Baroclinic Zone Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Melt this nonsense away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I imagine you won't sink too deep into that March snowpack no matter how hard you try. If it's 7 feet of fresh snow, without snowshoes I don't think you'd make it far before realizing that fear. Yeah you are fine unless you find a trap-door tree well. I have seen people go pretty far down, almost to the ground this time of year with the 6-9 foot snowpacks we build. The problem is the smaller evergreens (like 5 feet tall) get buried but trap lots of dead space around them. So you can be walking on the snowpack or even skiing, and if you find the wrong spot, it just gives way and you end up crashing feet first straight down through a small tree that you didn't even know existed. It can be a little unnerving at times when you are on skis and can feel the empty space under you with your ski pole. But otherwise, the 7-foot snowpack is pretty solid and just walking around you'll only go down to your knees or so. Back at the beginning of the month though before any warm-up, when it was just 7-feet of mostly powder, I was falling in up to my armpits at times trying to do snow-water surveys. It can get almost like claustrophobic when you are in deep and you still can't feel firm ground under you. If not used to it, easy to see how some panic in deep snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The coast is cold... wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The coast is cold... wow! Yup. Modest torch here in GC, though. 36.7/31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I would say a yard avg of 16." Lowest 10".Highest 31" and that's not a pile shoveled. But I'd say an avg of 16 or so. Backyard is closer to 20. Neighbor is still 2' or so. Definitely becoming more variable in southern exposed areas vs wooded or north sides of yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Snow. Maybe 1" in squalls tonite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I would say a yard avg of 16." Lowest 10".Highest 31" and that's not a pile shoveled. But I'd say an avg of 16 or so. Backyard is closer to 20. Neighbor is still 2' or so. Definitely becoming more variable in southern exposed areas vs wooded or north sides of yards. Crazy... I've got 16" here though it's widely variable, some bare spots on steep south-facing slopes and under thick canopy. I bet the north-side lawn still has 24" but I'm not wading out there to find out. There's a yard just down the street which is heavily shaded by steep terrain right behind it, and their pack is easily 30" deep haha. But for the most part I think it's between 12-18" at this elevation. Depth at 1550ft plot is 31". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Anyone else pat themselves on the back when they click the NWS map and get their location absolutely perfect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 http://abc13.com/news/sugarloaf-lift-evacuated-after-accident-leaves-7-injured/567740/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 http://abc13.com/news/sugarloaf-lift-evacuated-after-accident-leaves-7-injured/567740/go to the ski thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Crazy... I've got 16" here though it's widely variable, some bare spots on steep south-facing slopes and under thick canopy. I bet the north-side lawn still has 24" but I'm not wading out there to find out. There's a yard just down the street which is heavily shaded by steep terrain right behind it, and their pack is easily 30" deep haha. But for the most part I think it's between 12-18" at this elevation. Depth at 1550ft plot is 31". Yeah it's pretty awesome. I mean I'm over on keeping snow like I would be in January, but this is nuts for you area on the 21st. They are ice fishing on cape cod still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I would say a yard avg of 16." Lowest 10".Highest 31" and that's not a pile shoveled. But I'd say an avg of 16 or so. Backyard is closer to 20. Neighbor is still 2' or so. Definitely becoming more variable in southern exposed areas vs wooded or north sides of yards. It'll be interesting to see how the melt down continues. I have an average of 13" in my yard but in the woods it's still over 2' in shaded spots. It was nice tapping today being able to walk on the snow. Pretty solid stuff and I'm a big guy (let's just say north of 300lbs lol). It made things a lot easier compared to last weekend on the snow shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The 31" is obviously a drift. No one in the Conus outside of a Mtn has that much snow left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 wow, only have a few inches left here on avg....3-4 tops...stafford springs very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 When ISP has as much snow as HFD, Erie is 10 above normal and I still have more than them ,it's a strange winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Pretty much everyone east of the River from TOL Cty East in CT and north of Norwich has 100+.. And from about Monson in Mass to the coast . Then PVD comes in way low but areas in all directions of them have much more. It really was about banding this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Monson does not have 100 dit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I