powderfreak

Thunder snow just north of BTV. Another squall warning issued.

Maybe we could pull that off with obscene mins and rain lol. This whole disco is about max temps and nice weather it seems. One side talks daily means, the other talks max temps. Repeat daily.

What a stretch though. Just put down another 4” or so. Almost 5.5” since yesterday at 4pm. This stuff adds up fast. Summit depth now likely over 80”.

Snowy morning, woke up to white ground after overnight snow showers. Another 1-2” at the base of the mountain and snowing nicely. About to get smoked with a quick 2-4” I think as the firehose hits the hill.

I will say it has been impressive that despite +10 departures, it's still been cold enough to snow on the mountains. 13" in 24 hours at 3,000ft we measured on Mount Mansfield. It had some QPF to it too. A nice SWE gain to the mountain snowpack. For reference, 3K feet is a third of the way down the ski terrain in this photo from the top. Ridgeline is 4K feet, Cliff House top station is 3,600ft. Measuring location is another 600 vertical feet below that. ' Mansfield depth is now above normal, ha. That's absolutely absurd given the temperature departures IMO. A solid foot gain with this storm and 36" increase in March so far... from 40" to 76".

Have we moved on to the time of year where “above normal” is a synonym of “the days better be fukkin’ nice.” No one wants to hear how warm it’s been if the afternoons aren’t 70F and sunny. Dreary and mild is like a dirty humid summer pattern where it’s near record above normal but the days are cloudy.

It’s funny because it’s essentially snowless in the valleys. The gradient from 1500-2500ft is the steepest. Spring below, full deep winter above. We had like 2-2.5” in town that just burned off immediately in the sun today except in the shade.

If we ever get a week of like legit -5 to -10 departures, the public is going to think an ice age is coming. Everyone’s baseline is so out of whack.

To be honest the highs there are every bit as warm as the lows, ha. After all that discussion the highs were really +10F down there? The way folks talk it sounded like +2 or +3.

Enjoyed it immensely today. The snow felt like it had a decent shot of SWE included in it. Wasn’t total upslope fluff. I would’ve guessed 0.75-1.00” QPF was added to the snowpack on Mansfield up high. It was cold but had some body to it. We triggered a slab, you can see the fracture line here. Looked like it was the rapid overnight load falling on the fluff yesterday afternoon that failed.

This. There have been plenty of big spring warmth, public can’t remember if it’s Feb-May each year.

Stake now up to 75”, which might be above normal by a few inches now.

9” overnight at High Road. 13” storm total.

It’s very deep. Snow report 6 is low. Mountain got smoked last night.

Yes you do, ha. It’s ok though, it’s all part of the forum. It’s not political on here. Its factual. If you bet above normal, your odds are high.

Soil temps and vegetation is a good barometer. That ecosystem really doesn’t care if the days or nights are hotter. The mean temperature is what matters, and it’s been high.

Don’t let it fool you. It’s April climo and look. This week has still been winter above 2,000-2,500 feet but down low it’s been brown, wet, soggy ground, mud, decaying plow piles and random dirty patches of snow. It looks a full month ahead of schedule.

Honestly, some of those dry torches have solidly lower mins than we have been seeing. The 40-degree diurnal ranges right now get colder at night despite the mild afternoon. Like 65/25 vs. 46/34.

This. I’m not scared, lol, but it’s super impressive how warm it has been since the end of November on mediocre high temps.

32F with steady light snow. Everything turning white again in the valley. Visibility at MVL is 1.25sm in snow, the upslope machine has turned on when MVL starts snowing steadily. Mountain had picked up 4" through 3pm at 3,000ft and it's been snowing nicely this evening. A decent standing wave upslope band developing. NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... As of 643 PM EDT Monday...The locals like to call this pattern bread n butter, where conditions are favorable for upslope accumulating snow showers every 6 to 12 hours, and produce free refills daily. Crnt radar is showing the areal coverage of mtn snow showers and mix rain/snow in the valleys increasing this evening associated with a sfc cold frnt and weak embedded s/w.

Bread and Butter, from WFO BTV: NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... As of 643 PM EDT Monday...The locals like to call this pattern bread n butter, where conditions are favorable for upslope accumulating snow showers every 6 to 12 hours, and produce free refills daily. Crnt radar is showing the areal coverage of mtn snow showers and mix rain/snow in the valleys increasing this evening associated with a sfc cold frnt and weak embedded s/w. As flow continues to shift back to the west/northwest in the 925mb to 850mb layer, expect upslope snow showers to prevail most of the night acrs the northern Dacks and central/northern Greens. A sharp and highly elevational snowfall gradient is anticipated from a dusting to an inch possible valleys to 2 to 6 inches mtns by morning. Temps have cooled quicker than expected acrs the SLV this evening, so have made the hrly temp adjustment and added more snow than rain. Otherwise, precip type should be mostly snow at all levels by 02z this evening, which is covered in fcst. No additional changes made attm.

Yeah we’ve seen a quick 4” at 3,000ft this afternoon. 1”/hr.

@airandrice posted this on Instagram. I think this image shows how snowy the scene and trees are. Plus the green St Paddy’s Day waterfall. 4” at the High Road plot in the past 24 hrs, but measured below this picture’s elevation. The 500-1000ft higher zones of the ski area have seen more snow for sure in most elevational event. Our reported snowfall totals are from an elevation below this location and well below the tops of the lift system. It’s been a good run up in the highest elevations. In the alpine…

Nice, J. Here are the observations from Mansfield. Zero accumulations below 2000-2500ft, but some periods of huge aggregates and convective snow making it down through 1500ft (base area) and even town (750ft). 3,000ft had two, 2-inch observations today, morning and last run of the Gondola. 4-inches past 24 hrs. Enough to be decent net gains in SWE up high. Been a sneaky snowy stretch for 3,000ft…and 3,500-4,000ft has done even better at the top of the lifts and into the alpine zone.

Had some good snow squalls today. Big fat aggregates.