Boston Bulldog

30" reported at Magic, and it certainly skied like it! Note the pole for depth (with some slantsticking). The mountain sold out so most runs got quickly tracked up, but the trees were incredibly deep and untouched all morning. Unfortunately, around noon high winds took down a tree which cut the power source to the mountain so they had to shut down. They are giving out a free day voucher to everyone who bought a ticket, shout out Magic for the great customer service and working so quickly to amend an unfortunate situation!

Dumping S++ in Albany. The band to our west is finally pivoting in!

How is the density?

Downsloping masterclass since 8am in Albany. Heavy echos overhead completely drying up. Only a few stray flakes making it down. Need this easterly flow to switch

Inverted trough bringing the goods right now, but the main show for E-Mass tomorrow is taking shape offshore.

Fully flipped snow in Downtown Albany now. A nice band has been sitting over this area for a while and helped it flip over a bit ahead of schedule in the Capital Region. No accumulation yet. 32*f wet-bulb contour suggests that accumulating snows are not far away: https://operations.nysmesonet.org/~nbassill/loop/index.php?map=WINTER

Looks like some solid upslope for the Northern Greens with 4" at the Stowe stake, and Jay reporting 3-4" by noon. They haven't updated since, does anyone know what they finished with today?

Looks like Bread and Butter with a side of wind is on the menu for the northern greens later this week

Calm before the storm (and a little Alpenglow) at MRG

Nice to see the GFS join the party and get some more robust precip totals into northern VT. Was definitely starting to QPF queen a bit last night over the southern ticks at the time, and their potential impact on my skiing interests in the Mad River Valley

Impressive echos out there, but that's a pretty nasty 800mb dry layer to saturate. Was wondering how much was making it to the ground in central mass

Came in like a wall in Albany, snowing furiously right now in downtown. First time all year it seems like a snowstorm has come in with real authority

Tale of two mountains today at Whiteface. For a period this morning, the east aspects near the Summit quad were in the sun, but the south facing ridge of Little Whiteface was an impenetrable cauldron of fog. Next run, a ride up the Little Whiteface Double (which runs along the backside of the ridge in the above picture and terminates next to the gondola), was a whole different world. While fascinating to see from a meteorological perspective, perhaps not the most fun visibility conditions. A nice demonstration of the intricacies of orographic weather, though what wasn't as nice was when the flow switched post-frontal and socked in the entire mountain. Conditions today were similar to what bwt was reporting at Killington. Hard pack with loose granular that was surprisingly edgeable outside of wind affected areas. Mid mountain must have gotten a glaze of freezing rain, a few gondola cabins were completely glazed over while others were clear. Exposed areas at the top of the mountain were completely scoured, with Skyward totally closed due to the risk of unstoppable slide in the event of a fall. On the other hand, sheltered bump runs like Upper Empire were very solid, with some wind transported powder in the nearby Cloudsplitter Glades. Variability is definitely Whiteface's hallmark, but I do enjoy how formidable and unpredictable the mountain (and its weather) feels. Its a burly mountain and definitely keeps you honest.

11" nearby at the base of Magic! A rare Tuesday opening tomorrow

This deform area over Albany has been great. Consistent moderate to heavy snow all morning Totals are a bit lower in the valley due to some mixing that occurred overnight, but this morning's performance has certainly made up for that

Control run would be c00. I don't think it shows up here

Power is back at Magic, game on!

Have a ticket for Magic tomorrow, nervously awaiting the news regrading power. Seems like they’ll have nearly the entire mountain open if they can get power. If not, Whiteface it is

Gonna be difficult to verify the WSW here, but steady moderate snow now and accumulating at a decent clip. Once the sun went down the switch flipped

Looks like we have finally changed over to 100% snow in ALB

Hour 13 of white rain here. Uptown near Colonie does seem to have a bit of a coating down on grassy surfaces as of an hour ago, so accumulations are getting closer. Hoping that we start to gain some traction as the wind shifts later today. This has been a true introduction to the Hudson Valley, no doubt about that. At least the mountains are getting pounded. Magic may open on Sunday now

Yeah nothing more than white rain at the moment

Rain mixing with aggregates in downtown Albany now

Yeah we had a great 30+ DBZ band sit over us for a while. Nice overperformer in the Capital Region

Moderate to heavy snow in downtown Albany. Roads are covered