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January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
We've all been there and understand. It's just nice to see the page try to turn. The difference between looking outside and seeing a white landscape, vs brown and dead in the darkest time of year makes a huge difference aesthetically. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
It’s good to see Coastal rallying. ”Don’t let us win tonight”… you get one and the outlook changes. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Ha, right? 100mph at -46F is a trip. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Sounds pleasant. Saturday through Sunday, highs near zero and lows -20F . Friday And Friday Night Partly cloudy. Highs 10 to 15. Lows around 10 below. Saturday Through Sunday Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs around zero. Lows around 20 below. Sunday Night And Monday Partly cloudy. Lows 10 below to 15 below zero. Highs around 10 above. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Was happy to see you score a good win yesterday. Look forward to hearing you again on 98.5 Sports Hub, ha. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Ha, we can make ends meet without it. All joking aside, fairly normal progression as the jet lowers in latitude this time of year. We get in the sweet spot like Nov/Dec and then again March/April. Jan and Feb should be south of this latitude. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Ha, it was more tongue in cheek. I mean just about any time it snows in Boston to Hartford it’s suppression up here. Don’t like the look up this way for synoptic snows, but we’ve had plenty. Time to get some mojo back in the southern lands. That AIFS run was wild. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
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Rise of the Machines: January 18-19 Winter Storm Obs Thread
powderfreak replied to WxWatcher007's topic in New England
Congrats man. Long time coming. -
Rise of the Machines: January 18-19 Winter Storm Obs Thread
powderfreak replied to WxWatcher007's topic in New England
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3” past 24 hrs from yesterday’s little fluffer at 1,500ft. Depth 31” at base of Mansfield. Snowpack is solid and robust even at that 1500ft elevation making great skiing to the road/108.
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Another Coating of Snow Saturday - "It's all we Got"
powderfreak replied to Sey-Mour Snow's topic in New England
About 3” of fluff here. More than I expected. Probably only a tenth of QPF. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
It’s above average over the last 20 years for mid-January. Plenty of QPF too. We have had some tough seasons over that time. Just like SNE. But this year has produced somehow. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
28” snowpack at 1500ft this evening. This is a QPF heavy, frozen snowpack too. I scraped an additional inch off the Barnes Camp board. The snowpack is respectable in both depth and frozen water at the Stowe base area. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Almost as impressive is the next day max of 19F on that MOS lol. A nice 70 degree rise. -
Had 2” when it ended at 1,500ft and 5” at 3,000ft. 3K depth went 63” to 68”. Skiing felt even deeper above 3000ft. Top of Gondola might’ve had 6” but we don’t measure up there.
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January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
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First Legit Storm Potential of the Season Upon Us
powderfreak replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in New England
This thread is one of the best and it’s only a few hours old. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
I think 2/14/07 takes the cake for me. We had 6” in BTV before temps hit 0F. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
But that doesn’t mean there can’t be region-wide fun winter events though still to come too. -
January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread
powderfreak replied to Baroclinic Zone's topic in New England
Feel like this is easier said than done for many folks here … -
Yup, would rather be around that than eyeore.
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Yeah it’s all been made through orographic means with general prevailing southwest/west/northwest flow. Great Lakes and mesoscale mountain areas.
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Yeah there’s about 8-10” in my yard. Goes to 30” at 1500ft a few miles up the road at the office, then doubles again to 60” at 3,000ft. Its a very sharp, microscale gradient of orographic precipitation.
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I’m outside in the cold quite a bit, but I have started to enjoy the warm season more and more. There are also life things that play into that… winter life vs summer life. But man, late sunsets when it’s 80 degrees and what feels like two hours of twilight from 7-9pm… that’s what I love. Hate 84/68 at 1:30pm lol. Anyway, looks like we’ll take the 15th event and turn it into a nice refresher up here.
