powderfreak

Going on day 5 of just phenomenal weather. Low of 28F again and then rising rapidly with sunrise. Below freezing at 6:30am and then 30 degrees warmer at 9:30am approaching 60F. Gotta love this time of year and the large diurnal swings.

I could go for a t-storm… really usher in the warm season.

They are coming up here but luckily no insects yet.

What an absolute stunner of a day. Sunburnt too. Full sunshine. 68F with dew of 21F and bone dry 17% humidity. 40+ temp swing today… starting in the 20s and ending near 70F.

lol to me the hard freezes signify nice weather. You don't get that without a high-diurnal trend low RH type pattern. We'll do close to a 40 degree swing today. Ground and cars frozen white this morning with the heat on, while now doors and windows are wide open. 64F and full sun.

What a stretch it’s been. Into the low 60s already after a 27F and hard freeze again last night. RH around 20% with dews 19-25F.

What a stretch of weather. Getting a solid tan going after a week of earning turns... skinning up snow for an hour with this strong sun beating down and reflecting back up at you, got quite the farmer tan going on right now. First pic from today, other pics from a blend of other days this week.

Not going to be good for snow preservation.

Fans look like they are dressed for winter at Fenway… was shocking to see given how nice it is here. Folks look as cold as the bats. Full sunshine, 60s, 18% RH with dews in the teens up here.

27F last night and a very hard freeze. Certainly no where near planting up here. Now up to 56 and sunshine. Just really dry air masses lately... dew is back down to 21F.

That’s America right there. At-Will employment, one can walk away at any time, or they can chose that what the company offers to them is better than the alternative. Likewise a company can just chose to part ways as well. The system is quite intriguing but it seems to work. Checks and balances.

Tonight's sunset was pretty awesome over Mansfield. I love that it happens after 8pm these days. Long, long evenings outside. We end up eating dinner now at 9pm though when you can still be outside at like 8:30pm.

People stop coming at some point. Spring sports start up for kids, folks can do things outside now that doesn't involve snow. Golf courses, baseball fields, basketball courts, biking, etc... half the reason people go skiing in the winter (casual skiers), is because it's a fun way to get outside during those months to be honest. Once other options become available, those things take over.

Low 60s with dews in the upper teens, top 10 day with 20% RH. Great afternoon for a schuss down Mt Mansfield. Still skiing the trees in spots. Looks like we have over a week of this.

Crazy 10 day QPF. Not sure I remember ever seeing zilch for entire states like VT/NH on 10-day QPF map.

It's always interesting how long snow can last when these mild dry air masses move in. Evaporational cooling seems to lead to a snow skin temperature that is much lower than the 2-meter temperature. The 30% or lower spring afternoons seem to do very little damage to the high elevation snowpack. It's wild to me that the Toll Road path has been plowed clear and already dried (low RH), while there's 5 feet of snow on the level right next door on the neighboring trail. The pile of snow from the plowing is probably 30 feet deep over the edge of the trail on the left side of this photo. Spring is a fun time of year.

Let’s goooo, ha. Maybe we can do 95F again from SLK to BML in May too.

We do A/C up here much more than we used to a decade ago, especially two decades ago when I first moved to N.VT. It doesn't cool off at night as much as it used to. That is the real A/C barometer in my opinion. The nighttime cooling. Open windows and sliding doors cooling things off nicely are the hallmarks of NNE mountain valley summers. If it doesn't radiate though, the populous needs A/C. That increase in temps overnight/during low diurnal solar cycle, has really pushed many of us to install A/C where it wasn't previously needed.

Nice J. That's some good skiable coverage for south facing Spruce this time of year. Spruce takes the brunt of the solar effects and I haven't been up there much lately. I should probably try one last ski up there before hiking season starts there. I love Spruce in the warm season for a quick after-work jaunt to the lookout rock at the top. Liftline and Lord to North Slope then T-Line are likely the two routes that last the longest on Mansfield. Nosedive at the "Shambles Turn" around 2,300ft (because your legs are usually in shambles by then and trying to run it out to the lower pitch) is worn down to a ribbon on skiers right. That section up to Cliff Trail was weaker than usual this year. Liftline, Centerline and Lord/North Slope to T-Line seemed deeper than usual.

About a 1/3rd of an inch of water in 4 days this month. That seems pretty average. Isn't BDL above normal water since March 1st this spring? Hopefully you can Stein though, folks love a dry warm season.

RT 108 through Smugglers Notch (Notch Road, Mountain Road, RT 108, many names) opened today for the season, connecting Jeffersonville with Stowe. It connects the east and west slopes without having to go to Waterbury and I-89... or north to Johnson for RT 15. Good warm season marker is that opening. View of the Notch and passageway through the Spine from this afternoon. Mild day despite the clouds, natural snow trail Starr vs snowmaking runs Centerline to North Slope. Snow is dirty with melt debris, dust, dirt, tree boughs, etc.

Started 2019 with the same record as this year after winning 108 games in 2018. Its really bizarre how the past decade they have had 4 first place finishes and 4 last place finishes… only two seasons in past 10 did they finish other than 1st or worst.

Smoldering hot and wet? Hmm.

Getting caught up here with the cliff notes version. J/k good posts Tip. Hope for the best.

I imagine that going about as well in your house as when you tell the family that A/C isn’t needed and they should man up and enjoy the dews.