powderfreak

The suns out. Town is very busy with the double holiday week. Folks taking a week vacation before and a week vacation after Xmas. Stowe Area Association occupancy craters down again on Jan 2nd.

There was a pretty cool standing wave event… I definitely remember that. A taste of the Green Mtns when grass was showing in one place but 4 miles away 5-8” fell. I remember Coventry posters with pics. Tolland too right? It was it just downwind of the hills? Maybe those are two different ones.

NAM with a nice burst of snow for some of you on the 24th.

And if it’s not going to snow it’s usually nicer with long daylight, ha. Not much to dislike.

He lit the Xmas tree on fire and is now thinking about putting it out. Hasn’t quite decided.

2015 tried pretty hard on Xmas Eve. It was like 60F at the picnic tables.

That’s a bigger solution through the heart of New England.

I just keep looping the Sierra QPF progs for next 10 days lol. Just straight incredible moisture stream. One low departs and another is right on its ass hitting the same spot 12 hours later.

It seems taboo but I have this weird fascination with spending one Christmas of my life in a hot, tropical place with palm trees. That’s not DFW but sort of reminded me with the temperatures. Just to see how that climo part of the world experiences Xmas. Air conditioning while opening packages must be a trip.

Curious, when do they hit those temps on the return side of the cycle… May?

Good grief. I was like why are there two ranges? Oh yeah, 12 hour amounts. Yikes! I know a couple former Mansfield Patrollers out there, one dude from Jeffersonville transferred to Kirkwood Patrol and the photos so far have been nuts… can’t imagine after this. 3-7” in 12 hours must feel like flurries in the middle of that.

“I don’t have the self control to not look at them for as long as they go out, so they should stop at 150 hours.”

Phin sees warning criteria there on that run.

Yeah in the more blocked flow events the west side areas can pack more fluff in for sure. Personally I also think wind plays a big role as well as ratios… blocked flow can lead to more wind on the east slopes and there are many events where I think total QPF is the same but west slope spots are dead calm with larger flake growth and the east side is wind-packed smaller flakes. That leads to more inches west but the same snowpack water on both sides. You could spread 1.0” QPF across the Green Mountain Spine and see snowfall vary from 10-20” just based on wind and flake size. Gusty winds, shattered dendrites and ground packing, vs Champagne Powder fluffing up nicely in a calm environment.

Phin might be near warning snows on that… might sneak into it on that prog. Tamarack and Kuligan.

0/-4… brrrr.

Saw this from Stowe Hollow which is actually away from the Spine, video showed steady snowfall still before sundown. 8.5” on ground is decent from this one about a mile away lol. I’ve only got 7” after an inch today.

BTV’s map of totals. AWT with basically 4-8” state wide and low ratios. Eastern slope in CVT with best on blocked SE flow.

That’s awesome. 6” here. Lower Village guy had 5.5” on 0.65” water… which is an 8.4 to 1 ratio. Right in line with the ratios expected. No upslope fluff. Healthy QPF dump.

Lol that map isn’t even close. About 6” here. Nice snowfall event with decent QPF. It’s winter again. Looked very similar to NH and ME.

Backside snow moving through now. Looks so wintry outside again finally after the last week.

Yeah you guys have that stuff building over by I-88 west of ALB… got some snow to go.

Awesome shot. The vibe changes quickly with a nice moderate snowfall this time of year.

Took the dog out for her evening walk and saw the snow depth stake showing 5” but after measuring on the elevated board it’s 4.3”. That’s the difference between measuring on grass vs flat firm surface, ha. A good, dense synoptic snowfall that is inside the forecast range expected. Should be able to add 1-2” to that overnight as flow goes NW and likely be in a 0.50-0.60” water range? Looks and feels much more like winter. Will ensure a White Christmas given the thicker synoptic density.

Something just changed… snow growth got big. First real flakes.