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  1. powderfreak
    Zero doubt it doesn’t rain for like 6 weeks straight this summer.
  2. powderfreak
    Yeah, one of these doesn’t pass the sniff test in central VT. Very uniform minimum temps, and then a random -13F from MPV ASOS. The only other -13F mins in the state are literally over the water of Lake Champlain and moderated by the relatively warm lake water.
  3. powderfreak
    We’ve fought back all the way up to -2F in the valley.
  4. powderfreak
    This isn't meant to rub salt in any wounds, because even up here we are on the southern edge of the gradient on many of these runs like the 12z EURO... but it is still mind-boggling how many Day 10 totals have had 0.0" modeled snowfall from like BOS-HFD-POU. Like not even some fantasy half inch thrown in there somewhere. In mid-winter climo. Also feels like the St Lawrence Valley in southern Quebec is at like 150" of snowfall this season.
  5. powderfreak
    I went out yesterday for one run to find some fresh drifts. Some big scour led to some knee to thigh deep stuff along the woodlines down the Front. Today was -35F up top and most of the lifts had some sort of cold related mechanical issues that are still on going. Warming up electronics, motors, backup motors, etc. Machinery and stuff does not like sustained -20s and -30s with high winds and some moisture on top of that.
  6. powderfreak
    I heard they did hit -40F and was a record. Might be that same thing though.
  7. powderfreak
    Cold morning on the hill. Mansfield hit -35F, which I believe is the second coldest reading in February since 1954. The only other one I could find colder was February 12, 1967 at -36F (also the monthly record).
  8. powderfreak
    Nice steam devil off Lake Champlain yesterday. There were dozens it looked like from the number of photos that cropped up all day of them in different spots. This shared by Tyler J. a local met:
  9. powderfreak
    It’s truly impressive. It’s next level rugged out there. Like your car goes off the road on a drifted section, you lose a foot to frostbite.
  10. powderfreak
    Whiteface summit in Adirondacks… -40F and wind chill of -85F.
  11. powderfreak
    Mansfield down to -32F and falling slowly. Last -32F was 2016 (Feb). I do not remember that at all, ha.
  12. powderfreak
    It truly is something out of like a Nat Geo documentary in some arctic village right now (but with more breweries)… the blowing and drifting snow, streetlights filled with small crystals blowing by fast, streets have snow just sifting through them with only tire spaces bare pavement. Visibility is reduced low but can’t tell if it’s just suspended crystals or blowing snow or icy haze. Sheltered cars have this film of snow on them, like an arctic dust. -18F to -22F on my drive home for area temps.
  13. powderfreak
    This is just stupid cold. -21F on the car and just hammering wind. You can tell if you spent even 30 minutes outside right now your life might truly be threatened.
  14. powderfreak
    Down to -18F in the base area at 1600ft... seems cold but maybe? -24F at 3,600ft (Gondi top not updating) and -11F at MVL.
  15. powderfreak
    -19F and hammering wind. Snow from the arctic FROPA squalls leading to pow.
  16. powderfreak
    -32F at Whiteface summit in Adirondacks.
  17. powderfreak
    The cynical skier is a classic New England pastime. I’m heading out now for a couple runs. There’s a lot of people who want to ski surprisingly. Meeting some friends.
  18. powderfreak
    Nah refunds or credit for another day flying out up here. However it is surprisingly busy all things considered.
  19. powderfreak
    -8F at MVL at 9AM. -12F here at work at the ski area at 1500ft. Arctic tundra conditions. Low visibility arctic haze, light snow and crystals. High winds with blowing and drifting.
  20. powderfreak
    He knows what to do… get into the win-win zone. He wins the bet, gets to back pat. Loses it, he gets snow. The brilliant way to wager is when losing gives you satisfaction too.
  21. powderfreak
    Down to 0F at home and -3F at 1500ft. 1” of new snow or so eyeballing it.
  22. powderfreak
    Obs look great. Local MVL ASOS with the M1/4 visibility. Gusted near 40mph too. METAR KMVL 030510Z AUTO 33015G21KT M1/4SM +SN FZFG VV007 M07/M09 A2961 METAR KMVL 030505Z AUTO 33014KT M1/4SM +SN FZFG VV010 M07/M09 A2961 RMK AO2 PK WND 31027/0502 WSHFT 0451 P0000 T10671089 METAR KMVL 030500Z AUTO 32021KT M1/4SM +SN FZFG VV013 M06/M08 A2962 KMVL 030458Z AUTO 32022G34KT 1/4SM +SN FZFG VV014 M06/M08 A2962 RMK AO2 PK WND 32034/0457
  23. powderfreak
    Yeah those are the cold shots. You get the wind chill of -30F the day before (like -7F with a breeze) and then get the ambient temp of -30F the morning after with clear/calm. Real and fake at the same readings lol.
  24. powderfreak
    MSS gusted 40kts in M1/4 +SN. Some good obs from upstate NY. Winds are hammering out of the south ahead of the FROPA. VT Road Conditions page with a lot of reports of accidents and vehicles off roads in the Champlain Valley around BTV from blowing and drifting snow. Plows out despite no falling snow. The real joke is the road named Cheesecake Factory with no Cheesecake Factory in the state.
  25. powderfreak
    Yeah I guess the type of winter we’ve had goes into it. Just surprising during/near climo coldest time of year. If January was normal temps, you’d imagine it doesn’t happen. Who knows.
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