The Official 3/2 Storm Discussion Thread

[Greg]

Feezing rain this morning north of 84 in Western CT. All rain south of 84.

[Justin10]

Snowing pretty good in Plymouth, NH right now. Probably 3 or 4 inches on the ground so far.


And by the way....Cannon has just updated their website. They're closed today due to winds, re-opening on saturday....

[djspookman]

snowing HARD here in Walpole at work! gotta love it! 4" on the ground, i'm not looking forward to the rain that's supposed to come though.. oh well..

dave

[salsgang]

Portland ME wind driven snow. 3" on the ground or so. Not sure it is going to stay snow though.

[Greg]

This looks GOOOOOOD:

Originally Posted by NWS BVT Discussion

000
FXUS61 KBTV 021408
AFDBTV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
905 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

ALL WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.

.SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
VERY COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX WX SET UP ACRS OUR CWA THIS MORNING
WITH TRRN AND WARM ALOFT HAVING MAJOR IMPACTS ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
AND PRECIP TYPE. FIRST NOTE...EASTERN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE GREEN
MTNS FROM NEAR WALDEN TO NORTHFIELD TO LUDLOW HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
4 TO 8 INCHES THIS MORNING. SEVERAL FACTORS HELPING TO CREATE HEAVY
SNOW AXIS ALONG THE EASTERN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE GREEN MTNS.
FIRST...MOIST/UPSLOPE FLW...THIS COMBINED WITH ENHANCED LLVL LIFT
HAS COOL COLUMN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT BETTER SNOW GROWTH AND GREATER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. WL MENTION STORM TOTALS BTWN 6 AND 12 INCHES ACRS
THIS REGION. MEANWHILE...DOWNSLOPING REGION OF THE CPV AND NORTHERN
CT RIVER VALLEY HAVE HAD JUST THE OPPOSITE OCCUR. THE DOWNSLOPING SE
FLW HAD ACTED TO DRY LOW LVLS AND WARM SFC TEMPS TO NEAR FREEZING
FROM RUTLAND TO BTV LINE THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACRS THE DOWNSLOPING
REGIONS OF THE CPV. FURTHERMORE...THE TRRN RISES AGAIN ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE. SO
WL TRY TO SHOW UPSLOPE/DOWNSLOPE IMPACTS IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...BUT
GIVEN THERMAL PROFILES THIS WL BE VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY GIVEN
CRNT RADAR TRENDS.

RADAR SHOWS LARGE AREA OF PRECIP FROM SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS INTO
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VT MOVING TOWARD OUR FA. FEEL DURING THE
HEAVIEST PART OF THE PRECIP THE COLUMN WL COOL ENOUGH AGAIN TO
SUPPORT A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACRS MOST OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN VT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN ADIRONDACK MTNS ZNS...NEAR PLB.
CRNT OBS FROM VSF TO RUT SHOW VIS REDUCED BELOW 1/2SM IN MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW AND THINK THIS WL BE THE CASE FROM BTV AND PLB
OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HRS. THIS BAND WL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES VERY QUICKLY ACRS CPV WITH SOME ISOLATED 4 OR
5 AMOUNTS IN THE FAVORABLE SE UPSLOPE REGIONS.

MEANWHILE...AFTER THE BAND MOVES THROUGH EXPECT DRYING CONDITIONS TO
DEVELOP AS MID/UPPER LVL DRY SLOTS WORKS ACRS REGION. WL JUST
MENTION AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE ACRS MOST LOCATIONS.
SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER QUICK INCH OR TWO
LATER THIS AFTN/EVENING.

IN ADDITION...EXPECT STRONG SE DOWNSLOPING WINDS TO CONTINUE ALONG
THE SPINE OF THE GREEN MTNS. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF SUSTAIN
WINDS BTWN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WL CONTINUE
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

We need pics people!!!

[thetrailboss]

9:24 am: in White River Jct, near the CT River, it is snowing hard. Accums are at least 4 inches so far. It has been all snow in this part of VT.

Someone learned that he had no school today and slept in. He really needed it.

[ctski]

4" and snowing hard in burlington at 9 a.m.

[KingM]

Originally Posted by Greg

This looks GOOOOOOD:
We need pics people!!!

Still snowing at a good clip in the Mad River Valley. As for pics, we had so much snow on the ground already, that the only way to tell the difference so far is to look at cars (or the deck I've already shoveled twice).

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by awf170

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Cannon=screwed.

You called that:

Originally Posted by http://www.cannonmt.com/conditions.php

The good news is that the snow is coming down heavily, and we have at least 4” of fresh snow on the ground. The bad news is that the wind has picked up steadily since 6:00, when the first reports were done. We are now seeing gusts of 40 mph and higher. Because of these winds, we will not be open today. Forecasts call for snow and wind right through the day.

http://www.cannonmt.com/conditions.php

[ALLSKIING]

K-1 web cam is showing heavy snow all am. Sweet!! this is going to be a great weekend.