powderfreak

I feel like that will be a common theme this week... put everything away except the highest end progs and then expect a little better than those.

The good news for SNE is that the conveyor belts look pretty favorable for strong dynamic cooling in heavy precipitation rates. As long as it doesn't occlude too early, you guys look to have a much better shot of it reaching it's peak intensity at the right time.

Figured I'd share the recovery efforts from Mother Nature after the big thaw. At the High Road Plot at 3,000ft we recorded 23" of snow in the past week. The Mansfield stake depth recovered 22" during that time (from 18" to 40"). I like to post these from time to time to show that yes, someone is actually measuring the snow in the mountains. We started with 2" of dense stuff before the first storm that brought 12" (7" and 5") and then the second storm brought 9" on the level.

Yeah J.Spin... same thing at Stowe. I would be very cautious under 2,500ft. It's do-able and I felt pretty confident above that mid-mountain level, but lower down it's still tread lightly. A snowboarder got dragged out of the Notch by Stowe Mountain Rescue over the weekend after shattering his tibia on a rock. I know I say it a lot, but I'm very happy we have one of the top technical rescue teams in the state right here in Stowe. The local terrain and need for that sort of rescue makes for one heck of a municipal rescue team.

Man what a putrid air mass in front of that thing. If a fresh cP air mass was in place for that GFS run, good lord.

It might be. Depends on your perspective, lol.

-12F for the min last night. Cant believe so many in CNE haven’t been below zero in this thread.

6z GEFS are a bit more favorable towards NNE than the EPS. Its still way out in la la land though for the next 2-3 days.

Solid gradient around BTV... lake breeze? Mid/upper teens at times along the lake, including downtown BTV. Just inland at the airport and into the western slope hollows, it's cold.

Crazy that Chittenden County has a temperature range that could go from the upper teens in downtown Burlington near the Lake, to -5F in the elevated hollows along the western slopes. Even the airport and downtown seem to have a 10F to 15F difference right there on the lake boundary.

-4F so far locally at MVL... -9F at HIE lol. Bottom dropping out at 10pm. Deep fresh snow cover from multiple snows over the past week.

d The 3,000ft plot snowfall this week.

Bluebird day in New England.... what a view today towards MWN! Finally felt like winter with all the fresh snow from the week, crisp, cold January air and long views.

Final measurement today was 9" at 3,000ft. Previous storm was 12".... 21" from the past two events and 24" this week total (last 5 board cleanings of 1", 2.5", 7", 5", 9") . Not a bad recovery from last weekend's torch.

Final measurement today was 9" at 3,000ft. Previous storm was 12".... 21" from the past two events and 24" this week total. Not a bad recovery from last weekend's torch.

5.8” at home, 7” at 1,500ft and 8” at 3,000ft with this event. Still some -SN out there but should add much more than a dusting.

5.8” at home, 7” at 1,500ft and 8” at 3,000ft. I’d bet it was around 0.5” QPF. Still some -SN out there from CAA squeezing every last drop out of the atmosphere. Snow depth back to double digits, which is a nice recovery this week after the torch.

That’s fun though at that age. Always hope it’s a safe drive but if you are a snow/mtn fan, that experience is memorable.

Same here and I think we’ll make it here soon, then see if we can add anything tomorrow. The models had a pretty uniform precip shield that was all snow. Similar amounts should be found over a wide region, which is pretty cool for the forum.

Nice mid-winter refresh.

I’ve thought those big 10+ numbers were on the high side. I went 5-8” for the ski areas (best bet IMO for covering the majority of terrain. Of course could be locally higher at the summits and snow pockets but I think 5-8” was a good range of where this ends up for the majority of terrain.

HRRR still with some good QPF after 8pm into tomorrow afternoon (about an hour old). Hope it has a clue.

Nice man, congrats.

This is nuts. Whiteout. We might have just gotten 2” in like 40 minutes up here. The yellows just exploded over Stowe (north of the 89 marker on this radar.

Heavy graupel. These are huge rimed balls.