powderfreak

Interesting the COOP depth only increased 5” from 85” to 90” (the Mansfield Stake) after today’s snow. The COOP depth is at 3,900ft. The High Road data point is at 3,014ft…. so almost 1K lower. This is where 12” has been recorded and depth has increased by 10”…. from 57” to 66-67”. 5” depth increase at the COOP on the upper Toll Road, vs an increase of 10” on the Gondola side, at a lower elevation. Interesting… Light winds, so drifting wasn’t an issue. 57” after the first inch yesterday. Then 67” after the next 11 inches of snowfall, including some settling over the 24-hour period.

That’s a good choice. I think if someone were to get a surprise tonight it would be Jay.

Upslope pulse but has been weakening on models since last night. Jay looks favored? Thinking 1-3” Mansfield and 2-4” Jay? We are up to 12-13” since yesterday morning at 3,000ft. Wild. 1” through 1:40pm yesterday. Then 9” from 1:40pm to 10am this morning. The numbering is whack, it’s the value under the line. Then 2.5” from 10am until 4pm.

Lol… since 1:30pm yesterday. W. T. F.

I think the Lookout Snow Plot was low by like a factor of 3 last night. Healthy boot deep pow day out there.

Winter.

Heavy snow the past hour. Whitened right back up despite a warm-ish ground. Mountain picked up 4” at Lookout Plot and is likely over 5” at High Road Plot now as it was pacing an inch ahead through 3pm.

Lean into a joke once in a while… always so serious.

How many times have we disproven the warm ground doesn’t matter if it’s snowing steadily and hard? We’ll get May accums if it’s ripping 0.1”/hr water.

It literally just happened yesterday a couple counties north of him.

How did it easily accumulate just north of you yesterday during the daylight hours? The warm ground didn’t care… it snowed moderately to heavily.

Looks nice! Only a half inch here followed by some freezing mist.

Impressive DBZ in that core.

Cold day, snowpack wasn’t going anywhere on the hill. This evening it’s 13F up top and 17F in the base area. A decent cold airmass intrusion today.

It does look like salty residue but the fact that others near the ocean don't see that... I've seen a lot of snow melt but never seen a white residue. Anything around you that would put particulates in the air?

Like not a passing flurry? Nothing? That does seem hard to pull off at that latitude. Got one more week left.

Cant fail either.

10F and windy up here at Mtn Ops… 1F at top of the lifts. Wind chill -20. Hard pass.

Yeah you’re probably doing well on the west slope with this. We are tapering off after 2” or so at 1500ft and 3.5” at 3000ft. Heated plaza still on for Will/ORH.

Snowing and gusts to 50mph.

It’s been impressive. At elevation, or down in the Champlain Valley… a winter with a strong low level jet over the area, consistently.

Interesting. I don't read causation or politics into it unless it is specifically called out. I read it as this "But that goes to show you how warm we have gotten." Could be cyclical, could have some human influence? That statement doesn't really care why, it's just a general fact that we seem to be trending upward on our long-term data sites. This probably sounds incredibly naive, but the topic to me is multi-faceted... so someone saying it is warmer now than it was, when they or their parents were kids... I don't read that as everyone needs to sell their truck and buy a Tesla. It can just be something that is just happening. Argue the causation elsewhere, but making the observation on the data...

Huh? Where in this thread was the discussion about causation? Honestly, maybe I missed it. Coastalwx just said "But that goes to show you how warm we have gotten." And it was off from there.

Solid torch this week. Snow just very patchy now in town. A week ago… Today…

I honestly have never seen someone so triggered by this. To the point you can’t even joke about it. No one mentioned causes for it. Just that it’s warmer.