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And just like that, 15" above the normal level. This one was memorable for how it happened from a skiers perspective. I may never have runs like the past couple days again. Yesterday was pure untracked sweetness in Tres Amigos with literally no tracks in huge swaths, for several laps. Today the Quad opened at like 1pm after wind hold all morning. Folks were tired or started leaving thinking the Quad and Sensation wouldn't open today. Then bam at 1pm everything popped open as the wind abated. All that snow sitting there for a couple days of very low to no traffic/lift access in spots...you don't get that lucky sneaking out for runs at 2pm ever.

It was a very memorable event. This place can still bring those high end surprising events but the signs were there... you'd just never forecast it. The long duration Lake Ontario band was aimed somewhere in this region and most models had a huge streamer even getting to NH/ME. That type of moisture with fantastic snow growth mixing with the orographic lift? Bonkers. Froude numbers were around 1.0 which is pretty much perfect for the east slope on Mansfield. The best lift is right over the crest and then you have the strong westerly flow that is able to blow those fluffy dendrites pretty far downwind. Town rarely gets into stuff to that extent, too. 10" out of this was quite the surprise. It's already settling as the last few inches was pretty much pure lake effect, stacking high on trees and powerlines with fluff. The first round was wet paste and then ratios kept increasing from there. Overall, this wasn't as much an upslope event, it was a Lake Ontario event that got a pretty substantial bump when it interacted with the Spine. It was like 10" of dense synoptic snow, then 20" of blower lake effect on the mountain.

No it didn't... but it really spaced itself out in this lake effect band. It just must be snowing harder up in the cloud? lol. That high elevation just fluffs snow in upslope/lake bands. I dont' know if the flakes are bigger or what. If it's 1"/hr at the base it's 2"/hr at 3,000ft in these meso-scale situations. It just snows so hard up there.

Finished with 10", just got home. 18" at 1,500ft and 30" at 3,000ft. Nice gradient.

They seem reasonable. Were saying 20" this afternoon at Jay. The lake band has migrated up there now.

30" total as of 4pm. Here are the two readings... first stack was 25" at 11am and then 5" from 11a to 4p.

Stake is now a few inches under the 7 foot mark... probably right around 80".

It's waist deep on the level. I'm getting consistent 24-30" measurements and that's with settling.

It's waist deep on the level. I'm getting consistent 24-30" measurements.

Full on lake effect blizzard in Vermont. 3,000ft at 10:45am was checking in with 26" storm total stack (not multiple measurements, a 26" stack). Here's 1,500ft at the office.

Yeah we’ve been in that moisture plume since yesterday afternoon, just west flow from Ontario. This band though is legit. Might pass 10” within the hour. 20-25+ dbz in lake effect is some pretty nice snowfall. Snow growth is as you’d expect. I bet it’s 30:1 ratio stuff right now at 1”+ per hour.

Set blasters on turbo... it is just choking dendrites all the sudden in town. Wonder if I can clear 10” at home from this event. 8.4” so far and leaving for work. Will find out later this evening.

I've put all my obs in the actual thread... but man it's still snowing out. Skiing (photos in the storm thread) was obscenely good.

I'm about to head out skiing for the afternoon... buddy Dylan from the skivt-l days reporting that its skiing deeper than it seems. Nice dense snow, that stuff skis so well when you can power the turns with no regrets.

Pretty snowy look...

Ha reads like it. But I do think it’s a nice attempt to get ahead of all the on-air Mets telling millions of folks how hot it’s been this winter. It’s been warm enough without a +2 headstart. Figure I might as well post the second half highlights... “Ranging from a 337-foot rooftop observation platform atop the Post Office building in downtown Boston to the current ground level site between two major runways at Logan Airport with its inherent seaside variability, the environmental conditions that have been monitored do not represent the changing Boston urban environment. " The undesirable locations of equipment and hostile environments have resulted in data that is unreliable and should not be used for long-term climate study. As Blue Hill Observatory's records represent the longest, most consistent temperature record in North America we welcome the use of our data to better inform meteorology and the community. Warm Regards Charles Orloff Executive Director [email protected]

That email from the Blue Hill Observatory regarding Boston’s temperatures was interesting. You can tell they are preemptively trying to tell all Boston METS to stay away from the BOS readings for ranking this Meteorological Winter’s temperatures on March 1st. Dear Friends, When it comes to the weather—it is an exciting time in Greater Boston as we are on the cusp of another seasonal change. Typically on the last day of February many of Boston’s meteorologist will lead their forecasts with the question—“Was this the warmest winter (December-February) on record?” To answer that question accurately, we remind our friends in meteorology to reference Blue Hill Observatory's long-term and consistent record—not the Boston record that has been seriously compromised....

Might get over there. Meeting up with my sister and parents, our passes are good at Park City/Canyons (all Park City now) but if a dump comes in good for Alta/Bird and not PC, might call an audible. We are staying in Park City though as my mom is past her skiing years and would rather have a ski town to wander around during the day.

Ha! Last March I did Florida to golf and visit family. Flew into the BTV airport that evening during the big snow last March when it was cranking 1-2"/hr of paste. I haven't gone on a vacation during ski season before that though since the 2010-2011 winter... the last time I went to Utah. For a while there in my mid/late 20s I didn't even leave Lamoille County during the winter, just skied every day and watched the weather 24/7. I am starting to get out of that phase though.

I’m skiing in Utah next week, we’ll hopefully still be open and skiing here when I return .

See I disagree... we have plenty of posters who post things just to get a response. Like when the Euro shows 0.25” of QPF as snow and someone says “Euro now onboard for 6+ back to NY state!” We give a lot more latitude if it’s the weather we want. He occasionally does have a sound post and at least he’s consistent in warmth posts year round, doesn’t flip flop with seasons.

I’m surprised how many of you get tweaked by the guy, lol. He just cracks me up more than anything. Nice to have a warm ying to the forum’s cold yang. Folks posting H5 progs weeks out that looks cold, fine, but he posts one looking warm and everyone loses their shit . But I guess in a terrible winter no one wants to hear it down there.

Better to have loved and lost, or never loved at all?

I won't lie, it feels absolutely wonderful out there. Spring skiing and temps in the mid-40s under full sunshine. Folks walking around all euphoric like, ha.

Chilly look at H85.