simpsonsbuff Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 well the NAM sucked this one... the heaviest snow was supposed to be between 1-4 p.m. at KLEB... Darn model cannot even get a 6 hour forecast right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 h85 analysis from SPC shows the 0c line well back in Mass. I think you in northern VT stay snow for quite some time. 2" now at 1,550ft and 3" or just a bit more at 3,600ft We've had rates up to 1"/hr this afternoon... thinking my 3-5" call is looking pretty good for the mountain. Hopefully this firehose of moisture coming up from the ALB area keeps working over us. Ratios can't be any better than 10-12:1 as its relatively dense stuff. Hoping for 4-5" of dense pow before it shuts off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm actually liking the looks of the radar to our southwest... there's a huge area of pretty decent precip rates in the Albany area and looking at radar loops, this area of precipitation should lift right up and over most of the state of Vermont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Gotta love the cold air wedge going on. 30s & 40s creeping up the coast and up through New York state. Nothing but teens & 20s in between. And yup, another slug headed this way. I'm wondering if that'll bring the ping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just got home 4.1" with snow just starting back up. Time to throw on the snowshoes and go for a stroll . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just got in. 5.8" here with 0.56" w.e....that was a whole day's sample. Just cleared the board. 20.7F and it looks like sleet is just starting to mix in. For the last 10 minutes we had some large aggregates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just got in. 5.8" here with 0.56" w.e....that was a whole day's sample. Just cleared the board. 20.7F and it looks like sleet is just starting to mix in. For the last 10 minutes we had some large aggregates. That matches up well with me as you have probably had some compaction from all day. I am somewhere between 6.5 and 7, will soon measure. Bursts of heavy snow and large flakes for a while now, guessing c/o is close but if we get these heavy bursts we will stay snow. Radar shows a few more nice bursts coming. Would be nice to hit 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Gotta love the cold air wedge going on. 30s & 40s creeping up the coast and up through New York state. Nothing but teens & 20s in between. And yup, another slug headed this way. I'm wondering if that'll bring the ping. how much u have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nothing but snow here today. Rates have been variable all afternoon with 4" so far. I just decided to put off breaking out the snowblower until tomorrow based on that last big slug of snow on the radar moving NNE from Albany. It better make it through here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 how much u have? At home? Dunno. Out the door now though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 At home? Dunno. Out the door now though! I got a depth in H-Town of about 4.5 measuring the cars and new snow on top of old snow. My guess is that much of that was picked up between 10-1... Actual amount that fell is probably slightly different than that (probably higher by an inch... if last week's coop report is any indication). Be interesting to see differences across the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Absolutely ripping snow right now in these 30dbZ mini-bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 6.75 as of 4:30. I should get to 7 easily given the radar. Had a nice hour of good snow that has slackened off some. Temp is 21.9 and seems to have stabilized last couple of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 GFS and NAM have 2-3" for us tomorrow. Keep piling it on baby. We're going to need a little NW trend for Friday to get in on decent snows though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Mod/hvy snow right now. At 5pm I had an additional 0.9" for a total of 6.7", but this is 1"/hr snows right now. If it keeps up like this through 6pm we'll be pushing 8". I'm guessing we changeover once the end of the heaviest precip on radar moves north. Looks like that line is around CON right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 GFS and NAM have 2-3" for us tomorrow. Keep piling it on baby. We're going to need a little NW trend for Friday to get in on decent snows though. snow tomorrow? missed that... what about tonight? we are holding onto this rather heavy and now fast accumulating snow. Much more qpf tonight? temp holding under 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 18 degrees and snowing lightly here. about 3/4 of an inch of fluffy accumulation after snowing for most of the late morning and afternoon. Local Met and my CAR point and click have me going over to plain rain for a while tonight and then back to snow tomorrow. Bleh. Downeast Maine and along the coast to my south, temps have held near or above freezing all day. Warm air hasn't had much success pushing in here just yet though. Hopefully I can pile up a few inches before the change to rain so I can continue to build snow pack on Friday.....assuming that storm stays close enough to do some damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I went outside to greet that dreamy blob of yellow pixels and if anything the intensity of the precip dropped... wtf? No sleet yet. 5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Sleet is here. Probably a 50/50 mix now although most of the flakes are small. Mark...tomorrow's snow is some leftover inverted trough bagginess. Hopefully the sfc is cold enough for accums. Scott...the radar is a little "off" right now. I was snowing hard after the yellow pixels passed and then let up when they were over me. Looks like I'll top off around 7.2". I'll probably clear everything off and let the sleet accumulate into my can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 4.0" SN here........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 7.2" final snow with 0.69" water equiv. Now over to a mix of primarily sleet and freezing rain although there are some snow grains mixed in. 24.4F and climbing quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Absolutely ripping snow right now in these 30dbZ mini-bands. Yeah... it has been absolutely pouring snow in these heavier bands. This one is definitely the most intense so far... just billions of huge aggregates. Can tell its getting warm up there somewhere, but no sleet as far as I can tell. Just heavy snow. I know huge flakes can make it look like its snowing harder than it is, but it appears to be really coming down out there. Noticeable accumulation increase in the past half hour on the cars. Can't imagine what's happening up at the ski area 1,000-3,000ft above my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Same thing here, powderfereak. I've easily picked up another inch in the last hour, although it has let up as of the last few minutes. Looks like one more decent push to come through. I hope the warm air aloft holds off until the back edge is past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Transitioning back and forth from huge snow flakes and ice pellets....at the moment it sounds and looks like ice pellets are winning out. We have picked up another 1/2" to bring storm total to 4.6". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 snowing at a good clip now here....up to 19.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Where is cool spruce LOL.... I think he is mixing already .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahk_webstah Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Final of 7.25 here, transitioned to sleet and frz rain now. That is a pretty nice patch of precip over the midwest/tenn valley. if we cool off that would put a nice cover on the crust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Bizzaro... we went to sleet for about an hour... might have been some zr in there too... now it's snowing again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Had a 45dbz band come thru here, These had to be the largest parachute dendrites that i have ever seen............ And now we transitioned to sleet...6.0" total snowfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Got home just after 5:00 and found about 5 inches new on the ground. Shoveled the deck clean and then took my son out for a snowmobile ride. Was out for about an hour and went through some really heavy snowfall. Big flakes absolutely pouring out of the sky. The trails were really fun, with bumps softened by the new snow. Our ride ranged in elevation from about 800' to about 1500' and there was generally 4" - 6" of new snow on the trails. Got home at 6:30 and there was a fresh inch and a half on my deck. At this point there was some sleet mixed in with the snow and as of 20 minutes ago there was some light mix falling. Temp of 18 on my home thermometer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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