powderfreak

Yeah wasn't expecting this for some reason... 1-2" down at the hill depending on elevation. Models have some sneaky QPF the next 48 hours.

Sub-freezing but that March sun just smokes it. That time of year when 2.5" can look like that after some sunshine.

Powder Palooza today.

You found the side of the Whites that probably rained and then frozen with an inch of glop in between. The interesting thing with anafrontal or frontal waves like that is the entire event is NW wind in the lowest 8,000ft in this one. Backside of the cold front and had strong inversion/veering around 6-8k feet. Here’s the VAD from BTV yesterday during synoptic snow showing the flow behind the cold front. That flow is kind of blocked which is why the west slopes locally and I bet Alex did a little better daytime yesterday than your hood… but last night it unblocked itself when upper winds also went NW and CAA took place. Froude numbers were 1.0-1.5 which is crest and Lee side favored… and your snowfall went off (similar thing happened at the ski area here). Basically the upslope could drift more eastward. Couple that with -15C to -18C at 850mb with those perfect snow growth temps situated right in the sweet spot for orographic snow from 3,000-8,000ft elevation and it just dumped dendrites. When the snow growth is that good, even in high winds it doesn’t seem to shatter the flakes. They make it to the surface as great fluff. Can turn an extra 0.25” QPF into 6-10” fast. Fun event!

That was at 3000ft but to be honest there wasn’t a ton of elevation difference. Last night both spots got 7-8”. Given high winds I bet there’s a general 15-19” spread depending on site specifics.

Mansfield Stake depth increased 19" in this storm. 41" to 60"

Oh my god it’s so deeeep out there. 17” storm total is the official number for the hill. Cliff House drift from Lift Maintenance…

Last night dumped another 7-8" up at 1,500ft. Totals around 15-16". There's a lot of snow out there.

The timing of this one was great… snow starting in the morning, cranking all day, leading to a snowy evening vibe. There’s something about evening snow after a whole day event. Caps off a great day. Moisture is decreasing and upslope is rotting out while drifting downwind. Should end soon.

What a scene this evening. There it is! Winter storm conditions.

Let’s see some pics! Cell phones make it too easy. More posters need to show snaps. Stoke it up.

Evening dog walk along Rec Path! 18z Euro has a little critter that bites on Tuesday/night. Streaking through NNE.

7-7.5" in the lowlands. Still snowing but a lot of wind. Hard to tell what's going on but sheets of snow moving through the sky.

Did a bunch of measurements a half hour ago around 8 PM at home... variety of 7-7.5". Still snowing but a lot of wind.

That’s fukking wild. What a radar image. So much to unpack there at different levels of the atmosphere.

Just left the mountain, 8.5” at 1500ft and it’s upslope fluffing pretty good. Wind really ramped up. Definitely less snow down in town.

Not a huge storm by any means but 5-6” pasty to fluff down at 750ft. Hoping to add 2-3” more upslope tonight. It’s incredibly picturesque out here.

It is, winter wonderland scene. At least for a day or two.

Nope, no complaints. Looks awesome out with the pasty snow to start and now the powder sticking to that.

It’s not the widespread 12-20” that it looked in the mid-range but it’s snowy and winter again. I feel like 6-12” amounts will be most common when all is said and done. That’s been a popular landing spot for storms this season.

12pm had 7” at 3,000ft plot.

7” at 3,000ft.

Widespread SN and +SN obs from the area ASOS up here. Nice mid-level pivot point going on right now across this area.

It is pounding snow, this is nice. Looks like a mid-level pivot point.

Nice signs of a meso-band trying to form in this area.