powderfreak

They had 6-8” at midday yesterday supposedly and then another 6-8” for a total of 12-18”… though that math doesn’t check out. This is why I hate ranges too, because there was very little change in snowfall, if any, with elevation. If you always employ the formula of “base area + 2” for every update, it starts compounding real fast. Theres a joke in ski areas about the rule of + 2 (plus two) that most places just take what they measure and add two for an upper range (for whatever reason, it’s hard to say). So my guess is Jay had 10 to 12. The March Madness continues today with another 6-8" since we last recorded at noon yesterday. Since this storm began Friday night, we're totaling 12-18" of fresh powder and it's all out there to enjoy in the sunshine today.

Interesting that parts of the St Lawrence River Valley is also bare on the north side of the storm.

We had 11”, not 20”. Wait there’s no way Jay reported 18” is there? They had 6-8” like early afternoon yesterday. I’m sorry there just wasn’t much if any elevational difference in this storm. Synoptic and mid-level lift. Zero reason for wide ranges in ski areas reported snowfall. The bases got about the same as the summits.

Calling BS on the 18” report near Stowe Village. Myself and CoCoRAHS guy had 11-11.5”, which would’ve fit much nicer than that 18”.

My folks’ place near ALB. Lost power from icing.

Wild combo. Solid Winter Storm.

Been wondering about him. Everything looked to line up for a big storm there. Figure if he gets 20” with solid SWE, it’ll last through April with his preservation.

We finished with 11.5” here. Certainly not the 18-24” club, but a healthy synoptic storm. Visibility was low for a long time in the small flake snowfall. MVL ASOS was at or below 1sm vis for 12 straight hours Photo from late this afternoon down into town. It felt like a snowstorm, and that day long vibe is fun.

Man, that Ludlow/Okemo area gets some big events. Thats the best content yet.

Dude… that’s awesome. What a snow/QPF dump. 19” of accumulation, with a period of heavy sleet mixed in? That’s a wagon of an event.

That’s insane. 4.5” in an hour, what a show.

I could watch like an hour of that…. How do you guys post videos too?

That’s awesome. That zone does big events well.

I will say this seems like perfect synoptic snow. Small flake but cold. Probably 10:1 baking soda about 10” and dumping in this final band. Maybe make a run at 11-12”? Probably 1.0-1.2” QPF as models were showing past day or so here.

Measuring 9-10” here in town on the cars. Still snowing but lighter.

Okemo was passing 18” on their snow cam. This was from near Magic I think. Going to check Mansfield plots now.

I-89 looks fun near J.Spin's in Waterbury. Bet that would be a fun ride from here to Concord, NH.

About 4" so far eyeballing it.

00z GFS continues the swath of heavy snow. Such a large geographic area as modeled.

My forecast has been for 8-14”… I think it gets a bit warm tomorrow afternoon below 1500ft that may lead to some lower ratios. The first part should be cold though.

This is going to be an event. We don’t get models painting widespread 10-20” amounts straight through the heart of New England very often. The amount of land that accumulates 6” or more could be significant. Freezing rain with the cold air drain, sleet, significant QPF. Should be a an interesting late-season storm.

HRRR meanwhile continues to be a huge snowstorm for Mitch and Backedge through 18 hours.

Torched aloft. Sleet gets close to here. As soon as the coastal really tries to get going it dynamically cools and collapses SE fast.

Still like that GFL-RUT axis to North Conway or Jackson over towards Tamarack for a jackpot.

Thats aggressive.