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Still the all-time best COVID thread rabbit hole we all ever went down...
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Awesome man. I bet that's one of the better totals for that elevation. I'm about to head home down into town but expecting a good drop off from Mtn Ops up here down to village level. Wouldn't be surprised to see just a wet coating. It was fun to be skiing in a winter environment again... with snow and blowing snow and cold surfaces. Seems like a long time ago when we skied some real natural snowfall with some moisture content in it, ha.
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It's cranking again here now.
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I don’t think Stowe Village has had more than a sloppy half inch at 750ft and there’s a little north of 4” at 1500ft. Sharp elevation gradient as happens this time of year.
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Yeah that sounds about right for Jay at your elevation. I saw Smuggs reporting 8" at 11am which not going to lie, I don't like questioning because I know snow measuring can be tough but for that snowfall at that time would imply 1"/hr sustained from 3am to 11am. Especially when all the ski areas up and down the Spine seem to be in the same ballpark, that one stood out.
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Eyeballing around 4" at 1,500ft on elevated surfaces. The evergreens are pretty caked. Still snowing. Not an earth shattering snow event but working out pretty decently given lower ratios than the 10:1 maps. The snow QPF is probably pretty close, I bet we've had 0.50+ frozen water so far.
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Crushing snow in this thin band that just rolled into the Mountain or we must be getting something from it because snow just went up a notch or two on the intensity to legit snowstorm.
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Good snowy day. We'll hit the 3-6" range at the ski area. Currently in that 2-3" range down here and 4" up top.
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Ripping out now. Good deform band. Flake size and snow growth just exploded.
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Looks like a bit of a lull now, but nice looking H7 fronto band should pivot east as that 700mb thermal gradient continues to swing through.
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Was a real sporty drive this morning at 5am with 1-2" of heavy wet paste. Some seriously low ratios last night, ha.
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Good point. Maybe the take is they are on top of things and achieving strong quality control. These companies want profits but I do believe they want high quality. Their desire to avoid negative quality and PR outweighs their desire to cut corners. I think they are on the ball overall.
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Sweet. Notchbrook is a relatively good location relative to being close to the Spine axis. I still have some doubts down below 1,500ft on the east side but you'll do much better than my place there. I'm lower elevation and 3 miles east at home.
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Contact your doctor if your horn lasts more than 4 hours.
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Ahhh ok, now it'll start to snow . Safe travels dude and look forward to a better showing next winter.
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I still like 3-6” for the ski areas, there’s a reason I went that route. 3” is a pretty low floor for high elevation given that cyclonic flow. The chances of a high bust like 8-12” are definitely diminishing. My guess is the ski areas report a 3-6” event with still a chance at some 7-8” amounts at the summits by Friday morning with the continued upslope flow.
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Yeah they've been pretty optimistic in some of these all winter. I definitely lean conservative and in a year like this it has worked out very well, lol. Time to make hay is tomorrow morning. Good H7 fronto along a good thermal gradient and the meso-models show some prolonged convergence at H7 along that thermal boundary.
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Feeling decent about 6" for the ski area. I think 2-M still is too warm down under 1,500-1,000ft for significant accumulations. But from 1,500ft and up hanging out at the ski area all day starting at 5am tomorrow, should be a fun event to watch unfold. My call was 3-6" wet snow at most elevations, spot 7-8" possible summits. We'll see how it goes.
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There have been several memes, it’s hilarious . The number of tractor trailers who get stuck and shut the road down for hours is like nowhere else in New England.
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2-meter temperatures are marginal. I've been thinking this is more of an elevation event than maps show. Flash freeze possible as it ends but looks like there's a long period of elevation dependent snowfall as the boundary stalls.
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Yup, fits my thoughts well with an elevation dependent event.
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I think the trend is legit as many have speculated earlier on in the big thread... progressive and weaker/not as wrapped up. You end up with a more 3-7" type event that's displaced eastward. As always, I set my bar at 3 inches ha. That number is when the vibe "feels snowy"... like yesterday morning's upslope burst at the ski area. At 3 inches it feels wintry. Plowable.
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It was a perfect afternoon for a hike up through Smugglers Notch on the closed RT 108. Snowpack is real low for this time of year (of course). The sound of icefall thundering down off the towering Notch cliffs further up the road added some spooky noise to an otherwise sunny warm day.
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To be honest I think this is more elevations dependent than models show and also less snow due to lower ratios. I could see 70% of those 10:1 maps. More like the ICON’s look of a 3-6” event for most with some spot 6-7” at the peaks.
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On a tangent... A whitewater park is different than a water park... not sure the plans in Franklin but it’s usually utilized by kayakers and some surfers primarily. They alter the River and build in rapids and drops, with viewing spots alongside it usually. Whitewater parks are becoming more popular to give kayakers a place to play in more urban areas.
