powderfreak

But your climate isn’t frequent snows...it’s less frequent snows with the chance at a larger event here and there. I get it, been a poor winter but it seems ratter and futility get thrown around far too often. Winters like 2011-12 and 2015-16 had no chance in New England for sustained winter. What are high on the grading list over snowfall? (Purely curious, not confrontational)

It’s also like people haven’t lived through a below normal snowfall season either. It’s like the options are “ratter” or above normal snow. Also really dumb to throw in the towel in areas where one good bomb can get you to near normal snowfall in SNE with totals already amassed.

So far this January has had a max/min spread of 31/14. That's +6.3 above normal. It has been a mild month. Short bursts of arctic temps among long stretches of near-freezing temps.

Most interesting part of the day was seeing what looked like wood smoke, stuck under an inversion in the lower elevations as late as noontime. It was like summer-time fog elevation right in the immediate river valleys. That look of smoke going up and hitting a short ceiling is pretty cool to see at midday.

Ice isn't safe even in Quebec... 1 dead and 5 missing when snowmobiles fell through the ice. 8 tourists went into the water, 3 are being treated for shock. A tour guide is dead and five others are still missing after their group’s snowmobiles fell through the ice along Quebec’s Lac Saint-Jean Tuesday night, reports CBC. Quebec provincial police launched a search Wednesday but had to call off the search as nighttime fell. Two of the snowmobiles were located, but not yet recovered. Divers will begin their search again at first light today. In what almost became an even bigger tragedy, a provincial police pilot involved in the search was injured when his helicopter crashed into the water. His injuries were not life-threatening and no one else was aboard. The deceased snowmobiler has been identified as Benoît Lespérance, 42 from Montreal, who was guiding the group of eight French tourists. He died several hours after being admitted to the hospital.

Posted it in the main thread but probably belongs here instead. It's nearly 30F in Burlington this morning while it's low single digits in the RT 100 corridor on this side of the mountain. Even in the 20s on the summits. Look at that warm corridor on the VT side of the Lake where temps are 25-30F, while interior valleys and hollows are near zero in spots of NY/VT/NH. Good luck trying to forecast these temp ranges. Some 20-degree spreads even in very close proximity to each other.

Ha even better, it’s near 30F in BTV and 2F at MVL. That’s an incredible temp difference from here to there. Then it goes below zero in NEK.

What an inversion this morning. 3,600ft... 26F 2,600ft... 22F 1,500ft... 20F 750ft... 2F w/freezing fog/mist My car said 4F pulling out of my driveway an hour ago and then going up the hill to the base of the ski area the thermometer was jumping by like 2F at once lol.

Driving to Morrisville to get some stuff from NAPA Auto Parts and saw the NOAA techs checking in on the MVL ASOS. Keep doing God’s work and keep the observations coming, ha.

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.

-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.

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.

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.

Good event region wide in NNE it seems...cool

I bet they can for sure. There's another 2" of just absolute fluff here since 4pm....up at 7.5" here and the narrow band that has been crushing Mansfield this evening is moving back north.

Started looking like winter after 2.5" of dense snow this morning... about half fell before 6am and half between 6-9am. It was heavy dense snow, almost sand-like with mixed precipitation mixed in. Made a huge difference in ski conditions....had to be a good shot of liquid, maybe 0.25-0.3" as I bet it was under 10:1 ratios.

I’d be curious too.... some of the fluffiest snow I’ve seen on the mountain can be associated with just ripping NW gales. Can get 40:1 ratios with no resistance at all on 30-40kt winds. I’ve always thought those flakes don’t seem to “crash and fracture” as much for whatever reason, maybe because they have such low water in them to begin with? A heavier dendrite in a nor’easter might fracture and compact?