powderfreak

I try to be equal opportunity… spend about equal time at both.

Crisp morning with heavy freezing fog again. The morning rime icing on everything has been sweet this week. Trees frosted daily.

Fantastic shot. That's autumn in New England.

I mean you gotta if you want to compete with your neighbor’s snow depths in April/May . What that did remind me of is that’s how Stowe’s terrain on Mansfield can be but on a huge scale… NE aspects with something blocking direct sun above. It’s like a much smaller scale of the Mansfield Stake, doesn’t see direct sunlight for like 5 months lol.

Luckily from a distance 3-6 inches look the same as 3-6 feet… it’s all just white .

Looks like you found the best snow preservation spot you could find, ha… north/east side of house? The early season coatings are great times to see the cold/shady spots.

Earlier when the sun was out...

This shot I remember.... that's just absolutely insane to me.

That’s still nuts, your pics from that event are still some of the best icestorm damage I’ve seen.

Have some light snow falling again at the mountain. Just some weak radar returns and just lazy flakes.

We didn't drop much here last night. 27F with the thickest freezing fog I've seen in a while. All trees in the valley looked rimed up and frosty. It was evident that the precipitation yesterday and wet snow lurking around and just up the hillsides we fogged out almost immediately last night. It was weird but a very thick fog and inversion formed right at the accumulation line leftover from yesterday. It's still pea soup down in town at 30F, while its bright sunshine up at 1,500ft ha.

Good times. BTV AFD loves it. Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 755 PM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... As of 635 PM EDT Wednesday...Overall fcst in good shape this evening with crnt radar showing a small pocket of enhanced precip weakening acrs eastern Chittenden and Addison Counties. Crnt fcst of chc pops for this seems reasonable, based on limited areal coverage. Otherwise, enjoyed the pics into the office today from PF, indicating snow accumulations of around 2 inches at 1,500 feet and near 6 inches at 3,300 feet on the east side of Mansfield. Tonight fcst concerns wl be clouds and impacts on temps. IR satl imagery shows some breaks in the overcast acrs portions of the area, so anticipate partly cloudy skies, but with some clouds/winds not expecting temps to completely bottom out. Thinking near 20F SLK/NEK to near 30F Champlain Valley with mid/upper teens at summits (Whiteface Summit already 21F), good for the snow making operations at nearby resorts. All covered well.

Yeah. It's up there. The irony is that last year we got smoked by an upslope event Nov 2-3 and I had 10" in my yard. It was the only storm all winter to add 10" depth in one go of it last season in the village. We were laughing today how about much fun everyone was having with this snow, but thinking back to the fact that even the local valleys got smoked last year in a cold storm. It's nothing unusual for right now, but we do like seeing it.

I'd disagree (shocking, ha)... but to me it's very much a cold season precipitation type vs. hail. I think it stands out more this time of year, but in the land of squalls, FROPAs, etc we do see graupel at times all season long. I mean if I woke up to a couple tenths of wind-blown dippin' dots on the windshield, I'd know it precipitated and it was frozen. Often see in more unstable upslope events that those small white balls can make up a decent amount of the accumulation. I do get this time of year it seems borderline to call it "snow" accumulation. But it is included at other times of the season on the other hand.

Those fake heating bills from the fake cold of course.

That's down low on the Auto Toll Road that's open late June through Columbus Day. That's a little below the Mountain Chapel on the road where they do weddings and small Sunday services.

First snow magic today. What a beautiful snowfall in the higher terrain. Only a coating at home that since melted but 1,300ft and up is winter right now.

These "surprise" snows will never ever get old. Sure there were signals for it to be decent (in fact models did have some heavier QPF bullseyes nearby) but you sort of toss that stuff for a lighter fare event. I don't know, there was nothing that said it would rip snow for like 4-5 hours straight of 1"/hr or even more at times at higher elevations. I figured it would be like yesterday where one squall comes through and whitens stuff up, but not the consistent barrage. I love snowfall like this so much more than the events you track for like a week straight, stressing over model runs, ha. Just stuff where you think a dusting to an inch but it turns into an actual event.

That was a nice squall episode today. Felt great to wander in real snow. Beautiful evening in the higher ground. 4-6” was what I found but didn’t go above about 2,800ft.

Awesome to see the NH crew getting it now!

Suns out. Elevation about 1,600ft.

Came home to get the dog to go back up for a walk, sun coming out now. Plastered white. Even had a white slush coating at 750ft at hone.

2” sloppy wet final at 1500ft. Had to be easily 1/3” or more water.

Scheduled for the 19th. It's usually pretty tight though. This looks nice but does zero towards getting open, ha.

Seasons in seasons.