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  1. powderfreak
    It definitely affects the minimums more. Which begs the question of its importance to snowfall. If 30/17 is +8, does it really matter if the mean is below freezing and snow is on the ground? If overnight temps are 10-15 degrees above normal but daytimes are chilly, do we even experience it as a public that moves about during daylight hours? The public perception is definitely mitigated by daytime temps.
  2. powderfreak
    It’s pretty incredible to have only 2 days of the month exceed 40F… but yet be at +8.1 for a departure. We’ve had snow cover basically the whole time it feels like, like the type of snow that makes you want to follow the previous footsteps. But +8 is a big departure.
  3. powderfreak
    That’s also a good theme of this winter. We missed the last event, but have also had long periods of time with caked and pasted trees previously. Those snowfalls and the ensuing “cold” have often had a good period of barely below freezing temps… keeps things plastered but doesn’t dry snow out to cold dust. It’s a very maritime snow look. And then eventually it warms up and process repeats with another marginal system moving through the area. If you score, it’s a nice visual hit.
  4. powderfreak
    We just went +8.1F locally at MVL in January… Saint Johnsbury (1V4) with a period of record to 1800s was also +8.1F. SLK at +7.2F… BTV +6.1 (less reliant on mins). It turned into a +6 to +8 above normal January here. Thats pretty high-end to have temps of 30.2/17.4 for a mean up here.
  5. powderfreak
    Yesterday was a good example of this winter for temps up here. High of 34F (+8) and low of 27F (+24). The normal min is 3F right now. That is so far from what we’ve experienced. Last year min was -1F, where it should be. Nights in the NNE mountain valleys should be around 0F and climo is just getting crushed relative to normal.
  6. powderfreak
    I’m definitely jonesing for a period of trackable winter weather. Even up here tonight is 33F with unknown precipitation at the ASOS… white rain. It’s just been so warm. Flooding North America with Pacific air… chilly but not cold. It hasn’t been like super warm with days in the 40s up here. It’s just maritime air Pacific or Atlantic that rots around freezing… days aren’t super warm but the nights are torches. We need a legit cold air supply for a sustained period of time.
  7. powderfreak
    Some people just want to be contrarian. Be it in weather, sports, life, etc. Like this compulsive need to offer the opposite of group think whether they believe it or not. Like if everyone suddenly hated snow and the forum collectively was constantly looking for a 60F day in the winter, I think some of these guys would start posting long range cold maps.
  8. powderfreak
    A couple breaks gave briefly passing brightening of the base and mid-slope. Top station remained in the rime cloud. 2,100+ vertical rise for the Mansfield Gondola.
  9. powderfreak
    See that matters right there. Consistent snow cover, even if it’s not deep winter. Every winter day with no grass visible is a good day.
  10. powderfreak
    Now that’s an expensive body.
  11. powderfreak
    We had some brief brightening for seconds at a time today. If we could go full bluebird with the rime ice layer starting on trees at like 1500ft, the views would be incredible. Only the valley at 750-1500ft isn’t rimed up. Stratus layer has been stuck for days at mid-slope and summits.
  12. powderfreak
    Sounds like drunk photography.
  13. powderfreak
    Surprising 2-3” last night on the mountain here too. Very low POPs last night.
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  15. powderfreak
    Very much all or nothing.
  16. powderfreak
    High-end content. Thanks for sharing.
  17. powderfreak
    Ascutney summit would be incredible. The 0.5 degree base scan would show so much without topography interfering the sample in eastern VT and adjacent NH. It might even overstate precip given its beam would start at over 3,000ft and increase from there…but zero barriers to the signal in any direction.
  18. powderfreak
    Damn! Thats pretty legit. Band has just been rotting over you. We’ve seen a couple widely scattered flurries like ~10-15 miles NW.
  19. powderfreak
    Thats a fun evening look. Pasting everything white.
  20. powderfreak
    Kevin gets some props for completely crowd sourcing pretty much all model data he needs.
  21. powderfreak
    Not a flake here, ha.
  22. powderfreak
    Yeah best chance.
  23. powderfreak
    Gotta use the positive snow depth maps. They’ve been pretty decent in this one.
  24. powderfreak
    Just like how they look when I’m weighing the SWE in the snowpack.
  25. powderfreak
    Ha! You’re incredibly close to the Barnes Camp Snow Plot there. That’s the snowcat road behind you and then past that in the woods back there is a stake. 10-11” in town sounds right. The village at 750ft can be half what 1500ft is at times. Village doesn’t really do big depths but it’s just consistent cover much of the winter.
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