powderfreak

Lol now *that* would be something if it was snow depth!

Yeah must be lucky then to have had such constant snow on the ground this winter and snow in the air more days than not. Wonder if this map is close?

Yeah, the mesos (especially 3km NAM) seem to often mistake "riming" conditions as actual precipitation. It definitely jacks up the elevations that seem to interact with the cloud layer. I remember reading something from NOAA about it several years ago as it does it out west a lot too. I haven't noticed it from the HRRR or Canadian guidance though... it's mainly the 3km NAM that likes to over-do the QPF at the peaks because of this error.

Yeah if it wasn’t for skiing maybe it’s different? I dunno I still love watching it snow a little every day. Snowy evenings like 4-5 days a week. But I also don’t detail the property and vegetation on it. Just shovel out the dog paths once in a while so she can move around and the path out to the snow board. I don’t do anything for the 1-4” fluffs except enjoy watching them.

This. Just need refreshers.

Looks like the EURO bumped the moisture back up a bit with the light event tomorrow. Biggest change was in Maine it seems. Good event for S/C NE. But that little bit of moisture up here should add to another little refresh.

Yeah I've found kids with coaches on top of ice falls (only 10 feet though) just basically falling into powder, ha. 10 feet feels like 50 feet when you are that size though.

Feels like it’s been a minute since everyone is white, even ACK and islands.

There should be a development program at most hills, if not all. I’d check with the local spots. Usually at that age they’ll focus on all-mountain skiing as well as racing. I see Mount Mansfield Ski Club kids out doing balance drills on the beginner trails quite a bit. Then you’ll see the coach taking them on woods runs...gotta keep the kids interested more than anything at that age.

Yeah can never get a good look at Jay but I always know it's snowing if you recognize the signature in the northern Champlain Valley. And if upslope is happening further south on Mansfield, it's likely doing it up there too, even more so.

That's what always gets me. That 600mb fronto after looking at 700mb snapshots.

We were talking about that yesterday with some folks. The NAM and hires models were pretty bad but the 10:1 snow maps tricked some into thinking they were right.

See this is true but also not. For my location east of the Spine, I need to look at the 2.5 degree scan for the beam to see over the Spine at 4,000ft. It samples the sky at 5,500ft over my place, despite being only like 23 miles away. Looking at the 0.5 degree scan for Phin, that samples the air at actually a slightly lower elevation at like 5,300ft despite being 67 miles from the radar site. Where I am and where Phin is, the radar hits us at the same height overhead despite massive differences in distance from the radar dome. Anything lower than that really gets blocked by the Spine here. BTV's lower scans are useless and only look up and down the Champlain Valley. I'm not sure why it picks it up better here but there's also significant downwind drift of that fluffy snow. Like it often looks like it's not snowing over my house as the air, but I know if the radar is showing a wall of echoes that ends just east of the mountain crest, that will hit me. Wonder if the same thing is happening up there where Phin is getting downwind drift off those mountains to his NW. That's why I get a lot of stars are out looking east but it's snowing surprisingly steadily from the west, ha.

Hard to complain this morning. 4-5" of new snow but blown in deeper in spots. That sky was so freakin' blue too. Can't get better than red, white and blue!

We get feet of "snow showers" sometimes, ha. I always love those zone forecasts. Tonight... Snow showers. New snow accumulation 4-8 inches. Chance of snow near 100 percent. Tomorrow... Snow showers. New snow accumulation 3-7 inches. Chance of snow near 100 percent. They do that too out west in the mountains a lot. Call everything "snow showers"... you'll see like Mt Baker in Washington with like "Snow showers. New snow accumulation 18-24 inches." You certainly change your tune up here with snow showers. Growing up in Albany, NY it was also said for like a passing flurry with the sun still out meant "snow showers."

Agreed as a Giants fan. To change teams so late in his career, and then slay it in the Super Bowl with a new team...at his age? He’s insane.

Your neighbor up the hill has 30+ on the ground and 100+ on the season... what more could you want? Spread the love is the motto in NNE, the averages will play out. Happy for the southern brethren to get a good streak of snow-on-snow. The mountains get their refreshes whether there are synoptic system hits or not. Plenty of ways to snow up north.

2.5” here so far. Nice steady light snow.

Nice, I measured 2.5" at 8:30pm. Another snowy evening. Nothing earth shattering but it really seems to snow often around here the past 4-6 weeks. -SN at probably a couple mile visibility at this point.

Ha true, the valley spots might be comparable, but the higher elevations certainly have more.1,500ft and higher is loaded.

Some some good moisture pulsing into the Spine. I bet it's heavy at times in the elevations of the Spine on the county lines. Steady light snow here, good growth and eye-balling 2" on the elevated snow board out back. The snow surface is sparkling with this fluff. It does keep things looking so fresh even if they are light amounts. Precip happening below the beam up by Jay Peak on the county line east of Richford, but elsewhere it probably samples pretty well.

It's the same as unchecked optimism, ying and yang. Makes the forum go 'round. Keep on keepin' on.

T-Blizz is a trip, I'll give him that, lol. Always entertaining and adds a lot to the forum. Loves snow.

It's great for those areas... spawning new generations of snow weenies. Some seem to get bothered by it, which is real odd, even if there's still good snow on the ground and it looks like mid-winter as it should. Like its some competition, but everyone knows what happens in the means and the longevity of the snow season vs. other areas. It's early February and the classic climo favorable time for the baroclinic zone to dip to it's southernmost position. This is when it should be snowing in those areas. It's great for those posters/folks who love snow.

So happy for you guys... you especially after the last storm. Weenie out and looks like more coming for everyone next two weeks. Maybe this winter has turned around for the forum as a whole.