powderfreak

It's insane seeing the difference between those who mix out and those who don't when it's torching aloft. Like if that barrier breaks, it's off the races. If it doesn't, it's a whole other planet. Feels like April with sunshine and warmth... reminds me of April when further southeast is locked in coastal mank at temps in the 40s while we are sunning on the Picnic Tables in t-shirts.

Yeah I don't know the climo down there as much, but the whole set-up just seems to be lower ratio snow when it's warming in the mid-levels and not overly cold to begin with. The QPF seems juiced but the dynamics don't seem to match those progs. I don't know, something about this system doesn't scream "take the over." Sort of like the 10:1 snow map 6" area really is the 4" area.

I actually think it makes sense that the higher snowfall zone becomes more acute/shrinks and we see a more narrow zone as this gets zeroed in on (as compared to the ensembles which show a larger geographic area of heavier snowfall). I still think ratios will not be as high as 10:1 in the higher QPF snow zones... even up north. I like 8:1 flakes in these mid-level WAA events, taking everything down a notch from the snow maps. 3-7" is my call for CNE/NNE posters above RT 2. I guess localized areas could see a spot 8" amount in SVT/SNH. Tossing any 10" amounts. I like Dendrite's location.

30s to 60s in such a short distance is incredible. What a map there. That's a saver.

Mansfield summit sitting 47F currently. Stake depth didn't take too much of a hit today though. Sitting at 16" depth. The only thing missing from an April vibe is the lack of daylight.

I saw something flying in the flood light off my porch this evening... moth? Rare to see any insect flying around in mid-December here. Today was like April climo. We started cooling off a little but then mixed out again and spiked into the upper 50s this evening. Pretty damn crazy. Shades of Dec 2015. CLR skis all afternoon with mild temperatures, it was unbelievable. Such a nice day skiing. Soft snow, mild temperatures, everyone having a great time. Folks really do love sunny mild weather for skiing. Check out the MVL obs... mild, then cooling off, then spiking high as it mixes again with a 14F increase from 4-6pm. Glorious hero turns in the soft snow though. Like I said, felt like April but with much less snowpack. We do enjoy these days though if Mother Nature is going to torch.

I saw something flying in the flood light off my porch this evening... moth? Rare to see any insect flying around in mid-December here. Today was like April climo. We started cooling off a little but then mixed out again and spiked into the upper 50s this evening. Pretty damn crazy. Shades of Dec 2015. CLR skis all afternoon with mild temperatures, it was unbelievable. Such a nice day skiing. Soft snow, mild temperatures, everyone having a great time. Folks really do love sunny mild weather for skiing. Check out the MVL obs... mild, then cooling off, then spiking high as it mixes again with a 14F increase from 4-6pm. Glorious hero turns in the soft snow though. Like I said, felt like April but with much less snowpack. We do enjoy these days though if Mother Nature is going to torch.

It’s weird because I also see this map, made same time as the other one. Shows a bit more 6”+ in spots down south too.

It’s a pretty damn BS reason he’s not posting. I need a northern cohort to balance the force.

Yeah the different grid sizes are worlds apart in terms of solutions, ha. That 3km was a nice thump to ice, ending as some rain for a good chunk of posters. Would likely end with white ground for many.

Yeah I realize that’s what TauntBlizz must’ve been talking about.

18z NAM: Edit: you must mean the 3km one, my bad.

At least no one is getting kicked with a “glad we don’t live there” when they are down.

Zero. Zero before, zero after lol. Folks are just busting your balls dude. You already tried it this morning by wondering if this rains straight up into New Hampshire once someone said something about south of the Pike.

But when your snow melts you try to melt everyone else’s?

That was a real nice Euro run at 6z… juicy.

Where is @PhineasC? Snow chances coming up. He's not around. If it's because he told Forky to get bent, yikes.

Yeah usually by the time you get into NH/ME in that set up it’s pretty universal snowfall… not a lot of variation. Very little mesoscale variation with a slug of warm air advection.

Goal posts narrowing. RT 2 north with the classic SWFE area of southern Greens to Center Harbor to all of western Maine from Rangley to Tamarack to Dryslot. Don't care what the snow map says, Dryslot snows more than that shows. It's got the feel of a large area of 3-6", with 4-8" for the climo swath... sharp gradient on the south side but 1-4" with sleet then rain. The trick is finding out where the gradient is but the overall vibe seems to be of narrowing goal posts towards SWFE climo.

How do you get synoptic 87 knots? I can’t process that.

We were talking about that the other day in the office... how ice storms and occasional high wind or flash flooding is a "threat" here... but no matter what, those who experience TOR threats on the regular are on a whole other level. Tornadoes, high-end severe storms, and hurricanes are the apex predators of the weather world.

18z GEFS did tick south... it keeps increasing that RT 2 area in MA the past couple runs. It is world's different than some other guidance though in terms of the warm air advection and precipitation amounts across the north country.

Yeah I’m just looking for 3”+ as usual, ha. Cover the grass, plowable… 3” is usually my number to hit to be considered “an event.” I do think 3-6” seems like a starting range here, in line with ensemble means.

Like walking back home in college at UVM in Burlington at 2am while it’s dumping with a girl…. ”You seem cheery, you excited I invited you back to my place for the night?” “Sure, but I’m also stoked the flow is blocked and the snow has backed up into the Champlain Valley…”

A good place to be. I feel like these like to be SVT-Dendy-Dryslot style events for a jackpot zone. Merely climo-wise.