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powderfreak

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We've got some very healthy snowfall out there now, and it's having no problem accumulating on surfaces that aren't warm.  There's already a tenth of an inch or two out there, so this event will be going into the books as the second round for November.  We've been getting hit by some of the 20-24 db echoes, but there are also some 28 db spots showing up along the western slopes:

 

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We've got some very healthy snowfall out there now, and it's having no problem accumulating on surfaces that aren't warm. There's already a tenth of an inch or two out there, so this event will be going into the books as the second round for November. We've been getting hit by some of the 20-24 db echoes, but there are also some 28 db spots showing up along the western slopes:

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Yeah coming down nicely over here too JSpin. Just starting to accumulate on the cars.

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First inch down. Still snowing pretty good.

 

Yeah, just about an inch here as well; it's been accumulating more quickly thanks to dropping temperatures and that band of 25-30 db returns that has been pushing through:

 

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This is certainly exceeding the event from last week to become the largest of the season so far around here.

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Event totals: 1.3” Snow/0.12" L.E.

 

I ran a 10:00 P.M. analysis on the event here, and the data are below.  The snowfall rate has certainly slowed somewhat, but there should be a bit more accumulation to report in the morning.

 

Details from the 10:00 P.M. Waterbury observations:

 

New Snow: 1.3 inches

New Liquid: 0.12 inches

Snow/Water Ratio: 10.8

Snow Density: 9.2% H2O

Temperature: 33.4 F

Sky: Light Snow (2-10 mm flakes)

Snow at the stake: 1.0 inches

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So I dropped my ruler in the snow and couldn't find it in the dark after the first measurement... but I have a paper cutter with measurements on it.  So I took an index card and copied the paper cutter grid measurements onto the card.  Accurate to the nearest half inch, lol.

 

Anyway... 2.0" on elevated surfaces.  Jvt24, I see you lurking, what did you have over there?

 

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Even the CPV got on the board with this one. We had up to 0.2" or so it looked like depending on the surface. I went to Montgomery Ctr. this evening to play a show (I am a singer-songwriter also), and it was snowing steadily there as I left. As I headed west the intensity varied as did the accumulation, but nothing on the road. Some of the heavier snow I saw was actually in St. Albans before it quickly shut off as I headed south on I-89. The dusting at home was residual from whatever fell earlier. It was nice to see.

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Hello Winter.  2.1" as of 11:30pm

 

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Sweet!  Looks like its pretty similar around town then.

 

I'm heading to bed but final index card measurement is 2.25" as this final band moves through.  Ground is still warm, so no pavement accums throughout the snowfall, and although the temperature has been 31F the past hour or two, it seems to be melting from the bottom-up in certain areas, haha.  This was the season starting event in town for something other than a couple tenths of snow grains.

 

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Event totals: 2.7” Snow/0.19" L.E.

 

I didn't think there was going to be much in the way of additional snow falling after I took those 10:00 P.M. observations last night, but that rate of snowfall persisted, and even ramped back up with the passage of that final band, which really seemed to have its eyes set on the Chittenden County area and points eastward.  With the ground being warm, the snow did have a harder time accumulating there initially, and there's only about two inches at the stake vs. a bit more on colder surfaces.  In terms of local snowfall distribution in the Waterbury-Burlington corridor, the snow cover persists westward through Richmond, where there seemed to be a bit less than what we had in Waterbury, then Williston, where it's a healthy dusting to half inch, and even right into Burlington, where there's a dusting on cold and grassy surfaces.  Unfortunately I'm not seeing much in the way of reports from the ski areas yet, but one of my students who lives near the base of Mount Ellen at Sugarbush said that she picked up about 4 inches.

