powderfreak

I like 1-3" into Monday morning for the hills. More like 2-4" over by Alex and Phin.

Mount Mansfield set record high of 59F at 2am in the morning. That's wild, ha. Near 60F overnight at the picnic tables on 11/12.

It was pretty incredible to see it be mid 50s last evening... and then RISE overnight... in mid-November in NVT. 6am was 64/63 at MVL... that's warmer than half the 6am temps this past summer. It would feel ridiculously anomalous except for the low 70s last week at 6am . It's bonkers.

1.74” here. Drizzle for now.

Fake warmth.

1.74” rainfall.

57/55 in RN/+RN heading into mid-November is a warm night up here. Dews in the mid-50s at this time of year is noteworthy. However it’s a step down from multiple evenings in the 70s… so it feels like a natural progression despite being so far above normal.

My parents are there too right now…. same exact spot. They sent this photo a couple days ago while driving around the area.

Ha that works. Definitely don’t remember that one. Probably from still being in BTV and not Stowe. There was a good looking 4-week period mid Feb to mid March.

It’s that time of year. It’s the tug between climo and desires. Like “above normal” in late April turns some folks thinking an official heatwave is coming.

Interesting on 2005. The Stake dropped to 40” in early February that winter. It wasn’t a bad winter, just about average, but compared to what happened down in SNE it was suppression with 100” seasonal totals for places that average 30-40”. Relatively speaking it was a suppression type season for the anomalies IMO…. But there was a good 4-week run in mid-Feb to mid-March.

I’m with you… the Weather Channel forecast maps back in the day were the holy grail. Seeing that 12”+ color was as invigorating as anything lol. Then wait for the Local on the 8’s to see the huge snowflake with his little buddy and just the word “Snow” under it. Like a drug in middle school back then… just wait another 10 minutes to get the next hit when the Local on the 8’s starts up again.

That event was a monster up north too. It was my first year at UVM, and BTV picked up like 55” that month of December, with 100”+ at the ski area summits. December 5-6, then 14-15 were both widespread 18-24”+. Then there was another one right before Christmas with double digit thunder snow paste job. I assumed that was just how it was up there, ha. My first winter month in N.VT and the atmosphere was just taking dumps on us. How naive I was, ha. Then in later years like 2004-05 I found out what suppression was . Here was the 12/14-15/03 event.

Need to take advantage of it at 200 hours out before TauntonBlizz debbie’s a suppression jackpot. But maybe all those inches received from b*tching only applied to rain during Stein.

That’s some Dec 2003… 18”+ in BTV and Weymouth. Just everyone seems to win.

Yeah it’s still early. Climo average highs are still decently up there for under 1500ft.

Just for fun

Approved.

This is great.

Wild storms out west. Solitude, Utah

I know someone that works there… wild snow and water totals. 2.42” QPF frozen in 12 hours, sheesh on the avalanche board.

No it was cold at all elevations but has started to go inverted this morning. Pretty wild profile right now, they are losing it at this moment. Wet bulbs are punching upper 20s now. It was low to mid 20s most of the night. Quad top... 36F wet bulb of 26F (only 15% RH, very dry aloft above the inversion). Mid-Mtn... 32F with wet bulb of 28F. Base... 34F with wet bulb of 29F.

Snowmaking crew was training testing last night and went big. Good stress test I guess and training for new staff ahead of the big push? Had to be 75+ guns top to bottom. Still running now.

Congrats on getting there, you worked hard for it. Long, long growing season. Widespread 20s… ORH tried.

21F. Looks like ORH is 33F… can they do it and get to freezing?!