powderfreak

19 minutes ago, klw said:

Good.  How bad is Stowe?  I am in the office in Hyde Park wondering:

1.  How late do I stay?

2.  Do I do the usual 100 to 89 or do I go 12 to Montpelier then Barre and back roads home and avoid the highway all together?

It wasn’t bad to my place but I was looking at the traffic maps and RT 100 south to Waterbury looked terrible.  It shows red all the way to Moscow/Stowe.  Then 89 is red southbound for as long as possible.

I heard that Bolton backup was from an accident.

9 minutes ago, klw said:

Just a normal day on i-89

 

10 min later it’s moving.

I cannot believe the weather worked out for that.  Like what are the chances.  It could be raining or snowing with a ceiling of 2,000ft very easily.

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

PF you at the summit?

Dude, that was insane.  Just a cell phone shot.  We’ll see what the camera got but I understand why folks say get to totality.

3 solid minutes of nighttime at 3:30pm.  Stars out.  I see what the hype was about.

Once in a lifetime experience.

Hoo-lee-sheet.  That was incredible.

Can start to see it now through the glasses.

We’ve got some very light high thin cirrus but I can’t imagine that mattering.  Sky is still pretty blue through them.

5 hours ago, Boston Bulldog said:

Tour de Mansfield today.

 

 

This photo shows the vibe one gets being up there. Awesome. Nearly 3k verts. The Green Mtn Spine wall maxing out over Mansfield leads to some great snowfall, deep snowpack and big mountain terrain.

The eclipse tourists were rolling in fast today, and the vibe is fun.  So many people out and about in town.  Many outside, walking the Rec Path and sidewalks. Skiers, first time skiers in town for the eclipse, having fun. But cars everywhere.  I’ll be honest, sometimes it’s a bit much and annoying while you are just trying to get through daily life.

This has a different vibe.  Like people know it’s not something that randomly happens.  It’s an event that many won’t see again in their lives and they know it.

The mood is cheerful, weather was 50s and sunshine, with melting snow on the ground next to greening grass.  Optimism for a spring day mixed with a once-in-a-lifetime vibe.

It’s going to be the largest party NNE has ever seen.

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

Our son is moving to Ayer. We helped him and his girlfriend move stuff today. No snow in a lot of the towns around there.  Seems very limited to over 700’ or so in el

It’s 52F and sunny and snow in town is crying for mama.  Just getting eviscerated.  Still a few inches but feels like we’ve lost a foot in two days lol.

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I like how GYX factored the reduced insolation into their temp forecast for 3pm tomorrow.

I saw that on Mansfield too.

It’s starting… exit 10 for Waterbury, VT accessing Stowe and Mad River Valley.

11 minutes ago, bwt3650 said:

Just can’t let that 2-3 feet verify, lol.


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lol I’m a psychopath.  I just can’t label it 24-36”.  BTV to the summits was 12-24” for the meat of the event.  The backside couple inches of wet elevation-dependent snow does add to the totals where we ski though.

It feels different though than the mid-winter days when adding a couple inches here or there props up the snowpack further.  The long-duration total up in the mid-slope and beyond is significant though… despite the snowpack settling faster than it falls.

April cake.  This afternoon saw a glimpse of sun between thick clouds and steady periods of -SN.  Only 2” in past 24 hours (1” every 12hrs) on the plot board, but been a fun 3 days with 26” if you add it up.. but to me the true storm total was 23” from the steady storm snow. This winter has actually hit normal snowfall in the mountain elevations.

Now a total solar eclipse coming. What a time to be alive, ha.

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

The post eclipse horror stories will be epic.

You traveling for this?

3 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Guy gets a hard on for moose labia Maine snow totals and mehs a total eclipse. 

You guys crack me up .

18 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Our plan is to head to Newport, VT-hopefully far enough ne of the approaching high clouds.  But high cirrus shouldn’t really be that much of a damper so keep that in mind.  Euro cloud algorithm is all high clouds.

Yeah not really worried about high clouds at all to be honest.  Filtered sunshine works.

36 minutes ago, bwt3650 said:

Gfs won by a landslide…locked in on 2” liquid up here. Had the Jp in southern vt/nh for a bit, but knowing climo, felt good about our chances up here from 4 days out.


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See I think climo is southern/central/eastern areas in coastal storms, ha.  I wish I could be that confident each storm.

3 hours ago, MaineJayhawk said:

How did the NAM sleet idea work out?  Some were pimping it wicked hard

3 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

For srn VT and NH it worked out. I mean even Bretton Woods had a lot of sleet.

Yeah I was going to say, we sleeted for hours too.  Would’ve hit 30” without it.  Even had ZR at the mountain for a bit early on.

I think it even got as far as the Canadian border.

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

One thing is for sure. Euro is glue. We can stop whacking off to it now.

Terrible QPF forecast.  Euro wasn’t even close here.  GFS won, IMO.

Reggie and Canadian were way too far south (not getting big snows up here)… NAM wasn’t great.

GFS had it the whole way.

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

E flow upslope spots in E NH getting pounded

Anyone who talks to Phin, knows what he’s got out of this?  Cut-off E/NE flow with some moisture seems to be his bread and butter.

This photo is classic Stowe. Three-car garage and snow.

Not what you think of for April.

8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Your approach is what it should be. I wish more could do it. You guys should make all that snowfall data at 3K public. Maybe you already do, but I think you said you guys keep it on file.

It’s not public, but that’s been on my mind.  A good project.

31 minutes ago, bwt3650 said:

I’d say last deep one. Jay has already committed to may 5th, maybe longer, so not sure id go 100 percent last powder day..it’s been a crazy year.

Yeah Jay’s late closing always opens up the possibility… it’s bound to snow again, but this one has been fun.

Overall, this is only 750ft but it just keeps snowing wet paste here.  Over 15” here in the valley is a big storm.

14 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

But that isn’t the official snow measurement for Mansfield right? Or is the official measurement for Mansfield just the daily snow stake reading?

There is no official snow measurement for Mansfield.  It is done by agents of the ski area.  Only the settled “Stake” depth is an independent NWS reading via camera.  If anyone says Stake up here, everyone knows it’s that depth one off the Toll Road.

I’m all for the science of the mountain… some call it transparency but I know I am in a position to create comparable data, not just estimates.  It is what it is, and I like that approach.  We try to provide reliable snowfall totals to the masses, and even report rainfall.