 

Details from the 6:00 A.M. Waterbury observations:

 

New Snow: 1.4 inches

New Liquid: 0.07 inches

Snow/Water Ratio: 20.0

Snow Density: 5.0% H2O

Temperature: 28.4 F

Sky: Partly Cloudy

Snow at the stake: 2.0 inches

 

It sounds like there are three potential snow events in the next few days.  The first is today, with an upper level disturbance, the second one is Sunday night, and then there's another in the Monday timeframe.  Roger Hill noted that there could be a few inches of snow with the Monday one, but the threat of messy, mixed precipitation is also present.  The BTV NWS forecast discussion mentions the system, but doesn’t have too much to day about it yet.  Some excerpts from the most recent forecast discussion have been added below:

 

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...

AS OF 626 AM EST FRIDAY...JUST A QUICK UPDATE TO ADJUST SKY COVER BASED ON SATELLITE TRENDS WITH CLEARING TAKING PLACE OVER MOST OF THE AREA...THE EXCEPTION BEING THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS. OTHERWISE...LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS LINGERING OVER THE AREA. DRIER AIR OVER THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST ONTARIO PROVINCE WILL MOVE IN AND SOME SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TODAY BECAUSE THE LOW LEVEL WARMING WILL HELP STEEPEN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN QUEBEC PROVINCE. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES EAST...DYNAMIC SUPPORT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA...MOISTURE WILL INCREASE...AND COMBINED WITH THE STEEPENING LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD DEVELOP. MOST WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW SHOWERS...BUT TEMPERATURES IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEYS WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALIZED AREAS UP TO AN INCH GIVEN THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION.

 

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...

AS OF 353 AM EST FRIDAY...EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ACTIVE AND UNSEASONABLY COLD. SUNDAY NIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE PASSING NORTH OF OUR CWA WILL GIVE US A CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES. ON MONDAY NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY NIGHT. SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMS ALONG THE COAST...THEREFORE SHUNTING BULK OF PRECIPITATION CLOSER TO THE COAST. COLD AIR SURGES SOUTH OUT OF CANADA ON TUESDAY WITH UPPER TROF CROSSING OUR FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER REINFORCING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROF CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

 

I grabbed a snapshot of our graphical point forecast from the NWS, and even down in the valley there are indications for potential snows in the next several days:

 

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This was after some melting at about 9:30am here in Winooski. Not a big deal, but it gets us on the board as the first measurable of the season, which is always something to celebrate. This is one of the last trees in the area with any leaves left.

 

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It's definitely been snowing out there in the mountains in association with that next upper level disturbance in the queue, and the radar does a nice job of displaying the streams of moisture coming in from the west:

 

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I've got the J&E Productions Live Web Cam running at the house and I can see that it's snowing there, but there's nothing more than a dusting to report in terms of accumulation thus far.

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Been getting some steady snow showers at the ski resort the past couple hours.

It must be making it into town too as MVL had vis under 1 mile for a time.

KMVL 141727Z AUTO 32004KT 3/4SM -SN BKN018 BKN026 OVC034 M01/M04 A2994 AO2 P0000 T10061039

Only .2-.3" accumulation at 1500ft, it's very convective type snowflakes with graupel balls mixed with better flakes from time to time. Certainly not like last nights amazing snow growth.

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Been getting some steady snow showers at the ski resort the past couple hours.

 

It must be making it into town too as MVL had vis under 1 mile for a time.

 

KMVL 141727Z AUTO 32004KT 3/4SM -SN BKN018 BKN026 OVC034 M01/M04 A2994 AO2 P0000 T10061039

 

Only .2-.3" accumulation at 1500ft, it's very convective type snowflakes with graupel balls mixed with better flakes from time to time. Certainly not like last nights amazing snow growth.

 

It's definitely fired up now at the house – I just happened to take a look at our web cam and there are some pretty decent flakes in there and close to an inch of additional accumulation.

 

Looking at the radar I can see why – we're sort of in the fire hose with some of the 30 db returns hitting the Winooski Valley:

 

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I was picking up my season pass at Bolton (unfortunately I didn't have the camera with me) and a snow shower hit dropping vis under 1/4 mile. It was really coming down as I was getting ready to head back down.This was around 2:45pm or so. As Powder said it was definitely convective, with some graupel but at 2,000 ft in that burst there were definitely big fluffy flakes as well.

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