would say a yard avg of 16." Lowest 10".Highest 31" and that's not a pile shoveled. But I'd say an avg of 16 or so. Backyard is closer to 20. Neighbor is still 2' or so. Definitely becoming more variable in southern exposed areas vs wooded or north sides of yards.I would say an average of 12 weenies in your mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Back at my home in Central NH. Packed up 3 1/2 weeks ago and rented a condo on the Gulf coast. The cold and snow was relenting this winter and I love winter weather but just had enough. So we drove to the Florida Gulf and had a great 3 weeks of upper 60's to upper 70's. The 1500 mile drive back north the past 3 days was really interesting as far as the weather changes and the foliage changes as we headed north. Left the Gulf on Wednesday AM and headed north into Alabama. Spring is in full force in Southern and Central Alabama. Deciduous trees all had small to medium leaves and the fruit trees are in full blossom. Temps were in the 70's to just west of Atlanta when they dropped 25F very quickly as we went into an east wind and rain with the developing storm that moved up the coast just ahead of us. Fruit trees in Atlanta are all in bloom and the grass is green. Deciduous trees are budding with some small leaves. Spent the rainy night in Charlotte NC. Yesterday we awoke to cloudy conditions and temps in the 40's. As we moved north we caught up to the storm again and hit rain in VA. Fruit trees and forsythia are in bloom in NC almost up to the Virginia line. North of Virginia everything was mid winter bare. Got to Baltimore at 3pm yesterday and watched the car thermometer go down hour by hour. Hit the first snow traces on the ground around Washington DC. Maybe a slushy inch. Amazingly my brother who lives there said the kids had a snow day. Can't believe that. Anyhow hit catpaws on the car windows at Wilmington Delaware. As soon as we hit NJ it turned to a good moderate snow. As we moved north on the NJ turnpike road conditions got worse and worse. It was 33/34F but coming down hard enough to cover the road. People say warm ground temps and March sun make snow very hard to stick but it seemed to have no trouble. By Mid Jersey we were going 25mph so stopped for the night. This AM got up to 6" of extremely beautiful snow cover. Every tree was caked in snow under mostly sunny skies. Headed north towards NYC and again caught up to the storm in SW Connecticut. We had to stop in Southern RI to pick up our cats and by midday the snow had stopped. Southern RI had almost no winter snow left, just the 1" or so from early this AM. Left Bristol RI at 2pm and drove north through Boston. Amazing to see the snowcover build up in the South suburbs of Boston. Some grass in the southern slopes but deep pack in shade and huge piles that are going to take many weeks to melt. Less snow on the ground as we got into NH with lots of grassy spots in Manchester area. Driving up to Central NH the snowcover starts increasing and by the time we pulled into our driveway at 5:30pm it was snowing again with the arrival of the arctic front. Interesting trip back! Not looking forward to the bitter cold the next couple of days but spring is only 500 miles south of New England! Thanks for reading! Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 from sugarloaf the other night! wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Gene, thanks...enjoyed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 South of Pike Spring numbers.These are not including today but I have with today 15.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Nice stuff Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 from sugarloaf the other night! wow! wow!!!!!.jpg Wow...awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 The 31" is obviously a drift. No one in the Conus outside of a Mtn has that much snow left Yes. I have stated that many times. What else would it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 from sugarloaf the other night! wow! wow!!!!!.jpg That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I want everything to melt and the mud to go away so I can get new shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 from sugarloaf the other night! wow! wow!!!!!.jpg That's beautiful. And then there was this. Oops. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/22/7-skiers-injured-at-maine-result-after-chairlift-rolls-backward/?intcmp=latestnews 19.3/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HullMA Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Gene, thanks...enjoyed that. Hingham down to 8. Scituate and hull are about the same. In scituate the yard has some bare spots but half my moms driveway is still a 3 foot glacier (major drifting from storms and even wind after storms). She got rid of the snow blower i had convinced her to buy 5 years ago for "space" in the garage. I know she was kicking herself over it everyday after jan 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Enjoying the last arctic shot of the winter this morning. Temps started at 28 on my run..and I just got back and down to 23.5. with roaring NW winds. We lost the storm on the 27th/28th..so I'm hoping the ENS still kept the signal for the 30-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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