powderfreak

I was wondering about your area. Radar seemed to show the core of the squalls skirting west then south of the Presidentials. Some 30dbz cores in there seemed to track from Crawford Notch towards you. Looked like another pretty strong area lifted through northern Coos and into adjacent Maine. Not sure where Sunday River is exactly but figured it had to be in that neighborhood for the northern squall. I was wondering how that played out just south of the Presis.

Just shy of 2” of fluff here eyeballing it… Will measure later. Still snowing good. Unblocked flow has the snow in the lee of Mount Mansfield here on RT 108/Mountain Road. I feel like @J.Spinwith snow consistently reforming overhead .

Dumping in town. East slope unblocked flow.

In it now.

Somewhere between 1-2” and snowing steadily.

Dumping snow. Nice scene out there.

METAR KBTV 041950Z AUTO 21010KT 1/4SM +SN FZFG BKN016 BKN030 OVC065 M01/M03 A2993

BTV down to 1/4 mile +SN METAR KBTV 041950Z AUTO 21010KT 1/4SM +SN FZFG BKN016 BKN030 OVC065 M01/M03 A2993

Pretty potent clipper moving into NNE... should be good for some low vis squalls.

That’s a great question, ha. I honestly don’t know.

It was 8F on my car when I left this morning.

8F… cold start today.

Nice, 21F here with a good breeze. Adirondacks and Whites colder on the whole so far. Should be a cold night.

The 18z EURO continues the weird highly concentrated but big QPF signal around the Spine in these parts. Crazy the QPF maps even print out a pixel or two of 0.50" water. Someone is going to get lit up very localized between Jay and Sugarbush . Too many models have showed some weirdly high QPF spots in the area that they must be seeing something.

Nice disco from BTV on tomorrow's snow shower and accumulation potential. Potential snowfall in the 1 to 3 inch range in most areas is forecast. However, given the convective nature, expect large variability across the region, with greatest chance for the deeper snow accumulations over the Adirondacks. It appears precipitation amounts will be enhanced due to moisture advection associated with moderately strong west to southwest low level trajectories off the eastern Great Lakes throughout the afternoon and evening. The surface moisture return will be evident with dew points surging back through the 20s to near 30 along with increasing southerly winds. These dynamics will promote better surface convergence along and ahead of the weak surface front. As a result, we should see widespread snow shower activity, and where surface based CAPE develops, briefly heavy snow showers lowering visibilities to under a mile can be expected. The latest convective allowing model guidance is bullish on this potential, especially across the Adirondack region in the afternoon and potentially over northern Vermont during the evening. High resolution ensemble data point to scattered heavy snow shower activity with low probabilities of snowfall accumulating an inch in an hour`s time. Note that accumulations will be limited by duration of this heavier snowfall. Currently looks like snow squall activity is unlikely, but will need to keep an eye on this potential if snow showers can organize around a low level frontal boundary. Given favorably cold conditions and roughly average snow ratios supporting a fairly dry snow, expect some blowing snow.

Something to watch tomorrow afternoon and evening… models are showing the Winooski Valley squalls. Or an axis of stronger snow showers. The EURO lights up like 0.30” QPF in 6-hours near JSpin, Bolton, Mansfield. The models definitely think something may come streaking through tomorrow late day. The NAM has a squall line with a 6” pixel literally over @J.Spin’s head.

Yeah to be honest the closest I get are the Birthday Bowls from the top of Spruce Peak at Stowe… but we need to start cutting back towards Stowe earlier and Smuggs skiers can keep rolling downhill.

Yeah had 2” at 3,200ft and a wind blown dusting of a half inch most likely if it sits still down at 1500ft. Lot of crunch and slick surfaces out there.

To be honest I have only skinned there in the past 7 years I think? It's been a while since I've ridden a lift there but it's great terrain with deep snowfall. Incredible side country, inbounds woods. The vibe is more laid back than the busier south side of the Notch.

Nice on the thunder and lightning. I haven't been paying enough attention as I didn't think that was in the offering regionally this evening.

I didn't realize how warm it got down there today. Must've felt nice to be honest without any snow on the ground to protect. Today had a raw chill today... wasn't "cold" but that damp, foggy 30-34F at the mountain just felt miserable, ha. Coldest elevation this afternoon was 1,500-2,000ft as the upper elevations warmed above the inversion.

That's not that short on vertical, ha. The funny thing about the vertical discussion, is how the East actually has some better vertical per lift ride than many of the major ski areas out west. Of course there are the Jackson Holes, Big Sky, Steamboat, Telluride, etc but many lifts out west are largely in the 800-1,500 vertical foot length. Even the big vertical mountains, it takes multiple lift rides to get that vertical. It's one of those things where you go out west and it is hard to find single lifts that do 2,000+ verts in one shot. Of course there's like Snowbird and Jackson Hole trams but it's surprising how the east coast verts compare to out west. There's a lot of yo-yo type setups of 1,000 verts per pod in like Utah and Tahoe.

Nice dude. Radar looks solid.

Was snowing pretty good here at 5am. Somewhere between 1-2” at the office now but tapered off.

Nice burst of snow this morning. About an inch so far.