powderfreak

Some might call it a candidate?

Nighttime is definitely more productive upslope and my theory has always been it has to do with the developing nocturnal inversion that happens at night. It tends to allow for a more concentrated band of low level snow. Daytime heating tends to disrupt it to some degree (of course unless it is just a monster set up and moisture/wind overpowers it, ie northern Greens)... I feel like the most concentrated upslope bands occur once the nocturnal inversion tries to set in aloft, trapping moisture in the low levels too, enhancing the terrain's influence further... while daytime heating causes it to go more cellular or convective showers. I think we see it with Lake Effect too... you see more cellular squally stuff during the day but then at night you get those diesel bands of 3-5"/hr that just park themselves.

Another 3” overnight on the car, around 6” for the event.

That’s nice.

4” at base snow plot.

3” so far at all elevations from town to upper mountain. Really no change with elevation it seems.

Will’s got me beat. I don’t think in two decades I’ve ever seen Will post from a state of anger or despair. Dendrite too. I do remember losing it in January 2014 though… more inches of rain than snow while Philly is under their 6th winter storm warning…and if I hear Leon Lett, I might have flashbacks.

Ha, I’m like that too. Some might say overly optimistic and can find a positive in falling face down into dog shit (is that corn?). I’ve been told it would be better if I got more upset… sports, weather, life, etc.

I will say over the years when DIT gets down, he doesn’t stay down for long.

The woe is me cycle can be incredibly hard for some people to get out of… and draining for all around too.

Only 6 other years (out of 140) since 1884 have had 3 days with below 0F temps in Burlington, VT by 12/9. The last time was 36 years ago in 1989. That seems moderately impressive.

What? This? I went looking expecting like 80F and 6” of rain.

Yesterday's daily mean temperature at MVL was -1F . -27 daily departure. -12.4 on the month.

-18.2F. This is absurd for 12/9. Like 35+ degrees below normal. Relative to normal its like an 18F low in mid-July. SLK, HIE, BML all at least -20F or lower.

4” overnight, 5” measured in 24 hours… fellow reporter MT checking Barnes Camp stake in the base area pre-dawn while VTRANS plows.

-13F at 10pm. Teens all the way down to the south coast. Region-wide well-below normal night. Sorry for the cold spam, but it’s noteworthy for the time of year.

Radiational cooling or not, it has been a bit since we’ve seen these type of departures sustained over a couple weeks. At any time of year. The low level air masses have been legit. Today was brutal cold at the mountain, sub zero with strong wind.

It’s the trade off to like an unnecessary cool 42F night in the summer, while south of the Pike is enjoying 60 dews.

I’m praying my car’s battery also finds it fake tonight. It struggled the other day and took a couple tries to turn over. Only 3 years old so might need to get that looked at.

Just listening to the deck and trees pop and crack this evening.

Super localized cold pockets being noted around town. Cars have been picking up -12 to -18 readings this evening in low lying spots. Big jumps in short distances. Another friend saw -16F less than an hour ago.

-8F at PWS and MVL before 8pm. Good grief, fukking ice box outside. Normal is 34/17. Today is 12/-8 and falling. -11 departure on the month and growing.

8 for Sunday… interesting.

Deep winter vibes when shoveling 6” at -1F ha.

-11.6 in the first full week of December is a significant departure for MVL locally. That doesn’t happen often. It’s been cold. BTV is -11.3 to start December. For a location that seems to run warm.