powderfreak

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

One last deep day of the season?

It’s been sneaking up. Measured 278” now at the consistent 3,000ft level. That’s really about average. Before we started measuring and verifying snowfall in the same location, the ski area averaged 330”. After I started bringing some real accountability and being diligent (no optimistic estimates based on a deep pocket), our average is more around 280”. This year is now at that level. And considering the amount of major melts, the snowpack on the hill has been decent. I’ll have to run the numbers, but I think we are around 100” of snowfall in the past month up there.

...Lamoille County... Stowe 20.0 237 PM 4/04 Measured at 3000 ft. Love being one of the few trusted controlled mountain measurements. Can come with the receipts, ha.

Very pleasantly surprised. Sneaky big storm. keep forgetting it’s April too. Might be the largest April snow in town since I’ve lived here. Not sure what would’ve been bigger since 2010.

Just got home. 14.5” on the wife’s car and 15” depth on the ground. Absolute paste. Lotta QPF in this one. Yes, the positive depth models were wrong, ha.

Trench town.

High Road is in with 20” so far.

Power out at ski resort. We have to be near 18” and hammering.

Morning CoCoRAHS snowfall amounts. Pretty even spread but definitely heavier to the east of the Spine.

Whoa didn't know about that one! Nice.

If we get this between 12pm and 6pm, its going to get real deep in a hurry.

We are getting backside deformation. HRRR has been highlighting central/northern greens today.

Ha maybe he did? I read it a few times and thought he was asking about what I just posted at 3k .

13” at High Road at 9:15am.

13” and snowing 2” per hour.

Up to almost 10” at the ski area.

Not really wet over this way. More like mid-level deform snow. Just choking dry dendrites.

6” at the office and this has to be 2-per hour rates. 27F.

That sounds too easy. Suddenly white here.