powderfreak

We are usually ok until temps get like +4 to +5 or greater departures... then it’s just too warm even up north or a pattern of cutters. But I do find our snowfall takes the largest hit anecdotally once departures sort of crest over that +4-5 mark. It goes downhill fast after that. But yeah dry periods are boring anyway you put it. Even a rainy cutter that ends as a few inches of NW flow snow is at least interesting... but going 3 weeks in January dry is about as boring as it gets.

Isn’t that the storm you guys are talking about? Or is there another?

That would drive me insane. That can’t be good for appliances/electronics and everything else to shut down/off quickly and then come right back on... several times.

I don’t know if it’s the “drought” (we really only had a very dry 3 week period) but I bet it was several days of record cold temps that got them going. To me it all happened at once, the valleys went at the same time as the higher elevations when normally it’s a gradual process from high to low. The maples went to straight fire red almost immediately (best reds I can remember) and the birches turned bright yellow. There is still a species of tree out there with light green leaves still, but it’s a minority species. We do often have two peaks almost, but the best variety of color was definitely when the maples and the birches flipped to bright red and yellow almost within 72 hours of that brutal cold shot for the time of year.

That storm was truly ridiculous. Time of year and coverage of heavy, heavy snow amounts. That will be a hard one to top for just spanking climatology.

The morning after the Valentines Day blizzard of 2007. Lived in downtown BTV at the time, finishing up at UVM at the time. Six of us lived in a 3-story townhouse, this was the view out the backdoor on the morning of the 15th, looking at our neighbor's entrance.

I've only done it once, but it was awesome even in the summer. Such a cool road. I also am trying to find the photo, but I saw a drone image of the Kang today that looked like several miles of just bumper to bumper in both directions. A sea of red brake lights.

lol, same thing over this way. This looks like a real relaxing way to enjoy the mountains. Everyone leaves the city and then comes to wait in traffic on the Auto Roads, the Kang, RT 100 here, etc. The city traffic comes to the mountains. And they missed the foliage by like a week.

Dendrite FTW. Wow. Yeah MPM, I remember a photo early on of your deck or truck and you said you got like 8” in 3 hours... that was when it was like holy shit, this is actually happening. Pete has some great shots that evening of his cars just absolutely gone under the snow.

October 2011 pics anyone?

Look at all those wet years since 2000... guess it's time to come due with some below normal water years.

I'll take some more space too if we are giving it out, lol.

Past peak but still color. It's just more uniform orange with less intensity, and leaf drop mixed in... still some random light green too. The vibrant reds are long gone.

Forgot to share yesterday's rainbow after the final round of showers. Perfect set up, rain moving away, sun low in the sky and coming from directly behind.

Yeah we are used to frequent and overall wet weather in the NNE mountains. This September was one of the driest runs I can ever remember to be honest. Those were some very low water totals in the northern mountains over a prolonged period compared to general climatology. But now it feels normal again and models do show chances for water in our areas over the next 10 days.

It's certainly been a pattern change up here. We did like 27 days totaling only a third of an inch. Then it started raining and looks like more chances coming. Mountain waterways and drainages finally have running water in them again. It is too bad it hasn't worked out down your way, but at least you aren't getting screwed out of snowfall. Would hurt a lot more to miss out in winter than some fall rainers.

Yeah looks like the upslope zones of here and over in Alex/Phin could be serviceable but... definitely dry 10-day totals for the heart of the forum. ECMWF GFS GGEM

Wasn’t expecting showers today... nothing heavy but a couple brief bouts of rain so far. Autumn vibe with chilly, cloudy and showers conditions.

Columbus Day weekend often seems to late... I always tell people early October... but also on Columbus Day even if people miss peak they are often seeing what we are seeing now. Still some color, not great, lots of leaf drop and only oranges left really... but its still something for them to look at. By Columbus Day this year it literally will be completely gone, November essentially like you said.

Back to standing water when it rains. #NotTaunton?

0.47” in the stratus at home... 0.66” at 1500ft PWS up near the office. That last line of strong echos added a couple quick tenths, turned out to be a nice shot of liquid today. Sun coming out, awesome rainbow.

Yeah I don't doubt it. They were very close up there all day at almost 5,000ft. Torrential rain here on the county line at the base of Mansfield right now. Just sideways pouring. I bet there are some mangled flakes just above the summit level.

Yeah those must’ve been pulled off FB a very long time ago lol. Like maybe I just got my drivers license.

Man those are some old shots, lol. I look like I’m still in college in those. Reindeer sweaters for life. I’m gonna have to mail one to Phin for this winter.

You said it would get wet and it got pretty wet here, ha. So I'll give you the "W" for the win. I mean, at least being dry means a lot of nice days. Not like it would be snow so who cares, get outside and enjoy never being interrupted by rain.