powderfreak

Looks like about an inch here at 1500ft. Steady light snow. I did notice on your cam what looked like a bit of a downslope break in the low clouds on the southerly flow. Been looking like it’s snowing in the view all afternoon on left and right sides. I bet you’ll snow once the flow changes a bit.

Ha, that's why I'm very rarely disappointed up here. Growing up in ALB sets the bar at 60" a winter being more than acceptable. My guess on that radar image is that the stuff is actually landing downstream of the echoes... we see that here a lot. It looks like it's over DDH but I bet its actually hitting the surface by your area on the SW winds. Radar sampling those echoes in the cloud or something.

HRRR really nice looking for Gene over to Dryslot. Also down by Backedge.

Really nice snow at times. Great snow growth upsloping on SW flow.

1F currently. Nothing unusual but will be below zero tonight.

Binghamton, NY has had more snow than here... 90+ inches? Even with half of it coming in one storm, it's been a healthy winter relative to normal for that axis from PA through southern tier of NY, into NJ/NYC and adjacent CT. Stoked for the forum, has felt like most (or all) have had snowpack on the ground... hard to complain up here with solid snowpack for lengthy periods of time and lack of rainers. Even though the mountain has been solidly below normal, the cold stretches and refreshes are masking the stats. No complaints. Lower elevations have been much closer to normal around these parts, compared to upper mountain slopes.

Today was the first day I noticed the solar gain. Even at temps solidly below freezing (max of 26F, dew of 5F), snowpacked pavement was getting torched and melting. Fist time of the season seeing melting on pavement in sunshine while the snowpack itself stays cold/dry.

We 100% snow covered in New England, straight to the beaches? Good stuff if so.

The Northern crew has long hated blocking... but then Will usually chimes in with a never ending list of big snowstorms during blocking or -NAO winters.

But this whole debate is why we almost always photograph it for evidence. We had 4" overnight at High Road Snow Plot. Some people are telling me they think it's 7" and it is deeper in some areas... less in others. But it's a consistent point on the mountain each time. 8" in 36 hours.

At Stowe it was always the same... and operations is in charge of the snow reporting. For a while I was a marketing employee with an office in Mtn Operations, ha. I truly don't think anyone at this point blatantly tries to mislead anyone. But measuring snow isn't an exact science either, especially when you can find varying amounts from 2" to 10" at any given time. I mean just take yesterday at Jay Peak. My buddy found 5" where he was, J.Spin found a foot of new snow. Both were actually true.

Grooming reporting about 5" overnight at the Cliff House. Around 3" landed at Mtn Ops. Total fluff, like J.Spin's 50:1 ratio.

I think the flow and snow growth is maximized in that area, and extends down to over you. That wind flow and low level moisture is wringing out the moisture on a very specific axis. You being immediately downwind of Bolton is leading to a very strong band. Despite being east side and in the downslope, RT 108 at least sees some steady light snow coming off of Madonna, Whiteface (VT), Spruce and Mansfield. This flow definitely packs snow into the immediate Spine axis (all elevations) and northwest facing slopes... maximized in those pass elevations up through the mid-slopes. Above that it's too fluffy/windy to let it stack up, IMO. You have to be getting ripped there near the county line and I89 intersection.

Yeah we have some snow falling, but nothing significant. Mood snows I'd call it. 1/4" of new snow in past 45-60 minutes or so judging by the tire tracks in the Sushi Yoshi parking lot as we passed by on the evening dog walk. I'd guess it pulses up to half inch an hour rates at times but then will drop to a heavy flurry, and repeat the process. Though I always appreciate the evening dog walk on the Rec Path while it's snowing. That soft squeak of boots walking the groomed surface (I love they groom the Rec Path, just step outside and wander a groomed trail), while snow falls in the headlamp and street lights. But it would probably take at least 3 hours to accumulate an inch. Still, a nice wintry scene this evening. Been rotting in the 17-18" range for snow depth for weeks it seems...it just has more density to it now after that sleet event.

It sounds like the Jay area and this last snowfall had some crazy gradients. Coworker who also does snow reporting duties found about 5” at Jay, but he was around 2,000ft down low as a gate keeper at a USASA event. Said it was great skiing but he was confident in about 5” as a recent total. Maybe 3” on top of groomed surface. Said it snowed at times and had some sun at times, not much new near the parking lots today. Then another friend went to the backcountry near Jay and reported a solid foot of fluff, similar to @J.Spin. He said it was crazy. Seemed like the snow got stuck in the road passes with calm winds and on the west slope... but not as much on the Jay Peak side near the base area at 1800ft. Curious what our local resident saw up there too.

Yeah @J.Spin we only had an inch or a bit less from last night in town. It had completely disappeared from my elevated snowboard during the day as I didn’t bother cleaning it. Evaporated throughout the day. Need to get back to mini-Japan... the snowbanks with high tourist traffic this holiday week have taken on a bit more brown and used look.

Sounds like the ring-leader lives in Tolland... 21 year old driver. But also some very young ones too. “State police said a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl were also in the car. They were issued juvenile summonses and released to their parents. State police determined, after questioning, that the group was on its way to burglarize and steal vehicles in Tolland County, according to a report.“

Rough rap sheet to start out with at 16. If they are really that young, that sounds like boredom gone very wrong.

I like to think we don’t over-report or under-report... we report what it is, lol. I really think the key to a ski area is a fixed point so you are always measuring the same place/way. Snowfall varies so much sometimes on the mountain but over a decade now people know what the number means (if that makes sense). I personally think all the ski areas in this area do a very good job with it.... we get plenty of practice, ha. With that said, most have adopted the practice of “when in doubt, report low” so you don’t have social media chirping about misleading snowfall. Personally, I prefer an underreport. Surprise and delight leads to a better guest experience. I have low-balled it plenty of times over the years when in doubt. Expecting 3” and finding 6” makes for happy customers.

That winter was nuts. Measured an even 375” at the High Road plot here in ‘16-17. I even remember the last measured event in April before the ski area closed, we were stuck at 362”... wanted 375 or 400”. The last storm was 13” of dense upslope (almost graupel) to make it an even 375. That year just wanted to precipitate. Compared to this winter’s 157” there so far.

2-3” fluff at the mountain.

That's the ideal climate right there. Glad so many in SNE are getting to experience it. About a half inch up this way of sparkling fluff the past couple hours, hoping to grab a couple inches tonight. Keep the vibe going.

That’s why I never get when people put down refreshers on top of snowpacks. The entire pack now looks fresh, it could’ve all fallen today. There’s none of that “old snow” look and the ambiance is extremely wintry. Bring on the light, long duration events... so much winter vibe during those.

So many people hate on long duration snows, but there’s a reason we love days and days of snow regardless of whether the totals are impressive or not. 3-6” in 36 hours is fun regardless of what anyone says... and despite the hate of panels of 0.10” QPF every 6 hours.

Those echoes south of Boston in Scott’s neighborhood are wild, seeing that low level stuff move westward while the larger mid-level shield moves northeast. Love that meso-scale stuff.