powderfreak

I always go back to Will/ORH's logic from the past two decades... might as well enjoy the weather hobbyist excitement of snowfall and root for it, because it's not going to magically be 70F and sunny instead. If the alternative to it snowing is a 35.7F degree, one inch of rainfall, it's sort of why not go for snow, provided you don't have to drive three hours in it or something. It'll melt soon enough. Either way it's going to get muddy, be it during an inch of cold rain or after the snow melts, guess the cold rain it just is muddy sooner, ha.

Ohhh GFS.

It was below zero and blustery this morning up at elevation in the northern mountains. We hit -4.5F at 3,600ft and 6F at 1500ft. That would be fun in September.

That and the person moving like they are a robot taking a shit lol.

That seems almost more impressive than the 60 dews.

Even up here we are up to a 51F dew at MVL… I’ve got the living room slider open a bit, ha. Don’t hate it but can hear the snowmelt rushing down the river.

That’s crazy.

Fake news.

From rushing water to pond ice to powder back to water all in a few days.

Another 6” between 8:30am and 4pm. Storm total 9” so far. Heavy snow. Depth at 3,000ft back up from 52” to 61”.

Upslope band is cranking. Just ripping snow on the mountains. Over 5" so far for the event.

In rare form this morning, ha.

Blocked.

A tad over 2” at 1500ft. 22” Depth.

This was a solid thaw. Noteworthy. We lost 20” of snowpack at home, and 21” at the base of the mountain. 42” to 21” this week at 1,500ft.

39/39 with light rain here in the valley. Its 50-55F with dews of 50F at 1,500-2,500ft. Wild inversions continue.

You’ve learned from the best.

That’s awesome. Those days were fun as a kid.

BTV got on the board, too. The high of 72 degrees at BTV (Burlington) was not only a daily record but also ties the warmest temperature this early in the winter/spring (January 1st through March 10th).

Shut em down and install em.

Just hit 70F up here at MVL. 55F summit and 65F base.

Afternoon round up of the state of the snowpack… High Road Plot (PM reading): 62” Depth (2” decrease past 24 hours, 12” lost past 5 days). Big Spruce Plot (PM reading): 42” Depth (2” decrease past 24 hours, 14” lost past 5 days) Barnes Camp Plot (AM reading): 28” Depth (4” decrease past 24 hours, 14” lost past 5 days). First 24-36 hours saw the biggest melt and the snowpack is getting a bit more resilient as it gets deeper down into some of the previous thaws and ice storm from mid-season. Only 2” decreases past 24 hours at the higher elevation sites is a positive trend but we still have at least 48 hours to go and likely 72 hours. Good spring skiing.

We spring.

Those are my least favorite people. The ones that need to tell you that people don’t recognize their brilliance. If you are that smart, people will notice over time. But if you go for sympathy because folks didn’t bow down to you… good grief.

57F.... there's like a slurping noise coming from the snowpack in the yard, haha. Just getting eviscerated.