield is the even smaller dot of rain on that radar image. 

Get in your car and drive to waterbury, I got an airbnb room in my house for skiers, no charge to you since your getting so screwed

4 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Heart shaped rain signature! LOL

 

Looks to be Amherst, god loves a lesbian?  Will i be cancelled for that?

1 minute ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Heart shaped rain signature! LOL

 

love for noboby, theres a beatles song in that

6 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I generally try not to get too agitated by these things but I just picked my kid up, from a friends house in Colrain and it is literally dumping silver dollars, a half mile up the road from my house but raining in my front yard.  100' elevation difference at best.

Looks like Greenfield there...what a magic special hell you must live in